BALANCING THE HEAT OF SUMMER AN ĀYURVEDA & YOGA WORKSHOP With Namo Dev As summer approaches, the days become long, bright and bursting with energy. For those of us in Australia, summer also arrives in the middle of holiday season and at the crossing of the year. This means increased social activity, busy schedules [...]
SPRING PURIFICATION AN ĀYURVEDA & YOGA WORKSHOP With Namo Dev As spring approaches, the days become brighter and warmer. Winter's chill begins to melt away and liquify, saturating the earth with moisture. The environment around us becomes fertile with growth. In our living spaces we open up doors and windows allowing the spring air [...]
SAT NAM RASAYAN COMMUNITY HEALING OFFERING Sat Nam Rasayan is a traditional healing art, currently taught through the lineage of Kundalini Yoga. It purely uses the meditative mind and a deep state of awareness to heal. The healer does not bypass any steps nor does she/he interfere with, or take the place of the [...]
EMBRACING THE STILLNESS OF WINTER AN ĀYURVEDA & YOGA WORKSHOP - With Namo Dev As the winter months approach we notice nature around us is beginning to withdraw and slow down. The trees are stripped bare and the animals begin preparing for and embracing the winter hibernation ahead. There is a sense of stillness [...]
Maintaining Vitality in Autumn: An Āyurveda & Yoga Workshop Saturday 9th March with Namo Dev As summer comes to an end, we begin to notice changes within the environment around us. The mornings and evenings are getting darker and cooler, the last of the fruit is falling off the trees and there is less [...]
Come together with a cup of tea and a notebook for an informative, interactive and integrative approach to understanding body-mind wellness. Namo Dev is a health practitioner and yoga teacher that is trained in the traditional medicine of ancient India. She is bringing together this afternoon to share the wisdom of Ayurveda so that you [...]
Ayurvedic Sun Foods, Ground Foods & Earth Foods by Pip Atherstone-Reid Another way of choosing your food is by considering where in the environment they grow. Foods that grow more than 1 metre above the ground are considered Sun foods, they absorb the maximum energy from the sun. And are considered very high, etheric foods. [...]
So what Dosha are You? by Pip Atherstone-Reid KAPHA: EARTH & WATER Larger build Tendency for weight gain Slow to learn, slow to forget Sweet and even tempered Dislikes cold and wet weather Sluggish temperament Foods: Sluggish and cool Kapha [...]
AYURVEDIC DOSHAS SIMPLIFIED By Pip Atherstone-Reid Doshas are the force or energies that create the physical body and mind. They determine conditions of growth, aging, health and disease. We are born with Doshas called Prikruti (our constitution) and then the Doshas that are aggravated by our lifestyle and diet; called Vikruti. In selecting the right [...]
Vegetarian Diet: Staying Healthy and Well Chapter 3: Traditional Medicine By Pip Atherstone-Reid Traditional Medicines such as Classical Chinese Medicine or Ayurvedic Medicine believe that there is no one true diet choice for every person. Someone’s ideal diet depends on their individual constitution, lifestyle and age; what is right for one person may not [...]