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Welcome and settle in.

I want to begin with a quote by the Buddha.

What you believe you become.

What does that mean to you?

What do you believe?

What do you believe about beauty in particular?

Because that's why you found me as you're thinking about beautifying.

What do you think about beauty?

Sometimes it's fun to think philosophically about ideas like this because it helps you to better understand yourself and your position around whatever it is.

In this case, what do you think about beauty?

I love asking this question to my clients because it helps me to understand just exactly the path that they're looking to take because the services that I offer are pretty simple and practical.

I help people beautify from the inside out with exercise practices, face yoga, body yoga, nutrition, nourishment and supplementation with whole plants. So that's what I do.

And I think it's really important because I believe beauty is essential.

Beauty is essential to me and I know a lot of people who find aesthetics to be important to them.

What about you?

So whether you're looking for things to be symmetrical in your home or you like that intentional misfit look, just an intentional asymmetry, you know whatever your style is it's something different but beauty you know as it is in the eye of the beholder beauty is essential in nature it's part of nature right it's also a common denominator in the way of….

love how we find love our match our matches whoever you know however many loves that you've had beauty in your view was part of that because in nature we're always orienting to a mate toward survival it's just in it's hardwired in our DNA to survive.

The reason that this is coming up there are a number of reasons actually but one of the reasons is I recently had a conversation with an old friend of mine who we were talking about Tantra and the practical nature of the prostate in a man, which is really set up for a number of reasons but in terms of longevity, the prostate remains vital for men when they are able to express it regularly. This is kind of an odd topic around beauty. But the thing about this is that's one of the reasons men have problems when they're older with the prostate: if it is stagnant energetically. Alas, there are number of reasons for prostate issues, including environmental reasons, nutritional reasons, but one thing is men need is to beautify inside out (with healthy organs), so we survive as a species.

Survival and attraction.

Sometimes we forget about these things and we get caught up in the emotion of love and having a baby and all of that sort of thing. But it really is about the survival of our species. So I think that's interesting personally.

The reason I bring beauty into that particular context is around the mating ritual that all animals do it's about finding chemistry with another animal another person in this case we're talking about people.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”

- Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Molly Bawn

Beauty and attraction are part of a mating ritual so there's some connection there with animalistic qualities when we consider beauty and what you believe beauty to be. My belief in beauty is oriented to nature so I love natural beauty. I love seeing the natural angle of a person’s face, the natural highlights of a person’s hair, intellect, and now natural to me isn't all the way natural I'm okay with things like:

* plucking hair

* dyeing hair

Intrinsic beauty and invasive procedures.

I have a certain threshold, but I do like when people make an effort and try to look beautiful in whatever way it is for them. Unkempt and disheveled doesn’t work for me, unless it’s intentional. After all, you can even make these aesthetics look polished in its own accord.

With the idea is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So if I have a friend or someone in my world who does invasive procedures for beautification rituals.

I'm not going to judge them.

Because that is not what I do… I do face yoga and self-love practices to stay on that natural continuum that I have. However, I do color my hair. Does that mean that's an invasive procedure? I am not sure about this definition of “invasive”.

I like to ask this question because sometimes I'm on social media and certain beauty experts or face yoga experts who place judgements on people who are doing invasive procedures. I just want to give a shout out to holding space for everyone’s idea of beauty. I have I know people in my life who do invasive procedures and I really don't want to alienate them because that's their choice. They get to live their life they get to uphold their standards of beauty in their own unique way. I don't have any business condemning them. That's not for me. I just I feel like I need to add that in here to this idea of “what do you believe in beauty” because it is a wide continuum.

I know a lot of people get tattoos which are beautiful I don't have a tattoo. I'm probably not going to get one and that's okay. To my tattoo friends you are great.. it's beautiful and I admire it you. You know, you have a higher threshold for pain than I do. Maybe you're able to withdraw the senses more than me. I practice yoga every day so this question is really an idea, a thought around what do you find beautiful, right?

How do you contrast that as the idea of beauty in the eye of the beholder and including space for folks who are able to do the things that they want to do to beautify themselves?

So I just want to invite that into my space.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

I would love for you to message me on Instagram.

My handle is beautifyfaceyoga.

And if you want to engage with me about this podcast, it would be a pleasure.

Thank you so much.

Bye-bye-bye.

