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Seasonal Diet: Fall
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Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Aug 20, 20171 min read


Ayurveda, Tea, and Technology
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Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Jul 23, 20171 min read


Summertime Blues
Oversleeping, lethargy, constant food cravings, and low moods can be signs of mild depression. There can come many emotional ups and...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Jul 19, 20173 min read


Introduction to Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Cooking
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Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Jun 24, 20171 min read


Healing the Gut: Part 2
Healing the Gut: Part 2 In last week’s article, we talked about how having a healthy gut is essential for the wellness of our whole...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Jun 23, 20173 min read


Ayurveda’s Healing Dish~ Kitchari
For thousands of years, Kitchari has been a prized recipe used in the Ayurvedic cookbook due to its amazing healing benefits and...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Jun 21, 20174 min read


Healing the Gut: Part 1
Have you ever heard the term “you are what you eat”? Well, at Santa Cruz Ayurveda we take it a step further and suggest: you are what you...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Jun 12, 20173 min read


Make Your Own Ghee
Last week we discussed the amazing benefits of ghee for gut and overall health. Many people question the benefactors of this dairy...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Apr 13, 20173 min read


Ayurvedic Massage: Abhyanga
Abhyanga is the practice of anointing one’s body with oil. The sanskrit word Sneha means both “love” and “oil”. The experience of oiling...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Mar 30, 20173 min read


Optimizing Gut Health and Digestive Power
Do you suffer from digestive issues such as indigestion, food allergies, constipation, bloating, gas, or weight gain? In Ayurveda, our...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Mar 23, 20174 min read


Increasing Your Metabolism or Digestive Fire
Want to speed up your metabolism? Most of us generally want to burn more calories and lose that extra weight. However, your metabolism is...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Feb 28, 20173 min read


Ayurvedic Cooking, Groceries, and Recipes
Imagine what it could be like to not get a cold every winter or every few weeks, to not feel like you’re eating for energy, or to not...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Feb 24, 20173 min read


Combining Food in Ayurveda
In the modern world today people are used to eating a variety of foods that normally do not digest well together. Ayurveda teaches that...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Dec 19, 20163 min read


The Power of Mindful Eating
Perhaps the most powerful tool to keeping our minds and bodies balanced this time of year is to mindfully prepare and eat our meals. When...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Nov 7, 20162 min read


Taste Your Way to Wellness
In the fall, we cleanse to build the body, to ease our transition into the winter, to boost our immune system function, to enhance our...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Oct 24, 20162 min read


Using Spices As Medicine
Quality food combined with the right cooking techniques and spices can have an amazing impact on your health and vibrancy. We upgrade...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Oct 19, 20162 min read


Nature Provides
Ayurveda teaches that nature provides the ideal harvest for each season. As the holiday season quickly approaches we are ready to bundle...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Oct 10, 20162 min read


What’s the Deal with Ghee?
In Ayurveda, ghee, a form of clarified butter, is commonly used in diet recommendations as well as treatments. It is a nutritionally...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Oct 5, 20162 min read


Cooked vs Raw Foods
There is debate about whether raw foods or cooked foods are better for your health. Raw foodists claim that keeping food raw, under...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Sep 28, 20162 min read
Digestion: A Key to Health
“The body is the outcome of food. Even so, disease is the outcome of food. The distinction between ease and disease arises on account of...
Santa Cruz Ayurveda
Sep 27, 20161 min read
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