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Beauty | Deep Wellness | Ancestral Wisdom & Rituals
We go beyond self-care into deep, intention al wellbeing. From secret beauty rituals passed down through generations to healing tradition s, we bring you wisdom that nourishes from the inside out.
Set across 2,500 acres in the Western Ghats, Dharana at Shillim integrates Ayurveda and yoga with clinical insight to make wellbeing measurable, science-led, and genuinely transformative. There is a soft rustling in the distance. Stepping into the private garden of my pool villa, I catch …
In our new section Samay: Reclaiming Time, we consider how the clock moved differently across the Indian subcontinent before the Industrial Revolution. In ancient India, time was understood as cyclical rather than linear, kaal that encompasses the cosmic dance of creation and destruction. And it …
Beauty from brass combs to cold cream Beejliving’s love letter to the rituals, the scents, the softness, and the slow evolution from hair oil to cold cream to contour. The Mirror Was a Metal Thali There were no vanities then. Just your grandmother sitting cross-legged, …
Beejliving presents a guide to caring for clothes. Treat your wardrobe like an heirloom, not a haul The Philosophy Before we get to soap and steam, let’s talk about soul.Clothes, in Indian households, are not things.They’re memories stitched with thread.A silk kurta worn to a …
Contemporary narratives are challenging narrow Indian beauty ideals. We celebrate the myriad shades of Indian skin, body types, and expressions of identity. Rich and luminous Deccani miniature paintings in Hyderabad’s Salar Jung Museum depict women as sensuous beings with fair complexions, wide open eyes, prominent …
Dr Hansaji Yogendra, Director of The Yoga Institute and President of the Indian Yoga Association has trained over one lakh yoga teachers till date. She has been instrumental in helping design the yoga education syllabus for schools that was implemented throughout the country by NCERT, …