Meditation for Ideal Health
In Ayurveda, all disease is understood to ultimately be caused by forgetting our true nature as spirit. Meditation plays an important role in helping us to remember our Divine selves and is a part of the deep healing process.
Mental Health
Ayurveda reminds us that a state of disease (dis-ease) in the body or mind is a result of a mis-use of the senses. It is through the health of the 5 senses that we achieve ideal mental and physical health
Moon Cycle
I am woman, hear me roar! Increasing our understanding of the phases of the moon cycle according to Ayurveda can empower us to not only embrace, but improve, our experience as menstruating people.
Sunshine Oatmeal
This nourishing oatmeal supports a healthy, grounding relationship with food that will serve you throughout the day. The orange zest gives a fresh take on oatmeal while enlivening the mind and soul.
Trouble Sleeping?
Having trouble sleeping? Learn how the doshas might be impacting your sleep cycles and what you can do about it!
Combatting Spring Allergies with Ayurveda
Ayurveda offers some powerful practices for combatting spring allergies.
Clean Green Juice
Kate O’Donnells Green Juice is perfect for cleansing the body, relieving built up toxins and ama, and is super refreshing!
HORMONES: YOUR BODY’S VERY OWN SYMPHONY
Ayurveda views the hormonal cycles in the body much like a symphony, each part relying on the success of the other to create ideal function. When they work together, we experience their full capacity and magic, experiencing homeostasis and integrity in the body.
Spring Cleanse
This Spring Community Cleanse aims at relieving the body of built up toxicity in the digestive system, restoring proper function of the gut microbiome, cleansing the lymph, liver and deep tissues of the body, and providing space to let go of old patterns, behaviors, and emotions to make space for new growth overall.
The Spring Equinox is an ideal time for such a detox as it represents the celebration and return of light. The warmth of this (different) sunlight creates the perfect environment necessary to encourage life and new growth.
Maitri - Benevolence or Loving Kindness to Ones-Self
Balancing the things in life that must be done and those that get to be done can be difficult. Sometimes if feels like there is no time left for the “get-to’s,” but its important to remember that those are the things that keep us healthy. How do you practice Maitri?
Lessons I learned in 2022
Rituals have deep meaning; for me the ritual that changed everything this year was marriage. An intentional act of love nurtures deeper love.
WINTER SOLSTICE
As we release 2022 and all that came with it to either serve or harm us, we create space for expansion and intentionality in the spaces that remain. Ayurvedic philosophy shows us how spaces become filled - vata dosha often being the space filler.
Transitioning to Vata Time of Life with Grace
Vata time of life is considered to be the transition to retirement or menopause, as we move from the intensity of career and raising families into the age of wisdom. In a recent live talk, we discussed practices that can reduce the symptoms that come with this transition, like sleeplessness, dry skin or forgetfulness, and create a more lush and vital experience.