The Simple Ayurveda Podcast

Join Angela in this solo episode: The Five Elements: ETHER. Angela shares insight from the Ayurvedic perspective around the ether element. This is the first episode of a series on The Five Elements. For the first half of 2022, Angela is going through all five elements in the Simple Ayurveda Collective, so if you'd like to study along and explore within your own life, be sure to join! In this episode, learn more about: • a background on Ayurveda and the view of The Five Elements • ether as it correlates with Vata dosha • spaces within the physical body associated with ether • inquiry prompts to support you looking more deeply into how ether affects you References Mentioned: Ayurveda and Panchakarma by Dr. Sunil V. Joshi — https://www.amazon.com/Ayurveda-Panchakarma-Science-Healing-Rejuvenation/dp/0914955373 ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela Perger in this solo episode: Decision Fatigue. In this episode, Angela talks about Decision Fatigue. She dives into the overload of information, why that causes fatigue, and what we can do about it from the Ayurvedic perspective. In this episode, learn more about: • how knowledge has an effect on agni and the doshas • a return to simplicity • specific ways to reduce decision fatigue in everyday decisions Previous Episodes Mentioned: 156 | Healing the Thyroid with Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum -- https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-156-healing-the-thyroid/ If you have Ulcerative Colitis, Angela would love for you to join The Simple Ayurveda Sanctuary — a group program for those with UC with high-level, individual consultations to support you in a very personalized way. Work together 1:1 with Angela and also have the benefit of the group for support. Join here: https://simpleayurveda.teachable.com/p/the-simple-ayurveda-sanctuary ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Ulcerative Colitis Q&A - Part 2. In this episode, Angela continues to answer questions sent in from listeners specific to Ulcerative Colitis. If you don't have Colitis, the information shared will be helpful in handling relationships you have with people who do have chronic illness and to better understand what's involved. If you have Ulcerative Colitis, Angela would love for you to join The Simple Ayurveda Sanctuary — a group program for those with UC with high-level, individual consultations to support you in a very personalized way. Work together 1:1 with Angela and also have the benefit of the group for support. Join here: https://simpleayurveda.teachable.com/p/the-simple-ayurveda-sanctuary Ayurvedic Self-Care for Ulcerative Colitis free guide: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61a67f166fd16bd0a4ddaef2 In this episode, learn more about: • A review of where to start with diagnosis and holistic treatment • Pitta and Vata doshic constitutions and agni • Colitis and constipation • Practical tips and advice for having a social life with Ulcerative Colitis • How to navigate doctors recommendations and prescriptions Previous episodes mentioned: 170 | Making Peace with Prescriptions — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-170-making-peace-with-prescriptions/ 67 | Simple Ways to Strengthen Agni — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-67-simple-ways-to-strengthen-agni/ 6 | Agni and Mindful Eating — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-6-agni-and-mindful-eating/ 28 | The Confidence to Practice Ayurveda — https://simpleayurveda.com/the-confidence-to-practice-ayurveda/ 29 | Finding an Ayurveda Support System — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-29-finding-an-ayurveda-support-system/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Ulcerative Colitis Q&A - Part 1. In this episode, Angela will be answering questions on Ulcerative Colitis that were sent in from listeners. If you don't have Colitis, the information shared will be helpful in handling relationships you have with people who do have chronic illness and to better understand what's involved. If you have Ulcerative Colitis, Angela would love for you to join The Simple Ayurveda Sanctuary — a group program for those with UC with high-level, individual consultations to support you in a very personalized way. Work together 1:1 with Angela and also have the benefit of the group for support. Join here: https://simpleayurveda.teachable.com/p/the-simple-ayurveda-sanctuary Ayurvedic Self-Care for Ulcerative Colitis free guide: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61a67f166fd16bd0a4ddaef2 In this episode, learn more about: • The differences between IBS and IBD • Offering support and compassion for those with Ulcerative Colitis • How and where UC diagnosis starts • Symptoms to watch for and when to get tested • Angela's suggestions and recommendations for flare-ups Previous episodes mentioned: 170 | Making Peace with Prescriptions — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-170-making-peace-with-prescriptions/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: https://simpleayurveda.com/membership/

