The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 235

Divya Alter is a certified nutritional consultant, educator, and chef in the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda tradition. In 2016 Alter and her husband Prentiss founded Divya’s Kitchen, a plant-based restaurant in New York City that reimagines classic dishes through an Ayurvedic lens.

In this episode, Colette chats with Divya about how Ayurveda describes food through the five properties of:

1. Rasa or the six tastes.
2. Gunas or twenty qualities.
3. Virya or metabolic effect.
4. Vipaka or post-digestive effect.
5. Prabhava or unique healing property.

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Thanks to New World Ayurveda for sponsoring this episode. For more information go to  newworldayurveda.com.

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Check out Divya's website divya's.com and the Bhagavat Life Ayurvedic Cooking School bvtlife.com

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Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com 

• Online consultations
• Private at-home Digestive Reset Cleanse tailored to you
• Educational programs - Daily Habits for Holistic Health

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Episode 233

Colette takes questions from the Elements of Ayurveda Community and she answers the following questions:

• Miranda: I would like to know when is the most opportune time to have juices and smoothies.

• Sophie: We're moving into the cooler season here in Australia and I would like to know what shifts should I be making in my diet.

• Mary: What does Ayurveda recommend for heartburn?

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• Educational programs - Daily Habits for Holistic Health

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Episode 232

We’re living in challenging times and this is resulting in a feeling of uncertainty and lack of stability in our foundational needs, like that of safety and security. This underlying stress can affect our body, our mind, our emotions and our behaviour.

In this episode, Colette gives some great advice from Ayurveda on how to manage these stressful times. She focuses on simplifying the information on how to balance the doshas:

• Vata is balanced with structure, routine and grounding practices.
• Pitta is balanced with cooling, calming and less intensity.
• Kapha is balanced with more movement, lightness and social activities.

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Thanks to Kerala Ayurveda Academy for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at keralaayurveda.us/courses

For $100 off tuition, use the Reference Code Elements100 when you join a first level certification!

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Episode 231

Judyth Shamosh, Ph.D. is a systems herbalist and has been a clinical practitioner since 1994. She practices Ayurvedic, Classical Chinese, and Western herbal medicines. 

In this episode Colette chats with Dr. Judyth about her new book The Poetry and Physics of Eastern Herbal Medicine. They discuss the following:

• Dr. Judyth's journey with Eastern medicine.
• The science and poetry of the  experiential effects of the five elements.
• How Western culture is held captive by materialism and denying the poetry of experience.
• The system's view of life.
• The feedback loops which occur in nature and in our body.
• The future of medicine.

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Visit Dr. Judyth's website judythshamosh.com

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Thanks to New World Ayurveda for sponsoring this episode. For more information go to newworldayurveda.com.

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Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com 

• Online consultations
• Private at-home Digestive Reset Cleanse tailored to you
• Educational programs - Daily Habits f...

Episode 230

The first female lineage-holder of her distinguished Vedic tradition, Acharya Shunya is an internationally renowned scholar, teacher, author, speaker and scholar of nondual wisdom (Advaita) from India, and a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda.

In this episode, Colette chats with Acharya Shunya about her most recent book, Roar Like a Goddess: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful. They discuss the following:

• The definition of Goddess and the powers of a Goddess.
• Why it's time to Roar Like A Goddess.
• Vedic wisdom on empowered womanhood.
• Vedic Goddess Shakti and her chief Goddess manifestations
  • Goddess Durga
  • Goddess Lakshmi
  • Goddess Saraswati
• Breaking free from patriarchal conditioning.
• Awakening our Goddess powers.

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Connect with Acharya Shunya via www.acharyashunya.com and www.awakenedself.com

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Episode 229

Jennica's career in aquaculture has spanned 20-years. Currently, she is the Research Director for Ocean Era, a Hawai’i-based small business that focuses on developing, and commercializing ways that marine aquaculture can combat climate change and decrease pressure on wild fisheries.

