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In this episode, let’s dive into what’s your relationship to mornings. I have just one question for you: are you a morning person? But more importantly what’s your relationship to mornings? This week, I’d like to welcome you to morning therapy corner with Dr. Vidya. Are you a morning person? I wasn’t for the longest time. I resisted creating a morning ritual, hate to admit it, until only recently-ish. I struggled with mornings for a long time, there was a kind of resistance to starting the day, even when there was sooo much JOY in my life. And, I’ve known that mornings are significant to how the rest of my day or even how my entire life unfolded. So, I decided to take a deeper psychological look and this shifted everything for me, with a little help from my spiritual master. Essentially, I created my own therapeutic approach. In this episode, I’d like to share what shifted and what worked to make a night owl like me into morning person.

Finally, The Real Secrets of Manifestation! I'd like to congratulate you for being here and to deeply honor you. I really have deep respect for your willingness to allow the time and the space that it requires, to envision your future to be brave enough to ask yourself: what do I want, how do I want to manifest all of my goals, dreams, wishes and desires. It really is a very exciting time to be alive. I'm curious, if you are really excited to consciously create their reality and live the life of their wildest dreams? What if I told you that according to a study in psychology today that over 98% of you, listening today and people around the world will likely die with unfulfilled dreams. This reminds me of a beautiful quote from the late great dr. Wayne Dyer - who I had the pleasure of studying with - Dr. Dyer, who wrote, “do not die with your music still, inside you.” The great news about that, is that I can help you with this, to overcome this very depressing statistic, and I have two very powerful intentions to share with you... The first intention is how to spark a conversation, a connection with the universe, in order for you can tune into the infinite field of potential - of infinite wisdom - of infinite possibility. And the second intention, is to transform your journey to manifesting and I can tell you, that it's probably not what you think it. Transforming your journey to manifesting is where you can instantly shift your reality, so you can face any situation that the universe delivers to your life, into your reality. So you can face, fear with faith and uncertainty with beautiful certainty.

Episode 2 of the Seven Faces of the Soul. This episode of the podcast is, from excerpts from a weekend seminar that I did on the Soul's Path. What is the Soul? The Soul is a being - living and vibrant - and it is so much more. It has several specific Faces - seven of them to be very precise. And your Soul is with you from the moment of death to the moment of birth, and all the time in between. And each of these faces comes to you and gives its many gifts to you. Not necessarily by vocally expressing itself but by communicating in their way - through the cracks and crevices of our life, in the silences, in the stillness, in the cherished moments, and in the enchanted times of your life, our Soul communicates all the information we need to know. Sadly, because the Soul is denied in our world and is given such few avenues of communication - because its particular tools have been turned into shams of silliness or of embarrassment - the communication to so many is very difficult. Because of the inbred chauvinism, because of the impact of an arid spirituality, that exists for many only within the confines of religion, it’s messages are missed. They are lost. And people flounder. We flounder in delusion, we flounder in a negative ego that ultimately turns against them... We flounder imprisoned in our own shame, in our own pain, in our own sorrow continuing to punish ourselves, never finding our power and never using it - never finding our talent, never using it. And It certainly does not have to be this way. It was never meant to be this painful. If we can hear the messages of our Soul, so many answers can come. So many new directions can be found and so much pain can be relieved and healed. It is not a panacea, yet there is so much magic if we can learn to listen to our Soul ... if we can know its Faces. In the last episode, I talked about the first three faces of the Soul -the Name, the Power, and the Eternal Youth, which correspond for the early part of our life. This week, I’ll share the remaining four faces of the soul, which are: the Wounding, the Shadow, the Double, the Remain.

What is The Soul? Faces of The Soul – Episode 1 This podcast is, from excerpts from a weekend seminar that I helped facilitate with my guru on the Soul's Path. I am going to break down: what is the soul? The different faces of the soul into two episodes because it’s such a vast subject. So spend the next few episodes on the Soul’s journey - to be exact there are seven faces of the Soul- this week, I’ll take you on stroll to discover the first three faces of the Soul - then next episode join to discover other four remaining faces of the Soul. Far from being some remote, untouchable concept, the Soul journeys with us through out our lives, appearing with us and to us as seven distinct energies – I called it the Seven Faces of the Soul. The first part of a two-part series, which gives you a brief overview of all of them, this episode covers the first three of the Faces, the ones we experience in our childhood. The Faces of the Soul, they have been talked of before, and many of you may know them already, or may know the words, know the names, know the intellectual descriptions of what goes on. Some of you may even have glimpses and clues, and some of you may even have gained communication from your Soul from each of these various faces. The Soul is such a nebulous thing. For most people it is a non-thing. It is a persona non grata, and if you will, that doesn't really seem to have much play in your life. Oh, yes, of course, it has influence, and it certainly will demand reckoning from everyone, whether you will admit you have a Soul or not... But for most of us, the Soul isn't anything more than some sort of nebulous something that is of God, something that cannot be understood...

How to Heal Your Life Using EFT - The Basic Tapping Welcome to the tapping area, the second episode on EFT. In this episode, you’ll learn How to do the EFT Tapping Basics - The Basic Recipe, the centerpiece of EFT. Last week, I gave you the nut’s & bolts of EFT: the theory, the science and its uses and this week, let’s get into the actual practice of tapping. The EFT Tapping Basic Recipe is an easy to use healing tool that provides the very foundation for expanding your emotional freedom. It is the tapping procedure that we use in every round of EFT, it is easy to learn and easy to apply, which is why EFT has become well known as a tool that anyone can use. By itself, the EFT Tapping Basic Recipe can be applied to any issue you want, and although it is still only the first step to EFT’s full potential, it continues to provide results that range from encouraging to impressive. A recipe, of course, has certain ingredients which must be added in a certain order. If you are baking a cake, for example, you must use sugar instead of pepper and you must add the sugar before you put it in the oven. Otherwise - no cake! The EFT Basic Recipe is no exception. Each ingredient must be introduced precisely as described and they must be added in the proper order.

