Intuitive Eating, the Microbiome and Metabolic Health through Perimenopause and Beyond.
"When diet is right, medicine is of no need; when diet is wrong, medicine is of no use." -Ayurvedic Proverb Right diet, according to...
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- Nov 1
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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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- Feb 28
- 6 min
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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- Sep 29, 2022
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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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- Apr 30, 2019
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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
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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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- Jul 20, 2018
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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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- Apr 13, 2017
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How to Take Care of 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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- Jan 12, 2017
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Ayurveda for Winter
Ayurvedic self-care is all about supporting our system to adapt to the changing conditions within and without. Seasonal self-care is...
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- Jul 16, 2016
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What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is a 5,000 year old system of natural medicine, originating in the Indus Valley in India, outlining how to live in a way that...
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- May 18, 2016
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Ayurveda for Late Spring
We are in the transition between spring and summer. The days are getting longer, the weather in the Northwest is vacillating between...
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- May 3, 2016
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Feel Better & Stay Healthy
What I love about Ayurveda is that it recognizes 6 stages to the disease process. It’s not until we’re at stage 4 that we manifest...
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- Apr 5, 2016
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Expanding Your Awareness
At the core of every imbalance is prajnaparadha, or a crime against our own intelligence. Every time we engage in an activity or take in...
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- Dec 14, 2015
- 5 min
Ayurveda for Self-Healing
“It is very easy to look for health outside ourselves, in the form of some miracle supplement or exercise routine or life partner who can...
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- Dec 3, 2015
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Support Your Digestive Fire This Season
This week I want to get you thinking about how you can support your digestive fire this season and stay healthy through the holidays and...
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- Sep 21, 2015
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Fall Balancing
Equinox Blessings! Fall is a time when the light, rough, mobile and cool qualities predominate in our environments. These qualities show...
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- Sep 7, 2015
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Rhythm, Calm and Love
What I most love about ayurveda is its focus on preventive care. From an ayurvedic POV, at the core of every imbalance, is prajnaparadha,...
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