Discover the practice and principles of Ayurveda through our blog posts

Ginger roasted pumpkin + quinoa salad with mint & lime

Serves 2-4 or more as a side Ingredients: 1kg piece pumpkin 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup A handful of finely chopped coriander (cilantro) roots and stems, optional Fine sea...

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Beetroot & Apple Chutney

Ingredients: • 1 kg beetroot, peeled and grated • 1 kg Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and grated • 2 medium Spanish onions, finely diced • 1½ cups apple cider vinegar • 1½ cups rapadura sugar • 2 star anise • 1 cinnamon stick • 2 tsps fennel seeds • 2 organic...

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How To Choose The Best Exercise For Your Body Type

Ever wondered why some people can stay slim, fit healthy and vitalised with just a gentle walking and yoga exercise routine, while others need something a whole more vigorous to reap the benefits? This is because the type of exercise that best suits your constitution...

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How To Eat For Optimal Health And Weight Loss

Want to know the secret to health, longevity and weight loss? It all comes down to taste. Just ask M.Tobin (melbourne) Once he started eating with the Six Ayurvedic Tastes, and giving his body the specific taste it needed, things quickly kicked into gear, and his body...

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Gentle Kapha – How to Keep Your Battery Always Energised

Kapha are the most blessed of all the body types as you have a strong constitution and can carry a lot on your shoulders – you are the battery, that when in balance never runs out. If you’re not feeling full of power and stamina than you’re probably not eating...

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Discover Your Dosha To Find Mind-Body Harmony

Ayurveda is based on the principle that there are three different body types, or dosha, and these are the energies that make up every individual. We all fall into one main category – vata, pitta or kapha – and this largely defines our nature, physical...

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7 Hearty Detox Diet Soups

This month is Body Detox month at Back2Health. We’ve also had a lot of interest following Jo Formosa’s appearance on Today Extra where she discussed the virtues of soup to help the detox process. And let’s face it, even if you aren’t detoxing, a nice soup is welcome...

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Carrot and Ginger Soup

Reflect the beautiful colours of autumn in what you eat with this super easy and delicious carrot and ginger soup. Besides it’s colour, carrot has a great many properties – it’s a sweet and nourishing vegetable that is perfect for the cooler months. Its high content...

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Ayurvedic Golden Milk For Better Sleep

Golden Milk  In today’s society we lead very busy lifestyles and often negate our sleep in compensation for other things. If we have too much to do we cut back on a few hours of sleep. If we continue down this path we start to have these symptoms: foggy head,...

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Are you Vata, Pitta or Kapha?

Discover your Ayurveda body type and live your best life.  When you know your body type you can stop being someone else.  What do I mean? Once you know whether your body type is vata, pitta or kapha, you can start living your life in accordance with these body type...

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7 Ayurvedic Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain—Without Deprivation

As the holiday season approaches, it’s common to be tempted by rich food and sweet treats, making it harder to maintain a healthy, balanced diet. Many people tell themselves, “It’s Christmas, so why not indulge?”—until the heaviness and discomfort set in. But with...

Turning 50 – How Ayurveda and Science have helped me defy aging

At 50, I feel more energised and youthful than I did in my 30s—here’s how Ayurveda and science have helped me defy aging Ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old science of life, takes a holistic view of aging. Rather than treating aging as a “disease” to be cured, it...

A Transformative Journey: Our Unforgettable Retreat in India

We recently concluded our Health Dynamics Retreat in India, and it was nothing short of extraordinary. Over seven days, our participants embarked on a deeply personal journey that would typically take weeks, if not months, to achieve. Set against the backdrop of...

How to feed your family when life is just too busy

By Dr Madhavi Kathiria Endless to-do lists and growing stress levels are contributing to a modern busyness epidemic. The statistics continue to roll in with the same message: in Australia three in four people say stress affects their health, two-thirds of working...

Forget New Year Resolutions, Here’s How To Transform Your Year Ahead

How has this year been for you? Has it been the best year of your life? Whether it’s been a winning year, or not quite, I want you to stop for one moment and take a minute to think about everything you have, everything you achieved and the people around you –...

5 ways to energise your morning – minus the coffee

It’s so easy to hit snooze on those cold, dark mornings when you can’t get out of bed, then trudge into the kitchen for a coffee, or two, before starting the day. Brits alone drink some 70 million cups of coffee everyday – Australians, Americans and Europeans all have...

7 Tips to travel well – and arrive feeling great

Have you ever wondered why sometimes you arrive at a destination ready to sightsee or hit the boardroom, whereas others you suffer terrible jet lag and come down with a head cold the minute you step off the plane? The state you arrive in, is going to heavily depend on...

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Poached Eggs with Wilted Spinach

Prep 10 mins Cook 10 mins Servings 1 Ingredients 2 / Eggs, whole 200ml / Water Handful / Spinach, wilted 3 teaspoons / Fresh parsley, chopped Fresh ground pepper Pinch / Ground nutmeg (optional) Method Bring water to the boil in a small saucepan Crack an egg into a...

Ayurvedic medicated water

If you could drink a simple, but effective detox tea that clears your body of fake fat, which is really toxins in your lymphatic system, and literally strips centimetres and kilos from your body, would you be interested? Ayurvedic medicated water, or CCF tea, made...

Buckwheat Pancakes

Prep 15 mins Cook 10 mins Servings 1-2 Ingredients 1/4 cup / Buckwheat flour 1 tablespoon / Almond milk 1/2 cup / Water 1/4 teaspoon / Cinnamon powder 1/8 teaspoon / Cardamom powder Ghee or coconut oil for frying (optional) Maple syrup Method Mix all ingredients,...

Savoury Vegetable Crepe

Prep 10 mins Cook 10 mins Servings 1-2 Ingredients 1/2 cup / chickpea flour 1/2 / Carrot, grated 1/2 / Zucchini, grated Optional vegetables: 1/4 cup spinach leave or 1/4 cup beans, finely chopped) 1 pinch / Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon / Ajwain/cumin seeds 1/2 / Green...