The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 49

Episode #49 Colette chats with Kate O’Donnell about her books, The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook, and Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind: 100 Sattvic Recipes.

Kate’s avid interest in the healing powers of food have inspired her study and practice of the ancient arts of Ayurveda and yoga for more than twenty years.

They discuss the following:

• Kate’s journey in Ayurveda & how it has impacted her life
• How she encourages readers back into the kitchen
• How to use Ayurvedic herbs/spices to flavour your food
• Fermented foods – what does Ayurveda say
• The importance of a Sattvic mind for our health & wellbeing
• What is a Sattvic diet
• What are some Sattvic staples we should have in our pantry
• How to sprout and prepare your spices
• Sample Sattvic recipes

To check out Kate’s cookbooks, courses and other offerings, please visit her website…kateodonnell.yoga

Episode 48

Episode #48 Colette talks in detail about Rasa – the Juice of Life. Rasa is one of the seven tissues of the body, according to Ayurveda. It nourishes all the other tissues of the body and therefore plays an important role in our health and wellbeing.

Dr. Vasant Lad says “the moment Rasa is adversely affected, your faith is also affected and you can begin doubting and become skeptical. Many people in the modern world are losing their faith. The global rasa dhatu, the cosmic prana is deranged.”

Colette discusses the following:

• The seven tissues or dhatus of the body
• What is Rasa 
• The role of Rasa in the body
• How the Rasa tissue is formed
• The signs of optimal Rasa
• What affects our Rasa tissue
• How imbalances in the Rasa tissue affects our body/mind
• How faith affects our Rasa
• Tips and guidelines on how to restore your Rasa tissue

Book a Free Discovery Call with Colette, where she will give you tips and guidelines tailored to you.

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Episode 47

Episode #47 Colette chat with John Immel from Joyful Belly about the challenges of following the Ayurvedic principles while cooking for your family and leading a busy life. We discuss the following:

• Guidelines for eating your main meal at lunchtime
• Meal prepping tips
• Is it ok to use frozen foods and leftovers
• What if my child/partner doesn’t want to eat healthy?
• Cooking for your children and incorporating Ayurvedic spices
• What to do if your family/friends want to eat fast food
• Why eating seasonally is so important 
• Apples are in season in the northern hemisphere 
• The benefits of eating apples in autumn
• Apples qualities, tastes and effect on the doshas
• Grapefruits are in season in the southern hemisphere
• The benefits of eating grapefruits in spring
• Grapefruits qualities, tastes and effect on the doshas

Northern hemisphere: Apple Sauce with Ginger & Ghee

Southern hemisphere: Broiled Grapefruit with Cinnamon, Cloves & Honey

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Episode 46

Episode #46 Colette and Amy discuss mental health and what causes mental imbalances according to Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy. They also give tips and guidelines on how to bring your body and mind into balance. They discuss the following:

• Why Autumn/Winter can cause mental imbalances
• The importance of a balanced agni (fire element) in our body/mind for awareness
• Sensory overload and our mental health
• Sensory digestion of our experiences
• The functions of agni in the body  – clarity, decision-making, courage, vitality and happiness
• How Ayurveda can help you bring your mind into balance
• How Yoga Therapy can aid with balancing the mind

Book an Ayurvedic online consultation with Colette here.

Click on this link for info on Colette’s Digestive Reset Cleanse 

Want to work on your habits and behaviour patterns? Check out Colette’s Daily Habit for Holistic Health course.

Episode 45

Episode #45 According to Ayurveda, Vata season is in autumn and early winter. Colette discusses the transition from summer to autumn and gives lots of tips and advice on how to stay balanced during this time of change which can cause problems with digestion, sleeping and mind-spinning. She discusses the following:

• What is vata season
• Why we can go out of balance during the transition of the seasons
• Signs of imbalance in the body and mind
• The Ayurvedic principle of ‘like increases like and opposites balance’
• Foods and lifestyle that can aggravate the vata dosha
• The importance of seasonal cleansing
• The signs of toxins in the body
• Balancing foods and spices for the vata dosha
• A balancing routine for vata
• The best exercise for vata
• Yoga and mindfulness practices to calm and ground vata

Colette mentioned the following links in this episode:

Digestive Reset Cleanse

Turmeric Golden Milk (scroll down to episode #21)

Pranayama (breath work) tutorial (see episod...

Episode 44

Episode #44 Colette chats with Dr Manisha about her new book ‘Enchanting Beauty’ (Ancient secrets to inner, outer and lasting beauty). They discuss the following:

• Why did you want to write a book like this?
• What is your definition of beauty?
• Can you tell us about the Shakti energy and the importance of this energy for our wellbeing.
• After many, many years of treating women in your clinical practice, you questioned, like: “why women felt that they were somehow unworthy after menopause,” “why women felt vulnerable in relationships,” ‘why women were so stressed,” “what made young ladies have such fear around their appearance and such a lack of self-esteem”….Can you tell us the realisation you had from this reflection?
• In your book you said that ”It is our birthright to experience this profound understanding of beauty, but in a world of so much pretending, masquerading and twisting beauty into something other than what it truly is, we need somewhere to turn to that ha
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Episode 43

Episode #43 Colette and Amy discuss the importance of changing behaviours when on your healing journey, the challenges that arise and how to ensure success. They discuss the following:

• Manifesting proper health choices
• Amy’s inspiring trip to Japan
• Health behaviour change is not intellectual
• Transforming our environment to support changes
• Resetting our samskaras or habitual patterns
• Downloading a new healthy operating system
• How epigenetics can influence our genes and our health
• The importance of managing stress
• Tuning into the Circadian rhythms to relieve stress
• The benefits of an Ayurvedic reset cleanse

If you’re ready to change your behaviour patterns, check out Colette’s upcoming group online seasonal cleanse here…

Ayurvedic Reset Online Cleanse 

Colette also provides a 4 week online Daily Habits for Holistic Health course that is self-paced. Check out the details below…

Daily Habits for Holistic Health Online Course

Thanks for listening!

Episode 42

Episode #42 Colette delves deeper into the subtle body. According to Ayurveda, the subtle body represents the energetic field behind the physical body. Along with the mind, the emotions and deep thought, the subtle energies of Prana, Tejas and Ojas work at this level, along with the nadis and the chakras. Colette discusses the following:

• Prana – our life force energy
• Tejas – our radiance and courage
• Ojas – our immunity and strength
• The Nadis – the subtle energy channels through which prana flows
• The 7 Chakras or energy vortexes of the body according to Ayurveda
• Colette completes this episode with a Chakra meditation

If you’re interested in learning more about the upcoming group, online cleanse or a private cleanse, please click on the link below….

Ayurvedic Reset Cleanse

Click on the link below to access the Pranayama tutorial (scroll down to podcast Episode #25 Pranayama video tutorial). Check out the Nadi Shodhana or Alternate Nostril Breathing pranayama t...

Episode 41

Colette speaks with John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, an educational Ayurvedic health care website. John also directs the Joyful Belly Institute’s Master of Ayurvedic Digestion 500 hour program, drawing on years of research and clinical experience specialising in digestive disorders.

Colette and John discuss the following:

• John’s journey from a Harvard background in math and computers, to studying Ayurveda.
• The creation of Joyful Belly and John’s mission to make Ayurveda more accessible to the public.
• The online Joyful Belly school.
• The Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification.
• The Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification.
• John’s generous scholarship gift to the Elements community.

Click hear to learn more about the Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification and to receive your scholarship.

Click hear to learn more about the Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification and to receive your scholarship.

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