Each individual is unique and Ayurveda aims to find and remove the root cause of imbalance in the body, mind and spirit.
In your consultation, I will:
Take a detailed health history
Determine any current imbalances
Recommend diet, lifestyle and herbal support
Ayurveda can address imbalances associated with sleep, energy, digestion, emotions, immunity, hormones, skin, joints, weight and many other conditions.
Healing that honors each individual as truly unique and aims to find and remove the root cause of dis-ease in the body, mind and spirit.
We are a microcosm of the macrocosm and everything in the universe is a unique combination of the five great elements — space, air, water, fire and earth - elemental healing!
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Drawn to the classical teachings of Ayurveda and Yoga, Kate has also studied the indigenous practices of Peruvian Shamanism as well as Tantric Buddhism. Immersed in her love for plants, natural healing and the well being of all global communities, Kate blends these experiences in her practice to help others co-create long term solutions for inner and outer balance.
TAKING OUR MEDICINE BACK – The Yogi Veda Spice Series
Cardamom: Elletaria Cardamomum
From tea to coffee and from exotic marketplaces to palaces, cardamom’s warmth and sweetness has earned her name as the Queen of Peace. Going back to her origins, long before the Romans and Arabs discovered the benefits of this intriguing spice, the ancient Vedic texts mentioned her being thrown into the sacred fire rituals as as an offering up to the Gods and Goddesses. As a symbol of alliance, cardamom continues to play an important role in Indian and Persian weddings to this day.
Mixed with coffee it has been historically used in both Ethiopian coffee growers homes, to honor respected guests as well as in Sufi monasteries. Used not just as an intoxicating aromatic, or to add layers of complexity to the roasted coffee beans, but as a digestive aid. Cardamom has now been used for thousands of years to help with digestion. It’s often mixed with other medicinal spices to relieve discomfort, like nausea and vomiting and to reduce the distress associated with stomach ulcers.
This coffee-cardamom brew is one that’s high in phenolic compounds, with potent antioxidant properties, and the resulting blend has a different biological activity than regular coffee, less heating, drying and acidic.
Ayurvedic medicine mentions the many properties of cardamom, including the special benefit of The Queen of Peace, helping to open the mind and reduce anxiety. It is noted in the classical Ayurvedic medical texts that it is most beneficial for the respiratory system. Compounds in cardamom may help increase airflow to your lungs and improve breathing. Another way that cardamom may improve breathing and oxygen use is by relaxing your airway. This may be particularly helpful for treating asthma.
It also functions as mild analgesic for pain management. It can be taken both internally and used topically. One of the major active components of cardamom oil is its strong antimicrobial action. Chewing the seeds kills oral bacteria associated with infection that can lead to cavities, gum disease and bad breath.
Cardamom extracts have compounds that fight several common strains of bacteria. One test-tube study examined the impact of these extracts on drug-resistant strains of Candida, a yeast that can cause fungal infections. The extracts of cardamon were able to inhibit the growth of the strain.
In an other study, ½ a teaspoon a day of cardamom was given to newly diagnosed adults with high blood pressure. After 12 weeks blood pressure results significantly reduced to normal ranges. Researchers believe that this spice may lower blood pressure, due to its diuretic effect, meaning it promotes urination, removing water that builds up in your body, particularly around your heart.
We can all benefit from using cardamom daily in our cooking of curries, stews, rice dishes, or desserts. It can be drunk straight up as a beautiful aromatic tea on its own or mixed with other spices like fennel and ginger for additional benefits. For teeth and gums, the cardamom pod can be chewed whole and the juices kept in the mouth for up to 10 minutes and then spit out. For nausea, vomiting or diarrhea the pod can be chewed and the juice slowly swallowed. Cardamom pods can be added to your coffee roasting process for a rich and complex coffee experience. In powder, 250-500 mg packs a powerful punch, mixed with ghee or honey and taken daily as a diuretic, for blood pressure, digestive or respiratory problems.
Adding cardamom to your daily diet in small doses (a pod a day) is generally safe for everyone including pregnant or lactating women and children. A simple and aromatic brew shared with a friend to transport you across time, this sweet and versatile Queen of Peace has worked her magic around the globe for centuries.
This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
Our health depends on our bodies digestive fire or ‘agni’ to break down food into nourishment for the cells and to eliminate waste properly. As undigested food lingers in the body, it leads to the formation of ama. Ama is essentially the toxic residue of undigested or partially digested food. This residue can accumulate, stagnate, ferment and is the beginning of the disease process. An unhealthy diet as well as physical and emotional stress, poor lifestyle choices and not living in natural rhythm with seasonal changes all contribute to the build up of ‘ama.’ If ama is not cleared from the body and continues to build up, after some time it can leave the digestive tract and start circulating throughout the body.
How do you know if you have ama?
If you have a heavy feeling in your body, or you wake up feely puffy or groggy, if your joints are stiff, if your tongue is coated, especially upon rising, if you have an unpleasant body odor, if you feel dull and sleepy after eating, if your mind is foggy…these are all symptoms of ama in the body. Diarrhea, constipation, joint pain, sadness, dullness, lowered immunity, frequent colds and flu are all health problems that can be caused by ama. These symptoms are caused because ama clogs both large and microscopic channels in the body. It prevents nutrients from flowing to the cells, and blocks cellular communication, resulting in disease.
If a person has ama, it’s possible to remove it from the body by increasing or balancing agni, your digestive fire. It becomes important to begin an ama - reducing diet, that includes warm, freshly-cooked whole foods that are light, easy to digest, with spices that are suitable for the person’s body type and season. The ama - reducing diet includes fresh, organic vegetables, sweet, juicy fruits, whole grains, and easily digested proteins such as mung dhal or lentil soup. Cooked leafy greens such as chard and kale are especially good for improving elimination and helping to detoxify the body.
