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Many of you who know me know I’m a really intense ball of fire in a strong body. I’ve tried to put this fire and earth to good use this year. And, well, it’s been super intense… but….
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From self-care to kitchen tips, yoga and meditation secrets, and herbal tips and tricks, the Ayurveda Summit could wonderfully change your life.
What Yoga Teachers can learn from Ayurveda
As a yoga teacher you learn Svastha – to be seated in the Self. As you learn yoga… you’ll keep bumping into Ayurveda. It’s the same coin – with Yoga on one side and Ayurveda on the other. As you start to move deeper into your body, you start to crave the system of Ayurveda. […]
wild green ayurveda and prana
Wild Green Ayurveda and Prana, part 1 For the March Yogidetox I ate fruits and vegetables. Exclusively. I didn’t add salt. Or spice. My palette became simple. For the May Yogidetox I ate wild greens 3 times a day (with other foods). My palette became wild (uncultivated). From these 2 experiences, I’ve noticed I can […]
Moon Salutations Cheatsheet
Moon Salutations Cheatsheet – print it and pin to your yoga practice area. Or better yet, PRINT 20 + share at your local studio 🙂
Sacred Anatomy: Lesson 3: Sacred Chemistry
Sacred Chemistry is what happens when we perceive the transmutations and subtle gradients. We allow and observe the energetic transfers between energy (prana) and matter (everything prana can influence). The hard scientists may cringe. Cringe away – we hippie-dippies don’t care. And check out the genius work of Dr. John Hankey who is mapping Ayurveda out in hard science. Liberated from a more material approach to chemistry, we are free to see why indeed Ayurveda has been around so damn long and just won’t quit.
Sacred Anatomy: Lesson 2: Systems Theory
I find the crux is in keeping perspective. In the last lesson I waxed poetic on the importance of keeping a flossed inner body throughout the day – an expanded physiological reality. In this lesson I drive home the necessity of tapping into and maintaining a ginormous cosmos-centered perspective. Odin figured this out. Not the dog…but the Norse God – the father of Thor -the god of the mysterious realms of wisdom.
Sacred Anatomy: Lesson 1
The first story is the Before-I-had-much-education-on-my-sacred-anatomy story. It starts with a kick-me-when-I’m-down story. I think we all have a kick-me-when-I’m-down story. A dark night of the soul. A wake up call into a reality our ego would like to take a raincheck on. Some of us take it as a personal assault from the divine. This batch of folks falls into the demise of those with victim-mentality. I knew enough to know better. Maybe.
Ode to my Grandmother: Investing in An Evolutionary Strategy for Your Aging
There is a humility to our bodies aging that bewilders me. How can I make the best of this precious vehicle – this holy abode – for up to 60 more years?
This is the question. I wrote a blog post naming some of the bigger issues and opportunities I see with aging. My sense is it comes down to how we invest. Invest our awareness, which is our time. Invest our dollars in that which inspires us to take up better ways of being in a body. Invest in communities to support our growth, and how we grow our families, and our students families.
Pranayama
In this 20 minute video Dr. Claudia Welch and I discuss the basics of diaphragmatic breathing that must proceed the practice of any kind of conscious breathing practice. I also delve deep into the dangers and benefits of pranayama. And talk about balancing on your thumb.
Raw Foods Ayurveda vs. Traditional Ayurveda
Raw or Cooked Ayurveda First off, press play and watch my silly cartoon. Vatas can’t go raw. Or can they? In yoga and Ayurveda circles there can be an unfriendly, and sometimes uninformed bias against raw or living foods. One of the main arguments is that raw food creates a vata imbalance. And I agree, […]