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What’s an Effective Hormones Detox
Some female repro conditions require cleansing excess hormones, and others require restoring deficiencies. All require balancing the doshas. Either way, the idea is to target the organs, tissues (dhatus) and structural and energetic channels that have reduced their...
Should you do a Hormones Detox?
If you’ve got signs of heat contributing to your period or menopause complaints, you need a detox at the end of summer. At the end of summer, all the heat that we get exposed to is stored up. That’s why it becomes so important to clear out the doshas and excess heat...
Making Ayurveda Work for you: Use the 20 Qualities
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Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Shirodhara!
This is the ultimate stress reliever and the luxurious gem of Ayurveda. One of the most pleasurable and relaxing experiences you’ll ever have, it gently washes away the stress and tension from your mind and body. The therapy involves the continuous pouring of warm oil...
Surprising Benefits of Ayurveda’s 4 Treatments That Apply Oil to the Head
In clinical Ayurveda, it’s important to be as specific as possible and provide the treatment that is the most specific possible to support a condition. Hopefully, this gives you a few ‘a-ha’s about why we recommend one over the other, when oil on the head is actually...
Baked Sweet Potatoes with Hummus (Servings 4)
Ingredients: 4 sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons sea salt flakes 1-2 cups baby kale leaves ½ teaspoon dried chili flakes 1 tablespoon + 1 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil Sea salt and cracked black pepper 1 sweet onion, chopped 1 cup (260g) store-bought hummus (no...
Apple Beet Ginger Refresher (Servings 2)
2 Tbsp. peeled and chopped fresh ginger 1 medium beet, scrubbed & chopped 4 medium, scrubbed & sliced 1 medium apple, cored & cubed 1 cup water Gently steam all ingredients until you can slide a knife through. In a blender, combine ginger, beet, carrots,...
Coconut Macaroons
Ingredients: 2 large egg whites ¼ cup agave or maple syrup ¼ teaspoon sea salt 2½ cups unsweetened coconut flakes Directions: Whisk egg whites to stiff peaks with a hand blender. Gently whisk in honey and salt. Fold in coconut flakes. Place bowl in fridge to...
Do You Have a Support System?
Last month I had the extreme pleasure of giving a guest talk at Embody Health Chiropractie Alphen a/d Rijn. You can watch the talk below as I talk about how important it is to have a support system and so much more.
Are You at Risk of Knowing Too Much About Your Health?
I was surprised to hear a Dutch client use the word “lurking” to describe her relationship to her own health the other day. Lurking means staying in the background, hanging out on the edge of the boardroom or the dancefloor, holding back from speaking up or getting...
