Heart-Opening Yoga Poses: Are you hunched over your computer screen right now?
Open-Heart Surgery: Ayurvedically speaking, did you know that heart disease can be described by Vata, Pitta or Kapha symptoms?
Take a moment to imagine if your day’s work involved only FEELING, and no THINKING. What would it change?
Ayurvedic wisdom honors Self-knowledge as the final cure for all disease. Notice this is “self” with a capital “S”, the Self that embodies not who we think we are, what we call ourselves, or we do for a living, but instead the highest aspect of our Self, our essence, our purpose for being.
Streaming from the power of gratitude is the magic of manifestation. Being truly grateful in a sincere and humble way opens the heart, dissolves fear, and naturally invites in that which we are hopeful for.
Wise-up with Ancient Wisdom From the Autumnal Harvest, to the World Series and Voting Day, to the Economy and the Holidays, this windy weather doesn’t just land piles of multi-colored leaves in your yard, its also the beginning of change, surprise and the unexpected… a shift in the external climate that often brings internal changes [...]
As summer moves toward its close, a common theme has begun to surface in my life, the lives of those around me and in the experiences of many of my clients. The ‘winds of change’ are brewing. Change is always in the air, but never so much as when we enter the transitional season of autumn.
Happy Summer! Yesterday marked the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. When the sun is at its height this time of year, energy is at its highest, offering the greatest potential for activity and vigor. Ayurveda emphasizes easy and practical ways to achieve optimum health through living and eating in harmony with nature. [...]
A violet can never become a rose, but the violet in itself can be a perfect flower.
This quote is timely, and to remember WHY we do Yoga…. Krishnamurti incidentally studied with the same master teacher as my teacher, AG Mohan did. His wisdom below: Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body healthy, and [...]
Avoid a Return of Tax Anxiety “What are you grateful for today?” A friend posed this question to me recently, at the end of a jammed-packed day, checking off a long to-do list that included a trip to my CPA. I had spent hours preparing, organizing, calculating, getting everything in order for that tax appointment [...]
NEWLY LAUNCHED AYURVEDA CLASSES in April-May, OR & CA Ayurveda 5-part Weeknight series (Jade River Healing Arts, Portland) These classes build upon one-another, creating a foundation for living with Ayurveda in our daily lives. The entire series will cover a basic overview of Ayurveda, understanding the 3 doshas and your constitution, how the seasons and [...]
