The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 133

Colette answers questions submitted by the Elements community and the various topics covered are:

• Tips for Spring allergies.
• Maintaining immunity and energy when transitioning into Winter.
• The correct temperature for drinking water.
• Using oil when you have a cough.
• Abhyanga oil massage tips.
• Vertigo.
• Eating for a Vata/Pitta constitution.

Find more details on Colette’s Digestive Reset Cleanse here.

Download the Food Combinations & Tastes Charts here (scroll to #26)

Click here to access the Pranayama video tutorial (scroll to #25).

Check out the Daily Habits for Holistic Health online course.

Book an online consultation with Colette here.

Episode 57

Episode #57 Colette chats with John Immel from Joyful Belly about the seasonal foods for December. John chooses to talk about roasts and molasses for the northern hemisphere and berries for the southern hemisphere.

In this episode, Colette and John discuss the following:

• Listener question on how to cook Ayurvedically for the family using Asian and Italian spices.
• Why meat can be beneficial for a Vata imbalance in winter.
• How the winter weather effects the body.
• The beneficial blood building and warming quality of roasts. 
• The qualities of meat and the effects on each dosha.
• Using aromatic spices on meat to aid digestion.
• Black molasses – how it’s made.
• The properties of molasses and the effects on the body.
• The benefits of berries in late spring and early summer.
• Which berry is best for each dosha.

John has suggested 2 recipes from the Joyful Belly website:

• Molasses rice for the northern hemisphere
• Berry sorbet for the southern hemisphere

Episode 41

Colette speaks with John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, an educational Ayurvedic health care website. John also directs the Joyful Belly Institute’s Master of Ayurvedic Digestion 500 hour program, drawing on years of research and clinical experience specialising in digestive disorders.

Colette and John discuss the following:

• John’s journey from a Harvard background in math and computers, to studying Ayurveda.
• The creation of Joyful Belly and John’s mission to make Ayurveda more accessible to the public.
• The online Joyful Belly school.
• The Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification.
• The Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification.
• John’s generous scholarship gift to the Elements community.

Click hear to learn more about the Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification and to receive your scholarship.

Click hear to learn more about the Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification and to receive your scholarship.

Episode 26

Episode #26 is all about Ayurvedic nutrition. It’s so confusing these days with so much information on different eating regimes and diets! Ayurveda has a very logical approach to nutrition. First of all, Ayurveda tells us that there’s no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to food. Ayurveda takes an individualised approach to nutrition and what you eat depends on your constitution or mind/body type. In this episode, Colette breaks it all down and talks about:

• Ayurvedic nutrition vs. Conventional nutrition
• The six tastes of Ayurveda – sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent 
• The affect of each taste has on our body
• How each taste affects the doshas of Vata, Pitta and Kapha
• Dietary recommendations for each dosha
• The affects of each taste on the mind and the emotions
• The affect of too much of each taste on the body and mind
• The affect of too little of each taste on the body and mind
• The importance of food 
• Ayurvedic guidlines for eating
• Choosing the ri
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