Angela Rosoff holds certifications in yoga, face yoga, and Ayurveda Digestive Health. Holistic support for women is her focus. She is also a content creator for local and international media outlets and has been featured in the Sun.uk, Sun.us, and The New York Post. Angela teaches weekly yoga and face yoga classes, as well has hosts online courses to help women and yoga teachers beautify from the inside out! As a Healthstyle Emporium Wellness Coach, Angela shares an affordable way to work 1:1 to bring more health into the world. Check out her website: Beautify Face Yoga to learn more!

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I had a birthday last week. I recorded this the day after warm and fuzzy feelings of family, connecting, and peace in my heart.

In a stream of consciousness thoughts that I am sharing with you, I realize that being in my 50s doesn’t mean that I have it all sorted out. If anything, things are beginning to expand in a way far beyond sorting. I would love to hear from you if you are the same.

Reflections

It has been a time of deep reflection in all aspects of my life. With a growing business, a changing family landscape, I realize that this time next year, my daughter will be away at college on my birthday, and well, I’ve become a little weepy. You see, I am one of those moms who stayed home with my family. The reasons were more personal than for them. I needed to stay home with them to re-live a childhood that I never had. It’s all a bit cringe-worthy, in all honesty. However, I know I am not alone in this path and may as well own up to it the way a good Gen-X mama should.

Fast forward 18 years and I not only owe a debt of gratitude to my kind and generous husband who understands this position of mine. I also see grounded children who are flying high into their lives in all of the right ways. Maybe it worked. Maybe our recipe for parenting in our unique ways just may have worked. Fingers crossed. Touch wood. Four leaf clovers and all.

Time Reconciliation

Now, I am reconciling another part of my life. The life that wasn’t lived and now the compression of building a career for myself in a way that needs to move fast for all of us. Flying high into life and my desire to continue my support to burgeoning young adult activities like college, cars, and all of the American things we do. Conan Grey concert tickets, fancy Adidas shoes, and the list continues.

What I do know in this reconciliation chat with myself that I am sharing in this podcast is that I do need to focus on my time management skills. It’s come to pass that I have really shored up the absolute necessary time for my family at this point in our family development, we approach my husband and I being empty-nesters. This means that I want to soak up every moment when my kids will have me in their life today, tomorrow, and in the future (when they have moved on to careers, travels, and whatever they decide on).

For anyone in this same position, maybe you will feel some camaraderie. If you are in this position, I would love to hear from you in my community, here, at Substack! It would be a treat!

Angela Rosoff holds certifications in yoga, face yoga, and Ayurveda Digestive Health. Holistic support for women is her focus. She is also a content creator for local and international media outlets and has been featured in the Sun.uk, Sun.us, and The New York Post. Angela teaches weekly yoga and face yoga classes, as well has hosts online courses to help women and yoga teachers beautify from the inside out! As a Healthstyle Emporium Wellness Coach, Angela shares an affordable way to work 1:1 to bring more health into the world. Check out her website: Beautify Face Yoga to learn more!

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This is your day! Listen and get inspired about how to return to your health goals ignited at the beginning of the year. Maybe you simply want to do this now. Whatever your goals are, as a wellness coach, face & body yoga teacher, I am excited to invite you into my world of IMMERSION. Join me to immerse your mind, body, and soul into a dynamic accountability group that offers a multifaceted approach, including LIVE lessons with a personal wellness coach (ahem, that’s me).

Read on to learn more about WHY this works and how you can get involved!

Supported by science.

Accountability has been researched and supported by many medical organizations for healing and making healthy change in the body. One of the most classic support systems found to help folks with addiction and their partners/families, are these: Alcoholic Anonymous, and Al-Anon. While this may or may not be the goal that you have to overcome, the history and chronicled support of the 12-step program to let go of alcohol and other addictive drugs has been recognized. Al-Anon shows the same type of accountability to support network of the addictive individual to be a successful example of an accountability group that also works to elevate health.

Another great support network designed around accountability are popular diet and weight loss programs. Some of which provide food, do show to offer some benefits. Here is why: accountability.

The accountability portion of a meal-plan diet surrounded by its own language of a point system cultivates a culture that is self-sustaining, as long as participants show up and do the work for the end goal. This study from last year highlights, “For some participants, ongoing support and accountability was essential for long-term success.” There are many other studies supporting the benefits of accountability for not achieving health goals, but also for sustaining them.

