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True Nature Yoga & Ayurveda, Grass Lake, MI (2025)

11/13/2025

I’m thrilled to be back at collaborating with them on this Winter Wellness Series. Up first is All is Calm - Stress less and find peace and joy this holiday season with some supportive mindfulness and grounding techniques, including breathwork, meditation and restorative yoga. No yoga experience necessary. Go to Chelsea Disttict Library’s fab new website to register (it’s free!). Registration opens next Friday. Further dates planned in January and February - hope you’ll join me!

11/11/2025

Thrilled to be collaborating with on this mindfulness offering on November 20th, 5-6:30pm, designed to bring you to a place of calm as we approach the busy holiday season. It’s FREE, but please register via the JDL website or stop in to the Grass Lake branch and sign up there. Look forward to seeing you there!

11/10/2025

The usual suspects this week PLUS I’ll be back at Brooklyn Yoga in Brooklyn, MI on Friday 14th 6-7:15pm for Yoga Nidra - just a few spots left so sign up today!

11/08/2025

Friends! I’m excited to offer another session of this popular class. The lead up to the holidays can be too much as we strive to juggle all the ‘things’ and our self-care falls to the wayside. Treat yourself to some rest and rejuvenation and join me SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2-4pm for a special extended restorative yoga class featuring a guided self massage with herbal oil - called Abhyanga in Ayurveda. The word for oil in Sanskrit - sneha - also means love, so first we’ll show ourselves some loving kindness by massaging our limbs with a special oil infused with calming herbs. Then I’ll guide you through a handful of my favourite restorative yoga postures to bring a deep sense of groundedness and tranquility to both mind and body. Many of us are prone to busyness and focusing on productivity, even though it would serve us to rest and find stillness - so treat yourself to this act of self-care and start a healthy new habit this year. Bring an old hand towel and wear comfortable clothing that you can pull up to access arms and legs. Includes use of all props and oils. Limited space: 10 spots only. Please register by texting me ‘Yes, I’m in!’ on 734 680 9072, and I’ll send you a link to confirm your registration.
Investment $28
Hope to see you there! This sold out very quickly the last two times. .
Class held at: Grass Lake Medical Center, lower level studio space, 12337 E Michigan Ave, Grass Lake, Michigan 49240.

11/03/2025

November’s flower is the Chrysanthemum, more affectionately known as mums. These Autumn lovelies that adorn many of our front porches right now are associated with loyalty, honesty and friendship. Native to Asia, the word chrysanthemum comes from the Greek prefixes chrysos, meaning gold, and anthemon, meaning flower. I’m back up to a full quota of classes this week, all in person at Grass Lake Medical Center or online via zoom. I’m also delighted to be at Brooklyn library on Saturday for a special offering on mindfulness in the lead up to the holiday season. I hope to see you on the mat!

09/07/2025

Food I’m fancying this weekend. At this junction between summer and fall it’s sometimes difficult to know what to eat. Lots of peeps have told me lately that their tummies are not very happy right now, and I’d concur with that. After the high temperatures we had this summer, many of us are holding on to some residual heat (Pitta) and now we’re starting to see the increase in Vata as fall takes the stage. Go easy on your gut right now, eat what you fancy and keep it light, smaller portions and easy to digest. Plus, sip on hot water throughout the day to aid digestion and stay regular. If you’d like to learn more about how to adjust your diet and lifestyle to ease tummy troubles, fatigue and disturbed sleep, join me next weekend at either of my upcoming workshops:
Saturday, September 13th, 2-4pm at in Chelsea (at Beach Middle School), and Sunday, September 14th, 2-4pm at in Tecumseh. Join me to learn how to Shift with the Seasons and THRIVE!

09/02/2025

September’s flower is the pretty Aster, which symbolizes love, wisdom, faith, and innocence. The name “Aster” comes from the Greek word for star, and they are sometimes called Earth’s stars. ⭐️ Greek mythology tells how’s asters represent the tears of the goddess Astraea, who wept tears over the earth at all the corruption in the world, er yeah we get it girl. The flowers are often used in traditional medicine to treat ailments such as cold and digestive issues. Talking of traditional medicine, please join me this coming Friday evening at the wonderful to learn about the traditional health and wellness system called Ayurveda. Learn how to shift your diet and lifestyle choices according to your constitution and the seasons to achieve optimum health and thrive!

