Welcome to La Vida Veda

with Jessica Kruse

Ayurvedic holistic health and Yoga

Yoga Teacher Training (English and Spanish)

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Ayurveda

About La Vida Veda

Jessica is dedicated to Ayurvedic medicine and Yoga as they have been practiced side by side as sister sciences for thousands of years to promote wellbeing and longevity. Her mission is to bring Ayurveda to the West to facilitate and support growth in the multiple dimensions of health: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual, using a holistic approach that is blended with Ayurvedic lifestyle and diet, massage, yoga, pranayama and meditation

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This is a friendly reminder to tune into your need

This is a friendly reminder to tune into your needs throughout your day… 💗

Ask yourself: 🤯

🤔What am I feeling in my body right now?
😳Where am I feeling it?
😪Is it physical or emotional?
🥺Is this feeling attached to a need?
🧐How can I honor that need?

Set an intention to check in with yourself at least twice a day. Perhaps that’s using sunrise & sunset as a reminder. Or breakfast & dinner. 🤗

Tune in. 🤍
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Sometimes simply sticking out your tongue and roar

Sometimes simply sticking out your tongue and roaring like a lion is exactly what you need to relax or express yourself.🥰

Introducing lion's breath. 🙌🏻

Lion’s breath is a type of pranayama that’s said to alleviate stress, eliminate toxins, and stimulate your throat chakra and boost confidence. 😉

Lion’s breath not only stretches the muscles in your face, but it also relieves tension and tightness while improving circulation. It’s an energetic and awakening breath that will also help to ease the mind. Like Ujjayi breathing, it’s a warming breath that will increase your internal temperature and better prepare you for Yoga asana.

Here’s how to do lion’s breath:

👉🏻Find a comfortable seated position.
👉🏻Lean forward slightly, bracing your hands on your knees or the floor.
👉🏻Spread your fingers as wide as possible.
👉🏻Inhale through your nose.
👉🏻Open your mouth wide, stick out your tongue.
👉🏻Exhale forcefully, make a “ha” sound that comes from deep within your abdomen.
👉🏻Breathe normally for a few moments.
👉🏻Repeat lion’s breath up to 7 times.

Unleash your inner lion! 🤎
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Doshas & their physical seats.🤎 Starting with

Doshas & their physical seats.🤎

Starting with Kapha…🤩

Kapha is predominantly water & earth and is the most static of the 3 governing energies.

It is immensely stable, powerful, and resistant and its main seat in the body is in the lungs and the upper fundus of the stomach. It is responsible for the structure and lubrication of the tissues, organs, and joints. It’s directly related to memory and immunity.

In balance, Kapha is expressed as love, calmness, and forgiveness and provides strength, vigor, and stability. Out of balance, it leads to lethargy, weight gain, obesity, attachment, greed, lust, and envy.

Isn’t it interesting that the strongest primordial energy is the one that is the most static?
The one that has to do with love, calmness, and forgiveness?
Can you find strength in stillness and surrender?

How can you tap into this Kapha energy with unwavering strength and stability? 🤔

Simply by lying in a vulnerable position; such as the one shown above (supta baddha konasana- reclined bound angle), while drawing your prana and attention to these sites of Kapha by holding your hands on your chest and stomach.

Soak in gratitude for the nourishment, love, calmness, and forgiveness granted by Kapha.
Breath by breath; give thanks for the saliva in your mouth that enables you to taste and assimilate your food, the fluids and secretions that nourish your tissues, organs, bones, and blood and for the sweet memories retained in this miraculous life. 🥰
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Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Twisted E

Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Twisted Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose) is a balancing posture in which you raise one leg at hip level and hold onto its big toe with your hand and then transition into the twisted variation. 😎

This pose helps build strength and flexibility, particularly in the back of your legs and your ankles.😉

If you have tight hamstrings and can’t straighten your leg while keeping your spine straight, feel free to use a strap or practice with a bent knee.

📌Beginners tip: You can hold this pose longer by supporting the raised-leg on the top edge of a chair.

Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana improves balance, postural and body awareness, and can boost energy and fight fatigue. It is also great for counteracting the effects of prolonged sitting and computer work.

Give it a try. 🤗
You may just end up feeling extremely energized & empowered. 💚
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For those who want to dive deeper into overall hea

For those who want to dive deeper into overall health & benefits… 🙌🏻
Ayurveda rituals focus on achieving both mind and body balance. 🤩

Here are a few Ayurveda rituals to incorporate into your daily routines to feel happy, healthy & fulfilled:

1. Yoga & meditation👈🏻
2. Technology detox: Switch off 1 hour before bed👈🏻
3. Essential oil diffusing: Helps soothe the nervous system👈🏻
4. Tongue scraping👈🏻
5. Dry brushing: For detox & stimulating the lymphatic system👈🏻
6. Nasal cleansing using nasya - herbal oil drops (see previous post)👈🏻

Before you know it, you’ll begin to feel more energized, alert, rejuvenated and whole. 💪🏻

Why not begin today?🤗
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The ultimate spring cleaning checklist… 😮 And

The ultimate spring cleaning checklist… 😮
And this one actually involves YOU. 😍

This spring I want you to focus on creating space for yourself.

How?🤔 Of course you can do a spring cleanse at home. 🥰

Yet on an even easier level, try simply cleansing your body with breath and movement.

More importantly, try to create space in your mind and make room in your life with meditation.
Meditation is simply moment to moment awareness of yourself.
Your true self beyond thoughts, feelings, and emotions. 🙌🏻

Be aware of the void. ✔️
Don’t be afraid of the emptiness.✔️
Use it to expand your perception and awareness.✔️
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(Re) treat yourself. 🥰 Come and experience a w

(Re) treat yourself. 🥰

Come and experience a weekend of connection to yourself & others - July 15,16,17.

Located at Pure Awareness Yoga Retreat in Alberta, discover the art of Ayurveda nutrition and lifestyle, Yoga, sacred ceremony, labyrinth walks, Subconscious Imprinting Technique and meditation as we allow ourselves to sit in the seat of the heart, to listen to what our soul whispers. 🤗

Immersing yourself in nature and restorative Yoga will help relax your body and mind, making it easier to get clear on what you want and need and what brings you pleasure and joy. You'll learn our favorite techniques for dealing with life from a calmer, more centered place and you'd be surprised how easy this can be. 🤩

Early Bird pricing is on now until May 15th, 2022. 😉

Link in bio to save your spot! 💚
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Subconscious Imprinting Technique is a science bas

Subconscious Imprinting Technique is a science based healing system designed to uncover and release repressed emotions and unresolved trauma that’s contributing to chronic physical symptoms in your life.

Earl Nighting states: “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” 🤩

Every S.I.T. session is as unique as the client…🤗

Typically, these sessions last 60-90 minutes and can be integrated with other services, such as clinical remedial massage.

S.I.T sessions can be facilitated in-person, or virtually, where the practitioner will guide you through a series of 4 steps, which are outlined below:

Step 1: Reason & reframe -To gain an understanding for the reason of the session and what the client’s desired outcome is.✔️

Step 2: Reveal the root cause - To reveal detailed information regarding the root-cause of the (physical, emotional or spiritual) issue at hand – the source. The root-cause is often a hidden belief or decision you made due to a specific life event, experience, trauma or influence.✔️

Step 3: Reprogram & release the patterns - To clear the emotional charge associated with the issue that resides within the subconscious mind. Once the root-cause has been revealed, the practitioner will guide you through a specific process that will uncover emotional charges and patterns that are causing imbalance within the body. The practitioner will reprogram the subconscious mind with new patterns.✔️

Step 4: Restore - To create new pathways in the subconscious mind that align with the client’s desired outcome. You’re like a computer that’s been restored to the original settings. Think of it like erasing your computer of viruses, and installing new apps that are more advanced and aligned with who you want to become.✔️

Some beautiful words, from a beautiful client. 🥰

Thank you so much Mandell. 🙌🏻
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Breath of Fire (also called Kapalbhati, or Skull L

Breath of Fire (also called Kapalbhati, or Skull Luster) is a technique that cleanses the lungs and sinuses, energizes the body and mind, and helps the body to heal and build strength.

