Crystal Ann Yoga + Nutrition

Crystal Ann Yoga + Nutrition Yoga, Nutrition, Ayurveda private and group sessions for a healthier quality of life. Cooking classes Contact Crystal for a list of services and prices.

Crystal Ann Hanson is a Certified Ayurveda Yoga Specialist (AYS), Certified Fitness Nutrition Coach (CFNC), Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher(E-RYT500), Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), and holds a BS in Psychology. She uses an integrative approach using all of these modalities when conducting private client consultations, workshops and teaching classes. She is honored and gr

ateful to teach and share from her many trainings and life experiences. Crystal offers Integrated Wellness Consultations, Private and Group sessions for Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda, Nutrition, Cooking. She has many years of experience with specialty eating programs including Ayurveda, Gluten free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Weight Loss. Crystal enrolled in her first 200 Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) in 2009 through the Himalayan Institute. After feeling the many emotional, spiritual and physical benefits that Yoga and Meditation brought to her daily life, she had a strong desire to continue to learn and share with others. Crystal has now completed a second 230YTT, 540YTT, Ayurveda Yoga Specialist Certification and Chair Yoga Certification. She is grateful to have had in-depth study-training opportunities with Indu Arora, Sarah Powers, Lauren Walker, Rod Stryker and many others from the Himalayan Institute and Kripalu for Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Mudra, Energy Medicine Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Yoga Philosophy and Meditation. Crystal shares from her heart as she invites her students to pause, connect, look inside and feel what is happening in the present moment (on and off the mat). Her classes are rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga as she stays true to her lineage of Swami Rami (founder of the Himalayan Institute) and teachings of Indu Arora (International Ayurveda and Yoga). Crystal’s classes often include chanting, mudras, pranayama, and teachings from the ancient Yoga Veda texts. Crystal holds sacred that which Indu Arora has taught, “Yoga is a work IN, not a workout”. Crystal has had the privilege of studying with Dr. Andrew Weil (Integrative Medicine) on several occasions. She truly enjoys giving one on one cooking lessons in the privacy of the client’s home and also teaching small group sessions in her home kitchen. Many have chosen to schedule a group cooking session to celebrate birthdays and other special events. Crystal is honored to teach and share from all of her training, modalities and life experiences respecting an integrative approach. Crystal believes that we are ALL teachers and we are ALL students. CrystalAnnYoga@gmail.com

Wild Garlic Mustard Greens. Foraged in woods near my home, whirled into Pesto and baked in mushroom caps. Nice Spring tr...
05/05/2026

Wild Garlic Mustard Greens. Foraged in woods near my home, whirled into Pesto and baked in mushroom caps. Nice Spring treat.
Embracing Mother Nature's gifts.

Mother Nature is telling me it's time for shifting and cleansing. Today I begin my Ayurveda Spring Cleanse which include...
04/28/2026

Mother Nature is telling me it's time for shifting and cleansing.

Today I begin my Ayurveda Spring Cleanse which includes a full media cleanse. No FB, texting, etc.

I take this time to honor seasonal shift around me and within me.

Happy Spring
I'll be back on May 4th.

Nourish yourself

Who else gets extremely excited with the first rhubarb of the season?!My neighbor invites me to pull some from her patch...
04/25/2026

Who else gets extremely excited with the first rhubarb of the season?!

My neighbor invites me to pull some from her patch all season. Yesterday was the first time!

Bonus, a tiny lilac was in bloom near the patch. Ahhhh. Welcome Spring.

I cooked rhubarb and Aronia berries preserved from the Fall with date sugar and chia seeds to make a jam.

Made a dough from almond meal, h**p & Flax seeds, oats, tahini, a little maple syrup. Layered dough on the bottom of a baking pan, spread the jam, dough on the top. Baked until browned.

Delicious healthy, hearty seasonal treat.

Spring foraging has begun! Look around and see what Mother Nature is offering to you.I've found:Nettles Garlic mustard D...
04/24/2026

Spring foraging has begun! Look around and see what Mother Nature is offering to you.
I've found:
Nettles
Garlic mustard
Dandelions
Violets
Burdock

Spring is a time for eating lighter greener meals. New seasonal foods such as mushrooms, bitter greens, and other crucif...
04/23/2026

Spring is a time for eating lighter greener meals. New seasonal foods such as mushrooms, bitter greens, and other cruciferous cold weather veggies.

