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Greetings!
Spring Cleaning...sweep with Nature!
Here comes Spring---surely it's around the corner as we alternate with winter weather and breakthrough days. We listen expectantly for the soft sounds of Spring to come closer. We can feel the moisture return after a dry winter. The ground swells with melting snow, the early rains bless us, the sap in the maple trees begin to flow, our wonderful lakes thaw to open. And just as in nature, our own moisture returns.
There is no more important time to do a physical, mental, emotional, spiritual cleanse than the transition time between Winter and Spring. If you are only going to do a cleanse once a year...now is the time!
In this issue there is support for 3 levels of cleanse:
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- Level 2: Detox Diet (make selections on what to add and eliminate from your diet for one week),
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Level 3: Spring Cleanse (the most intense with a detailed diet and supportive yoga) offered by the Himalayan Institute.
Consider doing something at this time to help nature by selecting a level for your cleanse commitment. This could also be a great time to schedule an individual Ayurveda assessment to customize your approach. You can strengthen your radiant health and prevent Springtime illness.
Live with radiant intention and be well, Rhonda
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Why Does a March Cleanse Give Such High Impact Results?
OK...let's get informed about this to motivate our actions. The Vata season in Ayurveda--about November through February -- has the qualities of dry, windy, light (weight), dark (visual), and cold. To manage the impact of these qualities we may have tried to ground ourselves with more sugar and fats, overeaten, and spent more time indoors in low key activities. Also there are some major holidays in the winter that can invite travel, rich foods and alcoholic drink.
We do treasure the beautiful parts of winter, but more than in any other Ayurveda season, in Vata Winter --we accumulate toxins. Because our systems can become more dry in the winter, those toxins get stuck and stored primarily in our abundant winter fat reserves. Nature returns moisture to us in the late Winter and early Spring as our Kapha (March-June) moisture starts to move into the dry area of our stored toxins to loosen them for removal.
 If all goes well, we will move the winter toxins into our elimination systems and out. But if we have accumulated too many toxins, or our system is too dry, or we do not have the strength or sufficient agni (digestive fire), we may not be successful. Instead the toxins (known as ama in Ayurveda) may get loosened a bit and sluggishly move until they hit a vulnerable spot and deposit. We may experience such consequences as swollen glands, headaches, allergic reactions, muscle aches, weight gain, or depression. When we have released the toxins and the blockages they create, we restore the free flow of energy and information throughout our body bringing light to every cell and every thought. This is a great time of year to do a little extra to detox. Rejuvenate and welcome Spring with renewal.
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Level 1:  Daily Cleanse
Ayurveda Detox is an Everyday Affair and a Healthy Ritual for the Transition of Seasons. Two of the easiest ways to detox is to sip hot spice water every 30 minutes throughout the day and to allow 3-6 hours between meals (no snacking) so that complete digestion can occur.
Hot Spice Water:
To make hot spice water, add 1/2 tsp fennel seeds, 1/4 tsp cumin seeds, and 1/4 tsp coriander seeds to a thermos of boiled water. You can add a slice of fresh ginger to increase agni for more detox effect.
The effect of the hot water on your tongue signals your body to digest. If you have just eaten that will be the focus for digestion. Between meals your body will pull out ama-laden fat cells to burn. The hot water alone is great -- the 4 digestive spices kick it up a notch. A note---try to drink less than 1/2 cup of hot water with a meal or you will dilute the proper concentrations of digestive juices and you can move everything through too quickly which impedes proper digestion.
Effect of Snacking: If we are always snacking and feeding our body, we will constantly be burning up the new foods we take in, but there will be no need to burn stored fat which is a container for much of the ama we host. Unless you are hypoglycemic or have other conditions that could be exacerbated, try the non-snacking approach for regular detox. It is really good to be hungry at meal time. If we are salivating with anticipation, the digestive juices are ready to do their job.
 More Ways to Detox: Simply eat more liquidy meals--like brothy soups. You may even want to blend up the soups so that they are very easy to digest. An oft recommended detox soup is made with mung beans--recipe at right. In Ayurveda they say that mung beans are like a magnet drawing out the ama. Kitchari, made with rice, mung beans or lentils and veggies, is also a good choice for a detox meal.
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Rhonda Egidio, Ph. D. 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 info visit: http://RadiantLifeAyurveda.com
Expanding Your Yoga Instruction with Ayurveda
March 10, 9am-4pm. $100 includes lunch. Details
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Strengthening the Immune System
Monday March 25th - 5:15-7pm, $25
Ayurveda & Weight Management
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Level 2: The Detox Diet
For a seasonal detox, try a week long diet of the foods recommended in The Detox Diet. Add foods like quinoa, leafy greens, and spices. Avoid bananas, heavy dairy, and refined sugars.
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Personal Ayurveda Assessment
Rhonda Egidio Ph.D., provides Ayurvedic assessments of primary health  concerns, diet, sleep and lifestyle and offers Ayurvedic recommendations. Check out assessment and session options. Rhonda Egidio, 269-345-2991
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Awake and Aware:
Expanding Your Yoga Instruction with Ayurveda
March 10
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Ayurveda Recipes
During your detox week, eat light and liquidy foods--try some of the soups at these sites. After--during the rejuvenation period --go for more substance, variety and ghee in your diet.
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Quotables "An Ayurvedic cleanse is designed to instill the foundation of good health. It works in a subtle and deep way to prepare you for the upcoming season and beyond.
A cleanse is as much about nourishing the tissues and satisfying the mind as it is about releasing toxins (ama) from the body and also undigested thoughts from the mind."
Glynnis Osher and Madhuri Phillips
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Level 3: Deep Spring Cleanse for the Serious
Ready for a cleanse challenge? Visit the Himalayan Institute's Web Site for a guided Spring Cleanse.
They are publishers of the Yoga International Journal and you will receive free guidance on yoga, herbs, and diet for a challenging but gentle Spring Cleanse.
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Mung Bean Soup
Mung beans are said to pull the toxins from our body and a simple soup made from mung beans is the cornerstone of many Ayurveda cleanse diets.
Here is the recipe for Mung Bean Detox Soup. Enjoy!
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Pass It Along
Perhaps you know someone who may find life benefit in Ayurveda knowledge? Please forward this eNews.
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Ayurveda information shared here is for general educational purposes and is not intended to substitute for medical or psychological advice. Please consult with a qualified medical professional in these matters.
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