My first introduction to anatomy studies were not overly pleasant. In grade school there was the endless memorization of body parts and their functions; then in high school a traumatizing dissection definitely planted a seed for my future as a vegan. It wasn’t until laterread more

“Meet me on the ground” is how my teacher usually, if not always, begins her slow flow and restorative yoga classes. While she’s made a name for herself by teaching alongside our “life partners,” in her words, the earth and the breath, she’s hardly theread more

My favorite New York moment goes back to summer 2016. Still riding the high of my 200-hour yoga teacher training, I signed up with some of my friends to join the Yoga in Times Square event they hold each year on the summer solstice (alsoread more

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read our disclosure and disclaimer here. The roses-and-chocolate version of Valentine’s Day is not one that I ever was able to fully participate in. Receiving these gifts from your parents, sister, or elementary school classmates is nice, but itread more

It all began with a slice. I was in the midst of an herbal internship, learning to make skin care products that work with the skin rather than trying to control it (a revolutionary idea in the beauty industry). My teacher and the co-owner ofread more

There are many reasons that our agni—or digestive fire, in Sanskrti/Ayurveda-speak—can get confused, weak, or even raging out of control such that our true hunger signals don’t come through. We also have little agnis everywhere, in all of our tissue systems and our sense organs,read more

If you’ve ever tried to curb your sweet tooth during the holidays and failed, I have good news for you: your cravings are not coming from some malicious marketing scheme or a fissure in your self-control; rather they’re powerful and essential messages from Mother Natureread more

“The blue was gathered in her hand, and she could feel it quiver, as if it had been given breath and was beginning to live.” —Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue  In Ayurveda, we describe the universe in terms of qualities—or gunas—of which there are twenty. Theseread more

When the days get darker, our internal light needs to get brighter. Ayurveda speaks about this energetic shift in terms of agni, our digestive fire, which is at its strongest in the fall and winter, allowing us to digest the heavier, denser, and more building seasonalread more

Published on Breathe Together Online, 11/20/2020 This year’s Thanksgiving spread will probably look a little different in a number of ways. Whether you’re limiting the size of your gathering or canceling the whole thing, the holiday that many of us associate with food extravaganzas (of the healthyread more