

The Pillars of Health
There are a few fundamental practices that will help to stabilize your health and keep you feeling good for the long haul. If you can get these pillars set in place and commit to them every day, you will feel SO much better. These habits and practices are essential, and can be put in place wherever youโre at in your health and wellbeing journey. Now is better than never. The traditional Three Pillars of Health in Ayurveda: Proper Management of Digestion Proper Management of S
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Winter Solstice ~ Traversing the Darkness
The darkest day of the year is here (Winter solstice). Afterwards, more and more light will filter in with each coming day. W๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต? To go inward. To let go. To empty out. To purge the things in your mind and spirit that are not supporting you. Have a ceremony! Wear your most magical clothing, anoint yourself, light candles, burn herbs, sip tea, drink cacao, dance to a song (or many), sit with yours
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Ayurvedic Evening Rituals
[The importance of ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ (especially when dealing with anxiety & depression)โฃ] โฃ Creating a morning and evening routine is one of the best things you can do, for both your physical and mental health.โฃ Doing this creates end caps to your day, where you start and finish your day at ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โฃ โฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ,๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐โฃ. (TIP: O
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Ayurvedic Morning Rituals
[The importance of ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ (especially when dealing with anxiety & depression)โฃ] โฃ Creating a morning and evening routine is one of the best things you can do, for both your physical and mental health.โฃ Doing this creates end caps to your day, where you start and finish your day at ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โฃ โฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒ centered in ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ
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How to Reduce Stress, Sleep Better, and Heal Yourself Naturally
There are so many trends about diet and lifestyle, endlessly pouring into pop culture--the end-all, cure-all, be-all of diets. Keto, paleo, intermittent fasting, low-fat, Mediterranean, Atkins, Weight Watchers, etc. They claim to fix all your problems and help you lose the unwanted weight so that you never have to worry again. But if this is true, then why are there always new diets coming out to cure the same thing the last trend was meant to cure? The fact is, we all have d
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Emotional Eating and the Holidays
Holidays can be intense. This year has a whole other layer of intensity with corona virus and everything being on pause. If youโre lucky, maybe you have an easy breezy time with it. If that's the case, this blog post is not for you. But if youโre challenged by family triggers, feeling isolated, and/or lots of food mixed with overeating, binge eating, emotional eating, and/or purging, this blog is for you. Before discovering Ayurveda, I struggled for MANY years with emotional
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Living Seasonally: What to Eat in Fall and Winter
With the change of seasons, itโs natural that our energy levels and sleep will be impacted. But it doesnโt mean we should be exhausted all the time, or be sleeping poorly. Are you looking for a way to boost your energy naturally? Feel grounded? Experience more balance? The key is to live in harmony with the season weโre in, and that begins with the foods we consume. Itโs Fall now in the pacific northwest, and as the temperatures drop, it's time to switch up our routines, the
Hillary Mendoza
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What Is Ayurveda? (An Introduction to the Science of Life)
Ayurveda is magic. It is an incredible system that came to be so over 5000+ years ago by Rishis.
Hillary Mendoza
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