What is EFT? And how to use it heal your life. Emotional Freedom Techniques, or EFT (often known as Tapping or EFT Tapping), is a universal healing tool that can provide impressive results for physical, emotional, and performance issues. EFT operates on the premise that no matter what part of your life needs improvement, there are unresolved emotional issues in the way. Even for physical issues, chronic pain, or diagnosed conditions, it is common knowledge that any kind of emotional stress can impede the natural healing potential of the human body. It often works where nothing else will. In many cases, EFT can be applied directly to physical symptoms for relief without exploring any emotional contributors. However, for the most powerful, longest lasting results with EFT, we do expect to identify and target related emotional issues. What is tapping? Millions of people are settling for lives filled with poor health and emotional baggage. Not knowing how to achieve the joyful and satisfying lives they desire, they’re stuck accepting a lifestyle of emotional trauma, chronic physical pain, compulsions and addictions, or perhaps just an empty feeling inside. Along with these problems come pills to kill the pain, sleep at night, and suppress anxiety – but this is hardly better than the disease.

Responding to Troubled Times – A Spiritual Perspective During this trying and turbulent time in the world, I’d like to share a message with suggestions of how to respond as the masterful magicians, future makers that we are. A meditative suggestion is also included in order to help us temper the negative energies as well as bring in and augment more positive energy. These are confusing and troubling times. In the frenzy of global activity, in the chaos of the current increasing violence, and with the escalating threats of tragedy and terror, it is increasingly difficult to know where to turn or how to respond. You are a magician, a masterful one at that, you are a future maker - but with all that's happening and with the speed with which these crises are unfolding, it is easy to lose sight of who you are, of why you are, and of how to be who and why you are. You ask for help, direction, guidance - you ask for something. I have spoken of the prevailing energies of this phase - of this current, turbulent and threatening times - and those energies are present and they do and will prevail. Boredom, yearnings for freedom, awakening human spirit, initiation, gratitude. Each has its positive expression, its potential expression, positively and also negatively. Right now, we are experiencing the negative faces and hearing the negative voices - the excessive, melodramatic, clamoring, and shouting voices - of those prevailing energies.

Learn all About Reincarnations and Parallel Lifetimes You know as a spiritual person, as metaphysicians, that our physical plane is an illusion. You know as astute, intelligent people - whether you're metaphysical or not - that reality is an illusion. Our scientists have demonstrated this so conclusively, so repetitively, so rigidly, that the only way you can pretend otherwise is to deny the truth. The metaphysicians and the scientists, who are usually at odds with one another, agree totally on this issue: Your reality is a product of thought. Your reality is a product of consciousness. Your reality is an illusion of light. Your reality is an illusion. Spiritual beings, metaphysicians from the beginning of time have said: Time is an illusion. Einstein demonstrated that time is an illusion. Subsequent quantum physicists have more than demonstrated and proved that time is an illusion, that it is a convenience we have created for ourselves. All things are simultaneous. Every lifetime you had is occurring now. Every lifetime you are having is occurring now. Now, you have those lifetimes, and you put them on a continuum. You call the left end of this continuum the past, and you call the right end of it the future. All that really means is that you are putting the whole array of lifetimes that are randomly scattered or placed out there - the entire smorgasbord of lifetimes - in order. You are putting them in sequence.

Use the Power of Goddess to Heal from Rejection It is my sacred joy to share some tips and tools and hopefully helpful insights - that can support you in healing the wound of rejection. The rejection wound is so, so deep, I remember once reading an article, where some psychologists had done a survey and their findings show that of all the different kinds of pain - we can experience but the pain around rejection, people reported was deeper and more difficult to bear, then even the pain or grief. I don’t about you but I personally have experienced every form of rejection. So I really come from a place of experience, when I share this with you. And before I learned to cultivate, an empowered spiritual relationship with myself, where I could really focus on my self love, and that connection with the divine within - it was really devastating to experience any form of rejection, whether it was romantic or professional or in friendships or colleagues. I really know how difficult and painful this can be and from my position, that I share everything from - it's a goddess, energetic and spiritual perspective. And I really hope, you'll be open to receiving this kind of support on your path. I will be sharing specifically five goddess archetypes that you can invoke, cultivate, work with, however you are comfortable - we all have the divine feminine and masculine within us and how I share these is in a way that supports you...

