Shilajit: The Ancient Resin Powering Modern Minds
The very best innovations often begin deep within nature. One of our favourite ingredients, both for its history and its benefits, is shilajit. It may not taste great (we’ll be the first to admit it), but what it lacks in flavour, it more than makes up for in function.
Here’s how it goes from Himalayan peaks to your daily capsule.
🌿 Born in the Mountains
This powerful botanical begins life high in the Himalayan mountains, where ancient layers of plant and microbial matter have slowly broken down and compacted over centuries. Through the natural forces of time, pressure, and heat, this organic matter transforms into shilajit — a sticky, tar-like resin rich in fulvic acid and more than 85 trace minerals.
🌞 Summer’s Reveal
As temperatures rise in the summer months, the resin begins to soften and seep out from the cracks in the rocks. That’s when local harvesters, often working at altitudes above 10,000 feet, carefully collect it by hand. This ancestral method of harvesting honours the land and preserves the integrity of this precious resource.
🧪 Purity in Every Batch
Once harvested, the raw shilajit undergoes a careful purification process that blends both traditional Ayurvedic practices and modern science. It is soaked in water, filtered to remove grit and sediment, and gently concentrated without high heat or harsh solvents. This allows us to retain the most active compounds, including fulvic acid, known for enhancing nutrient absorption and energy at the cellular level.
The result? A clean, potent extract ready to nourish your mind and body — with no bitter resin to swallow.
🧠 From Peak to Pill
You’ll find shilajit in our Cognition capsules, where it’s combined with other brain-loving ingredients like Lion’s Mane mushroom and B vitamins (B3 + B12). Together, they form a synergistic nootropic stack designed to enhance mental clarity, focus, and calm, without the overstimulation or crash.
Why we use it in Cognition:
- Clean, calm energy from increased ATP production
- Sharper memory + clearer thinking
- Improved nutrient absorption
- Neuroprotective antioxidants to combat brain fog
- Support for dopamine — the feel-good, stay-motivated hormone
It’s everything you want for your brain. Delivered in a clean, filler-free capsule.
✨ Final Thoughts
Shilajit may have ancient roots, but its benefits are strikingly modern. In a world that asks so much of our minds, this mountain-born mineral offers a quiet kind of power: clarity, energy, and presence — naturally.
P.S. Rumour has it, men are particularly fond of shilajit. Something to do with stamina... or so we’ve been told 😉