Tara's Wellness Garden

Tara's Wellness Garden Hello! I'm Tara Culbertson of Tara's Wellness Garden. Chopra Vedic Educator in Meditation, Ayurveda, and Yoga.

Check out my website for a free consult and current offerings: https://www.taraswellnessgarden.com/consultation

This season, come home to balance.Join me for The Four Soul Intentions, a four-week journey of yoga and meditation to aw...
10/23/2025

This season, come home to balance.
Join me for The Four Soul Intentions, a four-week journey of yoga and meditation to awaken the body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Each week, we’ll explore one of (Deepak Chopra’s) soul’s intentions:
💫 Joyful Energetic Body
💗 Loving Compassionate Heart
🌫 Reflective Alert Mind
☁️ Lightness of Being

Choose one class or experience the full series.
✨ Thursdays, November 6 – December 4 | Live on Zoom

🔗 Link in Upcoming Classes, Scan QR Code, or Join at https://www.taraswellnessgarden.com/events-2-1

The air turns crisp, the tea turns spiced, and our practices turn inward. 🍁Join my newsletter for fall rituals to ground...
10/21/2025

The air turns crisp, the tea turns spiced, and our practices turn inward. 🍁
Join my newsletter for fall rituals to ground and glow, plus early access to my upcoming yoga + meditation series.

10/21/2025
10/19/2025

✨ Gluten-Free Pistachio Rose Nankhatai ✨
Fragrant, nutty, and kissed with rose, these golden cookies are my Diwali offering to light in the dark. 🌙

As the season turns inward, I love simple rituals that breathe warmth: lighting candles, a favorite song, the scent of ghee and cardamom drifting through the kitchen.

Each cookie is a tiny celebration , soft centers, golden edges, rose in the air, and the sweetness of new beginnings. 🪔

Because sometimes, sweetness is its own form of prayer.

10/16/2025

🍂 Vata-Balancing Turmeric Herbal Chai

As the air turns crisp and the days grow shorter, this golden elixir brings warmth and steadiness back to the body and mind. ✨

Caffeine-free and gently spiced, it’s the perfect way to ground and glow through autumn. Turmeric calms the nervous system, while cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger spark digestive fire, without overstimulation.

Sip it slowly, breathe in the steam, and let the aroma remind you of steadiness, warmth, and wonder.

🫖 Save this recipe for your next cozy evening ritual.

Tag a tea lover who’d adore this one 💛

10/09/2025

🥣 Smoky Ayurvedic Cheddar Broccoli Soup

Nourish your body and delight your palate with this cozy twist on classic broccoli-cheddar, infused with warming ginger, turmeric, and a hint of smoked paprika.

Ghee + spices stoke digestive fire, creamy yogurt adds probiotics for gut and hormone balance, and sweet potatoes bring grounding sweetness and fiber to support estrogen metabolism.

Broccoli adds cruciferous power for natural detoxification, while turmeric keeps everything anti-inflammatory and golden.

🌿 Tag someone who’d love this & save it for your next cozy cooking day.
✨ Full recipe in the comments ↓

✨ Matcha Green Tea Chia Coconut Pudding ✨A hormone-happy breakfast/treat layered with kiwi + purple grapes.Recipe 🌱 • 1 ...
09/01/2025

✨ Matcha Green Tea Chia Coconut Pudding ✨
A hormone-happy breakfast/treat layered with kiwi + purple grapes.

Recipe 🌱
• 1 can coconut milk (or your fave milk/alt)
• 4 Tbsp chia seeds
• 3 Tbsp matcha powder
• Sprinkle of cinnamon
• Honey (to taste)

➡️ Blend well, pour into containers, let sit overnight. In the morning, top with fresh fruit (I used kiwi + grapes).

Why it’s magic for your body:
🌱 Chia seeds: fiber + omega-3s + phytoestrogens → balance estrogen, soothe androgen dominance.
🌱 Matcha: catechins calm inflammation, support focus + steady energy.
🌱 Coconut milk: grounding healthy fats, blood sugar balance.
🌱 Grapes: resveratrol + fiber for longevity + hormone support.
🌱 Kiwi: vitamin C boost for immunity + collagen.

