Decolonizing Wellness: The Podcast

Join Jyoti & Claire Shen as they explore: Claire's journey into becoming a Chinese Medicine practitioner The roots of Chinese Medicine The history of how Chinese Medicine came to the Western world The two secrets of Chinese Medicine How Chinese Medicine has been colonised & appropriated What actually is yin and yang The key difference between Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine How Qi flows in our body at different times of the day Chinese Medicine and periods A distant healing session to release sadness ABOUT CLAIRE: Claire Shen is a Chinese medicine practitioner, acupuncturist, Qigong healer, educator, and one of the pioneers of the Qi healing movement in eastern Asia. Her work on healing with Qi has been unique in its efforts of unearthing the ancient science behind native Chinese medical practices and bringing forth a narrative which is the Taoist perspective on the universe for physical and mental wellness. She is the one of the leaders in Taoist Qi Global Healing Program, and also works as a TCM practitioner in healing centers and educator in Taoist Qi Therapy Institution. She started her journey as a disciple in an ancient school and began to conduct training with her master since 18, in hopes of healing her own health issues since childhood, through systematic study of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Chinese healthcare ways of Yang Sheng and other ancient healing practices such as Qigong, Taoist meditation, alchemy, and Qi diet. Ten years later, she began to heal patients with various physical and mental issues such as chronic and acute disease, COVID and sub-health conditions, emotional trauma, depression or mental illness in clinic centers, and gradually took up leadership roles on the Global Healing Program. Since the COVID-19 era from 2019 to 2021, this program which she is one of the key leads, had successfully trained over 1000 Qi healers to help more than 375,000 people to prevent COVID-19 and heal post-COVID conditions in China. Since 2022,in order to heal people worldwide, her program spread to the globe, with the aim of benefiting millions of people in more than 30 countries and 100 regions worldwide, with a focus on places with epidemics, wars, or natural disasters, and trains 1,000 Qi healers worldwide Website: www.taoistqi.com Facebook: @taoistqi Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/taoistqi CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Harpinder Mann as they explore: Haprinder's journey into her work The meaning of Sadhana and how it can support us to feel grounded Harpinder's personal sadhana and how it sets her up for the day The 8 limb path and how to bring the teaching into your everyday life How to clean the window of your mind during meditation How yoga has been colonised, culturally appropriated and commodified What the Womxn of Color Summit is, why it exists and how you can get involved ABOUT HARPINDER: Harpinder Mann (she/her) is a Sikh Panjabi-American yoga teacher, mindfulness educator, and community builder living on Tongva land. Her childhood consisted of trauma from domestic violence, sexual abuse, and bullying which set her on a journey of healing through yoga, meditation, activism, and brave community. Now she aims to move through the world with compassion and joy. This led her to create Harpinder Mann Yoga in 2018, where Harpinder works with women of color 1:1 on reclaiming their power & intuition to be free through yoga asana, meditation, breathwork, and spiritual connection. She has over 800 hours of yogic training within the traditions of Raja, Vinyasa, Kundalini, and Prenatal Yoga from respected teachers across the globe. Without her teachers, ancestors, and women before her, none of this would be possible. She is also actively working to decolonize wellness by creating community and providing real accessibility to her ancestral practices for BI&POC as the co-founder of the Womxn of Color Summit, an equitable community organization focused on creating brave and inclusionary spaces for women and non-binary people of color to share stories and knowledge as well as make impactful change. Website: www.harpindermann.com Instagram: @harpindermannyoga Womxn of Color Summit Website: www.womxnofcolorsummit.com Womxn of Color Summit IG: @womxnofcolorsummit CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Dr. Taqdir Kaur as they explore: Taq's journey that led her to share menstrual cycle knowledge Taq's journey with her menstrual cycle growing up The seasonal framework of the menstrual cycle An overview of Taq's book titled 'Self-Care Down There' Taq's experience of writing a book Taq's work with Mahwari Research Institute 3 ways the menstrual cycle is being reclaimed ABOUT TAQ: Hi & Sat Sri Akal I'm ਤਕਦੀਰ ਕੌਰ Taqdir Kaur (or simply Taq), the CEO of I'm With Periods and a recruiter at BIPOC Executive Search. I am physically based in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Mi'kmaw Territories after spending many years living in Vancouver. My ancestors and family are from the Punjab region of India/Pakistan. I'm passionate about long walks in the forest with my dog! Website: www.imwithperiods.com Instagram: @imwithperiods CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Nimisha as they explore: Nimisha's journey into her field of work Nimisha personal experience with food What does it mean to decolonise our food? Why understanding your ancestral heritage is key in your food journey Why ghee is not the enemy! The impact of globalisation of food on the world's health How we can reclaim our health using foods Simple steps we can follow to decolonise our food Money saving tips to support local & organic eating ABOUT NIMISHA: