Mindfulness

The Unhealthy Truth (with giveaway) and why I’m on alert for frankenfood

September 6, 2011

Along with some other writers, I was invited to lunch one day in July with a woman named Robyn O’Brien, founder of AllergyKids, for an event sponsored by Stonyfield Yogurt  — which, to its credit, seemed mostly interested in getting Robyn’s word out and not so much in promoting its product. I had no idea [...]

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Ayurveda 2: Pitta, Kapha, ama and a bit of time travel

August 29, 2011

In my last post on the subject, I explained what Ayurveda means, what doshas are, and gave you a link to determine what your primary dosha might be (here’s a different one). I mentioned some dietary considerations for my type, Vata. I want to even things out and give you some dietary consideration for the [...]

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Ayurveda: how I kicked a craving and began eating clean

August 22, 2011

Earlier this year I interviewed the owner of a salt spa in Boulder for an article published at MileHighMamas.com. When I found out that Dr Nita Desai was both an MD and a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, I was intrigued. Over the years I’ve been treated for a lung condition with western medicine and with eastern [...]

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Gratitude? Gratitude.

August 4, 2011

My yoga teacher, Jane, harps and harps on gratitude. Got something good going on? Show gratitude! Got something bad going on? Show gratitude! And she’s always trying to open our hips because “open hips = happy heart.” And a happy heart is a grateful one. One day, after a very stretchy sequence to eke open [...]

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Did Jesus get zits?

June 21, 2011

Ten years ago, I began a series of one-year courses with my teacher, Ethel, called Multidimensional Energy Work. I’ve mentioned this before, as well as the profound impact that this work/play has had on my spiritual evolving. (Aside: Ethel is returning to teaching this fall in Denver with a new year-long course called Partnering with [...]

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Win some, lose some

October 15, 2010

Or WinSomeLuzSome.com, as one clever person suggested as the new name for my blog. But this post is not about the new name for my blog. That is still under deliberation. Honestly, I didn’t give this much thought to either of my children’s names. This post is about the yin-yangy nature, the wobbly nature, if [...]

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