238: Ayurvedic Approach to Pitta Kiddos
Dosha Background I wanted to touch on Ayurveda and kiddos and how you can help set your child(ren) up for success no matter their dosha. Just like an adult each dosha has a few unique qualities and in a child having boundaries set, the right amount of give and take can really help them succeed. What are the doshas? They…
237: Ayurvedic Approach to Vata Kiddos
I wanted to touch on Ayurveda and kiddos and how you can help set your child(ren) up for success no matter their dosha. Just like an adult each dosha has a few unique qualities and in a child having boundaries set, the right amount of give and take can really help them succeed. What are the doshas? They are the…
December Holistic Fitness Almanac Preview
I’m so excited to announce the Free December 2019- Holistic Fitness Almanac is ready to download! The holistic fitness almanac emphasizes Seasonal workouts & nutrition The wisdom from Ayurveda Energy of the seasons To create a powerful intuitive fitness guide. It’s built to help you become more in-tune with yourself and have a deeper connection to mama earth. Each…
233: Lyndsay Paige on Ayurvedic Purpose
Lyndsay Bio Lyndsay’s wellness journey started in college during her health behavior change class. She was always intrigued with the different reasons “why” people chose to change their behaviors (or not). Fast forward 20 years later, Lyndsay is using her combined experience in health and nutrition, yoga and Ayurveda to ask her students and clients “how do you want to…
230: Ayurvedic approach to staying healthy (ojas)
What are ojas in Ayurveda? It is your vital energy and a subtle energy from the kapha dosha. When we have strong ojas (energy) we tend to stay healthier. Let’ s chat why? Example of how our ojas or energy gets depleted on a daily basis. Wake up after only 6 hours of sleep. Your running late to work so…
Ayurvedic Winter Tips
Winter is right around the corner and according to Ayurveda you want to start prepping your body for the winter season now. There are many ways to do so and below are some of the top ways Ayurvedically speaking. Keep your agni high– agni is digestion so you want to make sure you are eating warm, moist foods that are…
229: Zoe Erickson on How to Increase Body Awareness
Zoe Bio Zoe’s wellness journey began at age 12 with the opening of a heated power yoga studio in her neighborhood. After taking just one yoga class Zoe was astonished at how amazing she felt. She quickly fell in love with the practice and found that yoga helped manage her anxiety. By age 15 Zoe knew that she wanted yoga…
Ayurveda & Kids
One question that I often get asked is how do you incorporate Ayurveda with your son? I thought I would share a few basic tips on how to introduce Ayurvedic concepts into a younger kiddos life. 1. Introduce all 6 tastes -spicy, sweet, astringent, pungent, sour, bitter Here are examples of food items for each of those tastes listed above…
Daily Dinacharya Ideas
Ayurveda has routines that are meant to help you ground, stay present and focused throughout your life. They call it dinacharya which are examples of routines that you bring into your day. I have a few examples of dinacharya ideas below and how you can implement them into your routines. Dinacharya Ideas Wake up at or around 6am Say a…
226: Using the seasons to stay on track with your fitness goals
Body Check-In Sitting tall starting at your toes squeeze your toes, move up to your calves squeeze and relax, move up to your quads, next glutes, back, make a fist with your hands, scrunch your forehead and now relax. Notice the difference between tension & true relaxation. Notice if anything still feels the tension even after relaxing. This might be…
