Three Ways To Balance Your Winter Yoga Practice
Brrr! Winter is the season of kapha, the dosha that ayurveda (yoga’s sister science) describes as cold, wet, and heavy—like a blanket of new-fallen snow. Kapha is comprised of the water and earth...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning: Get Back In Balance
As spring approaches, you may feel the urge to set the stage for new growth by cleaning house or cleansing the physical body. Shaucha or purity is one of the foundational principles of yoga, and...
View ArticleConnect To the Element Of Fire!
Summer is here, and chances are that by now you have turned on the A/C. Even if you don’t have air conditioning at home, your workplace and probably even your yoga studio run the A/C. We pine all...
View ArticleDeconstructing Ayurveda: A Journey To Intuitive Eating
“You are what you eat,” sighed my mother, eyeing dubiously as I lovingly dismantled my favorite after school snack, Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, purchased with my paper route earnings. These words echoed...
View ArticleBeyond Dietary Dogma: Journey to Intuitive Eating
Rotating on its spit, the glistening döner kebab beckoned as I awaited the next train from Budapest to Munich. With one down I ordered an extra for the trip, blissfully unaware of the food pathogens it...
View ArticleConcerned About Your Sugar Intake? See What Ayurveda Has To Say
I have a love/hate relationship with sugar. I crave it, I avoid it, I even make deals with myself over it. But with so much conflicting nutrition information available, how do we know what level of...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Yoga Practice Fits Your Dosha?
Yoga asana is the main yogic tool for balancing the physical body and creating a flow of energy that enables us to direct our attention within. This flow of energy can also be focused on the body...
View ArticleWhat Is a Sattvic Diet?
Have you ever noticed the effects of the food you have eaten on your yoga practice? Obviously some foods create more internal commotion than others, with bloating and other digestive disturbances....
View ArticleDeconstructing Ayurveda: A Journey To Intuitive Eating
“You are what you eat,” sighed my mother, eyeing dubiously as I lovingly dismantled my favorite after school snack, Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, purchased with my paper route earnings. These words echoed...
View ArticleBeyond Dietary Dogma: Journey to Intuitive Eating
Rotating on its spit, the glistening döner kebab beckoned as I awaited the next train from Budapest to Munich. With one down I ordered an extra for the trip, blissfully unaware of the food pathogens it...
View ArticleConcerned About Your Sugar Intake? See What Ayurveda Has To Say
I have a love/hate relationship with sugar. I crave it, I avoid it, I even make deals with myself over it. But with so much conflicting nutrition information available, how do we know what level of...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Yoga Practice Fits Your Dosha?
Yoga asana is the main yogic tool for balancing the physical body and creating a flow of energy that enables us to direct our attention within. This flow of energy can also be focused on the body...
View ArticleWhat Is a Sattvic Diet?
Have you ever noticed the effects of the food you have eaten on your yoga practice? Obviously some foods create more internal commotion than others, with bloating and other digestive disturbances....
View ArticleA Yogi’s Practical Guide to Balancing Tamas Guna
Tamas is one of the three gunas—the main energetic constituents of the cosmos. The gunas are in a constant flux and they affect everything around us—energy, matter, and consciousness. Tamas is the...
View ArticleReducing Rajas Guna: A Yogi’s How-to Guide
Rajas is one of the gunas—the three basic energetic constituents of the cosmos. The gunas are in a constant flux and they affect everything around us—energy, matter, and consciousness. Rajas is a state...
View ArticleThe Best Autumn Ayurveda Skincare Advice for Yogis
As the days shorten, the weather cools, and the dry autumn winds begin to stir, we often experience similar energetic shifts in our bodies, and especially on our skin. According to yoga’s sister...
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