Sleep & dream interpretation Your mind holds all the keys to reaching your fullest potential. Everything that you need to know about yourself can be found in the messages provided by your dreams. Dreams can reveal your unconscious thoughts, patterns, and opinions. They often contain symbols and metaphors that must first be unravelled before the meaning comes to light. Luckily, there’s a simple, 3-step process for interpreting your dreams so that you can access the hidden messages in your mind. One of the most important steps in this process is the one that most people skip. And that’s a big problem. Forgetting this one key step can cause you to interpret your dreams incorrectly and lead you down a false path. I’ll share what that step is, but first I’ll tell you why this is so important. Dreams are a Powerful Tool for Unlocking the Secrets of Your Mind. Using the interpretations of your dreams to uncover secrets about yourself or to guide your path is a common practice that’s been around a very long time. In fact, ancient civilizations have been interpreting dreams for thousands of years. Originally, dreams were thought to be communications from the supernatural realm or interventions from a divine being. Dreams remove your biases to help you gain an objective point of view. Your subconscious mind, the one you can access while dreaming, can often hold secrets that your waking mind may not be willing or ready to hear…

Shifting Paradigms in Our Current Time Let us look again at the shift of paradigm that is taking place within the Great Awakening that unfolds all around us... Yes... I know, those words - paradigm shift - are ones with which you are more than familiar. I would suggest that despite their popular use, and at times overuse, you are in the midst of a profound evolution. You are in the midst of a massive paradigm shift that is called the Great Awakening. It is often spoken as a tri-polar energy that is attempting to become a uni-polar force in our universe and in our world. I think of it as an awakening of the domain of spirituality, the field of play of Earth, the physical place and the complexity of human individuality. I think of it as three powerful energies working together to become one - to become one incredible force that can catapult our world into becoming the New World it is now destined to be! To many, these words can seem as nothing more than hyperbole. Yet, these words of the New World can sound as glorious fantasy. And yet there is a New World, and, I would again suggest- it is now destined to be. And the agent of change behind this Great Awakening? The engine of change beyond the precipitation of the New World? The shifting paradigm. So let us look again...

This episode is about meditation, this episode is about pain and this episode is about compassion. I am going to tie these three areas together. I’ve given 100’s of classes and courses in meditation - and one of the things I've noticed - which I'm sure you've noticed too, is that many people have a view about meditation. People often think it's like shutting yourself down and a lot of people struggle, unnecessarily, when they meditate because they try to clear their mind. And that phrase clear your mind is sort of thrown around, a lot - clear your mind, clear your mind, clear your mind - and of course, you're sitting there trying to clear the mind and the mind is screaming! And so people are struggling to clear their mind, to switch off their thoughts. I think people are struggling because the whole concept is not helpful - trying to sort of go into a blank state, is more like trying to become unconscious - it's like being in a coma. I think meditation has nothing to do with clearing the mind - it has nothing to do with switching off! It's about exactly opposite, it’s switching on, it's about waking up. And so our thoughts, and the emotions and particularly, our pain are very powerful catalysts in the practice, if you can learn how to work with them, in a creative way. When we talk about meditation and about consciousness, especially talk about expanding our consciousness - which is obviously the theme here - what we're talking about is realizing that our mind is bigger than our thoughts. Some of the metaphors used in the ancient texts on meditation, are metaphors, such as the sky or the ocean. So imagine you're flying in an aeroplane and the plane is coming down to land - of course, we know that the plane is going to come down, through the clouds and land. What if you didn't know that, maybe if you're a small child - you might think that the plane is going to crash into the clouds because they look very solid. So in the metaphor the sky is our mind - the clouds are our thoughts and emotions. And this is what happens to us...

I knew to surrender myself to a higher power. Let's start with the first question - what exactly is manifesting? And what would I say to people that believe that this is bunk? The act of manifesting is the awareness – it’s the conscious awareness, that we get to create our reality based on our thoughts and our feelings. So there are so many instances that naturally happen either in science or nature, where we can see that every action has a reaction and this is essentially manifesting because we live in this beautiful vast universe, where every thing is based on intention and feedback. So you set an intention and it comes back to you. You think of a thought, it then is executed in a specific way and this essentially is the core essence of manifestation. It’s not as simple as that, is it? You don’t just think a thought and that which you want comes to you. Well, the beauty of manifestation is that it is simple and effortless - and that most people, especially in the personal development industry - over complicate it. They believe that it is something that it’s not! I like to call junk food spirituality, where you see people say “let me manifest a million dollars”, I’ll think about it or I’ll create a vision board. I’m not saying those things don’t happen. But there are so many key mechanisms that need to be adhered to, in order to manifest correctly. Learn them in this episode.

Let me begin with a question about your money mindset, I am going to ask you a question, some of you may know the answer - what is the number one thing, couples fight about in the world? The biggest thing that couples fight about, even billionaire couples is money! So, here's the second question, since almost every couple is going to fight about money - how right you do you think it is, that you heard your parents say things like: we can't find the money, I don't know where to get the money, I can't afford it, money doesn't grow on trees, you're wasting money, I don't want that, we can't afford that, we're not those kind of people... If you think you must have heard something, somewhere in your life, that affected your relationship with money - raise your hand. Even though, you are listening to this episode and I can’t really see you see but I am certain that almost all of you have your hand raised. You see, I knew this because I witnessed my cousins, little girl say to her mother, in front of me recently - she said mommy you don't have to fight about money with daddy... she said you just have go to the bank and they give it to you, because that’s what she believes. Soo, you can have whatever you want, we're all born with this, that I can have everything, whenever I want. And then something happens and our money beliefs start to be really become wrapped. We learn half of what we learn in our whole life before we're five years old and our relationship with money is fixed when we're seven...

