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Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Digestion + Agni [Video 2]
https://vimeo.com/469828046 AGNI! In Ayurveda this word means "digestive fire." The fire element governs your ability to metabolize what you take in to your body. The strength of your digestion has a direct impact on the strength of your immune system. Watch...
Intro: Ayurveda + Immune System Series [Video 1]
Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Intro [Video 1] from Courtney LaCava on Vimeo. You have so much power to build a strong immune system with your habits. The main focus of Ayurveda is building what we call "OJAS". Ojas is akin to your immune system. It's what...
What Deep Healing Looks Like
When I was in the throws of raising two kids under 3, I read something from a spiritual teacher that changed my life. It went something like this: “Whether you’re meditating in an ashram or you’re raising your family, it’s the same work. That’s your yoga.”...
You Have the Power to Build Strong Immunity + Vitality: Essential Living Course Starts Nov. 15th
Building strong immunity and vitality is probably on your mind right now. If you're feeling powerless and at the mercy of something outside of yourself, please know that you have so much power in your hands. Ayurveda gives us a clear map for creating a strong immune...
How to Stay Healthy in the Fall: 6 Tips for Thriving in Vata Season
The seasons change quickly here in New England! Fall is definitely upon us. Ayurveda is all about recognizing how our body is a reflection of nature’s rhythms. So in order to thrive, it’s crucial to shift diet and habits as the seasons shift. Fall is Vata season -...
Stabilize Your Body, Mind + Emotions With This Simple Practice
My favorite time of the day is early morning, before sunrise. One of the habits I teach is "Start the Day Right", which is about using the potential of this early morning energy to orient towards more ease, connection and gratitude. There was a time when I never...
My #1 Tip For Better Sleep + Better Energy
I wake up by 6am most mornings, do yoga or walk, and meditate. A few years ago, I NEVER would have thought that was possible, especially as a mother. The key is this: Bed by 10pm. This is crucial for deeply restorative sleep, proper immune function, a healthy nervous...
How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself + Why Community is Crucial
When I became sick with chronic fatigue in my 20s, I thought my body was sick. It was, but that wasn’t the source of my illness. As I discovered Ayurveda, I began to work on my diet and lifestyle, only to realize that I was peeling back just the very first layers of...
Enrolling NOW: Essential Living Course August 2020
You can create a "new normal" in which you don't just survive. You thrive. What do you want to let go of in your new normal, and what do you want more of? More stable energy? Stronger immunity? Better nutrition? More flow and freedom in your lifestyle? Deeper...
Want Strong Immunity Year-Round? Why Summer Diet + Habits Are Crucial [Tips]
Obviously, we all want to keep our respiratory and immune systems strong right now. Did you know that what you do in summer has a huge impact on your immunity in fall and winter? If you don't take care to keep the heat of the summer from accumulating in your body,...
[Video] Essential Living Course 2-for-1 Offer: Enrolling Now for May 2020!
Spring Diet + Habit Tips
In Ayurveda, spring is the time of kapha - earth and water elements. Spring is heavy, stable, cool and oily so we balance with the opposite qualities in our diet and lifestyle - light, dry, mobile and warming. The lymph and blood can get pretty gunky right now,...
The Collective Immune System: Chronic Disease + Coronavirus
Prevention. How to keep ourselves from being unnecessarily vulnerable. As we take these critical immediate measures, it’s painfully obvious as each day passes that these solutions aren’t sustainable. This is life, but this is no way to live. The pandemic is showing us...
From Fear to Resilience + Adaptability: Offering Free Support Sessions
With the spread of coronavirus, we’re becoming intensely aware of how we as humans communicate, connect, share and spread. The reaction to this magnified awareness is fear and anxiety. We fear death. But what is fear of death? It is fear of our inability to adapt and...
How to Strengthen Your Immune System with Ayurveda
Maybe you’re feeling fearful and somewhat helpless right now because of COVID-19. Our collective fear is compounded by our disconnect from the wisdom of how to support our body’s innate healing intelligence. I encourage you to use this fear and uncertainty as a...
Essential Living Course Launch January 26, 2020!
“THIS YEAR they’re going to stick.” Those pesky new year's resolutions, born from our deepest desires for more freedom and ease, and from that little taste of rest and reset after a few weeks of holiday. It’s January 3rd. “I’m rockin’ it so far!” Then...it’s February...
Dakini Ayurveda in 7×7 Magazine’s “Best of Bay Area Wellness”!
I'm so honored that 7x7 Magazine has chosen my Ayurvedic Medicine practice for its "Best of Bay Area Wellness" edition! Check out the link: Dakini Ayurveda in 7x7 Magazine Best of Bay Area Wellness
Preserving Vitality Through Boundaries with Technology
"Wherever your awareness goes, your prana will follow." This sentence, spoken in 2009 by Dr. Robert Svoboda at the International Yoga and Ayurveda Conference, highlights one of the most important principles of health and wellness. In our modern world, the vast...
Allergy Relief with Ayurveda: Neti & Nasya
If seasonal allergies are plaguing you this time of year, Ayurvedic wisdom provides some simple, time-tested practices to offer relief. Neti and nasya are two practices that are used in conjunction with one another to alleviate sinus congestion and...
Reopening May 1st and new location!
Hello all. Sincere thanks for your patience during my maternity leave. I'm thrilled to announce that my practice will reopen on May 1st and the online schedule is now open for appointments. I have also relocated my office to Potrero Hill at 1317 18th Street, in...
