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It's not surprising that my Ayurveda teacher, Dr. Vasant Lad, began our 6-week intensive talking about AGNI—digestive “fire.” Ayurveda...

What do you do when your actions betray your deeper desires? When you find yourself doing something that causes you pain, or prevents you...

Ayurveda teaches us to stay healthy through the seasonal shifts by adjusting our diets and daily routines. Spring is a movement out of...

It’s been one of those weeks where my attempt to keep up with all that's going on in my world has left me overstimulated and disconnected...

Ayurveda is a science of longevity. It works best as preventive medicine—a body of teachings which describe those things which lead to...

In the northern hemisphere, late Spring and Summer are pitta season, bringing us more fire and heat which elevate those qualities within...

What do Fall and the Late Afternoon Have in Common? In the fall the ether and air elements increase and with them their qualities of...

Prajna paradha is a sanskrit term that translates as, “crimes against wisdom.” It refers to the ways we willingly go against our body’s...

Did you know that in the summer our digestive power is at a yearly low? That’s because the extra heat outside causes heat within our...

Of the 72,000 nadis (subtle channels) that yoga describes, 3 are considered of prime importance: Sushumna, the central channel, residing...

Every morning of my life begins with practice. The practices I have been engaging in for the past three decades have helped me slow down,...

Sleep—such a healing balm and one of the three pillars of health in Ayurveda. When sleep is off, everything is off.  And when sleep is...

For us in the Northern Hemisphere, May Day signals the half-way point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. In the Northwest...

Yesterday I was looking at a booklet one of my colleagues wrote about chronic stress. Reading through the symptoms I had one of those “a...

Last week we began our study of digestion in my year-long course. We’ve been looking at the state of our digestive fire--agni--and...

A few years back, I had the honor of presenting Ayurveda to a group of yoga teacher trainees on Vashon Island. We spent 6 1/2 hours...

How do you deal with your inner critic? Do you have a way to address that part of you that judges, often harshly, your efforts and...

We are nearing the autumnal equinox, a time of balanced day/night, and an official marking of the fall season. Today I am sending along a...

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Every summer after my annual yoga retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs, I enjoy a 1/2 speed work life through July and August. In my line...