The Healing Catalyst 1. Finding the Healer Within
“Health is found in the everyday moments of life.” – Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh
Welcome to the first official episode of The Healing Catalyst. Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh is your new guide to the life-changing practice of Ayurveda. In today’s episode, Dr. Kumar-Singh shares how her personal health struggles manifested during her time in medical school and how she was able to turn to the medicine of her ancestors to heal herself.
Marrying Western medicine with ancient principles of Ayurveda, Dr. Kumar-Singh has created a three-step system to teach anyone to live more mindfully. With compassion and heart, Dr. Kumar-Singh will share her healing approach each week on The Healing Catalyst.
If you’re suffering, listen to what your body is telling you. You will find that the real healer lies within.
- [01:22] - Introducing The Healing Catalyst podcast
- [03:01] - Guiding philosophy on medicine and health
- [04:51] - Avanti’s story: from conventional Western medicine back to her roots in Ayurveda
- [05:27] - Lessons from three transformative life moments
- [05:58] - Lesson #1 - Embrace your past
- [10:23] - Lesson #2 - Notice the signs your mind and body are sending you
- [13:19] - Lesson #3 - Get in sync with nature
- [16:09] - Finding answers by returning to the past
- [17:33] - Preview of what you’ll learn about transforming your health from this show
You can follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram and LinkedIn. Learn more about Avanti and her mission at https://www.avantikumarsingh.com
Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh, is an Ayurveda Wellness Expert on a mission to show how Ayurveda is a health catalyst to achieve optimal wellness in modern life.
Over the two decades of her training, study, and research, Dr. Kumar-Singh has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies, at elite undergraduate and graduate institutions, and at prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, goop, Thrive Global and mindbodygreen, and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Kumar-Singh is also the author of The Health Catalyst.
The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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