Pranada Ma

04/17/2026

It was an honor and a blessing to be featured as the first Member of the Month by the esteemed California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine 🙏😃

A link to the blog article below 👇

Thank you to CandiChinwe for her lovely interview and writing and dedicated volunteer work for CAAM 🙏

If you are an Ayurveda student or professional, check out CAAM yes, you can be a member from out of state too. They offer so many benefits and educational opportunities and I'm a major fan!

https://ayurveda-caam.org/blog/the-story-of-pranada-ma

How One Healer’s Transformative Journey Can Inspire Your Own—The Story of Pranada Ma Feb 23 Written By Chaitali . What happens when curiosity, challenge, and ancient healing arts collide? For Pranada Ma, it didn’t just change her life—it redefined her mission. Stepping into Ayurveda wasn’t...

04/15/2026

04/14/2026

Triphala Eye wash has many benefits for eye health.

Triphala is an herbal formulation commonly used in Ayurveda for everything from digestion to skin care to eye health.

It consists of 3 fruits known to have antioxidant, bioflavonoid, anti inflammatory, antimicrobial and cleansing and healing properties. When the 3 fruits (amalaki, bibhitaki and haritaki) are mixed together, they are called Triphala and are said to have a special affinity for the eyes 👀

You can wash your eyes daily in the evening or try it once a week for a refresh.

Benefits:
Cleanse the eyes
Moisten the eyes
Reduce eye strain and fatigue
Calm Inflammation
Strengthen the eyes
General eye health care

How to do Triphala Eye Wash:

- I like to rinse my eyes first and make sure they are clean of gunk or dust.

- Prepare your infusion by boiling 1/2 teaspoon of Triphala powder into 1 cup of purified or distilled water. Boil for a few minutes, say 3 minutes.

-Let the main sediment settle for a few minutes to make it easier to strain

- strain the infusion through an unbleached coffee filter or fine muslin cloth. Strain until there is absolutely no sediment left in the liquid. I recommend straining 3x from my experience.

- let the liquid cool to room temperature

- pour into eye cups 3/4 full and place over the eyes. Tilt the head back and roll the eyes around for a few minutes to let the liquid disperse all over the eye. You can also blink a few times. It might sting slightly for a couple of minutes

- that’s it! You can boil your eye cups to sterilize them. Make sure everything is clean and sterile as possible. Clean eyes are happy eyes. I like to use a separate cup for each eye to avoid spreading any microbes between eyes.

-This can be done daily to refresh the eyes or weekly.

- If you have an eye condition please do not try this until you consult your licensed eye doctor and an Ayurveda Practitioner.

- Do not perform if you have an eye injury. Please consult your eye care physician.

Note: None of my social media posts are meant to diagnose, prevent or cure any illness. Always consult with your physician if you have any health condition.

04/14/2026

The heart is the hub of all sacred places.

Go there and roam.

Baba Nityananda

04/13/2026

04/06/2026

Just a walk in the park on a fine spring day 🌞🥰

04/06/2026

Just another spring day taking a break for a walk in the park 🥰🌞

04/04/2026

I’ve been loving Dhanyaka Hima lately!!! If you have Pitta on the rise… any kind of burning or heat symptoms, this lovely drink may be perfect for you!

Heat flashes, reddish skin rashes, recurring utis or acidity in digestion?

Dhanyaka Hima is cold infusion of coriander seeds. Coriander seeds are cooling to the body while at the same time working to improve digestion and agni. Coriander seeds can be great for the urinary system also.

Dhanyaa Hima is a cooling tea. To make it you justeed to gently crush some whole coriander seeds before bed and soak them in some water overnight.

One part of seeds to 6 parts of water is the recipe. Then, strain it and sip it throughout the following day.

To improve the cooling benefits even more, place it out under the moonlight overnight so it can soak in the cool lunar energy.

Traditionally, you can then add a small amount of rock sugar, jaggary or coconut sugar to it. Natural sugars are actually Pitta pacifying so they help with the cooling. If you don’t take sugar, try a little stevia or monk fruit to sweeten it. It tastes lovely!

The infusion can also be used as an eye wash. Be sure you use purified water and sanitized tools if you try this. It’s cooling for the eyes, which are a seat of Pitta and tend to accumulate heat and redness at times.

Let me know how you like it!

03/24/2026

I’m once again so inspired by this California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine conference ❤

Everybody was saying it was the best conference they have been to! It was just buzzing with vibrance, glowing people and it was like the modern version of a meeting with the ancient Ayurveda sages brimming with discussions and debates of the most brilliant minds and hearts on advancing the various important topics of how this healing art and science can contribute to society’s health.

I loved every single talk and experience so much. I probably wish I could sit at the feet for months or years and learn from every single one of the amazing presenters. I think so many people have no idea how much brilliance there is in this hidden gem and field full of luminaries often quietly advancing the cutting edge of integrative health. I’m totally in awe.

And how relevant this science remains over thousands of years! Ayurveda could not be more relevant and needed even now.

My favorite highlights I would say were the amazing insightful Peri-Menopause lecture, the talk from an experienced clinician successfully using Ayurvedic support alongside modern cancer treatment to minimize the damage and rejuvenate the body, the talk on AMA which was so profound because the presenter had such a depth of sanskrit understanding of ancient texts... and of course our own Freedom-ji’s humorous and intriguing talk on how the little known classical Ayurvedic personality types from Charaka Samhita show up in our social media feed.

And I can’t forget that rose petal leyham medicinal jam experience too!

Well according to lots of big fancy numbers data, they say Ayurveda is about to blast off since interest natural health is growing massively. Let’s gooooo!!!!!

02/18/2026

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

~Thich Naht Hanh

I believe in you!

01/20/2026

It was sweet to attend a Kali Puja for the new moon with the new Kali Kutir in Ashland.

Ritual worship of the Divine Mother ♥️🌺🙏🏽🫶🏻