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Radiant Health is a Bite Away!
Greetings!
Well, okay, maybe more than one bite away, but small steps and you can feel results quickly. Summer in Michigan, what could be better? We come alive this time of year. With fresh and local vegetables abundantly available, we can build up our health and immune system in the summer to fortify us for the full year ahead.
Ayurveda is all about balance. When one of our doshas becomes excessive, due to diet, behaviors, stress, or the season we are in, we need to temper it,...tame it through diet and lifestyle choices and bring it back into balance. By knowing what foods and spices we need to balance our current imbalances and then making some wise food selections, we digest well, nourish ourselves and enjoy radiant health.
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Make Your Own Cool!
Summer is Pitta season. Pitta is the dosha of heat and fire. Pitta controls how we digest food and how we metabolize our experiences and sensory perceptions. Pitta season is from June through September. No matter our dosha constitution or our predominant doshic imbalance, most of us also need to have some balancing strategies for the Ayurveda season we are in. Pitta in balance gives us our drive, goal-orientation, generosity, courage, and passion. Pitta out of balance aggravates our perfectionism, impatience, irritability, and need to control. Which is your preference for summer 2011?
In Ayurveda we look at balance holistically--our diet, our lifestyle habits, how we engage our senses, and how we quiet ourselves to connect with spirit. To balance your Pitta this summer you might consider:
- Stay cool (both physically and mentally)
 - Walk in the moonlight
- Take warm showers instead of hot
- Rub coconut oil on your scalp and soles of your feet at bedtime (this helps with sleeping through the night)
- Eat cooling, sweet, bitter, and astringent foods such as asparagus, leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, cucumber, spinach, melons, milk, and okra. Generally cooked foods are good for digestion. In the summer we can eat more raw foods. But back off from raw if you are getting gassy. :-)
- Avoid heating foods like hot chilies and onions.
So stay cool friends! It's about more than just comfort. Keeping Pitta pacified also supports your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well being as well as building of a strong immune system and overall radiance. Be well and prosper, Rhonda
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Classes June and July 2011  Rhonda Egidio, Ph. D. is offering classes at various sites in the Kalamazoo area. Rhonda is an Ayurvedic Practitioner with great passion for sharing the wisdom of Ayurveda and the simple yet effective practices that can make important upgrades to our digestion and overall radiant health. For more information visit: http://RadiantLifeAyurveda.com Ayurveda Basics 2, and 3 Immersive June 4, 9am-3pm; June 25, 9am-3pm; $60 each or $100 for both- includes a Ayurveda meal that we prepare together. The class is held at my home. Immersive flier Note---if you have a beginner's understanding of Ayurveda, you may participate in Basics 2 and/or 3. Ayurveda at Sangha Yoga - Ayurveda Basics 1 Mondays June 6-27 (not June 20) 5:30-7pm; $50. Sangha flier
Ayurveda at Sunrise Yoga - Ayurveda Basics Part 1: The Wisdom of Life. Monday June 13 @ 7:30-9:00pm; Cost for Part 1 is $25
- Ayurveda Basics Part 2: Strategies for Vibrant Health. Monday June 27 @ 7:30-9:00pm; Cost for Part 1 and 2 combo is $40. Sunrise flier. (These dates are likely but still tentative---check RadiantLifeAyurveda.com for final dates to be know soon.)
Ayurveda at Awake and Aware: - Ayurveda Introduction: Thursday, July 7 (new date) @7:15-9:00pm; Cost: $25
- Really Cool Ayurveda: Cooling foods, spices, and herbs for the Hot Pitta Season, Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 7:15-9:00pm; Cost $40
- Slipping Into Slumber: Ayurveda Practices for Restorative Sleep, Thursday July 21, 2011 @ 7:15-9:00pm; Cost $40
- Ayurveda Nutrition Local and Fresh: How to Cook with Veggies from Community Farmers' Markets, Thursday July 28, 2011 @ 7:15-9:00pm; Cost $40
- Or Combo Platter-2 courses of your choice for $70 or 3 for $90. Awake and Aware flier
Ayurveda at Suzanne's Organics - A Taste of Ayurveda 1: The Wisdom of Life. Monday, July 11 @ 5:30-8:30pm. Cost $40 included vegetarian dinner
- A Taste of Ayurveda 2: Strategies for Radiant Health . Monday July 18 @ 6:30-8:30pm. Cost for Taste 1 and Taste 2 is $60. Click here for Suzanne's Organics flier.
