Articles in: Meditation

Working with the mind through meditation is one of the precepts of Ayurveda and one of its greatest offerings. Many people today, while ready and willing to begin a meditation practice, find their path riddled with stumbling blocks and either abandon their efforts or find it hard to build consistency in their practice. John Douillard and the LifeSpa team set out to make powerful meditation techniques – as well as its sister practices of yoga and breathing exercises – accessible and applicable to our busy modern lives.

Kapalabhati Breathing for Blood Sugar, Weight Loss + Brain Cleansing: the Science

by John Douillard on September 19, 2019 | 1 Comment

Pranayama, Nitric Oxide + Stress Reduction As rising levels of stress are linked to ever-rising levels of chronic disease, researchers look to time-tested stress reducing techniques to break this cycle. Recently, more and more studies are published on the science of breathing, also called pranayama. The word prana means life force and ayama means to

Science Behind Slow Eating

by John Douillard on September 14, 2019 | 5 Comments

Eating Slow Feels Good! Years ago, I co-directed an Ayurvedic in-residence wellness center with Dr. Deepak Chopra. We prescribed Ayurvedic treatments and guided patients through 1-3 week detoxification and rejuvenation programs. The organization we worked for had a handful of centers around the country, but ours was for more serious conditions, such as cancer and

The Big Bang! Akashic Records + Ayurveda

by John Douillard on September 5, 2019 | 11 Comments

Quantum Big Bang Since the days of Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Nikola Tesla, Niels Bohr, and others who introduced quantum physics, scientists have explored the origins of the universe through that lens. The result is a new paradigm replacing the notion that the world consists of bits of matter randomly colliding in space, materializing after

The Hidden Power of Yoga Nidra

by John Douillard on August 6, 2019 | 2 Comments

Yoga nidra has become a popular and effective relaxation tool common in many yoga studios. But it is not always practiced with an understanding of its original purpose. Translated, yoga nidra combines yoga, union of mind, body, and consciousness, and nidra, sleep. Strictly translated, yoga nidra is the ability to sleep while maintaining a state

089: Yoga Nidra with Rod Stryker

by John Douillard on August 5, 2019 | 1 Comment

Yoga nidra has become a popular and effective relaxation tool common in many yoga studios. But it is not always practiced with an understanding of its original purpose. Yogarupa Rod Stryker has taught yoga nidra for 40 years and has a book coming out called Enlightened Sleep. I’m very excited to bring him onto the podcast, where we dive deep into yoga nidra.

Kaya Kalpa Cleanse: Stem Cell Activation + Longevity

by John Douillard on July 29, 2019 | 5 Comments

The world may not need another cleanse, but the cleanse I’m introducing to you is not new—in fact, it is thousands of years old: perhaps the oldest Ayurvedic detox of all! There is one catch: this cleanse, the LifeSpa Kaya Kalpa Cleanse, is NOT for everyone. It’s more aggressive than our first two cleanses, the

Nature’s RDA for Healing

by John Douillard on July 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Don’t you feel better after being outdoors? Nature walking, forest bathing, hiking, and just being in the wilderness have been shown to offer numerous health and psychological benefits, but how much time is needed in the woods to get these benefits? A new study published in Scientific Reports finds two hours a week is minimum

God is Back: The Science of Spirituality

by John Douillard on July 13, 2019 | 13 Comments

Just when the world has decided to become less religious, science, which has beaten the secular drum for decades, may change its tune! Some of our greatest scientific minds now suggest with confidence that there is an intelligence behind the order of the universe.2 The scientific tide is shifting; there may in fact be a

088: Biohacking with Ben Greenfield

by John Douillard on July 1, 2019 | Leave a Comment

What should we eat? In my search to answer what should be a very simple question, I have interviewed numerous best-selling diet authors and this week’s podcast is with fitness and longevity expert Ben Greenfield, author of the bestselling book Beyond Training.

Vedic Techniques to Unleash the Power of Quantum Healing

by John Douillard on June 27, 2019 | 5 Comments

A spontaneous healing is when the body recovers from a disease state spontaneously without apparent cause or aid of medical care.1 Some call it the placebo effect and others call it quantum healing, suggesting healing from an invisible source that works through mechanisms that are, as of yet, unknown. Spontaneous remissions, spontaneous regressions, or quantum

Ayurveda 201: Six Weeks to Transformation & Bliss Through Ayurvedic Psychology

by John Douillard on June 4, 2019 | 1 Comment

For 26 years, I administered Ayurvedic panchakarma detox retreats, guiding thousands of patients through the mental and emotional transformation that Ayurveda requires for optimal health and longevity, giving us the capacity to live a content, joyful life with the freedom to love, give, and care for others fully. To take this knowledge to the next

087: Ayurvedic Psychology Free Intro with Dr. John

by John Douillard on June 3, 2019 | 2 Comments

I am so excited to introduce my new Yoga Journal course, Ayurveda 201: Six Weeks to Transformation + Bliss through Ayurvedic Psychology. In the course, Larissa Hall Carlson + I will guide you through weekly yoga, breathing, meditation, Ayurveda, + Ayurvedic psychology techniques to shed unwanted patterns of behavior that lie at the root of our mental, emotional, + physical health challenges.