Skillful Living
4 Quick Ways to Ground in Awareness
How can Patanjali, Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory interact to make an effective shift in patterns? Here’s 4 Quick Ways to Ground in Awareness, which make healthy shifts a lot easier. Both Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory use simple techniques to bring our awareness into the present moment, thereby reducing stress and suffering. Here’s how you can…
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Patanjali Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory: Fresh Approaches in Ayurvedic Nutrition and Marma Therapy
How do Patanjali Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory mesh to create more effective healing through nourishment and touch? Many years ago I was fortunate to hear a lecture by Ayurvedic yoga therapist Mukunda Stiles on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. I came away from his talk struck by how Patanjali’s description of the human mind directly…
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Why a Dynamics of Ayurvedic Nutrition Series? Shift and Support Patterns for Nourishment
Why a Dynamics of Ayurvedic Nutrition series? I’ve worked with Ayurvedic Nutrition for 40 years. In that time, there’s been tremendous growth in the field. If someone gets interested in Ayurveda now, and wants to learn their constitution, their current condition, what to eat, and how to eat, there is a plethora of resources available.…
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Autonomy Intrinsic to Mood & Food: Finding our own way
How is autonomy intrinsic to Mood & Food? Autonomy is self government, the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. We need to be able to make our own choices to effectively take charge of our own lives, as much as possible. This might seem obvious, yet in childhood, it is common to not be…
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Lemon Balm Sleep Support
Lemon balm sleep support is not as well known as it ought to be! While there’s lots of heavy hitters out there on the supplements shelves for insomnia, lemon balm is a beguilingly sweet smelling, delightful tasting herb that calms mood during the day, and helps sleep at night. I find it most effective when…
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Do you want to transform how you engage with Mood and Food this May?
Food can be about connection and flow and magic. It can also be mundane and everyday. There’s times when it’s a struggle or a challenge. In this upcoming course in the Dynamics of Ayurvedic Nutrition series, learn how to engage with Mood and Food in new and imaginative ways, guided by Amadea’s decades of experience…
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Shamaan Ochaum A Tribute
I honor my elders in this new year, the teachers who’ve gifted me with rare perspectives and strong influences on this path my life has taken. At the top of the list now I wish to give Shamaan Ochaum a tribute (1941 – 2021). Shamaan was a teacher and practitioner of energetic bodywork, herbs, dream…
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Saving Tortoises Protecting Forests
Protected Species in Last Old Growth Forest, the “Lungs” of Athens, Is Threatened by Massive Habitat Destruction Happening Now Saving tortoises protecting forests goes together for a small group of friends in Athens, Greece. When dancing together with nature in life and death situations, sometimes it is small, yet really difficult, actions that matter. With…
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Open to Meeting Ayurveda Halfway: Adapt Recipes for Individual & Cultural Needs
Traditionally in India, you would (and could still) visit with an Ayurvedic practitioner for 5 – 10 minutes, they will feel your pulses, tell you what to do, and you will do it, if you chose to. The idea of being open to meeting Ayurveda halfway is a relatively new one. In the old days,…
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Join Us for CAAM Ayurveda Day 2022
In support of CAAM Ayurveda Day 2022, I am glad to announce I will give the keynote for this FREE online event, this Sunday October 23. The full conference extends from 12:30 – 5:30 pm Pacific Time. The keynote, Food: Explore How It Nourishes Body, Mind, and Consciousness is 12:50 pm PT/1:50 pm Mountain Time.…
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