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Garlic Honey Bomb
Garlic honey is a simple, powerful home remedy to bomb out incoming colds the moment you feel your immunity dipping down. It’s also a great way for heart patients to get their daily dose of that super important garlic, with the scraping drying effect of honey. Thanks...
Why Dandelion is Better Than Coffee for Women’s Health
This month I’m highlighting Dandelion root (Taraxacum officinalis, or Paardebloem in het nederlands). It’s the perfect antidote for spring damp & warm qualities when people have increased symptoms related to mucus congestion and water retention. Women often ask me...
Before the Course I Had Complete Lack of Energy
I came to the Vitality Recharge with an autoimmune disorder that among other things caused liver problems and rather extreme bowel trouble. I had episodes when I would get a stomachache, have to run really urgently to the toilet, and became difficult to make it. It...
How to Get 95% More Ayurveda?
In an average 1 hr health consultation, an individual retains about 30% of the information conveyed, and implements less than 10%. But action is the core of natural healing – sustained action over time. Get more hours Improve your retention Boost your implementation...
Surprising Things About Pippali
Pippali hasn’t quite got the popularity it deserves yet in the west, but that may be coming soon.Here’s a pepper (yes, a pepper!) that unlike other hot spicy peppers actually has a rejuvenative effect, especially on the lungs. Your constitution Your vikruti – current...
Strawberry & Kale Smoothie (Serves 2)
• 250ml (8 oz.) unsweetened almond milk• 150g (1 heaping cup) fresh strawberries• 67g (1 packed cup) fresh kale leaves • 100g (1 cup) blueberries• 1 ripe peeled banana, fresh or• 1 Tbsp. nut butter• Dash ground cinnamon1. Add all of the ingredients to a blender. Blend...
Delux Miso Soup
Ingredients: ❄️ Ghee for sauteeing ❄️ 5 cm piece of ginger, chopped ❄️ 1 package soft silken tofu ❄️ ½ cup julienned carrots ❄️ 1 courgette (zuchinni) cut into half rounds ❄️ Pak soy (bok choy) sliced into thin strips ❄️ ½ cup sliced radishes or Daikon ❄️ 2+...
The incredible thing that happens when the body takes over your decisions
It was magic: one most beautiful moments I’ve seen in my career so far. Last week participants in this season’s Vitality Recharge met to kick off the season start. I asked the returning members to share something that’s already working, something that has become a...
Harmonizing Contradictions with Licorice
There’s so affinities I share with my adopted culture in the Netherlands, but the fondness of the (licorice candy) is not one of them. The fact that kids here grow up with licorice, however, does mean that they’re much more familiar with the woody stick when I mention...
Nettle: A plant that refuses to be ignored
Here’s a plant that refuses to be ignored, despite its commonplace presence. Urtica dioica, or as you probably first encountered it, the stinging nettle plant you unknowingly brushed up against on your early adventures off the path in the woods. The top growth of the...
