Podcasts about ayurvedic

A traditional Ayurvedic herb, Coleus Forskohlii can increase blood flow to the eyes. How is this helpful for eye diseases such as glaucoma? Dr. Grossman examines several research studies on  Coleus Forskohlii Root Extract's ability to dilate blood vessels, thereby reducing intraocular pressure.Dr. Marc Grossman is a Holistic Optometrist and Acupuncturist. Check out  https://www.naturaleyecare.com/ to find the supplements described in this episode and a wealth of vision knowledge.

In this episode of Vegas Business Spotlight, hosts Tim Knifton and Marco Salinas dive into the world of entrepreneurship in Las Vegas with a focus on the unique and ancient practice of Ayurveda. They are joined by Sondra Rubin, the founder of Anu Ayurveda Health Center, who shares her remarkable journey and insights into the natural healing powers of Ayurveda.Sondra explains that Ayurveda, originating from India over 5,000 years ago, offers natural medicine using diet, lifestyle, and Ayurvedic herbs to rebalance the body from chronic illnesses and diseases. She emphasizes that Ayurveda is not a fad diet, but a science of life that provides a common-sense approach to understanding the body's imbalances and their causes.Through her eight-fold approach, Sondra assesses her clients' health history, diet, digestion, energy levels, and more to identify imbalances and provide tailored diet recommendations, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes. Her focus is on addressing the root causes of chronic illnesses, such as autoimmune diseases, digestive issues, and metabolic disorders, rather than just offering temporary relief.During the interview, Sondra also shares her personal journey from being a CPA to finding her passion in Ayurveda. Her own battle with autoimmune disease and her daughter's health issues led her to seek natural healthcare alternatives. Inspired by her own healing experience through Ayurveda, Sondra dedicated herself to getting professionally trained and spreading awareness about this ancient healing practice.If you are curious about the power of Ayurveda and how it can transform your health and well-being, this episode is a must-listen. Join Tim, Marco, and Sondra Rubin as they uncover the wonders of Ayurveda and its potential to restore balance and vitality to your life.About Sondra Rubin:Sondra Rubin is a practitioner of natural medicine, specializing in Ayurvedic healing techniques. After being introduced to Ayurveda by her mentor during her time at Southern California University of Health Sciences, Sonda was inspired to create her own practice to share the benefits of this ancient medicine. With a focus on rebalancing the body naturally from chronic illness and disease, Sondra utilizes diet, lifestyle changes, and Ayurvedic herbs to help her clients achieve optimal health. Ayurveda, meaning the science of life, is a 5,000-year-old holistic approach to medicine that emphasizes understanding the root causes of imbalance and making informed choices to restore health. By bringing awareness to her clients' unique health situations and empowering them to make important decisions about their well-being, Sonrda guides them on their journey to wellness.https://anuayurvedahealth.com/About The Show Sponsor:“Vegas Business Spotlight” podcast is proudly sponsored by RSVP Las Vegas, your premier direct mail postcard service in the heart of Las Vegas. With a commitment to delivering outstanding results and effective marketing solutions, RSVP Las Vegas specializes in helping businesses connect with their target audience through direct mail.Visit their website at RSVPLasVegas.com to explore the range of direct mail services they offer. From designing eye-catching postcards to precisely targeting your desired audience, RSVP Las Vegas has your direct mail marketing needs covered. Their team of experts is dedicated to helping your business make a lasting impression and drive results.Whether you're launching a new marketing campaign, promoting a special offer, or aiming to boost brand awareness, RSVP Las Vegas is your trusted partner in direct mail marketing success. Contact them at (725) 333-8660, and their knowledgeable team will be ready to assist you.Experience the power of effective direct mail marketing with RSVP Las Vegas. Trust their expertise and enjoy the benefits of reaching your audience directly. Visit their website or give them a call today to start your next successful marketing campaign with RSVP Las Vegas, your premier direct mail postcard service in Las Vegas.Vegas Business Spotlighthttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/vegas-business-spotlight/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/discovering-the-healing-power-of-ayurveda-with-sondra-rubin

Colette focuses on Ayurvedic herbs with an affinity for the heart in this episode. The Ayurvedic texts consider the heart as the most vital organ as it's the seat of the following: Three doshas - vata, pitta and kapha. Prana - the left side of the heart is the root of prana vaha srotas, the respiratory channels. Rasa vaha srotas - the root of this plasma channel is in the right chamber of the heart. 10 great vessels of the body - the main arteries carrying nutrition to the entire body. Ojas - our prime energy reserve of the body protecting our life. Mind - the heart is the root of mano vaha srotas, the mind channel which permeates the entire body. She discusses the following herbs and fruits and details their energetics and benefits: Arjuna Amalaki Guggulu Pomegranate Punarnava Pushkaramoola * Thanks to Kerala Academy for sponsoring this episode. Visit keralaayurveda.store to explore a range of Ayurvedic herbs and formulations and use CODE: ELEMENTS10KA for 10% off your first order. Applicable on all Kerala Ayurveda products. One-time use only. Cannot be combined with other discounts. * Join the discounted group cleanse starting October 6th and enter the new season feeling light, clear and energetic! * Click here to learn more about the 7 day Ayurveda Rejuvenation Retreat with Dr. Sujatha in Bali, Indonesia - December 2023. * Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com  Online consultations Private at-home Digestive Reset Cleanse tailored to you Educational programs - Daily Habits for Holistic Health Have questions before you book? Book a FREE 15 min online Services Enquiry Call * Join the Elements of Ayurveda Community! * Stay connected on the Elements Instagram and Facebook pages. * Thanks for listening!

It is an honor and delight to welcome Ayurvedic guru Martha Soffer to THE FULLEST Podcast! Martha founded the internationally celebrated wellness center, Surya Spa, an esteemed all-female team that shares the goodness, practicality, and accessibility of Indian Ayurvedic medicine. Martha, considered a preeminent leader of modern Ayurveda, remains ardently focused on bringing Ayurveda to the center of contemporary wellness. What started as a backyard cottage has now blossomed into a whole-body Ayurvedic experience, botanical skincare line, and Panchakarma retreats.

Sarah Ezrin is a world-renowned yoga educator, content creator, and mama based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of the award-winning, The Yoga of Parenting. Sarah loves guiding people along their wellness and parenthood journeys. Her words, classes, and social media are supportive, healing sources for people to feel seen and heard. For more information on Sarah please connect with her on Instagram and TikTok. Connect with Sarah https://sarahezrinyoga.com https://www.instagram.com/sarahezrinyoga/ https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahezrin www.yogaofparentingbook.com Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Seasonal Living Collective: https://andreaclaassen.com/seasonal-living-collective Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Wild Woman Circle leader who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Craig talks about Nespresso, Roth IRAs, and fighting the devil. Get your tickets now for The Loosey Goosey Tour! - http://craigconant.com/shows/   Shout out to the hilarious Ruben Ramirez - https://instagram.com/__rubenramirez/ Check out Abi Sanchez - https://instagram.com/abisanchezcomedy/ And check him out in Entre Nos: The Winners 2 on HBO Max - https://play.max.com/movie/635d0ee8-d45e-4e14-865c-eaacffdcacf9   Follow Craig! TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@craigpconant/ IG - https://instagram.com/craigpconant/ Merch - https://craigconantstore.com/ Komi - https://craigconant.komi.io/   Small Business Plugs: Need a natural, holistic facial or some Ayurvedic healing? Contact Cynthia at Ritual Skin and Soul: https://instagram.com/livecynplyayurveda/ https://instagram.com/ritualskinandsoul/ Donny Honcho's Healthy Pet Products - https://linktr.ee/localdogdaddy Swank Hank's Handmade EDC - https://swankhanks.com/ Glitch Pudding, Acrylic Artist - https://instagram.com/glitchpudding/   Healing affirmations: Louise Hay - https://youtu.be/lz16YqpWkz4 Wayne Dyer - https://youtu.be/44ImQV46lF4   Craig's favorite healers: Esther Hicks (AKA Abraham Hicks) Joe Dispenza Bruce Lipton Dr. Sebi   Also shout out to these light workers giving out that lost knowledge: Dr. Delbert Blair Dolores Cannon Santos Bonnaci

