Ninja Strategies for Sticking to your New Year’s Resolutions + Staying Healthy All Year

January 11, 2013

The New Year is marching on and perhaps you’re still sticking to your resolutions. Maybe, though, you’ve begun to slip back into some old behavioral patterns + are ready to throw in the towel! Either way, read on for a few of my favorite ninja strategies for sticking to your New Year’s resolutions {for real} [...]

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{Tasty Tuesday} Cranberry Pear + Apple Chutney to Rock your Thanksgiving

November 20, 2012
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My favorite part of Turkey-day isn’t the turkey at all: it’s the sides! But I didn’t always like the sides my family served up so I spent many years thinking I didn’t like Thanksgiving {Fall} food. Being a southern girl, our Thanksgiving table always featured the obligatory sweet potato casserole topped with artificially sweetened + commercially fabricated [...]

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{Wellness Wisdom} 5 Yoga Poses for Happier Holidays + Stress-Less Travel

November 14, 2012

Holidays are happy times, right? We all know holidays are stressful –though enjoyable –times of year. And it seems our practice is always the first to go when our Holiday To-Dos outnumber hours in the day. Here are a few poses you can literally do anywhere {even the airport!} to help you have more holiday [...]

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{Wellness Wisdom} What Closing My Business Taught Me About Creating a More Vibrant Life

November 9, 2012
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Around this time of year, with the holidays approaching and another birthday close on the horizon, I usually give myself time to pause and reflect on the year that has passed and the one that is to come. Last year at this time, I was making the extraordinarily painful decision to close my beloved yoga [...]

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{Tasty Tuesday} Practical Ayurveda to Boost Immunity during Cold + Flu season :: Golden Milk

November 6, 2012
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Cold + flu season is here which means you’re probably viewing everyone on your commute, your coworkers, + the check-out girl at the grocery store as potential carriers rather than benign conversationalists. While you could barricade yourself {and all your loved ones} inside your home for the  next 3 months, it’s much easier to start [...]

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{tasty tuesday} homemade chai tea recipe

October 18, 2012
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In Ayurvedic thought, Fall and Winter are the seasons governed by the elements of air, ether, water, and earth. Fall is dominated by air and ether {the Vata dosha} –as evidenced in the falling leaves, harvest time, and the fundamental transition of changing seasons. Even those of us living in a relatively season-less geographical location experience [...]

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{Tasty Tuesday} Carrot Apricot smoothie for radiant skin + immunity

September 18, 2012

Another yummy smoothie today on for Tasty Tuesday :: the Vitamin A-packed Carrot-Apricot smoothie. The seasonal change from summer to fall brings the added challenge of immune compromise, low energy due to added demands on your time, and exposure tonew germs as those in your family begin school again. Add this vitamin A-packed smoothie to your daily regimen to boost [...]

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{wellness wisdom} DIY Aromatherapy Facial Toner to Soothe Summertime Skin

August 23, 2012

Does summertime mean irritation, acne, or inflammation for your sensitive skin? If so, try this easy-to-make aromatherapy skin toner to help soothe your skin.   Find the ingredients at most natural food stores: *Lavendar + geranium essential oils *Culinary grade Rosewater *Witch hazel {optional} Pretty cobalt blue bottle {optional}  

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{wellness wisdom} Soothe Hot Flashes with the Cooling Breath

August 16, 2012

Having your own personal summer? Try this simple breathing exercise to help you battle hot flashes –of all kinds: from too much external heat to raging hormonal heat, sheetali pranayama helps put out your inner flames.   Be sure to let me know how you liked it in the comments below!  

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{wellness wisdom} Summertime Yoga Practice to Soothe + Calm

August 9, 2012
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Ayurveda offers us wisdom for living a more balanced life. This wisdom extends to what we eat, how we live, when we rest, and how we exercise. Yoga + Ayurveda share common roots: in fact, yoga comes from Ayurveda.   A one-size-fits-all practice, though, isn’t what Ayurveda recommends. Instead, we should practice according to the seasons: just like we eat.   Pitta is the dominant dosha [...]

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