Nutritionist, mother, researcher and educator, Nimisha Gandhi is well-known for her work and life passion for womxn's health issues. Nimisha Gandhi is a functional medicine nutritionist, Ayurvedic counselor, Yoga Nidra/meditation teacher, and former tech founder. She holds a B.S. in pre-med Psychobiology from UCLA and has years of additional education in her field. In Nimisha's private practice, Moon Cycle Nutrition, she specializes in fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum care with an emphasis on the mind, body, and soul. Nimisha combines functional medicine nutrition with ancient Ayurvedic principles to help her clients find deeply personalized eating and lifestyle plans. Her clients learn to awaken their untapped healer and empower themselves about their own health journey. She also uses the innate wisdom of changing hormones and cycles of nature to help her clients flow with their body. Website: www.mooncyclenutrition.com Instagram: @mooncyclenutrition CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Susanna as they explore: Susanna's experience growing up as a mixed race child Susanna's journey to becoming a yoga teacher The history of yoga and how it came to the West The effect of colonisation on yoga Susanna's book - Embrace Yoga's Roots The 8-fold path of yoga Simple steps we can all take towards decolonising yoga ABOUT SUSANNA: Author of #1 International Bestseller in Yoga, Nov 2020 Embrace Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. She has an Honors degree in Philosophy, UC Berkeley, and a Masters in Education, Cambridge College. Barkataki is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who supports practitioners to lead with equity, diversity, and yogic values while growing thriving practices and businesses with confidence. Learn more and take her free masterclass: www.namastemasterclass.com. An Indian yoga practitioner, Susanna Barkataki, is founder of Ignite Institute for Yogic Leadership and Social Change, 200/500 Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is an E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). Website: www.susannabarkataki.com Instagram: @susannabarkataki CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Meesha as they explore: Meesha's experience of yoga growing up in a South Asian household Meesha's journey within the wellness and yoga space as a South Asian Queer individual What Alchemystic Studio is What yoga means and what it is How yoga has been colonized and appropriated What decolonizing yoga means How we can honour and appreciate yoga ABOUT MEESHA: Meesha (she/they) is a queer desi who founded the inclusive yoga space Alchemystic Studio in 2020. The goal of this studio is to provide accessible yoga and healing to those often left out of wellness spaces (including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, the scheduled tribes of India, those suffering from chronic pain and illness, and those who are neurodivergent). Meesha combines the ancestral medicine that runs through them with the fire of freedom fighting activists to provide a holistic and progressive approach to yoga and wellness. Website: www.alchemysticstudio.com Instagram: @alchemystic_studio CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Rachael as they explore: Rachael's journey into becoming a birth doula How we can reclaim our culture's wellness practices when they have been lost due to colonisation How Rachael ensures she honours and appreciates the Q'ero tradition in her work Rachael's initiation into the Q'ero tradition The effects of colonisation in the Philippines Rachael's journey towards decolonising her mind and decolonising wellness ABOUT RACHAEL: Rachael Hägglund weaves her experience as a full spectrum doula and an initiate of the Q'ero shamanic healing lineage to create spaces for healing, reclamation and education for all people. She offers healing sessions, mentorship, and workshops focusing on ancestral, womb, and earth medicine. She honors her Filipina heritage by learning about the traditional healing ways of her precolonial ancestors and holds an MFA in Poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a mother of two children and along with her husband Mattias, loves parenting from the heart and fostering a deep connection to Mother Nature. Learn more via the links below: Website: www.themedicinepath.net Instagram: @the_medicine_path CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti, Tejal & Jesal as they explore: Tejal & Jesal's experience of yoga growing up in South Asian households in the USA The experience of writing their e-book: The Original Godmothers of Yoga Why the questions 'what type of yoga do you teach?' is so challenging to answer Tejal & Jesal's journey into doing 'all things yoga' How yoga is all about relationships What Decolonizing Wellness & Decolonizing Yoga means The intentions behind their podcast 'Yoga Is Dead' and how it came about How we can honour and appreciate yoga ABOUT TEJAL: Tejal Patel (she/her) is an Indian-American yoga teacher, community organizer, writer and podcaster offering yoga through a social justice lens. She is a co-host of the Yoga is Dead podcast and founder of the Tejal Yoga teaching space and the abcdyogi village. In all her projects, she aims to empower individuals and communities through relationship building and by acknowledging the cultural roots of yoga. Instagram: @tejalyoga ABOUT JESAL Jesal Parikh (she/they) is an Indian-American yoga teacher, movement educator, podcaster, author and disrupter working on creative solutions for equity in Yoga. She's co-host of the Yoga is Dead podcast and she offers movement education through a social justice lens. Her mission is to uplift those of us who are feeling isolated and marginalized by