Join Angela in this informal Q + A episode as she discusses topics sent in by listeners.  Learn more about: The shift from pitta to vata energy, whether it's the seasonal or daily rhythm Cultivating an afternoon ritual to ground vata dosha Supporting your nervous system from the Ayurvedic perspective Balancing things you love that you know aren't the best for your constitution Simple tips for exploring your dharma Recipes Mentioned: Summer Cooler: half filtered water, half coconut water, fresh lime juice + splash of pomegranate juice Ayurveda Rehydration Drink: filtered water, fresh lemon or lime juice, pinch of salt, honey or maple syrup Practices Mentioned: Yoga Nidra (free Journey through the Dhatus Yoga Nidra practice) Karna Poorna: plain sesame oil in the ears Nasya: oil in the nostrils Gundusha: oil swishing in the mouth Learn more about these practices and gain access to a library of resources in the Simple Ayurveda Collective. Join the Simple Ayurveda newsletter Work with Angela 
The Simple Ayurveda health counselor program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. The 2023 cohort starts in September. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction led directly by Angela. 
 


How to Complete a Safe, Not Trendy, Restorative Cleanse This week's Addicted to Fitness focuses on how to complete a cleanse that doesn't involve starvation. Shannon (who is a Chopa Institute certified health Coach) shares with Nick, and the listeners, the benefits of an Ayurvedic cleanse. She also outlines the appropriate time, food, duration, and other details on how to complete an effective cleanse in our modern society. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts. Like & Follow the Addicted to Fitness Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com/addictedtofitnesspodcast). Follow Nick & Elemental Training Tampa on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ElementalTampa) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/ettampa/) to participate in free live workouts. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast and send Nick a DM if you're interested in receiving a customized workout plan delivered to you through the Tampa Strength App

How to stay fit, fabulous, and juicy as the dog days of summer transition into fall. In this episode, Katie shares her favorite late summer and early fall anti-aging tips! This isn't your typical fall self-care. We dive deep into how the ancient Ayurvedic healers approached this transitional time of year and how they stayed energized and youthful into old age. Learn Katie's favorite self-care practices to increase your health and fabulousness this fall and beyond! In this episode you'll hear:  ~ Ways to navigate the vulnerable transition from summer to fall ~ What is Ayur-guilt? ~ Ways to get healthier as we age ~ The #1 anti-aging medicine on the planet ~ Katie's top sleep hacks ~ We hope to see you at our FREE Fall Routines & Rituals webinar on September 29th ~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for registration, at the lowest early bird tuition price! Click here to learn more, register, or book a call with a graduate of the program. Payment plans abound! Other links mentioned in this episode: ~ Mad Fit on YouTube ~ Find all the herbs mentioned in this podcast (Triphala, Brahmi, Manjistha , and Amalaki) over at Banyan Botanicals. Use code Katie15 at checkout for 15% off your order! ~ Find the Paavani Vata Body Oil here ~ Listen to Katie's Glow-Worthy meditation here ~ Katie's Sleep Stack > Low dose melatonin, GABA, Taurine, L-Theanine, Lemon Balm  Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/ Learn more: Want to connect? Shoot us a note to info@theshaktischool.com Ayurveda Certification The Shakti School Subscription HELP US SPREAD OUR POD WINGS This show is a passion project that I produce for the love of sharing. If you enjoy this show and want a free and easy way to help it grow, the most effective way you can help is to: 1. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes 2. Write us a review in iTunes 3. Share this show with one friend right now! It seems simple, but you'd be AMAZED to know how much it helps my little love project reach more people. iTunes' algorithm uses ratings and reviews to know who to show our show to in their app. Here's the link to leave us reviews in iTunes.  From my heart to your screen, Katie  

Wellness expert Heather Grzych interviews mental health expert Vasavi Kumar about the power of saying things to yourself out loud. They discuss finding your own voice and why other people want to silence others and may feel uncomfortable when we are speaking our truth, as well as emotional perfectionism that many people struggle with. Learn why saying things out loud can be like a verbal Morning Pages for people who don't write, and why repeating things is important.  Vasavi Kumar, author of Say It Out Loud, is a life coach and licensed therapist with a myriad of in-person, print, televised, and social media experience. A first-generation Indian American growing up on Long Island and diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 19, she learned to become extremely self-aware and take action to create the life she wanted for herself. She lives in Austin, Texas. www.VasaviKumar.com   Heather Grzych is the author of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility and the host of the Wisdom of the Body podcast. A board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, Heather serves on the Board of Directors for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and has been a consultant for doctors, governments, and insurance companies. She offers virtual consultations and programs worldwide. www.heathergrzych.com     Connect with Heather: Instagram.com/heathergrzych Facebook.com/grzychheather   Read the first six pages of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility for FREE: https://www.heathergrzych.com   Connect with Heather to balance your health for your fertility: https://www.heathergrzych.com/book-online   This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.

Colette's client, Renata shares her personal journey with Ayurveda and how it has changed the way she lives her life today. They discuss the following: How Renata was introduced to Ayurveda. The healing journey from consultation to cleanse. Her life changing cleanse experience. The awareness and confidence she has in making healthy choices post-cleanse. * Join the discounted group cleanse starting October 6th and enter the new season feeling light, clear and energetic! * Click here to learn more about the 7 day Ayurveda Rejuvenation Retreat with Dr. Sujatha in Bali, Indonesia - December 2023. * Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com  Online consultations Private at-home Digestive Reset Cleanse tailored to you Educational programs - Daily Habits for Holistic Health Have questions before you book? Book a FREE 15 min online Services Enquiry Call * Join the Elements of Ayurveda Community! * Stay connected on the Elements Instagram and Facebook pages. * Thanks for listening!  

Sravya Adusumilli, the founder of Mango People, never thought she would become a makeup brand founder. But, after spending her academic career in a chemistry lab, she found she preferred being an entrepreneur. Mango People is Sephora's first Ayurvedic-inspired makeup brand, selling via Sephora.com. Mango People products include a bronzer stick, a highlighter stick and a multi-stick for cheek, lip and eye application. After becoming unsatisfied with the lipsticks she used, Adusumilli developed the brand around 2017 while she was a college student studying chemical engineering. After a series of experimentations, which included accidentally dying her mother's kitchen pink, Adusumilli finally created the Multi-Stick, which sells for $27. “Being a broke college student, I could barely afford to like get one makeup product, let alone several,” said Adusumilli. “That's how the idea of the Multi-Stick came to be; I focused on having safe ingredients on your eyes, cheeks and lips. And all you need is five minutes to look put together, which is all I had at the time.” The hero ingredient, mango butter, helped inspire the name, as did the popularity of South Asian countries, many of which practice Ayurveda. Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. Popular therapies include yoga and therapeutic oils and ingredients like ashwagandha, ginger and turmeric. Adusumilli joined the Glossy Beauty podcast to discuss how she created the brand, how her chemical engineering background is a boon to entrepreneurship and what it means to be the first Ayurvedic makeup brand at Sephora. 

