Balance your Digestion with Ayurveda
With our understanding of the microbiome, and it's impact on mental health and immunity, the ancients' focus on digestive health as key...
YOGA & AYURVEDA
Yoga and Meditation in Baja, Feb 4 - 11, 2023
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- Oct 17
- 5 min
A Good Night’s Rest
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...
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- Oct 10
- 2 min
Rest and Digest
Some time ago I was looking at a booklet one of my colleagues wrote about chronic stress. Reading through the symptoms I had one of...
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- Sep 29
- 3 min
Why Cleanse?
Even if we're observing a mostly healthy lifestyle and diet, our bodies and minds accumulate a certain excess over the weeks and months...
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- Jul 26
- 2 min
What to do in the Morning to Feel your Best, from the Wisdom of Ayurveda.
Rise with the sun (go to bed the night before by 10 pm). Upon awakening, greet yourself. Thank the universe for another day of life. ...
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- Jun 8
- 3 min
Expand Your Awareness
What do you do when your actions betray your deeper desires? Do you ever find yourself doing something that brings you pleasure now, but...
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- May 2
- 2 min
What to do when you're going in too many directions at once.
There are a handful of things I hear from people when we're meeting in discovery sessions. Near the top of the list is, "I'm...
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- Jan 26
- 3 min
Space to Be
Every morning of my life begins with practice. The practices I have been living for the past nearly four decades have helped me slow...
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- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
Reset this Fall for a Healthy Winter.
In the northern hemisphere, fall is a time when the weather cools, the winds accelerate, the temperatures are variable from warm to cold,...
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- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Adapting to the Changing Seasons
Ayurveda teaches us to stay healthy through the seasonal shifts by adjusting our diets and daily routines. Spring is a movement out of...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
Understand your Nature with Ayurveda
Ayurveda is a science of longevity. It works best as preventive medicine—a body of teachings which describe those things which lead to...
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- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
Stay Cool this Summer with Ayurveda
In Ayurveda, Summer is Pitta season, bringing us more fire and heat which elevate those qualities within us. Pitta, in balance, functions...
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- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min
Late Afternoon Medicine
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...
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- Jul 9, 2019
- 1 min
What to Eat this Summer to Chill Out and Stay Healthy.
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...
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- Jun 12, 2019
- 1 min
Nadi Shodhana
Of the 72,000 nadis (subtle channels) that yoga describes, 3 are considered of prime importance: Sushumna, the central channel, residing...
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- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
Ayurveda for Mid-Spring
For us in the Northern Hemisphere, May Day signals the half-way point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. In the Northwest...
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- Feb 19, 2019
- 3 min
How Digestion is not just about Digestion
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...
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- Feb 6, 2019
- 2 min
What Should I Eat?
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...
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- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
How to Disengage from your Inner Critic
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...
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- Aug 31, 2018
- 4 min
Self Care is the New Health Care
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...