For classes coming up soon pleases send me an email to confirm registration and you can pay at the door. Advanced notice is needed as there are lots of handouts. You may also call me at 269-345-2991 |
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More Cool!
Here are some more tips for pacifying Pitta:
- Eat in a peaceful environment; honor your food and those around you.
- Spend time in nature
- Meditate daily
- Surround yourself with cooling colors like blue, green, and white
- Learn to appreciate others
- Use cooling,calming aromatherapy oils like rose and sandalwood
- Take time to rest
- Laugh and smile more often.
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Personal Ayurveda Assessment
Rhonda Egidio PhD, provides Ayurvedic assessments of primary health concerns, diet, sleep and lifestyle. The assessment includes pulse and tongue diagnosis to determine your Constitutional Dosha balance (prakruti) and your current imbalance (vikruti). You will receive a written summary of your dosha states/assessment results and a list of personal recommendations to support you in restoring balance
Time and Cost: 2 hours for the Initial Consultation & Assessment. Total price for the assessment and written report is $130.
Also receive $10 off of your first follow up session--which is recommended. Follow up sessions are $60.
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Summer is arriving daily and we will soon have an abundance of fresh local produce...and we will then be grateful for all of this rain. Learn how Ayurveda can help you to make the most of this season of abundance by making food and lifestyle choices to restore your radiant health.
Cheers and blessings,
Rhonda Egidio
Radiant Life Ayurveda rhonda@radiantlifeayurveda.com
269-345-2991
http://www.radiantlifeayurveda.com
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Upcoming Events
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Ayurveda Immersive: June 4 and 25.
Ayurveda Basics at Sangha Yoga beginning June 6. Ayurveda at Sunrise Yoga June 13 and 27. Ayurveda at Awake and Aware-various topics. July 7, 14, 21, and 28 Taste of Ayurveda at Suzanne's Organics July 11 and 18. For classes coming up soon send an email to confirm registration and pay at the door.Advanced notice is needed as there are lots of handouts. You may also call me at 269-345-2991. Cheers, Rhonda
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Featured Tip
I'm Thirsty........
Drink plenty of water each day to cool Pitta. Sweet and astringent fruit juices such as apple, pear, pomegranate, and mango are especially balancing for Pitta. Cranberry juice is also cooling and excellent for urinary health. Warm, not hot, or cool, not iced, mint tea is also pacifying for Pitta. Wine and hard liquor easily aggravate Pitta. Beer, only in moderation of course, is not as taxing.
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Recipe of the Month
Poached Pears
with Sweet Orange
& Date Glaze
This dessert is good for pacifying Pitta because of the pears , the coconut, dates, and maple syrup --all cooling in Ayurveda terms.
6 ripe but firm pears
4 pitted dates
juice of one orange
2 tsp maple or date syrup
1 tsp ground cinnamon,, ½ tsp fresh grated ginger, ½ tsp grated orange zest, 2 Tbsp shredded coconut
Peel each pear, leaving stalk and cut thin slice off base so it stands up. Place in sauce pan with inch of water and bring to simmer. Add dates, orange juice, zest, and syrup, and cinnamon, ginger and simmer until pears are tender (about 12 minutes).
Remove pears and place on serving plates. Continue to simmer liquid in pan, stirring all the time until it thickens enough to spoon glaze over pears. Garnish with coconut to serve.
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