Craig and Gareth talk about angels, camper vans, and fire. Get your tickets now for The Loosey Goosey Tour! - http://craigconant.com/shows/   Check out Gareth's special, "Ga'Riffs Live Vol. 1" out now! - https://youtu.be/048RVlyYYXw?si=xRuMWyHaOtJR7DYx   Then check out his podcasts! The Dollop - https://www.dolloppodcast.com/podcast We're Here to Help - https://audioboom.com/channels/5113355-we-re-here-to-help   Follow Gareth! IG - https://www.instagram.com/reynoldsgareth/ LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/garethreynolds TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@reynoldsgareth/   Follow Craig! TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@craigpconant/ IG - https://instagram.com/craigpconant/ Merch - https://craigconantstore.com/ Komi - https://craigconant.komi.io/   Small Business Plugs: Need a natural, holistic facial or some Ayurvedic healing? Contact Cynthia at Ritual Skin and Soul: https://instagram.com/livecynplyayurveda/ https://instagram.com/ritualskinandsoul/ Donny Honcho's Healthy Pet Products - https://linktr.ee/localdogdaddy Swank Hank's Handmade EDC - https://swankhanks.com/ Glitch Pudding, Acrylic Artist - https://instagram.com/glitchpudding/   Healing affirmations: Louise Hay - https://youtu.be/lz16YqpWkz4 Wayne Dyer - https://youtu.be/44ImQV46lF4   Craig's favorite healers: Esther Hicks (AKA Abraham Hicks) Joe Dispenza Bruce Lipton Dr. Sebi   Also shout out to these light workers giving out that lost knowledge: Dr. Delbert Blair Dolores Cannon Santos Bonnaci

The vata dosha loves change, is it good for the vata dosha? No. But often vatas can change their mind everytime the wind blows. Sometimes we think we are doing the right thing but are feeling a bit off or out of sorts. How do you know you have an imbalance vs when it's your intuition? Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea We start September 18th! Seasonal Living Collective: https://andreaclaassen.com/seasonal-living-collective Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Wild Woman Circle leader who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

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In this special presentation of Be HEALTHistic, join integrative neurologist and Ayurvedic practitioner, Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary, and naturopathic physician, Dr. Briana Sinatra, as they embark on a profound exploration of women's health, with a specific focus on working moms. Unveiling the challenges faced by women who often prioritize others while neglecting their own needs, the doctors discuss the toll this lifestyle takes on their physical, mental and emotional well-being, as well as its impact on relationships. They also highlight the need for self-care and self-love to stay healthy, balanced and vital. Self-care is not a selfish act, but necessary for a woman's health and well-being.

Welcome back to the Story Podcast! I'm your host, Dr. Christine, and I'm thrilled to have you join me for a truly special episode. Today's guest is Brittany Gregorio, a gifted copy and content writer who goes beyond words to redefine brands from the heart. Brittany's journey of healing and transformation began years ago, navigating health challenges and surgeries. Her story is one of embracing holistic approaches that led to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. As a yogi, Reiki healer, and a devoted mother of three, Brittany shares her recent transformative experience at Kripalu, where she found stillness, clarity, and reconnection. This episode dives into the significance of listening to inner callings, the immense power of healing, and the authenticity of storytelling. I'm excited to share how Brittany's incredible talent has elevated our shared mission, and how her VIP Days offer a deep, transformative experience that uncovers the essence of brands. Brittany's work beautifully reflects the genuine connection and storytelling that resonates deep within. To connect with Brittany and learn more about our upcoming book launch, stay tuned as we embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation together. “There was so much pain and trauma. But now, we've crossed that rainbow. And the possibilities are endless when you find something that works for you that's holistic or Ayurvedic or just better than being in a world time and being stuck with all these medications.” What is the turning point of Brittany's life that made her who she is today The importance of reclaiming who one is and being able to share their gifts with the world. What is your true calling in life and how will you answer it?  Finding the clarity of what a story brand stands for   Join us to celebrate all the authors on September 13th starting at 4:30pm PST on zoom, you may register https://www.storrieinstitute.com/quantumwholistichealing    QUAUNTUM WHOLISTIC HEALING™: Awaken Your Journey   The true experiences of clinicians & coaches who have joined the WHOLISTIC WELLNESS REVOLUTION™ to bring lasting healing through Wholistic Wellness™ instead of treating every ill with a pill. QUANTUM WHOLISTIC HEALING™ reveals that we are not merely physical beings but interconnected energies, and true healing comes from embracing this unity. It's time to AWAKEN YOUR JOURNEY!   Real healing starts from within.   You may also download free kindle version this weekend only    All proceeds go to Give To Give foundation https://givetogivefoundation.org/    Our mission is to provide support and scholarships to empower individuals to help themselves and then help others on their healing and wellness journeys. We are committed to personal change and transformation, one person at a time, across the globe. Connect with Brittany Website: https://thecopychick.com/  LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanygregorio/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/britt_thecopychick/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/brittany.gregorio85/ Connect with Dr. Christine Manukyan www.drchristinemanukyan.com Email: drchristine@storrie.co LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-christine-manukyan/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.christine.manukyan/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/drchristinemanukyan   Connect with STORRIE Institute™ www.storrieinstitute.com Email: info@storrieinstitute.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/storrie.institute/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/Storrie-Institute-104893301977544 Join our Facebook community - Functional Medicine Business Coaching For Clinicians  https://www.facebook.com/groups/functionalmedicinebusinesscoaching   Connect with STORRIE Wellness™ www.storriewellness.com Email: info@storriewellness.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/storrie.wellness/ Join our Facebook Community - Wholistic Wellness Community: STORRIE Wellness  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1294881434798434 To get access to FREE Breathwork session: Text ‘Breathwork' to (818) 722-8977 Get on 2024 waitlist for STORRIE Academy https://www.storrieinstitute.com/academy   Download STORRIE Institute Curriculum & Program Guide https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/140103/themes/2153494476/downloads/c656f25-fb33-433c-6632-b8741c06f5f2_STORRIE_Institute_Brochure_1_.pdf Become a founding member for STORRIE Institute Community Mastermind https://www.storrieinstitute.com/membership

The subtle body is the connection between the body and consciousness. It can't be seen, it's more felt than anything. Prana is associated with vata dosha Tejas is associated with pitta dosha Ojas is associated with kapha dosha Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea **Fall Round Starts Sept. 18th, 2023 Seasonal Living Collective: https://andreaclaassen.com/seasonal-living-collective 5 Day Seasonal Jumpstart **Starts Sept. 11th, 2023 https://andreaclaassen.com/5-day-seasonal-jumpstart Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Wild Woman Circle leader who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Did you know that CBD could be a pain relief alternative to painkillers? Join me as I sit down with Sylvia Orizaba, the trailblazing founder of Secret Essentials, a Chicago-based CBD company. And not just Sylvia, but also with Corene Summers, a wellness coach and reiki master who combats her Lyme disease with a blend of Western and Eastern medicine. These two extraordinary women have been working collaboratively for nearly half a decade, making waves in the wellness space and bringing relief to many.What does it take to carve your own path in the crowded CBD industry? Sylvia and Corene share their experiences about how they organically expanded their businesses, trained their customers about the health benefits of CBD, and differentiated their products in a saturated market. We will hear from Sylvia about her meticulous product sourcing and the wide range of products she offers, while Corene opens up about her unique blend of rituals, natural medicines, and CBD to help regain body trust.As we wrap up, we hear more about their fascinating journeys and future aspirations. They've made substantial strides in fostering connection and reducing discomfort in the wellness arena, but they're aiming higher. We underscore the significance of educating consumers about CBD product usage, setting up a successful retail space in the CBD sector, and promoting self-care through rituals and Ayurvedic practices. So, tune in to get an in-depth understanding of wellness, CBD, and the power of connection, in this power-packed discussion with Sylvia and Corene.Visit getsacred.com/yourbrandamplified to shop Sacred products and get 20% off using code “BRAND,” and a special link to receive 40% off one 1:1 coaching session with Corene at Artisan Farmacy.We're happy you're here! Like the pod? Follow us on all socials at @amplifywithanika and @yourbrandamplified Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Visit our website Connect with us at anika@yourbrandamplified.com Join me on PodMatch to start your own journey as a podcast guest!