This is the number one topic that I get asked about: what is the secret to Abundance. Finally, Learn the REAL Secrets & Tools: How to Attract Abundance! In this episode, I talk about 24 abundance blocks and then I take you through an abundance energy clearance, don't miss it! How many of you have ever tried to manifest something and something crazy happened, where it just didn't show up? It could be love, money, it could be in anything - and no matter what it is that you are wanting to manifest and it can be incredibly frustrating. So, when my intuition developed, I decided because, let's be honest, when your intuition develops, people want you to, kind of, be the circus act. They're like, "Tell me my future, Tell me what's going to happen." And, what would happen is, I'd look deeply into a person’s essence and I'd be like, "Oh, gosh they're going to keep creating the same exact thing over, and over, and over, and over again. How do I help them fix that?" I will to give you, my cliff-notes in this episode. Everyone, pretty much, in my experience, has the same 24 abundance blocks. So I created a course where people have access to tools to clear the abundance blocks that we all go through, I help people clear their blocks.

What's Your Destiny & How to Work with It There's almost nothing more mysterious: Destiny, even sounds as if it is imposed from without, having nothing to do with our conscious choice. In fact, there is destiny that is given and destiny which is chosen. Destiny is a complex of Fate, Fortune, Forces and the Inevitable, with a magical Empowered Destiny emerging when we consciously work with the Forces of Destiny. And in the midst of life in which destiny already operates, we can place programs in our destiny, knowing that anything placed within its umbrage and radiance will come to pass. Destiny is a really powerful concept, and I used to think that it was in contradiction to the ideas of conscious reality creation. I was thinking of it in the old consensus ways and in the ways of religions from earlier in the twentieth century and in the century before... The paradox: If something is destined to be, then how can you say you consciously create your own reality? If something is destined, how can you say time and space are illusions of your creation? I pondered this paradox for years, and it was a source of a great deal of highly productive energy. In a joking way, I say that I am sort of sad to see that paradox leave (be resolved), as I will miss it. Now, there are several kinds of destiny: the given destiny and the chosen destiny...

What are Chakras and Learn How to Balance them You are a being of light and energy. Imagine each day waking up feeling healthy and physically well. Is there anything more satisfying than this? Well – yes, it’s much more satisfying to know in your heart that you’re following your life’s purpose - so that you feel balanced and spiritually connected to the world and people you love. I used to work everyday with dozens of dozens people to heal the main energy centers that power their bodies - the Chakras. I know more than a few things about energy healing and I’m going to share my system with you now... But before I do, you should know that you don’t need to be a master level healer to start seeing results. You just need a process for improving your energy flow. I call this process “Chakra Balancing”. And Here’s how it works - Your Chakras are swirling cone shaped vortexes that allow Life force Energy to flow into and out of your system. Your body, mind and emotions rely on this energy to function properly and maintain good health… so when your Chakras are closed or out of balance it leads to illness in your body and imbalance in your life.

Open your minds and hearts and kick your skepticism out the window, my friends - oh yeah, it’s time to talk about auras. Aura is the subtle manifestation of everything that you are! If you look at one’s aura, you clearly know his/her physical health, mental health, his/her karmic structure - and in a way, even know his/her past and present. Aura is a certain manifestation of yourself. The aura has long been described as an electromagnetic energy field that surrounds people - like an egg-shaped ball of energy that encompasses the body. The aura consists of seven levels/layers/auric bodies, also known as the physical aura, astral aura, lower aura, higher aura, spiritual aura, intuitional, and absolute planes. Each one of these subtle bodies that exists around the physical body, has its own unique frequency. They are interrelated, and each body affects the others. They also affect a person’s feelings, emotions, thought patterns, behavior, and overall health. Just like with chakras, a state of imbalance in one of the bodies leads to a state of imbalance in the others.

I’ve had unending love affair, all through out my life - Gra.tit.ude. Before I get into the philosophy of gratitude and why I think that gratitude is in fact not just a something you but why I think it actually medicine, I’d like to first start this episode by sharing a beautiful exercise that I practice everyday and I would also like to share a 10 minute guided meditation on gratitude in this episode. This is s topic that’s close to my heart as trained naturopathic doctor. What is Gratitude? I’d like to say it’s a recognition that there’s goodness in our lives, gifts or benefits that we enjoy and which we might often take for granted. This goodness is often due to the actions of another person. When we’re grateful, we recognize the intention and effort that went into those actions on our behalf, and the benefits they gave us. How Can Gratitude Help Us? Over the past two decades, studies have consistently identified strong benefits of gratitude for our minds, bodies, and relationships. Gratefulness increases happiness and life satisfaction. Grateful people are more resilient to stress.... Grateful people get along better with others... Grateful people are less depressed... Grateful people achieve more... Grateful people are more helpful and generous…

You love. Absolutely, you do. You have grown, you have changed, you have evolved. And you do love. You feel love with your Unseen Friends and with your Inner Child and Inner Adolescent. You feel love outside in your illusion, in this physical realm. Oh yes, you do. But, you see, you also feel the need to control, and that control robs you of the intensity, the depth, the beauty, and certainly the power of that love. And through the decades you've become so conditioned to that control that it is like the drone of a fan: It's only when it stops that you realize, "Oh, my gosh." It's only when the control is gone that you start feeling what love can really be, what power it really has. And when you do, you no longer have to settle just for the words, just for the poetry that for so long you've had to settle for. You actually experience that love far more deeply, far more richly than you ever have. Love really is all there is. It really is everything people say it is, and oh, it is so much more. Of course you do love. But even so, the price of control is giving up love, banishing it, renouncing it to whatever degree.

