The Simple Ayurveda Podcast

Join Angela in this solo episode: Closed for Spiritual Maintenance - Year 4. In this 4th annual episode, Angela shares her November tradition of taking the month off of social media and emails in order to bring herself back into harmony and groundedness before the start of the holiday season. She encourages you personally to consider taking a break from social media - even for just one day a week - to check in with yourself and to integrate all that you're taking in on a daily basis. Learn more about: • Reinforcing the powerful things in life through repetition • What Angela's technology break will look like • Why she chooses this time of year for it • Giving Agni opportunity to digest all that we've taken in • Shifting into Vata season Previous Episodes Mentioned: 60 | Closed for Spiritual Maintenance 112 | Closed for Spiritual Maintenance | An Annual Tradition 165 | Closed for Spiritual Maintenance - Year 3 130 | What is an Ayurvedic Cleanse? A Simple Guide Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Ayurveda Travel with Kids. In this episode, Angela shares about her 40th Birthday Bucket-List trip, and how even with kids they were able to make it an Ayurvedic experience. Tune in for her top tips on how to travel Ayurvedically with kids. Learn more about: • Why you should keep up with an Ayurvedic lifestyle while traveling • How pacifying Vata dosha during travel benefits everyone • Angela's 40th Birthday Bucket-List trip • Top tips for traveling Ayurvedically with kids Previous Episode Mentioned: 140 | Ayurveda in Everyday Life as a Parent Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: My Experience with Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. Following up with her conversation on Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique with Sophia Livshitz, Angela shares about her own personal experience with QHHT. She shares why she found this amazing healing tool to be powerful and impactful in her own life. Learn more about: • Modern scientific perspective of being "hypnotized" from birth to age 7 • How Angela connected with Sophia and QHHT • Description of her first session and what was released • Description of her second session and what was released Book Mentioned: The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate - https://amzn.to/3EzmbrU Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Sophia Livshitz in this episode: Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. Angela and Sophia met on the playground during a playdate with their kids. In this special in-person recorded episode, they have a conversation on Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. As human beings, we are capable of a lot more than what we were taught. As we are able to make ourselves sick, we are able to heal ourselves. Every illness is associated with trapped emotions that need to be released. We are able to release them on our own but there are also different modalities that can help with that, Quantum Healing Hypnosis is one of them. Learn more about: • Sophia's journey into becoming a spiritual healer • Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) overview • Sophia's personal experience with QHHT • Trusting the process - healing isn't linear • What happens in QHHT sessions and the role of your Higher Self during them • The importance of self-love and putting yourself first and more! Sophia is a Level 2 Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique practitioner and a channeler. Ever since she was little, she always wanted to make people feel better be it physically or emotionally. Sophia worked in a corporate world for almost 10 yrs but left to pursue her true calling of helping people heal. It is her honor and privilege to serve the community. Connect with Sophia: Website: https://www.sophialivshitzqhht.com/ Links: https://linktr.ee/sophialivshitzqhht Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Vaidya Sera Melini in this episode: What's the Deal with Intermittent Fasting? Sera Melini is an Ayurvedic educator working in a clinical setting and is an expert on digestion. In this conversation, Angela and Sera dive into a great conversation on the importance of timing for good digestion and the pitfalls of intermittent fasting. Learn more about: • Sera's journey to Ayurveda • The Western perspective of Intermittent Fasting • Using Intermittent Fasting in an Ayurvedic sattvic way • Implementing regular meal times as the first step • The importance of getting to know your own hunger • Daily and seasonal rhythms as helpful guidelines • and more! Sera Melini (500h E-RYT & Āyurvedic Physician) has been a lifetime student and accomplished teacher of Yoga and Āyurveda. She has been blessed with teachers who have searched classically for the patterns of the Universe and