A Step-by-Step Morning Routine for Sattvic Living How to work towards a Sattvic mindAuthor: Heather Leigh NelsonEveryone and everything is comprised of three Gunas. Tamas is a state of darkness and chaos. Rajas is a state of passion and activity. Sattva is a state of...
A Dinner Date With The Three Gunas Introducing Tamas, Rajas, and SattvaAuthor: Marlee OsbornImagine you’re going to dinner with three of your friends. You arrive at the restaurant first and glance at the menu while you wait.Your first friend arrives. She’s wearing a...
Who Am I? Roar like a Lion, don’t bleat like SheepOnce a baby lion was born in the forest and left behind by his parents. A flock of sheep rescued him and raised him as their own. The lion learned how to select edible plants to eat, how to communicate with the...
Power of Thought To control thought, is to control destiny. A group of students were on a back-country outdoor education expedition in the wilderness just north of Yosemite National Park in California. The students gathered by the lake to socialized for the last night...
Ayurveda for Addiction Recovery Not why the addiction, but why the pain?Re-framing our understanding of addiction in this way can begin to shed light on how we view and treat the addicted human, and most importantly, in how we can begin to move forward with providing...
Mindful Travel Practices As our students (and teachers) prepare for the end of our recient Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Foundation course in Thailand – we embark on the long and sometimes stressful journey back home. Ayurveda teaches us that the very act of travel...
