Yoga, Meditation and Mental Health with Dr. Ishan Shivanand - 424
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
Colette is joined by Dr. Ishan Shivanand, mental health researcher, professor, bestselling author, and founder of Yoga of Immortals (YOI). Raised in Indian monasteries within a 21-generation yogic lineage, Dr. Shivanand brings a rare integration of ancient wisdom and modern science. His groundbreaking double-blind RCTs show up to 82% improvement in insomnia, anxiety, depression, and overall quality of life in as little as 4–8 weeks. Together, they explore how meditation, breathwork, Yoga and Ayurveda can transform mental health and how these ancient sciences understood the mind long before...
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Ayurvedic Guide to Nourishing Winter Skin - 423
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
As we move fully into early winter, many of us begin to notice changes in our skin, tightness, dryness, rough patches, or increased sensitivity. In Ayurveda, these seasonal shifts are meaningful clues about what’s happening internally. Winter, especially early winter, increases Vata dosha with its cold, dry, and mobile qualities, which can intensify skin imbalance if we don’t adjust our routines and nourishment. In this episode, we dive into Ayurveda’s full guide to winter skin care. You’ll learn what happens to the skin during early winter, how to identify signs of imbalance for your...
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Ayurvedic Wisdom for Blood Sugar Stability - 422
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
In this episode, we explore how to support steady blood sugar during the holiday season using Ayurvedic wisdom. With more sugar, irregular meals, travel, and stress during the holidays, it’s easy for the body’s metabolic fire (agni) to become overwhelmed. Ayurveda offers practical, gentle tools to keep digestion strong, cravings balanced, and energy steady. We take a deeper look at the pancreas as a home of agni and how its function relates to three key subdoshas: Pachaka Pitta, Kledaka Kapha, and Samana Vayu. You’ll learn how these forces work together to regulate metabolism, mood,...
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Slowing Down to Reset: Sónia’s Digestive Reset Cleanse Journey - 421
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
In this inspiring episode, Colette is joined by her client, Sónia from Flores, a small and remote island in the Azores archipelago off the coast of Portugal. After an overstimulating and energetically demanding Summer season, Sónia felt called to reset her body and mind. She chose to do the private Digestive Reset Cleanse in October, but quickly realised that the cleanse required a pace of life she wasn’t accustomed to. Together, Colette and Sónia explore: Her desire for a full body-mind reset and the initial reluctance to slow down her activity during the cleanse. How awareness slowly...
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Ayurvedic Tips for a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season - 420
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
Holiday season is here and this time of year often brings a beautiful mix of joy, connection, nostalgia and let’s be honest, a little chaos. The festive season can easily throw us off rhythm. We may be travelling, eating differently, staying up later, or navigating emotionally layered gatherings. Ayurveda offers practical tools to support digestion, soothe the nervous system, and help us meet this season with greater steadiness and ease. In this episode Colette shares simple, grounding Ayurvedic tips to help you stay nourished, present, and balanced throughout the festivities. We explore: ...
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Navigating Perimenopause with Ayurveda: My Sister Niamh’s Story - 419
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
In this heartfelt and deeply personal episode of the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast, Colette is joined by her sister, Niamh, an Occupational Therapist who specializes in mental health for children and young adults. Together, they explore Niamh’s honest and vulnerable journey through perimenopause, a time that tested even her professional understanding of the mind and her long-time relationship with Ayurvedic living. Despite her professional knowledge of mental health and years of practicing Ayurvedic principles, Niamh found herself facing out-of-character symptoms and a sense of losing...
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Understanding Sneha – Ayurvedic Love and Nourishment - 418
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
In this episode of the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast, we’re exploring a truly beautiful concept in Ayurvedic wisdom, Sneha, a Sanskrit word that means both oil and love. And that’s no coincidence. Sneha is the essence of softness, warmth, and care that keeps our body, mind, and heart supple. It’s both nourishment and an act of conscious love, a daily reminder that tending to ourselves is not selfish, but sacred. In this episode, Colette shares how Sneha can be practiced both externally through self-oiling rituals like abhyanga, and internally through nourishing fats such as ghee...
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Ayurveda and the Power of Sangha: Healing Through Community - 417
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
In this heart-centered episode, Colette explores the vital role of community in Ayurveda and how sangha, a gathering of like-minded souls, nurtures our healing, balance, and wellbeing. In a world where loneliness has become a quiet epidemic, Ayurveda reminds us that true healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens through connection, in shared rhythm, trust, and support. Join Colette as she reflects on the modern epidemic of disconnection, what Ayurveda teaches about collective balance, and how belonging strengthens our ojas, the subtle essence of vitality, love, and resilience. She also...
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Ayurvedic Gut-Heart-Mind Connection with Dr. Sujatha Kekada - 416
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
Ayurveda teaches that the heart (Hridaya) is not just a physical pump for blood, it is central to our physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. Together, we explore how chronic stress, unresolved grief, and emotional trauma can affect both the heart and mind, and how Ayurvedic wisdom can guide us toward healing from the inside out. We also dive deep into the subdoshas, exploring the subtle energies of Prana Vayu, Sadhaka Pitta, and Tarpaka Kapha, that regulate how we “digest life” and how they link the gut, heart, and mind. In this episode, we cover: Dr. Sujatha's...
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Ayurvedic Formula for Sustainable Change: From Intention to Action - 415
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
If you’ve ever set out to make healthy changes but found your willpower fading after a few weeks, this episode is for you. In this final episode of my trilogy on Ayurvedic habits, we explore how to make change sustainable. While episode 412 looked at habits as anchors in uncertain times, and episode 413 explored the big results that come from small rituals, this conversation is all about longevity and how to move from good intentions to lasting transformation. You’ll learn how Ayurveda shifts the focus from discipline to rhythm, helping you align your daily habits with nature’s cycles...
info_outlineColette chats with her client Ashley about her journey with Ayurveda and the effect it has had and continues to have on her life. They discuss the following:
- Ashley's introduction to Ayurveda.
- Her eye opening Ayurvedic consultation.
- The magical experience on the Digestive Reset Gleanse.
- The physical, mental and emotional benefits of the cleanse.
- Ashley's continuing Ayurvedic journey.
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