Episode 13: Listen to Your Body to Restore Balance: Preventative Tips and Tricks with Micayla Kuehn

Micayla Kuehn is a Bay Area, California born & raised, Taurus sun//Taurus ascendant (hella earthy!), Certified Yoga Teacher & Ayurvedic Health Counselor (aka your holistic health hype woman), and a passionate lover of planet Earth, astrology, avocados, good puns, matcha, the Tropics, delicious & nutritious plant-based food & bevs, dreams, travel, social/emotional learning, personal development, and all things health & wellness.

Her healing journey began while living on the island of Kauai, in 2012. It was there, removed from the daily distractions of the usual hustle & grind, that she began to really connect with the environment & herself. She began doing yoga & meditation, studying nutrition and changing her diet and started looking at her unhealthy habits and limiting beliefs about herself. For the first time in her life, she recognized how much she had been normalizing symptoms of poor digestion & stress, and had her “AH HAH'' moment when she began to return to balance in her mind & body and realized how good it feels to FEEL GOOOOOD. Micayla found that simply synching up with the natural rhythms of the day, getting solid sleep, eating real food, moving her body regularly, and being in nature daily, contributed to a newfound sense of balance, health, and overall well-being. 

The intention to unlearn her negative thought patterns & stories, to change her diet and lifestyle, and to begin loving & healing herself brought Micayla to Ayurveda, an ancient healing system that focuses on self-responsibility and self-care as a means to bring balance & health to the mind & body and to cultivate more self-love. She then studied at the California College of Ayurveda in 2015, where she also completed an Herbal Apprenticeship program & became a certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor & herb nerd. She went on to do a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, an Ayurvedic Massage & Body Therapy training, and a Vedic Immersion experience at Hale Pule (an Ayurveda & Yoga training center) on Kauai in 2017. In 2018, Micayla and her soul sister, Yvette co-created a business, Ancient Herban, where they create Ayurvedic herbal products and tools for self-care. 

Micayla’s loving intention is to bridge the gap between ancient Ayurvedic wisdom and the modern-day hustler by making the information accessible, digestible (pun intended), and relatable so that her clients can actually implement and benefit from healthier diet & lifestyle habits.

Micayla’s Social media handles are @micayla_ayurveda and @ancientherban and her websites are www.micaylaayurveda.com and www.ancientherban.com

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