Category Archives: Tips & Advice

Ayurvedic Tips for Surviving Pitta Season

No doubt about it.  Pitta, dosha, derived from Fire element is raging this summer. Pitta season is characterized by the warmest temperatures of the year - coinciding with Summer.
 
How Pitta dominant your individual nature is (see our webpage, “What is Ayurveda,” http://www.ayubwc.com/ayurveda.html if you are still not sure) and also how you cope with the [...]

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The Lost Art of Living in the Moment

Anyone who has watched a young child and/or has been blessed with an animal companion can attest to just how many details the average adult human completely overlooks.  A dog finds absolute joy in exploring their backyard on a sunny day, even if that same backyard has remained unchanged for the duration of their short [...]

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Making Peace with Food, Your Body, Yourself Through Yoga

 
Everyone knows that yoga improves flexibility, strength and mental focus, but did you know that the practice is also one of the best treatments for that common ailment, JUSTONEMOREITIS? You know when you are driving home from Super Target and a new bag of chocolate covered pretzels magically appears in the front seat, opened, with [...]

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The Next Idiot I Work For Is Going To Be Me

For the record, my former teammates will recognize this title; it was my mantra during the death throes of a corporate-wide layoff. When they found out I planned to start my own business they snickered that the prophesy was true….I really WAS going to work for an idiot!!
 
Unfortunately, many of us can relate to a [...]

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Change Your Environment, Change Your Outlook

Just about every one of us can vouch for the fact that your surroundings can affect your mood.  Many people spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars enlisting the help of an interior designer.  With a little bit of insight into the human mind, most can achieve an uplifting effect in their own home without [...]

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We borrow the earth from our children

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” ~Native American Proverb.
 
Happy Earth Day!!
We were delighted to host local realtor Louise Griffin last evening for an informative talk about “Living Green”. She came with tons of helpful information that I wanted to share with those that couldn’t join [...]

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Has The World Gone Mad?

It seems like more and more people are mad these days. Not just irritated or annoyed, but vein-popping, spittle-producing, all-out enraged. A City of Raleigh road crew guy screamed at me yesterday when I pulled out as he was directing traffic (I honestly didn’t know what the heck his arm waving was all about until [...]

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Color Me Green

I’ll admit, green is not my favorite color. So when I got the newsletter from dear friends
Leigh and Meredith, the talented owners of Moonlight Design (www.moonlightdsgn.com)
here in Raleigh, and saw that March’s color was green, I started to skip over it.
But then my eye was caught by the statement that people who [...]

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Tangible Karma

Be the change you wish to see in the world ~ Gandhi
 
My friend, professional organizer Julie Seibert recently gave a great presentation at Calm and Sense on reducing stress through de-cluttering your life. Not only does the act of getting the junk out of our home or office feel liberating, but by reducing, reusing or [...]

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Free Holiday Gift Ideas

Giving gifts during the holiday can be a wonderful custom, full of fun and memories. But it can sometimes cause extreme stress due to lack of time and, in this economy, lack of money. But using a little imagination and maybe a little time, can turn this holiday tradition back into the thing it was [...]

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