**I’m a Holistic Registered Dietitian, Yoga Therapist & Plant Alchemist writing and teaching integrative life. I use yoga and plant alchemy to weave ancient wisdom into modern functional nutritional understanding for balanced, happy and blessedly connected living.
My areas of specialty are serving women in the second half of life facing looming medical issues. My focus is a whole-being approach to metabolic, digestive and neurological issues.
I help you address:
* Stress, emotional eating, and weight-related issues
* Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes including addressing symptoms and health while on ozempic and similar medications
* Cardiovascular diseases like high blood pressure and high cholesterol,
* Digestive issues like gas and bloating, constipation, IBS, IBD, Crohn's, colitis, UC and reflux
* Neurological issues like inflammatory pain, MCAS, disordered eating
Join me at www.anniebkay.com.
Annie B Kay, MS RDN E-RYT500 C-IAYT
Ever wondered what edible flowers actually taste like — not in theory, but bite by bite? 🌸
I went through nine of them fresh from my garden, and a few genuinely surprised me. Fresh chamomile is wildly more potent than the tea. Peonies are crisp. Sage blossoms taste just like the herb, but softer and floral.
If you've got edible flowers blooming right now, this is your sign to taste before the season turns. Which one would you try first? 👇
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🌸 Before you eat a single flower from your garden — watch this first.
I've spent over 20 years learning which blooms are safe to eat and which ones to admire from a distance. In under 90 seconds, I'm sharing the 3 rules I use every time I forage: knowing what's actually edible, checking for chemical load, and only picking healthy specimens.
My golden rule? When in doubt, let it be. 🌿
Which flower in your yard are you most curious about? 👇
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Most people searching for a mantra to calm the nervous system are looking for a quick fix — one phrase that works for everyone. The real answer is more interesting than that.
Your vagus nerve, your diet, how often you actually rest — all of it shapes how your nervous system responds to a mantra practice. In the work I do with students, the people who get the most from mantra are the ones who understand it's part of a whole lifestyle. That's what this video is about.
Watch it here ↗️ https://youtu.be/NlQnNjzMNOQ
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There's actually a difference between chanting mantra out loud and chanting it silently — and in my work with students and clients, this is one of those distinctions that makes people go "wait, really?"
When you chant out loud, you're directing vibrational energy toward your physical body. When you chant silently, the vibration moves inward — toward your mental and subtle bodies. The yogic tradition teaches that 108 repetitions of a mantra touches each of the body's nadis — the delicate energy channels running through you like capillaries of light.
This is what I mean when I talk about mantra as personal energy medicine. It's not just a calming technique. It's a full-body practice. Find out what that feels like ↗️
www.anniebkay.com/2022/05/10/mantra-meditation-art…
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Mantra meditation can shift your nervous system out of chronic fight-or-flight and into rest and recovery — and it takes about 10 minutes. 🌿
Most of us are running on stress more than we realize. The parasympathetic nervous system — the healing, rest-and-digest side — is the side very few Americans spend much time in. Mantra gives your mind something to focus on so the body can finally start to unwind. In my work with students and clients, the cost-to-benefit ratio of this practice is unlike almost anything else I teach.
Come watch the first video in my series ↗️
https://youtu.be/iPYp6qPX3nM
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Mantra meditation reduces stress and supports nervous system regulation — and it's one of the most accessible practices I know for people whose minds just won't quiet down. 🎶
As a holistic dietitian and yoga therapist, I've worked with this practice for years, and this spring I put everything I teach about it into a free six-video series on YouTube.
Find out where to start ↗️ www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
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Tulsi (Holy Basil) helps regulate cortisol and calm the nervous system — and Ayurvedic healers have known this for centuries. 🌿
It's one of my favorite plant allies for exactly that reason. As a holistic dietitian and yoga therapist, I work with both plant medicine and contemplative practice — and Tulsi and mantra are a natural pairing. If you're building a mantra or meditation practice this spring, Tulsi is quietly working on the same thing — from the body's side of the equation. A cup of Tulsi tea before you sit is a beautiful place to begin.
Get the full picture on Tulsi's healing properties ↗️www.anniebkay.com/2023/05/23/tulsi-the-incomparabl…
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A live online mantra practice program for stress, nervous system health, and lifestyle change begins this Wednesday, May 6.
Annie B. Kay, MS, RDN, RYT500, C-IAYT leads six Wednesday evening sessions through June 10. Registration is open now.
Full details and registration ↗️l.bttr.to/EdY7R
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Hey friends — I've been wanting to share something exciting with you.
This May I'm opening Mantra for Empowered Choice: 40 days of practice — a 6-week live program where we chant together every Wednesday evening, May 6 through June 10.
Over our six sessions you'll learn mantras for specific intentions — Ganesh for removing obstacles to change, Dhanvantari the healer, the four Taras, and Shiva. You'll get 8 online modules with readings and handouts, and our online chat stays open through July 10 so you have support long after we wrap.
This is the practice I return to again and again — and I've been wanting to teach it in this kind of immersive container for a long time.
Early bird pricing ends April 17 — use code MANTRA-EARLY to save $150.
Come chant with me ↗️ l.bttr.to/EdY7R
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Tulsi — Holy Basil — has been used for centuries in Ayurvedic tradition to support mental clarity, calm a busy mind, and build resilience under stress. Which makes it one of the most natural companions to a spring mantra practice.
Mantra gives the mind a focal point — a repeated sound or chant that eases you into a contemplative state. Tulsi supports that same inner shift. Two ancient tools, working toward the same thing.
If you're beginning or deepening a meditation practice this spring, try a cup of Tulsi tea before you sit. Let the plant prepare the ground. Then let the mantra do its work.
Spring is a season of growth — inside and out. What are you cultivating?
Read more about Tulsi's healing properties ↗️ www.anniebkay.com/2023/05/23/tulsi-the-incomparabl…
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