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A wrap on a milestone solar return month which I spent mostly off-grid, very much on purpose.I’m proud and happy of this...
04/09/2026

A wrap on a milestone solar return month which I spent mostly off-grid, very much on purpose.

I’m proud and happy of this journey called life so far. It hasn’t always been easy. Like all of you, there have been challenges, breakthroughs, lessons and so many blessings along the way. The beautiful experiences become my muse; the harder ones become the ones that change me the most.

Being a Leo, a little attention is naturally welcome but I’ve always loved quiet, solitude-filled birthdays too. This year I wanted to honour both - my inner lioness and the quieter, more authentic part of me.

I intended to mark the auspicious 108 here, but who says everything must happen in order? I skipped posting on my solar return because ‘real’ life mattered more than ‘reel’ life. August offline felt refreshing, nourishing and soothing, leaving space to ask: am I wiser, closer to my true self?

It also go me thinking on why we blow out candles? So this year, I lit one instead as a marker of a new beginning, along with a Sankalpa, a deep intention that remains personal and private.

One of the biggest lessons of this birthday was also learning to surrender and receive. Something I’ve never found particularly easy as the eldest South Asian daughter, where doing, organising and taking care of everyone else can feel much more natural.

And it showed me who really shows up and not because Instagram reminded them. A meaningful phone call. Making a plan. Travelling to meet. A thoughtful rendezvous. Those gestures meant more to me than material gifts. Because time is finite! So when someone chooses to give me some of theirs, I don’t take that lightly.

I’m deeply grateful for the for the clarity that comes with getting older. Less expectation. Better boundaries. More compassion for myself.

Thank you for being here, whether for years or newly arrived. Your messages, reflections and kindness give me courage to keep writing, questioning and creating from the heart.

Here’s to whatever the next lap around the sun has in store. 🧡

✨ 𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 ✨I evolved into my half-centenarian self earlier this month, and felt compelled to be mostly off...
30/08/2026

✨ 𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 ✨

I evolved into my half-centenarian self earlier this month, and felt compelled to be mostly off-grid in every sense of the word, so this celebration is arriving slightly late and I want to share something with you.

A milestone solar return felt like the perfect excuse to celebrate something I care deeply about: ageing well, feeling well, and creating rituals that genuinely support us for the long term.

So i’ve partnered with Shakti Acupressure Mat for one person to win a very special wellbeing bundle centred around learning, resting and feeling more like yourself.

One winner will receive:

✨ A signed copy of Ayurveda 📗
✨ A signed copy of Rasayana: Live More, Age Well 📙
✨ A Level 1 Shakti Mat
✨ A Shakti Pillow

The books are there to help you understand your body better and take a more nourishing, sustainable approach to ageing well.

The Shakti Mat and Pillow are for the days when you need to switch off, release tension and do absolutely nothing for a few minutes.

To enter:
1️⃣ 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁
2️⃣ 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 @𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗮
3️⃣ 𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻.

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Giveaway closes at midnight on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 (𝘽𝙎𝙏). Winner will be contacted via DM on 8 September.

UK entries only. No purchase necessary. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram.

Good luck 🧡

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If a disease took years to develop, why do we expect the cure to work in days? why do we expect it to be effortless?That...
27/08/2026

If a disease took years to develop, why do we expect the cure to work in days? why do we expect it to be effortless?

That's the part of modern wellness I struggle to get behind.

We're constantly sold that one supplement, one detox, one protocol can undo what's likely been building for years. It won't. And I think most of us know that, even when we want to believe otherwise.

Ayurveda’s approach feels far more aligned, by understanding ‘what has been wearing the body down.’ instead of ‘what do I take to fix this’.

It happens by realigning digestion, sleep, minimising stress, coming back to a natural rhythm. The small, daily choices in how we eat, rest and recover.

Because real healing is rarely dramatic. To be clear, this isn't about replacing medical care where it's needed - some conditions require intervention, and that matters. This is about what happens in the years before and after that point: what allows the body to actually respond, recover and stay well. It's smaller, slower, and it asks for commitment and consistency in the habits you change.

This is what I explore in my books, Ayurveda and Rasayana, moving past trends and quick fixes, toward something more personal, more preventative, and built to last.

Available from all good book retailers.

✅ Follow Ayurveda Author | Practitioner | Speaker for more Ayurvedic longevity and pro-ageing wisdom.

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As a British-born Indian, my relationship with my heritage hasn’t always been simple.Growing up in a mostly white societ...
15/08/2026

As a British-born Indian, my relationship with my heritage hasn’t always been simple.

