Expand Your Awareness
What do you do when your actions betray your deeper desires? Do you ever find yourself doing something that brings you pleasure now, but...
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YOGA & AYURVEDA
Summer Solstice Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Port Townsend, June 22 - 25, 2023
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- May 2, 2022
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What to do when you're going in too many directions at once.
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...
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- Mar 2, 2022
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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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- Jan 26, 2022
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Space to Be
Every morning of my life begins with practice. The practices I have been living for the past nearly four decades have helped me slow...
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- Jun 12, 2019
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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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- 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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- Sep 21, 2018
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How to Disengage from your Inner Critic
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...
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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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- 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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- Dec 27, 2016
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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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- Sep 28, 2016
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What do Fall and the Late Afternoon Have in Common?
Fall is a time of year when the ether and air elements increase and with them their qualities of mobility, dryness and cold. To balance...
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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 19, 2016
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Moving Towards Yourself
Recently I had the privilege of spending time with Amma Karunamayi, an Indian saint who is revered as an incarnation of the Divine...
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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
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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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- Aug 24, 2015
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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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- Jul 6, 2015
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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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- Jun 4, 2015
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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...