By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Ayurvedic Practitioner and Gardener The Ayurvedic Garden: Summer Medicine Grows Here There is a moment in summer when everything gets louder. The sun gets heavier. The days stretch like they’re trying to prove something. The body starts to feel it first, heat in the skin, heat in the mind, heat in the nervous system. In Ayurveda, this is Pitta season. Fire and water. Transformation and intensity. It’s the season of digestion, metabolism, ambition… and...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP The present moment? That’s the only stage you truly own. If you’ve ever sat down at the start or end of a yoga class, when the lights are low, the music’s just right, and you’re trying to “relax” you know exactly what I’m talking about. Your mind? Oh, it’s not relaxing. Nope. That little beast is doing backflips, swinging from branch to branch like it’s got a personal vendetta against your chill vibe. This is what we call the monkey mind. And let me tell you:...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher I didn’t just read about it. I watched it. From the very beginning. Nineteen Buddhist monks. 108 days. More than 2,300 miles from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. I saw every step online, YouTube streams, social media updates, people walking alongside them. And when I broke my leg, suddenly I could watch even more, every day, every mile. I wasn’t just a spectator. I became a witness. And the longer I watched, the more I realized:...