I admire this study that shows the efficacy of working with an accountability health coach to help sustain and realize weight loss goals. Additionally, this study shares that accountability for patients overcoming obesity did best with an accountability group and coaching.

What about accountability with technology?

Additional use of technology also has promise in studies that see the instant ability to self-regulate with the support of an app can foster depth in achieving results and holding steady with them long term. This human adaptation to our recent technology jump to rediscover healthy living through assistance of an app is not surprising, right?

Also, Dr. Dean Ornish, with 40 years of research with University of California San Francisco Medical Center, offers a proven program that relies on a library of exercise and wellness classes to support lifestyle habits primarily for those with cardiovascular disease. He has a number of published research articles and books highlighting the benefits of the supportive nature of group accountability.

Why does this matter?

The reason I share all of this research with you is to highlight how and why accountability works. In Immersion 2.0, we have structured this program to better facilitate our work to realize YOUR goals! We want you to succeed. We even add the plant-based nutrition that is foundational for your health and wellness.

If you didn’t know supplementation is also an important part of each and every person’s diet, take note! Many doctors support this claim, including the celebrated Dr. Steven Gundry, author of the Plant Paradox. Inside his book, we find the clarity and wisdom within the articulation of a cardiovascular & immune systems specialist who understands the limited bioavailability of plants as a resource for absorption in our daily diet.

From soil depletion, and the evolution of a population of people who have quickly begun to rely on pharmaceutical drugs to minimize anxiety, control blood pressure, and to organize cholesterol in our bodies, it is clear that plant based supplements curated to include a range of up to 30 fruits and veg in each capsule can help the modern microbiome which is depleted from a processed diet. This book is a complex journey into the molecular details of nourishment and how our immune system responds to foods. I drop it here to underscore the necessity of plant based additions into your daily diet.

Why Immersion for healthy habits?

Within IMMERSION, you re-discover your energy and restore the gut with nourishing plant-based NSF-certified plant nutrition. You see without this, you won’t be able to move quickly into a state of lowered inflammation and a highly nourished condition that you can realize within this 42 program. This is important to support your wellness and beauty goals! It’s a requirement for me that we get you healthy from the inside out. This is the best way I have found to move into your next level health quickly. I work with individuals 1:1 with the Healthstyle Emporium (HSE) and this is proven within our collective of thousands of customers. Whole plant nourishment matters to realize your health goals of: slimming down, having more energy, higher-level brain function, a healthy mindset, glowing skin, and all of the reasons you are here to Beautify!

Community Support

This is the accountability piece that is fun for me! I love the HSE community. We are a diverse group of wellness coaches from around the world. We bring a myriad of holistic health disciplines to your health goals. Together, we support a forum developed by a number of health pros: nurses, psychologists, IIN health coaches, naturopaths, professional athletes, pilates teachers, personal trainers, nutritionists, yoga teachers, and so many more holistic professionals.

I love being a part of a health collaborative of mostly women who can answer questions that are out of my field of specialization. All of our clients are invited into the Immersion forum to learn and be challenged around your:

* hydration

* nourishment

* mindset

* movement

* wellness

* nervous system health

Immersion 2.0: Highlight Focus On the Nervous System

This year, we are focusing a big part of our programming on nurturing the nervous system. In Ayurveda and Yoga, we understand the energetic part of our body’s nervous system to rule the efficacy of our overall body’s function. Responding to a challenge to realize health goals with the attendance to your nervous system is an intentional way to ensure that you feel better each and everyday of this experience.

Inside Immersion, we have so many challenges that will reset your nervous system every single day. Reboot your sleep and hydration with the support of coaching and our group, along with the forum that entitles you to nutritionist-curated meal plans and recipes for everyone from the omnivore to vegan friends! I love the recipes and this go-to platform from which I can wander. I don’t have to look randomly for healthy recipes online and for this, alone, I am so grateful for this program and the HSE’s library of additional recipes and lifestyle support.

In short, this is for anyone who loves health and wellness and wants to refresh with the nourishment and support! It’s also for anyone who wants to lose weight, get fit, and return to a state of balance. Find your flow with me through accountability wellness coaching.

