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Update: Abhyanga & Related Therapies
Hello All. Thanks for reading this quick update regarding my offering of Ayurvedic massage (Abhyanga) and 2 other body therapies that include it. I continue to offer Ayurvedic healthcare consultations and the majority of Ayurvedic body therapies on a full-time...
Ojas – The Key to Immunity & Vitality
If I were to ask a roomful of people the question, “Who would like to have more vitality and greater resistance to stress?” every hand in the room would go up, right? We all want to feel energetic, vital, happy, and healthy. Ayurveda recognizes that preserving...
Ayurveda for Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep issues are a pervasive problem that I see so often in my practice. The inability to fall asleep, stay asleep or have good quality sleep can have an extremely debilitating effect on our lives. In Ayurveda, there are three pillars of health – food, sleep and moral or spiritual living. When one or more pillar is out of balance, we are out of balance. Without good quality sleep or sleep routines that mirror the rhythms of nature, we cannot achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional health. Luckily, there are effective, natural ways to support healthy sleep.
Ayurveda & Weight Loss: An Alternative Approach
Post-holidays we hear plenty about weight loss. The typical message we receive about how to lose weight is to work out more (the harder, the better) and eat less (the lighter, the better). Indeed, for some people this approach is the ticket, but in Ayurveda we...
Forgetting Our True Nature as Spirit: The Ultimate Cause of Disease
In the last three posts I've discussed the three main causes of disease from an Ayurvedic perspective - the misuse of the senses, failure of the intellect and motion/time. But there is one cause of disease that is the essential root of even these causes....
Biological Time: The Motion of Mind and Body
For the past two posts I've been discussing the three causes of disease from an Ayurvedic perspective. Those three causes are: The misuse of the 5 senses The failure of the intellect Time In this post I'll discuss the concept of time - both linear...
Failure of the Intellect: When We Know What To Do, But We Don’t Do It
Last month I touched upon the first of three main causes of disease from an Ayurvedic perspective. To recap, those three causes are: The misuse of the 5 senses The failure of the intellect Time This month, I'm continuing with the second cause...
Ayurvedic Healing Through the 5 Senses
From an Ayurvedic perspective, there are 3 fundamental causes of disease, which are: The misuse of the 5 senses The failure of the intellect Time To simplify this, we can say that the causes of disease are: Feeding our senses of taste,...
Yin: The Feminine Principle and the Stress Epidemic
I'd like to touch upon the concept of Yin & Yang - the principles of The Feminine and The Masculine - to relate to the human body and our health and well-being. Although these terms are taken from the Chinese system of medicine, similar principles exist in...
Check out Dakini Ayurveda in The Bold Italic!
In the article "Urban Renewal" on The Bold Italic, author Tienlon Ho writes about her experience doing an Ayurvedic cleanse and receiving Ayurvedic massage from yours truly! On Saturday, I went to see Courtney LaCava at Dakini Ayurveda in Noe Valley for...
Dr. Marc Halpern in San Franciso April 5th & 7th
My wonderful Ayurveda teacher, Dr. Marc Halpern, will be in San Francisco for events this week and next! He'll be highlighting his work from his recently published book Healing Your Life. Dr. Halpern is an incredibly inspirational speaker...any opportunity to...
Digestion: The Foundation of Optimal Health
Digestion is one of the most important factors in physical health. Besides water and air, food is the primary way we nourish ourselves on a daily basis and is the building block of every cell in our body. But even if we eat good quality food, what happens when...
Focused Healing and Personal Success: Attracting What We Do or Do Not Want
"As within, so without" - our outer reality is a reflection of our inner reality. In the article "Focused Healing and Personal Success: Attracting What We Do or Do Not Want" John Amaro, LAc, explains how we have the power to create the reality of our lives...
Deepak Chopra Talks Ayurveda on CNN
Deepak Chopra on CNN discussing Ayurveda and Western Medicine. A great 3-minute video where he hits a lot of important points on the different uses for each.
Love…Ayurveda-style
I thought I'd share info on one of my favorite Ayurvedic practices - Abhyanga, or Ayurvedic Massage. Abhyanga is the process of massaging the body with warm, herbalized oil. It can be practiced regularly at home in the form of self-massage, or you can receive...
How can Ayurveda help me?
Greetings friends. This is my first official blog post on Dakini Ayurveda! Thanks so much for taking the time to visit. If there's one thing I love to do in life it's sharing the knowledge of Ayurveda, so this blog is the perfect medium to spread the word....
