Posts by amadeamo
A (short) kinesthetic intro to the koshas (video)
Cool Quick Fruit Tapioca
In a large bowl or Tupperware container, stir together 1/2 cup small or large pearl tapioca with a quart of your favorite fruit juice calming to your dosha (pineapple coconut, blueberry pomegranate, or apricot are some tasty possibilities). If you’re running off to school, work, or play, let it rest in the fridge for a…
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Kichadi for One, Enough for One Day
(If you do this in the morning before you head into your day, kichadi will be waiting for you for lunch and dinner.) Wash well and soak: 1/2 cup split mung, 3/4 cup basmati rice of your choice. Cover with water together and let sit. Wash and chop whatever vegetables you’ll be using in this…
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Nourishing Every Cell with the Elements
AN ARTICLE: NOURISHING EVERY CELL WITH THE ELEMENTS By Amadea Morningstar Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? Instinctively in the West, as spring approaches and a new seasonal calendar begins, we consider beginning anew. As we approach this coming equinox, I’d like to invite you to open to the five elements — earth, water,…
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Food Cravings
Contrary to popular opinion, working with food cravings is not about developing greater will power. It is about engaging food with awareness and beginning to become aware of potential choices we may not be making. Food Cravings by Amadea Morningstar For many of us, food can be entirely satisfying, especially with so many loved ones…
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ASCEIII Graduates
ASCE Level III graduates, shown: Lori Johnson, Jin Lin Hao (Carry Kim), Renee Lynn, Deva Khalsa, Amadea, Sulis Cutler, Wendy Hitt, Ina Rucker, Marguerite Wilson. (Not shown: Kimberly Kubicke, Marina Athanasiadi, Stephanie Rogers)
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APTYIS Second Cooking Intensive
We got it together to gather for a Second Ayurvedic Cooking Extravaganza in October 2011 in Santa Fe! Deva Khalsa and Amadea co-hosted, with Mavis Gewant teaching as guest chef. Our focus, beside the great company and delicious food, was honoring our lineages. Deva spoke about Yogi Bhajan, Mavis about her guru Harish Johari, and…
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Tribute to Asha Hunt
Asha Hunt, APTYI’s Events Manager in the early years of our short history, died January 22, 2011 in North Carolina after an unexpected illness. She is survived by many loved ones, both family and friends. Asha was the events manager and registrar, a student, an Ayurvedic Nutrition graduate, co-worker, and inspiration for many APTYI events.…
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Amadea Morningstar graduates as an RYT in the integral Yoga tradition
-PHOTO- Following a 200 hour course of study, January 16, 2011, Amadea was in the first RYT class to graduate from Satchidananda Mission, an approved Integral Yoga Teacher Training in Athens, Georgia. The program, lead by long time Integral Yoga teachers Rev. Manjula Spears, Dr. Richard Panico, Swami Ramananda, and the Rev. Lakshmi Sutter, was…
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APTYI at the Farmer’s Market
(From left to right) Amadea, Gordon Bruen and Wendy Hitt share Tender Green Pesto straight from the garden at the Santa Fe Farmers Market Saturday July 18. (From left to right) Amadea, Gordon Bruen and Wendy Hitt share Tender Green Pesto straight from the garden at the Santa Fe Farmers Market Saturday July 18. …
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