Gratitude is an elixir for the soul. It deeply nourishes us on any day and is especially healing through transitions. The equinox is a perfect time to practice by saying ‘thank you and goodnight’ to the earth, as she starts her slumber into winter and begins her rejuvenation. She has offered so much of herself – support, beauty, food, and wellbeing.
Read MoreDetoxing in the fall may sound counterintuitive. After all, spring—Ayurveda’s other optimal time to detox—is our cultural cleaning season, whereas autumn feels like a time to hunker down and get back to work.
“In the spring, it’s about shaking off the weight of winter and getting revved up for summer, and we’re good at that,” says Ayurvedic consultant Scott Blossom.
Read MoreMindfulness is a major classification of meditation practices, known as vipassana, or insight meditation. Sometimes just called breath centered meditation. While it is taught in various ways, depending on your guide or the lineage of the practice, the practice always has some main characteristics: you being by gathering your attention on your breath and slowly move to a wider and wider scope of attention, observation - such as noticing sound in your environment.
Read MoreWrite down ANYTHING that comes to mind - from your morning coffee to your yoga practice. From your puppy to your evolving consciousness. From your partner to the teacher that changed your life. It doesn't matter how small or big - just create a daily habit of bringing to mind what you love. After you write. Pause for a few breaths and notice how you feel when you bring to mind, what you love
Read MoreAdd All or Any of These Energizing and Uplifting Moves to Your Spring Routine
Read MoreResearch has shown that Metta Meditation Increases Positive Emotions & Decreases Negative Emotions.
In a landmark study, Barbara Frederickson and her colleagues (Fredrickson, Cohn, Coffey, Pek, & Finkel, 2008) found that practicing seven weeks of lovingkindness meditation increased love, joy, contentment, gratitude, pride, hope, interest, amusement, and awe.
Read MoreNature is replete with various rhythms and cycles - day follows night, night follows day, seasons come and go. Similarly, there are biological rhythms to our bodies, minds, and emotions. When our inner world is in sync with the natural cycles around us, we feel a sense of harmony, and well-being. When we are disconnected in this way, our stress and discomfort increases, we grow discontent and our vitality diminishes.
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