Author: raufunhr

Yogahealer Retreat in Mexico

“Wellness providers… I’ll let you in on a little known secret: To make a bigger impact with your wellness wisdom…. to make a bigger income with your wellness wisdom… you need to take time to work on your business. Refocus your vision. Get new skills. Find out which technology will help you and what will […]

Prana, your digestive tract, and eating green

What is your Maha Vaha Srota?

And why should you care?
I assume you like me grew up in the West, and with a Western perspective of the body as machine. The Eastern perspective is really different. Eastern systems see the body as a series of channels that carry consciousness. I know – what a concept. Some of the channels are subtle, like the mind channels and the prana channels. Some of the channels are gross… like the Big One. The Big One is called the Maha Vaha Srota and it is the mouth to anus channel.

Raw Food & Yoga Day

“Hi Cate.
Thanks so much for a great weekend of yoga and wonderful food. I am definitely inspired to continue incorporating more yoga into my routine and more living foods into my diet. I am so glad you incorporated the wild foods into the discussion. Why make a smoothie with an expensive green food powder when you can blend the weeds in your own yard. I’m 3 for 3 with backyard green smoothie breakfast since returning, mint/clover/nettle/thistle/dandelion definitely provide a kick that is very much of the local ecosystem and the summer season”

Wild Greens Pesto

During last year’s Raw Food Solstice Fest I learned about sweet cicely during our wild plant walk near my house. I’d been eating a lot of dandelion, thistle and nettle, and the SWEET taste of Cicely made me an instant fan. Green and sweet? Sweet.

Emerging Potentials after the Anusara Fallout

From the biggest perspective I can glimpse into, I sense something like this is happening: Anusara in its heyday represented an evolution for a small group of human culture. We were evolving how to be and teach embodied higher connectivity. While the brand is crumbling around us, the big question for me is what is emerging from that evolution and how can we work together to co-create something that is truly for the highest good.

Honor thy Mother – Eat Wild Weeds.

Have you taken your own mother for granted? You know, the one who created your body out of her body. Who gave you calcium for your bones from her teeth. Who wiped your butt for years. Who enabled you to survived until you could care for yourself? M

Ayurvedic Mother’s Day Menu

Do you ever find it challenging to celebrate holidays while maintaining your Ayurvedic diet?

If this challenge is showing up right now around Mother’s Day, you’re not alone.

The case for Yogis to Cleanse

In rebuttal to the following blog post, Sick of cleanse and detox bullshit, yes I am Published on January 23, 2012 by recoveringyogi I wrote: Hi Shana, I agree- any lack of consciousness of of nourishment from earth to table is reprehensible. Yet, I sense in your accolades e a lack of appreciation for a […]

3 Tips to Design your Cleanse

(1) Align your Detox. Your detox isn’t about bootcamp. However, it may be about embracing austerities to cultivate discipline for higher goals. Your detox isn’t about deprivation. However, your detox may be about stirring up true hunger and experiencing deep satiation. Get clear about what you’re after.