all female reproductive issues (including peri/menopause)
wound healing
balancing blood sugar and fats
cold & flu
burns
skin damage
asthma
fever
jaundice
herpes
obesity
anemia
nourishes the liver, spleen, and blood
Aloe is antioxidant, anti-viral, anti-cancer, anti-tumor, detoxifying, and immuno-stimulating.
I hope you are as impressed with this herb as I am, and best of all — this beauty might already be one of the plants in your home! If not, you can probably pick one up at a local store and they are extremely forgiving houseplants.
ALOE is very easy to grow at home.
My advice – Put them in a sunny window and avoid over watering. They need to dry out a little between waterings. My aloe plants live outside in the summer months and do just find indoors when it’s freezing outside. I love having them around to use whenever we need it, which is quite often in any household with kids.
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For me, Autumn has always carried with it an air of nostalgia. Once the leaves start turning and the air feels crisp, memories start to surface. Smells of pumpkin, apples, and cinnamon come alive and I’m reminded of so many yummy things — my Grandma’s pumpkin roll, apple butter, and warm toasted nuts, among others.
It’s good to know that so many of the things we crave at certain times of year are actually your body’s way of telling you what it needs! Winter squash, pumpkins, root vegetables, more pungent spices, nuts, and hot teas are all good things to be incorporating right now to counter the cold, dry qualities that come naturally in fall and winter (depending on where you live).
Here are 3 tips for living in a healthy way this Autumn…
1) Prioritize a mid-day meal! In other words — don’t skip lunch! If you’re looking for a good meal to take to work, I recommend this One-Pot Kitchari. It’s EASY and quick and works well in a thermos. 2) Drink warm water instead of cold. Fill up an insulated water bottle with warm-to-hot water and sip at least 2 ounces every 15-30 minutes. Warm water hydrates your cells better! 3) Go to bed early. This time of year the daylight keeps dwindling until we get to the winter solstice (the shortest day and longest night of the year). Your body’s biology is being called to take more time for rest. Earlier sleep will pay you back in many ways – you’ll feel more rested when you wake, and your body will do more natural detoxification while you sleep if you go to bed before 10 pm.
I hope these tips are helpful! If you’re curious about what I’ve been up to lately, check out this post on Facebook (or on Instagram).
🍎 I made my first apple pie a couple of weeks agoand I’m about to attempt a batch of apple butter for the first time — wish me luck!
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I know you know what it’s like to be in a funk – to feel stuck in an emotional/mental state that is uncomfortable and unwanted, but feeling helpless.
You want to feel better but don’t know what to do to get there OR – you know what might help, but you have no motivation to take the steps.
Maybe you even feel undeserving of feeling good.
Have you been there? We’ve all been there! A better question is…
HOW can you shift out of a funk?
There are many methods to shifting states, and it might take something different each time, but these are my top 3 tips for getting unstuck:
1) stop avoiding. sit or lie down, and just feel the way you feel. hold yourself sweetly the way you would comfort a loved one and give yourself permission to just feel however you feel.
*note – be careful not to mix up thoughts and feelings! when you’re down, feelings can color your thoughts so don’t believe the negative thoughts that go through your mind during times like this.
2) move your body! dance to a favorite song, go for a walk, or just do some jumping jacks. moving will shift your physiology which will shift your mood.
3) call on God! pray/talk to the Divine. you don’t have to hold the burdens of life alone.
Kitchari is an Indian dish that is traditionally made very plain and used for cleansing and convalescence.
I think kitchari is the perfect meal to keep you warm and nourished in fall/winter! This version is a quick and simple one-pot meal that is great any time of the year, and it’s especially great for bringing to work in a thermos.
Kitchari Recipe
1/2 cup split mung dahl (beans) 1/2 cup white basmati rice 8 cups bone broth (or veggie broth or water) 2 TBSP ghee 1 onion, chopped 5-7 garlic cloves, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 3 celery stalks, chopped 1-2 TBSP fresh ginger, chopped 1 TBSP turmeric powder 2 tsp coriander seeds 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp brown mustard seeds 1 tsp fenugreek seeds 1/4 tsp hing (asafoetida) *this is a specialty item and is ok to omit ½-1 tsp himalayan sea salt cilantro, chopped
Rinse the beans and rice several times until the water runs clear.
Add ghee to the pot. I used an Instant Pot set on the Medium Saute setting. Add onion and carrots and saute until onions are translucent. Add seed spices. Stir and listen for the popping. Then stir in the garlic and ginger.
Add celery, turmeric, salt, broth, beans, and rice. Stir and put on the Bean/Chili setting with the pressure valve closed.
