Articles by Amadea
Let It Be About Love
In this week of pink hearts, let it be about love. Here’s an opportunity to expand beyond our limited sense of who we are to a deeper kind of loving kindness. Who among us has a life that looks like the second (successful?) half of a romantic comedy? Life is much messier than this. Don’t…
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Deeper Sleep: 11 Tips from Amadea
Discover 11 ways to create deeper sleep on a regular basis in your life from Ayurveda and Polarity Therapy, including food, movement, marma, and common sense. These tips originated as I was working with Cate Stillman in her Cleanse earlier this year: Get enough exercise. A 20 – 30 minute brisk walk (or whatever you…
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3 Tips to Support Majja, the Nervous System and Fascia
What is Majja? In Ayurveda, our nervous system and connective tissue have a special connection. They are both considered components of Majja, one of the seven essential tissues for life, the dhatus. What is Majja? It is our ability to communicate with all of our senses through the nervous system. It is the capacity to…
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Making Lemonade in the Summer of 2018
Do you struggle to get out of the house to work on time? This morning my husband Gord was wrangling with the empty glass jar of lemonade he used for sustenance yesterday. He’s a carpenter and yesterday he was tearing out walls in 90 degree Farenheit plus heat here in New Mexico, as his partner…
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It’s Make Over Time: A fresh look at carbohydrates and healthy blood sugar
As we slow down with the heat and dawdle from June toward July, People magazine (June 11) urges us to make ourselves anew. Check out the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle – even this independent North American is making concessions to palace decorum. Whether change is a matter of necessity or choice, it’s in the…
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Enjoy Liquid Refreshment Today with Lavender Rose Lemonade: a recipe
Liquid refreshment keeps all your tissues alive and energized, especially when you can work straight from your garden or a friend’s, with the beauty of organic flowers. Now is the time to be enjoying and harvesting roses and lavender. Where can you play? Who can you enjoy it with? LAVENDER ROSE LEMONADE A…
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What Does Mining the Dhatus Mean?
First, what is a dhatu? A dhatu is not an island off the continent of South America, lost in the fog over the ocean between Ecuador and the Galapagos. It is not one of the cute sun hats worn by little kids in a playground south of the center of Patzcuaro, Mexico, playing under their…
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What’s happening with the Easy Healing Drinks print book? It’s here!
OK. It’s in my hands. It’s easy to use. I flip to a recipe, and 5 – 10 minutes later, I’ve got a beverage ready to drink. Wholesome liquid refreshment. The sun-lit photos make you want to play with the drinks immediately. The info is friendly and useful. Did you know now is a wise…
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The Three Mahagunas of Ayurveda: Would You Like Emotional Equilibrium in the Midst of Change?
Have you ever struggled to regain your emotional equilibrium in the midst of an unexpected change? If so, you were working with your mahagunas or what Ayurveda would call in English your mental qualities. It’s easy to get mad or scared or want to hide these days. It can be harder to keep your temper,…
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Welcome to Lozar, Tibetan New Year of the Earth Dog: May We Be Practical and Ordinary
Tibetans celebrate Lozar, their calendar new year, in what we Westerners would call February or March. The new year of the Earth Dog began Feb. 16, 2018. In a twelve-year cycle that includes both “real” animals like tigers, horses and pigs, and “mythical” animals like dragons, Asians open to the flavor and energy of a specific…
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