Healing Diet – Page 4 – Adena Rose Ayurveda

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Adena Rose

Finding your rhythm and balance

Once I heard this word – Ayurveda – it seemed to pop up everywhere I looked.

The Yoga Journal article in which I found the story of the sage (I shared in my last newsletter, ‘What I did when I was down‘) also had articles about food as medicine. About this idea that we could heal ourselves by knowing what to eat.

This was a whole new level of eating well, and this was the level I wanted to know about.<<tweet if you do, too

I had always loved to cook, so I wanted to truly know if I was eating right for me.

So I started school for Ayurveda, it was a cascade of self-exploration. We can never really guess what’s going to be behind any new door we open. After the first class, I decided to dive into the whole shebang, the practitioner’s program, and dedicate my life to this stuff. Most people who start learning about Ayurveda fall in love, and think that’s what they want to do, too. But I will go ahead and say it’s a challenging path career-wise.

And, really – though it sounds so cheesy – the best part about studying Ayurveda is and using it for yourself and your family. Whether when health concerns arise, or where Ayurveda is at it’s best, as preventative medicine and living mindfully for the rest of your life.

When I was contemplating taking on another large load of debt to study (and be unsure of a career path on the other side), one of my classmates said, “think about it, if nothing else, it’s like investing in health insurance for the rest of your life.” This was all I needed to hear – and this was before all this Obama-care stuff. I could get behind this kind of plan.

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It’s been 5 years since that journey officially began. The door that was opened led to another – the realization that there is no going back – you can ‘unsee’ what you’ve seen. That’s the beauty of ayurveda and yoga – there’s no end to the journey once you begin, and the effort you give is always returned.

Thanks for listening and learning about my story. Perhaps it reflects yours somehow.

Where are you on your journey right now? Do you feel like you’re on the right path? Or totally off balance? Write me about it, I love to hear from you.

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Are you with me? Do you wish you had meal plan tailored to what you need?

Create one.

I’m looking for 15 like-minded people who want to keep conversations like this rolling and find their path to true well-being. We’ll learn how to create our own meal plan, based on Ayurvedic principles.

Those who want to feel light, happy and energetic because they choose the right foods. Those who want to feel peaceful, happy and balanced because they have a supportive morning routine.

Apply for the pilot program of The Healing Diet, starts in September 1, 2014.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I’m hosting a free call on Monday June 30th at 7 p.m. Come listen in, or get your questions asked. Either way you’ll leave with 3 practical tools you can to start shifting into a healing diet the very next day. Register here now, it’s quick and easy.

Posted on June 20, 2014June 25, 2014 by Adena Rose — 1 Comment

Do you feel stuck?

I was stuck.

8 years ago I couldn’t get a foothold on what I wanted to do with my life. This is not an abnormal position to be in a few years after graduating from college, but that doesn’t make it feel any better. I was living in New York City and I felt like I was stuck in some strange loop of negativity between money and bills, lots of wine and a few cigarettes, friends and not-so-good friends, new boyfriends and tortured exes – not to mention city living for this country girl just felt wrong. Needless to say I felt pretty lost.

Just before I moved there, an important friend (now my husband…) gave me a book about yoga. I had taken a few classes before and wanted more – so in between my bad habits, I slipped in some yoga postures – in studios when I could afford those $5 community classes, and in my room when I couldn’t.

Yoga became my compass. >>tweet this if you feel me!

Many mornings I’d wake up with a sense of anxiety that I was not in the right place or doing the right things, and this lessened when I could practice yoga. I didn’t know if I was doing it ‘right,’ and at that time it didn’t matter. Yoga was one thing that made me feel good, feel like myself.

If I wanted to break free from the loop of negativity I was in, I needed to figure out what could keep that intuitive window open a bit longer. What was yoga giving me? Time to be mostly still, and quiet. Time to reflect on how my body felt, what my state of being really felt like, and what I wanted it to be like.

The definition of insanity is to do the same things time and time again, and expecting a different result. I am not an insane person, so I listened to the little birdy on my shoulder ||intuition||, and started following more and more what felt right to me. I might have been moving 2 steps forward, and one back, but progress was happening.

These shifts brought me back up to Vermont – not worrying about whether I’d failed at my NYC experience or not. Listening to my intuition, which told me I needed to get out of the city and out of the toxic living environment I was in, landed me right into my first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program at Yoga Vermont. I was home. That doesn’t mean all things were instantly perfect and hunky dory, but it was the first time I had had such a solid feeling of being in the right place.

Pee when you have to pee

My yoga teacher, Kathy McNames, told us ‘Eat when you are hungry, drink when you are thirsty, pee when you have to pee, poop when you have to poop, and sleep when you’re tired.” I did not yet realize that this was my first introduction to Ayurveda.

She also told us to learn which foods that we could eat before yoga practice. She didn’t just tell us which foods (or not to eat), but told us to find out what worked for ourselves.

This kind of reflection was deepening my svadyaya or self study beyond the exploration in the postures. I learned that I couldn’t each much more than a banana or an apple before class, or I would turn myself all upside down and get acid reflux or the dreaded gas, in yoga class.

This was a helpful piece of information. And how to make it my reality. I didn’t know what I was getting into….

Stay tuned for Part 2.

I’m giving a free call about a healing diet and Ayurveda, don’t miss it, register for that here and put it on your calendar now.

Love, Adena

Posted on April 28, 2014November 7, 2014 by Adena Rose

Are you coping or healing?

“Our bodies simply can not cope and heal at the same time. It’s fight/flight or rest/digest – not both at the same time.” – Pamela Miles

I learned this concept of coping versus healing from my Reiki teacher, Jennifer Kerns, and it immediately clicked with me. In the past I had been reserved in using the word healing in relation to my work with ayurveda because I felt it implied something magical as opposed to practical. And though, there is nothing wrong with magic, the word seems to imply that something is happening separate of one’s self, as opposed to something one can be actively engaged in. And in Ayurveda, one is ideally, cultivating awareness within body, mind and beyond.

Continue reading Are you coping or healing?

Posted on April 24, 2014June 5, 2014 by Adena Rose

COOKING CLASS: Kitchari

A simple Spring day in my kitchen. I’m always talking about kitchari – learn what it is, why I eat it, and why I love it in this cooking class video.

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To get the recipes, leave your email for my Healing Diet course, which will be starting September 2014. There are 15 spots – when you add your email to this list to be the first to receive an application.