The Two Major Focuses of Every Lifetime. When I was in India, with my Guruji, who often spoke of Life Focuses. He used to always say that people have seven of them in every lifetime and life focuses. Varying from person to person and from lifetime to lifetime - depending upon what they want to be doing any particular time. There are two focuses, however, that are part of every lifetime we have: they are - Learning To Have Fun and Learning To Consciously Create Success.. These two life focuses are always part of every incarnation. Learning To Have Fun "What is the purpose of life? What is my task? Why am I here? Why am I physical? What is my mission?" You are haunted by this desire to know. Deep within our brain stirs the thought that if we just knew the answer to one of these questions, then everything else would make sense. our heart echoes with feelings that a satisfactory answer would make everything - absolutely everything - all right. Our purpose, our mission, our task - or, as I prefer to say, our focus - can be stated with disarming ease. The prime reason you are here. To learn to have fun. Yes. That's it.

This is a very personal episode, I take you on my inner journey to heal the pain of my daddy issues. There were very powerful questions that arose on my inward quest for forgiveness. I will not only ask these profound questions but also attempt to answer the insights that I discovered on my journey to self healing. I knew deep in my heart what I struggled with all those years: why my father didn’t fight to have me in his life. Forgiveness is such a powerful tool. And it is only recently that I have come to realize that it is far more powerful than I thought. We often think of forgiveness as the proper thing to do and we have all heard the clichés about the importance and beauty of it. It's the Christian thing to do or the spiritual thing to do. And it is. I mean, those thoughts are correct. But it is soo much more than that, too. It is truly a powerful technique that can profoundly and instantly change our reality. That is why the title of this episode is The Dynamism of Forgiveness. Dynamism describes a process whereby the nature of reality - of our illusion - is a function of force and energy rather than of movement and mass. The velocity and mass are quantitative measurements but are the true building blocks are energy and force. It takes very little energy and force to generate a change in mass. So it is the force and energy of forgiveness that I explore in this episode.

Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life. There is nothing at all new, strange, or unusual about creative visualization. You are already using it every day, every minute, in fact. It is your natural power of imagination, the basic creative energy of the universe, which you use constantly, whether or not you are aware of it. Most people in our culture have become cut off from their awareness of their spiritual essence. We have temporarily lost our conscious connection with our souls and, thus, have lost our own sense of power and responsibility for our lives. In some inner way, we have a sense of helplessness; we feel basically powerless to make real change in our lives or in the world. This inner feeling of powerlessness causes us to overcompensate by striving and struggling very hard to have some degree of power or control in our world. Sometimes people who have studied Eastern philosophy or are on a certain spiritual path feel a hesitation about using creative visualization when they first hear of it. Their conflict comes from the apparent paradox they see between the idea of “being here now,” letting go of attachments and desires, and the idea of setting goals and creating what you want in life. I say apparent paradox because, in actuality, there is no contradiction between the two teachings when they are understood on a deeper level. They are both important principles that must be understood and lived in order for you to become a conscious person. In order to explain how they fit together, allow me to share with you my viewpoint about the process of inner growth.

Welcome to the second episode dedicated the expansive wisdom of ancient healing art of Ayurveda. Last week, I spoke about the fundamentals of ayurvedic healing. This episode is dedicated to crux of healing science: practices to strengthen the DIGESTION agni and how to get restful sleep. The healing tradition of Ayurveda teaches that health and well-being depends upon our ability to digest everything we take in from the environment. This includes not only tangible substances like food and drink, but also our experiences, emotions, and the impressions we take in via our sensory portals, namely our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin. Agni is the Sanskrit term for the “digestive fire” that breaks down the food and other things we ingest from the environment, assimilating what is useful, and eliminating the rest. When I was in India studying Ayurveda, one of professors made the most powerful statement that still stays with to this day...and that if you don’t proper sleep, you have nothing. How to Get Restful Sleep Restful sleep is the foundation for your mental and physical well-being. After a day of stimulating activity, your body needs deep sleep when your mind and body can rest and reset. When you’re well rested, you’re more alert, able to process new information more efficiently, and you make better decisions. On the other hand, when you’re sleep deprived, you’re more likely to make mistakes and it takes longer to complete tasks.

My knowledge is vast and my experience far-reaching. I was very, very fortunate to travel to India to study Ayurveda in the state of Kerala in South India at Kottakkal - known as the birthplace of Ayurveda. So it is with profound happiness and reverence that I’d to share the basics of this incredible healing modality. What is the key to perfect health? In the past decade, personalized medicine has emerged as one of the most promising developments in modern healthcare, offering an approach that tailors medical care and treatment to an individual’s unique characteristics, including a person’s molecular and genetic profile. Advances in scientific research have increased our ability to predict which therapies and treatments will be safe and effective for each person – and which will not. From the perspective of conventional Western medicine, personalized medicine is a relatively new field, yet an individualized approach to healthcare has been a cornerstone of Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. Learning about your Ayurvedic body type will give you valuable information for nurturing your body’s inner intelligence. This understanding will allow you to make the best choices for your own health and wellbeing, including identifying the foods, activities, and lifestyle that will have the greatest benefit. Dosha Quiz The three doshas are known as: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. To find out your dominant dosha, take the Dosha Quiz below: Frame A. I am thin and slender with prominent joints and lean muscles. B. I have a medium, symmetrical build with good muscle development. C. I have a large or stocky build. Skin A. My skin is dry and rough. B. My skin is warm, reddish in color and easily irritated. C. My skin is moist and oily. Hair A. My hair is dry, brittle or frizzy. B. My hair is fine, thin, or prematurely gray. C. My hair is thick and wavy. Eyes A. My eyes are small and active. B. I have a penetrating gaze. C. I have large pleasant eyes. Joints A. My joints are thin, prominent and have a tendency to crack. B. My joints are loose and flexible. C. My joints are large, well knit and firm. Body Temperature A. My hands and feet are usually cold and I prefer warm environments. B. I am usually warm, regardless of the season, and prefer cooler environments. C. I am adaptable to most temperatures but do not like cold, wet days. Under Stress… A. I become anxious or worried. B. I become irritable, intense, or aggressive. C. I become withdrawn or depressed. Sleep A. I am a light sleeper with a tendency to awaken easily. B. I am a moderately sound sleeper, usually needing less than 8 hours to feel rested but have vivid dreams. C. My sleep is deep and long. I tend to awaken slowly in the morning. Weather A. My least favorite is cold weather. B. My least favorite is hot weather. C. My least favorite is damp weather.

