Dry brushing–known as garshana in Ayurveda–is a highly beneficial ancient cleansing ritual that is culturally rooted in various Eastern healing modalities. It's effective and has withstood the test of time...but only for thousands of years. Unfortunately, many of us here in the West have been missing out on this important step to self-healing–mainly due to a lack of mainstream buzz, but thankfully this is evolving with our ever expanding levels of mind-body consciousness. Amen! Our skin is our largest organ and I think many of us move through life unaware of the massive … [Read more...]
Fall Equinox and Dosha Rituals
Can you feel it? The glistening summer heat is beginning to sway to the breezy winds of autumn change–whispering and tickling our internal signals...time to switch seasonal gears. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the Fall Equinox delivers to us the brilliant opportunity to slow it all down, take pause and sync up to the dynamically shifting harvest rhythms. This is the time to move “inward”. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the opposite…to flourish and blossom “outward” using the energy, light, and warmth of the sun. When we tune up to nature’s outward expressions that are also … [Read more...]
Breathing Light Into Emotions
How do you wish to be seen in the world? Are you stealth, graceful, and appreciative or straight up toxic? Identifying our emotional triggers enables us to foster emotional intelligence and reset our patterned knee-jerk reactions. Emotional ripples are a part of life. We all experience and, hopefully, learn and grow from moments of challenge. How we conduct ourselves in the heat of the now, set’s the future tone of how our story plays out. What’s your trigger when faced with the discomfort of negative emotions such as fear, anger, jealousy or poverty consciousness? Is it … [Read more...]
