Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm Your Body's Been Buffering For Years What if menopause isn't the problem, but the moment everything else finally becomes visible? Hi Reader, Fall is starting to peek through, but the heat's still hanging on, so I'm balancing both this week. I also just moved (more on that below), and this week's episode dives into something I think a lot of you will feel seen by: the way perimenopause and menopause gets blamed for everything you're feeling. WHAT YOUR...
8 days ago • 3 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm Beyond Equality: The Shakti Within Hi Reader, Women's Equality Day was last week, August 26th. It's a day to honor the women who fought for the right to vote, to lead, to be full members of society. But I think equality is asking something more of us now — not to keep proving we can match the pace and productivity, but to allow ourselves the room for softness, creativity, rhythm, connection, nourishment, and rest. WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS Many of us are...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm How to Live Longer (Without Optimizing Anything) What if living to 117 has nothing to do with your diet? Hi Reader, I read something this week that stopped me — not because of what it said about food, but because of what it didn't say about it at all. WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS I recently read about a woman who lived to be 117. The headlines were all about what she ate — olive oil, yogurt, some secret longevity food. But what stood out to me was something...
30 days ago • 1 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm The One Question Every Stressed Body Should Ask Where in your life is there space where nobody expects you to perform, even for five minutes? Hi Reader, I get a lot of men in my yoga classes and almost none of them walk in talking about flexibility or fitness goals. What they're actually looking for turns out to be something a lot of women recognize too. WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS A man came up to me after class recently and told me about his old life — a...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm Anxiety Doesn't Always Look Like Panic (Sometimes It Looks Like You) You say "I'm fine." You mean it, mostly. But something underneath knows that's not the whole story. Hi Reader, I used to say "I have a lot going on" like it was just a fact of life. Turns out, for a lot of us, it's actually the polite way we describe something else entirely. WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS There was a stretch, not long ago, where I was running on stimulation alone — fourth and...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm You Don't Need Six New Habits (Only One) You wake up, reach for coffee, and you're already three steps behind before your feet hit the floor. Hi Reader, I do not like waking up in the morning. Never have. But I've found a couple of tricks that work without willpower being involved — and this week's episode is full of more like them. WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS I do not like waking up in the morning. Never have. But my blinds are cracked just enough that the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm Hi Reader, Something I wish I'd known sooner: you don't have to say yes to everything. The thing on your desk can wait. Time with the people you love, moments to slow down — those can't. And when you're tired, or sick, or working through something hard with your S.O., slowing down isn't a luxury. It's the whole point. So today, let it be slow. Let it be soft. Have a slowed down Friday. A slowed down weekend. Be well and nourished, Chelsea P.S. What's...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm Your Body Stores What You Don't Process Your bones aren't just structure. They're storage — for everything you never let yourself feel. Hi Reader, I've had this question sitting with me all week: if you don't let yourself feel something, where does it actually go? Not metaphorically — physically. Turns out your body has an answer, and it's not "nowhere." WHAT YOUR BODY KNOWS A student found me after class recently and told me something that's stayed...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Chelsea Johnson Ayurveda The Body Rhythm Wired at Night, Exhausted All Day (It's Not Insomnia) It's 2am. Nothing is wrong. And yet here you are — heart beating a little too fast, mind already running tomorrow's list, wondering why your body won't just let you rest. Hi Reader, "I'm so tired, but I can't sleep" — I've heard some version of that from three different women this week. If that's been you lately: it's not random. What Your Body Knows A woman I've been working with told me she's...
2 months ago • 2 min read