Support Your Health this Season
It's the season of feasting, gathering with friends and family and indulging in some sweeter, heavier, celebratory foods and drinks and...
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Sep 244 min read
Why Gentle is Best
I'm getting ready to do my personal Fall purification in the form of a gently Ayurvedic cleanse , and I wanted to offer you some...
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Aug 75 min read
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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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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May 133 min read
How to Stop the Disease Process in its Tracks~
Sometimes things happen suddenly or out of the blue:Â accidents, quantum leaps, seeing someone for the first time, and knowing your life...
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Apr 102 min read
Moving Towards Yourself
Before the pandemic, I had the privilege of spending time with Amma Karunamayi, an Indian saint who is revered as an incarnation of the...
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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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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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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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Nov 1, 20233 min read
The Yoga of Time
Part of staying healthy and cultivating resilience is learning to align with Natural rhythms rather than fight them.
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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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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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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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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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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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Jul 26, 20222 min read
Nine Things to Do for Yourself in the Morning.
Rise with the sun (go to bed the night before by 10 pm). Thank the universe for another day of life. Acknowledge the preciousness of...
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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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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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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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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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