Wait a few minutes after it’s done to let the pressure off.
Top each serving with some freshly chopped cilantro to taste. Enjoy!
This version is kind of soupy (and easier to digest). I also added a couple handfuls of baby greens to my bowl before I ladled in the kitchari and a diced avocado on top. I was out of cilantro this morning, but I highly recommend adding that on top!
*If you don’t own an Instant Pot, you can easily make this in a good, old-fashioned pot on the stove. 😉
If I asked you how you’re doing today, would you answer honestly, or give me the typical “I’m fine”?
If a friend asked if you need help with today, would you answer with a “no thanks, I’ve got it”?
Like most people, chances are you’d assert that you’re fine and don’t need anything, because we’re taught to make the best of things (which is a perfectly good quality) — but…sometimes we do need help.
We all need a little help sometimes. Life has struggles. That’s just the truth.
Sometimes we feel stretched to the max with our current circumstances – either physically, emotionally, or both.
Although it often feels easier to just keep plugging away, ignoring the overwhelm, or the pain, consistently living under pressure/stress is a major source of dis-ease and for someone who already has a condition, those issues become more and more complicated (harder to solve) with time.
Let’s just be honest. Instead of making it harder for ourselves, acknowledge the hurt/ pressure/ dis-ease, ask for help, and accept it when someone offers.
I created a simple workbook to help bring more harmony and healing into your everyday life and it’s free! Essential Ayurveda for Every Woman has 5 essential tips that anyone can benefit from (men too! 😉).
In this article… *learn how the current healthcare model isn’t serving you *what Holistic Health really means *how easy it is to take your power back and start your healing journey *replay of Empowered Wellness intro workshop with my 10 Tips to Take Back Your Power *how to join my next workshop on Ayurveda + The Nervous System *how to get help on your wellness journey
If you put on your critical thinking cap… the numbers just don’t add up.
The fact is…your body is WISE and has an innate ability to HEAL, however, this is in direct opposition to the mainstream narrative around health and healing, which would have you believe that you know nothing in regard to your own body/mind and that it’s crucial to your survival to give your autonomy over to those that ‘know better’, a.k.a. the medical system.
I believe that we are all born with the Divine right of Sovereignty.
The reason most people aren’t empowered by their own autonomy is that most of us have been told what and how to do everything since early childhood. We’ve literally been told when, what, where, who, and how to talk, play, learn, eat, pee, live, work, love, be with, and have sex.
We’ve been taught to push down our intuition, desires, deepest sense of self, inner guidance system, and even our involuntary bodily functions. We were told that this would make us more productive, successful, desirable even, but we’ve been lied to and stripped of our connection to the deepest, most authentic parts of ourselves and robbed of the Divine Right of our Sovereignty.
To become EMPOWERED, all it takes is the desire to know the truth and the courage to step off the merry-go-round at the mainstream clown show and connect with your inner wisdom.
Here are a few slides from the Introductory Workshop for my Empowered Wellness for Every Woman Workshop Series…
In the short video below I talk about WHY HOLISTIC HEALTH is the only way to true health and healing.
Sun. May 15th, 2-4 pm @ Hawthorn Healing Arts Center in Bend
Offered by Jessica Graham Robinson, Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner
This beautiful offering is an interactive workshop incorporating Ayurveda, yoga, dance, embodiment, spirituality, and other sacred feminine practices to awaken and nurture your inner wild woman/ goddess. Expect a full spectrum experience designed to connect you to your true nature – as a fully embodied spiritual being – for optimal harmony inside and out. You will leave feeling nourished, grounded, free, and ready to flow confidently into your week.
🖤 Each woman will have the freedom to listen and engage at her own comfort level.
🖤 No experience necessary.
🖤 Vagina required.
What to bring:
Your unique, vulnerable self.
Dress comfortably for movement.
Bring a yoga mat if you have one.
Bring a plain foam roller if you have one.
Cost: $45
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Purging the accumulation on the inside is even more important than clearing out the clutter in your home. Spring cleaning for the body + mind is necessary for optimal health and empowered aging. (Yes! You can choose how you age.) After a long winter of accumulation, your whole being is craving your assistance with helping your body to naturally detox and deep clean, so as not to carry stagnation forward into the next half of the year.
It’s completely natural and good to put on some weight during colder months – it’s actually protective and makes you more resilient in many ways during the harsher time of year. When we are living in rhythm with the seasonal shifts of the year, as winter comes to a close we will hear the call within that is alerting us to the need to purge.
Ayurvedic seasonal cleansing is a gradual process that works gently and efficiently to pull toxins and accumulated “ama” (undigested gunk that gets stored) from the body and mind, revealing a lighter, more vibrant way of being with clearer mental and digestive functioning, more access to intuition, and overall harmony.