Spirit. Her studies and experiences in the realms of Yoga, Mantra, and Āyurveda all serve to assist in increasing her depth, sensitivity, and simplicity in ways she lives and practices. Her primary source training has allowed her to be a dynamic teacher and facilitator of the modern age. Her goal is to contextualize things often taught in broad strokes so you can go deep instead of only wide. Her intention is to allow the teachings coming through her so as to catalyze the potency and wisdom already within you. This is the meaning of Yogavāhi. It is a substance that brings out the inherent power of whatever it is paired with. She is passionate about providing you with the foundational teachings that all of these years of study and collecting, so that you can walk away feeling like you know how to make decisions, how to apply Yoga and Āyurveda to your specific life in a way that is truly supportive, nourishing, and effective. Some of her teachers include, Andrey Lappa of Universal Yoga, Kula Yoga Project, Sankalpah College of Yoga (Yoga), Parvathy Baul, Sadhvi Abha Saraswatiji and Raghunath Cappo (Mantra), Vaidya Kashyapa Fischer, Dr. Vasant Lad, Vaidya Ravi of Poonthottam Ayurvedasram, the California College of Ayurveda, Dr. Claudia Welsh, Dr. Cate Stillman (Ayurveda), Antonia Ruppel, Vladimir Yatsenko (Sanskrit). Her teachers of touch include those at Sunshine School (Chiang Mai, Thailand) and Ohm (Omsala Chiang Mai, Thailand) for the wisdom of Thai Massage and Chi Nei Tsang. Connect with Sera Melini: Instagram: https://instagram.com/seramelini.ayurvedayoga Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yogavahiayurveda Website: https://yogavahi.com/ Email: sera@yogavahi.com Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Q+A: Prakriti for Nontraditional Families, Histamine Intolerance & Menopause. In these Q&A episodes, listeners send in questions and Angela will informally discuss some of the topics. If you have questions, send them through email to angela@simpleayurveda.com or message her on Instagram at @simple_ayurveda. If you want full notes & support that go along with the themes, consider joining the Simple Ayurveda Collective for PDFs, video lessons, journal prompts, guided yoga practices, meditations, and yoga nidra practices for a bit more of a deep dive into all that we talk about here on the podcast! In this episode, learn more about: • 00:49 - Prakriti for Nontraditional Families • 7:33 - What can be done about histamine intolerance and not wanting to rely on Claritin? • 14:16 - The Ayurvedic perspective on menopause Previous Episodes Mentioned: 170 | Making Peace with Prescriptions Resources Mentioned: Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life - https://amzn.to/3SxuKqZ Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Paula Crossfield in this episode: Money Karma In this conversation Angela and Paula dive into business, money karma, Vedic astrology, what your birth chart tells you in relationship to these topics, how your business is a spiritual practice and nothing is separate in how we show up in the world, how to work past limiting beliefs, and what Saturn and Jupiter have to do with all of this! There's so much packed into this episode - enjoy! Learn more about: • How to bring abundance together as part of the spiritual path • What is money karma? • Remedies to help shift the karma within us • Planets and how they influence our charts, money, and abundance • Practical ways to work with the energies of Saturn and Jupiter • Business as a spiritual practice • Angela's experiences & how all of this resonates with her personally • Working through limiting, subconscious beliefs AND SO MUCH MORE! Paula Crossfield is a Vedic Astrology and Business Coach who helps spiritual entrepreneurs create more income and impact in their businesses. Connect with Paula: Website - https://www.weaveyourbliss.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weaveyourbliss/ Weave Your Bliss Podcast - https://www.weaveyourbliss.com/podcast Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Ananta Ripa Ajmera in this episode: Goddess Wisdom for Everyday Life. This conversation is centered around Ananta's book The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior and Discover Your True Self. Angela and Ananta have a beautiful conversation on the goddess tradition of ancient India, how it connects with Ayurveda lifestyle wisdom, and how you can benefit from it on your own spiritual wellness journey. In this episode, learn more about: • The connection between Ayurveda, goddesses and your 9 chakras • How the goddess living in your 7th chakra helped shift Ananta's perspective on overcoming life's challenges in a practical way • An introduction to each of the 9 goddesses living in each of your 9 chakras • How you can start incorporating the