During the vata years, 55 plus, you’ll start to notice that your body is less able to bounce back and rejuvenate than it could in your younger years. It may be harder to shift kilos and aches and pains can take longer to clear up. You might also suffer skin issues,...

A lot happens in the years from puberty through to 50 or 55 – this is when we are digesting and assimilating our experiences, lessons, talents and desires. We hit the ambitious years when we are most passionate and focused and work hard to achieve the goals and...

Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • 1/3 cup moong beans, washed, soaked and boiled until tender, then drained • 2 cups fresh spinach, chopped • 2 tbsp ghee • 1 tsp cumin seeds • ¼ tsp asafoetida (optional) • 4 cloves garlic, minced • 1 tsp fennel seed powder • ½ tsp turmeric...

Ever wondered why little ones constantly have runny noses, why toddlers seem to pick up every passing cold and respiratory disorders are so common in young children? This is because they are in the kapha stage of life, where kapha related illnesses like congestion,...

Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • 375g piece pumpkin (approx. ) • 1/4 small pumpkin or (¼ medium butternut squash) • Olive oil, sea salt + black pepper • 1 cup cooked millet, cooled • 1 small free-range egg • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped • 1/8 cup millet flakes (lupin or...

Ayurvedic self-massage has been practised for thousands of years and the benefits are both numerous and immediate. Oryana Angel road tests the practice. With benefits ranging from decreasing aging, toning muscles and detoxing, to bettering vision, reducing wrinkles...

Serves 1-2 as a side dish Ingredients: • ¼ cup carrot cut into cubes • ¼ cup yellow squash cut into cubes • ¼ cup green beans cut into cubes   For Pesto: • ¼ packed cup mint leaves • ¼ packed cup parsley leaves, without stalks • Finely grated zest of ½ lemon • 1...

There are a lot of fad diets out there that seem to come and go from fashion, they range from swapping food for copious amounts of fresh juice, going raw, sticking mainly to meat and protein, consuming tons of cabbage soup and all sorts of other unbalanced...

When most people think of ghee, or clarified butter, they don’t often associate that with something healthy. However, ghee is actually a super-food and something you should be including in your diet every day. Ghee is made by boiling butter very slowly over a low...

Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • 250g carrots (approx. 2 large carrots), peeled and roughly chopped • ¼ medium orange sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped • ½ onion, peeled and sliced • 1 clove garlic, peeled • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds • The finely grated zest of ½ lemon...