Yoga Philosophy: What are the Granthis?
Guest Blogger: Oda Lindner, E-RYT500, Yoga Therapist Much of yoga is about embodying wisdom in our daily life. In practice our wisdom is often hindered by our reactions or by the patterns that are the result of our past conditioning and experience. Automatic reactions keep us often from embodying what we know to be true. […]
What’s the Difference Between Self Care and Self Indulgence?
A recent article in Alive magazine got me thinking. What is self care? The medical definition refers to a patient’s ability to follow through with doctors’ orders. How will they be able to take the steps necessary to build health. In modern marketing, self care has been used to peddle spa treatments, luxury shoes and […]
How to Cook in a Tiny Trailer
As many of you know, I enjoy escaping and embodying a “hippie” sort of lifestyle for several months a year. My refuge is a 17′ travel trailer that we have outfitted with all the comforts necessary. When you spend that much time on the road, you need to make a commitment to healthy lifestyle which […]
Save Money – and love Mother Nature – with Cleaning Vinegar
Our modern lives are permeated with advanced chemicals. Compounds that would be unrecognizable just 100 years ago abound in everything from foods to fabrics to manufacturing processes. Although each of these compounds has been tested for safety, I sometimes wonder about the cumulative exposure. In laboratory settings, research scientists expend due diligence to […]
Save Money and the Environment with Safer Personal Care Products
Time to get ready! Step into the shower and look at the variety of products awaiting your ritual. Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, deodorant soap, shaving lotion and many other products have become a supposed necessity to modern hygiene. But are they? Was it all those ads during the soap operas that convinced us that […]
The Case Against Stretching
The Case Against Stretching (from a Yoga Therapist!) This is one of my favourite poses from the old days. Hips, back, shoulders and wrists all pulled into severe stretches right to the end of range of motion. I like this pose. It’s not hard for me and it makes me feel like I’m super good […]
Make Vegan Mayonnaise at Home
We’re not strictly vegan at my house, although the preference is for vegan mayo for the taste actually. But it can get pricey, and availability during the lockdown has been limited. Going to the larger grocery stores means longer lineups and greater traffic flow. Our local markets don’t always stock this item. So… this recipe […]
Make Tofu Bacon
It’s a Sunday tradition around our house to go out for breakfast. During lockdown, it’ s one of those treats that I am really starting to miss. A couple weeks ago, I worked on a recipe for a tofu based sausage and this week I figured out bacon! For my vegetarian and vegan friends, finding […]
Vegetarian Breakfast Sausage Experiment
During the quarantine, we need to find new ways to feel complete. I really wanted breakfast sausage! But our normal Sunday morning “out for breakfast” is no longer an option. Years ago, at Kripalu, I had some really yummy tofu based ones but couldn’t find a recipe online at this time. So it was time […]
A Secret Exercise Program to Relieve Joint Pain
“June” (name has been changed to protect her privacy) has always been active. She skied, skated, cycled and played racquet sports until her 70th birthday. A right knee injury in her 30’s occasionally flared up but it was only since that birthday that walking became troublesome. Eventually there was talk of a hip replacement […]