Tag: Ayurveda
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Easy Roasted Root Vegetables
Dear Reader, Here’s a simple recipe that can warm a winter’s day. This time of year can be cold and wet – it sure is up here in the Pacific Northwest! According to Ayurveda, cooked root vegetables are just the thing for winter days. Creating an atmosphere of coziness can transform a depressing day into…
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Healthy Summer Recipe and The Healing Benefits of Basil
Dear Reader, This week’s blog post is a day late because I was have been focused on the last week of school celebrations for my kids. I hope your summer is off to a great start, too! Today’s post includes a yummy dish that is gluten and dairy free. Recipe: Summer Quinoa Salad Ingredients (organic…
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Taking Leaps
Dear Reader, When you visualize yourself healed from your symptoms, what do you see? Take a moment. Close your eyes, and visualize the you with clear skin, strong digestion, steady energy. Picture her clearly. Now open your eyes, grab your journal and answer the question: What would this person say to me, if she could?…
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The True New Year
Dear Reader, How are you? Please feel free to comment and let me know. Are you feeling a bit sluggish? Do you feel like the extra holiday pounds just won’t budge? Are you a little extra mucus-y? Is your digestion just – off? If you answered yes to any or all of these, it’s a…
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Gluten Free Gravy Recipe
& The Holidays When you Have Hashimoto’s Nov 17 Written By Amanda Baker Dear Reader, First, I’d like to share my gluten free gravy recipe with you. It’s easy – aside from the making of the homemade broth base. I found a good broth company called Kettle and Fire, and if you don’t have time to…
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Self Talk is Powerful
“Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you’re having at the moment.” – Eckhart Tolle Dear Reader, I know that getting an autoimmunity diagnosis is a real blow. It takes the wind…
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Self Care is Much More than a Fad, and gluten may be causing some of your problems
Dear Reader, Life is stressful! There are the usual responsibilities, of course. Added to that, we all just lived through a once in a century pandemic. Now there are climate disasters. People seem out of sorts. That’s because we’ve collectively been through a lot these last few years. It’s so important to take care of…
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Positive Thinking Alone isn’t Enough
Dear Reader, Achieving true wellness is a lifelong journey. Along the way you will experience moments of pure relief. I feel lighter. I feel rested. I feel clear, are thoughts you’ll have. When these thoughts arise in your body and ring true in your mind, you know you’ve reached a moment of actual healing. This…
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It’s Possible to Transform Your Life, One Small Step at a Time
Dear Reader, According to Ayurveda, the art of healing related to Yoga, you can awaken your own healing power. We each have a purpose in life. Some of us have big obstacles to overcome, such as an autoimmunity diagnosis. The higher the obstacle, the more potential for transformation there is in overcoming it. When you…
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It’s OK to Rest
Do you feel overwhelmed? If you have Hashimoto’s – that’s overwhelming on its own. Add that to living in this crazy world, and your overwhelm is completely understandable. Our culture pushes the busy, the fast paced, the work all-hours. But if you push too hard, you will exhaust yourself. It’s terrible for your autoimmunity. Shifting…
Living Lighter 