Food for Thought
“All flourishing is mutual.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry (2024)
Free Offerings
Ayurveda and Polyvagal Theory, the Mahagunas (video class)
Gluten Free Pesto Pizza, a recipe process (video, talking thru the recipe)
Quick Summer Easy Healing Drinks: Cucumber Agua Fresca (video)
Quick Summer Easy Healing Drinks: Pomegranate Chia Smoothie (video)
Nourishing Ourselves on Every Level: Ayurvedic Nutrition and the Koshas (video)
Harmonizing Digestion and Elimination with Marma Therapy (audio)
How to Make Ayurvedic Rasa Tea (video)
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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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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Healthy aging menopause Ayurveda, these travel together, as Kate O’Donnell and I note on her recent podcast. You can listen to it here. Ayurveda balances conditions. If we’re depleted, it’s there for rejuvenation. If we’re toxed, it’s there for cleaning. Sometimes we’re both, and this can be dealt with, too. The four ashramas, stages of life…
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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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I wrote a book Easy Healing Drinks from the Wisdom of Ayurveda with photographer Renee Lynn seven years ago. We wanted to create something beautiful and useful in the field of Ayurveda. We succeeded in this, yet stumbled in other ways. In past posts, I’ve written about other people’s creative strengths. It’s easier for me to…
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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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(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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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 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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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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These groups and individuals are doing great things locally and across the globe. Check them out!
Ayurveda in France with Michele Schulz
Elle Well, integrated practice
Joan Sutherland Dharma teachings
Life Transitions Therapy, integrated practice
Ralph Steele’s book Tending the Fire
We the People Community Acupuncture
