Summertime Smoothie

Here’s a great Maharishi Ayurvedic summer time smoothie recipe -

Melon, mint and cucumber smoothie -

• 2 cups chopped honeydew


• 12 fresh mint leaves


• 1 teaspoon honey


• 1 cup chopped cucumber


• 2-4 tablespoons fresh lime juice, to taste

Puree ingredients in a blender until smooth and enjoy!


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Rose Petal Lemonade

It’s summer time!

Is your pitta out of balance?

Are you feeling more hot than usual because of the heat?

Here’s a great Maharishi Ayurvedic Rose Petal Lemonade recipe that’s guaranteed to keep you cool and calm.

Ingredients -

- juice of 8 lemons

- 5 cups of cold water

- 1/2 cup of organic rose petal spread

* Juice all lemons and mix with water.  Melt down the rose petal spread in a saucepan until syrupy.  Mix with lemonade and serve.

Note – rose has a cooling effect on the mind, body and emotions – it’s great during the heat.

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Pitta & Coconut Oil

Greetings.

It's almost the month of October and the summer is coming to an end.
I hope you all had a great summer.

Since the weather is transitioning to be a little cooler than the earlier months of summer, we all can still benefit from adapting to our routine to the seasons and following specific guidelines that will help us balance our bodies.

Pitta season is the summer season July - October.  And a lot of us can become aggravated, in the body and or the mind because of the fire and heat from the universe.  Pitta type physical imbalances can occur such as inflammation, skin irritations, heat rashes, diarrhea, etc.  I noticed a rash on my right arm.  It first started out as a minor itch, which later escalated to tiny white bumps and with all the scratching I was doing made it red in color, which in turn aggravated my Pitta.  And since it's the summer time and I needed to cool the Pitta in me, I started to apply coconut oil.  Coconut oil has a cooling effect and improves many skin disorders such as - eczema, fungal infections, heat rashes and acne to name a few.  I'm getting great relief with minor itching and the redness is gong down.  So the next time you have an itch or irritation on the skin, apply some coconut oil and massage for about 10 minutes and let the oil just soak in your skin.  It will definitely cool you down.