Birthing Ayurveda: Week 29—Supporting the Urinary Tract and Occasional Swelling
This week I experienced some disturbances with the kidneys specifically. I had been traveling a bit and I knew my vata was imbalanced, and so it did not surprise me to see...
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Ayurveda in the Workplace: Nobody is Like You!
We are all going to approach work and projects differently. Let's explore how we can work more in harmony with good understandings of each other according to the three doshas.
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The Spirituality in Self-Care
“How can I be more spiritual?” is a question I hear regularly. I hear it from the mouths of some of my clients and students, and I sense it from...
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8 Secrets to Maintaining Your Exercise Regime
During this time of new beginnings and resolutions, start a fitness program that will last with these helpful tips.
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Feeling Stressed? Simplify Your Diet
Ayurvedic healers believe that our levels of stress are directly connected to our diet. They hold out the promise that if we improve our diet, we can reduce our stress....
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7 Ways to Renew in the New Year
Fresh beginnings…optimistic perspectives…renewed focus. The new year always brings a renewal to our spirit, allowing the past to slip away and re-centering us in our potential. Positive affirmations abound as...
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Stress Relief: an Essential First Step in Successful Weight-Loss
Stress can distract us from making healthy choices throughout each day, but stress also impacts our metabolic processes in very real and detrimental ways.
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5 Ayurvedic Power Boosts for Radiance
Because the ancient teachings of yoga and Ayurveda didn’t view the mind and body as separate entities, they created nutritional and lifestyle techniques that helped boost our satisfaction and joy...
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Ayurveda’s Daily Ritual for Delicious Self-Care
Do you wanna know the best way to super-charge your dreams? Start taking care of your body. Your mind will thank you. Here is my basic Daily Ritual.
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The Benefits of Traditional Ashwagandha Bala Oil for Adults & Children
Ashwagandha Bala Oil is one of Ayurveda's most beloved oil blends for the muscles and is especially helpful in supporting developing muscle tone in children.
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New Year, New Body! Ayurvedic Tips for Weight Management
This new year, many of us will resolve to make changes within our diet and lifestyles that will enable us to live happier and healthier lives. Resolutions are helpful because...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 28—Anemia and its Consequences in Pregnancy
I had my third trimester labs done late last week, which included my gestational diabetes screening and complete blood count (looking at my red blood cells, platelets, amongst other things)....
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How to Start Your Year with New Ayurvedic Habits
New Year's Day may sometimes seem like an arbitrary date upon which to begin counting the new year, or taking on a new outlook, and in some cases a new...
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Now is the Time to Relax!
We live in an age when multi-tasking is not just the norm, it is expected. In fact, we are rewarded for the speed and efficiency with which we complete projects....
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Why Oil is Your Biggest Winter Ally & How to Massage Your Face with Oil
Winter has settled its blanket of arctic air on the northern hemisphere. You can feel the pervasive cold and dryness at a deep level. The days are short. Nature is...
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8 Things that Literally Take A Moment But Can Change Everything about the Holidays
Peace, joy, giving, gratitude – the Holidays are a wonderful opportunity to practice life's most enjoyable feelings. Maximize your feel-good moments with these tips that take but only a moment...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 27—Ah…The Baby-Moon!!!
I use to feel that the idea of a baby-moon (think honeymoon before the baby is born) was a little silly… that was until I became the parent. Then I...
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10 Ayurvedic Tips for Balanced Travel
That which is not familiar, or simply different from your usual, is a change; and change is vata embodied. Furthermore, flying is a lot of vata because of the altitude (and...
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Tips for Promoting Vocal Clarity and a Comfortable Throat
Ayurveda views the vocal cords as one of five important organs of action. Learn how to care for this part of the body so you can speak your truth with...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 26—The Development of the Intellect (Buddhi) & Building a Healthy Brain
The intellect (buddhi) part of the mind is likely the most emphasized part of our mind in today’s society. From a young age, we put our young ones in special...
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The Path of Balance: The ONLY Road You Need
Ayurveda, thought to be the most ancient form of medicine, and touted as the science of life, is centered upon the concept of balance. Within Ayurveda, this teaching of balance...
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Why We Say No To Ice Water
One way that you know you are at dinner with an Ayurveda traditionalist is if he or she orders “water, no ice, please.”
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Vata-Pacifying Recipe: Easy & Fast Butternut Squash Soup
Soups is a great meal for the winter months. Super simple and grounding, it is perfect for this time of year! Enjoy this delicious soup any time of day as you savor the...
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Your Ultimate Guide to Staying Healthy Through the Holidays
With winter settling in and the holiday season approaching, it is more important than ever to safeguard our health from the many varieties of cold and flu that seem to...
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