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Exciting news!! Starting May 2, 2019 I will be teaching Yoga at Big Valley Woods, see flier for details, see you there

This week we talk about Seasonal Detoxification, it's time!

Come and see me at Natural Grocers in Gresham.

Sometimes we get it wrong....If you teach a person, you set them up for success, if you show them a pose they may not know how to get there or where to go...Just my pondering today

One slight correction here, You can only be what you digest. Digestion transforms the foods we eat into our tissues, which constantly regenerate....the stomach lining is the first to replace at 4 days, Your bones take the longest, every 90 days...so in essence you have a new body every 3 months and you can work to improve the body you have right now in the next regeneration....Fascinating!!

Bring in the new year Correctly and make these changes to your daily routine....Your body will thank you for it....

Is inflammation an issue for you? Here are some great herbs and spices to help reduce inflammation and help decrease the stiffness that it causes...

Lets get back to some healthy posts....
Herbs and spices can really help add nutrition to your meals....so spice it up

here is some GREAT information about what you eat and how it effects you.....Thanks for the share Karen

Alkaline Diets and Ayurveda - Ayurveda - Everyday Ayurveda Alkaline diets are all the rage. But why? What are they all about? Is it a valid approach or is it all hogwash? In this article I’ll explore the theory behind this approach to eating, discuss the pros and cons and will compare it with an Ayurvedic approach to eating…. How is acid/alkaline measured?…

Eating to live denotes some modicum of health, a consciousness about the foods that are being consumed and how they affect the person eating them. Selecting organic, fresh and or locally grown foods that are prepared fresh and healthy are best, Ayurveda takes all of this into consideration along with the actions that the food has in our bodies before, during and after digestion.~ Shelli Thompson

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"Experience Transformation" India 2015 | Health Pulse "Experience Transformation" and the beauty of India. Let the magic of Ayurveda make you feel young. Beauty and Culture, Friends and Peace at Ayurveda Gram.

Here's another little "gem"....The Human sort (us) are hard-wired for fat, so what's the deal?

Hard-Wired For Fat What is it that has us getting larger and larger? It is a combination of things that contribute to weight gain, environment, biology, physiology & genetics all to varying degrees depending on the person's make up. One thing for sure is that when the weight is gained at an early age it is more diffic…

In doing research for my book, I was on google and this popped up, Interestingly enough, I don't have to give the author credit...because it was me. There is one correction: "So in essence the government will be subsidizing both the treatment of type 2 diabetes and the consumption of high frictose corn syrup". If forgot to add, "and passing the cost to the healthy people paying for insurance"...GOOD READ!!

Sick and Eating | Health Pulse We have heard so much recently about Health Care Reform and how all of the unecessary proceedures and tests, the greed factor and the lack of major competition are such an issue that will make reform very difficult.

YES!! Experience what healthy feels like, your foods affect you more than you think......No you didn't catch a bug, You ate Junk and your body doesn't like it.....

We always have our basic Dosha combination, that does not change, it is ours for life.
What we observe is either balance or imbalance. Everything has an effect on our basic dosha type; what we eat, the season, the time of day, our thoughts, routines and the amount of rest we get.
What we need to address is the fact that these fluctuations of the dosha's in nature (ie: seasonal, daily, nutritionally, etc) affect the dosha's in our bodies. So in order to remain balanced if you were a Pitta (fire element) you would have care at the pitta time of day and also the season in order to remain balanced, no spicy foods, exertion mid day in hot sun for example. When we live Ayurvedically and take all of these things into account, (which becomes a habit) no need to figure The change in your dosha because you will be at a level of sattva.
There you have it~~ Health Simplified~~

Nobody is perfect, as soon as you realize that your family and the people in it have flaws, the sooner you will be on the journey to a happier relationship. Realizing not everyone is perfect is just the starting point. From there you have to work on acceptance of the way they are and understand that we can mold our children but we can not complete the artwork, that is for them to do. Acceptance and understanding are the keys here.

Offering today now that it is spring:
Excerpt from book~~
It’s even more fun to plant and grow your own food. A vegetable garden is a great family activity from inception to plucking that first fruit of your labor off the vines. Vegetables that your child would never dream of touching much less eating will be many times more tantalizing, when they grown them and actually harvest them for use in the kitchen where they have a hand in preparing the meal. It’s amazing how quickly their taste buds change when it comes from their own sweat equity.~~
GEt your seeds sowing today :-)

Ayurvedic Nutrition~ Free Yourself from Counting Calories

When we understand nutrition in a more simplified way we can start to pay attention to how the food feels in our bodies, how it tastes, the texture and beautiful colors.

We start to view food in a different way and start to enjoy it for what it is, something to nourish us and enjoy, not a number that we are counting or a nutritional group we are eating from.

It’s an interesting concept for people just being introduced for the first time.

Holy Basil or Tulsi is an amazing Herb. Headaches, Heart disease, Diabetes, Kidney stones, allergies, STRESS...Tulsi has you covered, Check it out, Tulsi is Amazing!

Experience the Magic of Tulsi | Health Pulse The magic of Tulsi can be experienced by everyone, Anti-oxidant, Anti-Carcinogenic, adaptogen, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory and much more.

Spring!! The season we have been waiting through this long cold winter for! Yippee! Don't we ALL LOVE CHANGE NOW??? See how you are?

Get the spring in your step with Seasonal Cleansing | Health Pulse Get rid of your "sweater body" detoxify your body after the winter. Feel more energized and balanced when you eat detoxifying foods and herbs, and drink water.

