The New Year has been both full speed ahead, and slow and steady around here. Still unwinding from an steep and full fall, and a hustled holiday season, I feel like we’re overdue for a true BREAK.
Time isn’t stopping, but I’m steadying, and recipes like this Lemongrass Ginger Broth are everything I need.
Fall and early winter are the season of vata dosha – when the cold, rough, dry, mobile and subtle qualities run rampant through nature, and through us. When this swirl pushes too hard, we notice that our bodies feel dry, sluggish, stagnant, tired, cold…and less vibrant than we would otherwise like to be. This typically happens because all that swirling extinguishes and reduces agni or digestive function. Incorporating warm, smooth, moist, grounded qualities in our foods, movements and efforts helps to counterbalance this effect, and keeps us feeling, performing and being our best. One of the easiest ways to do this? Keep a little mug of broth nearby.
Works wonders in the cold, rough winter. Gentle, warming, it clears the static and steadies our energies; calming vata, igniting agni and never over heats.
Lemongrass: light, citrusy, gently drying → helps clear heaviness without depletion
Ginger: sparks agni, moves stagnation, tells your digestion “we’re back”
Mint: keeps the mind clear + the system cool enough to stay balanced
Salt: grounds it all so this doesn’t feel like spa water pretending to be food
This gorgeous broth is light, refreshing and grounding. It’s a quick recipe is easy to make and even easier to love. I’ve been enjoying it as an unexpected morning wake up – in the place some might put bone broth – and as a daily sipper when I’m working, running errands or just need something warming in hand as I navigate these winter days. It stands in beautifully for tea. I also use it as a base for favorite soups – see the Recipe Notes below!
For those of us waking between the hours of 6-10am, we’re rising during the kapha time of day. Our systems have been resting all night, allowing our bodily processes to digest and reset, and this incredible system deserves a gentle, warm start. But instead, most of us leap from bed, dump down a coffee and either skip or pound a “super powered” breakfast. And, for some of our systems, or some of our days, this is simply….TOO MUCH. But a light, bioenergetically and physically energizing and warm drink – like this broth – is the perfect jumpstart. It’s grounding, clarifying and energizing…which means that instead of immediately overloading your system you’re creating space to actually bring in the light through your day.
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