According to a recent article in Newsweek, the new “it” drink is yerba mate (rhymes with latte). This South American earthy tea has more antioxidants than green tea!

Not news to many of us…I was turned on to it a few years back by a friend of mine…who after hearing about my love of caffeine, but distaste for what it did to my stomach, (not to mention my ulcer), made me my first delicious cup! With Mate, you get a great buzz, sans the coffee jitters. Containing a unique stimulant called trifecta: caffeine, theophylline (found in tea) and theobromine (found in chocolate), Yerba Mate’s got you covered.

Known for its rejuvenating powers, mate isn’t just a beverage…it’s now making a grand appearance in skin-care products from Kiehl’s.

Get your buzz on!

Tagar is a hairy, tufted herb. Indian valerian is prescribed as a remedy for nervous unrest, sleeplessness, depression and other illnesses related to mind.

Who needs Tagar & how does it help?

Mental ill health is essentially a result of disequilibrium brought about by unwholesome interaction between individual and surrounding environment.

This interaction operates through an axis consisting of three fundamentnal factors namely kala (time rhythm), buddhi (intellect( and indryatha (sensorail inputs). The resulting edisequilibrium causes a wide-array of altered behavior being reflected on the mental state.

Valerian is a nervine, aiding sleep and helping fight depression. It helps people under emotional stress or pain. In a recent study done on chronic sleeplessness, valerian improved the quality of sleep in 89% of the participants. Of those participants, 44% described their night’s rest as perfect sleep.

Who should not take Tagar?

Caution should be taken during pregnancy. One should also avoid taking Valerian during activities which require alertness.

As with all medications, use only under the direction of a qualified practitioner.

Ayurveda is the science of life / longevity. Yoga is the science of aligning the individual self with the universal Self. Yoga tries to expand the narrow constricted egoistic personality to the all-pervasive, eternal and blissful state of reality. Both sciences aim at developing our physical, mental, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual levels of being.

During the course of the next few weeks, we hope to provide you with a bit more information on the various types of yoga and to discuss some of the basic principles. For now, just sit back and b-r-e-a-t-h-e…