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Learn More about Ayurvedic Refelxology

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Ayurveda Reflexology

“Ayurvedic Reflexology is based on the belief that an energy system connects the entire body and physical process within the body. Stress, poor lifestyle, disease, etc, creates blocks and associated problems within the energy system resulting in lack of balance.

Reflexes in the feet and hands are arranged to form a map of the body. By applying controlled pressure in a precise and systematic way to these reflexes, blockages are released and transmitted through the autonomic nervous system, triggering the body’s natural healing mechanism. Releasing blockages brings about a smooth energy flow and takes place on all levels, physical, mental and emotional as well as spiritual.

Reflexology is an ideal holistic treatment in that treats the whole person, not just isolated symptoms. Painful areas of the body are treated without the need to touch the affected area.” – Natura Ayurvedic Reflexology

Meet Sudha: Kripalu Multi-Award Winner

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© 2012, Sudha Lundeen, http://www.sudhalundeen.com/3.html

Take a look at Sudha’s FREE online yoga video! Perhaps it will encourage you to see and learn more about her teachings personally, at the Burlington Yoga Conference on May 2013.

The unique Sudha Carolyn Lundeen is a yogi that sounds out from the crowd.  As a certified holistic health nurse, Sudha has a great understanding of the human body and mind.  Her expertise in health arts is attributed to her eclectic personal work as an Ayurvedic Health & Lifestyle Coach, Yoga Instructor, and Senior Kripalu teacher.

Sudha who originally works in Lenox, Massachusetts, is a yoga instructor at Phoenix Rising Yoga.  As a Senior Kripalu teacher and expert, she leads 200 and 500- hour level Kripalu Yoga Teacher Trainings.  Sudha works with people from all different walks of life by hosting group classes, workshops, and trainings. She travels around the country spreading her teachings and mission behind her work called “Body Paths.”
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Using ancient modern art, and healing techniques for self-discovery, one can use “body paths” to heal and open their minds.  Sudha states “Body paths embodies that place of deep centeredness residing within each of us, that axis (wellspring) from which our authentic wholeness emanates, reflecting the world around us.”

Sudha’s personal mission reflects the heart of her work; it considers that every individual is unique and sacred.  Through her mission she helps lead a path for her students own unique lives.  To many, Sudha’s mission appeals to her students because her yoga teaching approach differs from student to student.  She realizes that no one is the same, and therefore she has a unique plan for each of her students.

Her reputation is known for her gentle, humorous, and healing attitude.  As a person who experienced the battling stages of breast cancer, she has healing powers through her teachings.  A highlight as part of her work includes her specialty in helping women combat breast cancer every step of the way.  Other highlights of her work include restorative yoga, stress management, pre and post surgery preparation, and integrative approaches to health and vitality through Ancient teachings of Ayurveda.

 

 

An ayurvedic tip to help you stay cold and flu-free this fall

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At BYCwinter learn how to stay warm, healthy and vibrant during the cold winter season, as Adena Harford of the Ayurvedic Center of Vermont offers a workshop.

The change of seasons from summer into fall and winter can be a difficult transition.  Lack of sunlight and life along with cold weather can be trying on the body, mind and spirit. Help boost your immune system, generate warmth from the inside-out, and stay cold and flu free with this ayurvedic remedy:

RECIPE: Spicy Ginger Tea

Ginger can be especially beneficial during cold and flu season. Tea is an effective way to ingest Ginger, a naturally a warming root. Ginger tea helps open the sinuses, relieve pressure from congestion, and to reduce fever. Ginger Tea works as an expectorant to clear mucus.

Ingredients:
2 cups water
¼ cup diced fresh ginger
2 tsp. honey
Lemon juice (optional)
Cayenne pepper (optional)

Instructions:
Boil water, add ginger; simmer for about 20 minutes.
Strain into your cup and add 2 teaspoons of honey (or to taste).
Optional to taste: try 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and a dash of cayenne pepper to the pot to enhance the stimulating effect.

Check out Yoganonymous.org!

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We’re proud to announce BYC’s partnership with Yoganonymous!

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Whether you teach Yoga, have a personal practice at home, or just appreciate a good asana kicking once and a while at your local studio, YOGANONYMOUS has got your back.

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A Word & Menu from the Chefs at BYC

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This year Burlington Yoga Conference teams up with Drop of Joy, LLC for some delicious, nutritious conference catering.  Here’s what the chefs have to say:

“As a team, we will be sharing our culinary art and creativity from the minds of these people:

  • Owen Hoppe (A New Ethic),
  • Brian Casey (Shelburne Farms and Starry Night)
  • Joshua Alexander Pfeil (A Drop of Joy)

The Food we will be serving will taste amazing without putting the practitioner to work and these recipes are free of any ingredients that might hinder the balance between mind and body or the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

  • Lunch is: Almond butter cream spring rolls with everything in season made using some of the finest nori and organic germinated almonds.  As a side we will celebrate with a bok choy salad lightly drizzled in sesame oil and lemon cashew cream complimented with the three sisters of asian fermentation: Kimchee, crunchy chili radish root and gingered carrots.  The yogi will get all this and a Unpasteurized Azuki miso with Maine harvested Wakame.
  • Dinner is: Cashew Thyme Root veggie gratin parked on top of some organic brown rice next to a Portabella mushroom that is filled with a soaked walnut veggie paté.  This dynamic duo will be complimented by our own local Mesclun mix drizzled with an elderberry vinaigrette.

All of this food will be organic and everything that is in season will be locally sourced.”

Fore more information about the BYC menu and Drop  of Joy, LLC, contact:
Joshua Alexander Pfeil
A Drop of Joy, LLC
c: 802-922-3360
e: joshuapfeil@gmail.com

A Drop of Joy, LLC

The central mission of A Drop of Joy is to extend and enhance the abundant harvests of the Vermont growing season as a culinary partner to our local farms.   It will create value-added products that showcase and diversify the beautiful vegetables, fruits, herbs and grains that our farmers work so hard to grow.  Most of our products are sourced from local farms, apiaries, herbalists, mushroom cultivators and food producers.

A Drop of Joy is now building key partnerships with Vermont farms to act as a season extension and chef service.  Two major partnerships have been established with Half Pint Farm at the Intervale and Common Ground Farm at the University of Vermont.  However, the company will pursue further partnerships throughout the coming winter months in order to provide its services to a greater proportion of the farming community.

A Drop of Joy is a locally-owned, globally-ethical, sacred food production company. Products we prepare: are usually in the realm of Raw Vegan Live Food dishes.  We serve in the context of catering, cold case production (grab and go), private aid and conference, and commercial distribution.  Types of foods vary greatly.

A Brief bio of Joshua Alexander Pfeil:
Joshua has been working with Vegan, Organic, Live foods and researching the nutritive values of this diet since 2006.  In 2008, he worked as a Chef/Instructor under Gabriel Cousens, MD at The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center and in 2009, as owner of A Drop of Joy, LLC and coordinator of The New England Healers Symposium, Joshua continued his research on live food nutrition coupled with planetary herbalism.  He is currently working privately as a holistic chef, hosting two different potluck groups and coordinating several classes a month.