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Daylight savings got ya feeling wonky?
How about focusing on making some nourishing food to help you get back on track? I will be cooking a yummy Autumn meal as part of the One Habit to Thrive Challenge today. Join me (Facebook, Zoom, or Instagram) at noon EST, and cook along if you'd...
Making your own garlic elixir is a great way to support your health through the Autumn and Winter months. Here is one of my favorite recipes. Garlic elixir is supportive to the immune and digestive systems and is super tasty. Get your batch going now so it will be ready...
Tonight is the Full Hunter's Moon, which means it's time to make Full Moon Ghee!!
In Ayurveda, it is said that making ghee on the full moon infuses the ghee with soma, or the nectar of immortality. It makes it us more vibrant and glowing. Making ghee on the full moon can be a beautiful...
Each season carries with it distinct qualities. These qualities show up as descriptive words like Autumn is cool, Summer is hot, Spring is wet.
GUNA is the Sanskrit word for "quality."
As we move into Vata season of Autumn, we will experience more of the qualities, or gunas, of Vata: cold, dry,...
Sometimes we need to feel invited.
Now that it's Autumn (Happy Equinox, this past Thursday!), we all need to be more aware of the effects of the changing seasons, moving from Pitta to Vata predominance in the environment.
One of the aspects of Vata is feeling separate, alone, and...
We had such a wonderful Autumn Equinox Retreat yesterday! I do hope you will join us next time, if you weren't able to this time. Here is a little of what we learned about in our discussion of changing seasons.
Autumn is VATA Season, comprised of the elements Air and Ether (Space). The qualities...
Summer is almost here and travel is becoming more widespread.
Travel can be super fun and inspiring AND it can knock you off kilter with digestion, sleep, and energy because it elevates Vata (the energy comprised of air and space).
There are many simple things we can do to alleviate some of the...
"Sorry, there's no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story."
― Morgan Spurlock, "Don't Eat This Book"
As we round the bend into late winter (depending on where you live in the Northern Hemisphere) this is a great time to pay...
Do you have an herbal ally for the Winter?
An herbal ally is an herb you can turn to that will help you maintain or regain health. One of the best herbal allies for the Winter is Tulsi, or Holy Basil.
Grown in the summer, Tulsi can be dried and used all Winter long to support the...
You read that correctly: Please DO NOT Detox in January!
Even though popular culture is trying to push post-holiday juice cleanses, raw food detoxes, and fasting, please don't fall into the trap of believing that is the best way to feel better and support your health this time of year.
When...
Does the holiday season feel like a challenging time to make healthy food choices? While it's true that there is often more focus on sugar and alcohol, (and less on vegetables, being outside, and moving our bodies), the holidays don't have to be such an inner battle.
I have some...
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
In this time of giving thanks, I want to acknowledge how nature sustains us.
Without the natural world, we could not exist.
Nature sustains us physically by gifting us food and medicine (plants and animals), heating sources, the air that we breathe, the...
I am going to keep preaching the wisdom of the seasons because when the seasons change, we need to change too! It makes a huge difference in how you feel (body mind and spirit).
Amidst all that is going on in our world, there is enough suffering. Why not at least make sure you are doing what you...