The Natural Way to Go Back to School
As the new school year is upon us, and for our own well-being, it is critical to utilize our energy in the most effective and efficient ways. Our children naturally...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 16—Your Baby's Developing Emotions
During the fourth, fifth, and sixth months of the pregnancy, critical parts of the baby’s brain and mind develop. The fourth month is dominated by the development of the heart...
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One Simple Act That Turns Food Into Medicine
In Ayurveda, every food can be considered medicine, neutral, or poison, depending on how it affects agni, or our digestive capacity. Eating more slowly can help you become aware of...
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Taking Meditation to the Workplace. Really.
Considering just how much we multitask, especially at work, the mind appreciates a break. Let's take a deeper look at bringing meditation into your work day.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 15—5 Things to Consider When Traveling While Pregnant
This week I left home for a three-week journey with my spiritual teacher. There will be a lot of movement, a lot of high-altitudes, which means a lot of potential...
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The Healthiest Way to Transition from Summer to Fall
September is a month of transition, hanging as it does between summer and fall. Here are a few quick Ayurvedic tips to make a healthy transition between seasons.
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Ayurveda and the Power of Rhythm | Using Nature's Clock to Support Your Daily Habits
When I found Ayurveda I wasn’t sleeping well, I was overweight, and I was notoriously moody, even though I was a yogi and a seasoned R.N. But Ayurveda and the power of...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 14—Clean Up
For those that are familiar with the Patanjali Yoga Sutras (the ancient scriptures that first talked about yoga) and its yamas (social disciplines) and niyamas (individual disciplines), you will recall that one of the...
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Roasted Fennel Recipe with Cucumber Mint Sauce
If you're a fennel fan, don't miss this delicious recipe! Paired with cucumber mint sauce, this sweet roasty fennel will be the gem your next dinner.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 13—The Benefits of Yoga and Exercise During Pregnancy
In this entry of our "Birthing Ayurveda" series, Vrinda documents her process of incorporating exercise and yoga into her daily routine during her pregnancy.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 12—Become a Trustee
We are trustees of this Soul, responsible for its growth and nurturing for the next several years until it has grown into itself, at which time we are simply his...
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Your Ayurvedic Survival Guide for Travel in India
India, the land of mysticism and spirituality, can often scare and deter tourists from traveling there for fear of illness and disease. After ten years of consistent travel to India...
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The Ayurvedic Concept of Imbalance
Unless you are a saint, you will go out of balance and become sick from time to time. Occasional sickness is inevitable for a mortal; continuously perfect health does not...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 11—High Vata: Wakeful Nights and Pelvic Girdle Pain
My constitution is Pitta-Vata, though a vata imbalance is usually what manifests in my body. So it is no surprise that vata has been making a star appearance in my...
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5 Steps to Recover from Illness
Far too often, I see clients who come to me to address chronic health concerns that are the result of many years of asking their bodies to do more with...
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An Ayurvedic Perspective on Anger Management
Emotions are a natural part of our physical existence. Everyone expresses emotions differently. We are unique individuals with multitudes of factors determining how and why we behave the way we...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 10—The Tostada Breakthrough: Listen to Your Body!
I had been eating only mung dal cooked with veggies, with fruit as my snacks, for two to three weeks. And I just about had it. One day I was...
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Tahini-Ginger Endive Slaw Recipe
One of my favorite parts of summer is all of the fresh veggies available at the market. My other favorite thing? It’s salad season! With sunshine in the air, summer...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 9—Living by Example
I started paying a lot more attention to Vrinda this week—what her thoughts were, the little things that irked her, the subtle comparisons and judgments she makes, excuses she makes....
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Change Your Life by Changing What's on Your Plate
Ayurveda and Yoga, given as sister sciences thousands of years ago, help us find balance in our lives, bodies and minds. In modern times, when we are pulled from one...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 8—Intractable Vomiting
This week I got real friendly with our toilet… and the airport toilet. I had spent the weekend with my parents and in-laws in Virginia and on the way back...
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Why You Shouldn't Add Those Cucumbers to Your Lemonade
Learn why cucumber lemonade is not the perfect drink to cool off with. According to Ayurvedic food combining, there is an even better summer tonic option.
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Saying Farewell to Leftovers
I remember the day I got the lowdown on leftovers from one of my Ayurveda teachers. “They’re a no-no”, he said, if we want optimal digestion. And let’s face it,...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 7—Fear Into Courage and Combating Nausea
Fear is a funny thing. Those familiar with Ayurveda know that fear and anxiousness are vata emotions. In other words, there’s no real substance to it—yet, they have this ability to...
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