Have you heard of Ho'oponopono and the Hawaiian therapist who cured an entire ward of criminally insane patients, without ever meeting any of them or spending a moment in the same room? It’s not a joke. He reviewed each of the patients’ files, and then he healed them by healing himself... The amazing results seem like a miracle, but then miracles do happen when you use this method. I had the pleasure of attending a NLP course where we started and ended each of our training with the Ho'oponopono prayer, about a year ago and started practicing immediately. Why would it affect anything “out there”? The secret is there is no such thing as “out there” – everything happens to you in your mind. Everything you see, everything you hear, every person you meet, you experience in your mind. You only think it’s “out there” and you think that absolves you of responsibility. In fact it’s quite the opposite: you are responsible for everything you think, and everything that comes to your attention. If you watch the news, everything you hear on the news is your responsibility - YES, that sounds harsh, but it means that you are also able to clear it, clean it, and through forgiveness change it. The results are often astounding. Do you need a miracle?

I'm often asked, what Kundalini is? Here’s the simplest answer I give is: it is an ancient name given to an energy, that lives inside us. This energy has been known since the most ancient of times, it has been known through ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia Indus Valley. Everywhere, wherever you see symbols like serpents or coiled serpents dancing, or coming together on an acorn or a pinecone, wherever you have seen these symbols, this energy called the Kundalini Kundalini is an energy, that sits at the base of your spine. It comes in when you are gestating in your mother's womb and gives you, your consciousness - and once it has done its job - this Shakti or divine, feminine energy called Kundalini comes and sits at the base of your spine. Awakening your Kundalini, is like playing a musical flute... I want you to imagine that your spinal cord is like a musical instrument and you have seven key notes along this instrument... that each has a different tone and a different color and a different vibration and these are what we call the Chakras or Padma's.

This week, I want to explore choice, the gift of mystical choice. I would suggest that because you make choices - make choices all day long - it is easy to assume that you know all you need to know about choice. And I also suggest that amid the many choices you make every day, there is a mystery. And within that mystery, there are both power and magic. So I talk of choice, but I do not talk of it in the ways with which you are most familiar. I do not talk about setting goals, creating a plan, making decisions, or following through. You have heard such talks often enough ... maybe too often. Let us continue. The Mystery You Know The mystery of choice lies within space-time. It is located within the forms and within the formation -- the patterns of those forms -- that is your reality. It is located within the awareness, understanding, and meaning, and within the conceiving and perceiving that you give to and receive from your reality every day of your life. You already know much of the mystery. Thank you, Vidya

Stress can wear you down… Make you sick… And drain all of your energy… But you don’t have to let it. And you don’t have to resort to medications to help you feel calmer, more relaxed, and at ease. Ancient and indigenous cultures have long known the power that herbs and plants can have in healing your body. Today, one of the best uses for essential oils is coping with stress. Scents are powerful - a simple smell can immediately trigger a powerful memory, place, or person. Scents have power to evoke emotions and memories instantly and can directly impact our bodies through our nervous system. I want you to live long, happy, fulfilled lives, so I’m going to help you combat this stress with essential oils. They’re a natural alternative to medications. In this episode, you will learn which oil can help regulate your emotional responses, which can help relieve your pain, and which oil may help reduce your blood pressure... which are all keys to helping you feel less stressed, and much more. In Peace, Love and Gratitude, 'til next time

You have arrived here for a reason. Whether you’re unfamiliar with Reiki, the Infinite ultimate Healer, or looking for how to do Reiki on yourself, or are a seasoned Reiki Master in need of a refresher, this episode is to give you the foundational principles of Reiki Healing. Because - every healer needs some help from time to time along the path to mastery. There are just so many things to learn. This is an episode and a guide for YOUR journey. From Novice to Master, we’re all looking to get better - so we can experience the life changing gifts of Reiki. And the key to experiencing these gifts is understanding the system. So I'll be talking a little bit about The System - this is the same system used by Reiki founder Dr. Mikao Usui. Through this system I have not only experienced a profound improvement in my personal health and spiritual well-being, I have also witnessed remarkable changes in my patients and students over the years. You may be surprised to know that variants of this system have been used worldwide by Rishis, holy men, and healers for thousands of years. In fact, Christ, Krishna, and Buddha are all believed to have harnessed Reiki Energy. Everything in the universe is made up of vibrational energy. It is the blueprint for reality. This system works because it improves the underlying energetic makeup of your body, and thus healing the root cause of your issues. This is your guide to changing your life for the better. In this episode I’d like to teach you, so you can Learn the Steps to Reiki healing.

