The Simple Ayurveda Podcast

Join Angela in this solo episode: Symptoms of Doshic Imbalance. In this episode, Angela replies to a listener's question and shares ways you can begin to familiarize yourself the the symptoms of each of the doshas to identify when they may be out of balance. Please note this is not a comprehensive list. Each little symptom of doshic imbalance can be a reminder to check in where we're at with the doshas, and to make adjustments or receive further support from an Ayurvedic Practitioner or Health Counselor if needed. If you'd like to send in a question for Angela, you can do so by emailing angela@simpleayurveda.com or by sending a message to @simple_ayurveda on Instagram. Learn more about Angela and her work: Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc  Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda 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 Jasmine Hemsley in this episode: Motherhood, The Menstrual Cycle, and Being a Bridge to Make Ayurveda More Accessible. This episode is a beautiful conversation between Angela and Jasmine where they discuss Ayurveda, motherhood, the menstrual cycle, being an advocate for women, and so much more! Learn more about: • Jasmine's long, slow journey to Ayurveda • The power in coming back to simple, "boring," everyday decisions • Allowing children to make their own choices and decisions • Listening to and honoring our bodies during our bleed • The different doshic energies present during our menstrual cycle • Some simple ways to start working with the menstrual cycle, rather than against it AND MORE! Jasmine Hemsley is a three-time bestselling author, the founder of Hemsley + Hemsley and East by West, a TV presenter, chef, food and health writer, restaurateur and wellbeing expert. With a passion for eating well to feel happier, healthier and more energised, Jasmine believes in conscious, healthy and joyful living, drawing from the depth of Eastern wisdom and holistic philosophies of health, and marrying that with the latest cutting-edge technology and developments in Western wellbeing. Listed in the top 20 UK chefs, Jasmine uses her platform to promote a 360-degree approach to health and encourage a return to a simpler, more mindful way of life — reminding us we are of nature, rather than separate from it with an understanding that our own health is intrinsically linked to the wellbeing of the planet. With these messages Jasmine is inspiring her global audience to deepen their commitment to eco choices and sustainability in food, fashion and beauty. Connect with Jasmine: Website - https://www.jasminehemsley.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jasminehemsley East by West is the first solo cookbook from bestselling author, cook and TV presenter Jasmine Hemsley. Featuring 140 delicious recipes from around the world, East by West champions the ancient Ayurvedic philosophy of eating to nourish, sustain and repair for ultimate mind-body balance.     Learn more about Angela and her work: Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda 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 Janesh Vaidya in this episode: The Role of Thoughts. Angela is honored have had this conversation with Author, Lecturer, Ayurveda Ambassador Janesh Vaidya. Janesh shares his knowledge on Manashastra - the psychology part of Ayurveda. It's a powerful and inspirational reminder that we have the power to make decisions for ourselves and that each day there’s a chance to start over and not worry about the past and where we've been! Learn more about: • the aspect of Ayurveda that Janesh is most excited to teach about - Manashastra • the formula to happiness and bliss your lifestyle • how our thoughts can make us rich or poor • why most people are dissatisfied, stressed and unhappy in this world • understanding that everything starts within Born in a traditional family in South India Janesh Vaidya started his education in Ayurveda in the early years of his life with his grandmother, a well respected Ayurveda practitioner in the village, and extended his knowledge in the subject of Mana-shastra (psychology), Vedanta (philosophy), Dhyana (meditation), Kalari marma chikitsa (Kerala martial art therapy) and Yoga chikitsa (yoga therapy) from the traditional village schools in South India known as gurukulam. Janesh Vaidya also has a bachelor’s degree from Mahatma Gandhi University and a master’s degree in human resources development. For more than a decade he has been traveling in Europe and United States sharing his knowledge in the field of Ayurveda through lectures, columns and books, based on his traditional knowledge in the subject and the experience in working as a practitioner of Ayurveda around the world. During the years Vaidya has done hundreds or inspirational lectures and so far he has written eight books in the field of health, which has been translated and published in the US, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Holland and India. Janesh Vaidya, the MD (Managing Director) of Vaidya’s Ayurveda Village in Kerala, south India, is an internationally known Ayurveda practitioner and ambassador, lecturer and the author of best selling health books in Europe. Connect with Janesh: Website - https://janeshvaidya.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JaneshVaidyaAyurveda/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/janesh_vaidya_ayurveda/ Facebook - https://www.youtube.com/user/wwwjaneshvaidyacom   Learn more about Angela and her work: Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc  Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda 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: The Five Elements: WATER. Angela shares insight from the Ayurvedic perspective around the water element. This is the fourth 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: • water as it correlates with Kapha dosha • spaces within the physical body associated with the water element • ways in which having too much or not enough water affects us physically • simple ways to bring the water element back into balance References Mentioned: Ayurveda and Panchakarma by Dr. Sunil V. Joshi — https://www.amazon.com/Ayurveda-Panchakarma-Science-Healing-Rejuvenation/dp/0914955373 Previous Episodes in this Series: 177 | The Five Elements: ETHER 182 | The Five Elements: WIND 186 | The Five Elements: FIRE     Learn more about Angela and her work: Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc  Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda 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 Saveena in this episode: Experiencing the Fun and Light-Hearted Side of Ayurveda. In this conversation, Angela and Saveena have fun catching up and talking about some of the ways in which incorporating Ayurveda into everyday life can be fun! Saveena shares little tips she learned from Angela during their time working with one another, and how her love of Ayurveda has brought her to an interest in studying further and becoming a health counselor so she can share this with others as well! In this episode, learn more about: • Saveena's journey to Ayurveda • Simple ways Ayurveda is woven into her daily life • The aspects of Ayurveda which have allowed Saveena to feel happier and healthier • Using Ayurvedic practices and rituals to help balance