Health is not the absence of disease. In Ayurveda, health is a continuum, a sacred unfolding that holds both vitality and disruption, steadiness and release.

This past winter, I discovered how true this is. My days remained full and structured, yet I stepped away from the restless pull of distraction and surrendered into the slower, steadier rhythm of Earth herself.

On the cusp of spring, the August moon rose like the Goddess — luminous and commanding — and threw me into bed. Not because I had failed, but because everything was working. In that surrender, Shakti released what no longer served me and reminded me that healing is not about perfection, but about listening, receiving, and trusting the wisdom alive within.

As Mother Maya writes, “it is our individual undoing and continual unfolding as we strive to awaken the heart of consciousness.”

Pears Poached in Tulsi Rose Tea and Mandarin.

I’ve been wintering.

In this journal entry, I share a moment from my heart kitchen. It’s an ode to a return to slowness, devotion, and the quiet alchemy of food as medicine.

With leftover rice, a few cardamom pods, and the blessing of winter sun, I crafted a warm and fragrant dish: Poached Pears in Rose Tulsi with Creamy Rice.

This post is an offering to all of us in our wintering. To those of us who are resting, creating, tending to the deeper tissues of our being.

May it nourish you with simplicity, slowness, and Shakti.

🪔 Includes full recipe, images, and seasonal reflections.

When Nonna Meets Ayurveda: A Mushroom Risotto for the Soul

What began as a conversation with my PT about his Nonna’s cooking turned into a memory, a longing, and the most delicious risotto I’ve ever made. Blending the depth of my Mediterranean roots with the grace of the Ayurvedic sacred kitchen, this is more than a recipe — it’s an offering. Come stir this bowl of lineage, love, and healing with me.

A deeply nourishing mushroom broth recipe infused with Ayurvedic herbs to support women’s vitality, hormones, and sacred self-care rituals.

When Parvati turns inward and shapes Ganesha from the clay of her own body, she offers us a living teaching in pratyahara, devotion, and creative will. This post explores how her gaze, her act, and her love reveal the deep yogic path of transmuting struggle into nectar. A reflection for modern seekers on the alchemy of sacred inwardness.

🌿 The Inner Rhythm Reflection

Before we ever meet in session, something sacred begins.

The Inner Rhythm Reflection is a contemplative self-inquiry, a written meditation, a soft threshold into your own becoming. Rooted in the wisdom of Ayurveda, Yoga, and subtle body healing arts, this reflection invites you to attune to the rhythms already living within you.

More than a form, it is a pause. A moment to listen inward.

Through this process, we begin to trace the energetic patterns of your life, not to diagnose or fix, but to gently open the door to what’s asking for attention, nourishment, or grace.

When we sit together, we start with what you’ve offered and then we explore how ancient wisdom, personal rhythm, and the sacred itself might guide your unfolding.

You don’t need to know anything about Ayurveda or yoga to begin. Just a willingness to be with what is true. ✨

Golden, crisp pakora paired with a vibrant coconut-coriander chutney — a light, soul-nourishing feast inspired by the timeless wisdom of Yamuna Devi and Baba Muktananda.

This easy vegetarian recipe transforms your kitchen into a sacred space, where every meal becomes an offering of love, awareness, and joy. Discover how mindful cooking can nourish both body and spirit. And keep the people you love coming back for more!

What began as a struggle to write opened into something sacred: a deeper recognition of love, connection, and the quiet presence of Shakti.

If you’ve felt distant from your own expression or community, this reflection is for you. I also share how you can explore your own feelings through the lens of Self-Inquiry.

Love Taught Me How: A Journey of Devotion and Healing

In this reflective piece, I explore all the women within—those who have shaped me, challenged me, and guided me on a path of healing and transformation.

Inspired by Emory Hall's poignant words, I share how honouring these parts of myself through rituals of love, devotion, and forgiveness has deepened my connection to the divine.

Through offerings of flowers, honey, and sacred mantras, I discovered the rivers of wisdom flowing within, leading me to Shakti, the embodiment of divine energy. This is a story of love as a teacher, devotion as a practice, and life as a sacred journey.

I Remember a Time: A Reflection on Grief and Beauty
What happens when beauty and sorrow meet?

In this deeply personal reflection, I share a time in my life when grief felt insurmountable—a heaviness that even my cherished spiritual practices couldn’t seem to touch.

And yet, through small, fleeting moments of light—walking my greyhound, lighting a candle, offering flowers—I began to rediscover beauty amidst the sorrow.

This piece is an invitation to explore how light and darkness, joy and grief, coexist as doorways to the divine. It’s a reminder that even in our darkest moments, beauty is still here, waiting to meet us.

If this reflection resonates with you, I’d love for you to join me on a new journey. I’ve created a sacred space on Substack to share devotional writing, reflections, and practices that connect us to the light within. Click here

What does it mean to truly connect with ourselves, with each other, and with the divine?

This month, we explore the power of connection as spiritual women. Through the practices of meditation, mantra, yoga, and Ayurveda, we come home to ourselves and awaken the light within us. Together, we create a sacred container for transformation, reflection, and community a space to nurture the Shakti that flows through us all.

Join me as I reflect on how inner awareness shapes outer radiance and how, when we connect, we amplify each other’s light.

What is true feminine power? Many people say that yoga is a man’s world. But that’s not what the tantrics, rishi’s, saints, Ma’s and sages say.

To be a sacred feminist is to be a lover of the feminine face of God, the divine, the Shakti.

“Shakti is the divine power that dwells within each person. She is the power of Consciousness that creates, sustains, and ultimately dissolves everything. When this Shakti awakens, it floods the mind with light and allows one to experience the Self in its full splendor.”

It’s that time of year here in the Southern Hemisphere where the roses are blooming, which means we can start saving petals to make our own rose water for summer!

It’s truly, so simple!

When I come across teachings like this I realised that there is another aspect to meditation, that I missed for years.

Today I’m contemplating my relationships and drawing upon the teachings of the Sufi mystic G.I Gurdjieff who’s teaching you may be familiar with - does The Fourth Way ring any bells?

How do we navigate relationships spiritually?

Do the mystics and have any wisdom to help support us?

What role does devotion play in our daily exchanges?

"Ritual is our love song to the universe. We anoint our bodies in warm oils not just for beauty, but to touch our skin with the tenderness of the Divine. We sip warm tea as if we are sipping the nectar of life itself, and in the quiet pause, we hear the hum of our own soul. It is in these moments, the seemingly small and routine, that we find the vastness of spirit." 

Katie Silcox - Ayurveda Teacher and Author. 

Do you sometimes experience unhelpful thoughts? In this journal post we look at what some of the great sages of Yoga and Ayurveda offer us Western folks to help us ease the burden of a busy sometimes harsh mind.

Introjection is a powerful yogic technique we can utilise to help us shift from blocked states to states filled with creativity, energy and clarity.

It's a great meditative or yogic device to use when you're under the sway of negative emotions or for when a situation is charged with a lot of energy leaving you feeling unclear or overwhelmed.

Spring Love Notes for the Mystics, is a seasonal newsletter jammed packed with practical and creative ways to bring to life your Yogic and Ayurvedic sadhana.

In the Mukti Projects journal, you get a taste of the sadhana that is inspiring us at the moment. And there is always an opportunity for you to sign up for the newsletters or you can just pop by when you feel inspired.