A Reflection Before We Step on the Mat “Practice without understanding is better than no practice. Practice with understanding is better than this.” This is a powerful reflection to carry before we unroll a mat—or before we guide others into…
Ayurveda Yoga Therapy uses a variety of tools including specific yoga asanas (therapeutic postures), pranayama (integrative breathwork), specialized meditations, and Ayurvedic dietary principles.
Many diseases and discomforts can be prevented and cured through maintaining and balancing the Agni. The digestive fire consumes our food and transforms it into the elements of the body, mind and emotions.
Brahmi is a perennial herb most well known for its focus and memory enhancing property. It’s also a calming adaptogen which can be extremely useful for stress, anxiety and depression.
Arjuna is an exceptional heart tonic that treats and prevents the heart muscles from any ischemic damage. Ischemia is a restriction in blood supply to any tissues, muscles, or organs of the body, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism. Ischemia is often caused by problems with blood vessels which results as damage to or dysfunction of tissue.
Vedic yoga is a multi-discipline practice designed to address the needs of different levels and temperaments of individuals. It addresses all aspects of who we are and helps us unfold our potential for higher awareness, enriching all that we do.
This was the beginning of my journey into Ayurveda for health and healing. I read everything I could find about Ayurveda and dove deep into the vast and wonderful ocean of this knowledge. I traveled across the globe to study with various Ayurvedic teachers, doctors and practitioners.
The purpose of pratyahara practices is to withdraw our senses from external stimuli. Primarily it means to restrain our senses from sounds, sights, tastes, smells and touch.
How does one do yoga for mental health? Often in our lives we experience our days as being full of things to do. The busyness of running from here to there gives birth to excess noise that takes the form…
As an experienced yoga teacher and yoga therapist, a question I often get from students and clients is… ‘How can I advance my yoga asana practice and what advanced yoga postures are important to learn?” What’s imperative in answering this question…
