Slowing Down to Reset: Sónia’s Digestive Reset Cleanse Journey - 421
Release Date: 12/04/2025
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...
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The Liver and Perimenopause: Tending Your Inner Fire - 414
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
In this episode, Colette explores the liver, not just as an organ, but as your body’s fire keeper, the great transformer of food, hormones, and emotions. Ayurveda teaches that the liver, or Yakrut, is the home of Pitta dosha and plays a vital role in keeping your inner fire balanced. During perimenopause, when hormones fluctuate and emotions rise and fall, the liver’s workload increases making its care essential for digestion, mood, and overall vitality. You’ll learn: How the liver acts as your body’s master transformer, converting nutrients into energy, blood, and hormones The...
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Ayurvedic Habits for Holistic Health: Small Rituals, Big Results - 413
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
We often think that transformation requires big, dramatic changes, but Ayurveda teaches us that it’s the small, steady habits that create the deepest, most sustainable impact. In this episode, I share how small rituals act as anchors for your health, energy, and emotional balance. We’ll explore why habits conserve mental energy, how Ayurveda personalizes them for your unique dosha, and the ripple effects that build resilience and longevity. You’ll learn: Why daily habits matter Foundational Ayurvedic rituals and their impact How habits support different doshas...
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Ayurveda’s Anchor for Uncertain Times - 412
Elements of Ayurveda Podcast
Life can often feel unpredictable, whether from work pressures, social shifts, or simply the pace of the world. Ayurveda reminds us that stability isn’t found in controlling the external world, but in cultivating steady rhythms and anchor habits within ourselves. In this episode, Colette explores how small, consistent daily habits can serve as anchors for your body, mind, and spirit. You’ll learn why Ayurveda places such importance on daily self-care practices (dinacharya), how different doshas benefit from specific anchors, and how these tiny, steady routines ripple out to support...
info_outlineIn 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 blossomed as she softened into the process, noticing where her resistance to rest and stillness was coming from.
- The many positive effects of the cleanse, including improved bloodwork results, a noticeable reduction in inflammation, more energy, and a sense of glowing from the inside out.
- The surprising simplicity that followed, as her new habits naturally moved onto autopilot, making her daily life feel more spacious and easeful.
- Her new 80/20 approach, which allows her to maintain balance while still enjoying life, without rigidity or overwhelm.
Sónia’s story is a beautiful reminder that slowing down isn’t always comfortable at first, especially for those who thrive on movement and stimulation. But with support, presence, and Ayurvedic guidance, it can become one of the most transformative medicines, offering clarity, ease, and renewed vitality.
If you’ve been feeling overstimulated, resistant to rest, or craving a reset, this conversation will resonate deeply and offer gentle encouragement to honour your body’s needs.
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