Metta Blog #17: Comforting Kitchadi recipe
Hi Friends, Here is great Kitchadi (basmati rice and dal stew) recipe to help your body in the transition seasons of Autumn and Spring. This stew is soothing and nourishing. If you have a hard [...]
Metta Blog #16: Ayurvedic Recipe for the Spring to soothe and restore
As I had detailed in Metta Blog 15, Spring is the hardest season on our bodies because of the transition from a heating system during winter to a cooling system in Spring. Ayurveda, the Indian [...]
Metta Blog #15: Ayurvedic Self Care Rituals in the Spring
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. -The Buddha Spring is a trying time for our bodies to navigate. As the temperature outside fluctuates, this demands our interior [...]
The Breath of Life, Part 2: Laying back into Breathing by Allison Ulan B.F.A. ERYT-500, YACEP
This is the second article in my pranayama series called The Breath of Life. I am offering these articles to present what pranayama is and how you can start with simple breathing practices to receive [...]
The Breath of Life: Pranayama Part 1 by Allison Ulan B.F.A., E-RYT500, YACEP, IYAI
Breath is life. Our first action we do at birth is to breath in. Our last living act is breathing out. There are 8.7 million animal species on earth which breath is incredibly diverse ways. [...]
Ayurveda: The Ancient Medicinal Science by Allison Ulan B.F.A., E-500RYT, YACEP
Since I was a child, I knew what foods felt right for my body. I also knew which ones did not feel correct and sent my body and mind into a funk. Yet, when I [...]
Ayurvedic Self-Care for Autumn by Allison Ulan
Ayurveda has been India’s traditional health system for thousands of years. Translated as ‘science of life’, its methods prescribe and detail how to use foods, herbs, Yoga postures, breathing practices and health routines to support [...]
Top 3 Ways of Working with Mental Obstacles in Our Meditation Practice by Allison Ulan
So you have started a meditation practice. But you mind does not want to settle when you sit down. Your mind wonders to your to do lists, ruminates on past actions or jumps to future [...]
Online – 30 days of Mindfulness Meditation with Allison Ulan
Commit to practice and embody the art of of self care. At the heart of mindfulness is compassion and awareness. Through the progressive stages of mindfulness training, you will learn the skills of somatic grounding, [...]
Working with Our Emotions by Allison Ulan B.F.A. E-RYT 500 YACEP, YACEP, IAYT
As we deepen in our capacity to be present in our lives, we can use our contemplative and centring practises such as yoga and meditation to understand our emotions. Through guiding courses for over 25 [...]
What is Mindfulness? Metta Blog #19 by Allison Ulan B.F.A., E-RYT 500, YACEP
Mindfulness has become a common term in the past ten years. As mindfulness gains cultural momentum, there is a risk that its definition may become muddled. If we are to practice effectively and teach these [...]
Metta Blog #18 Meaningful Connection – 3 Ways to Cultivate Mindfulness in Your Speech by Allison Ulan
In the Buddha's eight fold path of awakening, mindful speech is so important that it is one of the eight limbs to live awake, free from misperceptions and enlightened. Everyday we communicate in thousands of [...]