Breath of Fire can be extremely beneficial to our health. ❤️

Unlike long deep breathing, which can be soothing to the nervous system, this breath is energizing…hence the name, breath of fire!

Some benefits include:

🔥 Cleanses and releases toxins and deposits from the lungs and blood vessels
🔥 Builds physical endurance and provides pain relief by reducing the amount of lactic acid build-up after exercising
🔥 Strengthens the nervous system & therefore helps regulate responses to stress
🔥 Strengthens and tones the reproductive organs
🔥 Super energizing!
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Exercise of any kind can be incredibly supportive

Exercise of any kind can be incredibly supportive in countering the heavy, wet spring season… 🏋🏻‍♀️

When it comes specifically to Yoga in the spring, we have to think about removing the stagnation and density accumulated in the winter months. Therefore, the emphasis is on stimulating blood and lymph flow, cleansing the lungs and warming the kidneys.

During this season, we aim to keep the chest open and the heart space expanded.
Forward bends, chest openers, twists and backward bends can be very supportive at this time!

Some recommended dynamic poses include:

🤸🏻‍♂️ Sun Salutations done at a quicker pace
🤸🏻‍♂️ Warrior I
🤸🏻‍♂️ Warrior II
🤸🏻‍♂️ Reverse Warrior
🤸🏻‍♂️ Revolved Triangle
🤸🏻‍♂️ All standing balance postures

Poses that stretch, compress, stimulate, and cleanse the solar plexus can also be supportive, including:

👉🏻 Cat/Cow
👉🏻 Crow
👉🏻 Camel
👉🏻 Cobra
👉🏻 Bow
👉🏻 Side Plank
👉🏻 Leg Lifts
👉🏻 Supine twists

Spring is also an excellent time to reap the benefits of pranayama, as it aids in the elimination of impurities formed from undigested food and emotions. See my last post on Bhastrika and stay tuned for my next post for another powerful breathing technique! 😉
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My journey with Abhyanga massage therapy began sho

My journey with Abhyanga massage therapy began shortly after I graduated high school.
I was blessed to have integrated Yoga into my life already and took a serious interest in the body and wellbeing. After receiving honors in my high school cosmetology program and completing apprenticeships at both the best skincare and hair studios in Edmonton; I knew I wanted to be in the wellness industry…but was it like this? Nope.

Ayurveda quickly became my main focus by the age of 19 and I’m so grateful I’ve been able to create a life and career I love while creating a positive impact…and also while continually learning and growing myself! ✨

In 2008 I completed all levels of Turiya Therapy (applied Marma therapy), along with my intro to Ayurveda cooking with Dr. Jaisri Lambert in White Rock, BC…and I was hungry for more!
So, I decided to stay and keep learning from this loving master and well, here I am.
Beyond grateful to still be learning with her today!

I had recently taken an Ayurveda massage therapy course while living 6 months in Thailand the year prior and I was eagerly encouraged by my earliest clients (many of whom were doctors that I admired) to continue. They reported that I had incredible intuition and healing hands and that my confidence and skills were building quickly.

Plus, I had landed one of the best teachers (from Dr.Lad’s lineage) that I could imagine and…I was her only student at the time! Most importantly, I had been experiencing the benefits of doing my daily self Abhyanga massage and I just had to share the everyday magic with others.

Nearly a decade and a half later, I’m beyond honored that Dr. Jaisri has passed the torch to me to continue teaching this transformational massage technique as our dear teacher Dr. Lad taught us.

Ayurveda oil massage therapy “Abhyanga” strongly enhances neurotransmitter production, strongly reduces stress hormones, and beautifully enhances both feeling loved and loving behavior.

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