Marma Appreciating 7 ways of learning

I got interested in Ayurveda some forty years ago. Trained in Western nutrition, I was fascinated with its different ways of looking at therapeutic foods, with plans tailored to individual needs. It really changed how I practiced as a health educator. A decade later in the ‘90s I simultaneously fell in love with Polarity Therapy…

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Hydration with Essential Rasa Tea

It’s hot. You’re dry. You’re thirsty. There’s dozens of sugary and/or caffeinated drinks out there, waiting to quench your thirst. Plain water is clearly a wiser choice. Are there other wise choices? What if you were to approach replenishing your tissues with long term kindness? Hydration with Essential Rasa Tea supports you in multiple ways. …

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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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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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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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Humans have the capacity to heal

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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Adapt Recipes Use Ayurveda with Ease

Adapt Recipes Use Ayurveda with Ease

Adapt Recipes Use Ayurveda with ease is a creative process. You can play with the food you eat in fresh ways, to make it just right for you. Ayurveda has tremendous tools to specifically hone recipes to suit you and/or your household, using the 21 gunas, the 6 tastes, breath, and marma. When our daughter…

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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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COVID-19 Recovery Ayurveda: One Woman’s Story

Jennifer Laemmerhirt is no stranger to healthy nutrition and Ayurveda. As a holistic practitioner and former professional dancer, she has used Ayurvedic and other natural methods of healing for more than two decades. Yet when she contacted me after spending a week in the hospital with coronavirus in Frankfort, Germany, she was in the midst…

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