Growing up in a mostly white society, I felt pressure to fit in. Parts of my culture were misunderstood, dismissed, and parts of it I even hid away, just to be accepted. But the connection stayed rooted, and over the decades it’s been my dharma to deeply understand, honour and speak proudly about my roots.

Ayurveda has been central to that. As a practitioner, it’s connected me deeply to India and given me a way of understanding health, nature and life that now shapes my work and how I live. I owe so much to my mother land, to the teachers who preserved this knowledge, and to the generations who carried it forward.

But I also see how easily Indian knowledge gets separated from its origins, dismissed in its traditional form, then renamed, repackaged and celebrated as a modern discovery. If India remains a footnote in the history it helped write, what have we really decolonised?

You may practise yoga or pranayama, speak about karma and chakras, drink turmeric lattes, scrape your tongue or practise oil pulling. You may wear a bindi, chappals or Indian-inspired prints; use shampoo - a word derived from the Hindi chāmpo. Or enjoy black pepper from the Malabar Coast, mango chutney and crystallised sugar, or wear cotton. Even today’s conversations around intermittent fasting echo India’s longstanding traditions of upavāsa and Ayurvedic laṅghana.

This isn’t about claiming India did everything. It’s about recognising what began there, and giving India its rightful place in the story.

Independence isn’t just political or a historical moment to celebrate. For me, it’s personal too: reclaiming my heritage, trusting its wisdom, and no longer seeing it through somebody else’s lens.

Happy Independence Day, India. 🇮🇳

What’s one thing from Indian culture you use daily, without knowing its roots? Let me me in the comments below.

While everyone looks to the skies later today, I do not intend to watch the solar eclipse. Not because I do not honour i...
12/08/2026

While everyone looks to the skies later today, I do not intend to watch the solar eclipse. Not because I do not honour its significance, but because I was taught not to treat an eclipse as entertainment.

When the light changes, the energy around us changes too. Ayurveda and Vedic astrology teach that what shifts around us also shifts within us.

During an eclipse, prana, our vital energy can become unsettled, while agni, our metabolic and digestive power, can become unstable.

This is why Vedic tradition advises staying indoors during the eclipse phase and avoiding food, work and socialising until it has passed.

We reduce noise, stimulation and engagement with the hype. Instead, we rest, meditate, pray, chant or journal, creating space to notice what is shifting within and around us.

My grandparents always said this was a time to quieten. They reminded us that some moments are observed through stillness not through our eyes.

Today’s solar eclipse takes place in sidereal Cancer, in Ashlesha nakshatra. The Sun and Moon are joined by Mercury and Jupiter, close to Ketu and near gandanta - a sensitive meeting point between water and fire. I am not a Vedic astrology expert (jyotish), so for more on this, visit Laura Plumb | Jyo, Ayu, Med, Harshna | Vedic Astrology + Vedanta and 🕉️ AnandaShree Astrology.

Simply put, a great deal is concentrated in this moment. It is a time to keep the body light, the mind steady and our activities simple.

The eclipse may be brief, but its effects are not always limited to the event itself.

We have become used to turning every rare event into something to consume. Now we are sold glasses so we can stare at what our grandparents never encouraged us to watch.

So please use proper eclipse eye protection if you do watch. I’ll be staying indoors, keeping things quiet and allowing it to pass without watching.

Will you be watching, or following the traditional Vedic guidance?

👅 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂?In Ayurveda, examining the tongue gives an insight into your current digestion,...
05/08/2026

👅 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

In Ayurveda, examining the tongue gives an insight into your current digestion, dosha imbalance and clues about deeper, longer-standing patterns of imbalance in the body. Its colour, coating, texture and shape may offer clues about what is happening internally.

A healthy tongue is generally 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗸, 𝗺𝗼𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Unhealthy signs can include:

👅 A heavy white coating - ama buildup or sluggish digestion

👅 A yellow coating - excess pitta or digestive heat

👅 Deep cracks or dryness - aggravated vata

👅 A red tongue - excess heat or pitta aggravation

👅 A pale tongue - low vitality or depleted tissues

👅 Ridged edges - weak digestion or poor absorption

👅 A swollen, puffy tongue - excess kapha or fluid accumulation

👅 A dry, rough tongue - aggravated vata or excessive digestive heat

Tongue diagnosis is only one part of the full Ayurvedic assessment and is usually assessed alongside your digestion, appetite, energy, elimination and overall symptoms.

It’s time to normalise observing your own body more!

Have you noticed your tongue changing with your diet, stress levels or the seasons? Let me know in the comments below👇🏽

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲-𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹

In Ayurveda, tongue scraping helps remove the overnight coating and buildup associated with toxins, leaving your mouth feeling clean and fresh.

Comment 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 and I will DM you a link to buy a tongue scraper

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