The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 275

Kamalesh Ginger Hooven is interim Provost of Mount Madonna Institute, where she is the Director of the Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program.

Kamalesh returns to the podcast to discuss the energy of prana, our vital life force energy and pranayama, breathing practices. This is a great follow up to the previous podcast episode #274 The Respiratory System (Prana Vaha Srotas) where Colette explains in detail how the prana vaha srotas carries this vital energy through the respiratory system. 

Colette chats with Kamalesh about the following:

• The energy of prana.
• What is pranayama.
• The relationship between the breath and the body/mind.
• The three parts of the breath.
• How to begin your pranayama practice.
• Types of pranayama:
  • balancing
  • heating 
  • cooling

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Episode 240

Kamalesh Ginger Hooven is Provost of Mount Madonna Institute and she is the Director of the Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program.  

In our previous episode together #234 titled, Integrating Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda we discussed the three bodies, five sheaths, tanmatras and the internal limbs of Yoga.

In this episode we discuss the eight limbs of yoga in detail and how to tailor an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program to an individual.

We discuss the following:

• The eight limbs of Yoga:
  • Yama - disciplines
  • Niyama - positive observances
  • Asana - preparing the body to take a seat in meditation
  • Pranayama - breath control
  • Pratyahara - sense withdrawal
  • Dharana - focused concentration
  • Dhyana - meditative absorption
  • Samadhi - bliss or enlightenment
• Tailoring an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program keeping in mind the doshas, elements and the three principles of Ayurveda:
  • every cause has an effect
  • like increases like
  • opposites decrease

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Episode 234

Kamalesh Ginger Hooven is Provost of Mount Madonna Institute.  She is the Director of the Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program.  Kamalesh has a Master’s degree in Ayurveda and is a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner as well as a Certified Yoga Therapist.

Colette chats with Kamalesh about the following:

• What is Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy.
• Working with the subtle and gross body for healing.
• Using the tanmatras to heal the subtle body.
• The three bodies, five sheaths, chakras, nadis and vayus.
• The internal limbs of Yoga.

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