nutrition and cleansing

Cynthia Burrows is owner of Nature’s Healing Herbs, an Herbal, Green Tea, and Tincture product line, and a rare product line of Green Tea Foods. Cynthia has been an herbalist for over 15 years and has spent 6 years learning through the East West School of Herbology with Michael Tierra. She has studied Western, Chinese and Ayurvedic Herbs, with continued studies of alternative and complementary medicine. She is a Certified Wellness Consultant. Cindy added the Green Teas to her herbal teas and became known in Austin as the Green Tea lady! Today her teas are carried in several shops and for the past 7 years, on Saturdays, at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market! Consultation is by donation, ask at reception to make an appointment. www.herbalagogo.com

what does nutrition and internal cleansing have to do with yoga?

the ancient yogic texts such as the yoga sutras of patanjali present wisdom on our relationship to our bodies and the world around us. the sutras refer to something called saucha which is cleanliness of body, mind and internal organs. they also refer to tapas, a control of the senses including moderation of food.

"whatever is taken in (food and everything taken in by the senses) should be pure, then the mind will be pure" sankara.

contemporary works such as the yoga makaranda by sri krishnamacharya (the teacher of our teachers) give great importance to eating a pure diet and following many yogic cleansing actions.

at eastside yoga we are excited to offer nutritional consultations and lectures based on western and eastern principles.