Posts by amadeamo
Celebrate Food Banks!
During the pandemic, our local food bank, The Food Depot, helped many people survive, literally. They rock. Today they run a drive-through food distribution at the Santa Fe warehouse, offer mobile distributions in outlying communities like Mora, Pecos, Abiquiu, and El Rito, have food mobile stops in other villages, collaborate with Pueblo partners and dozens…
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Healthy Aging Menopause Ayurveda
Healthy aging menopause Ayurveda, these travel together, as Kate O’Donnell and I note on her recent podcast. You can listen to it here. Ayurveda balances conditions. If we’re depleted, it’s there for rejuvenation. If we’re toxed, it’s there for cleaning. Sometimes we’re both, and this can be dealt with, too. The four ashramas, stages of life…
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Grounding in the Present Moment
Ojas, the mind, the feet How to navigate these times? Talking with Kate O’Donnell on her podcast this week – it airs next Wednesday – I bravely spoke about protecting one’s mind stream, a k a consciousness. Yesterday I imagined calling this post Resting in Fresh Mind Stream, kind mind stream. By today my mind…
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Easy Healing Drinks Sustainable International Sleeper
I wrote a book Easy Healing Drinks from the Wisdom of Ayurveda with photographer Renee Lynn seven years ago. We wanted to create something beautiful and useful in the field of Ayurveda. We succeeded in this, yet stumbled in other ways. In past posts, I’ve written about other people’s creative strengths. It’s easier for me to…
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Unexpected Healing Connections
Unexpected healing connections happen. This past weekend it snowed here in the mountains of northern New Mexico, after many winter weeks with no precipitation. Five inches of plush moist snow, on top of dirt dry dust. Stumbling out into the wet landscape Easter morning, it was magic. Breathing in such welcome moisture. Storms have been…
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Shout Out to The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook by Kate O’Donnell with Cara Brostrom – the 10th anniversary edition has arrived with Spring!
(My writing can be found on Substack now. You can continue to find it here as well.) Ayurveda is an ancient nature-based system of health from India that offers strong support for getting back into healthy rhythms. Rhythms around nourishment, elimination, sleep, light, rest, and peaceful connection can make a big difference in how we…
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Calm Nervous System and Gut with The 5-Pointed Star from Polarity Therapy, an easy self-care sequence
Looking for ways to calm nervous system and gut in these turbulent times? Here’s a simple sequence to soothe your body and psyche with Polarity Therapy & Ayurveda self – care. in this short YouTube video, I talk you through The 5-Pointed Star, a popular protocol in Polarity Therapy based on the work of Dr.…
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Adapting Recipes for What You Have
Adapting recipes for what you have on hand is a familiar strategy for any of us who cook. As a long time Ayurveda cook, I’m forever tampering with the ingredients in a dish. Yet in my forty plus years in Ayurveda, I’ve noticed it’s easier for people to get intimidated by this ancient art, as…
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Healthy Connections
As we face what’s in front of us, healthy connections are crucial, starting off with ourselves. Here’s a very short Tibetan Cleansing Breath to clear our channels and our mind. Safe touch with marma points is another way to make healthy connections, resourcing inner healing. This can be hands-on healing, as you see here, or…
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Sustainable plastic free Easy Healing Drinks
As we approach the shortest day and the longest night, I’m looking at my values. Plastic diminished holidays are a priority for me. Less plastic means more hands-on interactions and nature-based experiences. If you’re looking for inspiration on how you can do this, here’s a great holiday guide from Beyond Plastics. As the Global Plastic…
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