Book by Beth Shaw Ballantine Books Most weight loss or weight management programs are courses of limitation and deprivation with an underlying feeling of, “I’m not good enough, so I need to lose weight.” Calorie restriction and increased calorie expenditure is usually part of the program, and much time is spent focusing on numbers. [...]
Get Big Bang for Your Bite! We teach in yoga that every breath counts, so why not make every bite count? Let’s consider a new approach to eating where we crowd out the bad with the good and learn to invest in and savor clean, beautiful, delicious and nutritious food – get a Big Bang [...]
A new Food Co-Op is forming in South LA Think Globally, Act Locally. We’ve heard this adage a number of times. One way to transfer these words into action is by participating in an alternative to big box stores: cooperative businesses, or co-ops. A cooperative business is owned by its members, and in some cases, [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the US for only about 30 years, yet it is one of the systems of medicine native to India and is thousands of years old. Readers are invited to submit questions for “Ayurveda Q & A” to ayurveda@layogamagazine.com. Q: I am pregnant and am having trouble figuring out which herbs [...]
From Marika Blossfeldt's "Essential Nourishment" Serves 4 Use tender, small wild dandelion greens, cultivated dandelion greens or any other type of leafy green. Greens: 2 cups water 1 pinch salt 1 bunch dandelion greens, stems removed, chopped into ½-inch pieces 2 cloves garlic, sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil Dressing: 3 tablespoons tahini [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the US for only about 30 years, yet it is one of the systems of medicine native to India and is thousands of years old. Readers are invited to submit questions for “Ayurveda Q & A” to ayurveda@layogamagazine.com. Q: I have suffered the past couple years with acid reflux. I [...]
Creative Artist Liz Marx Makes Her Mark With Artistic Raw Vegan Chocolate Love inspires many artistic creations. This is certainly true for glassblower, sculptor and raw chocolate artist Liz Marx. Her own love of chocolate initiated her quest for a chocolate recipe that she could eat every day and after playing around with recipes using [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the US for only about 30 years, yet it is one of the systems of medicine native to India and is thousands of years old. Readers are invited to submit questions for “Ayurveda Q & A” to ayurveda@layogamagazine.com. Question: Beginning three weeks before the clocks changed in the Fall, I’ve been overeating [...]
It’s no coincidence that holiday parties and celebrations occur in the season that according to Ayurveda, is characterized by the vata dosha (air and space elements). This is a time of erratic, cool winds and frenetic energy that stimulate an increase our mental awareness, spontaneity and sense of play. And, it’s no surprise that nature [...]
They say follow your bliss but I say follow your pain. Because I’m starting to notice that when I follow my pain, then my bliss follows me. This happened recently with my arm pain. The pain had become so bad that at the end of class, sitting in final cross-legged position, instead of [...]