It’s fun, proven to work, and I use this gorgeous platform along with my wellness coaching because it is not only supportive and sustaining to your health, but is also stylish. If you are the type of person who likes to shop in chic stores or dine in posh trendy restaurants, you will love the aesthetic of the HSE!

I had my own platform when I joined and decided to let it go and offer 1:1 wellness coaching and use this, instead. It’s been a dream! I love offering this to my people because it is affordable.

Have a wander yourself in the IMMERSION portal. Our founders are based in Australia, so you get an international flair within the content on the platform. It’s fun for someone like me who used to travel so often and now find myself grounded with a growing family. If you like what you see, book a call with me at the button below to learn more about becoming a member. Together, we can see if this program and my coaching are the right fit for you. It has to be right for you!

Angela Rosoff holds certifications in yoga, face yoga, and Ayurveda Digestive Health. Holistic support for women is her focus. She is also a content creator for local and international media outlets and has been featured in the Sun.uk, Sun.us, and The New York Post. Angela teaches weekly yoga and face yoga classes, as well has hosts online courses to help women and yoga teachers beautify from the inside out! As a Healthstyle Emporium Wellness Coach, Angela shares an affordable way to work 1:1 to bring more health into the world. Check out her website: Beautify Face Yoga to learn more!

I have been a fan of Jessi Marshall since her IG followers were in the hundreds! The IG algorithm understands me better than Nordstrom does. You see, over the years, I have pieced together outfits with funky fits. Stores like Nordstrom tend to showcase petite clothing that doesn’t represent my personal culture, which is to look on trend and excited. The clothes I find in traditional department stores are mostly simply color schemes, or cropped pants. Fitted proper clothing extends for the petite woman from 5’4” to 4’10” or below this range. For those of us below 5’4” this still requires alterations.

Luckily, the thrift stores are my spaces for finding curated items that may be pre-shrunk. It’s true! I also sometimes shop in the children’s department of some stores, especially the sale racks. However, a few stores you will see in my wardrobe over and over again like J. Crew, Banana Republic, and Boden. Each of these have stylish and pretty good range of items to bring together a presentably stylish outfit. However, it is fun to live beyond three labels and I simply am maybe the most excited follower that Jessi has. Because I can’t wait until the new line launches! I will be making some orders, that is for sure!

Clothes that fit.

I have had a tough time over the years finding clothes that fit me well. When I was young, I was spoiled by my mother’s sewing skills and her discreet love and satisfaction to see my sister and me in clothes that fit. I think about the little purses she made for us and feel delighted to know that I have a memory of a purse made just for me. A true act of love.

After moving to California, I had to find tailors and folks who would do alterations for me. It consumed my brain no more than my clothes do. However, it has always felt a bit different, I imagine, to the feelings of someone who can go to a regular clothing store and buy something off the rack with the feeling that it will fit. Knowing it will fit… I have never felt that way.

I’ve thought about cultivating a culture to support other petite women like me. However, I just didn’t get to that idea yet, I am digging into other topics. For this reason, I am so grateful that fashion pioneers like Jessi Marshall are leaning into their dreams of fashion for petite women! The best part about Jessi’s work is that I adore the sophisticated style of her designs. I find her brand to look unique to her own vibration. I want to bring some of this vibration into my own brand!

A bonus that Jessi offers on her site is a downloadable style guide! This has been transformative for me (truly), because I’ve always been drawn to low-waisted jeans. However, after some careful studying of the Petite Culture Style Guide, I see and now add high-waisted pants to my personal repertoire. It truly offers a visual of length in the lower part of the body. I’ve learned many things in this style guide and recommend that you check it out!

आनन्द, Ananda garments which fit well.

The great news is Jessi’s Petite Culture is previewing her upcoming release of her first line of clothing focused on petite women’s culture. If you are under 5’4”, you are about to be in ananda, आनन्द, in Sanskrit means bliss. Go there, feel it. There are few things that are better than the feel of sustainable fashion that fits on top of your skin. But what may be the best part of well fitted clothing is that lush awareness that you are indeed unique and deserving of beautiful garments which fit well.

Look for Jessi’s line to be released in the coming months. Instagram is a great place to stay up to date on Petite Culture developments. And don’t forget that you can also sign up for a free petite style guide & exclusive bonus opportunities.

Confidence radiates in the Petite Culture brand.