Ever considered how the minerals we take in from our food and environment significantly affect our health and vitality? The industrial revolution has altered our natural landscape and our health, leading to the demineralization of our food sources and, consequently, our bodies. What we can do to counteract this is what we will unpack in this episode of the Darin Olien Show with guest, David Reid.   David is the co-founder of MANNA Vitality. He has been traveling across the globe for over a decade searching for Fulvic acid and nutrients gathered from both the Earth and the sea, from the highest point and lowest points on the planet, to provide a comprehensive and enhanced mineral therapy.   We also explore the incredible benefits of shilajit, a potent black mineral that has been an essential component of Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. You'll learn about its ability to upregulate collagen, mitochondria, and anabolic hormones, and the trace minerals it contains.   What we discuss:    0:08:32 - Natural vs Synthetic Minerals  0:11:35 - Making Sustainable Salt From Dead Seawater 0:17:12 - Exploring the Ancient Origins of Shilajit 0:25:52 - Importance of Nature in Maintaining Health  0:35:26 - Exciting Era of Consciousness and Wellness 0:41:17 - Water's Role in Body Functioning 0:51:03 - Natural Remedies 0:58:17 - Blockchain Transparency in Marketing   Thank you to our sponsors:    Manna Vitality: Go to www.mannavitality.com and use code DARIN20 at checkout for 20% off.   Therasage: Go to www.therasage.com and use code DARIN at checkout for 15% off.   Find more from Darin:   Website: https://darinolien.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Darinolien/ Book: https://darinolien.com/fatal-conveniences-book/ Down to Earth: https://darinolien.com/down-to-earth/ Find more from David:    Website: www.mannavitality.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/mannavitality    Key Takeaways:    1. Natural minerals play a crucial role in human health and their lack can lead to various diseases and conditions. The industrial revolution has inadvertently stripped both our bodies and our plants of these essential minerals, necessitating a journey to rediscover and replenish these micronutrients.   2. Shilajit, a powerful black ooze used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, is a remarkable substance capable of upregulating collagen, mitochondria, anabolic hormones, and macro and trace minerals. Its key component, fulvic acid, plays a crucial role in making minerals bioavailable.   3. Modern society's focus on profits has often overshadowed the importance of health. Natural products like Manna, which prioritize our health, are crucial in this context. Shilajit, a component of Manna, remineralizes and electrifies the fluid in our bodies, enhancing hydration, aging, and overall health. The cell membrane potential also plays a significant role in boosting our immunity.  

In this insightful podcast episode, Susan Weis Bohlen and Cate Stillman engage in a thought-provoking conversation that delves into the realms of Ayurveda, writing, personal transformation, and the power of sharing one's story. Susan, an Ayurveda expert, and Cate, a wellness entrepreneur and writer, explore the intersections between Ayurveda and the art of writing, shedding light on how these practices can bring about profound personal growth and healing.   What You'll Get Out of Tuning In Gain a deeper understanding of Ayurveda and how it can be applied to various aspects of life. Discover the transformative potential of writing and how it can help you unearth hidden stories and emotions. Learn about the different approaches to writing based on Ayurvedic doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). Understand the significance of sharing personal stories and how it can connect you with others. Explore the importance of preserving your unique way of expressing life experiences.   Highlights Ayurveda as a Holistic Guide: Susan explains how Ayurveda offers a holistic approach to health and well-being, considering physical, mental, and emotional aspects. The Healing Power of Writing: Cate shares her experience of using writing as a tool for personal transformation and self-discovery. Ayurvedic Doshas and Writing Styles: The discussion delves into how different Ayurvedic doshas influence one's writing style and approach, such as Vata's creativity and Pitta's determination. The Art of Self-Expression: Susan and Cate emphasize the importance of sharing personal stories as a way to connect with others and leave a legacy. Growing Older with Grace: Susan discusses aging and how Ayurveda can help individuals grow old in a healthy and conscious manner. Quotes "Ayurveda works on knowing how deeply embedded a problem or disease is, and we can heal faster if we address it early on." - Susan Weis Bohlen "Your unique way of expressing what happened to you is really important." - Cate Stillman "People want to know your story, and your unique way of expressing what happened to you is really important." - Susan Weis Bohlen   Links Get access to Uplevel Your Life here. Use promo code: UPLEVEL37 Get access to Lead Your Club here. Use promo code: LEAD37   In this enriching conversation, Susan and Cate have explored the transformative power of Ayurveda and writing. They remind us that our stories are valuable and deserve to be shared. As Susan enters the Vata phase of life, she continues to inspire others to age with grace and awareness. Kate's journey of self-expression through writing underscores the importance of preserving your unique narrative. This episode invites you to embrace Ayurveda as a holistic guide and use writing as a tool for self-discovery and healing.  

Discovering Bacopa | What's Hiding In Plain Sight?If you're a part of the Nootropic supplement world, you know that Bacopa is a powerful and effective supplement for memory, sleep quality, relaxation, and mood. However, there are many fascinating mechanisms at play that have made Bacopa a well-known supplement for centuries, even in traditional Ayurvedic practices. Bacopa is more than just a supplement, commonly used as a decorative plant, growing in semi-aquatic environments in the wild, and can be found for sale in nurseries around the world. It's time to discover the wonders of Bacopa, the Nootropic botanical that is hiding in plain sight!Chapters0:00 Introduction2:50 Dosing Bacopa 24%3:13 Our New Microphones6:51 Line Audio CM4 Microphones12:08 Positive vs. Negative Responses to Bacopa13:29 Benefits of Cognance vs. Traditional Bacopa extract16:44 Mushroom Kingdom Update18:06 Hericium Coralloides, Hericium Abietis, Hericium Americanum, Hericium Erinaceus19:28 The Difference Between a Cultivar and a Species21:53 Comparing Coffee, Hemp, and Hops Cultivars24:13 Investigating Cultivars and Species in Mushroom Kingdom27:46 Evaluating the bioactive differences between Cultivars and Species30:11 High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography32:18 Image of HPTLC Plate39:26 Mushroom Cultivation Logistics41:35 Why We Source Mushrooms from Asia 44:02 Perceptible Effects of Bacopa 24%52:29 Stacking Bacopa 24% with Cyanidin 3-Glucoside54:45 Dosing Bacopa at Nighttime vs. Daytime55:22 Why Bacopa enhances sleep quality57:21 The Cyanidin 3-Glucoside Shortage1:00:25 The Difference Between Synapsa, Bacognize, Bacopa 24% and Cognance1:04:17 Bioavailability - Taking with or without a fat source1:05:03 Bacopa is More Common Than You Think1:07:03 Why We Adhere to Prop - 65 Heavy Metal Limits1:07:58 From Ayurvedic Bacopa to Modern Extracts1:11:13 Why Saponins Make Standardizing Bacopa a Challenge1:13:20 Bacoside A1:15:00 HPTLC Testing vs. UVVis1:17:04 Standardization of Synapsa, Bacognize, Bacopa 24%1:25:07 Cognance Effects vs. Traditional Bacopa Extracts and Ebelin Lactone1:35:17 Beta-testing Cognance1:43:55 Comparing Bacopa Extract Effects to Wine1:47:02 Stacking Bacopa 24% with Cyanidin 3-Glucoside1:51:42 Norepinephrine Balancing Effect of Bacopa1:52:13 Serotonin Modulating Effect of Bacopa1:55:23 Enhances Density of the 5-HT3A Receptor1:56:41 Tryptophan Hydroxylase and Increasing Density of Serotonin Transporter1:58:07 Combining Full Spectrum and Targeted Standardized Extracts2:00:08 Bacopa as an Adaptogen2:01:10 Bacopa and GABA2:04:38 How Long Does it Take for Bacopa Effects to Kick In?2:06:19 Memory Benefits of Bacopa Extracts2:16:13 Stacking with Bacopa 24%2:17:21 Focus, Mood and Memory Stack - Bacopa 24%, Cognance, Saffron, Sabroxy2:20:49 Relaxation Stack - Bacopa 24%, Shoden Ashwagandha, Tetrahydromagnolol, GABA2:22:38 Lights Out Stack - Bacopa 24%, Supercritical Coriander, Oleamide, Magnolia Bark, Tetrahydromagnolol2:23:02 Memory Stack - Mr. Happy Stack - Bacopa 24%, OmegaTau2:24:19 Nootropic Memory Enhancement - Bacopa 24%, OmegaTau, Cognance, Erinamax2:25:54 Conclusion

