If you have tested as a Vata or are suffering from a Vata imbalance in your body or mind, follow the plan below for eating and you will be surprised how quickly you begin to feel like yourself again. Symptoms of a Vata imbalance include insomnia, anxiety, worry, fear, racing thoughts, nervous system situations, forgetfulness, […]
What is Meditation? Meditation is a state of consciousness. It is considered to be a gift from the cosmic mind that is given to a person that has a pure or “sattvic” nature. It isn’t something that you can actually do. What it is is something that you practice to receive. Meditation practice is simply […]
The Earth Mind The Earth is the tension needed to allow Water and Earth to combine. This dosha in Ayurveda is known as “Kapha”. You do have the other doshas Fire (Pitta) and Wind (Vata) in your mind; however, their expression is not your first response. To understand how your mind behaves, you only have […]
The Fire Mind The Fire is the tension created when the elements Fire and Water combine. This dosha in Ayurveda is known as “Pitta”. You do have the other doshas of Wind (Vata) and Earth (Kapha) in your mind; however, their expression is not your first response. To understand how your mind behaves, you only […]
The Wind Mind The Wind is the tension created when the elements Space and Air combine. This dosha in Ayurveda is known as “Vata”. You do have the other doshas of Fire (Pitta) and Earth (Kapha) in your mind; however, their expression is not your first response. To understand how your mind behaves, you only […]
ARE YOU TOXIC? There are various levels and various degrees of toxicity that contribute to overall poor emotional, physical, and spiritual health. FOOD Let’s begin with the obvious…food or what I call “non-food.” This accounts for 95% of the shelf space in your local grocery store. When you ingest non-food including inorganic, processed, or inhumanly […]
There’s just something about Mondays. You wake up with your week’s worth of work on your mind and just go about your life. This morning, I was about half way through packing my children’s lunch thinking about throwing an extra orange in my son’s bag (he has a cold), when I again remembered that 20 […]
Why? On this Saturday morning I opened my eyes with absolute and total gratitude to know that my my children were safe, secure, and happy…for this moment. It’s only in this moment that they exist to me because their future, just like all of our futures, is uncertain. It can change in just one moment […]
This morning I woke up on this auspicious day of 12.12.12 around 4 am and decided to take advantage of the thin veil and meditate. Astrologically, 12.12.12 doesn’t mean a whole lot, but my friends who love numerology tell me that this is a big day. Added all together, you get the number 9. I […]
If you’ve ever had a chance to work with me during the Elemental Cleanse or during Meditation Yogi Style, then you know that I am fascinated with astrology. I’ve been studying for the past eight years. I’m a total novice, so please don’t ask me to read your chart, but I can give you some […]
Elemental OM is a spiritual yoga studio and not really a “power” studio, so we are not flooded with young people. Mostly, we are all over 40 and figuring it out on some level. During the summer months, EOM offered a really sweet package to kids home from college. We had a dozen or so […]
So, my kids back to school today. I love back to school! I especially love getting up and making breakfast and packing lunch. It may be the control freak that hides inside of me, but I love that I know what they are eating healthy that day. As I pack, I imagine myself in a […]
Elemental OM is halfway through it’s Yoga Teacher Training course. In my course, the teachers must experience the Elemental Cleanse and embrace an Ayurvedic Lifestyle for the duration on top of learning to be a yoga teacher. This means that they have a daily personal yoga practice, meditation practice and lifestyle routine. You might imagine […]
High blood pressure is defined in an adult as a blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg systolic pressure or greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg diastolic pressure. High blood pressure directly increases the risk of coronary heart disease (which leads to heart attack) and stroke, especially when it’s present with […]
Every time I open my email, I receive some sort of quiz. I can’t help but take the quizzes. Inside of me lives a student who always wants to excel and not disappoint the auto responder email system. Anyhow, after receiving yet another diet quiz, I paused and really thought about what does make a […]
The western definition of health is basically the “absence of disease.” What this means is that you can go to the doctor when you are feeling bad, have a ton of tests run, results come back normal and the doctor looks you in the eye and honestly tells you that they can’t find anything and […]
I will start this post with I’m Pitta, it’s 100 degrees in Ohio and I have been getting up at 5 am for the past 3 weeks to teach a 6 am practice. Now the fact that I am Pitta and it’s 100 degrees in Ohio is out of my control. I just have to […]
Indian legend relates many stories about Lord Shiva, also known as “Rudra”. He is famous for being the embodiment of the power of destruction in an eternal cycle of creation maintenance, and destruction. Shiva is also associated with deep states of meditation where thoughts are absent and only silence and emptiness exist. It is said […]