How to Have a Lot of Energy All Day, Every Day

Ever feel like you need another two hours of sleep after your alarm goes off? Or can barely keep your eyes open during a work meeting? Energy is a precious substance. Everyone craves more of it. Supplement companies work hard to satisfy the ever growing demand for energy-increasing powders and pills, while people just seem to keep getting more tired.

6 Life-Changing Lessons Directly From the Wisdom Source in India

While reading through memoirs can be fun, I always want to make sure that you get out something useful from your time spent on this blog. When you set a clear intention, the answer emerges. Waiting on inspiration to write up the India report 2012 paid off, in my opinion, but I will let you be the judge of it. There will be two parts of the Ashram Wisdom Lessons: one today and the 2nd one next Tue. Don’t forget to sign up for the email updates on the right side bar to make sure you don’t miss the 2nd part. Let me know if you found this post interesting in the comments. I would love to reconnect and chat with you now that I am back!

Learning From Hippocrates to Slow Down

As some of you know I am spending a week at the Hippocrates Institute in Florida to detox and to enrich my knowledge of live foods. You might have heard of this legendary place from Kris Carr’s ‘Crazy Sexy Diet’ or from a raw foodie friend. People come here from all over the world. So far I met people with cancer, chronic conditions, untreatable diseases, and those who are dissatisfied with Western medicine. Everyone is coming with a hope of healing and learning.

5 Holiday Stress Busters

Is holiday shopping and party planning wearing you down? Holiday stress can get even to “yoga people”! Whether you’re worrying about scheduling in-laws dinner, pre-holiday work deadlines, traffic jams, or getting everyone suitable presents, stress takes it toll on your body and mind. Modern scientists agree that stress can trigger anything from allergies and asthma to headaches and indigestion. If experienced over a prolonged time, stress can lead to heart problems, ulcers, and nervous breakdowns. According to ayurvedic expert Vasant Lad, stress and anxiety appear “primarily due to an aggravation of the vata dosha. So to heal anxiety, we have to balance vata.”