Your yoga diet
Your body is changing with your yoga practice. Some bodily changes come as a surprise…. such as your old “comfort foods” make you feel a little awful.
Women: Assess your Stress Hormones.
So you know our lives as women are stressful. And you get that stress is bad for you. But do you really get specifically how stress affects your hormonal health, and how hormonal health either makes you well or sick?
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.
Ayurveda Detox Tips
I have a 60 minute free lecture on 3 Fresh Tips for your Detox. The reason these tips are fresh is they are basic tenets of an evolutionary healthcare perspective. This is a new perspective that is emerging, that goes beyond any one system of healthcare, or one way of detoxing, or one way of eating. The tenets reflect a global movement of human beings waking up to and playing the edge of their wellness capacity. The tenets reflect a planetary shift of collaboration with the Earth and the plants which feed us.
Teach your kids massage
One of my children’s favorite family activities is when we give each other a foot massage. As a Mom of four I am constantly looking for ways to replenish myself. I also like to show my children that there easy ways of taking care of yourself right at home. These self-care practices are a way you can make your body, mind, and heart healthy. In fact, foot massage can have a direct impact on your immune system.
Hair Loss Prevention with Ayurveda
I was talking with a client the other day. The conversation went like this: “I’ve been losing hair over the past year. It’s so thin. Every morning when I see more hair on the pillow I want to cry. I went through some emotional upheaval 2 months ago and it started it in clumps. My […]
Unassisted birth: a mother’s story
Listen to this inspiring audio of a yoga mom… who decides to allow her birth process to happen in her own time, in her own home, in her own hands.
Sex hormones, stress hormones, ida, pingala & your heart.
I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Claudia Welch last week, as a guest speaker for my Living Ayurveda Course. Dr. Claudia recently published Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life (which has a 5 star rating on Amazon).
Your Future Health
In talking with a 20-something client this week I came a simple realization.
If we take care of tomorrow’s body today, we’re always a step ahead.
We’re in an empowered place.
Time opens up. Simple solutions appear. Free radical
The Benefits of Self Massage: Ayurvedic Abhyanga
Time and again I hear from the Living Ayurveda Course students that self massage has changed their lives.
The practice of self massage is simple. In fact, here is a handout to print and post on your fridge until it