Holy Basil

These include adaptogenic herbs like ashwagandha is one of my favorites.

Lemon balm, holy basil, or Tulsi are some of the other ones I like to use.

Sometimes reishi is really great as well for people that might have trouble sleeping, for example, and they don't want to take something too stimulating, but need a little bit of an energy boost.

Then there's the B vitamins, which include thiamine, um, B5, B6, all of these can be incredibly helpful for our adrenals and our neurotransmitters.

You can use herbal support if needed.

Herbs like Brahmi, Tulsi, Ashwagandha, Shatavari, they can support the mind and nervous system gently when used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner.

So these practices are not indulgence.

They are essential.

But I feel like a lot of plants that call to us have some sort of deep ancestral tie.

And then another one I really love is Tulsi or Holy Basil.

That one is not...

Not necessarily an ancestral plant for me, but it is a plant that... really in my experience of relating with this plant is, is truly divine.

And, um, I, I literally have some drawing on my table right here as we speak, because I just love it so much.

I grow it.

I haven't had gardens my whole life, but anytime I've grown something, Tulsi has been one of those plants that I've grown.

And it just is like, It just feels like such a welcoming plant as well.

We're going to take a water break.

I'm going to take a tea break.

Hmm.

Gosh, recently I've gotten into Tulsi tea, T-U-L-S-I.

It's holy basil.

Oh my God, it's so good.

You don't, you don't have to turn every workout into a PR.

All right.

In his commentary to Bhakti Rasamrish Sindhu, I will show you his exact words.

So, Srila Vishwanath Chakraborty Thakur says, The Vrajwasis did not do many Sevas such as taking shelter of a Guru, taking Diksha, Vaishnav Diksha, taking a Mantra, worshipping Shalagram, Shila, Tulsi, Devi, following Ekadashi etc.

We are followers of Vrajwasis, we also will not do.

This is the recent opinion.

Dvarka Dhyan, meditation on Dvarka, Rukmini Adi Puja, and worship of deities of Dvarka such as Rukmini etc.

Although they are mentioned in Shastras, all these limbs of Bhakti, Naiva Karyani, the person who is walking on the path of Raganoga Bhakti should not perform these limbs.

Other limbs which are helpful for Raganoga Bhakti, Ekadashi, worship of Tulsi taking shelter of a guru so those should be taken shelter of the text of bhakti rasamrit sindhu it says very clearly that amongst all the 64 limbs of bhakti most of them are also applicable in raga nuga bhakti I am showing Yes, this is the verse.

Dear devotees, please sing after me.

Chamomile tea is a great option.

So is a tea called holy basil.

Holy basil is Tulsi tea.

And Tulsi is antihistamine as well.

So if you feel like you've been kind of high histamine through the day and then you have holy basil tea at night, one, it's calming, relaxing, good for the adrenal glands and stress.

Two, it can help lower histamine.

I don't know, just the tea.

If I want to drink a tea that tastes exactly like hot water, that's what I reach for.