Inside this interview, I enjoyed learning about Jessi’s background and how making a career change can be a welcome shift at any age. I admire Jessi’s wise professionalism and ease in which she shares her vision. Inside this podcast, she shares her beautification tips and ideas for looking your best. I find her absolute style to highlight her obvious comfort in this role of leadership. If you are like me you can’t help but wonder if Jessi’s comfort comes from the well-fitting clothes.

The best part about Jessi is that her personal style is so en pointe that it is hard to believe she is just establishing a brand. Jessi reflects that inner wisdom that discrete confidence boldly radiates.

It was a pure honor to get to interview this up and coming star, Jessi Marshall, designer and founder, Petite Culture. Explore her world here:

Petite Culture

@shoppetiteculture

Angela Rosoff is an Digital Content Creator, Ayurveda Digestive Health Coach, yoga teacher, and face yoga method teacher. She loves going for long walks with her family and dog, Topaz. Angela offers wellness coaching, instruction, online courses, and a monthly membership. Learn holistic health & beauty lessons to foster self-love and positive mindset as we age.

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Do you or someone you know teach yoga and want to learn how to teach face yoga to others? This is perfect for folks who work with others around the head, neck, and décolleté. Bring a new perspective to the mind-body connection within the wisdom of learning facial exercise which can complete the work that yoga does for the body… for the face! Check out her website: Beautify Face Yoga to learn more!

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As you venture forward into your goals, you may feel the tug of time changing your perspective and adding new variations of goals. You may need to account for others’ needs in your life. Additions of stress and tension can feel as if it is taking over your personal experience to the point that your dreams are out of focus.

This podcast is a bold invitation for you to return to your dream chasing. Allow yourself to create space so you can hold your dream closer. At this time of the year, so many have dropped their New Year resolutions. You may have had to shift your aims to include a new jag that just happened. Whatever has come up for you, settle into this short outline about the necessity of bringing duality into the daily experience.

Equanimity means that we hold both sides of our life into focus. When things are real and complicated, we know that there is both negative and positive influences at play . It can present opportunities for new perspectives. Equanimity brings in a ray of absoluteness to offer all sides on which you may leverage new strength, awareness, and insight.

Inside this pod, I share about my personal journey of holding positivity into such a position that it became a defense mechanism so I could move forward in life. After experiencing traumas that required me to lean into positivity to cope and to survive, I was doing pretty well. However, I developed in a way where I could see that survival wasn’t really living.

It was through Insight Meditation at SF Insight that became aware of and cultivated equanimity in my experience. It has changed me in a way that I didn’t foresee. However, that is the brilliance of trusting the process and allowing yourself to transform when it is needed. It isn’t always easy, that is for sure. However, allowing space to hold equanimity has cleared the path for a new career, returning to the working world after so many years of being a mom and advocate for my kids, as well as discovering how I truly feel in my body.

I won’t spoil it all. Have a listen and let me know how this resonates with you! I would love to learn!

Angela Rosoff holds certifications in yoga, face yoga, and Ayurveda Digestive Health. Holistic support for women is her focus. She is also a content creator for local and international media outlets and has been featured in the Sun.uk, Sun.us, and The New York Post. Angela teaches weekly yoga and face yoga classes, as well has hosts online courses to help women and yoga teachers beautify from the inside out! Check out her website: Beautify Face Yoga to learn more!

Beautify your world.

Inside this episode, learn a little bit more about me and why I seek to beautify the world through health and beauty rituals. This topic is never-ending for me and came to reality through my own personal health developments. I decided to share these principles, again, from the beginning of a mid-life transition. This brought a time when I just wasn’t sure how this would shape up.

Initially I started a brand, Yogini Prana. This was my first idea about how I could bring yoga to women. However, the discovery and learning of The Face Yoga Method brought a new opportunity to my business. Not only did it give me a new excited turn in my path, but it invigorates everyone who I teach. I love holding space for other women to re-discover the shape of their faces.

With loving touch and healing connection with our bodies, we can embolden our faces with tone, circulation, and vitality with the face yoga poses and massage that actually work! Additional focus on skin care and lifestyle practices bring my Ayurveda background into the mix. Additionally, I offer wellness coaching on a beautiful health platform, the Healthstyle Emporium.

Look for more information in coming episodes about healing face yoga and ways that you can uplift the face naturally with isolating facial muscles. It’s all here!

