Ayurveda and Cooking with Tim Mitchell - July 2014

June 6, 2014 DB Meditation

My colleague and Master Ayurvedic Chef Tim Mitchell will conduct a course on Ayurveda and cooking as follows:

Thursday 17th July, 6-9pm

Saturday 19th July, 1-5pm

Sunday 20th July, 1-5pm

The course will be held at The Intuitive Well in Bondi Junction and is suitable for everyone. You will learn the basic principles of Ayurveda (the science of longevity) and how you can bring balance to your mind and body through food. You will also enjoy feasting on Tim's delicious cooking.

This course is highly recommended for anyone who wishes to learn more about Ayurveda, Ayurvedic cooking and how to balance your body for optimal health.

For further details, please click here: Ayurveda and Cooking July 2014

Ayurveda and cooking with Tim Mitchell

February 5, 2013 DB Meditation

My colleague and Master Ayurvedic Chef Tim Mitchell will conduct a course on Ayurveda and cooking as follows:

Friday 2nd August, 6-9pm

Saturday 3rd August, 11-5pm

This course is highly recommended for anyone who wishes to learn more about Ayurveda, Ayurvedic cooking and how to balance your body for optimal health.

For further details, please click here: Ayurveda and Cooking August 2013

A weekend of Ayurveda and cooking with Tim Mitchell

January 31, 2012 DB Meditation

My dear friend and Master Ayurvedic Chef Tim Mitchell will conduct a weekend of Ayurveda and cooking as follows:

Friday 30th March, 6-9pm

Saturday 31st March, 1-5pm

Sunday 1st April, 1-5pm

For further details, please click here: Ayurveda and Cooking March-April or visit the website, Tim Ayurveda.

Ayurvedic Cooking with Tim Mitchell

August 23, 2011 DB Meditation

My dear friend and Master Ayurvedic Chef Tim Mitchell will conduct a 1 day Ayurvedic cooking class on Sunday 28th August from 9.30am to 4.30pm at The Intuitive Well in Bondi Junction.

This class is suitable for everyone. You will learn the basic principles of Ayurveda (the science of longevity) and how you can bring balance to your mind and body through food. You will also enjoy a delicious lunch.

For further details, please click here: Ayurvedic Cooking August 28th or visit Tim's website, www.yogaofthekitchen.com

Limor's famous Kitcheree Recipe

July 6, 2011 DB Meditation

Kitcheree is basmati rice and yellow mung dal (or red lentils) cooked together usually with ghee and spices and vegetables. Many consider it to be an Ayurvedic panacea helping normalize the digestive system and supporting the healing of the entire body.

It is said that there are 108 different varieties of Kitcheree. My recipe is particularly suited for balancing Vata.

KITCHEREE (for 3 people)

1 TB Ghee Heat Ghee,

2 Pinches of Asafoetida/Hing fry spices in the Ghee for a few seconds.

1 ½ tsp Cumin Seeds

½ tsp Fenugreek seeds (careful not to burn these. They shouldn't go darker than a terracotta colour)

½ tsp Fennel Seeds

1 tsp Jaggery or Brown Sugar

½ TB Fresh Ginger (grated)

3 TB Yellow Mung Dal (or Red Lentils) Wash rice and lentils together, add and stir around in spices.

3 TB Basmati Rice

2 Cups of Boiled Water Bring to boil and simmer for up to 1 hour (until cooked).

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Turmeric

1 cup fresh-in-season vegetables (Sweet potatoe/kumera, beetroot, carrot, pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, zucchini, snow peas, spinach). Simmer until vegetables are cooked.

Serve and add Lime or Lemon Juice and chopped parsley/coriander.

P.S. If you want to make a bigger quantity, you can multiply the seeds and vegetables/rice/dal/lentils/liquids but don't multiply the powders (salt, turmeric) exactly; only slightly increase the quantity of powders.

Spice up your life - Ayurvedic Cooking Class

July 5, 2011 DB Meditation

Some photos below of the recent Ayurvedic Cooking Class held at the Double Bay Meditation Centre; conducted by Ayurvedic Chef, Tim Mitchell. Participants learnt the basic principles of Ayurveda and how to make Ghee (clarified Butter), Paneer (Cheese) and various other vegetarian dishes. It was a day of fun, knowledge and delicious food.

