Edible Wild Plants and Ayurveda: Discover the Medicinal Plants Outside Your Door
Wild plants taste wild. My favorite edible invasive weed, as many of you know, is Thistle. Wild edible plants grow in your ecosystem. What is the connection between edible plants, your immune system and allergies? Listen to this podcast – to get the health, nutritional and medicinal benefits of wild edible plants. When you connect […]
Kate O’Donnell on What Women Don’t Talk About
Menstruation is still a taboo. But why aren’t we openly discussing it? And why are we taught that having your period equals pain when it really doesn’t need to? Menstruation should be viewed as a reckoning. A way for your body to let you know what is working and what is not. In modern western […]
Upcycling Your Pee – The Miracles of Urine Therapy
When faced with the idea of drinking our own urine, most of us would shy away. But at Yogahealer, there is openness to experiment. That’s why when Megan Macdonald mentioned urine therapy on a live session, instead of dismissing it altogether, Cate embarked on a research and experimentation journey. What if the secret to better […]
How to Diagnose Health Problems using Ayurveda
In Ayurveda, understanding a diagnosis and finding a treatment requires you to understand the root cause of the issue. What created your current disease and how can you start to heal your body, mind, and spirit? Cate founded Yogahealer 20 years ago, through the process she has helped many people tackle their health problems. Ayurveda […]
Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting is becoming increasingly popular, but for all the yogis and yoginis out there intermittent fasting is not a new trend. In Ayurveda, we call it space eating and it is one of the pillars for a healthy life. Recently science caught up with the 4 millennia wisdom behind space-eating, and several studies have […]
Bad Habits… and How to Build Better Habits
What habits are keeping you down and what habits are pushing you forward? Being honest and aware of your habits is the first step to developing better ones. Like in other areas of your life, the emotions behind your habits are key to why you developed them and why you can’t seem to let them […]
Food as Sukha Sadhana and the Creation of Good Space with Kate O’Donell
A sattvic state of mind is one that is naturally calm, clear, and at peace. But when the world tugs at our minds and our egos, it makes them anxious, wild, and scattered making it difficult to feel peace and stability within. In her Ayurvedic Cookbooks, Kate O’Donnell uses food preparation as a way to […]
Craft Healthy Green Juice with These 5 Backyard Plants
Do you love green juices but aren’t quite sure what to put in them or how to make them an easeful habit in your life – timewise and money-wise? Not too long ago my “juice-life” was not so juicy. It looked a bit like this: I would get psyched to finally go on that juicing […]
The Powers of Deep Rejuvenation and Peak Performance
What do you need in your life- Deep Rejuvenation or Peak Performance? Today I talk about the tough stuff that we can all encounter along our paths to health such as sourcing our energy from Ego instead of the Universe, the failure of the intellect, and the Disease Tree. It’s easy to become overwhelmed, tired, […]
Celebrate Mindfully With This Blissful Holiday Recipe
Do you find yourself emotionally overwhelmed during the holidays? If you are living in the USA, your holiday season may look something like this: eating, feasting, and most likely consuming more calories at each meal than you typically need for a week. The emotional overwhelm of the holidays causes many of us to over-indulge with […]