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Kimber is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Yoga teacher in Shepherdstown, WV.

She is dedicated to educating her community on how to get healthy and stay healthy with diet, lifestyle and energy management as the 3 most effective forms of medicine.

22/10/2024

a morning ritual 🍂

as simple & as lovely as a warm cup in my hands as the sun comes up.

it’s not just that.

it’s coming into my kitchen to start the water kettle.
taking my mug from the cupboard where it’s been resting.
cutting a lemon & squeezing its juice.

it’s the cool water splashed on my face as the kettle warms.

it’s taking my morning lemon water to my favorite seat by the window & taking in the quiet. the peace. the solitude.
before the promised chaos.

tell me, what is your ritual?

13/02/2022

welcoming kapha season ✨
the earth is soft, heavy & cool. the slow transition from winter to spring is underway.
this week in Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda explore this transition as we prepare our bodies for the coming season.
where do we feel stuck, & how do we help it to get moving. yoga & ayurveda as our tools.
interested in subscribing to Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda? shoot me a message for all the details, & your 1st week is free!

05/12/2021

Vata-pacifying yoga & meditation this week in Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda, and I discuss how I made & used Elderberry Syrup to keep my family feeling our best last week.
Want to try out a subscription? The first week’s newsletter, including 2 recordings is free! And a month of newsletters after that is only $60.
Bring your Yoga practice & some Ayurvedic wisdom into the warmth & comfort of your own home.
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15/11/2021

this week with Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda ✨
I’m in full Abhyanga mode, & I’m oiling all the things.
Abhyanga is the Ayurvedic self-care practice of self-massage with warming oils. In my first recording this week I offer this practice, starting with a light movement meditation, then going into a demonstration of this deeply nourishing ritual.
If you’ve ever been curious about Abhyanga, but felt daunted by where to start, let me guide you thru your first time.
Every subscription to Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda starts with a FREE TRIAL, so you could receive this week’s edition at absolutely no cost to you. It includes this demonstration, and a Vinyasa Yoga practice designed to continue the theme of deep nourishment, with loving stretches & refreshing twists.
all of this is done in the comfort & privacy of your home.
shoot me a message today to receive your free trial, and consider joining Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda for weekly Yoga, meditation, & Ayurvedic wisdom ✨

08/11/2021

Friends & Yogis!!
were you aware that I started my own virtual Yoga & Ayurveda weekly subscription?!
Kimber Yoga & Ayurveda is my small idea to stay connected to students seeking Yoga practices & Ayurvedic wisdom to stay healthy & feel like their best self.
for $60/month you’ll be sent a newsletter with 2 recordings EVERY WEEK which will contain Ayurvedic insight into the season we’re in, self care tips, lifestyle recommendations, recipes… pretty much whatever I feel compelled to share with you each week. I keep it simple & easy for everyone, whatever your level of interest may be.
Yoga practices are intended to be available for almost any practitioner, there is always something gentle & something intermediate.
members get special prices & first dibs on any remedies, skincare products etc I might be making, and even instruction on how to make your own!
I love to share Yoga & Ayurveda with absolutely anyone interested. So if that’s you, send me a message saying so & I’ll tell you how to sign up.
Jai!

08/11/2021

today I started a batch of fire cider in preparation for Vata season.
a powerful & effective way to use food as medicine.
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10/10/2021

I just can’t wrap my mind around the idea that today is the last time I’ll offer a yoga class at the mellow room of Jala Yoga.
this space has meant so much to me over the past 9 years. kindness, love, solitude, laughter, pleasant company, privacy. seems whatever I needed in any moment, I could get from showing up in this gentle space with its soft light & creaky floors.
so today at noon we’ll go into stillness as we have so many times before. an hour later we’ll come out of savasana, as we have so many times before. we’ll send out gratitude for the gift of this space in our lives, exchange those empowering words to eachother, and we’ll carry on from there.
may the divine in you be victorious, my dear friends.
Jai Bhagwan ✨

14/09/2021

I love making ghee for others to enjoy!
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I’ve been pouring my golden amrita into 8oz jars & offering them in exchange for a $15 donation.
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ghee is great for cooking, baking, spreading on toast, even stirring into coffee or spiced milk. ingesting ghee is a delicious & enjoyable way to keep your body healthy & functioning properly.
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my ghee is made with love in my own kitchen, infused with sweet intentions & mantra. send me a message to get a jar of my ghee into your own hands ✨

11/08/2021

cucumber medicine to survive yet another heat wave 🥒
I tossed majestic cucumber slices in olive oil, salt & pepper and then I spread them into some toast, drizzled it all with mustard and savored every bite.
the leftover cucumber slices made a perfect “side salad” and this was a perfect summer lunch.
cooling for Pitta, lightening for Kapha. cucumbers are a wonderful way to keep feeling great in the summer months.
awesome how they purify the blood too, and also keep the bladder & kidneys functioning nicely.
food is medicine, my friends.

15/07/2021

oh my goodness with the colors of summer 🥒🌶🥬🥕🫑
if I want to enjoy a healthy, cooked, delicious lunch (which I do), I have to do so during the baby’s nap time. big productions with many phases, steps, prep time & ingredients are just not happening these days.
at the local farm stand yesterday I picked up Brussels sprouts, zucchini & mini sweet bell peppers. I chopped them up & threw them into a pan with ghee & my summer spice mix, cooked them til their colors sang the “eat me” song and here we are.
I sat down to slowly savor my summer lunch with all its tastes, textures & vibrancy, and now my tummy is happy & my body got an energy boost.
Jai!

16/06/2021

sometimes I get on my mat knowing exactly what I need from my practice.
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and then other times I think I know, but what happens is completely different.
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yesterday I left myself some time after my virtual class for some slow, stretchy, restorative postures. what came out instead were powerful, strengthening, threshold-pushing work that left my breath heavy & my muscles happily shaking.
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this pose, urdhva dhanurasana, felt particularly empowering. I’ve come into this pose a handful of times over the last couple years, and this is the closest to my pre-pregnancy body that it has felt.
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holding the pose, adjusting my footing to go deeper, pressing harder to lift higher, feeling out a leg-lift; it felt as exhilarating as it felt exhausting.
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this is not the same body that popped in&out of this pose with ease.
this body grew a new human & then pushed her out of it.
this body has fed & continues to feed & comfort my child.
this body carries, holds, chases, plays with & cares for a very active toddler everyday.
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I don’t always feel comfortable in my body. I do my best- it just doesn’t come easy. moments like this feel amazing. I love this life.
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08/06/2021

our favorite pitta-pacifying hot day activity: get our bodies into cool water.
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