Join Angela in this solo episode: Annual Rituals. In this episode, Angela shares her process of connecting to annual rituals. She gives you an invitation to check in with yourself, look at your year as an overview on which rituals are sacred to you, what you're ready to shift, to recognize we're always going through periods of change. Join the Simple Ayurveda Collective for Annual Ritual journal prompts, as well as further support and monthly themes! In this episode, learn more about: • what rituals are • connection of rituals to seasons • solar and lunar halves of the year • an invitation to check in with yourself • benefits of scheduling time off for seasonal resets Previous Episode Mentioned: 104 | Living in Alignment with the Moon — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-104-living-in-alignment-with-the-moon/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Healing is a Practice. In this episode, Angela shares about the yoga philosophy and the underlying pieces of ancient wisdom that have helped her come to more contentment and acceptance with the challenges of life. Healing is a practice. It's a process we go through that doesn't have an end result. On your journey of healing, remember that you are perfect just the way you are! In this episode, learn more about: • Raga (attachments) and Devaja (diversion) and how they are a cause of human suffering • Practicing Aparigraha (non-attachment) helps us to soften and release control • How part of Dharma (right action) is taking care of our physical, mental and spiritual bodies • 3 ways you can find acceptance in the healing process Previous Episodes Mentioned: 170 | Making Peace with Prescriptions — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-170-making-peace-with-prescriptions/ After almost 2 decades of living with Ulcerative Colitis, Angela is currently working on a comprehensive offering for support! For now, if you have UC or know anyone who does, visit the show notes to grab the freebie on the Ayurvedic perspective on Ulcerative Colitis. You'll receive basic notes, a short video, and journaling prompts to begin making peace with what is. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61a67f166fd16bd0a4ddaef2 Join the free webinar on January 20th - Thriving with Ulcerative Colitis. Register here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61bccd51d2fc90968d6f42b1 ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Lessons and Reflections From 2021. In this episode, Angela shares an end of the year wrap-up, reflection, and wishes you a happy Winter Solstice. She answers a list of questions put together for a recent Simple Ayurveda Collective community circle. You can grab a copy of the questions in the show notes for your own personal reflection of 2021. Thank you for being here! In this episode, learn more about: • What went well for Angela this year • Challenges faced and practices which helped keep her grounded and supported • A review of Prana, Tejas and Ojas • Things being released from 2021 and those things being brought into 2022 • Angela's word of the year for 2022 • and more! Previous Episodes Mentioned: 138 | Yoga Nidra and Radiant Rest with Tracee Stanley — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-138-interview-with-tracee-stanley/ 126 | Ojas: Inner Bliss — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-126-ojas-inner-bliss/ 127 | Tejas: Inner Radiance — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-127-tejas-inner-radiance/ 128 | Prana: Inner Vitality — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-128-prana-inner-vitality/ 135 | Vata Dosha and The Attention Economy — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-135-vata-dosha-and-the-attention-economy/ 155 | Weekly Rituals — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-155-weekly-rituals/ 159 | Dhatu Nourishment & Care — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-159-dhatu-nourishment-care/ 89 | The Dhatus: A Basic Introduction to Ayurveda Anatomy + Physiology — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-89-the-dhatus-a-basic-introduction-to-ayurveda-anatomy-physiology/ 110 | Nourishing the Dhatus with Kate O'Donnell — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-110-interview-with-kate-odonnell/ 158 | Ahimsa, Ayurveda, Veganism and the Gray Space — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-158-ahimsa-ayurveda-veganism-and-the-gray-space/ ——— Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Making Peace with Prescriptions. This episode is highly personal, vulnerable, raw and real for Angela. This topic of prescription drugs can be especially loaded. For Angela, it has been a huge source of pain, shame, discomfort, anger and sorrow. She hopes that by sharing her journey of making peace with prescriptions, it helps you to examine your own beliefs in some way. In this episode, learn more about: • Angela's personal health journey from childhood to adulthood • Her view of prescriptions and how it shifted and changed over time • Practices and tools that help Angela find inner peace • Prompts to check-in with yourself if you're unsure about prescriptions After almost 2 decades of living with Ulcerative Colitis, Angela is currently working on a comprehensive offering for support! For now, if you have UC or know anyone who does, visit the show notes to grab the freebie on the Ayurvedic perspective on Ulcerative Colitis. You'll receive basic notes, a short video, and journaling prompts to begin making peace with what is. