Welcome to the rainy season on the west coast! Reservoirs are replenishing, rivers are running high, water tables are rising, and it’s the time of year of abundant water.
Sunny skies when they appear, call us to drop everything and go outside to expose the pupils to sunrays and photons. Grey skies, when they come, call us to activate, move and get busy downloading new insights and innovations.
Disease proneness at this time of year includes congestions, allergies, effusions, swellings and attachments, both physical and emotional.
Tips for helping to stay balanced during the spring rainy season, when kapha qualities still dominate and have not yet matured into the warmth of May:
Favour warm, nourishing, light foods e.g. soups, stews, individualy-suited grains such as millet, wild rice or barley and steamed veggies
Prepare for the weather with layers and a hat
Practice cloud gazing for their mystical shapes, movements and omens
Notice birds and how they adapt to quick weather changes, new births in the family, as they complete migrations and begin nesting
Eat early according to hunger and before sundown
Answer the call of nature right away – no suppression or delay
Are you newly discovering Ayurveda and want to develop a good foundation?
Have you felt overwhelmed with the vastness of Ayurveda?
Do you seek practical understanding and guidance for your journey?
Is your discovery process of Ayurveda in need of expert support?
Are you figuring out how to individualize your Ayurveda program?
Do you need a refresher of the basic framework of your Ayurveda lifestyle?
Then this comprehensive Ayurveda foundation program is designed specifically for you, whether you're just beginning your journey or seeking to refresh your understanding with personalized, expert guidance.
The Five Pillars of Self-Care with Ayurveda:
Meditation
Morning Body Practices
Food Choices
Relationships
Sleep
Join this unique program and support group for the endless questions and answers about the fundamentals of Ayurveda.
Bring a study buddy for continuous learning in between online sessions and to help enhance your assimilation of this vast, inclusive science!
Join other like-minded Ayurveda seekers for this new upcoming online event, from May 16 - June 6(Spring Semester) and Oct. 3 - 24, 2025 (Fall Semester). This program will go into details about all Five Pillars on Fridays from 10am - 12pm, Pacific time.
This exciting new 4-part program features two semesters each year! I will answer all your questions about Meditation, Morning Body Practices, Food Choices, Relationships, and Sleep, according to Ayurveda, the world’s oldest holistic health science!
Shift your attunement and daily results
Understand ancient secrets for vibrant, enthusiastic and fulfilling living
Get rid of aches, pains, anxieties and loneliness
Create fellowship with other participants seeking a holistic lifestyle
Support your family to live in harmony with nature
Ayurveda fundamentals are ever-fresh and always in style
Follow your intuition into nature’s own science of personal balance in everyday life
Invite your friends to learn with you – there’s so much to talk about!
Learn all seven levels of the pulse – including Prakriti/Vikruti, (Dosha), Tissues (Dhatus), Sub-Doshas (15 finger positions), Ojas/Tejas/Prana and Manas Prakruti/Vikruti.
In this seminar, you will learn precision techniques for understanding how to interpret the ancient Ayurveda clinical wisdom at your fingertips, as taught to me by my beloved mentor of Ayurveda, Vaidya Vasant D. Lad over many years.
This method reveals meaningful insights about your or your client’s life path, beyond simple rate and rhythm readings. This is a practical seminar of learning together in a small group setting.
As an Ayurveda Doctor (NAMA), I look forward to sharing the subtle clinical findings hidden behind each one’s heart impulse.
Pre-requisite:
600 hrs. of NAMA recognized Ayurveda education or equivalent
Investment:
Starts at $537 CAD (+GST)
International participants pay in USD
Dates:
June 19 – 22, 2025
Times:
10 am – 5.30 pm (Sunday to 6pm)
Consecutive 4 days in person in Surrey, BC
This summer solstice Guru-Kula style seminar is now an annual retreat event at my home in Surrey, BC. After teaching this method internationally in India and the US, with Dr. Lad’s precious blessings, I’m now continuing the four-day retreat program.
I remember Dr. Lad’s prophetic words from early in my training:“When you master the pulse reading, the Indian doctors will seek you out to learn.”
Still today, graduating Ayurveda physicians in India do not learn this critical skill due to the large class sizes and a lack of skilled practitioners/teachers nowadays.
I was able to learn this technique only because of having an apprenticeship training, the only Ayurveda path available to me at the time, starting some thirty years back.
Nadi Pariksha is the primary skill of the Ashta Vidha Pariksha (Eight-Fold Assessment science), learned over many years and requiring consistent practice. It is best learned in person with individual attention.
**NAMA pace credits apply – be sure to request your certificate of attendance in advance**
“I can't imagine a better teacher to continue Dr. Lad’s legacy and the subtle art of Nadi Pariksha.”
T.M., Ayurveda Practitioner
“May each participant learn this sacred knowledge with the expertise of your brilliant guidance. I loved the course when I took it in 2017 and continue to use several of the layers regularly for client assessments.”
J.C., Ayurveda Teacher
Sleep ASAP!
This video made several years ago with Dr. Hanna Chusid is a refresher on how sleep is not about nighttime in Ayurveda, but about your entire lifestyle, from morning coffee! onward. As always, Ayurveda is ever-fresh and always ready to help humanity.
Please save and forward this video to those you know who are suffering from poor sleep habits. Take ownership of this most critical of the three Ayurveda tripods: Digestion, Elimination and Sleep!
I love to receive your messages about your life and feedback from this newsletter! Especially I love to know how Ayurveda is helping you and what your needs are ongoing.
The very reason for this newsletter is to be a forum for uplifting your journey with tips, opportunities, and support systems.
May your life and your family continue to be blessed by nature’s law of cause and effect, which belongs to each and all, equally.