Detoxifying Spice Mixture
1 part turmeric
2 parts ground cumin
3 parts ground coriander
4 parts ground fennel
Alternately, you can try one of our spice mixes for Vata (Earth Spice), Pitta (Moon Spice) or Kapha (Sun Spice).
Sauté 1 teaspoon of spices in ghee until the aroma is released. Add steamed vegetables, mix lightly for one minute. Add salt and black pepper to taste.
Avoid fried foods, heavy foods such as aged cheese, meat, rich desserts, anything that is difficult to digest including poor food combinations. Avoid eating or drinking anything cold. Drinking warm water throughout the day is a good way to flush out ama and toxins of all kinds, especially if you add detoxifying spices to make a tea.
Detoxifying Tea
Boil two quarts of water in the morning.
Add 1⁄4 t. whole cumin, 1⁄2 t. whole coriander, 1⁄2 t. whole fennel
Let steep for ten minutes with the lid on.
Strain out the spices and pour water into a thermos and sip throughout the day.
Article published in Mantra Magazine June 2019.
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Yes. Ayurveda can help. It’s a great healing modality for regulating sleep, dietary patterns and metabolism. Everything is connected!
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Hello! I have some problems with being overweight and insomnia, which torments me so much. Is it somehow related to each other? Will your session help me solve this problem?
It is my aim to help you build a meditation practice that works for you.
At first, meditation can feel intimidating to approach. I'm here to make it simple by giving you a clear path to incorporating meditation into your daily life, and experiencing the numerous benefits.
In a guided meditation session, we will:
You will come away from the session with a practice created specifically for you to help create more harmony in YOUR life.
I look forward to working together!
In 30 minutes, I answer any questions that you might have about yourself and tell you your core personality archetype. I'll analyze your hands, share your life pattern to you in 1-1 session
A LIIFT UnTherapy Exploration Session to identify the level of your blocks to Financial Well-Being
This specific session addresses adult financial issues.
You will gain a clearer understanding of the belief contributors to your money and finance limitations. The 2-3 money healings will give you a start on your healing journey towards more financial abundance and more money in your pocket
LIIFT UnTherapy is a peer-to-peer evaluation and healing process. Your subconscious will guide you and me to the best path for understanding and fast healing of your life. Your subconscious knows what to do and in what order. I know how to ask the questions and guide you in the process. And you get the fun of doing the work! You will NOT have to talk about what happened, nor remember it, nor re-experience it during your healing.
Money and financial limitations generally involve beliefs from many belief categories in your life. For example, your spiritual beliefs, your belief in your own worthiness for love and good, and even any beliefs about being safe in life can affect how much money you are allowed to receive and keep
An introduction to the most reliable astrological process ever devised that is specifically curated for identifying one’s vocation. Have you ever asked yourself, "what is my calling in life?" Does the prospect of job vagaries make glum? Are you finally where you aimed to be professionally, but now questioning everything, including the path you chose to take?
Candidates often are undergoing their first or second Saturn Return, or perhaps are in college.
Save time and anguish by zeroing in on a direction that is most fitting and suitable for your natural aptitudes and interests. Done well clients realize the potential of a Vocational Analysis when the work life aligns with life's goals, and ultimately leads to fulfilment (The Midheaven). Alignment seems to be the key, to discover and attend to whatever the spirit finds agreeable, natural, and for the most part, generates well-being.
15 minutes: this is not a full session, but only one small sidebar to a comprehensive consultation.
The Midheaven Extension Process is remarkably reliable, but no process is foolproof. Many non-astrological variables are at play to either affirm or deny individual life direction. Still, with over an 80% success rate most people find incredible value in this service.
This is your opportunity to discover how LIIFT UnTherapy works. You'll learn a bit about the theory. And you'll see the theory turned into healings in your own life.
Teens and adults seeking to improve their happiness, success and love life. Caregivers, parents and grandparents of troubled youth.
You will understand how LIIFT UnTherapy heals so effectively. And you will experience its power as you create 3 or 4 healings in your life under the guidance of your LIIFT UnTherapist.
We will start the session with an explanation of LIIFT UnTherapy. We will then establish a numerical baseline showing the level of life dysfunction that you want to heal. We will then follow guidance from your subconscious mind to carry out 3 or 4 healings depending on the length of time each requires. (A full session can run 6 to 16 discrete healings.) We will close by checking how your numbers have improved compared with the baseline we established earlier.
LIIFT is unusual in that you don't have to remember what happened, you don't have to talk about it, and you don't have to re-experience it. Your conscious, your subconscious and I, your LIIFT UnTherapist will together work to erase the damage and install happier more functional stuff in your life.
I use tarot reading as an entertaining but very powerful healing tool which helps to reflect what you are currently holding in your field you might not be aware of and to channel messages from your Higher self to help you on your journey.
You will be connected to a loved one in Spirit. i will provide evidence for you to recognize the disincarnate person, then provide a message if they have one.
Light language is the most ancient language of the cosmos. It is the language of our soul. It is not words as such, but it a series of aural vibrations that affect our energy when we listen to them.
The beauty of light language in healing is that we do not need to understand it in order for it to work. As the vibrations reach us, the sounds are translated into light by the pineal gland, and then gently break down the blockages in the body to bring healing.
As a light language channel I can record a personal track for you to help you on your journey towards health and wholeness. You may have a particular intention that you would like me to work with, or perhaps you put your trust in the universe and just let them decide what you need.
Each track will be emailed to you for you to listen to as often as you feel directed.
Many people say they find listening to light language much easier than meditation as there is no conscious effort required, you just lie back and relax.
If you would like more information please do not hesitate to ask me.
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