The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

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 213

Bozhena has worked with Colette for the past year and she shares her transformational journey with Ayurveda which includes:

• Seeking change - from low enthusiasm for life and a lack of clarity.
• Cleansing excess kapha and implementing routines.
• Discovering increased creativity and inspiration.
• Continuing on her spiritual journey.
• Bozhena's life transformation and her advice for others.

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Check out Bozhena's beautiful artwork in episode #213 artwork on the Elements Instagram and Facebook pages.

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Episode 197

Dr Nandan Lele is the 3rd generation Ayurvedic physician in his paternal family, while 2nd generation in his maternal family. He has more than 17 years of clinical experience taking care of thousands of patients at 2 clinics in Pune, India and has travelled extensively all around the globe spreading the wisdom of Ayurveda.

Dr. Nandan’s practice takes a holistic approach aimed at minimal use of medicines and maximum use of food and lifestyle modifications to restore health. 

Colette chats with Dr. Nandan about the great importance Ayurveda gives to the mind..… “It’s not the eye that sees the world but it’s the mind that sees the world”.

They discuss the following:

• Why Ayurveda places such a great emphasis on the mind.
• How the mind permeates the entire body.
• The relationship between the mind and the Soul.
• What is chitta and how it relates to the mind.
• The significance of ritual in Ayurveda and how these rituals are designed to have an impact on the mind.

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Episode 196

Celebrating 4 years of the Elements of Ayurveda podcast by chatting with members of the Elements community.

Colette chats with Rushani from New Zealand, Sheerie from the U.S. and Anneka from the U.K. about their experiences with Ayurveda.

Jennica from Hawaii and Vanessa from California join in this celebration by sending in their sentiments by voicemail.

Thank YOU for listening to the podcast and for your support over the years. I truly appreciate you!

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Episode 163

Colette chats with three women that she has had the pleasure of working with. LaDonia, Lucy and Ines share their personal Ayurvedic healing journey and experience. They discuss the following:

• How they discovered Ayurveda.
• Their personal experience on their Ayurvedic healing journey. 
• How Ayurveda has impacted their life, personally and professionally.
• LaDonia, Lucy and Ines share insights & tips from their journey.

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Episode 162

Dr. Donn Brennan was one of the first western medical doctors to train in India in Maharishi’s Vedic Approach to Health. Dr. Brennan became disillusioned with the conventional medical model and was disappointed that the emphasis was on ‘disease’  rather than on ‘prevention’ and ‘health.’

In 1982 he decided to study and practice Transcendental Meditation (TM). He qualified as a TM teacher and was amazed at how many people reported a marked improvement in their health as they meditated.

The turning point in Dr. Brennan’s career came when he discovered that the Ayurvedic healthcare system incorporates TM, connecting consciousness with physiology. Since 1990 Dr. Brennan has worked full-time promoting, lecturing and consulting in Maharishi’s Vedic Approach to Health. Colette chats with Dr. Brennan about the following topics:

• Dr. Brennan’s journey from Western medical doctor to TM and Ayurveda.
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s teachings on accessing consciousness via TM and Ayur...

Episode 159

Colette continues the conversation from episode #158 ‘Focus On The Gunas, Not The Doshas.’ In this episode she talks about the gunas/qualities in vegetables and how they affect the qualities/doshas in our constitution. Colette covers the following groups of vegetables:

• Root vegetables
• Cruciferous vegetables
• Bitter leafy green vegetables
• Nightshades

Understanding the gunas/qualities in vegetables will give you confidence in choosing the right vegetables to pacify the qualities you’re feeling in your body.

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Episode 156

Colette chats with regular guest, Amy Wheeler about the importance of accepting change, especially when it comes to dealing with our current challenging situations in the world.

Acceptance not only relieves the emotion around the changing situation, but it also can bring clarity. They discuss the following:

• How to accept the changes happening in our world today.
• The uncertainty around the ‘new normal.’
• Accepting the emotions that come with change.
• How acceptance can help bring clarity.
• Understanding that each person deals with change differently.
• Small steps to help deal with change.
• Courage to get support when needed.

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Episode 155

Ayurvedic Doctor Madison Madden wrote a wonderful article titled ‘Ancient Wisdom in the Age of Global Pandemics: Getting to the Root of it with Ayurveda.’

In the article Madison laid out the scene in our world currently…. “In a time when we are wrestling with a global health pandemic, climate catastrophe, and seemingly every other manner of human-induced hardship. Ayurveda understands all of these ‘symptoms’ as fundamentally interrelated.”

Colette and Madison discuss this article in detail and cover the following topics:

• The four causative factors of pandemics according to Ayurveda.
• The root causes of the dis-ease in our world today.
• The correlation between chronic disease in the body and the current environmental situation.
• Ayurveda’s insights into building a better world for everybody.
• Advice on simple changes you can make in your life.
• Madison shares life questions to reflect upon.

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Episode 154

Colette takes questions from the Elements community and covers topics such as:

• How to pacify a Vata/Kapha constitution during changing climate conditions.
• Daily routines to help keep a Vata/Pitta dosha organised.
• Post-menopausal cysts.
• Balancing multiple doshas at once.
• Why the body may reject supplements.

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