Explore the kosha theory of reality and how it relates to wellness. Discover the importance of consciousness and its relationship to health. Learn a simple and effortless form of heart-based meditation.

Understand the role of ama, metabolic, emotional and mental waste, and how ama perpetuates dis-ease physically, mentally and emotionally. Learn about ojas, or our fundamental vitality, and how we should always seek to increase our ojas. Learn techniques for reducing ama and increasing ojas including simple recipes and practices that can reduce ama and increase ojas emotionally, mentally and physically.

The three doshas are Vata, Pitta and Kapha and each has an energetic, physical and emotional blueprint. Understanding the doshas and their relevance to sleep and nutrition is an entry into living in our unique, bio-individual bodies. Once we understand our doshas, we can adjust our diet, lifestyle, routines, exercise and emotional patterning to better cope with and transform stress ‒ mental, emotional and physical. Learn to practice abhyanga (self-massage) and its benefits.

In our modern age, we are overwhelmed by food choices; even so-called healthy food choices are confusing! Why does one nutritional strategy work for one person but cause problems for someone else? In this class, we will learn to use food as our pharmacy, to increase our vitality and reduce ama. Understand the relationship of the 6 tastes to the doshas and learn how cooking Ayurvedic meals can be harmonious and healing for individuals and families.

We can use our tongues as a roadmap to our health. By understanding simple signs on our tongue, we can prevent imbalances from increasing. Understand how to detect and remedy doshic imbalances by tongue examination.

Our bodies may be in optimal health but due to external and internal stresses we can experience a feeling of being overwhelmed, sadness and lack of emotional flow. In order to move through the world gracefully we need to understand our emotions and how to properly digest them. Understand how to witness and release emotional patterns via Ayurvedic techniques and how to move emotional blockages with Sattva Kriyas.