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Yoga + Ayurveda Articles

  1. Rtus: Dances of Nature (8/23/2024) - Nature slips into a different season anywhere from 2 to 6 times a year, depending on where you live. For instance, India, the land of Ayurveda, experiences 6 seasons while much of California with its Mediterranean type climate has just two, a cool damp season and a warm and dry one. When we talk about rtus, the different seasons that… Continue reading »
  2. Milk in the Age of Convenience (8/23/2024) - As with all great treasures, milk comes with certain caveats. As our society further distances itself from nature and turns gradually more synthetic, these caveats turn into dire warning signals. A look at milk’s qualities as expressed in the magnificent Ayurvedic text, the Caraka Samhita, shows the potentiality of both misuse and overuse. Caraka lists milk’s qualities as sweet, cold,… Continue reading »
  3. Love Spreads Like Magic… Celebrating An Adventurer (8/23/2024) - Mohinder Sukh Deva. Born 1919 and from then on nothing but adventures of which I got to share a few as his son. And now this final adventure… I got to Delhi after a 19 hour flight and watched the sun come up bringing on the Delhi heat that begs for a monsoon rain. Prem tells me that Dad laughed,… Continue reading »
  4. Like A Moth To A Flame (poem) (8/23/2024) - LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME A moth dances with fire and light Then it is in there…and still. We dance with fire but never step in.   A moth is chasing its destiny As we are running from ours Into the same circles as ever.   Come to the light, to the fire Let it burn you to a… Continue reading »
  5. Fall 2009 Rock’n’Ayurveda Tour & Stories from the road… (8/23/2024) - FALL 2009 ROCK’N’AYURVEDA TOUR… Kraunchasana (The Heron) NOV/DEC IN ALB, SALT LAKE, NASHVILLE, NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY! Nov 6-9: Studies with Robert Svoboda at the Ayurvedic Institute: Tantra For Daily Living. Nov 9-21: Two weeks of consultations, workshops, treatments and panchakarma in Salt Lake City (Flow Yoga SLC) Nov 26-Dec 5: Teachings in LA, Ojai & Napa. Private teachings:… Continue reading »
  6. Agni: The Digestive Fire (8/23/2024) - In Ayurveda, the science of life, all creation arises out of five great elements known as mahabhutas. This phenomenal world is created first by the qualities of akash or space, which gives us the container for all form. Within this space vayu or air then manifests all possible movement. Agni or fire becomes responsible for all transformation and thus all… Continue reading »
  7. Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda for Therapeutic Purposes (8/23/2024) - Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda for Therapeutic Purposes Continue reading »
  8. Psychology Of A Sage (8/23/2024) - Sage is a Middle English word based on an Old French word that translates as “be wise”.  The Latin root is sapere. In Vedic times such wise people were called ŗśi`s, Ones Who See. Wisdom is conjective. It is whole brain. The ancient reptilian conjoins with the superior limbic, which conjoins with the mammalian neocortex, which is distinctly developed beyond its rudimentary functions… Continue reading »
  9. Intuition, Emotion & Intellect (8/23/2024) - THE INTUITIVE BODY is formed over time. By repetition of behaviors we have become increasingly familiar with carving repetitive pathways in our gut. They are not always to our benefit. For instance, if our gut tensed up when we were children as we faced a certain traumatic situation, we may continue this tensing pattern into our adult lives; perceiving simple, not… Continue reading »
  10. The Two Paths: Karma & Dharma (8/23/2024) - Chaos and order. Nature and civilization. Survival and service. In the ancient Vedic sciences (and related sciences such as Buddhism and Jainism) two concepts stand out clearly as defining our life experiences: karma and dharma. The corresponding pairs of states above echo the distinctions between the ‘karma and dharma’ model. The relationships between them are interesting, intricate, intertwined and an exploration… Continue reading »