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Dear Friends, There’s alot of things to celebrate this month, one is the fact that it’s been 38 years that I have practiced Ayurveda professionally. My first Ayurveda job was back in 1988 when I worked for an MD as his Ayurveda Patient Educator and organized a pancha karma clinic in Seattle, WA. During this time, I attended an International Ayurveda physicians training course at MERU in Vlodrop Holland with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and many Ayurvedic physicians - details of this experience are on my blog here. A few years after my daughter was born, I worked at an Ayurveda Store near Seattle in a fancy mall in Bellevue Square with Maharishi Ayurveda Products International, where I met my teacher, the late, Vaidya Ramakant Mishra of the Shanka Vansya Ayurveda lineage who had developed most of their formulas. That was the start of learning about consultations and herbs, sitting side by side with Vaidya taking notes and learning to cook Ayurveda style. But before those Seattle experiences, I was first introducted to Ayurveda in the 1980'‘s while I was a student studing Vedic Science at Maharishi International University and went through a week of panchakarma. I felt so much better, and became less freaked out about everything, I was 23 years old at the time suffering from terrible anxiety. It was after my first PK, that I wanted to to learn everything about Ayurveda. Since then I have given thousands of hours of Ayurveda bodywork, consultations, and classes and met amazing Ayurvedic doctors that I continue to learn from. Looking back at thos beginning years I am very grateful for this timeless knowledge and deep experiences that carried me through all the stages of my life; as a single person young undergad student, a married person, going through pregnancy and labor, receiving the Ayurveda Mother Baby program, following Ayurveda protocols for babies and children, surving a divorce, and then as a graduate student, e and into full careerhood, an effortless peri and menopause free from hot flashes, and now a care taker for my aging parents, Ayurveda has been there for me my entire adult life. The practices and the ongoing study has kept me healthy during challenging times. After all these years, I have come to the conclusion that the most profound tool Ayurveda has to offer us is feeling our own pulse - feeling the five elements, and then even to experiencing the source of these elements as a source of infinity as the basis of our physical existence. If there is one simple thing one can do, it’s to learn to take your pulse and learn to listen to the rhythms of your own unique mind/body and at some point, the impulses of your pulse will guide for diet and behavior and to simply settle the nervous system out of fight or flight. I can’t wait to share this beautiful practice with you and will be offering an upcoming course on how to experience this in mid-October. If you are interested please drop me a line to let me know the details and dates. I will have one class in person in Evanston and one class online for those who live long distance. To celebrate all these years in service to community health, I will be offering an in person pulse assessment for half off with recommendations for a discounted rate of $75 instead of $150 through the end of October only. Please schedule here https://calendly.com/rose-carol-ayurveda/ayurveda-session. So if you haven’t been in to see me or need a follow-up, please schedule soon. The pulse will indicate what is happening with your body and some nutrition guidance, lifestyle and herbal recommendations will be given at that time. BTW, Panchakarma sessions are still ongoing through the end of November. In addition, I have gifted you a free high protein, vegetarain, sattvic diet digital recipe book see link below. It contains over 70 high protein recipes organized by breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and dessert as well a 7 day meal plan, and panchakarma detox recipes. The recipes do not include any nightshades, or other food items that block the channels in the body.. For many people who are new to Ayurveda, it can sound a little odd about why in my teacher’s lineage that we don’t use garlic, onions, stale and heavy foods, left overs, that can obstruct the micro and macro channels of the body. The nadis are the suble microchannels which carry prana and lifeforce throught the body that give rise to the cellular intelligence that creates and sustains the body, and the strotas are the macrochannels of the body such as veins, artieries, and other channels that distribute blood and nourishment. If you can imagine your circulation as a robust river that is flowing and giving you life energy and reaching every nook and cranny of the body and breathing life into all systems of the body, creating mental clarity, emotional balance and energy. But the hard to digest foods can create like a hard ama in the channels, like big stones or rocks that block the flow or narrow and inhibit the flow of the circulation of prana, then our energies are diminished and our moods are also effected. That’s why I put so much attention on detox and Panchakarma as well preventive health practices. We are so used to living with low life force, feeling kind of rough and choppy around life’s edges, that we are not aware of it. But once you do an Ayurveda cleanse and follow the sattvic pure diet, then you will notice a big difference on how you feel during the day and how you sleep at night. You will begin to wake up fresh and rested in the morning and motivated, free of bodily aches and pains, have healthier aging, your elimination