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Apple Raisin Chutney

On Sept 12, 2015 a group of enthusiastic Yoga practitioners gathering in the forested amphitheatre at Porpoise Bay provincial park.  The sun was glistening through the trees and just 200 feet down the trail there was a mother bear and her cubs feeding on the salmon that had come to spawn. The gathering was to learn more about Shaka Vansya Ayurved. Elizabeth Innes was the speaker. Yes it was a gorgeous sunny afternoon in the forest. A perfect place to learn more about Prana moving into our body and how to balance body/minds for more vitality and health. We started with the basic principle of Space/Ether, Solar, and Lunar energies and how they become Vata, Pitta, Kapha in our physical forms.  How the doshas of V,P and K shift and change every 4 hours in the circadian cycle of the day. After breaking up into groups and doing a questionnaire to get a glimpse into our body type we then went on to examine what foods and spices are best to balance the doshas. Not only in Shaka ...

Purity of Knowledge

The power of the media is great. I found that out a few weeks ago when the article I submitted to our local community paper published my 200 word article. Not only that they also put my picture on the front page - the whole page.  60 People showed up for my talk. Only a hand full had heard of Ayurved in the past and most of them were seeking help for various health issues. The next days I also hit Facebook with people commenting on my talk. I was surprised that they did not really hear what I said and posted recipes from other teachers and connected them to me. Wow! misquoted on my first step into public view. Correction were made at my request. I did not want to be responsible for bringing misunderstanding into Shaka Vansya Ayurved. We know that Ayurved is an ancient knowledge and I am blessed to have a teacher, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra, who can trace his lineage back thousands of years and also teachers from the ancient Vedic texts. He calls his approach "Sutra to Science...