spiritual journey structure of the book to deepen your own spiritual wellness journey and realize your own sacred intentions • and so much more! Ananta Ripa Ajmera is an award-winning author, spiritual teacher, co-founder and CEO of The Ancient Way, an organization that supports you to embody ancient wisdom in a way that unfolds your true Self. The Ancient Way offers a Spiritual Warrior Certification Program, Ayurveda Wellness Ambassador Program, and spiritual wellness retreats. Ananta is also advisor of Ayurveda at THE WELL, a modern wellness club, where she writes articles, offers workshops, and works with a team of integrative medical practitioners. The author of The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior and Discover Your True Self (Penguin Random House September 2022) and The Ayurveda Way (Storey Publishing 2017), she lives in southern Florida. Connect with Ananta Ripa Ajmera: Learn about The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior and Discover Your True Self Book: https://theancientway.co/wayofthegoddess Visit Ananta's organization website: https://theancientway.co Check out The Ancient Way's online healing educational garden for a variety of spiritual wellness offerings: https://theancientway.thinkific.com Follow Ananta on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ananta.one Follow Ananta on Facebook: https://facebook.com/ananta.one Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela and guest Acharya Shunya in this episode: Roar Like a Goddess. In this conversation, Shunya discusses what it means to be a feminist teacher shattering norms in a largely patriarchal tradition, and how and why archetypes of popular Hindu goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati theory can be foundational wisdom for all female-identifying people seeking authentic empowerment. In this episode, learn more about: • the inspiration for writing about goddesses • what goddess power is and what Acharya Shunya means by roaring • goddess rage - what it is, what it is not, and what it looks like • the importance of recognizing and having conversations around irrational feminine guilt • where to find the stories of goddess mythology • why goddess temples in India were destroyed AND MORE The first female lineage-holder of her distinguished Vedic tradition, Acharya Shunya is an internationally renowned scholar, teacher, author, speaker and scholar of nondual wisdom (Advaita) from India, and a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda. She is the Founder of The Awakened Self Foundation and the nonprofit Vedika Global, Inc., platforms headquartered in Northern California, that empower, educate, and inspire a global community of students through online courses, workshops, and retreats. These conversations are furthered by Shunya's top-rated podcast, "Shadow To Self." An award-winning author of international repute, Shunya's most recent book, Roar Like a Goddess: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful will be published by Sounds True in July, 2022. Connect with Acharya Shunya Order her book - Roar Like a Goddess Instagram - https://instagram.com/acharyashunya Website - https://acharyashunya.com Join the Goddess Celebration - Navratri 2022 Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership

Join Angela in this solo episode: Q+A: CBD, Abhyanga, Pregnancy & Mental Health. In these Q&A episodes, listeners send in questions and Angela will informally discuss some of the topics. If you have questions, send them through email to angela@simpleayurveda.com or message her on Instagram at @simple_ayurveda. If you want full notes & support that go along with the themes, consider joining the Simple Ayurveda Collective for PDFs, video lessons, journal prompts, guided yoga practices, meditations, and yoga nidra practices for a bit more of a deep dive into all that we talk about here on the podcast! Learn more about: • 1:02 - Can CBD be part of an Ayurvedic lifestyle or is it not recommended? • 7:36 - Suggestions for making abhyanga practical when the weather is warm? • 11:22 - Tips for preparing for pregnancy as per Ayurveda? • 14:07 - How can Ayurveda support mental health? Previous Episodes Mentioned: 137 | Fertility, Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Ayurvedic Overview 107 | Overcoming Anxiety and Depression with Marc Halpern 191 | The Role of Thoughts with Janes Vaidya Start learning Ayurveda today when you join the Simple Ayurveda Collective: a self-paced learning program and community that offers Ayurveda broken down into bite-sized pieces to fit your lifestyle. Access mudra tutorials, guided yin yoga and meditation practices, video lessons on the basics of Ayurveda, have an ongoing support group OFF Facebook, seasonal suggestions, and more! Learn more: www.simpleayurveda.com/membership