Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind: 100 Simple Sattvic Recipes

Eat your way to increased energy, balanced emotions, and an overall state of calm and relaxation.

In Ayurvedic medicine there are said to be three main energies that affect our mind:

- sattva, the state of contentment and calm;

- rajas, the state of reactivity and excitability; and

- tamas, the dull, slow, and stagnant state of mind.

The good news is that there are direct ways of bringing these states into balance through what we eat. The recipes in this book are simple, seasonal, and delicious, while bringing the traditional foods of Ayurveda into the modern kitchen.Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind uncovers the true potential of food to heal not only our bodies, but our minds too.

Author: Kate O'Donnell
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 03/27/2018
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781611804478
ISBN10: 1611804477
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Health & Healing | General
- Cooking | Vegetarian
- Cooking | Specific Ingredients | Natural Foods

About the Author
Kate O'Donnell is an Ashtanga yoga teacher, a nationally certified Ayurvedic practitioner, and an Ayurvedic yoga specialist. As an Ayurvedic educator, Kate leads workshops, trainings, and lifestyle retreats in the US and abroad. She is on the faculty for the Kripalu School of Ayurveda and for Ayurvedic Health Education trainings. She lives in Boston.