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Seasonal Autumn Recipes for each Dosha
During our Autumn cleanse, which is soon coming to an end, we sampled the following recipes to understand how our diet can balance or imbalance the doshas. Here are some recipes you can try which are perfect for this time of year. Kitchari kitchari is an Ayurvedic...
Autumn Cleanse – Breakfasts to Balance the Doshas
On Saturday we will be hosted our Ayurvedic Autumn cleanse at the studio. We will explore the gunas (qualities of Autumn) and what that means for each dosha. As we move into Autumn, the transition from one season to the next is visible around us. Days are becoming...
Off Peak Classes Coming Soon
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5 week Beginners Reformer Course.
Simple Ayurvedic Remedies to Balance the Digestive Fire
At the core of Ayurvedic therapy is Agni Deepana and Ama Pachana - balancing the digestive fire and eliminating toxins from the body respectively. Impaired digestive fire can affect the body's ability to digest food. The digestive fire can become impaired when we eat...
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We're celebrating One Year of Lotus at our Highams Park Studio Join us for a week celebrating health and wellbeing at Lotus Studio, Highams Park. 479 Hale End Road. E4 9PT As well as our regular timetable of classes we are...
Spring Clean(se) Your Digestion
An Ayurvedic Cleanse can take on many forms. There is no set guidelines for cleansing and rejuvenating the body. Instead the Ayurvedic approach considers both constitutional type of the individual: Vata, Pitta or Kapha as well as the season. Any cleanse should work on...
Golden Squash with Spinach
We tend to think that by combining lots of vegetables in one meal we boost our intake of vitamins and minerals. Keep it simple and kind to the digestive system. Use two simple, delicious ingredients adding a generous amount of spices to enhance their digestibly as...
Ayurvedic Cold and Flu Remedies
Simple kitchen ingredients to alleviate cold and flu symptoms Ingredients: 6 limes 150g ginger 150g jaggery or unrefined brown sugar Honey Thalisadee (optional) The how to: Juice the limes. Scrape and chop the ginger. Add all the ingredients...
Aubergine Melanzane
Rich, comforting and delicious. The red pepper sauce, gives a satisfying depth of flavour as opposed to the acidity from a traditional tomato sauce. Ingredients: 2 medium aubergines Red pepper sauce. 50g grated parmesan or whatever cheese you fancy. Goat's cheese...