Before I dive into weeks topic, I want to take a moment here and be really vulnerable and share that I am not one of those people, as I’ve shared in a previous episode that I’ve struggled with my weight on and off in my 20’s & 30’s and I’ve also dealt with depression and anxiety throughout my life and I when I was approaching 40, I knew that I needed to not only finally look at my unhealthy relationship with food BUT also the underlying issues in my life that lead me down the rabbit hole of depression and anxiety. So I become my own patient and begin not only a regime of clean eating but also cleaning out my emotional closet, and finally began a healthy love affair with my self, and my sense of worthiness. The suggestions I offer in episode are by no means the be-all, end-all for dealing with anxiety and depression. If your symptoms are not manageable with these spiritual tips and techniques, I suggest you work closely with your medical professional or your therapist to create a protocol that works specifically for you. Everything I say about the topic of anxiety and depression is rooted in a wellness, wholeness, from a spiritual perspective. When it comes to depression and anxiety, so often we get caught in this trap: “Anxiety & depression is something terrible that I have to fix. I’m broken, something is wrong and I need to search outside myself for the remedy.” For most people, this way of thinking is automatically dis-empowering. I say that we have to love our depression and see it as a source of strength. One of the foundational principles that I’ve lived my life is that we are not separate from Spirit/God/Universe, and God is LOVE. Therefore, every single aspect of me has divinity to it and has that essence of love. So if I’m holding that perspective, then I have to look at depression and anxiety as something that is divine. If anxiety is love, what does it mean? It means there is wisdom, guidance and light in this thing that I have previously seen only as terrible. We can love our anxiety and depression and see it as a source of strength.

In this week’s episode of the Naturally Happy Podcast, I’d like to talk about and help get NLP: Nero Linguistic Programming, out of your head and into your world. I’m going to be talking about your unconscious mind that I titled this episode as "Meet Your Mind" OR "The Ultimate NLP Technique. I know that might be a bit of a lofty statement but I think, I’m going to be able to prove it by the end of the episode. So the top three things that you're going get from investing your time in either listening or watching this podcast: the first is that I’m going to demystify your unconscious mind. This is one of those topics that gets talked about in NLP and hypnosis trainings ad nauseam and people get so confused about it. What is your unconscious mind, really? For that matter, what is your mind really and who the heck are you in relation to your unconscious mind. I’m going demystify your unconscious. So the second thing you're going to get out of this podcast is, you're going learn how to quiet that critical voice inside your mind. Whatever that voice is saying to you: you're not enough, you're a piece of nothing, you suck. Whatever that is, that voice can be silenced, and changed to something different, and I am going to show you how to do that. And then the third thing is the single most powerful tool, I have ever discovered in NLP or otherwise for personal empowerment, it is the number one thing that I used to teach every single patient...when I was practicing in Canada... that I teach people to fish! Yup you heard me right! I’m going to teach you to fish!

In todays episode Dr. Vidya Reddy will be discussing the ability to transcend fear and the value of trusting the human vehicle. Which is the most divine miraculous piece of technology that exists, in this universe. On her journey towards healing and recovering from things like depression, anxiety, self-doubt, codependency and more importantly fear, she began to investigate this concept of fear, because she realized that fear had the ability to knock out any capacity, your divine body has, to overcome what you believe.

When a person believes that they “need” to please another person, especially to gain his/her love and approval, the initially balanced relationship quickly changes from inter-dependent to co-dependent. In this extreme form, the trap of people-pleasing can even lead to maintaining unfulfilling or abusive relationships, as well as submitting to or performing self-defeating behaviors such as self-starvation, substance abuse, sexual acting out, etc... So how do we combat the dangerous consequences of perpetually putting others first? Here are a few strategies for getting your emotional health back on track? Listen to todays episode in which Dr. Vidya Reddy divulges to break through this pattern.

One has heard so often in our world about fears of failure... and it was presented awhile ago as this revelatory understanding that there is also what is known as the fear of success. And it became something of a catch phrase, something of a buzzword...that we heard so often "Your problem is you have fear of success." And it's true for many people. Ironically, for many people the fear of success is much bigger than the fear of failure... You have learned through conditioning, from the time you were a very tiny infant, to cope with and deal with failure... Everyone has faced failure many, many times. You can and do cope with failure... and Likewise, you have come to face success as well. However, the "conditioning" to deal with and cope with success is never as thorough or as frequent... Therefore, truly so, success is more frightening than failure is.

Since the earliest times, the laying on of hands, vibrational healing has been used to help restore individuals to a state of health and, harmony on all levels: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Energy healing promotes healing by enhancing energy flow and correcting disturbances in the “human magnetic energy field” or “aura” which permeates and surrounds the body, in this episode Dr. Reddy talks about how the the flow of energy in the energy field supports the self-healing capacity of the body and teaches you one of the techniques she likes to use wither patients.

Created over the millennia, healing crystals harness the life giving elements of the Earth and the universe. Harnessing the energy of the Sun, the Moon, and the oceans, semi-precious stones connect us to Earth as soon as we come into contact with them. Many people wonder if crystals have healing powers, and while there are many anecdotes describing the curative effects of healing stones, it really depends on your own experience.. It takes a conscious effort to open your heart and mind to the power of crystal healing, but once you begin, the journey is studded with beautiful, mysterious, and unique crystals that will rock your world

In this episode, Dr. Vidya Reddy asks one simple question, what makes you happy, what do you do that are your daily habits. Well this is the million-dollar question, how do you explain why people can and can't change habits. Sometimes habits happen easily, sometimes they vanish overnight, sometimes you try so hard to form a habit and you can't, sometimes it's like it seems effortless. So now, I’d like share what makes me happy.

