Posts by nisha ahuja
Ancient Breathwork for Modern Times
Explore 3 major breathing techniques known as pranayama in Yogic traditions, and how they help nourish the nervous system, balance being calm but energized, and build more resiliency and capacity in the face of many stressors in our current world.
Read MoreAyurvedic Yum Yums: 3 Foundations to Ayurvedic Food Medicine to Revitalize Your Health
You are what you eat. Literally (says Ayurveda!). Find out how subtle shifts in your relationship with food, how and what you eat can revitalize your energy, vitality, immunity, connection to ancestors, land, and spirit!
Read MoreWarrior-Triangle Series Yoga Asana
(Intensity Level: Medium Vigour, Warming Practice) Strength comes in many forms, not just physical. The strength of being a warrior in many teachings is to be a compassionate heart, for the self so it can extend out to others. Triangles are considered one of the strongest sacred shapes in many traditions, able to bear weight…
Read MoreMoon Salutation/Chandra Namaskar Yoga Asana
(Intensity Level: Slow to Medium Vigour, Rejuvenating, Cooling + Warming Practice) This deeply rejuvenating practice connects us to the moon essence in us, opening up our creativity, intuition, emotional intelligence, and strong cosmic feminine energy (regardless of our gender we all have this energy in us! And since its an energy that our modern society…
Read MoreSun Salutation/Surya Namaskar Yoga Asana
(Intensity Level: Medium to High Vigour, Heating/Warming Practice) We greet the sun, honour and invite its ever luminous revitalizing energy, building our metabolic fire and ability to digest and transform everything from our food to our subtlest energies. Many teachings share that our true nature is like the luminous sun- under the clouds and through…
Read MoreNervous System Reset: 3 Yogic Practices to Build Resiliency
This video, half theory and half practical, shares an introduction to how Ayurvedic and Yogic Sciences understand trauma and stress, and 3 yogic techniques that build the foundation to reset the nervous system, and cultivate inner spaciousness, tools, and resiliency for when activation, triggers, and deregulating stimulus may arise again.
Read MoreWelcome Wee One: Ayurveda New Born Care + Minimizing Post-Birthing Trauma
When we enter this world it sure is a shocker when leave the warm liquid womb where we are still connected to a spiritually awakened state. So, even the most loving of environments that a new-born arrives into can result in some form of birthing trauma. This video shares nourishing Ayurveda tools and practices to…
Read More40-Day Post-Birth Sanctuary: Ayurveda’s Nourishing Post-Natal Care
Nurture the Nurturer. Parent the Parent. Cultures and traditional medicine systems around the world emphasize the deeply important 40-days after birthing as a portal of re-birth and nourishment necessary for birthing parents. This video gives Ayurveda’s practical tools to cultivate the sanctuary in this precious time when extra care is needed to support the birthing…
Read MoreBaby-Bump Love: Ayurveda Care for Each Trimester in the Pregnancy Journey
This video explores Ayurveda practicals and brackground theory for balancing the dosha that governs each trimester and for nourishing pregnancy care from conception to birth (from stabilizing the feotus, understanding cravings, to ways of preparing for a tear-free delivery!) Whether you’re pregnant, supporting someone who is, or just curious, this video gives deep insights into…
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