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What's the deal with moon days?

August 3, 2021 Ellie Wannemacher

First of all, to get us all on the same page: there is a tradition in the Ashtanga Yoga method of taking rest on moon days (full moon or new moon, which each occur once a month) instead of practicing asana.

This is based on the schedule of practicing six days a week, and having a consistent day of rest (typically Saturday, though you could structure a six-day-a-week practice with any consistent day off). So, a “daily practice” with these guidelines might mean you practice five days one week (when there’s a moon day in addition to your usual rest day) and six days the next week (no moon day), and so on.

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In Yoga Tags moon days, ashtanga, practice, rest days, new moon, full moon

How to do Abhyanga: Self-Massage with Oil

January 13, 2021 Ellie Wannemacher
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Self-massage with oil, or abhyanga, is a wonderful practice for self care that is inexpensive, not time-consuming, and extremely beneficial. But you may have some questions if this is new to you or you haven’t yet made it part of your routine. My hope is that the following will serve as a straightforward guide to abhyanga: what you need, how and when to do it…

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In Ayurveda Tags ayurveda, dinacarya, daily routine, practice

hitāhitaṃ sukhaṃ duhkham āyus tasya hitāhitam,
mānaṃ ca tac ca yatroktam āyurvedaḥ sa ucyate. Ca. Sū. 1/41

Āyurveda is said to be that science where what is useful and detrimental (to health/life); the happy and unhappy (states of) life; what is good and bad for life, its measurement (span/length) of life itself are described.