The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 206

Ayurvedic educator,  Mary Thompson returns to the podcast to discuss Ayurveda's teachings on mental health. October 10th is recognised as World Mental Health Day by the World Health Organisation. 

Mary and Colette discuss the following:

• Ayurveda's teachings on holistic health.
• The mental tendencies of the doshas of Vata, Pitta, Kapha.
• The three mental gunas/qualities.
• How excess of Rajas and Tamas create mental imbalances.
• Tips on how to maintain positive mental health.

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Episode 136

Colette chats with Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath about the current protests in the US (and worldwide in support) demanding an end to systemic racism and demanding fundamental human rights for all. In this episode they discuss the following:

• Why it’s so important that injustices are acknowledged and recognised before any healing can begin.
• From an Ayurvedic perspective, what qualities are at play in our world resulting in this intensity.
• The universal law of cause and effect.
• How trauma can be passed through generations.
• How to nourish Sattva, the quality of balance, peace and harmony.
• How does self-transformation results in global transformation.

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Episode 131

Colette chats with Marlysa Sullivan about the Polyvagal Theory and Marlysa describes the three neural platforms and five global states of the autonomic nervous system according to this theory. They also discuss the relationship of the mental gunas of sattva, rajas and tamas to the neural platforms and how do they influence one another. They cover the following topics:

• What is the autonomic nervous system and the vagus nerve.
• How these systems work together to regulate the body/mind.
• What is the Polyvagal Theory.
• How does the Polyvagal Theory correspond with the mental gunas.
• How Marlysa puts these principles into practice with clients.
• The top-down vs. bottom-up approach to healing therapies.
• Self-regulation and resilience.
• Transcending the gunas.

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Episode 130

Our mental health has a big impact on our immunity and in this episode Colette chats with Ayurvedic Doctor Victor Briere about the following:

• Ayurveda’s teachings on the interconnection between the body and the mind.
• The connection between our mind and the sense organs.
• What is the immune system and how it works.
• How our mental health effects our immunity.
• The effect of Rajas and Tamas on the immune system.
• How to keep the mind in balance to ensure a healthy immune system.
• Tips for keeping your mind in balance during this stressful time of Covid-19.

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Contact Victor by email [email protected] or call 707-225-8844.

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