The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 69

Episode#69 Colette takes questions from the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast Facebook Group and answers them in this episode. Here are some of the topics covered in this special Q&A episode:

• Painful periods
• Calming an overactive brain
• What to do when Vata is pushing the other doshas out of balance
• Treating an upset stomach
• Feeling emotionally stuck
• Letting go of coffee
• Ego identification

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Episode 68

Episode #68 Colette chats with Alakananda Ma, a renowned Ayurvedic expert. Alakananda has a fascinating and adventurous life story which Colette delves into. Today, Alakananda is President of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and she’s leading the way for Ayurveda to be recognised as a viable profession and to ensure the future success of Ayurvedic medicine. 

Colette and Alakananda Ma discuss the following:

• Alakananda’s journey from graduating as a physician to entering a closed convent.
• Following her intuition and travelling to India.
• Meeting Raghudas Maharaj, the hidden master who became her guru.
• Becoming one of the first graduates of Western medicine to take up studying Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad.
• Alakananda’s adventures during her five year pilgrimage in India.
• Her Guru’s message to go to America and make an ashram.
• The journey to founding Alandi Ayurveda Clinic and Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula in Boulder, Colorado.
• Alakananda’s mission ‘to
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Episode 67

Episode #67 Colette discusses two foods associated with love on this Valentine’s Day episode.

She covers the following:

• Raw chocolate vs. dark chocolate
• The plant-based antioxidants found in chocolate
• Neurotransmitters released by chocolate
• Ayurveda & chocolate
• How chocolate affects Vata, Pitta & Kapha
• Ayurveda & the 3 stages of coconuts
• How to choose the right coconut oil
• Why coconut oil is considered one of the healthiest oils on earth!
• The Ayurvedic perspective on coconut oil
• What modern science says about coconut oil
• The healing powers of coconut oil
• All the ways to use coconut oil

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Episode 66

Episode #66 Grief is a challenging subject to discuss and in this episode Amy bravely shares her story of the recent loss of her Mother. Colette and Amy discuss grief, loss, how to process it all and the spiritual growth that can come from loss. They discuss the following:

• Amy shares her recent story of grief.
• The opportunity for connection in grief.
• How grief brings out compassion and empathy.
• How undigested grief can affect us.
• The special messages from beyond.
• Finding what gives you faith/hope.
• How grief helps you figure out what’s important in life.
• Acknowledging grief/loss in others.
• Allowing a person to be in their grief.
• Digesting losses through our daily self-care practices.
• Creating space for grief.
• How grief/loss can be a time of spiritual growth.
• Leaning on your daily self care practices during times of grief.

Episode 65

Episode #65 Colette chats with Dr. Claudia Welch about balancing hormones, fertility, conception and women’s health. 

Colette and Dr. Welch discuss the following:

• The epidemic of stress in our modern world. 
• Being ‘possessed’ by our false belief systems.
• How stress affects our tissues, our hormones & our fertility. 
• How does the mind affect the body & the body affect the mind.
• The quality of our menstrual cycle & our health.
• How the quality of our Rasa determines our fertility.
• The importance of daily self-care practices for our health & fertility.

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Episode 64

Episode #64 Ayurveda teaches us that disease has six stages of progression. If we’re in tune with our body and mind, we can catch the subtle signals of imbalance early and restore health before a disease manifests in the body. In this episode, Colette explains Ayurveda’s teachings on these stages of disease. She discusses the  three reasons for disease which are:

1. Mistaken intellect.
2. Improper use of the senses.
3. Seasons/time

She then delves deeper into the six stages of disease according to Ayurveda and those stages are:

1. Accumulation
2. Aggravation
3. Spread/Circulation
4. Localisation
5. Manifestation
6. Differentiation/Change

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Episode 63

Episode #63 Woman Stands Shining, Pat McCabe, is from Diné Nation, she is a writer, artist, and speaker. As “Holy Earth Surface Walker, Life-Bringer, Life-Bearer” she claims her Authority to speak always on behalf of Life, and to call community attention to placing Life at the Center in all discussion, planning, and activity.

She teaches on the subjects of Sacred Feminine, Sacred Masculine, Economy, Paradigm, Indigenous Ways of Knowing/Science for Thriving Life, worldwide. She also takes part in the many indigenous peoples gatherings taking place all around the Mother Earth at this time.

Colette and Pat discuss the following:

• The meaning and significance of the word ‘indigenous.’
• Why our connection to Mother Nature is so important.
• Pat’s connection to water and the consciousness of water.
• How water amplifies our prayers.
• What’s wrong with our current pyramid structure.
• The failure of the power-over paradigm.
• Reconciling the sacred feminine and sacred masculine
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Episode 62

Episode #62 Colette and Amy Wheeler discuss living a life in collaboration vs competition.

Colette and Amy discuss the following:

• Is competition our innate nature?
• The benefits of collaboration.
• The spiritual journey & collaboration.
• The new feminine way of leadership.
• Task orientation vs. ego orientation.
• Technology & collaboration.
• How can we collaborate more in our own lives.
• The power of connection.
• Collaboration inspiration & You!

Episode 61

Episode #61 Colette takes some great questions from listeners of the podcast. 

Questions submitted by the listeners include:

• What are the 3 most important things to do/address first when new to Ayurveda?
• Each time I take a dosha test, the results revealed different imbalances in different doshas. Why is this?
• What is Ayurveda’s advice for healthy bones? What food, exercise and lifestyle tips would be the best to follow? I have just been diagnosed with borderline osteoporosis.
• What is the Ayurvedic view on lab testing and do we need to or should we look to utilise these tests for more accurate diagnosis and treatment?
• If we are dual dosha type and both balanced which do we follow in terms of lifestyle and food choices?
• How do I achieve clear, healthy skin?
• How to once and for all have strong digestion and assimilation so that I can eat all vegetables and good foods to reverse my deficiencies balance my hormones and have clear thinking and a healthier mood?
• How
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Episode 60

Episode #60 Colette chats with her client Sanya Minocha who has been on a healing journey for the last four years, after experiencing chronic pain from a tailbone injury. She has spent this period of time healing and empowering herself and she’s now inspired to help others restore balance with her business, Kensho Wellness.

Colette and Sanya chat about the following:

• How Sanya’s healing journey began.
• Her Ayurvedic path.
• The cleansing fears that surfaced.
• How Sanya set herself up for cleansing success.
• Her Ayurvedic cleanse experience – physically & emotionally.
• Incorporating a new operating system of daily self-care practices.
• Feeling empowered to take charge of her own health.
• Sanya’s career shift from Corporate to Coaching with Kensho Wellness.

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