the yoga industry. Instagram: @yogawalla ABOUT YOGA IS DEAD Yoga is Dead is a revolutionary team with a podcast that explores power, privilege, fair pay, harassment, race, cultural appropriation and capitalism in the yoga and wellness worlds. Join Indian-American hosts Tejal + Jesal as they expose all the monsters lurking under the yoga mat. Instagram: @yogaisdeadpodcast CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Indie as they explore: Indie's journey with her religion, culture and roots What Ayurveda is There benefits of abhyanga (oil massage) The colonisation and appropriation of Ayurveda The dangers of Ayurvedic herbs such as Ashwagandha The difference between and Ayurvedic Doctor and Ayurvedic Consultants & Practitioners How can we appreciate Ayurveda and honour its roots ABOUT INDIE: Indie Foolheea (she/her) is a Yoga and Meditation guide, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant & Therapist. Her work is informed by sharing from the roots of Yoga and Ayurveda to our lives now. She also creates spaces for people of the global majority to be seen, heard and to rest. She believes that self care and collective care are inherently linked and shares with this in mind. Indie shares a variety of practices beyond asana including Pranayama, mantra, meditation, Marmas and Mudras. Whilst also starting her own Ayurvedic practice supporting people through nutrition, herbs, lifestyle and bodywork. Instagram: @indie.wellness Email: indie@indiewellness.co.uk CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Sinu as they explore: Sinu's experience of the menstrual cycle growing up in India Sinu's journey into her field of work An outline of the three doshas The phases of the menstrual cycle according to Ayurveda How Ayurveda empowers women to take charge of their menstrual health How we can decolonize the menstrual cycle and our minds How we can live in sync with our menstrual cycle and see them as a gift Sinu's book: Ṛtu Vidyā: Ancient Science behind Menstrual Practices ABOUT SINU: Sinu Joseph is the co-founder and managing trustee of Mythri Speaks Trust. She has done extensive action-research in the areas of Menstrual & Reproductive Health since 2009 and traveled across rural India, interacting with thousands of adolescent girls and women directly, to get a first-hand experience of menstrual practices and their impact on women's health. Stepping aside from the popular narratives which focus on menstrual products, her work has explored native methods, cultural practices around menstruation, and the science behind it. She has written extensively on unearthing the science behind native practices and bringing forth a unique narrative, which is the Bharatiya perspective on menstruation, through her book. Ṛtu Vidyā: Ancient Science behind Menstrual Practices is the culmination of her decade-long work on menstruation, which will equip the reader to scientifically decode cultural practices. Facebook: Sinu Joseph Twitter: @Sinu_Joseph_ CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Join Jyoti & Angie as they explore: Angie's experience of yoga growing up in a South Asian household What are the chakras? How to pronounce chakra How we can explore and balance our chakras with integrity Capitalism in the wellness industry How the chakras can help us to develop self-trust, self-honesty and explore our shadows How have yoga & the chakras been colonized and appropriated? How can we honour and appreciate yoga and the chakras? ABOUT ANGIE: Angie Tiwari (she/her) is a Wellness Educator, Writer, Coach and a teacher of Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork based in London. In her work she strives for more accessibility and inclusion, debunks yoga's myths and fights for South Asian representation. Her teachings provide insights into how you can apply ancient eastern rituals and Vedic philosophy into your modern everyday life. Angie teaches the fullness of Yoga from movement to meditation, philosophy to breath work, chakras to mudras and more on Youtube, via her membership, at her retreats and at events. Her words have featured in Women's Health Magazine (U.K. & Australia), Red Mag, Condé Nast, The Metro, Marie Claire and Stylist. She has taught people from CEOs to Bollywood movie stars, from jewellery designers to TV personalities and more. Angie's wellness retreats feature in 'The Best Yoga Retreats in the U.K' by Condé Nast Traveller and she was a winner of ‘Women Championing Wellness Globally' in FLAURA 50's annual list celebrating the best in wellness. Website: www.tiwariyoga.com Instagram: @tiwariyoga CONNECT WITH JYOTI: Jyoti (she/her) is the Founder of My Wellness Company, Yoga Teacher and Menstrual Cycle Coach. View her offerings & free wellness tools: www.mywellnesscompany.co.uk Instagram: @mywellnesscompany Email: hello@mywellnesscompany.co.uk With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Website: www.selfhelpsongwriter.com Instagram: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message

Decolonizing Wellness: The Podcast is a place for people who want to engage in wellness practices with integrity. Join Jyoti, Founder of My Wellness Company, and her incredible guests as they explore indigenous wellness practices by delving into their history & roots, understanding how we can appreciate rather than appropriate and how, once we know better, we can do better. You can learn more about your host over on IG: @mywellnesscompany or by visiting her website where you will find an array of free wellness resources. With special thanks to Hanna Francis who has written & performed the music & song for this podcast Connect with Hannah on her website or on IG: @selfhelpsongwriter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jyotichadda/message