Moksha Ayurveda PHX

Moksha Ayurveda PHX Moksha Ayurveda is the holistic healthcare practice of Lorilee Gillmore. Combining the 5000 year old

Lorilee fell into Ayurveda during her Yoga Teacher Training at At One Yoga in 2007. This finding was a natural evolution stemming from 15 years as a bodyworker and the long belief in food as medicine. After finishing her first certification from the Kerala Ayurvedic Academy as class valedictorian, she was honored to study Tantra and Ayurveda with Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) in the

Himalayas. She has continued her education with both Dr. Marc Halpern at The Shivananda Ashram and Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institue.

🎶 Sound in the Silks 🗓️ THIS Sunday, May 31st at 6:30pm📍Moksha Ayurveda PHXAn evening of intention, elevation, and ener...
05/28/2026

🎶 Sound in the Silks
🗓️ THIS Sunday, May 31st at 6:30pm
📍Moksha Ayurveda PHX

An evening of intention, elevation, and energetic renewal.

Before stepping into a new week, take time to restore balance and harmonize your inner frequency. This experience blends gentle aerial yoga with the healing resonance of sound, creating space for deep rest and energetic alignment.

Cocoon yourself in soft silk hammocks as soothing vibrations from gongs, singing bowls, and chimes wash through the body, releasing tension and renewing clarity.

No aerial experience needed—just bring your intention for the week ahead and allow yourself to float, recalibrate, and rise refreshed.

*Prefer to stay grounded? Three cozy nests on the ground spaces are available in lieu of the silks.

Space is limited. RSVP today!
➡️ https://www.mokshaayurvedaphx.com/events/sundayinthesilksmay2

We are created to be in a community, to have a tribe we share with. To be surrounded by others, feel kinship and be touc...
05/22/2026

We are created to be in a community, to have a tribe we share with. To be surrounded by others, feel kinship and be touched. When we lose that connection, we can experience a condition called “skin hunger”, which can also be called “touch starvation”.

There are many studies that show that we need physical contact. Our mental, physical and emotional health all benefit from the calming effect that conscious touching brings. Some of these include strengthening the immune system, alleviating chronic arthritic pain, and even lowering blood pressure.

A hug or conscious touch has the ability to lower the stress hormone cortisol. We want to lessen stress so we can keep our cortisol levels healthy. Another hormone that is related to touch is oxytocin. This hormone encourages us to engage in bonding and nurturing behaviors. It is also associated with empathy, trust, sexual activity, and relationship-building. It is sometimes referred to as the “love hormone,” because levels of oxytocin increase during hugging and or**sm.

The neurotransmitter dopamine increases with conscious touch. Dopamine enables your brain to communicate and control movement. Basically, it acts as a chemical messenger between neurons. Dopamine is released when your brain is expecting a reward. When you come to associate a certain type of activity with pleasure, just the anticipation can be enough to raise dopamine levels.

With over 1,000 sensory neurons per square centimeter, our skin is the largest organ of the body. Think about this. The other four senses (taste, sight, hearing, smell) are all located only in the head. However, we are covered with skin inside and out. It is no coincidence that conscious touch offers a potent and powerful way of healing both our bodies and our minds. We can access this entire system of receptors which can then send specific messages to our body. These signals can help shift our current state of being energetically, physically, and emotionally.

🌵 Breakfast Nopales Tacos with Potatoes and Cabbage:An Ayurvedic RecipeTacos Ingredients:· 2-3 medium nopales· 4 pasture...
05/21/2026

🌵 Breakfast Nopales Tacos with Potatoes and Cabbage:
An Ayurvedic Recipe

Tacos Ingredients:
· 2-3 medium nopales
· 4 pasture-raised eggs from happy and spoiled chickens
· 1 teaspoon ghee
· 4 heirloom corn tortillas
· a large pinch of salt for each nopales
· 1 small handful of minced cilantro

Directions:
· Use a paring knife to clean the nopales. Be sure to protect your hands by either using a dish towel to hold the paddle by the base or wear. Scrape off the tiny spines from both sides. Trim the outer edge, then rinse thoroughly to remove any stray spines and some of the sticky fluid that will be exuded. Starting at the base, slice the paddle from the base to the top. The base will remain intact, and the slices will be 1 inch apart.
· Heat a dry pan on medium-high heat, add the cactus, and top with a pinch of salt. Cook for 4-5 minutes on each side.
· While the nopales are cooking scramble your eggs and heat the tortillas.
· Once thoroughly cooked, cut the cactus into bite-size pieces and mix with the eggs. Top with cilantro, eat mindfully and enjoy.

