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In this Coach of the Month episode, Cate chats with Yoga Health Coaching mentor, Anna Berkelmans. Anna is a mother of three children, a yoga studio owner and teacher, a registered nurse and a yoga health coach. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, so connecting with the Yogahealer tribe often means waking at 4 am for conference calls. Her success in Yoga Health Coaching is due to her prioritization of connecting with the tribe as well...

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Exercise. Stress management. Getting enough sleep. Monitoring sugar and salt intake. Every family physician, nurse practitioner and allied health professional knows the value of health habits and has recommended them to their patients.  Referrals are made to dietitians who educate on diabetes and physiotherapists who design post-surgical treatment plans. We educate on the relationship between high blood pressure and exercise. We talk about stress and mental health. But more often than not our patients are left...

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I've been chronically ill for a long time, 7 years to be exact. I'm 31 years old and I've spent a big part of my adult life feeling less than optimal. Determined to live a “normal” life, I’ve pushed myself a lot. Living and acting like I'm okay, I ended up pushing my body to the limit and beyond. I tried unsuccessfully to match everyone else’s physical capacity, but deep down inside I knew that...

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Can you clear Ancestral Karma or the habits and patterns you’ve picked up from generations past? Tarpana is a practice that helps to clears your ancestral karma. It is one of the practices of Ayurveda that encourage you to remove the karmic burdens you carry and free yourselves to live your lives empowered and connected to the Self: the place of expansion, bliss, and freedom at the core of your being. When for example, your family has...

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Have you ever felt like your skin is so dry and flaky you could use it as fish food? Are your joints so loud and achy you could grease them with WD-40? Do you have scattered, anxious thoughts? Do you often feel like you’re floating in the air because you’re so ungrounded? This blog post is for you! I am going to give you my tips on how you can return to a more grounded...

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A few years ago I met with an a lovely woman, a Vedic astrologer with an Ayurvedic practice in Toronto, Canada. My consultation with her was very helpful and inspiring, she had some great insights into my personality. During our session, she “gifted” me with a very special and beautiful ritual that I was to perform every Friday for five weeks. I affectionately began to call it my “Five Friday Ritual.” Here were the instructions...