Sarajean Rudman

Leave the smartphone at home and hit the trails, road, or sand with nothing to focus on but putting one foot in front of the other.

According to Ayurveda, burns and inflammation represent imbalances in the pitta (fire) dosha. In order to restore balance, Ayurveda treats with opposites.

by Sarajean Rudman Does this sound familiar? The alarm clock rings, and you hit the ground running. You speed through a frenetic morning routine, and on to...

By Sarajean Rudman It’s spring! Time to start anew, watch the flowers blossom, shake off the winter blues, and get back in touch with yourself and nature....

In Ayurveda, vata dosha is comprised of air and ether. To balance those qualities, try these nourishing, warm, grounding practices.

by Sarajean Rudman At the beginning of a relationship, you’re often in a whirlwind of excitement and joy. You might spend the first few months of courting in...

The bright yellow, herbaceous perennial known as turmeric, originally from South India, has America enamored with its oft-trumpeted health benefits.

This recipe from Kripalu Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Health Counselor Sarajean Rudman is a yummy way to use turmeric, hailed for its ability to prevent anything from the common cold to cancer.

Spring arrives, and with it comes flowers budding, sunny days mingling with intermittent rainstorms to refresh and replenish, warmer temperatures, and a...

Feeling vibrant in winter is all about listening to your body and balancing kapha (which can create sluggishness) with vata, which dominates the cold season.

Keeping your yoga teaching fresh and inspired is not only great for your students, it’s essential for you.

Here are nine yoga poses to help balance your kapha.

Kripalu Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Health Counselor Sarajean Rudman offers an easy way to get your daily turmeric dose on the go.

By Sarajean Rudman For those of us who work in office settings, spending eight or more hours a day sitting still in front of a screen can leave us out of...

Is there a way to lose weight and keep it off—without losing your sanity and jumping from diet to diet? There is—and it has been road-tested for the last 5,000 years.

Sweating is good for us, and so is yoga. Putting the two together can be even more effective.

Here are 10 Ayurvedic approaches to help stop allergies in their tracks.

Whether you’re a flower child or “two with nature,” here are a few ways to get closer to the great outdoors this summer.

Sarajean Rudman talks about how you can cultivate deeply meditative experiences while enjoying vigorous outdoor activities such as running.

We asked our faculty for advice, and came up with seven tactics for deducting some stress from the days leading up to April 17.

Bring light into your winter.

Need a great beach read? Here’s what our Schools faculty and staff are kicking back with this summer!

We asked a few of our Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda faculty to share their favorite rituals for the season of celebration.

Even when I know my choices aren’t going to lead me to the future I desire, I can’t seem to choose what I know is best for me on a consistent basis.

When we commune with the outdoors, we physically connect to the natural rhythms of nature.

Halloween is here, and even the most Zen-like yoga instructor isn’t immune to a few spine-tingling chills on the yoga mat.