A Natural Approach to Autoimmune Disease with Claire Missingham

Claire Missingham is back on the podcast this week, and we're talking about how she's been using yoga and other natural healing modalities to manage a recent diagnosis of an autoimmune disease.

She tells us:

*How the grief of losing a yoga teacher in her community to suicide led her to start running, learn to swim (as an adult), and compete in marathons and triathalons

*How she became diagnosed with Lupus, and how she manages it through food, adaptogenic herbs, and other natural methods of healing

*Why she takes a freezing cold shower every morning before her yoga practice and wears a bikini in the snow!

*What herbs she found to be most helpful in her healing, travel, and daily life and why she says they're worth every penny (Plus, she offers a few

tips for stretching your dollar when buying and using herbs)

*How her diagnosis has impacted her asana practice and her thoughts on how yoga is always changing to meet her where she is

Show notes (and Claire's smoothie recipe) at: http://www.jasonyoga.com/podcast/episode116

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