Whew! May was a busy month! Usually, the monthly live classes here are uploaded within a couple days. This month, it took me over a week! You can watch them and other classes here https://www.skool.com/blissful-living-academy-4719/classroom I did a lot of cooking this past month and @Kathleen Wright and I were fortunate enough to be together hosting a retreat! Here are some my photos of three May events - Mother's Day retreat, May's class here and a Retreat in Asheville area. Share your memories from our events together.

Hi- I am from North Carolina. My favorite yoga poses are Yin Yoga forward poses to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system that promote relaxation and healing. I love to cook vegetables; roasted, steamed and sautéed.

As I was picking out recipes for this month's cooking class about Spring Salads, it made me question "What makes a salad a salad?" Sure, there are all sorts of salads... 🥗 Green salads 🥝 Fruit salads 🌾 Grain salads 🍝 Pasta salads 🥚 Protein rich salads 🍧 Novelty and Dessert salads Many recipes have raw ingredients while others are cooked, some have both raw and cooked mixed together. And, what's a salad without a dressing!! From an ayurvedic standpoint, many salads bring about combinations that can cause digestive disruptions. If you get gassy or bloated after eating raw green salads, you know what I'm talking about. In this week's class, I'll be talking about the importance of ingredient combinations and digestive strength while demonstrating two salad recipes that are easy to digest and enjoy. 1) Kale Salad with Pecan-Honey Dressing 2) Spring Fruit Salad with Ginger-Honey Dressing Let's hear from you....What's your favorite type of salad? BONUS for comments on any digestive disruptions you've experienced with salads, now or in the past. See y'all on Sunday (10am CST/11am EST) for our May Yoga and Ayurveda Live Class

Salamba Sarvangasana the all limbs supported pose. Salamba Sarvangasana is known as the "mother of all the asanas". It Is reported to have remarkable healing effects on the body mind sense complex, In his book Light on Yoga Guruji BKS Iyengar tells us that the importance of Sarvangasana cannot be over emphasized. He goes on to say it is one of the greatest boons conferred on humanity by the ancient sages. In May class we will address safe approach to this asana. Useful preparatory movements of shoulder and chest area will be given. Correct use of props, variations, and adaptations to the classic will be included. Please bring 4 firm blankets to this class. With love and blessings Kathleen