Our Craft

How the 100-times-wash ghee is made

Every jar of Lumi Glow begins long before the first application. I start with organic raw cream, ferment it, churn it into cultured butter, and slowly clarify it into ghee. From there, I prepare Shata Dhauta Ghrita using the traditional Ayurvedic method, hand-washing the ghee one hundred times in a copper vessel with organic flower water on a full moon while chanting mantras until it transforms into a silky, cooling cream.

I choose to prepare each batch during the full moon as part of my own practice of intention and mindfulness. It is a quiet ritual that reminds me to honor the process, never rush it, and create each jar with patience and care.

The significance of full moon

When the moon is fully illuminated, lunar nectar (soma) is at its absolute peak. This is when matter is most RECEPTIVE to absorbing subtle energies. Whatever intention, mantra, or herbal potency is infused—it multiplies. On full moon nights, the moon drinks the sun's light completely and pours it back as nectar. ENERGY: Nourishing, expansive, cooling, receptive, overflowing. Like a brimming chalice.

The full moon is the chalice overflowing with nectar (amrita). In Ayurveda, Chandra (the moon) is the presiding deity of ojas—the subtle essence of vitality and immunity that literally makes skin glow. When products are prepared on Purnima (the full moon), it is capturing the moon at her most ojas-rich moment.