Larissa Hall Carlson

06/22/2026

One Week Countdown to Summer Sensuality!

🌴 Ancient & Educational
Ancient wisdom and modern embodiment come together in this joyful summer journey—rooted in timeless Ayurvedic principles, seasonal rhythms, and mindfulness practices that honor your whole self.

☀️ Sensuality & Ayurveda
Explore a gentle, compassionate approach to libido-building practices—from luscious organic herbal elixirs to soothing summer spa rituals—that help you reconnect with your sensuality and feel nourished from the inside out.

🏖️ Wholesome & Holistic
Learn how to gently boost your libido with wholesome self-care, natural aphrodisiacs, and soothing daily rituals that cultivate confidence, vitality, and radiant summer joy.

Glow up your summer with sweet aphrodisiacs, silky spa treats, and full moon magic for your libido. This 3-day experience invites you to soften, glow, and come home to your body—refreshed, radiant, and full of summer vitality.

June 29 - July 1
11-12:30pm ET
https://larissahallcarlson.thinkific.com/products/courses/sattvic-sensuality-summer-libido-boosting-with-ayurveda-2026

Enjoy three 90-minute workshops on Zoom.
(livestream and recorded for on-demand)

Join us under the Strawberry Full Moon for a transformative 3-day workshop designed to boost your libido and uplift your energy. Reconnect with your sensual sid

06/17/2026

With gratitude, I’m honoring the life and passing of Robert Thurman.

A renowned Buddhist teacher, scholar, and author, he dedicated his life to sharing wisdom, compassion, insight, and joyful curiosity with the world.

I feel fortunate to have spent time with him at Menla last winter, alongside Dr. Robert Svoboda and Krishna Das—a gathering of extraordinary teachers and a memory I’ll always cherish.

May his teachings continue to inspire reflection, compassion, and wisdom for years to come. ✨

06/15/2026

When vitality is abundant, you don’t have to manufacture confidence, connection, creativity, or desire.

They arise naturally.

You feel more at home in your body. More present in your relationships. More available for pleasure, beauty, and the simple joys of being alive.

Yet for many women, summer arrives just as accumulated stress, overwork, poor sleep, and depletion begin to catch up.

This week, Banyan Botanicals released two new Ayurvedic formulas—Peak Desire for Her and Peak Desire for Him—grounded in Ayurveda’s understanding that healthy desire is not something to force. It is something to nourish.

That same principle is at the heart of my upcoming program:

SATTVIC SENSUALITY:
Summer Libido Boosting with Ayurveda

Over three afternoons together, you’ll explore Ayurvedic practices for rebuilding ojas, enhancing radiance, supporting healthy libido, and cultivating a more nourishing relationship with your body, senses, and seasonal rhythms.

June 29–July 1
Live on Zoom + Recordings Available

Save 10% through June 20 with code SUMMERGLOW.

Link in bio.
DM me with questions.

06/15/2026

Bird of Paradise has never looked exactly the way it does in the yoga books for me.

An old knee injury means my standing leg doesn’t fully straighten. Some days my balance is steady. Other days, not so much.

And yet, after more than two decades of practice, I’ve come to appreciate something important:

The goal isn’t perfection. The goal is relationship.

A long-term yoga practice teaches you how to listen. How to adapt. How to work skillfully with changing seasons, changing circumstances, and a changing body.

Longevity isn’t about holding the most impressive pose.

It’s about continuing to show up with curiosity, steadiness, and a sense of play.

That’s the practice I’m interested in these days.

Not yoga that fights reality.

Yoga that helps you meet it. 🤍

What has your practice taught you about adapting over the years?

🌿 Summer yoga offerings are underway, including Wednesdays in June and an August for Pitta Balancing Yoga on Zoom, my Summer Fruits & Veggies Reboot July 7-9, and my in-person Kripalu–Tanglewood retreat in the Berkshires August 7-9.
🔗 Details at the link in bio.

