How to find balance after a long day at work and chai tea recipe

We all know the feeling after a long day at work. Whether your job requires that you sit still for many hours at a desk, or sweat away with physical labor, the mind, as well as the body, is affected. Your thoughts might be spinning, your muscles feel tight and tired, and meditation can seem like a foreign concept, close to impossible to master.

Read More
Lisa Åkesson
Chocolate, ginger and lime cake recipe

I do have a sweet tooth, but there are different degrees of sweet. When Ayurveda talk about sweet foods, we're mainly referring to grains such as rice, bulgur, and barley. Vegetables and many root vegetables are also sweet in taste. Pumpkin, sweet potato, beetroot, and carrots are all sweet, nourishing and grounding. 

Read More
Lisa Åkesson
True freedom - And a treat

For many of us, the holidays are an excuse to eat whatever we want and how much we want. Traditions, rituals and family agreements all suggest that this is freedom. I was once of that understanding, too. When I moved away from home and was in charge of my life, it felt like freedom to eat whatever I felt like whenever I felt like.

Read More
Lisa Åkesson
How I quit coffee for good

Us Swedes tend to drink a lot of coffee. We even have a word for the act of gathering to have coffee and a bite to eat, fika. I used to be quite a coffee drinker as well. Recently I became very clear to me, that I really don't like the idea of being dependent on anything. May it be coffee, sugar or a person.

Read More
Lisa Åkesson