Jillian Lavender and Michael Miller are renowned Vedic Meditation teachers and Co-Founders of the London Meditation Centre and New York Meditation Center. They have been practicing meditation for 30+ years and have taught thousands of people across the globe.

Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath is a visionary, a classically trained Ayurveda doctor and an accomplished teacher representing a lineage of Ayurveda Practitioners from Kerala, India

Karen suffered from lifelong allergies and had consulted with many specialists and as a result was supplied with inhalers, nasal cleanses and allergy medication to help relieve her allergy symptoms.

Meda dhatu is our fat tissue and meda vaha srotas are the channels carrying nutrients for the fat tissue. Meda vaha srotas is responsible for lubrication, protection, insulation, adding bulk to the body, providing energy and sweating as sweat is a mala or byproduct of meda dhatu or fat tissue.

Colette answers the following questions from the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast Community

Mamsa dhatu is our muscle tissue and mamsa vaha srotas are the channels carrying nutrients for the muscle tissue

August 17th, 2024 marks the 7th anniversary of this podcast and thank you for listening, supporting and sharing the podcast. 

Rakta vaha srotas are the channels involved in the production and transportation of blood. The main functions of the blood channel are transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body and the removal of waste including carbon dioxide and other metabolic wastes from the body, transporting them to the lungs, kidneys, and skin for excretion.

Edema is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in the body’s tissues. Edema can affect any part of the body but it’s most common in the extremities like the ankles, legs, feet, arms and hands. It can occur during hot weather, pregnancy and it's a common sign of imbalance in conditions affecting the plasma channel (rasa vaha srotas) and hydration channel (udaka vaha srotas) in the body.

Rasa vaha srotas are the channels carrying rasa, which is the first tissue formed after digestion.  Rasa is our plasma, lymph and serum circulating throughout the body and nourishing all the tissues of the body.

Divya Alter is the co-founder of the nation’s first Ayurvedic culinary school (Bhagavat Life) and the chef-owner of the award-winning New York City restaurant, Divya’s Kitchen, which reimagines classic dishes through an Ayurvedic lens

Udaka vaha srotas, also known as ambu vaha srotas is the water carrying channel in the body and it also includes the channels that regulate water balance.

The sweet taste is made up of the water and earth elements and it strengthens, heals, energizes, grounds, cools and calms the body and mind. It also promotes sattva, love, compassion, stability, vitality, clarity and awareness.

Prana vaha srotas is the life carrying channel, the respiratory system. It’s responsible for respiration, maintaining life functions, cellular communication, emotions, the flow of intelligence and communication with the higher self.

Summer season is associated with the pitta dosha and the hot, intense weather of this season will naturally increase the qualities of pitta in our body and mind

In episode 272 Colette discussed anna vaha srotas, the food channel in detail. In this episode she dives deeper into the imbalances and disorders that can occur in the anna vaha srotas

In this solo episode Colette covers a subject which comes up a lot in her online consultations and that’s the relationship between stress and weight gain

Prana is our life force energy and vitality governing all motor and sensory functions. Prana governs respiration, the physiological functioning of the heart, digestion and excretion

Dr. Sujatha Kekada is the Head Physician and Co-Founder of AmrtaSiddhi Ayurvedic Clinic in Ubud, Bali and is a regular guest on the podcast

Tejas is the subtle essence of the pitta dosha and agni, our digestive fire. It is considered to be part of the subtle body in Ayurveda which is the energetic field behind the physical body