work and her personal life • Ayurveda as common sense Meet Saveena - VP of Operations of at Sunwink, an awesome women owned wellness start-up in San Francisco. With Hindu Warrior Goddess Durga as my driving force, at 18, she moved from India to the US and built an incredible life that lights her up. She is a lover of Ayurveda, a certified meditation teacher, personal growth junkie, and a devotee of movement (check out www.dancealive.com if you want to move your life). Saveena is spiritual, practical, business savvy, and fun and has recently discovered her passion for spin! If you're looking for an accredited Ayurveda Health Counselor Program, be sure to connect with Angela for more information, or visit: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc      Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc  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: Spring Q&A. In this episode, Angela shares in a casual Q&A session, responding to listener questions that were went in via email and social media. She loves having the ongoing dialogue to figure in the application of the essence of Ayurveda and what the teachings say to real, everyday, modern life! If you have any questions you'd like to receive Angela's feedback on, please email her at angela@simpleayurveda.com or send her a message on Instagram at @simple_ayurveda. Learn more about: • oil pulling for beginners • balancing Kapha and Vata in the Spring • safe Ayurvedic practices for pregnancy, birth and postpartum • Omicron variant triggering inflammation and autoimmune symptoms Previous Episodes Mentioned: 137 | Fertility, Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Ayurvedic Overview You can access this week's episode on iTunes, Spotify + Stitcher. Looking forward to hearing how this resonates with you 🙏🏻💫 Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc  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

A new episode of The Simple Ayurveda Podcast is now live! Join Angela and guest Justine Lemos in this episode: A Feminine Approach to Ayurveda. In this conversation, Angela and Justine go deep, discussing some big questions around the Feminine Path of Ayurveda, Tantra & Yoga. It is a beautiful and powerful conversation! In this episode, learn more about: • what the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine are, and honoring both sides of duality • what integrating the Divine Feminine aspect into daily life looks like • an exploration of the senses and the sensual • releasing resistance and shifting into total acceptance • intuition vs. ego • an in-depth definition of tantra and more!! Meet Justine Lemos, PhD. She's here to guide you into manifesting your most Radiant Self; nutrition, self-care, relationships, beauty, intuition and bliss. The toolkit for that transformation includes understanding your Ayurvedic blueprint (mind-body type), Vedic Astrology, meditation, mantra, mudra, yoga & more. She loves to harness ancient wisdom-systems to make them applicable to our modern lives; igniting the special magic of a soul aligned with its true purpose. Justine's an author, teacher, dancer, mother, speaker and founder of #notacult (a long-term conceptual art piece) and The Bliss Academy (an online wisdom archive) and at One Yoga. She'd love for you to check out her shows on Gaia TV: Thrive: Self Healing with Ayurveda or my programs with New World Ayurveda & Dr. Paul Dugliss. She has studied & performed classical Indian dance for 23 years with her Guru, Ranjanaa Devi, and is an Ayurvedic practitioner, Vedic Astrologer, student of Tantrik Yogas and a mystical reader of signs, symbols and omens. She is administrative faculty at Western Yoga College where she offers 200 and 300 hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. She is also a provisional instructor of Kundalini Awakening Process guided by Tao Semko. Justine holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on the study of embodiment in South Asian cultures. Connect with Justine website - https://justinelemos.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/justinelemosphd   Learn more about Angela and her work: Website: https://simpleayurveda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simple_ayurveda Ayurveda Health Counselor Program: https://simpleayurvedaschool.teachable.com/p/ahc  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: The Five Elements: FIRE. Angela shares insight from the Ayurvedic perspective around the fire element. This is the third 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: • fire as it correlates with Pitta dosha • spaces within the physical body associated with fire • ways in which having too much or not enough fire affects our mentality and physicality 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 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 Selina Van Orden in this episode: Traditional Ghee for Modern Life. In this conversation, Angela and Selina discuss the magic of ghruta (aka ghee) in Ayurvedic medicine. Selina shares the differences between traditional ghee and simple ghee made in the kitchen. She also discusses her presentations to the House of Parliament on how to bring Ayurveda and modern science together for the betterment of all involved.   Selina qualified at the College of Ayurveda in the UK, after over five years of study. She did clinical training in Karnataka, India, working in a hospital and panca karma clinic; and at a clinic in Maharastra, under the tutelage of a renowned Ayurvedic Master. She is also apprentice to a Doctor of Ayurvedic and Western biomedicine in California. As a member of the Ayurvedic Practitioners Association (APA), and passionate about making Ayurveda accessible to the mainstream, Selina has talked in in the British Houses of Parliament and European Parliament in Brussels, on how we might integrate Ayurveda into the modern Western medical system. Selina is the advisor and in-house Ayurvedic doctor for Pior Living, where she has a column called Ask Selina, where people write in with their wellness questions.   In this episode, learn more about: • How Selina first came to Ayurveda • What ghruta is and the traditional process for how it's made • The powerful simplicity of traditional and simple ghee • Selina's presentations to the British and European Houses of Parliament • Setting intention when taking traditional and simple ghee   Connect with Selina: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/piorliving and https://www.instagram.com/_atyourbest Website - https://piorliving.com Ask Selina - https://piorliving.com/ask-selina     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: You are the Gatekeeper. In this episode, Angela shares about how you are the gatekeeper of your home, time, money and energy. Hopefully as you listen, this will be empowering for you to shift your focus on what's most important, to consider what your priorities are, to consider where your energy is going in your daily life, and to see if there is any dis-integration between what your priorities are and what you actually do with your energy! Learn more about: • considering your priorities, and writing them down • practicing letting go • money is energy • yoga and Ayurveda as tools to help Money Tracking App Mentioned: YNAB 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