Articles by Amadea
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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Rest the Solstice and Kapha Time
What do rest the Solstice and Kapha time have to do with one another? As I head toward the bottom of the year, I can feel the drag of the shortest day approaching, the urge to hibernate, to rest. Simultaneously holiday requirements load extra jobs on already overburdened days. The doshas, biological energies of Ayurveda,…
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Surprising Numbers
Third highest US popular vote of all time: Kamala Harris (74.3 million) Narrowest popular vote margin since Bush-Gore in 2000: Trump-Harris 2024 (2.5 million) Unusually high US voter turnouts: 2020 (65.8%) and 2024 (63.7% of registered voters) 29% of US adults voted for Trump in 2024 (76.8 million out of 265.6 million adults; roughly 100…
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Adapt Recipes for Autumn Food Shopping in the Midst of Change
In the midst of many heart-wrenching events, this is a blog about grocery shopping. How to be resourced in the midst of intense times? One mundane support is grocery shopping. Bessel van der Kolk makes a great point in The Body Keeps the Score: “People can learn to control and change their behavior, but only…
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Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory
Humans have within our biology the capacity to heal, based on millions of years of evolution. In the years since the pandemic I got interested in how Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory relate. The similarities between the Mahagunas, qualities of mind, and these specific autonomic nervous system parts is striking. Sattva, openness, Ventral vagus. Rajas, mobilization,…
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