The Elements of Ayurveda Podcast

Episode 307

Dr. Marc Halpern is the founder and President of the California College of Ayurveda and the author of three ayurvedic textbooks. A Doctor of Chiropractic and a Doctor of Ayurveda (hon.) he holds a post-graduate certification in Holistic Medicine. 

Colette chats with Dr. Halpern about our current mental health crisis and they discuss the following:

• Understanding the mind from an Ayurvedic perspective.
• What is Spiritual indigestion.
• The causes of disturbances in the mind.
• Relearning how to use our senses properly.
• The mental gunas (qualities) of rajas, tamas & sattva.
• The post-Covid experience for the aware mind. 

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Episode 306

Colette focuses on Ayurvedic herbs with an affinity for the heart in this episode. The Ayurvedic texts consider the heart as the most vital organ as it’s the seat of the following:

1. Three doshas - vata, pitta and kapha.
2. Prana - the left side of the heart is the root of prana vaha srotas, the respiratory channel.
3. Rasa vaha srotas - the root of this plasma channel is in the right chamber of the heart.
4. Ten great vessels of the body - the main arteries carrying nutrition to the entire body.
5. Ojas - our prime energy reserve of the body protecting our life.
6. Mind - the heart is the root of mano vaha srotas, the mind channel which permeates the entire body.

She discusses the following herbs and fruits and details their energetics and benefits:

• Arjuna
• Amalaki
• Guggulu
• Pomegranate
• Punarnava
• Pushkaramoola

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Episode 305

Colette's client, Renata shares her personal journey with Ayurveda and how it has changed the way she lives her life today. They discuss the following:

• How Renata was introduced to Ayurveda.
• The healing journey from consultation to cleanse.
• Her life changing cleanse experience.
• The awareness and confidence she has in making healthy choices post-cleanse.

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Episode 304

Colette focuses on the skin in this episode and why the skin is particularly prone to aggravations at the end of the hot season. She explains what considerations need to be taken before suggesting herbs for the skin, including:

• Presence of ama/toxins.
• Status of your agni/digestive fire.
• Status of your doshas.
• Status of your srotas or channels of your body, including the channel of the mind, mano vaha srotas, because the mind is closely connected to the skin.

Colette talks in detail about the following herbs which are beneficial for the skin: 

1. Aloe vera
2. Bakuchi
3. Manjishtha
4. Neem
5. Rose

She also details the benefits and energetics of each herb, including:

• Guna/qualities
• Rasa/taste
• Virya/energy
• Vikpak/post-digestive effect
• Effect on the doshas
• Effect on the dhatus/tissues
• Affinity for certain srotas/channels

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Episode 303

With the upcoming equinox on September 23rd signalling the change of seasons, Colette shares lots of Ayurvedic information and tips about how to prepare for this transition to help prevent imbalances of the doshas and seasonal sickness. She discusses the following:

• How the change of season affects the doshas in our body.
• The six stages of disease.
• The signs of an ama/toxin accumulation.
• Understanding the types of imbalances in the agni/digestive fire.
• Tailoring a seasonal cleanse for each type of agni imbalance.

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Episode 302

In this solo episode, Colette focuses on some Ayurvedic herbs that are beneficial for rejuvenating the mind and pacifying the nervous system and talks in detail on the following herbs:

1. Brahmi - bacopa monniera  
2. Gotu kola - mandukaparni 
3. Shankhapushpi - evolvulus alsinoides
4. Ashwaghandha 

She talks about the importance of getting professional advice before taking any herbs as there are so many factors that go into choosing the right herbs and just some of the considerations taken by an Ayurvedic professional are the status of the following:

• Ama or toxins in your body
• Agni or digestive fire
• Doshas
• Srotas or channels of your body

Colette also discusses the Ayurvedic understanding of how plant energetics are affected by many factors and how plants possess a form of consciousness and the importance of respecting Ayurvedic guidelines and rituals in harvesting herbs.

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Episode 301

This is a very special 6th anniversary episode of the podcast with Dr. Sujatha Kekada who’s the Head Physician and Co-Founder of AmrtaSiddhi Ayurvedic Clinic in Ubud, Bali. 

Dr. Sujatha played a pivotal role in my journey with Ayurveda and it began in 2014 when I did a panchakarma treatment at the AmrtaSiddhi Ayurvedic clinic. I talked about this journey in detail in episode #5 Ayurveda & Healing in Bali. 

In this episode, Dr Sujatha and I talk about our upcoming 7 Day Ayurveda Rejuvenation Retreat in Bali, December 4th to 10th, 2023. We also discuss the following:

• The pivotal role Dr. Sujatha played in my journey with Ayurveda.
• Ayurvedic healing & establishing awareness.
• Insight into our upcoming Ayurveda Rejuvenation Retreat.
• The benefits of full immersion healing.
• The importance of healing all the layers of the body.

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Episode 300

Colette finishes her series on the srotas or channels of the body by focusing on the channel of the mind, mano vaha srotas. In fact, this is not a true channel as the mind permeates the entire body, however, the Vedic texts do reference mano vaha srotas. She discusses the following in this episode:

• The root, passage and opening of mano vaha srotas.
• The mind as a dual organ.
• The functions of the mind channel.
• Signs and symptoms of aggravation.
• Causes of aggravation.
• Preventing disorders of mano vaha srotas.

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Episode 299

Ayurvedic Doctor, Simmi Chopra has a double Masters in Biostatistics and Molecular Biology from Rutgers University and JNU which helps her to understand health problems from both mainstream as well as the Ayurvedic perspective.

In this episode Colette chats with Simmi about Ayuvedic Bhasmas. Bhasmas are very fine medicinal powders of metal, minerals, stone etc. They discuss the following:

• What are bhasmas and how they are processed.
• The controversy around bhasmas.
• Testing the purity of bhasmas.
• Using bhasmas vs. using herbs in treatment.
• Simmi shares case studies using bhasmas.
• Scope of practice of bhasmas.

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Episode 298

In this solo episode Colette focuses on the 3rd and final elimination channel which is sveda vaha srotas, the channel for carrying sweat. If you’re new to this wisdom from Ayurveda on the srotas or channels of the body, check out the first episode in this series, episode #272 - The Food Channel & The Srotas which will give you an introduction to the Ayurvedic wisdom on the channels of the body.

She covers the following in this episode:

• The root, passage and opening of sveda vaha srotas.
• The subdoshas governing this channel.
• The functions of the sweat channel.
• The correlation between sweating and our emotions.
• Signs and symptoms of aggravation.
• Causes of aggravation.
• Maintaining the health of sveda vaha srotas.

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