06/15/2026

Prevent pitta inflammation this summer!
Join our July 7-9 Summer Cleanse on Zoom via Better Yoga and stay cool as a cucumber with daily detox yoga and a fruit & veggie diet for 3 days. It’s going to be so refreshing!

https://betteryogastudio.net/pages/better-yoga-summer-cleanse?utm_source=uscreen&utm_medium=landing_page&utm_campaign=events&utm_content=link&utm_term=Summer+Fruits+%26amp%3B+Veggies+Reboot+CleanseJuly+7–9%2C+2026

06/15/2026

Tomorrow! Join me and Kari on Instagram Live (go to my IG page at 9:30am ET) for a fun and informative chat describing what’s included in our July 7-9 Summer Fruits and Veggies Reboot Cleanse on Zoom via Better Yoga.

https://betteryogastudio.net/pages/better-yoga-summer-cleanse?utm_source=uscreen&utm_medium=landing_page&utm_campaign=events&utm_content=link&utm_term=Summer+Fruits+%26amp%3B+Veggies+Reboot+CleanseJuly+7–9%2C+2026

06/09/2026

Instagram Live
Larissa Hall Carlson & Kari Harendorf
Tuesday, June 16
9:30am ET

https://www.instagram.com/larissahallcarlson?upcoming_event_id=17964308993935560

It's heating up in Vermont. As a pitta-dominant constitution, although I love swimming in cool lakes and rivers all summer, I'm already craving the crisp relief of autumn. It can be challenging to be a fire type in a fiery season!

If summer tends to leave you feeling overheated, irritable, depleted, inflamed, or simply not quite yourself, an Ayurvedic summer reset may be exactly what your body needs.

According to Ayurveda, the hottest months of the year are not the ideal time for intense detoxification. Instead, summer invites a gentler approach to cleansing—one that emphasizes cooling nourishment, hydration, mindful movement, and alignment with nature's rhythms.

Join us on Tuesday, June 16 at 9:30am ET for a brief conversation about Ayurveda's approach to summer cleansing and learn more about our upcoming "Summer Fruits & Veggies Reboot Cleanse" from July 7–9, live on Zoom via Better Yoga.

This refreshing 3-day program features seasonal fruits and vegetables, cooling juices and smoothies (you only need a blender!), daily pitta-balancing detox yoga, cooling pranayama, and mindfulness practices designed to help reduce internal heat, refresh digestion, and restore vitality.

Bring your questions—we'd love to see you there.

06/09/2026

🎥 Join us for an informative Instagram Live chat on Tuesday, June 16 at 9:30am ET. Gather all the fun details about our upcoming Summer Fruits & Veggies Reboot Cleanse.

🍉 If summer tends to leave you feeling overheated, sluggish, inflamed, irritable, or simply in need of a reset, this gentle cleanse is designed for you.

Summer offers a unique opportunity to cool inflammation, refresh digestion, and restore vitality.

According to Ayurveda, this is the one season of the year when fresh fruits, water-rich vegetables, and cooling juices can be especially supportive. Nature provides exactly what your body craves during the hottest months: hydrating foods that help dispel excess heat while nourishing the tissues.

Join us July 7–9 for a refreshing 3-day Ayurveda-inspired cleanse featuring:

• Seasonal fruits and vegetables

• Simple, delicious recipes (you only need a blender)

• Cooling juices and hydrating foods

• Daily pitta-balancing detox yoga

• Cooling pranayama and mindfulness practices

• Community support and expert guidance

This is not a deprivation cleanse. It’s an opportunity to simplify, nourish, cool, and rejuvenate using the abundance of summer’s harvest.

Whether you’re looking to refresh your digestion, support healthy skin, increase energy, or simply reconnect with healthy habits, this short seasonal reset offers a practical and enjoyable way to align with the wisdom of summer.

📅 July 7–9
• Live on Zoom via Better Yoga
• Recordings available

We hope you’ll join us. DM us with your questions. 🍉

06/08/2026

Summer’s heat can be invigorating—but it can also leave you feeling overheated, irritable, restless, depleted, or simply out of balance.

As someone with a predominantly pitta constitution (prakriti), I’ve spent years learning how to work with summer rather than against it. The practices I return to again and again are surprisingly simple:

💧 Hydrate with cooling beverages such as coconut water, hibiscus tea, lime water, and pomegranate juice

🌬️ Practice cooling pranayama like Sheetali and Sitkari

🧘‍♀️ Favor spacious yoga postures with wide stances, broad arm positions, and expansive side-body opening

🦶 Cool the feet and ankles with brief immersions in cool water

🐢 Move at a slower, more intentional pace. In Ayurveda, excess movement can fan excess heat, much like wind intensifies a flame.

Small, consistent practices can help you maintain greater balance, clarity, and vitality all summer long.

If you’d like to practice together this summer, join me on Zoom through Better Yoga:

🌊 Find Your Cool
Wednesdays in June | 9–10am ET

🍉 Summer Fruits & Veggies Reboot Cleanse
July 7–9

🌙 Moon Salutations & Radiance Sutras
Wednesdays in August | 9–10am ET

All programs are live online with recordings available.

Which cooling practice do you rely on most during the summer months?