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61a67f166fd16bd0a4ddaef2 Previous Episodes Mentioned: 32 | Imperfect Ayurveda — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-32-imperfect-ayurveda/ 158 | Ayurveda, Ahimsa, Veganism and the Gray Space — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-158-ahimsa-ayurveda-veganism-and-the-gray-space/ 156 | Healing the Thyroid with Dr. Teitlebaum — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-156-healing-the-thyroid/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Robin Stamp in this episode: Time from a Vedic Perspective: A Deep Dive into the Yugas In this episode, Robin shares his knowledge and perspective of the Yugas - cyclical time periods from a Vedic perspective. This conversation will help give an overarching perspective of where we got our informational texts from, why they were written down, and a look at what's happening in the world. Gain insight into the underlying foundation from what's missing, and where we're heading in the future! Angela has found this wisdom to be transformative in her own life, allowing her to have a bigger-picture understanding of yoga, Vedic wisdom and intuition. In this episode, learn more about: • An explanation of time from a Vedic perspective • Taking hope in the growth of consciousness, and the ability to integrate wisdom and understanding • The historical influence on the information we now have access to • Shifting from survivalism to connection, contribution, and community • Upcoming planetary shifts that support physical, human connection and community Robin is a Spiritual Guide, Yogic Astrologer, and Teacher Connect with him: Website - https://www.universeembodied.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/universeembodied Important Things Mentioned: The Holy Science by Swami Sri Yukteswar - https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Science-Swami-Sri-Yukteswar/dp/161427455X Previous Episodes Mentioned: 124 | Astrology, Karma and Spiritual Transformation with Robin Stamp — https://simpleayurveda.com/episode-124-interview-with-robin-stamp/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Cassandra Solano in this episode: Navigating Relationships and Healing Through a Trauma-Informed Lens. In this episode, Angela and Cassandra have an incredible conversation that is full of so much wisdom and insight! They talk about individual healing, healing through community, self-compassion when experiencing triggers, and so much more. Cassandra's trauma-informed approach is informative and gentle, allowing for empowerment and self-understanding. Tune in and let us know your takeaways! In this episode, learn more about: • What trauma is and how it's different for everyone • The importance of individual healing and community healing within safe-spaces • Community as an essential pillar to help with building resilience for when subsequent things can and will happen • How close relationships can trigger us or bring up things that are dormant in us for healing • Offering ourselves great self-compassion when our body is physically triggered into action • Specific tools to address and soothe our nervous system • Having a consistent mindfulness practice as a way to help you recognize responses to triggers or stress • It can feel scary to begin the healing journey - go slowly and work with a provider if needed • AND MORE! Cassandra is a Latine masters level social worker in California and as the Change Doula supports individuals in making big life changes through a trauma informed and spiritual path. They have been counseling since 2006 in various settings from drug treatment to running a large mental health program serving the homeless and formerly incarcerated populations. They've been in private practice for over 3 years helping people online all over the world to identify how their childhood trauma is impacting their adult relationships to get clarity and the love they want. Cassandra is a sober mom of 3 plus one bonus kid, a survivor of childhood emotional abuse, domestic violence and is remarried after struggling for a decade in their first toxic marriage. They use a mind body spirit approach in helping their clients by integrating psychology, neuroscience and spirituality to help clients who want more out of life. Connect with Cassandra: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thechangedoula TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/thechangedoula Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thechangedoula Website - https://www.cassandrasolano.com If you're listening live time of NOV/DEC 2021, Angela would love for you to join her for Simple Ayurveda's Happy Healthy Holiday's program which is gentle support, rooted in Ayurvedic wisdom to help you process and navigate your own feelings, tune into your own intuition, and have clarity and simplicity around this holiday season. For more information and to join, visit: https://simpleayurveda.com/happy-healthy-holidays/ ------ Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda and https://www.instagram.com/simpleayurvedapodcast Join The Simple Ayurveda Collective: an affordable ongoing support system that offers Ayurveda broken down into bit-sized pieces so that you are fully able to understand and incorporate this amazing ancient science into your own life. Receive access to video lessons with new content each month, private support group OFF of Facebook, seasonal suggestions, simple recipes, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership