[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Melina Meza, BS Nutrition, RYT-500] The water (jala) element plays a significant role in the Ayurvedic system during the summer season to balance the intensity of fire (agni) which can be transformative or fierce. Water is considered a balancing, cooling, calming force, essential to maintain our health, longevity, and juicy tissues. If you get overexposed to the fire element in nature, or become dehydrated, over-exercise during the hottest time of … [Read more...] about Water (Jala) in a Pitta Time
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The Ethics of Eating
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Melina Meza BS Nutrition, 500-RYT, with some advice on on how to live your yoga through ethical food choices. Bon Appétit!] As unique beings we all have different hopes, fears, conditioning, expectations, and agendas around our health and our relationship to food and eating. Over the years of teaching and doing nutritional counseling, I have found it valuable to establish my own set of personal ethics in regards to my health and that of the planet. As … [Read more...] about The Ethics of Eating
The Five Yamas: Foundations for Healthy Eating
Editor’s note: We're happy to share another insightful guest post from Melina Meza, author of the Art of Sequencing. There are numerous opportunities for the Yamas to support your current wellness and nutritional aspirations. The Yamas create a wheel of ethics that includes kindness, honesty, refraining from stealing, moderation, and non-hoarding. Following these five principles will help ensure that your life is filled with healthy relationships, including the one with yourself, others, and … [Read more...] about The Five Yamas: Foundations for Healthy Eating
Seize the Summer: Ayurvedic tips to keep cool and stay balanced during the summer months
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Melina Meza, RYT-500, BS Nutrition In the world of Ayurveda, we are now in the summer season (June-August), which means whenever summer arrives in your geographical location, you will have a stronger relationship with the elements fire and water for three months. Ayurveda views the physical body, along with everything in the Universe, as being composed of the five primary elements; earth, water, fire, air, and ether or empty space. These elements are … [Read more...] about Seize the Summer: Ayurvedic tips to keep cool and stay balanced during the summer months
Right Here, Right Now: Eating Mindfully and Applying Atha to Your Practice – by Melina Meza
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Melina Meza, RYT-500, BS Nutrition I’ve been deeply inspired in my daily life by the very first sutra in the classic text called Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The arrangement in which the sutras are placed is related to their significance, so the very first word in the first yoga sutra is central to understanding what Westerners call “yoga.” The whole sutra is atha yoga anusasanam. Atha is translated as now, also referred to as the moment-to-moment … [Read more...] about Right Here, Right Now: Eating Mindfully and Applying Atha to Your Practice – by Melina Meza
Welcome Spring! Tips and ideas how to adapt your yoga asana practice and diet to accommodate the beauty unfolding in spring — By Melina Meza
When spring comes the grass grows by itself. -- Tao Te Ching Editor's note: This is a guest post by Melina Meza, RYT-500, BS Nutrition Although some parts of the country are still blanketed in snow, spring has officially arrived! It’s time to consider shifting your diet and yoga practice to compliment the season. Lighten your load It makes sense that many of us are drawn to the idea of cleansing and purging this time of year—it’s time to lighten our load. Spring is really a … [Read more...] about Welcome Spring! Tips and ideas how to adapt your yoga asana practice and diet to accommodate the beauty unfolding in spring — By Melina Meza
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