Rebirth: The Sword Becomes Light
Honor the Spring Equinox through yoga, Ayurveda, and mindful ritual. Find balance, renewal, and light with this integrative guide for practitioners.
Twenty Years of Light
Lisa M. Gunshore reflects on twenty years of awakening—from grief to illumination—exploring integration, devotion, and the sacred art of living in light.
The Heart of Winter Yoga: Opening the Chest, Softening the Mind, Warming the Body
Discover a gentle winter yoga practice to open the chest, soften the mind, and warm the body. Explore heart-centered movement, Ayurvedic balance, and the spiritual art of compassion.
Breath as Integration: Pranayama Practices for Winter’s Air & Ether
Explore the spiritual art of breathwork this winter. Learn how conscious Pranayama practices balance Vata, calm the mind, and integrate body, breath, and awareness through the elements of air and ether.
Movement for Winter: The Body as Temple
Discover how gentle yoga and mindful movement nurture warmth, balance Kapha and Vata, and honor the body as a sacred vessel during the quiet months of winter.
The Ayurvedic Art of Rest: Healing Through Rhythmic Stillness
Discover the Ayurvedic wisdom of rest as medicine. Learn how rhythmic stillness restores Ojas, balances Vata and Kapha, and heals the nervous system during winter’s quiet season.
Prana & Immunity: The Subtle Science of Breath and Vitality
Discover how conscious breathing and Ayurvedic insight strengthen winter immunity and restore balance to body and mind. Learn to build Ojas and vitality through the healing rhythm of Prana.
Agni in Winter: Igniting Digestive Fire in the Season of Stillness
Discover how to balance Kapha and Vata this winter through Ayurvedic rituals that strengthen digestion, immunity, and spiritual fire. Learn how to nurture Agni—the inner flame of transformation—with warming foods, daily rhythm, and mindful rest.
The Sword Becomes Light: Integration as Illumination
Winter is the season of discernment — a time to see clearly and live gently. In the Tarot, it belongs to the suit of Swords: the element of air, intellect, and insight. Yet every sword can wound or illuminate. In this winter reflection, Lisa Gunshore explores how the mind becomes light through the practice of integration.
Integrating the Work: How to Continue After a Self-Inquiry Coaching Session
A self-inquiry coaching session is the beginning of a deeper relationship with yourself.
True transformation doesn’t happen in the moment of insight—it happens in the quiet space afterward, when reflection becomes integration and understanding becomes daily practice.
This article explains what happens after a session, how to use your integration email, and ways to continue the work through self-study and community learning.
How to Prepare for a Self-Inquiry Coaching Session
A self-inquiry coaching session is more than a conversation—it is a sacred container for reflection, learning, and transformation. Whether you are exploring your emotional patterns, physical health, or spiritual growth, your experience begins long before we meet on Zoom.
Preparation helps you arrive centered and ready to receive insight. This short guide outlines how to prepare yourself and your space so our work together can unfold with clarity and depth.
How Self-Inquiry Coaching Works: What to Expect Before, During, and After Your Session
Every session is an invitation to study yourself—to understand your energy, patterns, and purpose through awareness and reflection.
My work blends self-inquiry coaching, Functional Ayurveda, and intuitive insight to help you bridge the worlds of science and spirit.
Eclipse Season as Dreamtime: Interruptions That Awaken
Eclipses are cosmic interruptions. They cut into the ordinary rhythm of sunlight and moonlight, reminding us that the flow of life is not as linear or predictable as we imagine. In the same way, awakenings often arrive as interruptions: a crisis, a revelation, a dream that won’t let you go. These disruptions feel inconvenient at best, destabilizing at worst — but they are also thresholds. They are the moments that initiate us into a new way of being.
The Perimenopause Roadmap: A Gen X Woman’s Guide
Our generation was told we could do it all — careers, caregiving, relationships — often while ignoring our bodies. Perimenopause reminds us we can’t push forever. It asks us to slow down, listen, and create new rhythms that honor who we are becoming.
For me, researching and writing this roadmap has been part of reclaiming my own body and preparing for this new season. My hope is that it helps you feel less alone, more empowered, and deeply supported.
Embracing the Shadow: A Fall Contemplative Practice
Fall is a season of transition—trees shed their leaves, daylight wanes, and we naturally turn inward. In Ayurveda, this is Vata season, a time when dryness, instability, and anxiety can surface. Spiritually, autumn mirrors the work of shadow integration: acknowledging the unseen, the hidden, and the unexpressed within ourselves.
Shadow work can feel intimidating, but it is one of the most powerful practices for healing and renewal. Just as the earth pulls energy inward to prepare for winter, we too can honor this rhythm by facing our inner shadows with compassion.
Meditation and Contemplation for Fall: Cultivating Stillness in Vata Season
As autumn unfolds with its crisp air and golden leaves, the energy of Vata dosha becomes dominant. Vata is light, airy, and mobile—qualities that can inspire creativity and movement, but when imbalanced, they may lead to restlessness, anxiety, or difficulty focusing. This makes fall the perfect season to anchor your daily routine with meditation and contemplative practices.
Movement for Fall: Yoga & Exercise to Balance Vata
As autumn arrives, nature shifts into a season of wind, dryness, and change. Ayurveda calls this Vata season—a time when our bodies and minds can feel light, erratic, and ungrounded. While movement is always important for health, the way we move in fall can either bring balance or deepen imbalance.
Autumn Foods: Nourishing Balance in Vata Season
As the air turns crisp and the leaves surrender their vibrant colors to the earth, our bodies, too, feel the shift of autumn. In Ayurveda, fall is governed by Vata dosha, marked by qualities of dryness, lightness, coldness, and movement. To stay grounded and resilient in this season of transition, we must look to foods that bring warmth, moisture, stability, and nourishment.
This is the wisdom of autumn eating: aligning with the season so your body feels supported, not depleted.
Understanding Vata in Fall: Balancing Body, Mind, and Spirit
As autumn descends in the Northern Hemisphere, nature begins its graceful shift. The air turns crisp, the leaves fall in fiery hues, and the rhythm of the season becomes lighter, drier, and cooler. In Ayurveda, these qualities reflect the Vata dosha—comprised of air (vayu) and ether (akasha).
Vata governs movement: the flow of breath, circulation, elimination, and even the movement of thoughts across the mind. When in balance, it is the force of creativity, adaptability, and inspiration. When out of balance, it becomes the root cause of instability—manifesting as anxiety, dryness, exhaustion, and weakened immunity.
The Spark of Fall: Harnessing Tarot Wisdom & the Autumn Harvest Spread
As we stand on the threshold of fall’s arrival, we are reminded of the cyclical nature of life and the power of transformation. The crisp air, shifting colors, and falling leaves whisper of endings that make way for new beginnings. In the Tarot, this seasonal rhythm is beautifully mirrored in the Ace of Wands—a card that embodies inspiration, creativity, and the spark of something new.