🥔 🥬 Potatoes and Cabbage Side Dish
Ingredients:
· 2 potatoes peeled and cubed
· 2 cups cabbage, cleaned and sliced
· 2 teaspoon ghee or coconut oil
· a pinch of cumin seed
· a pinch or oregano
· a pinch of rosemary
· Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
· Heat the oil in a pan. Add the potatoes and cook to brown, stirring often. Once the potatoes begin to soften add a but more oil, the cumin, rosemary and oregano. Once aromatic add the cabbage and cook until the potatoes are browned and the cabbage is soft. This can be enjoyed with or on the breakfast tacos.

Moksha is absolute freedom, liberation, and emancipation through Self-Realization. In some schools of Indian religions, ...
05/18/2026

Moksha is absolute freedom, liberation, and emancipation through Self-Realization. In some schools of Indian religions, moksha is used interchangeably with other terms such as vimoksha, vimukti, kaivalya, apavarga, mukti, nihsreyasa, and nirvana.

Once we are actualized, we not only know our true nature cognitively, but we exist everyday freed from ignorance. One lives in a fully conscious state and is liberated from the cycle of birth and death. Moksha happens when an individual moves into their full human potential exhibited through an alert mind, compassion, inner purity, creativity, and deep understanding.

Typically, the moksha time of life is in the later years during the Vata stage. This is when the influence of the ether element allows us to move into an ethereal state. We have time and space to move into deeper spiritual practices. To meditate on the Absolute Reality and the Consciousness that pervades everyone and everything. After years of Svādhyāya (self-study learning the discipline of the mind and the senses) one experiences a release from Maya which is life’s illusion. Moksha happens when we no longer see anything as separate.

That said there is no age range for Self-Realization. There have been plenty of incredibly young saints that have experienced and expressed Moksha. As we move into this springtime of new beginning, I wish all of you a blessed awakening.

Ayurvedic Shaved Fennel and Kumquat Salad 😋Kumquats are little nuggets of sweet, sour and warming goodness are very vers...
05/15/2026

Ayurvedic Shaved Fennel and Kumquat Salad 😋

Kumquats are little nuggets of sweet, sour and warming goodness are very versatile and perfect for us to be enjoying during our current health crisis. Kumquats are an excellent lung tonic, they relieve a nagging cough, reduce phlegm in our bodies and they are a very effective expectorant. They are high in fiber, vitamin C, calcium, vitamin A and beta-carotene which we know are excellent for our eyes. I hope you enjoy this delicious Ayurvedic recipe!

Ingredients:
· 2 large fennel bulbs
· 15 kumquats
· 2 Tablespoons minced shallots
· 3 Tablespoons lime juice
· 5 Tablespoons olive oil
· 2 Tablespoons honey
· 1/2 teaspoon salt
· 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
· A small handful of chopped fennel fronds

Directions:
· Place the minced shallot in a large bowl with the lime juice to soften.
· Use either a mandolin or a food processor, thinly slice the fennel bulbs and the kumquats.
· Set aside.
· Dry toast the pumpkin seeds over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
· Slowly add the olive oil to the bowl with the shallots and lime juice, whisking continuously until the dressing is emulsified.
· Add the honey and salt, whisk to blend.
· Place the fennel and kumquat mixture into the bowl and toss to coat with the dressing.
· Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds on top and garnish with the fennel fronds.

👩‍🍳 Eat mindfully and enjoy.

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May is mental health month, and having a calm and serene mind is considered to be a cornerstone of health, according to ...
05/13/2026

May is mental health month, and having a calm and serene mind is considered to be a cornerstone of health, according to Ayurveda. Our mental state can impact many areas of our lives. The state of our mind and emotions will directly affect our digestion, metabolism, hormones, glandular system, and immune system. Research shows that mental health is closely linked with GI health. Emotions like stress, anxiety, and mood swings may trigger stomach problems and gastrointestinal disturbances, affecting mental health.

Many things influence our mental state ranging from the food we eat, what we expose to, our sense organs, the environment, the people that we surround ourselves with, and our sleep. These all will have a direct impact on our mental well-being.