Tori and Craig talk about hot dogs, being dyslexic, and taking the train. Get your tickets now for The Loosey Goosey Tour! - http://craigconant.com/shows/   Check out Tori's new special, "Prettiest Girl at the Special School" out today! - https://800pgr.lnk.to/Tori   Follow Tori! IG - https://www.instagram.com/toripiskin/ LinkTree - https://beacons.ai/toripiskin YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SorryHavingALymeDay TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@toripiskin   Follow Craig! TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@craigpconant/ IG - https://instagram.com/craigpconant/ Merch - https://craigconantstore.com/ Komi - https://craigconant.komi.io/   Small Business Plugs: Need a natural, holistic facial or some Ayurvedic healing?  Contact Cynthia at Ritual Skin and Soul: https://instagram.com/livecynplyayurveda/ https://instagram.com/ritualskinandsoul/ Donny Honcho's Healthy Pet Products  - https://linktr.ee/localdogdaddy Swank Hank's Handmade EDC - https://swankhanks.com/ Glitch Pudding, Acrylic Artist - https://instagram.com/glitchpudding/   Healing affirmations: Louise Hay - https://youtu.be/lz16YqpWkz4 Wayne Dyer - https://youtu.be/44ImQV46lF4   Craig's favorite healers: Esther Hicks (AKA Abraham Hicks) Joe Dispenza Bruce Lipton Dr. Sebi   Also shout out to these light workers giving out that lost knowledge: Dr. Delbert Blair Dolores Cannon Santos Bonnaci

As an author and Chiropractic physician, Dr. Peebles is a trailblazer in her field helping to tackle health care disparities through chiropractic care. She founded Pro Health Family Chiropractic, in 2007 and has worked with thousands of people, helping them regain mobility, strength and overall well-being. Education has always been the mainstay of Dr. Peebles' life. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from St. Louis University, she completed her Doctorate of Chiropractic at Logan University. She is the author of Sex Sent Me To The Chiropractor, which comedically teaches you the benefits of chiropractic care; and she also serves the community through other organizations such as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and the YMCA O'Fallon Park, where she is a board member. https://stlprohealth.com/about-us https://www.instagram.com/dr.dannip/ https://twitter.com/drdannip https://www.facebook.com/DrDPeebles Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Seasonal Living Collective: https://andreaclaassen.com/seasonal-living-collective Flow With Your Cycle: https://andreaclaassen.com/flow-with-your-cycle Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Wild Woman Circle leader who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

If your social media algorithm is anything like ours, you've probably heard the terms face yoga and face massage popping up quite a bit, but what are they really, and do they actually give the result they promise?  We've brought back cosmetic specialist Dr Tanya Unni to guide us through an easy Ayurvedic facial massage that can be done every day from home and to answer our questions like, can rubbing our faces really lift, firm and de-puff?  SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUEST: Dr Tanya Unni ALL PRODUCTS MENTIONED:  SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to Mamamia GET IN TOUCH:Got a beauty question you want answered?  Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386.  Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter. You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. CREDITS: Host: Shazzy Hunt Producer: Cassie Merritt Audio Producer: Leah Porges Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get ready for an enlightening episode! In today's podcast, I had the pleasure of hosting Ayurvedic medicine expert Lucy Clementson-Mills. We're diving deep into the world of Ayurvedic healing – a holistic approach that's been transforming lives for centuries. Tune in as Lucy shares insights, practical tips, and the wisdom of Ayurveda. From understanding your unique dosha to incorporating Ayurvedic principles into your daily routine, this episode is a treasure trove of knowledge. Join us as we explore Ayurvedic healing, and discover how this ancient wisdom can elevate your well-being in the modern world. Bio for Lucy Clementson-Mills: Lucy is a career and life coach and helps people get clarity, confidence, joy and fulfillment back in their career and life again.  Previously an HR Director she is also a yoga teacher, Ayurveda nutritionist and performance coach and is here to help people stop feeling stuck, lost and overwhelmed and instead rediscover who they really are, what they truly want in their career and life and then help them get it.   Company Name: Lucy Clementson-Mills Links for Lucy: Website: www.lucyclementsonmills.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucyclementsonmills/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LucyClementsonMills LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyclementson-mills-careercoach/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucyclementsonmills   Helpful links: Join Being the CEO here: https://olgasway.com/work-with-me/ceo-of-your-own-life/ Join Reset Your Mindset waitlist here: https://olgasway.com/reset-your-mindset/ Stress Reduction Course: https://olgasway.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1155666/?preview=admin&preview_access=1155666 Instagram: @olgas.way.coaching Visit my Website: https://olgasway.com Join my weekly Newsletter: https://hustling-hustler-3655.ck.page/f018f47a21 Book a FREE Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/olgasway/discovery-call-15min

In this episode we sat down with Alexa, the founder of Alevan Botanica and expert in aromatherapy, holistic wellness and a yoga instructor. Alexa shared all of her secrets to her holistic lifestyle and how her hand crafted products were rooted with Ayurvedic wisdom. We loved learning more of her passions, what inspired her business, and how she devotes her daily life to natural wellness. We can't wait to share more of it with you! About Alexa   Alexa is the founder of Alevan Botanica, an Ayurvedic Health Coach, aromatherapist and yoga teacher. Her journey to finding her path in the wellness space is a personal one; she spent over 6 years working in high-stress, unfulfilling jobs in several metropolitan cities while watching her mental and physical health deteriorate; she left her career path to devote herself to natural wellness through the mediums of yoga, Ayurvedic nutrition and aromatherapy. Her company, Alevan Botanica is a holistic wellness brand rooted in aromatherapy and Ayurveda, offering both products and services designed for you to feel balanced and well in body, mind and space.   Connect with Alexa   Website - www.alevanbotanica.com Instagram - www.instagram.com/alevanbotanica   Promo: All listeners can get 25% off of their first online order with code: ALEVAN (sounds like eleven)   Resources Mentioned   Love and Lemon Cookbooks {Favorite recipe is Mojito Black Bean Bowl} - https://www.loveandlemons.com/cookbook/ Half Baked Harvest Cookbook - https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/cookbook/ Almost 30 Podcast - https://almost30.com/ Everything is Figureoutable - https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Figureoutable-Marie-Forleo/dp/0525534997

