Posts by Mary Sullivan:
-
I just started a new daily pranayama and chanting practice. I am enthralled with daily chanting. Why Chant? Chanting is a fun, active way to promote health. The healing power in chanting transforms old emotions, thinking patterns in your mind, and decreases stress in the body. Chanting forges and stabilizes our connection with the whole....
-
In Ayurveda and Yoga, we teach meditation to clients to learn balance and help themselves heal. When clients dismiss meditation out of hand; then, I take a step back. We work together to identify habits to build relaxation into their day and add tools to overcome meditation resistance. Silence is a gift that offsets our...
-
I looked down at my hands to see broken cuticles and patchy skin. The dryness is getting to me. The air is a desiccant that is sucking the life, the moisture right out of me. This parched feeling is starting to catch up with everyone. Fortunately, Ayurveda teaches how to keep skin moist. I know...
-
What is Fermentation? Fermentation is when bacteria chew on and metabolize the natural sugar in veggies or fruits for food and procreation. The byproduct of fermentation is acids, gases, or alcohol and beneficial organisms galore! Other forms of food preservation like freezing and canning deplete prana in the foods making it more tamasic than sattvic....
-
There are many kinds of listening, TV, YouTube, podcasts, your mind, your friends, your body, and spirit. Media information delivers a message carefully shaped to persuade or influence. It sometimes feels challenging to recognize the truth in the information we hear every day. Intuition in Ayurveda downloads actual unfettered reality directly. At some point, you...