We are communal beings, and having a tribe is essential to our mental well-being. Finding a sangha, community, or tribe that we connect with is very important for our happiness.

Yoga and Ayurveda have a lot to offer to help us navigate and digest our feelings, emotions, relationships, and life experiences. Just as we need to have a balanced and robust digestion to digest our food in order to be physically healthy, we also need to have strong mental digestion in order to digest our emotions and have a healthy mind.

There is a popular saying in Ayurveda, “Your issues are in your tissues”. This refers to having the ability to digest our life. Meaning that digesting our thoughts, emotions, feelings, and belief systems just as we need to be able to digest the meal we had last night. If we do not, just like last night’s undigested meal would turn into ama/toxins in the body, our undigested emotions will become ama and eventually develop into a disease process.

🎶 Sound in the Silks 🗓️ THIS Sunday, May 17th at 6:30pm📍Moksha Ayurveda PHXAn evening of intention, elevation, and ener...
05/12/2026

🎶 Sound in the Silks
🗓️ THIS Sunday, May 17th at 6:30pm
📍Moksha Ayurveda PHX

An evening of intention, elevation, and energetic renewal.

Before stepping into a new week, take time to restore balance and harmonize your inner frequency. This experience blends gentle aerial yoga with the healing resonance of sound, creating space for deep rest and energetic alignment.

Cocoon yourself in soft silk hammocks as soothing vibrations from gongs, singing bowls, and chimes wash through the body, releasing tension and renewing clarity.

No aerial experience needed—just bring your intention for the week ahead and allow yourself to float, recalibrate, and rise refreshed.

*Prefer to stay grounded? Three cozy nests on the ground spaces are available in lieu of the silks.

Space is limited. RSVP today!
➡️ Sign up: https://www.mokshaayurvedaphx.com/events/sundayinthesilksmay

05/11/2026

Farmers Market and Cooking Lesson was a blast this past weekend. Thank you all for joining! 💕

Stay tuned for the next date 📅

Udvartana: This vigorous and powerful treatment uses warm oil and herbal powders.A detoxifying treatment for the lymphat...
05/07/2026

Udvartana: This vigorous and powerful treatment uses warm oil and herbal powders.

A detoxifying treatment for the lymphatic and circulatory system. Hand-blended herbs and oil are massaged into the skin, using invigorating strokes to stimulate weight loss and reduce cellulite.
The oil used for Udvartana is sesame-based, which is hot in potency and is infused with herbs which create lightness, dryness, roughness, removes blockages and stiffness, and has a 'cutting or liquefying action' on the fat tissue.

This oil also ensures that the skin does not become dry and remains soft and supple after treatment. Very beneficial for Kapha Dosha.

May be done at any time. A series of treatments is recommended.

Contact me for more information today at [email protected].

Savory Ayurvedic Polenta Recipe 👩‍🍳This Polenta recipe can be used for breakfast, lunch or dinner. We love to add an egg...
05/06/2026

Savory Ayurvedic Polenta Recipe 👩‍🍳

This Polenta recipe can be used for breakfast, lunch or dinner. We love to add an egg on top for a savory breakfast treat. Serve with sautéed greens on the side for a delicious dinner.

🍴 Ingredients:
· 1 cup polenta
· 3 Tbls. sunflower oil or ghee
· 1 tsp. black mustard seeds
· 1 tsp. cumin seeds
· 1/4 tsp. hing
· 8 curry leaves (optional but delicious)
· 1 tsp. turmeric powder
· 1 small green chili, chopped fine
· 1 leek, white parts and into the light green
· 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, chopped
· 1/2 tsp. salt
· 4 cups water

🍴 Directions:
· Heat a saucepan on medium and add the oil or ghee.
· When hot add the mustard and cumin seeds and heat until they start to pop.
· Add the other spices (except for salt) and quickly stir to open the flavors.
· Stir in the leek, cilantro, and chili. Sauté until the leek is soft.
· Add the water and salt, and bring to a boil.
· Whisk in the polenta very slowly.
· Return to a boil then simmer for 20 minutes while stirring every few minutes to prevent lumps from forming.
· Garnish chopped cilantro leaves and a squeeze of lime. No lime if eating with eggs, please.

Eat mindfully and enjoy.

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