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Healthy Holiday Guide
When we follow this season’s invitation to slow down, warm up, go inward, then it really has such rich and abundant gifts for us.
I want to share with you a personally curated collection of healthy holiday homemade care and recipes to inspire slowing down and easing into the serenity of the season.
I am also sharing here some of the gifts of my life – the crafts and elixirs, ayurveda and seva, and treasured art of friends.
AYURVEDA SUPPLIERS & PROVISIONS
Farmtrue: Ayurveda favorites are Ground Body Oil, Fix Sticks, & Ghee (see my interview with founders Kim & Lynn) – Laura15 will get you 15% off at checkout.
Banyan Botanicals: My go-to, esp. for Beauty Balm, Turmeric Mylk, Brahmi Oil & Mung – Plumb15 will get you a 15% discount at checkout.
Mauli Rituals: Sumptuous Ayurvedic self-care – Use the code Laura15 for 15% discount
Sahajan: Ayurvedic Skincare with proven results
AromaVedic: Small batch, artisanal Ayurvedic skincare and self care
HOLIDAY HOMEMADE & HANDCRAFTED
Aromatic Foot Scrub (above)
Rose Beauty Bath Bombs
Give the Gift of Ghee
Homemade Gingerbread Cookies
Holiday Mendiants (top photo)
HEALTHY HOLIDAY RECIPES
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Tart (photo above)
Chewy Cardamom Cookies (photo above)
Sweet Potato Latkes (photo above)
Cinnamon Cardamom Truffles (last photo below)
Sweet Potato Latkes
Cardamom Banana Bread
Maple Pecan Energy Bites
Dark Chocolate Pâté
NONPROFITS
Ramana’s Garden Children’s Home: A Sanctuary and A School (photo above)
Radha Seva: Sanctuary for Widows Who Care for the Temples of Vrindavan
Outdoor Outreach: Inspiring Youth with Transformative Encounters in Nature
Tree People: More trees!
Find a Food Bank to Support
WISDOM GIFTS
I think learning is a great gift, and makes a great gift. As a Solstice Gift, you can get 30% off select courses and classes of mine until December 31, 2023. Use the code Solstice30 at links below.
AYURVEDA
Introduction to Ayurveda
What are the five elements, three doshas and 20 attributes of nature – and what does this have to do with you? How does it help with health and healing?
In this two hour class you will learn what Ayurveda is, how it works, how this relates to you, and how you can work with Ayurveda to create a more sacred, sumptuous life for yourself. Which Element Are You?
Which element expresses itself most vibrantly through you? What can nature tell us about our own unique nature?
Learn more about yourself and how to harmonize the elements in you in this 2 hour recorded class.
Introduction fo Ayurveda Cooking: The Medicine In Your Kitchen
Join me in my kitchen, where Ayurvedic wisdom comes home, where nature, in her great generosity, offers herself most fully to us—letting us touch, taste, smell, and behold her bounty while turning everyday meals into nourishing delights of balance and wellness.
Includes: 8 video lessons + 8 booklets + original recipes: unlimited access.
JYOTISH Power of the Planets
What if the radiance of the stars held the story of you? Jyotish means the science of light and is the original science of existence. As a sister science to Yoga and Ayurveda, Jyotish is one of the most profound and efficient tools for recognizing the uniqueness of you.
Includes: 8 recorded classes + PDF’s for each, plus a page of inspiration and insight for each planet, and a bonus class on the Nodes.
INSPIRATION Beauty & The Path of the Courageous Soul
A sacred exploration of the path of courage, and the support available to us from the divine – with myth, mantra, yantra and meditations, journal prompts, and suggestions to cultivate this gentle strength and radiant beauty in your everyday life.
Includes: 2 90-minute recorded classes + a course page with class enrichments & resources.
My signature course, Ayurveda Integrative Nutrition Consultant Training begins in January and is available now at 30% off, with the code AIN30, plus extended monthly payment plans. It is the gift of health, empowerment and dharma all in one!
ONE MORE GIFT
Free Winter Solstice Class: Thursday, December 21 9am Pacific time
Considering the Winter Solstice commences the 6-month period of Uttarayana, the northern journey of the Sun, we will look at the true sacredness of this time, and what the sky is forecasting for the new year.
Register here
If you have your own favorites, please share in the comments below.
I wish you a radiant season of peace, light and love.
xo