As said by Dr. Reddy, there is so much to be gained, not from the fantasy, though that can sometimes be a lot of fun, but from the fantasia, from the truth that is revealed from the Unknown, of course, visualization is important, but you also need to enhance, strengthen, and empower your own imagination so that those fantasias, those wonderful truths and realizations, can be as vivid and as vital and as powerful and as empowering as your own imagination is becoming.

Manifesting is the conscious awareness, that we get to create our reality based on our thoughts and our feelings. Dr Vidya explains the principle that happens naturally all the time in nature and science, as it follows the principle that every action has a reaction. These rules apply to us, because we live in this beautiful vast universe, where every thing is based on intention and feedback. In other words, you set an intention and it comes back to you. You think of a thought and then it is executed in a specific way and this essentially is the essence of manifestation.

Dr. Reddy is going to talk about how careful attention or mindfulness can be freeing. One way that it’s freeing is that you begin seeing what’s actually going on, and we can see the ways that we are caught, the way we are holding on or resisting. Seeing that clearly, then allows us to release it, we can let go. the second way is that you don’t have to let go in order to feel some degree of freedom or independence or spaciousness. As mindfulness gets stronger you discover this whole other capacity or way of being.

In todays episode, Dr. Vidya Reddy is going to teach you about recognising different signs that indicate that the Universe is working together with you to attract good things in your life! The intention is to simply motivate you and create the life of your wildest dreams She believes that the beauty of being a human being is fully experienced on this spiritual path where you cultivate your conscious awareness, because you get to attach profound meaning to things that we find significant.

The concept of karma is very subtle and cannot be understood at a gross level, as we do not pay attention to what course our life is taking. Dr. Vidya explains the deeper meaning behind most of our actions, to go into deeper levels of awareness and appreciate karmic impressions. In this episode you learn more about a powerful technique that will allow you to change your karma!

Though not easy to do, nor easy to find, kindness is a beautiful quality. It is the most important quality that you need to develop throughout your life and keep getting better and better at it. If there is any goal that Dr. Vidya Reddy would really adhere to it would be the goal to be more kind, everyday. If there is any religion that Dr. Vidya Reddy would deeply adhere to, it would be the religion of kindness. kindness sets a pinnacle part of helping our lives go well and making the world a better place and it's just utterly beautiful. If you're interested in joining me on the journey of kindness, try it out for a week, maybe a month and see if your life just doesn't go a little better. This applies not to just being kind to others, but also yourself and when you do, you’ll quickly discover how beautiful the world really is.

When you try to change a habit without understanding its cause, you start a battle with yourself. Because your thoughts, those sentences in your mind, are what create your feelings. Your feelings are what drive your actions and your actions create your results. It’s a very clean and simple way of looking at the world and it is 100% accurate. In this episode Dr. Vidya Reddy goes deeper into the process of discovering your thoughts that are creating inaction in your life and how to compassionately observe your own thinking in order to understand the thoughts that are going through your head and appreciate and recognise it, instead of beating yourself over it.

In todays episode, Dr. Vidya Reddy is going to rock the chakras! You'll finally be able to find out anything and everything you ever wanted to know about chakras but were afraid to ask! Dr. Reddys background is very extensive, and her education is very expansive. Some of her favorite classes are her chakra balancing classes, Where she teaches about the energy centers in the body, which are the vortexes that we call chakras. There are 7 major chakras of the body, which have been mapped out for at least 5,000 years. Today you will learn the basics, so that you can understand the energetic systems of your body. Starting with the basic 7 chakras that we have in our bodies.

On todays episode, Dr. Vidya Reddy focusses on what illness is and how to correct it. To do so it is important to begin with the essential question: What is Health? Most people don’t really know what it is, yet in order to be effective in your own healing or the healing of others, it is vital to know. You need something to move toward, and not just something to run away from, which can be accomplished when you learn all the different steps of the Healing process. Once Dr. Vidya Reddy teaches you the steps she takes you through a powerful guided meditation to tune into radiance and health.

You are amazing, you are astounding.. In todays episode Dr. Vidya Reddy takes you on a journey to find your truer self, allowing for miracles to unfold in your life. Because, no matter how bad it gets, no matter how good it becomes, you always seek and search for love. No matter how obscured, encumbered, or entangled your quest becomes, it never ends. No matter how lost you appear to be., you keep searching to be found. It is your nature, it is your grace. Seeking more love comes to you as flight to an eagle, It is your dignity and your presence. Amid this never-ending search for love, there is another search and I would suggest that while more love is your goal, you are also seeking your Truer Self. And when you seek both, more love and your Truer Self, the doorway of miracles opens up!

It's time to step into Self Love! Dr. Vidya Reddy shares her favorite method to reconnect with her heart. This guided meditation will guide you through the process to remember that you are WORTHY of love, especially your own!

Finding a healthy balance of our weight is very similar to finding happiness in a balanced way in our lives. Dr. Vidya Reddy puts it in perspective, if we follow our 'diet', then we're going to be happy. For example, being kind to others and not lashing out, living in the present moment and letting go of our attachments and realising that everything is a gift. There are so many ways to become Happy, but all ways start with you.

"To love oneself, is the beginning of a life-long romance." In order to recognise yourself as a friend, you have to be kind to yourself. If you’re not sure how to do this, you’re in the right place, as today I will be sharing a lot of helpful tips how to become your own best friend.