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The Month of “Yes You May!”
Tra la! It’s May! The lusty month of May! That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray! I can’t help myself. Every year as May 1st approaches, I find myself humming (or outright singing) The...
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Pitta Season: The Heat is On!
“PITTA is the biological fire humor, also translated as bile. Its meaning is ‘that which digests things’. Pitta dosha is responsible for all chemical and metabolic transformations in the body. It also...
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Approaching Vata Season With Care
“When the seasons change, we experience a sympathetic internal shift. All life-forms open themselves up to receive cosmic redirection from nature during these crucial seasonal transitions, so we are...
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My Love Letter to New York City
For the past few months I had been writing my October Newsletter in my head. It was going to be my farewell love letter to NYC because October was my anticipated moving date to western North Carolina....
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Alisne’s Story—An Age-Old Approach to Cleansing
Alisne still relies on wisdom from her grandmother to stay healthy. My dear friend Alisne recently shared a story with me from her childhood in Honduras. Having just completed an Ayurvedic...
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Cleansing Body, Mind and Spirit –The Ayurvedic Way
The rejuvenating Amalaki fruit, often called the elixir of life. Clients and friends often ask me about cleansing. While I believe that regular detoxing is vital, I am also extremely cautious about...
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Kapha Season
According to Ayurveda, the 7,000 year-old system of mind, body, and spirit holistic health, if you’re anywhere in the world where winter is transitioning into spring, it’s Kapha season. Here in the...
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The Transformative Power of Spring
My favorite spring flower the ranunculus Ever since I’ve been a student of Ayurveda, I’ve begun paying more attention to the nuances of the seasons. It has changed my life so profoundly that frankly, I...
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Pitta Season: It’s Finally Here!
Today is the Summer Solstice for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere. Here in New York City where I live, the weather bounced back and forth like a ping-pong ball for several weeks. I love...
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Transitioning into Fall/Vata Season
“It is the summer’s great last heat, It is the fall’s first chill: They meet.” – Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Here in NYC, fall is in the air. It’s ever so subtle, but you can sense it. Apples have arrived...
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Kapha Season
Indra and Sachi riding the divine elephant Airavata “Solid as a rock, cool as a glimmering stream in the white moonlight; such is the essence of Kapha. Kapha is the archetypal Mother Earth.” –Maya...
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Surviving March: Cleansing Your Internal and External World
March is a bit of a sorry and dreaded month for those living in areas where late winter is upon us. Soggy, cold, damp and gloomy–sometimes rainy and sometimes snowy–you can feel it in your bones. Oh,...
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Hoping April Showers and May Flowers are Here to Stay
My daughter, Amy, and her friend, Rose, on a rainy Spring day in NYC Depending on where you live in the world there are certain months that have always been just plain WET. I grew up in Michigan and...
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Staying Cool, Calm and Collected During Pitta Season
Pitta Season is just around the corner here in NYC. We’ve had a few hot days but also lots of cool windy ones. My guess is that all of a sudden we’re going to be in the middle of a heat wave and I want...
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Why Expelling Excess Summer Heat Leads to a Healthier Fall and Winter
Here in the Northeast, fall is just around the corner. It’s ever so subtle, but you can sense it. Apples have arrived at the farmer’s market and there’s a palpable excitement. The days have still been...
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The Arrival of Vata Season (Anxiety Alert!)
“When the seasons change, we experience a sympathetic internal shift. All life-forms open themselves up to receive cosmic redirection from nature during these crucial seasonal transitions, so we are...
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A Time to Turn Within
I love all the seasons, and following an Ayurvedic lifestyle by living in harmony with Nature has made me even more aware of the importance of each of them. But if I had to pick a favorite, fall would...
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Ayurvedic Tip of the Week: Be Mindful as the Season Shifts
There are three seasons, according to Ayurveda, which revolve around the different harvests. They are: Vata – fall/early winter Pitta – late spring/summer Kapha – late winter/early spring) Here in the...
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Are You Ready for Kapha Season?
Cold, wet and heavy are a few qualities associated with Kapha dosha and therefore, with Kapha Season (late winter – spring). Can’t you just feel it in the photo above that I took from my apartment...
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What’s All This Hype About Cleansing?
This is where I want to be on a cold, damp blustery March day. Sitting in the Poet’s House in Battery Park City, warm and dry and surrounded by books. March is not exactly a favorite month for most...
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