Ayurveda for Grandparents & Boomers with Robert Sachs + Melanie Sachs

Sometimes I wonder what I’ll be like in 20 years . What will another 20 years of living Ayurveda shift in me? To answer some of my questions, I turn to Robert and Melanie Sachs, who have become dear to me on the path of living Ayurveda. Listen in while I rap with Robert + […]

Meditate with a Partner

You may have heard that meditation will help your relationship. Meditation makes you more present, more aware, more curious, more efficient, more available, more resilient, more skillfully communicative, flexible in how you show up and respond, more empathic (aka “nicer to hang with), smarter, more intuitive, less afraid, and more ethical. (For research see here.) […]

Which Ayurveda are You into?

Old school vs. Avant Garde. Living foods vs. cooked foods. Which side of the fence are you on, or are you straddled? There is an evolution gaining mometum in the Ayurvedic community. It’s called Living Foods Ayurveda. Most schools aren’t teaching it yet. Most practitioners aren’t practicing it yet. The leaders in the community are […]

R U Getting Skinny or Fat?

There is nothing complex about it. Either you are storing fat cells or burning fat cells. Pause. Feel. Which is it right now?  Right now in this moment you can feel your agnis (digestive and tissue agnis). Is there density or lightness in your inner body? If there is heaviness you’re probably storing. If you’re […]

Are you taking holistic to a whole new level?

https://www.yogahealer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/familyrelations1.mp3 Are you micro-managing your health and wellness, or are you macro-managing your deeper knowing into upleveling your family and community culture? If we actively switch our consciousness from the individual into the family kula we will  practice a whole new level of holistic intergenerational family health and planetary wellness.   Ayurvedic Medicine being intrinsically […]

Where to go for Ayurvedic Ed

About once a month I receive an email asking where to do go school to become an illustrious Ayurvedic Counselor, Practitioner, or Educator. What is so terribly exciting about the question is the sheer number of schools that have appeared or further developed their programs since I asked the very same question in 1997. Not […]

Rules and dogma

A few times a week I run into a certain prejudice surrounding Ayurveda – usually in conversation with the modern western yogi.  Here is an email from last week (I’ll add bold text for those who skim): Hi Cate, I”m leaning towards doing the ALC (Ayurvedic Living Course) and had a question for you.  My […]