Sattvik Cooking: Modern Avatars of Vedic Foods

The oldest yoga institute in the world now brings you the ultimate Sattvik cookbook that will enhance your positivity quotient and become an inseparable part of your life. Ancient Indian texts say that the trigunas—Sattva, Rajas and Tamas—pervade the universe and the human mind. Food that is Sattva is pure, happy, energizing, vitalizing and fulfilling; rajas is stimulating, passionate, ambitious and domineering; and tamas is dull, inactive, heavy and impure. Food influences the mind directly, but the mind can also influence the kind of food you desire. Hence, it’s easy for the mind to spiral in a particular direction. Of the three food spirals, only Sattvik has the power that can propel you to a state of happiness, contentment and full of positive energy. The recipes revealed in this book will help you derive the benefits of Sattvik foods along with them being super tasty. In Sattvik cooking, for example, natural sweeteners are most important as they stimulate vata, the primary dosha that controls the other two doshas—pitta and kapha. The recipes will enable millennials to embrace Sattvik food by infusing them with modern-day cuisines from India and around the world, while also understanding the science behind it. Sattvik Cooking uses humble Indian kitchen ingredients to unleash the mind, body and spiritual powers of ancient Vedic foods. The unique selection of recipes will not only satisfy the palates of all age groups, but will also be hugely beneficial for fitness enthusiasts.

Yoga guru Dr Hansaji J. Yogendra is the director of The Yoga Institute, the oldest yoga institute in the world. She is an exemplary visionary, a yogi and a scholar who has transformed the lives of millions of people around the world. The leading face of householder yoga, Dr Hansaji is the wife of Dr Jayadeva Yogendra and has conducted over 1,00,000 theoretical and practical sessions of yoga. She is a part of various committees formed by the Government of India as well as many international organizations. The Yoga Institute was awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award in June 2018 by Shri Narendra Modi for spreading the goodness of yoga to all. Hansaji has also undertaken several social service initiatives for the betterment of society. Her work in yoga education, research, experiential learning and standardization of yoga practices has been widely recognized. Her dynamic and charismatic personality is an inspiration for people around the world who wish to inculcate yoga as a way of life. Reach her at: Website: https://theyogainstitute.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theyogainstituteofficial/