How to Stop the Disease Process in its Tracks~
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Living Into Balance
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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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 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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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
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Ahimsa, the practice of non-violence
The classical Yoga of Patanjali, an Indian sage who lived more than 2,000 years ago, was ashtanga yoga, or the eight-limbed path....
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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
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
Jan 12, 20172 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Dec 27, 20163 min read
Ayurveda for Our Senses: The Ears
Caring for our Senses Agni is a Sanskrit word that means ‘fire’ and is often used to refer to digestive strength. Mental agni is our...
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Living Into Balance
Apr 5, 20163 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Dec 14, 20155 min read
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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Living Into Balance
Aug 24, 20154 min read
Connecting to your Prana Body
I am writing on a picnic table on the edge of Puget Sound today. Perhaps it is because I grew up on the coast of California that I love...
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Living Into Balance
Jul 6, 20153 min read
Isvara Pranidhana – Dedicating the Fruits of One’s Actions
This writing is part of a longer series on the eight limbs of yoga. This week I am finishing up with the niyamas, which make up the...
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Living Into Balance
Jun 4, 20153 min read
Svadyaya – Self-Study
This week we will look at the fourth niyama, Svadyaya, which means, ‘Self-Study.’ The niyamas make up the second limb of yoga, which...
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Living Into Balance
May 10, 20152 min read
Santosha – Contentment
I am continuing my writing on the niyamas this week, the second limb of yoga. Niyamas are practices that support us in living in harmony...
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Living Into Balance
Apr 6, 20153 min read
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Sauca
For the past few weeks, we have been looking at the eight limbs of yoga, and last week, we finished with the first limb: yama. This week...
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Living Into Balance
Mar 30, 20153 min read
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Aparigraha – Non-grasping
This week we will finish up with the five yamas, completing our introduction to the first limb of yoga, yama. The yamas are a set of...
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