Carolyn Jones is a Holistic Health Educator and Chaplain who teaches the art of self-care and practices a ministry of presence. She is licensed by the New York State Chaplain Task Force and serves the community as an herbalist, a certified aromatherapist and reflexologist. In this episode Carolyn shares her insights on the power of deepening our relationship with plants beyond culinary uses to medicinal and spirtual applications. This episode we explore:☀️How to get started with herbalism☀️Spiritual uses for plants☀️Medicinal uses for common herbs and spices☀️Rootworker belief systems Episode Resourceswww.daliakinsey.comDecolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body LiberationConnect with Carolyn https://www.behealed.info/Episode edited and produced by Unapologetic AmplifiedThis transcript was generated with the help of AI. Thank you to our supporting members for helping us improve accessibility and pay equitable wages for things like human transcription.Have you ever wondered why almost all the health and wellness information you see out there is so white, cis able-bodied and het? I know I have. And as a queer black registered dietitian, I gotta tell you, I'm not into it. I believe health and happiness should be accessible to everyone. That is precisely why I wrote Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation and why I host Body Liberation for All.The road to health and happiness has a couple of extra steps for chronically stressed people, like queer folks and folks of color. But don't worry, my guests and I have got you covered. If you're ready to live the most fierce, liberated, and joyful version of your life, you are in the right place.Body Liberation for All ThemeThey might try to put you in a box, tell them that you don't accept when the world is tripping out tell them that you love yourself. Hey, Hey, smile on them. Live your life just like you like itIt's your party negativity is not invited. For my queer folks, for my trans, people of color, let your voice be heard. Look in the mirror and say that it's time to put me first. You were born to win. Head up high with confidence.  This show is for everyone. So, I thank you for tuning in. Let's go.Dalia Kinsey: Welcome to the show Carolyn. I'm so glad to have you.Carolyn Jones: Thank you for having me, Dalia.Dalia Kinsey: I have been really interested in herbalism for years, but I always felt like I wasn't a plant person. I thought I didn't have a green thumb, and only since 2020 have I realized that I just wasn't slowing down enough to pay attention to when the plants were asking for more water or more light, and just suddenly it feels like being connected to the plants has been a little demystified for me.But of course, I'm a total. Baby when it comes to understanding herbalism, the spiritual uses of herbs, any of that. So when I saw you recently in a replay of a webinar that you did for another institute that I've been just studying, like their library, I haven't even gotten that deep yet. I was just fascinated that this institute in particular looks at the spiritual aspect of plants in a way that I really had never seen before, but it really resonates with me that the plants are not seen as just something we take things from.They're not seen as inanimate. They're seen as really powerful and as teachers that are always trying to speak to us. So when I saw your workshop on the African American relationship with herbalism and root work in particular. I was just blown away, and so I'm so glad to have you here to share some of your story with us and maybe how the listeners can get started exploring some of our traditions that maybe feel a little lost to us right now. Carolyn Jones: Well, I'm so happy that you enjoyed my presentation and I'm even happier that you were interested and curious enough to invite me on so we could talk about this in more depth. I love the subject and we are all babies when it comes to the plant world. We'll never know everything. It's always a learning process.The interesting thing is, I seemed like I could kill plants to look at them, you know? Oh, wow. I went to a workshop at a Brooklyn Botanic Garden one day, and I said to the gardener, I feel so guilty because it seems like I touch a plant and dies. He said, don't feel guilty. You know how many plants we kill around here?It becomes like an experiment, but I still feel that sensitivity because for me, the love of plants started early. My mother had a rose garden in the front of the house. We grew up in Bedstuy. I grew up in Bedstuy, born in Harlem. We moved to, uh, Brooklyn when I was six, and in the back she grew corn, tomatoes, college, she had a beautiful garden, you know, a Georgia peach.So she brought all that knowledge from her sharecropper parents and. Who unfortunately I never got the chance to meet. They died when she was 16, but she certainly took their knowledge seriously and brought it with her as a form of survival. Now, when I was younger, I didn't really pick up on it. Like I loved looking at it, but worms bothered me.Dalia Kinsey: As much as I love being outside, I really have a thing with spiders. That was another barrier. I thought, if I'm gonna be spending time with plants, I need to be comfortable with everything that's out there. It's good to hear that not necessarily so.Carolyn Jones: Yes. And I'm gonna tell you, just as of last night, I connected with a neighborhood garden, the Q Garden here in Brooklyn, and I actually sat next to someone who was digging out a pot and centipedes were running all over, and I didn't run screaming into the night.Dalia Kinsey: How'd you get to that point? Carolyn Jones: I don't, I don't know how it happened. Okay. When they were talking about a garden bed that had jumping worms, I held a full interview. How do they jump? Where do they jump? Where are they? You know, because I wanted no part of it, but luckily we didn't see any worms. We did see some of, I think it was a Japanese beetle, but that didn't even send me running.But I was really amazed that I didn't run away from the, well, they didn't get on me. So that's a start. They were on the pot. So being around people, I think who. Are not fearful that way. Mm-hmm. I think some of their courage may rub off. I'm not quite sure. We'll see next week, but you know, for now, so that it kept me from gardening.It really did. Mm-hmm. So as I began to develop a community of herbalists around me, more experienced herbalists, and they began to explain how medicines are better when you have fresh plants, you know, not always dealing with the dry herbs, then my mind began to open up more and more. So over time, as you expose yourself to people with different levels of knowledge, I guess this transformation takes place that you're really not aware of.That's the way we grow anyway. You don't think about it unless you really sit down, slow down, as you said. I thought that was very profound. You do have to slow down now. In order to cultivate my love of plants, I started collecting bamboo shoots. I can keep bamboo alive in water. I have like a bamboo garden all the way through the apartment here, the bedroom and living room.It's in here and they're flourishing. So I feel very happy about that. But I also incorporate that I'm a bereavement chaplain and I incorporate plants into that service as well because I find that plants are very comforting. And I just received a, a picture of someone's memorial garden. She had lost her son.I was doing some consultation with her and recommended that she use their backyard or the area that they have. Space. They have to designate it as an altar for him and she Oh, that's beautiful. She a picture of him beautiful memorial garden that the family has created in his memory. So plants will bring peace and depending on the type of plant, it will comfort you.It will dispel loneliness. And it's no secret that you can talk to plants and if you listen, they talk back, you know, energetically. Dalia Kinsey: How does that usually come through? Okay. Energetically, yes.Carolyn Jones: As far as we are talking about herbalism and root work, there are a few herbs that are used for root work. Hiss is one, but it also has many whole body wellness properties as well.It's used for other things.Dalia Kinsey: So how would you recommend somebody get started? Because that is something that's been intriguing is how vast the uses for a plant can be, and that once you start adding in spiritual uses too, from where I'm standing now, it looks like it might be easier for me. To remember the essence of a plant when I'm looking at it in a spiritual way also.But when I look at all of the, it's almost like medication with off-label uses. There's so many different things that one plant can do. Mm-hmm. How do you start getting your feet wet with this? Or how would you recommend somebody even start learning? Carolyn Jones: Most of the healers healing practitioners that I've interviewed, and I must include myself, started from the point of view of how do I want to heal?How do I need to heal? What could I use to heal myself? Who do I want to be? You know, they ask children, what do you wanna be when you grow up? Who do you wanna be when you grow up spiritually? Not what job you wanna have, how much money you wanna earn. None of that. Who and how do you want to be remembered?When it's all said and done, in order to ask that question, I found for myself that I had to get in touch with my own mortality and my own immortality. How do I wanna be remembered? When people think of me, how do I want people to feel when they think of me? Oh, that's really telling. I worked at a funeral home for two years at the height of Covid.Hmm. So I saw a lot of who I consider our libraries. A lot of elders Pass on the kitchen is as Queen of four. I love her. Always taught is your laboratory