The Simple Ayurveda Podcast

This is a question and answer session all about figuring out your dharma (life purpose).  

Ayurveda teaches that we are all individuals with unique talents to share. Dharma is the Sanskrit word for life purpose. This episode is about how I felt when I didn’t see myself living up to my life purpose and how Yogic philosophy helped me see the bigger picture. If you ever didn’t get the job, relationship or life circumstance despite giving it your all, this episode is for you.   Show Notes: https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-51-dharma-as-the-d-word-how-i-moved-past-soul-crushing-beliefs-about-my-life-purpose/  

Jyotish is the Sanskrit word for Vedic Astrology. In this interview, Michael explains what Jyotish is, where the knowledge originated and how you can use it to navigate choices in your life. Show Notes: https://simpleayurveda.com/interview-with-michael-manzella/

Living an Ayurvedic lifestyle doesn’t mean sacrifice or deprivation. It actually leads to more joy and contentment.

It’s easy to get caught up in the negatives associated with each dosha. This episode is about how your unique constitution is a gift to be celebrated.   Show notes: https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-48-the-bright-side-of-the-doshas/  

Dr. Stephen Cabral is an integrative health practitioner, doctor of naturopathy and respected author with extensive experience in Eastern medicine including Ayurveda. It was his own experience of healing that set him on his path. In this episode he shares how modern life contributes to dis-ease and the practical ways we can combine modern medicine with ancient science to fully heal.   Show Notes: https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-47-interview-with-stephen-cabral/    

Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences that complement each other. When it comes to Yoga, a shorter consistent practice will benefit more than longer sporadic sessions. This episode discusses why you might resist a daily practice according to the doshas, how a daily practice actually looks in real life, plus practical ways to start and keep your daily Yoga practice going.   Show Notes: https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-46-cultivating-a-daily-yoga-practice/   Simple Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers: https://simpleayurveda.com/course/for-yoga-teachers/  

Ayurveda views emotional health as being able to process emotions. This episode shares personal experience, how agni and the senses contribute to emotional health plus healthy ways to help process emotions. Show Notes

This episode discusses what to do when you have all three doshas out of balance.   Show Notes: https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-44-what-to-do-when-all-three-doshas-are-out-of-balance/  

Kerry Harling is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author and TedX speaker. She shares her story of overcoming fatigue, fibromyalgia and mercury poisoning. We also chat about prescription drugs and combining Ayurveda with the Western Medical System.

Cate Terry is a yoga teacher, mama and zero waste advocate. We chat about how her yoga practice and teaching style have grown, what it means to practice zero waste and practical ways to get started today.

Everything we take in is transformed into consciousness or toxins. This episode discusses two forms of toxins: self-created and environmental. Ayurveda empowers us to reduce both.

Caffeine and alcohol are two of the biggest triggers for elevating pitta dosha. In this episode I get personal about my own journey with alcohol and why I’ll be sober this summer.

This episode is a chat with my very first yoga teacher, Diana Vitarelli from Dhyana Yoga in Philadelphia. She has been teaching yoga for 25+ years and it was during my first yoga teacher training with her in 2011 that the seed of Ayurveda was planted in my mind. We talk about everything from life purpose, Brene Brown and shame/vulnerability, yoga and Ayurveda in everyday life, cutting yourself some slack and coffee.

Hadas Knox is a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and author (her book is The Holistic Antidepressant Diet). She’s also a toddler mama. We chat about TCM and the seasons, intuitive eating, conscious consumerism and using food as medicine to heal emotional issues. She is a wealth of knowledge and compassion.

This episode is a Q & A session based on your questions. Topics include basic kitchen staples, figuring out ways to handle when family members don’t want to eat Ayurvedic foods, thoughts on tofu and gauging how much commitment you really need to Ayurvedic eating.

Leslie Genchi is a clinical herbalist based out of Orange County, California. We chat about wild plants as nourishing herbs, juicing as a powerful depletion therapy, the Ayurvedic way to use fresh juices, astro herbalism and more. She has a powerful relationship with the plant world that is absolutely contagious.

Meet Hilary. She’s been practicing Ayurveda for 20+ years and lives a simple farm life on Vancouver Island in Canada. We chat about her No Spend year, how she meal plans with the weather in mind, reducing food waste and modifying Ayurveda for everyday life. She is truly a simple living inspiration.

Kira is a maternal wellness coach that helps women drop the guilt and worry of motherhood and step into flow and ease. We chat about postpartum health, hormonal balance, depletion, fertility & miscarriage as well as the sacred pause and conscious parenting.

This is in response to a question from the Simple Ayurveda Community. I share some of the household items I use to make practicing Ayurveda easier as well as why I firmly believe less is more.