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Join us for a 4-week (30-hour) online course to learn how to tailor your yoga teaching through the sublime healing system of Ayurveda, the sister-science to Yoga. Drawing its wisdom from thousands of years of practice, Ayurveda looks to the five elements (ether, air, fire, water, and space) as a foundation for experiencing balance both in the natural world and within our beings. The doshas (vata, pitta, ...
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JAN
2021
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Dinacharya:
A set of daily habits, rituals, or routines that guide us, like the natural rhythms of nature.
“Wise people who desire happiness in this world and the next, should make great efforts in practicing wholesomeness of diet, conduct, and actions.”
(Ref: Astanga Hr. Dayam, Su. Chapter 2)
There is a change in the late summer season, are you feeling the shift? Here in Maine we are having cooler evenings and mornings, and a little less ...
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SEP
2021
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Namaste Dear Sangha!
Greetings from the Northeast woods of Maine! Despite it officially being spring, the snow is still present- albeit slowly receding. The nights are cold and our wood stoves stay warm. Yet the lengthening days with increasing sunlight give us great hope. Our maple trees are tapped, and the sap is slowly dripping on sunny days, filling the buckets. I boiled the first batches of sap into syrup and put it up for next year. As I ...
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2021
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Image Credit: Dorie Klein Photography
Join us for a 4-week (30-hour) online course to learn how to tailor your yoga teaching through the sublime healing system of Ayurveda, the sister-science to Yoga. Drawing its wisdom from thousands of years of practice, Ayurveda looks to the five elements (ether, air, fire, water, and space) as a foundation for experiencing balance both in the natural world and within our beings. The doshas (vata, pitta, ...
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JAN
2018
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Image Credit: Dorie Klein Photography
Join us for a 4-day intensive to learn how to tailor your yoga teaching through the sublime healing system of Ayurveda, the sister-science to Yoga. Drawing its wisdom from thousands of years of practice, Ayurveda looks to the five elements (ether, air, fire, water, and space) as a foundation for experiencing balance both in the natural world and within our beings. The doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha), ...
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JAN
2017
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“The body of one who uses oil massage regularly does not become affected much even if subjected to injury or strenuous work. By using oil massage daily, a person is endowed with pleasant touch, trimmed body parts and becomes strong, charming and least affected by old age.” Charaka Samhita Vol. 1, V: 88-89
The word for oil in Sanskrit, Sneha, also means Love. Snehana is an Ayurvedic oil massage and the term, Abhyanga refers to massaging one’s own self. Internal and ...
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MAR
2017
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