Jennica and I discuss the following:

• Jennica's work in aquaculture.
• Seaweed for ocean health, food and as a biofuel.
• Creating the right environment for healthy fish.
• Fish farming and nutrition.
• Advice on choosing fish for consumption.
• How Jennica integrates Ayurvedic principles into her work.
• Combating climate change and decreasing pressure on wild fisheries.

Contact Jennica on [email protected]

Check out the links that Jennica provided:

• Ocean Era: www.ocean-era.com
• FAO decade of the Oceans:  www.oceandecade.org
• US Department of Energy seaweed to biofuel program: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/technologies/programs/mariner

• The nature conservancies restorative aquacult
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Episode 228

Robin Mastro is co-founder of Vastu Creations, LLC, and the American Institute of Vastu - consultancy, design, and educational companies that focus on eliminating environmental stress for greater productivity, improved health and wellbeing. Her research in accessing the power of altars in the Vedic tradition led her to study ancient cultures around the world and how they connected with unseen forces to support their daily lives.

In this episode Colette discusses the following topics with Robin:

• Robin's research journey on altars.
• The key elements of a Vastu altar.
• How to set up a health and wellbeing altar.
• Rituals to ignite your altar.
• Client stories of the powerful outcomes from their sacred spaces.

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Download the Health and Wellbeing Altar excerpt here.

Visit vastucreations.com to find out more

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Thanks to Kerala Ayurveda Academy for sponsoring this episode. Please visit Kerala Ayurveda Academy to learn more.

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Episode 227

Dr. Paul Dugliss is a pioneer in the American medical system being one of the first physicians to integrate the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda into modern healthcare. He returns to the podcast as a follow-up to episode #219 Ayurveda, The Chakra System and Human Needs.

In this episode, we discuss the ten facets of the heart and cover the following topics:

• What are the ten facets of the heart.
• Meeting our foundational needs.
• Cultivating the ten facets.
• Accessing our true nature via the heart chakra.
• Heart-based meditation.
• The transformational effect of meditation.

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Thank you to Banyan Botanicals for sponsoring this episode. Save on Daily Massage Oil and all Banyan products sitewide by visiting banyanbotanicals.com/elements. 

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Check out the links Dr. Dugliss mentioned:

1. New World Ayurveda www.newworldayurveda.com
2. Heart Based Meditation www.heartcenteredworld.net

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Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com 

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Episode 226

Sarah, a native of Ireland is a busy mother of three. After several years of living a hectic pace in life including the birth of her children, her work as a pharmacist and relocating to the U.S., she experienced some health challenges.

In her search for answers to her health concerns, she discovered Ayurveda. In this episode, Sarah tells Colette about her awakening journey with Ayurveda. They discuss the following:

• How Sarah's early life inspired her connection to nature.
• Her wake-up call with health challenges and a surgery.
• How Sarah learned to slow down, ask for help and take time for self-care.
• Tailoring the digestive reset cleanse to Sarah's health needs and lifestyle. 
• Sarah's passion for sharing Ayurveda with friends and family and in her work.

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Thanks to Kerala Ayurveda Academy for sponsoring this episode. Please visit Kerala Ayurveda Academy to learn more.

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Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com 

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Episode 225

Divya Alter is a certified nutritional consultant, educator, and chef in the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda tradition. In 2016 Divya and her husband Prentiss founded Divya’s Kitchen, a plant-based restaurant in New York City that reimagines classic dishes through an Ayurvedic lens.

Colette chats with Divya about dairy alternatives and they discuss the following:

• What to consider when substituting dairy.
• Food compatibility with dairy.
• Alternatives to milk - almonds, sunflower seeds, cashew, oats, hazelnuts, walnuts, pistachios and coconut.
• Understanding the qualities of popular coconut products.
• Non-dairy cheese and yogurt.

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Thanks to New World Ayurveda for sponsoring this episode. For more information go to newworldayurveda.com.

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Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com 

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