The Ayurvedic Lifestyle

DIY Ayurvedic Churna for Healthy Summer Skin

If your skin is experiencing a pitta imbalance, you may notice redness, oiliness, sensitivity, irritation, dryness &/or blemishes. Ayurveda provides tremendous support to keep the skin feeling ...

A Secret Skincare Ally: Black Cumin Seed Oil

Black Cumin Seed Oil is produced from the seeds of the Nigella sativa plant which has been used for over 3,000 years as a medicinal plant to heal an exorbitant number of ailments. Here we share wit...

Ingredient Spotlight: Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Commonly known for its ability to promote clear breathing and open respiratory airways, Eucalyptus is also beneficial for purifying the skin and soothing tension in the mind. From the Ayurvedic per...

10 Ayurvedic Ways to Infuse Dried Rose Petals into Your Life

The ‘Queen of Flowers’, rose, is an aromatic delight to your senses. Both cooling and calming, rose is regarded in Ayurvedic medicine as the most essential flower for re...

How to Use our Digestive Spice Blends

Dipanas are herbs that increase agni, the digestive fire located in the stomach. When agni is strong and working optimally, the body’s ability to break down, absorb and assimilate nutrients from fo...

Ingredient Spotlight: Sesame Oil for Vata Dosha

Sesame is traditionally used in Ayurvedic body oil formulations due to its warming, grounding and calming effects on the nervous system. Additionally, it is highly nourishing, moisturizing and abso...

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar: An All Natural Ingredient for Healthy Skin

Raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) has a rich history of helping to remedy ailments from sore throats and colds to healing wounds and supporting the gut microbiome. Although well known and often used as...

The Queen of Flowers: Magnificent Rose & It's Benefits

Like all PAAVANI products, our Rose Water is made in our Northern California apothecary in small batches by our dedicated team of Ayurvedic herbalists. We developed our organic Rose Water with the ...

Digestive Churnas: Ayurvedic Spice Blends for your Dosha

One of the main teachings of Ayurveda is that the root cause of all disease is improper digestion. Hence, having a healthy digestive system that is optimally functioning...

Flower Power for Summer Balance

As an Ayurvedic company dedicated to formulating products with 100% pure, herbal ingredients, we have the pleasure of working with an array of incredible plant medicine and would like to share with...

A Midsummer's Day Tradition: Harvesting St. John's Wort

St. John’s Wort comes to full bloom on Midsummer’s Day and in herbalism and folklore, June 24th is the best day to harvest this long-revered, mystical, healing plant.

Rest Assured! Our Palo Santo is Sustainable

If your Instagram feed has been looking anything like ours lately, you might be feeling concerned about the sustainability of palo santo. This is due to a flo...