Understand your Nature and Shine with Ayurveda
Ayurveda, the science of longevity, is an elegant, complete system of medicine originating in India thousands of years ago. It's...
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Living Into Balance
Jun 282 min read
Stay Cool this Summer with Ayurveda
Summer is Pitta season, bringing us more fire and water which elevate those qualities within us. Pitta, in balance, functions to keep our...
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Living Into Balance
Feb 283 min read
How to Stoke Your Digestive Fire
Ayurveda teaches that all imbalance in the body starts in the digestive tract. Those low-level, chronic gut issues undermine our good...
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Living Into Balance
Feb 212 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Dec 20, 20232 min read
What to do when you're going in too many directions at once.
There are a handful of things I hear from women when I'm in discovery sessions with them. Near the top of the list is feeling...
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Living Into Balance
Dec 4, 20233 min read
Ayurveda for Perimenopause
It's so easy for me to get into my head when it comes to my body, into the ideas I have about what my body needs, versus a present time...
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Living Into Balance
Nov 28, 20233 min read
How to Eat, When to Eat and What to Eat in Perimenopause and Beyond.
"When diet is right, medicine is of no need; when diet is wrong, medicine is of no use." -Ayurvedic Proverb This week we're finishing up...
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Living Into Balance
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Reset this Fall for a Healthy Winter.
In the northern hemisphere, fall is a time of transition. Temperatures cool, the winds come up, schedules shift, holidays arrive, and the...
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Living Into Balance
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Taking Care of the Small Stuff
My Ayurveda teacher, Dr. Lad often reminds us to take care of the small problems when they arise. You know those little annoying problems...
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Living Into Balance
Aug 2, 20234 min read
More Musings from the Path~
I like to get up early in the morning. I rise, drink some water, and sit with a cup of tea for a while. I look forward to a quiet...
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Living Into Balance
Feb 28, 20232 min read
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...
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Living Into Balance
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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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Living Into Balance
May 26, 20212 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Oct 2, 20191 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Apr 30, 20193 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Aug 13, 20185 min read
How to Take Care of Yourself in the Morning
I’ve been thinking a lot about rhythm lately. I’m still transitioning back from a big year of study in the desert to life in the city,...
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Living Into Balance
Jul 20, 20183 min read
A Little about Ayurveda
Do you regularly have the sense that you can tune into your body and know what it needs to stay balanced and happy? The sages who first...
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Living Into Balance
Jun 9, 20171 min read
Caring for Our Senses Tip Sheet
After many posts on caring for our senses, I made you a tip sheet to print out with all the information in one place. Enjoy! Caring for...
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Living Into Balance
Jan 27, 20174 min read
Ayurveda for Your Senses: the Skin
The classics of Ayurveda teach that over-use, under-use and wrong use of our senses lead to disease. The sense organs are the ears, skin,...
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