Beyond the Doshas: A Foundations-First Approach to Ayurveda

One of the things I love most about Ayurveda is that it gives us many different lenses through which to understand a person. We have the do...

There is something I find so beautiful about the way Ayurveda understands nature: nothing exists in isolation; everything moves in cycles, and each stage creates the conditions for what comes next. We...

There can be a tendency to think that living a more “yogic” life requires us to somehow step outside of ordinary life. That perhaps if we had more time, more space, a quieter home, fewer responsibilit...

There are very few systems of health and wellbeing that ask us to consider the whole of a human life. 

We have herbs and medicine for the body, psychology for the mind, exercise for physical fitness,...

What if you didn’t wait until January to decide that next year is going to be different?

We put so much pressure on January to be the month that changes everything. The new routine. The new direction...

One of the most profound shifts in my own understanding of women's health came when I stopped asking how to keep the body the same and began asking how to better support its natural capacity to change...

If you're just getting started with Ayurveda it can seem like a big, complicated topic with an overwhelming amount of indications and guidelines.

There are unfamiliar Sanskrit words, different body t...

English Name: Dancer Pose 
Sanskrit Name: Natarajasana (नटराजासन) 

Naṭa (नट) – dancer 
Rāja (राज) – king or lord 
Āsana (आसन) – posture or seat 

Natarajasana translates to Lord of the Dance Pose, refer...

When most people begin practicing yoga asanas, they naturally focus on what they're doing. 

Which postures should I practise? 
How often should I practise? 
What's the best sequence? 
How long should my...

When I first trained as a yoga teacher, anatomy was taught much as it is in many teacher trainings today. We learned the names of muscles and bones, the actions of joints, and the mechanics of movemen...

Hi everyone,

Welcome to July, and welcome to Semester 2 at Live to Serve Academy.

I hope you're doing well and settling into the second half of the year. I thought I'd try something a little differe...

Did you know that confidence comes after action?

Many people describe what they're feeling as imposter syndrome.

But, especially in the beginning, it's usually simply the discomfort of learning some...