Pet Care in Rainy Season – Let’s Prepare

Pet Care in Rainy Season – Let’s Prepare

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Pet Care in Rainy Season - Let's Prepare Our Pets.  As rainy season starts, reproduction of insects and increased proliferation of viruses, bacteria and parasites cause multiple illnesses.  Virus outbreaks, especially...

Ayurvedic Medicine: Digging Deeper to Understand Your Dominant Dosha

Ayurvedic Medicine: Digging Deeper to Understand Your Dominant Dosha

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The background information in Howler’s last two articles about Ayurvedic medicine set the stage for what we’ll cover this time. In part 1, we identified the three doshas — vata, pitta and kapha — and then provided a quiz...

Surfing and Yoga Go Hand in Hand

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BEST COSTA RICA ADVENTURE DEALS [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Let’s take a moment to reconnect to our breath. Inhale deeply through your nose. Fill your lungs down to their very...

Lifestyle Feature – Sound Journey to Self-Healing

Lifestyle Feature – Sound Journey to Self-Healing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lifestyle Feature - Sound Journey to Self-Healing: A Gentle Natural Healing Tool.  So there I was, completely submerged in a bath of sound and vibration coming from some of the most amazing instruments I’ve ever seen (or heard)...

Mantras and Affirmations

Mantras and Affirmations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Om Mani Padme Hum is the above sanscript phrase, a well-loved Buddhist mantra commonly translated as, "The jewel is in the lotus." Yoga Wisdom: Mantras and Affirmations, What You Speak You Become.  In 1994, the alternative medicine...

Retreats In Costa Rica: Pick Your Way to Unwind

Retreats In Costa Rica: Pick Your Way to Unwind

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]From the Costa Rican coastlines to the volcanoes and cloud forests, there are many types of retreats throughout this country to entice any enthusiast.  Yes, yoga is one of the clear choices of retreats, but not the only...

Yoga and Wellness Retreats

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]What Makes Costa Rica an Inspiration Destination We’ll begin today’s practice in a comfortable seated position. Gently rest your hands on your knees with your palms facing up. Touch your index fingers to the tips of your...

A Mental Diet for Your Body to Heal

A Mental Diet for Your Body to Heal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Mental Diet for Your Body to Heal: The mind is a powerful tool for creating the experiences we choose in life. It is said that everything in life exists twice — first in the mind and then in reality. What happens when our mind...

Inipi or Temazcal Part 3 of 4

Inipi or Temazcal Part 3 of 4

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]To elaborate on the first article in this Howler series, inipi is a ceremony to purify our bodies and minds. It originated with the sacred rituals of the indigenous native Americans. Inipi comes from the Lakota word...

Inipi or Temazcal Part 2 of 4

Inipi or Temazcal Part 2 of 4

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]It was a hot Saturday afternoon in La Senda and I was crawling into a hut that represents the womb of our Mother Earth. I crawled to my assigned spot and waited for everyone else to enter. I inhaled one last big breath of...

Inipi and Temazcal Part 1 of 4

Inipi and Temazcal Part 1 of 4

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BEST COSTA RICA TRAVEL DEALS   [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="Understanding the Sweat Lodge Ritual"][vc_column_text]The Lakota term for sweat lodge is inipi which...

Ginger’s Health Benefits

Ginger’s Health Benefits

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Ginger can improve your life. The health benefits are amazing! In this overview, we highlight some of the medical advantages ginger offers in more ways than you might have realized.   Weight loss  Keeping your weight...