Angela is a Certified Face Yoga Method Teacher, Ayurveda Digestive Health Counselor, and 200-ERYT. She loves going to the beach during winter and nourishing herself from the inside out to beautify with natural approaches. Angela is a content creator for mutiple media outlets and has been featured in The Sun.uk, The Sun.us, The New York Post, and others. Look for her expertise in other health & beauty newsletters!

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As we continue to move through a holiday season in a way toward joy, it can’t be left unnoticed that there is a duality of war and pain for so many in our global community.

This 52 minute exit into your own internal landscape elevates your vibration. As you calm yourself, soothe yourself, and simply be natural, you enter a field of awareness that my help you connect with the greater consciousness. I write “may” because it just depends how many layers of stress you may be holding in your body. It may come to pass that you may need all three sessions to reconnect with your soul.

That being said, it is an honorable endeavor to elevate your vibration! Together, we can combine our vibes and elevate that of the planet. She needs us right now. Mother Earth has a lot of clearing and cleansing that it does with trees and plants. However, there is only so much photosynthesis can do to clear the air, water, and the minds of humans.

Allow this gentle space to bring you into that field of awareness each time you meditate. For when you do meditate, you get closer to the greater consciousness, which is what humans are meant to do and to be. At least in my view.

What is your view? What other things do you do to elevate the planet? I would love to learn about your perspective. Drop me a note sometime!

Warmly,

Angela Rosoff

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I recorded this podcast to cast some light on the variance of traditions and modernity around applying Ayurveda in your lifestyle today. Modern approaches to Ayurveda often incorporate traditional Ayurvedic principles with contemporary lifestyles, including plant-based dining. Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine that originated in India around 5,000 years ago. Emphasizing a holistic approach to health and well-being, it categorizes individuals into three doshas (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) and seeks to balance these energies for optimal health.

Here are 10 modern approaches to Ayurveda with a focus on plant-based foods:

* Dosha-Based Plant-Based Diet:

* Identify your predominant dosha (Vata, Pitta, or Kapha) through consultation with an Ayurvedic practitioner.

* Tailor your plant-based diet to balance your dosha. For example, Vata individuals may benefit from warm, grounding foods (think stews and soups this time of year), while Pitta individuals may thrive on cooling, hydrating foods (think about ingredients like cilantro or kale). You can learn alll about these kinds of foods when you work with an Ayurvedic Practitioner, as this work is customized for each person. There is no other way to do this properly.

* Seasonal Eating:

* Consider seasonal variations in your diet, as Ayurveda emphasizes eating according to the seasons. Fresh, local, and seasonal plant-based foods are encouraged for optimal balance. What is growing in your area right now that you can have as the center of your meals?

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* Mindful Eating:

* Ayurveda places importance on the way you eat, not just what you eat. Practice mindful eating by savoring each bite, chewing thoroughly, and being present during meals. Avoid eating in motion (driving, biking, or standing).

* Spices and Herbs:

* Incorporate Ayurvedic spices and herbs into your plant-based meals. Turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and fennel are commonly used for their health-promoting properties. Spices, herbs, and all ingredients is best considered to be medicinal in quality.

* Ayurvedic Cooking Methods:

* Choose cooking methods that align with Ayurvedic principles. For example, favoring steaming or sautéing over deep-frying can help maintain the nutritional integrity of plant-based foods. This is especially helpful for all doshas, which are aggravated by oily foods from deep-frying.

* Balancing Agni (Digestive Fire):

* Ayurveda emphasizes maintaining a strong digestive fire (agni). Include foods that support digestion, such as ginger, lemon, and digestive spices. Avoid overeating and ensure that your meals are well-spaced throughout the day. Think about eating regular meals, but slightly less… think 80% full and you have the perfect recipe to protect agni!

* Individualized Approach:

* Recognize that Ayurveda is not a one-size-fits-all approach. It considers individual constitutions, and what works for one person may not work for another. Customize your plant-based diet based on your unique needs and preferences. Working with an Ayurvedic practitioner can help guide you on your way. In this relationship, it can be a short term project with seasonal tune ups.

* Herbal Supplements:

* Consider incorporating Ayurvedic herbal supplements to address specific health concerns or imbalances. Consult with an Ayurvedic practitioner to determine the right supplements for your individual needs. This can offer a revived baseline of partnership with your ecosystem to move into a state of vitality.

