by Courtney | Feb 7, 2022 | Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Other Natural Medicine, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda & Yoga/Exercise, Ayurveda + Sleep, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda Habits, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Essential Living Course, Habit Coaching, Habit Evolution, Spring Diet + Habit Tips
When we were learning to treat patients in my early years of Ayurveda school, we first learned dinacharya (daily routines). I remember thinking, “But when can I get to making all the magical herbal concoctions?!” (Because: herb! 😍 🌱) Years later,...
by Courtney | Sep 25, 2021 | Ayurveda & Chronic Disease, Ayurveda & Mental Health, Ayurveda & Motherhood, Ayurveda & Other Natural Medicine, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda + Sleep, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
One of my teachers, Dr. Claudia Welch, talks about “couch medicine” and how so many women run on stress hormones. We mistake this wired state for true energy. The more adrenaline and cortisol we have coursing through our system, the less it takes to trigger us into a...
by Courtney | Sep 8, 2021 | Ayurveda & Mental Health, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda Habits, Ayurveda Lifestyle
When you try to do too much, your nervous system goes into a stress response. Since the body believes it’s dealing with threat – aka your to-do list – you live in survival mode. In survival mode, your nervous system’s telling you to deal with...
by Courtney | Jul 7, 2021 | Ayurveda & Mental Health, Ayurveda & Motherhood, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda and Personal Growth, Ayurveda Habits, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Essential Living Course
I went to Acadia National Park a few weeks ago. My grandpa grew up near there. He was a practical man who wanted me to go to Wharton Business School. Instead he found me cooking medicinal herbs and doing yoga…and he was TOTALLY delighted by it. Even though he...
by Courtney | Feb 9, 2021 | Ayurveda & Chronic Disease, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda and Personal Growth, Ayurveda Habits, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Essential Living Course, Kapha Dosha, Pitta Dosha, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda, Vata Dosha
About 25 years ago an acupuncturist told me PMS was not normal…it’s a sign of imbalance. My mind was blown! Finding out it wasn’t just “how things are supposed to be” was both shocking and empowering. Symptoms of dis-ease are not who you are. They’re a signal...
by Courtney | Jan 20, 2021 | Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda and Personal Growth, Ayurveda Habits, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Essential Living Course
In Ayurveda, the fire element rules digestion. Fire breaks down and transforms food into what can be used and not used by the body. But digestion happens beyond just what we put into our mouths. We have to digest everything that we take into our senses. We also have...
