Living Lighter

Author: Amanda Baker

  • How to Make Delicious Gluten Free Muffins

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    Dear Reader, First, I’ve included my new recipe. After the recipe, read on for more information on how the gluten piece fits into healing autoimmunity. I know, I know, everyone has heard the term ‘gluten-free’ by now. In fact, some are sick and tired of hearing it, annoyed at how fad-ridden modern health and nutrition…

  • A Mediterranean Inspired Recipe

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    Dear Reader, How are you feeling today? The journey to wellness consists of small consistent steps. One step you can take today is to eat a healthy meal. The food you eat becomes the tissues of your body – feeding your body & tissues well is a foundational principle of The Rhythmic Lifestyle. The Rhythmic…

  • Healthy Skin

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    Learn how to heal your skin.

  • The Rhythmic Lifestyle Yoga Classes

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    I’m pleased to announce that my you tube channel is now live. It’s so exciting for me to be able to share Yoga with you. This will be an evolving space with content added weekly. With the world in a state of seemingly never ending chaos, may these practices become your refuge. May the still…

  • Yoga For Healing

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    A yoga practice can change your life. According to the book The Book of Lymph by Lisa Levitt Gainsley, CLT, “All yoga sequences will get your lymph flowing. Inversions [like downward dog] encourage lymph to flow back to the heart, and twists move lymph through the abdomen… The ceaselessly flowing rivers of lymph are incredibly…

  • To Live A Healthy Life

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    My Yoga classes act as a bridge between where you are in your health RIGHT NOW, and where you wish to be. A bridge leading to your most healthy self. Establishing a consistent Yoga practice is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Breathing, moving, stretching, taking time to care for yourself,…

  • How to Become Calmer

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    This time of year can be hectic. There’s a lot going on! And when we suffer from autoimmunity, the busyness, the constant stream of information, the intensity of the world – hits us even harder. What can we do? We can BREATHE. This isn’t trite. Think about it: you could live for like 40 days…

  • How to make easy Gluten-free muffins

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    It’s good to be grateful. It’s also important to be real. And if your autoimmunity is flaring, you may not be over-brimming with gratitude. And that’s OK. Understandable, even! At least it is to someone who’s been there (me). There have been holiday meals where I felt absolute panic over the food. Can you relate?…

  • Create Your Reality

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    Thoughts stimulate emotions, which cause us to act. Actions create our reality. Therefore, thoughts create our reality. Whirling thoughts stimulate hormones like cortisol to be released. This is a stress hormone that, if released too often, causes havoc in the body. Stress eats away at the gut, and a compromised gut leads to impure blood.…

  • How to Feel Better

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    Have you been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s or another autoimmune disorder? Are you living with the symptoms, like low energy, feeling heavy, problems digesting food, depression, anxiety? You may feel as if your body has totally betrayed you. Getting through your day feels like trudging through quicksand, and the best word to describe how you feel…