Dear Yoga Friend, What is Ayurveda? I’d have to say it’s a game changing way of living your life! Ok, more specifically, it is yoga’s sister science and many years ago they were practiced together. Nowadays most of us start with yoga and maybe stumble upon Ayurveda...
Dear Beautiful Human, You know that feeling when something really upsetting happens and you instantly feel the pit of your stomach, or your heart starts racing or everything comes to a standstill? Maybe you are overcome with anger. You’ve been “triggered” and often...
Dear Beautiful Human, Have you heard of the 5 koshas? I want you to experience them. Kosha means sheath. In both yoga and Ayurveda the body is described in sheaths or layers, from the outside in. Both of these systems take us on a journey from gross to...
Dear Beautiful Human, Another topic that’s been on my radar for a while now: body image and yoga… I keep seeing posts on this topic. In the last 10-15 years it’s become increasingly apparent that the western yoga industry is saturated with specific images of what...
Dear Beautiful Human, I first heard the term “spiritual bypassing” probably more than 15 years ago from my first teacher Sarah Powers. I was asking her about yoga teachers who didn’t seem to want to deal with reality and she said “oh yes there’s a term for...
Dear Beautiful Human, Last week I gave you some suggestions for pitta season ( blog post here) and one of them was to use cooling breaths in your yoga practice. You may not be familiar with these specific pranayama practices so I thought I would share them with...
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