Maha Ghee, Chicago, IL Videos

What’s ghee got to do with musculoskeletal healing? We’re exploring this and more with Vaidya Lal Krishnan @drlal.xyz & Kalari Master, Radhika Gurukkal @hindustankalarisangam on Sunday, March 24th at 8am Pacific/8:30pm India in our next Knowledge Circle. Register using link in bio!

Grace of Ghee: Navigating Womanhood and All Stage of Life with Dr. Sarita Shrestha, MD (Ayu), OB/GYN, BAMS
Our world is obsessed with anti-aging via countless beauty treatments/products, supplements, programs in the marketplace. Whether in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or old age, our bodies and minds develop, ripen, and transform with the turning of the years. Aging is inevitable and something to be celebrated rather than feared. As women navigate various sacred windows in life such as menarche, pregnancy, menopause., timeless knowledge has identified this superfood for to support our body-mind health and higher consciousness - Ghee. Scriptures tell us, "Ghee is life" - AyurGhritam. The Vedas call ghee the "first and the most essential of all foods" and essential medicine in Ayurveda. As we inch towards death on a daily basis, how can we consciously use ghee to navigate all the hormonal, chemical, emotional, spiritual changes throughout the various stages of life? In this session, Dr. Sarita Shrestha will shine her wisdom light on: - Understanding the different stages of life according to Ayurveda - Specifically share her experiences in womanhood - How to use ghee to benefit from its wonderful properties, and how not to harm oneself/others in the process. - Various benefits of ghee – physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually… - Answer YOUR questions Founder and Chairman of Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital as well as the Founder and Director of Vedaya Ayurveda, in Kathmandu, Nepal. She is the first woman Ayurvedic (MD) specialist in Nepal. As an OB/GYN, she specializes in womens health, practicing Ayurveda and yoga for more than 30 years and has worked for the government of Nepal in the field of Ayurveda for 21 years as a medical officer. She lectures at Tribhuvan University, the Ayurvedic College in Nepal, and Sanskrit University and is also a long-standing faculty at Mount Madonna Institute of Ayurveda. *** What is one nagging question that you are dying to ask Dr. Sarita Shrestha?? Bring it to the session or or EMAIL to [email protected]

Gheelicious: Cooking with Chitra Martin and Susanne Jarchow-Misch
Our presenters are the co-creators of the beautiful cookbook, "The Great Gift of Ghee" with 40+ seasonal vegetarian recipes - all made with ghee. They'll share methods of making ghee at home, tips and tricks of using ghee in Indian and non-Indian recipes and more. A live or recorded demo of the traditional "ghee tadka" technique is also on the cards... Author, Chitra Martin, moved to Los Angeles in 2008 and now manages a real estate business. At the same time, she pursues a lifelong interest in art and is a school-group Docent at the Getty Center. She has an abiding passion for Indian aesthetics, culture and cuisine. Art Director, Susanne Jarchow-Misch, started making ghee at home many years ago and now regularly travels to India and enjoys experimenting with Indian cuisine. As a student of Ayurveda, she would like to share her learnings around inherent and potential benefits of Ghee with the cookbook.

Ghee: Magic Cleanser w. Vaidya Aparna Bapat, BAMS & Pres. of Assoc of Ayurveda Florida
Why is ghee is the Maha sneha or ultimate lubricant and cleanser for the body, mind, spirit? How to use it n correct ways? Since thousands of years the ancient science of Ayurveda has been describing the values of using Ghrita or ghee made form cow milk. Ghee is used as daily food ingredient for cooking as well as as medicine and as a vehicle to carry medicine to right tissues in the body. The most authentic method to make the ghee from cow milk and further medicate it with herbs to enhance its qualities is described in Ayurvedic texts along with its applications in various ailments. Ayurveda focuses on healthy lifestyle and diet and regular cleansing of the bodily organs and pathways to maintain health. Therapies of Panchakarma are prescribed to enable the body to release toxins from deeper levels of body- mind complex, and Ghee plays an important role in these treatments. Please submit all comments/questions here: https://forms.gle/GtVxMvtpu6w67bV69 or EMAIL [email protected] BIO: Vaidya Aparna Bapat has been a dedicated educator, clinician, and consultant of Ayurveda internationally, since 1992. She studied Ayurveda medicine at University of Pune, India. Aparna has published many articles and videos on Ayurveda related themes. She has served on the Board of Directors of NAMA and AAPNA, and is currently President of AAF , CAC and on Executive board of AAAP and it's founding member. She has been on faculty of many Ayurveda colleges and Institutions in US and Europe. To find out more, visit ayurspirit.com Exchange fee: By donation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Any amount of donation can be made via Paypal and Venmo: @mahaghee