This little pudding is food as medicine + a self-care ritual in a jar. 🌸


Mantra is the doorway to stillness, where thoughts settle and pure awareness remains. 🌊🕉️             ’sWellnessGarden
08/21/2025

Mantra is the doorway to stillness, where thoughts settle and pure awareness remains. 🌊🕉️
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The Gyan Mudra, thumb and forefinger meeting, invites clarity, calm, and focus.Beside it, a Rudraksha mala, sacred seeds...
08/16/2025

The Gyan Mudra, thumb and forefinger meeting, invites clarity, calm, and focus.
Beside it, a Rudraksha mala, sacred seeds long used in meditation for stillness and protection.

May your weekend hold space for both stillness and clarity… and the gentle reminder that you already hold the wisdom you seek. 🌿🕯✨

🌸 Change the Soil, Change the Bloom 🌸Hydrangeas change color depending on the soil’s pH.Shift the soil, water, sunlight,...
08/12/2025

🌸 Change the Soil, Change the Bloom 🌸

Hydrangeas change color depending on the soil’s pH.
Shift the soil, water, sunlight, and the whole plant transforms.

We’re not so different.
When we give ourselves the right environment, nourishing food, movement, rest, connection, our physiology changes too.
And when the conditions are right, we bloom in our own colors. 💗💜

🥣✨The Daily Anti-Inflammatory PlateWe’re deep in the heat of summer and all the busyness and all that comes with it.Late...
07/25/2025

🥣✨The Daily Anti-Inflammatory Plate

We’re deep in the heat of summer and all the busyness and all that comes with it.
Lately, I’ve been leaning into lighter, fresher meals, and keeping an eye on the ingredients that help ease inflammation from the inside out.

So I wanted to share a list of solid, go-to nutrients and ingredients you can sprinkle onto your daily plate. 🌿

Our bodies are whispering every day,
through joint aches, puffiness, or that stubborn tension in your neck….
And food can be part of the answer.

Add these to your plate each day:

🌾 Oats – rich in beta-glucan & AVA to soothe gut & immune inflammation
🫐 Berries – antioxidants that quiet cellular stress
🥬 Leafy greens – spinach, kale, arugula = natural detox magic
🫒 Olive oil – contains oleocanthal, nature’s ibuprofen
🐟 Fatty fish – like salmon and sardines (rich in omega-3s)
🧄 Garlic & ginger – antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, warming
💛 Turmeric – powerful when paired with black pepper
🍵 Green tea – calming catechins like EGCG to lower CRP
🥑 Avocado – glutathione + healthy fats for your nervous system

Healing rituals live in your kitchen,
in your rhythms,
and in the care you give yourself.

Let me know if any of these are your favorites, or if you try something new from this list. I’d love to hear. 💛 Be well, friends 🙏🏼

Did you know your humble bowl of oats carries ancient medicine?Wellness Stars:✨ Beta-glucan, a powerful soluble fiber th...
07/25/2025

Did you know your humble bowl of oats carries ancient medicine?

Wellness Stars:
✨ Beta-glucan, a powerful soluble fiber that soothes inflammation and calms the gut.
✨ Avenanthramides (AVA), unique to oats, act like botanical bodyguards, reducing redness, calming tissues, and even supporting scar-free healing.

In recent lab studies, oat bioactives like AVA and beta-glucan were shown to promote angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth), double the speed of wound healing, and even reduce visible scarring.*

A daily dose of 1½–2 cups of cooked steel-cut or rolled oats gives you 3–5 grams of beta-glucan. For AVA? You’ll find them in the outer layer of whole oats and some skin-calming oat extracts too.

Add cinnamon, turmeric, or berries to boost the synergy.
Your morning oats aren’t just breakfast, they’re a bowl of botanical alchemy. 🌿. I topped mine with blueberries, mangoes and h**p seeds 😊

*Study reference: Ceapro + Angiogenesis Foundation findings on oat-derived beta-glucan & avenanthramides in wound healing (2023)

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