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 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.

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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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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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Episode 219

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 has devoted his life to bringing Ayurveda to the mainstream with the New World Ayurveda School and continues to bring to his students an ever-evolving understanding of what living as a conscious, whole person, rooted in the heart means. 

In this episode, Colette chats with Dr. Dugliss about the correlation between the charka system our mental/emotional needs. They discuss the following:

• The role consciousness plays in our overall health and wellbeing.
• The five koshas of the body.
• How the chakras affect our mental/emotional programming.
• The importance of physical and mental health to access consciousness.
• The chakra system and the correlating endocrine system.
• How to nourish the chakra system.

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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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