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February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Apply for the 300-hour Yoga Training Program Starting June 2020

Apply now to join the Center for Ayurveda and Yoga Study 300 hour program that begins June 24, 2020. Learn Yoga Philosophy and Lifestyle to find balance in mind, body and spirit. Trainers: Jeevani Eigen, Mary Harju, Ann Wagoner. To register or for more details, email ann@lighthouseayurveda.com. Program provides Yoga Alliance certification.

Learn Yoga Asana, Yantra, Mudra and Pranayama as taught by Rama Jyoti Vernon. Applied philosophy of the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali will be studied in depth. This advanced yoga teacher training is open to any RYT-200 who wants to become an E-RYT-500 certified to teach in yoga trainings. Graduates will also have in depth yoga knowledge to apply to a current profession. Learn ancient secrets of Yoga, and travel a path that can lead to Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy or complement other professions. This program meets the NEW Registered Yoga School enhanced standards of Yoga Alliance. Discover today what new paths may await you!

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Matcha Green Tea Muffins

matcha muffins — Chocolate Chip Matcha Green Tea Muffins

These absolutely delicious, decadent and mildly witchy matcha green tea muffins can make any chef feel like a magician. Any sweet food that is intentionally prepared green may bring looks of shock and awe to the uninitiated. I was first introduced to matcha green tea chocolate chip muffins by the crystal rock shop in Tyler, Texas. A special cook drops them off on Fridays between 12-1pm and by 2pm the next day they’re usually all gone. Since I only get to Tyler once in a blue moon to work on a new book with Rama, I decided try to recreate them.

Dry Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup flour (gluten free mix or wheat)
½ cup sugar
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1.5 Tablespoon matcha powder
Wet Ingredients:
1 cup milk (cow, coconut, etc.)
¼ cup vegetable oil (sunflower, avocado, or safflower)
1 egg (for vegans use 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar instead)
½ tsp. vanilla extract
¾ to 1 cup chocolate chips (or carob chips)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350* F
Fill a muffin tip with paper liners
Mix DRY ingredients in a medium bowl
Mix WET ingredients in a large bowl, then add dry ingredients
Fold in ¾ cup chocolate chips
Pour batter in muffing tray
Garnish muffin tops with remaining chips
Bake for 20 minutes

Serves: 6-8

Preparation time: 35 minutes

Vata: Neutral
Pitta: Decreases
Kapha: Neutral
Season: All

For Individual Doshas:

Vata: Substitute ¼ teaspoon spirulina for some matcha to reduce caffeine
Pitta: Use carob chips instead of chocolate to prevent skin breakout
Kapha: Use gluten free flour alternative and coconut milk

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Ayurveda, Yoga & Tridosha Class

Learn how to bring Ayurveda and Yoga together to help yourself and others find balance in mind, body and spirit. This 200-hour course starts January 7th, 2020. To register or for more details, email ann@lighthouseayurveda.com. Program provides Yoga Alliance certification and Professional Ayurvedic Continuing Education credits from the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.

Learn yogic back breathing as taught by Rama Jyoti Vernon as well as how to balance your constitution, Dosha, for the season. Learn about the three Doshas — Vata, Pitta and Kapha — and which qualities can be balanced by various lifestyle changes. Students will gain in depth knowledge for self-renewal and balance and learn how to apply this to their current profession or study. Learn ancient secrets of Ayurveda, the science of life that dates back 5,000 years, and how to put this into use now. When merged together, these two modalities have deep transformative potential. Discover today what new paths may await you!

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Yoga Therapy and the Mind

Can Pranayama (breathing), Marma (vital point therapy), Dhyana (meditation), and Satvavajaya Chikitsa (psychotherapy) be used in yoga practices as an adjunct therapy in rogi Ayurvedic care? Yes! Collaborating with Anisha Durve, Dhanada Kulkarni, Robert Schneider and Lissa Coffey at the 15th annual NAMA conference in California was a real honor.

After much discussion at the conference of the gut-brain connection, we examined the lung-brain link — neuropulmonology — and how regulation of breath can improve vital functions like memory. In Pranayama, we “empty ourselves of form and transcend duality,” says Rama Vernon. By bringing forth a Sattvic mind for any Dosha, we can purify the subtle inner pathways. When we use Pranayama to tap into a third type of memory described by Patanjali as “supernormal” memory, we remember our oneness with all of creation. To learn more about how Pranayama can bring for the eternal cosmic vibration in yourself, see Rama’s new translation of the Yoga Sutras, Chapter 2 — in print and now available!

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

Bieler’s Broth

Vata: Decreases

Pitta: Decreases

Kapha: Decreases

Season: Spring and Fall

Bieler’s Broth is an alkalizing soup for cleansing in Spring or Fall. Warming the belly on cool days, this soup is cleansing for the liver and kidneys. The zucchini reduce Pitta, the celery reduce Kapha and the pureed green beans balance Vata. It is often made with spinach which is a nightshade, so try it with kale. This recipe is adapted from Dr. Henry Bieler who wrote “Food is Your Best Medicine” in 1987.

