Health Benefits of Yoga

I started practicing yoga in 2000. Little did I know how much it would impact my life other than keeping my body in shape. It’s so much more than exercise. Yoga teaches patience, acceptance, awareness, mindfulness and an appreciation of life. It strengthens and enhances the mind-body-spirit connection if you let it and are open to it. I found this site with an article about 77 health benefits of yoga. Click here to check it out! Enjoy! Gina  Read More →

What’s Your Dosha? Part Two ~ Kapha

When we enter the cold, cloudy, heavy season of Winter, we enter the Kapha dosha season. Qualities of this dosha are slow, heavy, cold, damp, soft, smooth and viscous, just like the qualities of winter. The two of the five elements that represent the Kapha dosha are water and earth. Those who have predominantly Kapha qualities have strong muscles and large, heavy bones. They have a hard time losing weight and can put weight on very easily. The digestion of a Kapha individual is slow and so is... 

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What’s Your Dosha? Part One ~ Vata

Are you fiery Pitta?  A thin-boned anxious Vata? or a hard-to-get-moving-in-the-morning Kapha? Aromatherapy and essential oils can help to keep our doshas more balanced, but before we learn that, let’s take a look at what the heck a dosha is! These three doshas, Vata, Pitta, Kapha, are the categories, or body types in Ayurveda.  Much like the three body types we have in the west, the ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph, the three doshas each have their own, very unique characteristcs.  According... 

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Me Time

Lately I’ve been having some restless nights thus not sleeping as well. I’ve been a little draggy during the day, having a hard time starting projects and then, of course the body comes into play and throws my digestion off. So, I sat down one day and realized that I’ve been slacking in the ‘me time’, big time. I was slacking in the ‘take care of me’ rituals I usually do and thus my body and mind was rebelling. So I decided that I am the only one responsible... 

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