* Yoga and Meditation:

* Ayurveda is often complemented by practices such as yoga and meditation. These practices contribute to overall well-being and can enhance the benefits of a plant-based Ayurvedic lifestyle. The approach to tension relief and self-awareness in these disciplines offers an elevated experience for practitioners, cultivating agni (digestive fire) and the goal of vitality: ojas (essence or juice of life)

* Consultation with Ayurvedic Practitioner:

* For personalized guidance, consider consulting with an Ayurvedic practitioner. They can provide insights into your dosha, health concerns, and offer specific recommendations tailored to your individual needs and desires for your health!

Lifestyle is Medicine.

Remember that a plant-based Ayurvedic approach is not just about the food you eat but also about the lifestyle choices you make. It's essential to embrace a holistic perspective that includes diet, exercise, mindfulness, and other aspects of well-being. While Ayurveda offers animal products for healing and fortifying your body’s organs and systems, I seek to share the conflict in the Vedas and the current access to animal products. It is often difficult to appropriate products and foods made from animals who were well attended to. Commercial farmed animal products contain the energy of the animal. We find that stressed environments for raised animals product a product dissimilar to products from animals raised in peaceful environments.

Consider the states of energy you include in your diet.

During the writing of the Vedas, we understand that the times between the origins and now have included a letting go of the days of nurturing cows as if they are gods to be worshipped. We understand that poultry is not often running freely on a farm being a chicken and having the sense of awareness about a chicken’s natural life. We also understand that the oceans are no longer a vital place for sea animals in many areas.

With all of this in mind, it requires a thoughtful person connected with nature to consider the use of the age old wisdom of eating red meat, poultry, eggs, fish, and dairy products. The energy inside the animal becomes your own matter when eaten. It goes without saying that farmed animals my have unnatural hormones or natural hormones like cortisol and adrenaline from fear in their environment.

All of these fussy details are important to me and what I eat. I daresay it may very well be important to you, too. Nourishing your body requires some intention these days. With soil being a concern, you may want to consider fortifying your body with herbs and even nourishing supplements to add more vitality to your body, mind, and spirit.

You can read on below for more details about working with me, as I am a Ayurveda Digestive Health Counselor. It would be a pleasure to share this wisdom with you!

My name is Angela and I am a certified Face Yoga Method Instructor, as well as 500HR Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher, and a AAPNA member and certified Ayurvedic Digestive Health Counselor. I help women beautify themselves and the world around them through holistic practices and nourishment. I am a content creator for health and beauty apps and online magazines. I currently teach at Divine Yoga Studio in San Francisco, virtually for Cancer Lifeline, and in Beautify Online Courses.

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It is a pleasure to talk with Fanny Elizaga of Neurowellness Academy, once, again, in this interview about ways to cultivate inner boundaries. On point for me at this time of season, I have employed new ways of energizing good boundaries for relationships. I consider this to be social hygiene for my soul. It helps me to freshen up as I work with clients, enjoy family, and hold space for others. But what about holding space for YOU?

In this podcast episode, learn ways to activate ways to think about inner boundaries beginning with your own self-talk and how to release tension throughout the day, multiple times daily. The simplicity of her teachings are practical and easy to bring to life in your own time.

Fanny is an expert in guiding students to create new neural pathways with modern solutions that bridge the gap from being human and being a modern human who needs to function at a high level. I have taken her course Tame Your Overwhelmed Brain and found that it helped me return to myself, my own nature. Attuning to the internal landscape helps us to have a better understanding of everything!

Fanny is an excellent teacher and being around her experience, voice, and commitment to teaching calm awarenessRewire the way you work your day — to include activities that can become habits that bring you back to yourself throughout the day. Go from Chaos to Clarity: Taming the Unfocused Brain in Fanny’s e-book that can bring your balance into focus!

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My name is Angela and I am a certified Face Yoga Method Instructor, as well as 500HR Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher, and a AAPNA member and certified Ayurvedic Digestive Health Counselor. I help women beautify themselves and the world around them through holistic practices and nourishment. I am a content creator for health and beauty apps and online magazines. I currently teach at Divine Yoga Studio in San Francisco, virtually for Cancer Lifeline, and in Beautify Online Courses.

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