Having a peaceful mind can be quite a challenge in our fast paced world creating stress and stress is considered a main contributor of illness and disease. Ayurveda helps us to understand ourselves on a deeper level allowing all of us the opportunity to be actively involved with our own health and wellness. This deeper understanding allows us to live more consciously.
When we live consciously we notice the subtle changes of the seasons, we are aware of our environment and how we interact and connect with the elements that surround us and are inside of us, we are all that we see in nature, we are nature.

Living consciously with Purpose and Loving life!

Ayurveda The Holy Grail of Health.....Naturally be healthier and more energetic. Sleep better, be happier, and calmer. Seek the positive in everything, Live life to the fullest, FEEL BETTER THAN YOU EVER HAVE. That is the gift of Ayurveda I am living with the benefits, Loving Life!

Ayurveda The Holy Grail of Health.....Naturally be healthier and more energetic. Sleep better, be happier, and calmer. Seek the positive in everything, Live life to the fullest, FEEL BETTER THAN YOU EVER HAVE. That is the gift of Ayurveda I am living with the benefits, Loving Life!

Almonds are Amazing:
Ayurvedically:
Sweet, slightly bitter and warming.
decrease Vata and increase Pitta and Kapha
Actions: nutritive, nervine, demulcent, laxative and rejuvenator, assists fertility.
Uses: cough, dry cough, increases marrow, semen, kidney function, assists reproductive organs, brain helps with debility and convalescence.

Drupe fruits are related to peaches and plumbs, Almonds are the seeds of this fruit.
The good fats in almonds take a long time for the body to digest, enabling them to hold off hunger. Almonds are a good choice for dieters looking to reduce bulk

The high vitamin E content in almonds offers protection in many areas such as cancer, heart disease, heart attack and strokes as well as skin issues, infertility and arthritic conditions.

Almonds are higher in calcium than almost any plant based food making them an excellent addition to vegan diets and those with lactose intolerance.

High in Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Protein.

Excerpt from book:
When we repeatedly select the wrong foods and we keep taking medications to cover up the symptoms of our poor decisions, eventually we wind up with more serious maladies~~Shelli Thompson.

Natures most nutritious foods, looking at the beautifully purple plumb today.

PLUMBS:
As a child growing up in a warm climate, I used to climb the neighbors wall and feast on his delicious plumbs :-)

Plumbs are an awesome source of antioxidants that are found to protect the brain and the heart.
Ayurvedically they are Sweet, Sour/cold/sweet they pacify Vata and Pitta, vitiate Kapha (sour plumbs are Pitta vitiating). The taste ranges from sweet to sour with the different varieties.
Plumbs are anti-parasitic, anti cough and digestive aid.
Actions: refrigerant, relieves thirst, alterative and laxative
can be used in fever and dry cough.
Plumbs have phenolic compounds- Neochlorogenic and Cholorogenic acids which are effective in neutralizing free radicals. Plumbs are especially effective on fatty tissue in the brain to help prevent damage to fats circulating in blood.
*Low Glycemic Index
*good source of carotenes for eye health and cancer protection
*Easily absorbable Iron.
Fully ripe plumbs have the most antioxidants so enjoy a plumb today.

PLUMBS:
As a child growing up in a warm climate, I used to climb the neighbors wall and feast on his delicious plumbs :-)

Plumbs are an awesome source of antioxidants that are found to protect the brain and the heart.
Ayurvedically they are Sweet, Sour/cold/sweet they pacify Vata and Pitta, vitiate Kapha (sour plumbs are Pitta vitiating). The taste ranges from sweet to sour with the different varieties.
Plumbs are anti-parasitic, anti cough and digestive aid.
Actions: refrigerant, relieves thirst, alterative and laxative
can be used in fever and dry cough.
Plumbs have phenolic compounds- Neochlorogenic and Cholorogenic acids which are effective in neutralizing free radicals. Plumbs are especially effective on fatty tissue in the brain to help prevent damage to fats circulating in blood.
*Low Glycemic Index
*good source of carotenes for eye health and cancer protection
*Easily absorbable Iron.
Fully ripe plumbs have the most antioxidants so enjoy a plumb today.

With Ayurveda a balanced diet is not about balancing the food groups for nutritional value, it is about the balance within the body and the constitution of the person eating the foods. Every individual naturally processes foods differently. That’s why one person loves spicy foods and the next can’t abide by them at all. Everyone is different and each person is affected by the foods they eat differently. It is the concept of individuality and uniqueness that Ayurveda recognizes.~~Shelli Thompson

Cranberries are amazing and have known benefits for the kidneys.
Ayurvedically they are astringent, sweet, Cold and they pacify Pitta and Kapha.
Cranberries are diuretic, alterative and haemostatic and are excellent for conditions affecting, kidney, urethra and bladder (due to quinic acid and tannins which are antibacterial), skin rashes, edema and weight reduction although they should be avoided in most juice forms due to the high sugar content.
High in soluble fiber to help reduce "bad" cholesterol
High in vitamin C
Can help with ulcers and digestive disorders
May protect against heart disease
Time to get some cranberries!

What are you doing to you with the processed foods and diet soda's? This will give you some sort of idea. Why diet soda leads to obesity explained here....is that an oxymoron or what?

What are you doing to you? | Health Pulse Our bodies are a miraculous thing. Sometimes we get out of whack. Our bodies start behaving “out of whack” and suddenly everything goes “crazy”. There are changes to our bodies that we would love to reverse if we just understood how. So what are you doing to yourself by…..