will be timely and thorough as well. While Ayurveda has alot of ‘eating’ rules, that can be annoying, especially when you are first starting out, I think the recipes in this booklet make it very easy and straighforward to follow. It should taste delicious to you. If you are not enjoying it, then don’t force yourself. That will have a poor effect on digestion. These meals and snacks contain at least 25 grams of pure vegetarian protein that is easy to digest and delicious. Some of the recipes I have been using are Korean such as delcious Buckwheat Noodle recipe that I learned from my daughter who lives in Seoul. American recipes like Lentil Burgers and Italian flavors such as Pasta Pesto (made with red lentil pasta), and mostly Indian recipes made with lentils and high protien flours. BTW, I used AI to help organize the edit the recipe booklet. But I do not use AI for writing articles and other materials such as this one. . Please try these recipes out and let me know what you liked or didn’t like about them. Here is the link https://claude.ai/artifact/N61wGtzBCT5fPGRDii1h9i Some New Services coming in mid-October. I recently completed my NCCMHE to receive my clinical counseling license. I graduated from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2017, and have been working part time as a LPC licensed Professional Counselor. The new full licensure, LCPC will allow me at some point to be able to offer payment with your health insurance and medicare instead of out of pocket payments. I will be offering therapy sessions addressing those needing support with life changes (or feelings of being stuck), loss, and relationship challenges, as well as highly sensitive nervous systems and anxiety using a variety of approaches such as Somatic and Psychodynamic, Depth orientation.. In addition, I will offer Vedic Psychology called Sattva Vijaya. The therapy that I offer is short term between 3 to 9 months to help one move forward and adjust to the new and let go of the old . The Sattva Sessions will be holistic in nature in regards to the intake with some dosha analysis and integrative tools that work with both the mind and body utilizing western psychology and Vedic (eastern) somatic tools and nutrition. It will take a few months to be onboarded with some insurance companies but that is in the works, before then, it will be out of pocket for those sessions. I only see two -three people per day for either Ayurveda or counseling so if you are wantint regular sessions feel free to call or text for more details 847 636 2744. I hope to see you soon Rose ✦ A PRODUCT I LOVE DGL Transdermal Roll-On — from https://www.chandika.com/sva-dgl-transdermal-roll-on/?afmc=qb One of my very favorite tools for cooling pitta doesn't go in the body at all — it goes on the skin. DGL Transdermal Roll-On, from Vaidya Mishra's line at Chandika.com, is a little bottle I reach especially in this hot-to-cool turn of the season. The benefits for me are immediate since it is a transdermal product, I just roll it on my neck, arms, hands, and legs and I feel immediately cooler, chiller, relaxed. No oil or grease, non sticky and won’t ruin my clothes. ANd it smells so good and fresh and natural. DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) Roll On is deeply cooling and soothing, carried here in a light transdermal base with grapefruit and sweet orange. Rolled gently over the liver area or the wrists, it calms the heat and acidity that pitta so loves to stir up. Purchase here: https://www.chandika.com/sva-dgl-transdermal-roll-on/?afmc=qb Receive a full coconut oil abhyanga massage For the deepest care, nothing replaces being received and worked on with skilled, loving hands. This is the season I most love to offer a full-body abhyanga with cooling coconut oil— warm, unhurried, rhythmic massage from head to toe. Coconut oil is naturally cooling, which makes it perfect for clearing the summer's accumulated pitta. Abhyanga calms the nervous system, softens dryness before vata season, moves the lymph, releases held tension, nourishes the skin, and leaves you feeling deeply held and settled. Ayurveda considers it one of the greatest protections we can give the body. A treatment I especially love this time of year — Takradhara If there is one therapy made for this exact season, it is Takradhara. In Takradhara, a gentle, steady stream of herbalized takra (a specially prepared buttermilk) is poured in a continuous flow across the forehead and the third-eye area for a deeply relaxing stretch of time. The rhythm of that warm stream, together with the profoundly cooling nature of the buttermilk, does something no words quite capture. Takradhara is one of Ayurveda's most cooling and calming treatments — especially wonderful for aggravated pitta. People come to me for it when they are feeling: overheated, irritable, or “running hot” unable to quiet a busy, racing mind, troubled by insomnia, anxiety, or tension headaches, burned out, depleted, or simply in need of deep rest, dealing with a hot, itchy, or troubled scalp It cools the whole system,soothes the nervous system, settles the mind, supports restful sleep, and nourishes the scalp and hair. Most people leave feeling as though a fever of the mind has broken — clear, quiet, and restored. It is, quite simply, one of the most healing hours I can offer you. You can do this alone or add on the abhyanga beforehand for a full self care balancing treatment. Come in this season If any of this speaks to you, I would love to see you. Book easily right here: calendly.com/rose-carol-ayurveda/ayurveda-session Upcoming: A Grief Support Journey — begins September 24th
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