The first day the process was wonderful. It felt great to wake early and practice asana while the sun rose and began to fill my living room. My sadhana practice was deep and I felt a real joy throughout my body – flush with new adventure. Breakfast was a profound experience of oatmeal and nature. […]
I did have some beautiful moments during this experiment, glimpses of the potential for ayurveda to re-route my life to a place of greater health, joy and well being but I also saw the direct effect of many of my habitual actions that weakened my constitution and allowed both my prana to recede as well […]
Ayurveda, this sister-science to yoga, is a journey of personal health. Axis Yoga Teacher Training students have the unique opportunity to apply their Ayurvedic lessons during the program. This student made time for two seemingly small changes but found interesting and lasting results.
My Ayurvedic experiment consisted of taking one meal a day in silence and performing abhyanga (oil massage). I’ve separated my experience of each practice in my narrative below.
Meals: On a typical work-day, I work through lunch, eating frantically at my desk and tasting no more than the first couple of bites of anything. On the days I actually break for lunch, I eat with friends, talking through most of the meal or getting lost in a good book, again experiencing very little […]
Abhyanga: When I first took on the abhyanga portion of the experiment, I expected to use some time in the evening to unwind and enjoy the oil massage and shower before bed. As usual, my evening activities, be them spending time with my children, grocery shopping, cleaning, or catching up on paperwork, took me right […]
The Axis Yoga Teacher Training program is one of the few to include the sister-science of Ayurveda. Students are able to experiment with the application of Ayurvedic principles to create a better understanding of its vast health benefits. This student applied several personal dosha recommendations for improved health.
For my Ayurveda experiment I was not quite sure what to do so I chose to do several different ideas. I found out through taking the online test, Beth had us take in the class that I am a Kapha. So I decided first to give up coffee. I also tried new warming spices on […]
In giving up coffee for 3 days I truly found that it was not the coffee I was having cravings for. All the coffee I buy and drink is decaffeinated so it was not the caffeine I was craving. I have every day for as long as I can remember at least 12 years now […]
In conclusion I have found that I can drink hot tea with honey in it and instead of cream use warm soy milk. I’m going to continue cooking with ghee and warming spices to hopefully purify and balance my digestive track although I have the cravings for gluten, I can give it up and use […]