and having the wisdom to know. Which plant to use for what ailment. Like today, I woke up feeling a little lethargic. I thought I was just a little overtired of something and I saw it was the sun was shining beautifully outside.I said, okay, come on. You gotta go outside. You can't sit in front of the computer all day. Because I had a lot of writing to do and I went outside and that was good, but I was still dragging a little bit and I had some B propolis in my bag in the form of a spray that I felt a little congested and I sprayed it.The dosage is three sprays in the throat, and I had spoken to a colleague of mine yesterday, Amy Anthony. She's was my aromatherapy. Well, she will be my aromatherapy teacher for the rest of her life, but she's also my friend now and team member in the clinic. That we manage. And I sprayed the bee propolis down my throat, remembering that she said how highly antibacterial it is.And next thing you know, everything started clearing up my energy level rose. The congestion expelled itself, and I felt myself again. So the reason that we wanna know about these things from a spiritual point of view and a physical point of view, is for preventative care. When we feel down or lethargic and don't really know where that's coming from to be able to treat yourself, or if you, you're not getting a deep enough sleep to know that you can use lemon balm or mug wart.You might wanna dream your way to a solution. So you'll drink some mug wart tea or. Use a mug board tincture in your water to enhance your dreams. Mm-hmm. It helps you dream lucid dreams, but it also, I always describe it as helps you sleep beneath that sleep. You know that first layer of sleep well, it helps you get down deep into the sleep and you wake up feeling refreshed.You don't feel dragged out. I went to do a house call yesterday and you know, she put her aspirins and stuff in front of me. She said, I don't want to take these, you know, so I offered her some Valerian tincture, valerian, and she recognized right away, Valium. I said, right, that's what they make Valium for.So now you'll not only get rest, but it's gonna help the pain. But I didn't learn that from studying. I learned that. From healed thyself when I called them after surgery and told them I did not wanna take the codeine aspirin and I needed my circulation and my legs to come back. So I had a masseuse come to the house and got a massage for the circulatory problem.And I was given Valerian teacher and I didn't have to touch the codeine aspirin. So it's just a matter of having the resources and tapping into them, but believing same thing. It's all the same thing with rootwork. And one thing that one of the authors from one of the books that I researched before I came on said that it's not logical.If you try to think about this logically, then you lose the magic of it.Dalia Kinsey: See, I wondered if that was an important component, because you mentioned that you thought about what your aromatherapy teacher had said it was good for, as you were essentially giving yourself the medicine. Does that usually go hand in hand?Carolyn Jones: Well, uh, a reference point is always good, but imagine if you just had a book. The first herbal book that I started studying from was Back to Eden. That was usually the entry point for people from my generation. And then, you know, it expanded and expanded along the way. So now I have book cases of books about self-care for different healing modalities, sound included, color, light included.But in speaking about herbs, which to me I just love them. My home is overrun with them to know that I have that plant friend that will help me be it for a spiritual reason. Something as simple as sage to, you know, smudge the homes. Yeah. Yes. Or even boil for a bath.Dalia Kinsey: What are some of the different ways to use it?So you mentioned tinctures, essences. Mm-hmm. How do you know what you could just boil and drink versus what needs to be a tincture? Or is every plant able to be basically worked with different ways?Carolyn Jones: I don't wanna say every, because some plants are poisonous, so we are just gonna reference the general look at plants that.Edible. The reason I mentioned tinctures is because for me, I love tinctures when my schedule gets so busy that I don't really have time to make a cup of tea, but I want to fortify my body so I do have time to open up a bottle and put a couple of droppers full of the tincture in my water or under my tongue to help myself along.Same way I did with the Be propolis, four sprays in my throat and changed my whole body system and the way I was feeling for the day.Dalia Kinsey: Okay, that makes sense. I tried to make my first tincture, multiple tutorials made it sound like it can be as simple as you want it to be, but it came out so bitter that now I'm thinking maybe I should try tease.Carolyn Jones: The thing that we have to know first is our own habit and our own schedule and our own ability to stick to a program, but also have different ways to approach because we change, sometimes I feel like a cup of tea right before bed or in the morning for two weeks, and then I might want tinctures instead, you know?Or I might put it in a cream. Now you were talking about making the tinctures and how it could be simple depending on the recipe. And Amy and I made, we just strained and bottled about 12 tinctures. Yesterday Rose was the most exciting one for us and she used organic corn spirits for some and I brought Benedictine to the table, which the priest, the Benedictine priest used.It has 26 herbs in it and it's delicious. Now you mentioned bitter. That's okay. That something is bitter. Bitters are good for the system. Some things need to be bitter 'cause it helps your digestive system. It helps the enzymes in your body and also it helps cleanse your blood. 'cause look at apple cider vinegar.It's bitter, but it can be mixed with herbs. I know brags actually has a line of drinks that are delicious, but it has a base of apple cider vinegar. They add cinnamon to it. And the main thing people have to remember with that is add water. You know, have more water than the apple cider vinegar 'cause you'll irritate your stomach.Mm-hmm. But you know, he used as many different flavorings, natural flavorings in his drinks. But when I saw that, I like, I could do that myself. So I recommend to people who need that little bit of boost of taste good because sometimes if someone's having a bitter experience, they don't need to taste something that's bitter as well to compound it.So you might wanna put a little honey in there, little bit of cinnamon to soothe it out just so that it'll be more inviting to ingest. Dalia Kinsey: That makes sense. If you've made a tincture and you wanna have it in water, but you want it to be hot or warm, could that destroy what you've already done or.Temperature's. Not a big deal. You can make something into drink that's hotCarolyn Jones: if you want to. Yeah. I've added it to my tea. And when I was at a conference one time at a workshop on tincture, I was amazed we were taking tincture, taste of tinctures that had to be about 30 or 35, 1 after the other. We were passing it down, you know, everybody would shoot a drop under their tongue or something, and we kept it going.So sometimes I will sit on the edge of my bed and pull out my box of tinctures and decide what I'm gonna do for the day, and just take them one by one according to what I wanna do, be it respiratory, digestive, my mood. I learned that Manta was used by the Native Americans for when somebody died. Oh, sof or grief on a handkerchief.Yes. Well, to dispel spirits. Oh, okay. Mm-hmm. So, it's used and, and each culture, maybe each tribe, each tradition does things differently. So, I don't wanna make a blanket statement that all Native Americans do this or whatever. I'm just saying that as an example because one thing that is stressed in my research it said, be aware of the ceremonial practices of different cultures, how they may differ.So, you can't make a blanket statement about that. Now I want to talk about frankincense a little bit. 'Cause you know, frankincense was used in mummification and also it was used by the Egyptians for arthritis in an essential oil form. But it is antibacterial. That I was introduced to by Amy, 'cause she made frankincense water.She put the tears, they're called tears, the resin balls, and she put it in water and did a coal infusion overnight, so it turns the water milky. But you can also to speed it up, heat it. And I remember she served it in class. And I had respiratory issue. Well, really it was sinuses. I couldn't get rid of this sinus congestion, and after I drank that frankincense water, it went away.So sometimes you discover healing in the process just by trying something new, just by keeping your mind open. As an herbalist, I believe that most of my struggle and the people who work with herbs, so discuss the fact that our biggest struggle and disappointment is when people close their minds and their hearts to nature.I do believe in integrative medicine, however, when you take an herb, it's gonna build your body up. The contraindications will come when it is possibly say like St. John's wart. That seems to be the herb with the highest level of contraindications to pharmaceuticals. So, I don't recommend that people, you know, in my consultation, I don't recommend that they ingest it.I may put it in an oil for them or a cream, you know, add it to a cream 'cause it's great for pain and it's great for soothing and your skin will soak it in so you'll get the effect you need without ingesting it and having it have cause a contra ending in your body. Dalia Kinsey: Now when you put it in a cream, is that something you could do with it as a dry herb or it's more you make the tincture and then you can