Jason Crandell: The Yoga of Teaching Yoga

Meet Jason Crandell in a more personalized setting than you may have already met him in Yoga Journal on on Yogaglo. Our conversation steers to his take on how we teaches critical thinking in his yoga teachers training. We dive into the how yoga should evolve your thinking, especially as a teacher, and the critical skills necessary to evolve your own teachings, rather giving regurgitate your teacher’s teachings.

Women, Ayurveda + the Vata, Pitta, Kapha of How We Evolve

You may have noticed that it’s mostly women in the field of evolving wellness and self-care. Whether you’re here as person wanting to thrive or a professional who helps people thrive chances are, statistically speaking, you have a womb.

Today’s episode is devoted to what is happening in this evolutionary wellness space we hold together. First you’ll hear from Jackie Prete, in how she is evolving professionally. She’ll also tell you about how fast and effectively her yoga students are stepping into thrive.

How to Thrive for Vata, Pitta, & Kapha

Dear my special peeps, I finally got around to making the Dosha *THRIVE GUIDE* Cheatsheets. You can use them seasonally. Or you can use them to manage your constitution. You can even print them for your friends or yoga students to help them thrive. Use the Thrive Guides For Your Constitution: If you are spontaneous, […]

How to Detox Without Losing Weight

What is the Detox Opportunity for the Skinny Yogini? Detox is a concentrated time where we try new habits on. Changing habits is hard. During a detox we change a lot of habits all at once. These habit changes aren’t meant to be sustainable. The shift is a Great Leap Forward. We have a great leap. A massive reset. And from this new seat we decide that which is worth maintaining in the day to day.

Listen to the video where Beth and I uncover the opportunity for her to reset her physiology in tune with the rest she needs. We work out an easy plan for her to use the yogidetox to reset:

Sacred Anatomy: Lesson 4: Applied Chemistry

The doshas have biorhythms. The more yoga or meditation we do – the more obvious the biorhythms become. The biorhythms aren’t optional. They create a potential of optimal response – or choice making. The more sensitive we become the better the choice we have the potential of making.

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.

trauma recovery – yogahealer quick guide

With so many people experiencing traumatic events like the hurricanes, earthquakes and devastating losses, I created a little quick guide for when you have a chance to direct energy out of survival and get back on track. Below I give a short description of what trauma does to the doshas. Please forward the quick guide cheat sheet […]

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, […]

Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers

https://yogahealer.com/files/afyt/Ayurveda%20for%20Yoga%20Teachers%2008-07-2012.mp3 Many of you know I’m niching my teachings around helping Yoga Teachers cultivate their own deep energy…. and teaching yoga teachers how to be a better teacher through Ayurveda Wisdom.  Download this Free Talk for Yoga Teachers with me and my star student, Marjorie Nass, that goes with this post. I promise you will learn more than […]