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Humans are born with this amazing, innate ability:  We have the ability to put our minds into a positive place just by thinking, listening, or seeing positive things. Even though there may be negative things happening around us, there is good around and in us if we choose to see it. I’ve put together ten powerful positive thoughts and images that will help shift your mind to a more optimistic place.  Remember, hearing them is helpful too, so feel free to read these thoughts out loud as well. 

1. YOU ARE WORTHY

In Ayurvedic medicine there are three identified doshas, or basic constitutions: Vata (air), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth & water). A person is generally predominant in two doshas, sometimes one main one, though everyone contains all three in varying degrees. It is the goal of Ayurvedic practices and diet to balance the doshas, no matter which is more active, in order to bring a person into optimal health.

Do you ever feel like your mind is moving around in circles and you are not getting any answers? Or as if you are floating in life from one thing to the next, without your feet on the ground? Do you ever feel dizzy? Confused? Get headaches? If so, you may be feeling the ungrounded effects of an Earth Element imbalance according to the Five Element system of Chinese medicine.

I propose a challenge to you, dear reader: take time to be kind to someone for absolutely no reason and without any expectation of return. Do this for one whole month and see how it affects or changes you and those around you. It is the simple acts of kindness that spread positivity throughout the world. A smile can be contagious and it spreads like jam over a warm piece of toast.

What's Your Dosha?

Ayurveda is the ancient Indian science of health and philosophy that came about the same time as the Vedic texts, around 1500 BCE. The Rishis, or “seers”, who compiled the Vedas were known for their deep contemplative practices; they looked into their inner world to make observations and connections about living in accordance with the laws of nature. Ayurveda then became a means of preventative health and achieving overall wellbeing; therefore it encompasses all aspects of being—body, mind and spirit.

“I love not Man the less, but Nature more,
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the Universe, and feel”

Quote From Lord Byron: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

 Recently, I stumbled upon a poem that struck me.  Technically, it isn’t quite a poem, but just a note, jotted beside a sketch in a book of poems my mother gave me, years ago.  Now, the book—Leonard Cohen’s, The Book of Longing—is tattered.  Its pages are dog-eared and inked with my own musings, and the note my mom wrote me on the backside of the front cover has long since faded. 

Festival season is on! How better to spend Summer days than meeting ecstatic people, indulging in your favorite music, and dancing through the warm nights.

While music festivals remain a popular way to gather for the summer, many festivals are stepping it up a notch by offering community-based activities for festival-goers. These festivals are based on sustainability, transformation, and a way for healers to gather and healing to take place in a pleasant atmosphere, where the good vibes happen whether you’re in a gardening class or front and center by the biggest stage.

In Sanskrit, the word mantra refers to the repetition of a certain sound or phrase and is a deeply healing, life-altering practice. Mantra is easy to incorporate for both personal-empowerment and general health, due to its simplicity and accessibility to all. Through the act of merely repeating certain sounds aloud, or to oneself, the vibration of the cellular structure of the body is altered in such a way that health can be realized, greater prosperity can be known, and general well-being can be integrated into one's being.

How does this work?

Kids are hyper, but that doesn't mean that they all need to be on some form of medication. Let's take a look at some of the approaches to calming kids the natural way. There are so many natural ways to help your little ones calm down when they're too anxious or hyper. Taking the natural approach can be safer and healthier than prescription medication, not to mention how much cheaper it is, too.

Using Teas For Calming Relaxation