Miso Soup Bowl
Kale, spinach, nettles, cabbage, peas, mushrooms, variety of sprouts. Millet brown rice noodles.
Topped with toasted sesame seeds.

Green tea.

Today is Earth Day. Honor Mother Gaia It was first observed in 1970, but its roots go back to the 1962 publication of Ra...
04/22/2026

Today is Earth Day. Honor Mother Gaia

It was first observed in 1970, but its roots go back to the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s landmark book exposing the effects of pesticides and other chemical pollution on the environment. Troubled by the lack of attention pollution was receiving on the national stage, Wisconsin senator Ga***rd Nelson began going on speaking tours, trying to educate people and politicians about environmental issues, and while the public was concerned, the politicians didn’t pay much attention.

During the late 1960s, Senator Nelson had the idea to harness the energy and methods of the student protests against the Vietnam War to organize a grassroots conservation movement. At a press conference in 1969, he announced plans for a nationwide demonstration, to take place the following spring. It was a gamble that paid off, and the public’s response was enthusiastic. Gladwin Hill wrote in The New York Times, “Rising concern about the environmental crisis is sweeping the nation’s campuses with an intensity that may be on its way to eclipsing student discontent over the war in Vietnam.” Twenty million people nationwide participated in the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, and the government finally took notice, forming the Environmental Protection Agency and passing the Clean Air, the Clean Water, and the Endangered Species Acts.

According to the Earth Day Network, Earth Day is celebrated by a billion people, making it the world’s largest secular holiday.

Text from Writer's Almanac

Chandogya Upanishad 1.1-1.3 We are complete within ourselves, a beautiful place to dwell
04/19/2026

Chandogya Upanishad 1.1-1.3
We are complete within ourselves, a beautiful place to dwell

Spring Foraging has begun!Mother Gaia providing bitter, astringent and cleansing leaves and greens to aid digestion as w...
04/14/2026

Spring Foraging has begun!
Mother Gaia providing bitter, astringent and cleansing leaves and greens to aid digestion as we transition into Spring

Nettles are so versatile: tea, soup, pesto, stir fry

Dandelion Greens, the entire plant from the roots to the bloom are edible

Burdock leaves, Extremely Bitter! Use only new, tiny leaves. Dig up the roots to eat in the Fall.

Forage in an unsprayed, safe area away from traffic and development.

Spring, Ayurveda Kapha season connects with the elements of Earth and Water Enjoy some time in Nature, engage in gentle ...
04/11/2026

Spring, Ayurveda Kapha season connects with the elements of Earth and Water

Enjoy some time in Nature, engage in gentle exercise, stimulate your immune system, eat foods with qualities of Bitter, Pungent, Astringent. Begin your day before 6am.

Would you like some personal guidance?

Contact me for an Integrated Wellness Consultation, Spring Cleanse or to sign up for a Zoom Cooking class.

My page: Crystal Ann Yoga +Nutrition

Crystalannyoga@gmail.com

Picture taken on a hike in Scotland. Forest floor is covered with garlic ramps!

Moringa Lemon LatteAstringent, bitter, pungent tastes help calm the heaviness of Spring (Kapha season). Lemon is cleansi...
04/10/2026

Moringa Lemon Latte
Astringent, bitter, pungent tastes help calm the heaviness of Spring (Kapha season). Lemon is cleansing and Moringa ignites agni (fire) while taming heat in the joints, almonds build Ojas (life sap).
4oz Fresh Almond Milk
4oz Boiled water
1 tsp Moringa powder or 1 teabag
2 tsp fresh Lemon juice
Little Maple syrup if desired

Fermented Macadamia Nut Cheez. Ist time I used miso as the fermenting agent. Homemade sourdough bread and fresh grown sp...
04/04/2026

Fermented Macadamia Nut Cheez.
Ist time I used miso as the fermenting agent.

Homemade sourdough bread and fresh grown sprouts.

04/03/2026

DIY Dishwasher Detergent
To Detergent container in dishwasher:
-Add 3 drops of liquid Handwash Dish soap
-Add Baking Soda to fill 2/3
-Add basic Salt to fill

HOW NOT TO HAVE TO DRY THE DISHES
by Shel Silverstein

If you have to dry the dishes
(Such an awful, boring chore)
If you have to dry the dishes
(‘Stead of going to the store)
If you have to dry the dishes
And you drop one on the floor —
Maybe they won’t let you
Dry the dishes anymore.

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