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I feel like I need a cleanse, but I don’t want to feel deprived or weak…
This cleanse is the OPPOSITE of a deprivation cleanse! You won’t go hungry EVER! This cleanse is designed in a very thoughtful way that eases you in, and you are in complete control of what you eat! You will actually hold onto more fat if you stress about it, so this is a STRESS-FREE cleanse! You shouldn’t feel weak during this cleanse at all.
I’m too busy and this timeline doesn’t work with my schedule…
Not a problem! This cleanse is completely flexible! If you are traveling or need to change the timeline, you can absolutely do that. I will give you all of the tools you need to feel good about whatever YOU plan for your cleanse!
Ayurveda recommends doing a cleanse/detox at two important times of the year — the seasonal transitions into Spring and Fall, with Spring being most important. Without cleansing, we can carry the heaviness of winter into the next cycle of the year, making it so that we continually accumulate as we age. Getting fatter and sicker over the years is not an unavoidable outcome as we age. It’s just a product of living the “normal” modern lives of being over scheduled, over fed, under nourished, and disconnected.
I’d like to invite you to learn more about Ayurveda and Detoxing in my FREE upcoming Webinar…
7 Reasons WHY you Need to DETOX NOW Monday, April 12th at 6:00pm via Livestream
You’ll Learn:
Why it’s necessary to cleanse regularly if we want to live healthy, thriving lives, and take control of our health and aging
How to recognize the signs your body and mind are already giving you
Why you need to become a Holistic Rebel FAST
Basic Ayurveda bio-hacks — simple ways to counter the negative effects of our modern culture
Details about my 21-Day Ayurveda Spring Detox — Total Reset for Body, MIND, and Spirit and how to sign up
How connected are you to your Intuition?…Your Soul?…The Wisdom of your Body?
Over the past two decades of practice in the wellness industry, I’ve witnessed that many people have very little awareness of the intelligence of their bodies, their deepest Self (the Soul), or their own inner compass.
As a modern-day HUMAN, it’s actually quite a feat to stay connected to what matters in our over-scheduled, over-technological lives, especially when we didn’t grow up with the tools that could help us. And they aren’t teaching this stuff in school (YET)!
Did you know that your body communicates with you?
According to Ayurveda (Yoga’s sister science, and the world’s oldest documented holistic healing system), our bodies are innately intelligent. And according to modern science on fascia (the connective tissue that holds your body together), our bodies are communicating with us constantly. But in order to hear what’s being shared, we have to slow down and LISTEN, and so often we suppress signals we get in order to keep working away at a task.
How often to you stop “doing” and pause to listen?
Try it now.
EMBODIMENT PRACTICE:
Take a pause, place your hand on your body (your heart or belly are easily accessible choices). Close, or still your eyes. Notice your breath…your heartbeat…your feelings. Now begin to notice what’s going on INSIDE your body…are there parts that feel heavy? light? strong? tight? soft? tingly? cold? warm? hot? What do YOU notice? Do you need a drink of water? A bathroom break? A meal? A sweater? Now let yourself look around slowly — in all directions, just noticing your surroundings (don’t forget to look behind you).
It may seem too simple to be significant, but this is basic Self Care 101 here. Being a good parent to yourself. Not prioritizing production over taking care of yourself. Not suppressing natural bodily urges and needs.
BODY
Being disconnected from the Body means that you are suppressing all of the signals. Pain, for instance, is a serious message that people often ignore thinking they can “work through the pain”, but this only makes the root of the problem get worse and lead to bigger problems.
SOUL
Being disconnected from the Soul can feel like a disenchantment with life and purpose. It can suck all of the joy out of your days and leave you wondering what you’re doing with your life. It can cause you to look for unhealthy behaviors with which to fill the void of what’s truly missing. It can make you feel like there’s no meaning in your life, which can lead to apathy, disappointment, resentment, and depression.
INTUITION
Being disconnected from Intuition is like flying an airplane in a blinding storm without using the navigation system. Your intuition is meant to guide you. It is your built-in GPS! Without it, you will end up anxiously going through life unsure of what/where/how you should go next. You’ll question every choice you make and end up making major decisions based on cues you get from by “pop” culture, social media, and other people’s opinions. None of which are uniquely crafted to work for YOU!
You can rediscover your connection to your Soul, to the wisdom of your Body, and start living from your own Intuition!
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I also added a couple handfuls of baby greens to my bowl before I ladled in the kitchari and a diced avocado on top. I was out of cilantro this morning, but I highly recommend adding that on top!
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