Ingredients:

2 medium zucchini
1 cup trimmed and chopped green beans
3 stalks celery
1 cup chopped kale
1 small bunch parsley
2 cups water
pink rock salt to taste (or veggie broth)

Optional: rosemary, basil, oregano

Directions:

1. Boil first three veggies until soft (10 minutes).

2. Pour over parsley and kale to sit for 3 minutes.

3. Puree in blender and enjoy!

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 20 minutes

For Individual Doshas:

Vata: Add basil.

Pitta: Add dill.

Vata: Add oregano.

November 4, 2018July 28, 2019

Book Two of the Yoga Sutras by Rama Now in Print!

NEW! The next book by Rama Jyoti Vernon on the Yoga Sutras is Book Two. Available now! Order below.

“Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: Gateway to Enlightenment, Book Two” has just been released. “Because Rama Jyoti is soaked in Yogic and spiritual discipline, this book is the outcome of her own Yogic discipline and sincere Yoga practice. She has a deep experience of Yoga, and her translation of the Yoga Sutras is accurate and practical. As a hands-on guide to follow in daily living, her book will bring radical change and transformation in the life of each individual,” says
Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., Ayurvedic Physician, Author of Ayurveda: Science of Self-Healing, Textbook of Ayurveda series, and more.

Book price includes FREE shipping in the continental United States. Please allow 5-7 business days for shipping within continental U.S. For holiday purchases, expedited shipping (additional cost) is available until November 30.

March 9, 2018January 9, 2019

Learning Module on Yoga and Ayurveda

Find health naturally! Learn about Ayurveda, Yoga and self-care this Winter! Find out how to balance yourself during the hottest season of the year with healing foods, breathing practices and yoga.

Discover how to introduce these ancient techniques in a modern health-care setting. Learn how to avoid all that and find beauty from the inside out.

Recommend the best foods, spices and routines for Vata Dosha
Discover the science-based benefits of aromatherapy
Sample Mudra, Marma, Bhandha, Asana, Yantra and Mantra!

This is one 11-week module of the 4-module program.

Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 – 8pm at PCC CLIMB Center, 1626 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR.

Fall class starts Tuesday, January 8th at 6pm!

November 20, 2017January 24, 2018

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: Gateway to Enlightenment, by Rama Jyoti Vernon

“Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: Gateway to Enlightenment, Chapter One” is Rama Jyoti Vernon’s new exciting book on the ancient teachings. The commentaries in this book are meant to help the reader to integrate these teachings into everyday life and yoga practice.“Rama Vernon has lived her life as a beacon of Divine Feminine wisdom, and this book is her masterpiece. Her history of devotion to birthing and maturing the practice of yoga in America is unparalleled. In her second book, Rama’s exquisite prose brings new insight and depth to the psychology of the practices of yoga and most significantly, to the quieting of our minds.”

~~Diana von Welanetz Wentworth, New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including two Chicken Soup for the Soul titles

Book price includes FREE shipping in the continental United States.

September 29, 2017January 9, 2019

Externship September 15th, 2018

January 12th: CAYS Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Externship!

Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy Clinic

Return to Balance ~ Maintain Wellness

Affordable and private Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy Sessions with RYT-200 hour interns: Rachel Owen, LMT, Certified Ayurveda and Yoga Teacher and Elyssia Schaeffer, Nutritionist, Certified Ayurveda and Yoga Teacher. Supervised by: Ann Wagoner, Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, E-RYT-500* One 2-hour Initial Consult + Two 60 Minute Follow-ups.

Includes:

Detailed history intake
Ayurvedic evaluation of pulse, tongue, eyes, skin and nails
Assessment of Ayurvedic mind-body type (Prakruti) and imbalances (Vikruti)
Personalized Ayurvedic plan for diet, health routines, Yoga, breath work & meditation

Saturday September 15th, 2018. Only two openings left! One at 10am, ~~11:30 am~~ and one at 2pm. Location: The Nest, 2153 SW Main Street Suite 202, Portland

Call or email Ann to schedule. 503.890.2105 ann@lighthouseayurveda.com

Ayurveda is the 5,000 year old wisdom of healthy living. It is a way of natural healing and emphasizes maintaining the harmony of body-mind-spirit through diet, life style and natural herbs. Student interns and supervisors are not licensed physicians, nor are Ayurvedic services licensed by the state. In Ayurveda the emphasis is not on disease diagnosis but on maintaining the balance of the individual’s constitutional nature, or Dosha, so Ayurvedic treatments are never one size fits all, but custom tailored for each individual.

*Your visit is closely supervised by Center for Ayurveda and Yoga Study faculty, Ann Wagoner. Ann is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, CAP, from Mount Madonna Institute and an E-RYT-500 Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor.

**This special is only valid through March 31st, 2019. Sessions can be paid for separately.

April 22, 2017May 10, 2017

Center for Ayurveda and Yoga Study

The Center for Ayurveda and Yoga Study in Portland, Oregon has 200 and 300 hour courses from September 8th, 2017 through July 15th, 2018. Learn how to bring Ayurveda and Yoga together to help yourself and others find balance in mind, body and spirit. Classes meet the second weekend of the month Friday through Sunday. Instructors are: Jeevani Eigen, Wendy Hambidge and Ann Wagoner. To register or for more details, email ann@lighthouseayurveda.com. Program provides Yoga Alliance certification and Professional Ayurvedic Continuing Education credits from the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.