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Drinking Alcohol: A Big No-No for Serious Yogis?

October 30, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 14 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat It was one of those behaviours or activities that started softly, softly, slipping in under the mat and under awareness. A shared bottle of wine once a week. A shared bottle of wine twice a week. A bottle of vodka in the house - a cocktail before dinner four or five times a week, then a glass or two of wine. Never more than two or three drinks in a night, never every night of the week. But still... As time went by, this behaviour  began to tug at my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: alcohol, drinking, gunas, tamas

Mind-food: Cultivating Sattva through food

February 7, 2013 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

One aspect of Ayurveda is about using food to find balance

By guest author Carmen Howell of The Sadhana Studio These days meditation and yoga are my vices - positive habits which have evolved and have slowly woven into my bodily intelligence. When I find myself transforming and experienceing the discomfort that can often be present with transformation, rather than slipping back into the grip of unsupportive habits - such as enslaving myself to a diet, convincing myself that vitamins are the cure for my lack of energy, punishing my body by over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Yoga & Ayurveda Tagged With: bodily intelligence, gmo, gunas, meditation, rajas, sattva, self healing, tamas, transformation, wholesome food, yoga

“How’s puku?”: Unlock the wisdom of the belly

April 13, 2012 by Valerie Love 2 Comments

by Valerie Love For most transplants to New Zealand, the first words they learn in Maori are  "Kia ora” (hello) or “Haere mai”  (welcome). But for me, it was “puku", which means belly or abdomen. Although I’m originally from the United States, my partner is from Wellington. And from the very start of our relationship, she's always asked me, “How’s puku?” as a way of checking in on how I’m doing as a whole. And it’s an important question. Because the answer to “How’s puku?” reveals so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Ayurveda Tagged With: digestion, puku, rajas, sattva, stomach, tamas, the gunas, yoga

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