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Key Elements For Healthy Immunity, part 2 ayurveda brain health healthy eating healthy living meditation mindful movement real food resilience sleep strength training stress-free Mar 04, 2023

Last week I talked about the Immune System – since many people seem to be suffering right now from a nasty cold and flu bug making the rounds! – and how important it is to understand and support both the body’s natural Inflammatory process as well as Gut Health.

And of course...

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Reimagining your Identity healthy living meditation morning practice stress-free Jan 15, 2023

If you’re trying to make changes to any of your habits, and finding it difficult, could this be why?

For many of us in North America, at least while we’re still working, we identify ourselves according to our career role: “I’m a teacher.” “I’m an...

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What’s Your WHY? healthy living meditation morning practice resilience Jan 08, 2023

First of all, belated Happy New Year to you all!  I’m still finding it hard to believe that we are in 2023.  And with the New Year comes the usual (if brief) focus on New Year’s Resolutions, but more on that in a minute.

I had planned to get back to you a week ago, after...

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Top 3 Ayurvedic Self Care Tips for the Holidays ayurveda brain health healthy eating healthy living healthy recipes meditation morning practice real food resilience sleep stress-free sugarfree Dec 18, 2022

This brings the Ayurveda series to a close (and blogs for 2022, as I’m taking next week off) with my Top 3 Ayurvedic Self Care Tips for the Holidays.  They will help you reduce the stress of modern life, and especially the holiday season upon us.  These likely won’t be...

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Why Meditation is the Keystone Practice ayurveda brain health healthy living meditation morning practice resilience sleep stress-free Dec 10, 2022

Continuing the Ayurveda series, for the next couple of weeks I’m going to share with you ayurvedic practices that will help you reduce the stress of modern life, and especially the holiday season upon us.  These likely won’t be completely new to you, you may already be a...

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Reducing Stress with Pranayama - a.k.a. Breathwork! ayurveda brain health healthy living meditation morning practice resilience stress-free Dec 04, 2022

Continuing the Ayurveda series, for the next couple of weeks I’m going to share with you ayurvedic practices that will help you reduce the stress of modern life, and especially the holiday season upon us.  These likely won’t be completely new to you, you may already be a...

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What's Your Daytime Dinacharya? ayurveda brain health healthy eating healthy living healthy recipes meditation mindful movement morning practice real food resilience sleep strength training stress-free Nov 26, 2022

Last week I introduced you to your Dinacharya, a.k.a. your optimal daily routine.  The idea is to align your habits and practices to the Rhythms of Nature, as this will promote health and help reduce what may be harmful.

And as I said last week, most lists of daily habits start with the...

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Living According to the Universal Rhythms of Nature ayurveda brain health healthy eating healthy living meditation mindful movement morning practice sleep stress-free Nov 13, 2022

Whether we pay attention to it or not, every cell and organ system in our body is synchronized with the universal rhythms of nature. All layers of our being!  Although our senses lead us to perceive that we are separate from the world around us, we are constantly exchanging energy and...

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Why I’m In Love With Ayurveda! ayurveda brain health healthy eating healthy living healthy recipes meditation mindful movement real food resilience sleep strength training stress-free Oct 09, 2022

You may recall that I wrote back in the summer about a course I was taking through Chopra.com to become a Certified Chopra Health (Ayurveda) Teacher.  I’m very pleased to announce that I have now completed the program, and I am ready to share what I have learned with all of you!

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9 strategies to finally outsmart food cravings brain health healthy eating healthy living meditation real food resilience sleep sugarfree Oct 02, 2022

 Last week I wrote about Food Cravings, explaining what they really are and why you shouldn't feel like you just lack willpower!  

Food cravings are natural, we all have them, and they’re not a character flaw!

If you need to, go ahead and reread this article to learn why...

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New research shows daily lifestyle habits boost your brain brain health healthy living meditation mindful movement resilience sleep strength training stress-free Sep 04, 2022

Another reason to meditate, workout, and sleep!

If your brain feels like it needs a bit more incentive to focus its attention on important tasks, these three healthy lifestyle habits can help.

Do you feel like you’re more distracted or less productive these days? Does it seem as though your...

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Creating a Mindset for Health brain health healthy eating healthy living healthy recipes meditation resilience stress-free Aug 07, 2022

So much of health is all about habits and actions, but where do these all stem from? What if we don’t have to make as many changes as we think we do? What if there was one powerful thing that makes a difference?

That thing is mindset.

Mindset is sometimes called “the story we tell...

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