Hi Reader, I've been traveling recently—this time to France. I’ve included a few photos below. What I notice most when I travel is how much it challenges two things: digestion and sleep. Jet lag is one part of it, but digestion is often the bigger disruptor. So this week, I want to focus on that. Travel & Digestion On my flight (about 10 hours), I chose not to eat. It was a nighttime flight, and I simply wasn’t hungry. If you’re flying—especially on discount airlines where food isn’t...

Hi Reader, I hope this note finds you well.I wanted to share a few reflections from this week, and if you’re curious for more, you can read the full blog, California Ayurveda: Seasonal Rest and a Famous Yogi’s Legacy, here. This past weekend I was at the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine conference in Milpitas, and I kept thinking about California. We were right in the middle of Silicon Valley, surrounded by so much Indian culture—the food, the language, the women in saris—and it...

Hi Reader, Weekly Musings: Oil, Light and the Turning of the Seasons The light has been changing this week. Here in Northern California, the mornings are warmer and brighter, the evenings stretch a little longer, and the air carries that unmistakable feeling that something is shifting. My orange tree has only a few oranges left hanging, and my apple and fig trees are beginning to push out their first green shoots. You can read the full post here. Nature is starting to bloom again as the days...