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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...

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...

Seasonal cleansing is a core component of Ayurveda. Even if we're observing a mostly healthy lifestyle and diet, our bodies and minds...

It's not surprising that my Ayurveda teacher, Dr. Vasant Lad, began our 6-week intensive talking about AGNI— Agni refers primarily to all...

Every morning of my life begins with practice. The practices I have been living for the past nearly four decades have helped me slow...

In the northern hemisphere, fall is a time when the weather cools, the winds accelerate, the temperatures are variable from warm to cold,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...