08/31/2025

Simple fare for supper this eve. After some fried food - which I hardly ever eat - and ice cream - ditto - on a day trip to the beach yesterday, my tummy has been pretty unhappy. This simple dish that I call Sweet Carrot Rice is my go to for a quick and simple meal that is both nourishing and easy on the gut. Remember, it’s not necessarily what you eat but what your body can digest that is important, especially at the junctions of the seasons - happening right now folks - when we can be prone to getting a little under the weather - summer cold anyone? 🙋🏻‍♀️And lastly, notice the portion size. Supper is meant to be a supplemental meal, hence the word, and should be eaten a good 3 hours before bed to properly digest. When you place your hands together in Anjali mudra 🙏🏼, open them out to see the appropriate size for your meal. Overeating can be as detrimental as eating the wrong food so watch your portion size! Here’s the recipe if you want to give it a go!
Sweet carrot rice recipe 🥕
1-2 medium carrots, peeled and either grated or diced into small pieces
Half a white/yellow onion, diced
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon ghee
Shake of turmeric
Shake of cumin
Shake of ground ginger
1 cup basmati rice
2 cups water
1 cup golden raisins - or less - to taste
To garnish: fresh cilantro and shredded coconut
Salt n pepper

Heat oils in a medium pan
Chop carrots and onion and add to pan, cook for 5-8 minutes until softened
Add dry rice and cook another 5 minutes or so.
Add the spices - as much as you like - cook for another 5 minutes
Add the water and bring to a boil.
Once it’s boiled turn the heat down to a simmer for 12-15 minutes, cooking until the water has been absorbed and the rice is a golden yellow colour.
Add raisins and fold in.
Serve garnished with fresh cilantro and shredded coconut.
All these ingredients are sweet and cooling so this makes an ideal light lunch or supper even in summer. Enjoy! 😋

08/23/2025

As you think, so you become. According to Swami Vishnudevananda, Vedānta & Dhyāna (Positive Thinking and Meditation) is the most important of all the 5 Points of Yoga, for we become what we think. Yoga teaches us that a positive outlook on life can be developed by learning and practicing the teachings of the philosophy of Vedānta; and the mind will be brought under perfect control by regular practice of meditation and living a Yogic lifestyle. Thoughts become words, words become deeds and we are what we repeatedly do. Join me Sundays 9-10:30am in person or online for Sivananda style Hatha & Meditation at Grass Lake Medical Center and transform your thinking for the better.

08/20/2025

Sooooooo many benefits to getting your legs up higher than your heart. Our tickers work hard for us every single day so why not give them a little rest and allow gravity to assist with circulation. Elevating the legs also 🪷 alleviates swelling in the legs and ankles 🪷 reduces pain in the legs caused by conditions like lipedema, varicose veins and veinous insufficiency 🪷 lowers the risk of deep vein thrombosis 🪷 eases low back pain 🪷 relieves muscle tension. This restorative pose, called Stonehenge, is a firm favourite in my weekly Rest & Restore class - Thursdays at 10am at Grass Lake Medical Center - and one I regularly ‘prescribe’ for clients who are burned out. Throw a blanket over your tummy and hips, use another to create a supportive cradle for your head, et voila. Set a timer for 30 minutes - or don’t - and melt into stillness. Yum! 🧘🏼‍♀️

08/20/2025

Want to live a long, healthy life like Jonathan here? Join me for one of my upcoming Ayurvedic Workshops where we’ll explore the fundamentals of this ancient health system that is just as relevant today as ever before. How? BECAUSE IT WORKS!!! Be like Jonathan and live in tune with nature - both Mother Nature and your own - and thrive this fall. In these sessions we cover:
🪷 digestive issues 🪷 better sleep 🪷 boosting immune strength 🪷 increasing energy levels 🪷 improving mood 🪷 radiant aging and more….
Three upcoming sessions in the following locations:
Friday, September 5th at Saturday September13th at and Sunday September 14th at in Tecumseh. Questions? Message me here. Would love to have ya. Tortoise 🐢

08/17/2025

Just home and refueling from teaching one of my favourite classes: Sivananda style Hatha Yoga. One of the reasons I hold this practice in such high regard is that it is fully-rounded and includes 5 principles or areas of practice, and today I wanted to focus on the principle of Proper Diet. A yogi’s ’proper diet’ is one which includes foods that we classify in Ayurveda as Sattvic, that is they bring balance and clarity to the body and mind. They neither agitate nor r dull the mind, as is the case with foods that are respectively more rajasic or tamasic in nature. Swami Vishnudevananda says, “Proper diet provides fuel for the body. The yogic diet is a vegetarian one, consisting of pure, simple, natural foods that are easily digested and assimilated and that promote health. One should have a certain knowledge of dietetics in order to balance the diet. The yogic attitude toward diet is to eat to live, not live to eat.

The yogi will consume foods in minimum quantity with the most positive effect on the body and mind and with the least negative impact on the environment and least pain to other beings. One of the first ways to take responsibility for the planet is by eating with consideration.” How do I include this principle in my classes you might ask? I bring an offering each week that we enjoy after class that is either fresh or dried fruits and nuts. This week, I brought an interesting hybrid fruit called an Apriplum, otherwise known as a Plumcot. Very cool! Next week, I’ll discuss the principle of Proper Breathing, or Pranayama.

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