Nastya: November is the most under-appreciated month :D Let’s re-discover how to love it anew, here are 10 things to do while November 2020 still lasts. - find and buy some seriously beautiful postcards and mail them to friends. - re-read Eugene Onegin. - keep on travelling and … [Read more...]
Spring Beauty Rituals 2020
Elena There has never been a spring like the 2020 one :) I think that all of us are now experiencing an incredible adventure, albeit not the regular outbound trip, but for the first time in modern history an inbound trip (seems that the ‘in’ and ‘out’ motive is in the air). Unexpectedly … [Read more...]
Five Simple Ways to Become a Happier You
Friendship with optimists Researchers from Harvard Medical School and University of California, San Diego, found that happiness is contagious and easily spreads through networks of people. Infecting not just friends, but also families, neighbours and even friends of friends. The best thing is … [Read more...]
European Vegan Markets Tour 2019
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is more important than the outcome” – this quote from Arthur Ashe is our daily mantra. Especially in respect to the design and vegan markets where we decide to participate. You can never predict the exact outcomes and how things will … [Read more...]
Winter Beauty Rituals: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
According to Ayurveda nature in autumn and winter is ruled by cold, wind, flux and dryness. Changing climate patterns affect every one of us, and we reflect current states of natural world deep inside us, at a cell level. If your type of dosha is Vata (in other words, air, wind and space dominate in … [Read more...]
The founders of Botanic Garden – Elena and Anastasya – on Ayurveda and few other important things
25/02/2016 by botanicgarden Anastasya – on the left, Elena – on the right Elena: What attracted me in Ayurveda is this idea: its main goal is not to achieve beauty and health, but to help us find inner peace and accordance with our self. Ayurveda sees sickness as a sign of internal … [Read more...]