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What is Ayurveda??
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...
Triggers – A Yogic Perspective
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...
The 5 Koshas
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...
Women, Body Image & Yoga
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...
Spiritual Bypassing
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...
Cooling Breaths
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...
Pitta Season is Here
Dear Beautiful Human, Summer is upon us in the northern hemisphere. We just passed the summer solstice, so the days are long, light is abundant, and the weather is warm. In Ayurveda, this is pitta dosha season. Pitta dosha is a combination of two elements,...
Breaking Up with Coffee
Dear Beautiful Human, I’ve had a “thing” with coffee for quite a while now. By “thing” I mean a very strong mental/emotional attachment to my morning cup of coffee. While I went in and out with drinking coffee in my twenties. I wasn’t particularly attached...
Racism & Yoga
Dear Beautiful Human, This is not the blog post I had planned last week. But it’s the one I am writing today. Racism and yoga? Yes. What does one have to do with the other? I will tell you. Lately I’ve been watching the news as little as possible. The endless...