After taking the Ayurvedic quiz and speaking with Susan, I determined my prakruti to be V3P3K2. Recently I’ve been experiencing symptoms of excess pitta: frustration, and anger-specifically when I’m driving. I explained to class that I feel quite happy and peaceful for the most part, but when I step behind the wheel I develop quite a short […]
I initially thought that this new routine would be a piece of cake. I quickly learned how foolish that was! I considered myself to be a morning person until I was forcing myself to wake up early to do sun salutations and grease my body up with oil. The asana, pranayama and meditation was extremely difficult for me […]
If I were to summarize my experience, I can’t say that I believe the personal care routine reduced my pitta and helped my road rage or stress in any kind of direct way. I do think that it’s a nice way to practice self care as part of a daily routine. I have noticed a difference in […]
Axis Yoga Teacher Training students are able to choose any topic for their final experiment. Through insightful observation, this student chose to focus on using Yoga to help calm the children at bedtime. The results were rewarding for the whole household. This account stands to be useful for any parent!
So my finial experiment came to me through several different influences. First was my boyfriends : daughter, a very spirited and rambunctious 6 year old who really didn’t like going to bed. Second was my children who started having aliments (my son was having migraines, and my daughter had gone through a bought of being […]
So I initially set out to do an asana practice with my children daily to try and work on their issues. Well four children, school, homework, very different dosha’s, holiday, etc. The daily asana sounded good, but wasn’t very practical right now. So back to drawing board, which brought me back to bedtime. It had […]
Over all it has been a great success. The kids now remind us if we got busy and forgot, and love the individual time with us. It has totally changed our night time routine and has helped everyone’s attitude during the day as well. My son has also started to see images in light while […]
During the Aurveda portion of the Axis YTT program, many students make significant changes to their daily routine in order to experiment with the power of this ancient system of health. The student account below details a vata-pacifying routine that lead to very optimistic results.
My second kidney stone, this year, came to say hello or rather came to scream hello as we were beginning our Ayurvedic portion of the program. I called one of our teachers, Susan, crying in tremendous pain; and she came to bring me ayurvedic herbs that instant. I felt so grateful for level of care […]
I already felt taken care of on deep level, deeper than physical. I felt ready to trust this ancient medicine. So, as we came up with our experiment I was willing and utterly excited to do a cleanse. My eagerness was tamed my Susan. She suggested that in my recovery I should do something more […]