For details of other Ayurvedic Cooking Classes conducted in Sydney by Tim Mitchell, please go to: www.yogaofthekitchen.com

Making Paneer (Cheese) from Milk. Draining Curds from Whey.

Scrambled Paneer with Vegetables. Yum!

Spices in a Masala Dhaba Spice Tray

Tim and Limor with Pear, Coconut and Cardamom Muffins about to go in the oven. Yummy!

Ayurvedic Cooking Class - Sunday 26th June, 10am - 4pm

April 27, 2011 DB Meditation

Enjoy a day of Ayurvedic Cooking and eating here at Double Bay!

My dear friend and Master Ayurvedic Chef Tim Mitchell will conduct a 1 day Ayurvedic cooking class on Sunday 26th June 2011 from 10am to 4pm. This class is suitable for everyone. You will learn the basic principles of Ayurveda and how you can bring balance to your mind and body through food. We will also share a delicious lunch. Space is limited to 8 participants. For further details, please click here.

Panchakarma - Ayurvedic detoxification and rejuvenation therapy

February 6, 2011 DB Meditation

Panchakarma is the natural purification therapy of Ayurveda.

"Pancha" means five

"Karma" means action

The "five actions" refers to a range of cleansing therapies which are designed to purify the body of toxins.

The therapies are personalised based on the specific needs, imbalances and body type of the individual.

Therapies include:

- Various types of massages using oils and milks tailored to the individual

- Nose, eye and ear treatments

- Ayurvedic herbal supplements

- Enemas

Some of the benefits include:

- Highly enjoyable, with two practitioners massaging the body in tandem

- Prevents the recurrence of disease and restores health to the body

- Brings order to the digestive system and improves metabolism

If you click on the link below, you can read more about Panchakarma and the Clinic in Delhi where I have spent the past 14 days.

http://www.maharishiayurvedaindia.org/

This Clinic houses the best (in my opinion) Ayurvedic Doctor in the world, Dr Raju. Through pulse diagnosis, Dr Raju determines your current state of health and any imbalances and then tailors your Panchakarma program accordingly.

In the photo below; Limor Babai and fellow meditators Michalle Smith and Liz Young, all undergoing Panchakarma in Delhi. Also in the photo, master chef Rajender who cooks the most delicious vegetarian meals for Panchakarma clients at the Clinic.

Ayurveda - Knowledge of long life

January 16, 2011 DB Meditation

Ayurveda is the world's oldest and most comprehensive natural system of health care.

Ayus = Lifespan or Longevity

Veda = Knowledge

Thus Ayurveda translates as "knowledge of long life".

The easiest way to understand the approach of Ayurveda is to review the description of nature that modern physics gives us. Physics tells us the world exists in layers. The surface levels of nature behave like particles and are the domain of classical physics. The deeper, more subtle levels of nature behave like wave patterns in a field (Unified Field) and are the domain of quantum physics. Ayurveda is a health care system based on an analysis of health from the deepest quantum mechanical level in nature.

Ayurveda evaluates all issues in health from the perspective of the Unified Field and its first manifestations. The approach comes from the direct cognition, or experience, of the Vedic Rishis. Rishi means seer. Vedic Rishis purified and refined the functioning of their nervous systems until they could consciously experience and perceive the Unified Field and it's functioning from deep within their own minds. Their cognitions of the laws of nature functioning on this deepest quantum mechanical level became the body of knowledge called the Veda.

The Vedic Rishis described three fundamental fields that are the first expressions of the Unified Field. These fields orchestrate the functioning of the entire physiology on grosser, more manifest levels. Ayurveda calls these three fields (or doshas); Vata, Pitta and Kapha and gives detailed descriptions of their structure and activity within the body.

According to Ayurveda, all disease is caused by imbalances that are present in Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Imbalance in the doshas is imbalance in the body's inner intelligence responsible for proper functioning of all the grosser, more material aspects of the physiology. Treating Vata, Pitta and Kapha is equivalent to enlivening the body's natural healing, balancing and self-repair processes.

There are many ways Ayurveda prescribes for balancing the doshas; these include diet, herbs and lifestyle routines.

I highly recommed Deepak Chopra's book, "Perfect Health" as a fabulous reference book on Ayurveda.