Ayurveda & Wellness
Water (jala)
The water (jala) element plays a significant role in Ayurveda during the summer season to balance the intensity of fire (agni) which can be transformation or fierce. Water is considered a balancing, cooling, calming force, essential to maintain our health, longevity,...
Summer (grisma)
Pitta Elements = Fire + Water •Fire qualities: heating, intense, bright, rhythmic •Water qualities: fluid, cooling, calming, graceful Depending on where you live, you may think summer is never long enough (like in the Pacific Northwest), or that it’s always too long...
Natural Solutions For the Cold/Flu Season
During my recent visit to Austin, I had the privilege of taking several classes with Craig Williams. Craig is among many other things an Oriental Medicine Doctor and Ayurvedic Practitioner who offers a wide range of classes and workshops related to physical, mental,...
Winter Rhythms
The Kapha qualities outside can make you feel heavy and lethargic and/or pull you towards foods that promote weight gain or the use of recreational drugs and alcohol to cope with depression, stress, and the winter blues; here we again see the precept “like increases...
Seasonal Vinyasa Winter Practices
Winter is Nature’s time to hibernate and retreat. Since we are also connected to Nature, it is wise that we follow her lead and begin to slow down, get ample amounts of sleep, rest, meditate, and retreat in order to recharge after a long productive year. After all,...
Kriya Yoga = Action
KRIYA YOGA = ACTION Yoga is more complex and far richer than most of us in the West give it credit for. It really is a way of life. After years of living yoga each and every day, and personally experiencing the transformative power of Kriya yoga, I can attest to its...
Edible Education Lectures on You Tube
I've recently discovered this amazing FREE lecture series from UC Berkeley called Edible Education. If you are interested in food, food politics, the Earth, human relations, civil rights, and justice...you might find some of these lectures insightful. Here's my pick...
What Goes In
What goes in must come out. This is true; there is no doubt. Every inhale has a friend. There’s an exhale at the end. Every morsel that we swallow Goes right down, fills the hollow. If we want a different taste, We need to find some room, or make some space. By Jason...
Food Revolution with John and Ocean Robbins
I'm inviting you to join me in the Food Revolution! Here’s why: With rates of obesity and chronic illness continuing to rise, GMOs penetrating ever deeper into our food supply, and industrialized agriculture putting small, sustainable and ethical farms out of...
Edible Education 2014
The latest Edible Education Series has started here at UC Berkeley and is available for your viewing on YouTube. Every other Monday, 500 students and 200 community members are gathering to discuss important issues with experts in the field of food, agriculture,...