put it in a cream?Carolyn Jones: That would be an oil infusion. Yes. So, in studying aromatherapy, you get to learn base oils and essential oils and how to use them. But also I. You learn about oil infusions in herbalism and tea infusions, so that's with water. But you can also do kitchen herbal infusion like you see garlic oil. Yes. That means that they infuse the oil with garlic or garlic.Honey, you can make garlic honey infusion. I'm looking forward to doing some make and take courses. I'm especially in love with honey, you know, and that's a great antibiotic as to weather, you know, comes into winter. So you cure the garlic in the honey and then you can add it. To tea or just take a spoonful of it and eat it.Dalia Kinsey: Yeah. That's one of the few remedies I do remember in a crystal clear way from my grandma, like she never really was big into cough medicine. Like one, she thought it was too expensive and then had a lot of questions about all the unnecessary ingredients and all of the dyes and stuff. But she would say, you need the entire bulb of garlic, not a clove.She said, put the whole thing in there. Okay. And then a cup of honey. You blend that together and she would put 10 drops of eucalyptus oil and she's like, that's all you need, but when you take it, people will smell you from a mile away. But it tastes delicious to me. So I still do it and people just have to deal with the smell.Carolyn Jones: That's right. I love garlic. I do. As a matter of fact, I just had some garlic last week. I think I had to talk to someone up close. I was trying to turn my head, but I, I was saying to myself, look, deal with it because I feel great. Well, yeah,Dalia Kinsey: It really is one of those things where it just tastes so good, you know, it's doing something good for you. And then because it also reminds me of grandma, I just feel like as soon as I'm blending it up, I'm like, I'm already healed, I can just feel it coming. But I've been sitting in an office and heard my coworker come in the front of the building. And she's like, you're at again from the front. So I know it's pretty loud. Ad breakHave you been kicking around the idea of starting your own podcast? If you have started doing the research, or if you already have a show that you know how many moving parts there are involved in podcasting? From learning new tech to clarifying your message, to overcoming your fears about saying what needs to be said.Speaking truth of power. 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I was always told, I was raised in a very conservative Christian household, and so there was always a high concern about possession and so anything that had to do with plants or nature or.Spirits that you don't know by name. It was something you're supposed to be very, very careful with and probably stay away from, but I've always been drawn to it. Yes,Carolyn Jones: yes, because it's a natural curiosity. So I grew up in a very conservative and religious home as well. My mother did allude to spirits a bit.I'll tell you a story in a minute, but she had a book from Edgar Casey on her bookshelf, the famous psychic healer, and at the age of 10, I was reading this book. So my mind was already opened up and I remember one time my mother told me that we were living in Harlem and in a rooming house, and she saw, this is what she told me.Now, I don't know. She heard and saw the door open and she heard footsteps. Coming in the room, but nobody, she saw nothing and she pulled the covers over her head. She said, I was in the bed with her. She pulled the covers over her head and she said, Lord, have mercy on me in the name of Jesus. And she heard the footsteps turn around and run out of the room.I did. I, I had no judgment. I still don't have any judgment if that's what she experienced. 'cause she said she felt the, the covers moving back. If she had that, that's her experience. I don't wanna dispute that in my studying. I love to read books, especially by surgeons who have a certain spiritual sense about them and they talk about death and spiritual phenomenon.And in my studies, uh, with Robert Moss who died or had a near death, death experience as a child, two or three times, I can't remember right now, but I know it was at least two. And he talks about. Near death experiences a lot, and I read a lot about near death experiences. Who am I to judge if a spirit? Are we not living in a physical form as spirits?Don't we talk about souls regardless of how we are brought up? I don't know if atheists referred to souls. I've had a couple of atheist students in my lifetime, you know, in academia, and they were very interesting people, you know, very clear minded in their thinking as far as I was concerned. To me, that's a personal, my question is what do you need at the moment of transition?Have you taken care of feeding your spirit, the spiritual food it needs in order for you to make transition? Also, how do other cultures so-called primitive cultures look at death? From a child, I read National Geographic magazines and my mother would bring them home. And that was a fascination for me as to how other cultures look at death.I was like, you mean only Baptists are gonna go to heaven? Like, how do other people get there? You know? Right. Heaven full of Baptist. I, I can't imagine. You know, and also, how do you interpret Christianity as an individual? If you're living the principles? Are you living it by convenience? Like you're a Christian one moment and then you're doing something untoward the next whatever untoward is.I don't know what unto is. You know, everybody has, everybody has their own definition of what untoward could be. But meanwhile, my main concern when I'm seeking a spiritual space, Are the people joyful? Because if you are not joyful to me, your spiritual food is not working because you should not be living a life of despair.I find it hard to believe that the creator, an all knowing creator, would put all of us here to live in despair.Dalia Kinsey: Yeah, and it seems like if you, at the end of the day, you get to choose which spiritual tradition is going to feed you, which one is gonna nourish you. I don't really understand why you would pick one that doesn't really support you like in all of your identities, and support your happiness and make your life, enhance your life.You know, add ease rather than make your life even harder. But I know a lot of people are in traditions that make them feel, I. Burdened.Carolyn Jones: Yes. I watched it happen to my aunt. My aunt, God rest her soul is the reason why we had lipstick today. Ooh. I thought she was so pretty with the red, bright red lipstick and the straightened hair with the curls and everything.And all of a sudden she joined this church. And not to say she didn't look good in the natural, but she was dowdy. And by that time, you know, admiring people like Diana Ross and Gina Lola Brita and Sophie Lauren and Diane Carroll and all of them, I'm like, oh, that's not working for me. That look you have now back to that red lipstick.So I then began to analyze why would somebody allow an institution to make them change their whole being? And what is wrong with having red lips? It's a color. So I have to credit Caribbean people for showing me that wearing vibrant colors was beautiful because back in the day, we were supposed to tone ourselves down, you know?Mm-hmm. I'm like, no, but I like that right there. Okay. And that's what I'm gonna be, and I'll just have to be the bane of everyone's existence because I'm going to do it the way I wanna do it, you know? And I'm so glad that I was stubborn that way.Dalia Kinsey: Now, would you say like people were encouraging all women or people assigned female at birth to tone it down, or people putting pressure on black people to turn tone it down?Carolyn Jones: Not necessarily Black people, you know, like in the corporate world, you had to wear black, blue, dark suits, you know, that's, they never tell you, oh, wear, uh, some orange and pink and light up to the room. You know what I mean? Right. You could tone it down without wearing black and. Maybe a dark brown or something, you know, those are pretty colors.They're nice and they have their place, but colors change your aura and it helps people see you better, you know, see your soul better. What are you representing? I remember. And, and, um, sure it's not hard to find a toxic person on a job. And what I would do to counter that, to make myself feel better, I would decide what, what, especially when I was studying holism, decide what color I was gonna wear that day to make myself feel healed all day in spite of.That energy. So it gave me a constant feeling of self care, and this is my message to everyone. Regardless of what you are going through, you deserve to love yourself. And if you don't feel it, act as if my newest emotional wellness package includes salt cave, auricular, massage, flower essences, and aromatherapy to teach people how you don't need a lot of people around you to heal.You can be by yourself. I want to show people places that they can go and be themselves to heal botanic gardens. Listen to the birds. They're talking. If they're not talking to you, they're talking to each other and they couldn't be cursing each other out. As beautiful as they sound. Maybe they are, I don't know.But usually when a bird is angry, you could tell, right?Dalia Kinsey: Yes. We have some really territorial ones that like our bird feeder.Carolyn Jones: Yeah. So you know, listen to the birds singing and watch the animals, how they're handling their lives. You know, take a lesson from the animals. I had even done some research for this podcast to see how animals were used in the root world.Would you like to hear some things?Dalia Kinsey: Oh, yes, please. Carolyn Jones: The first animal that sim used as a symbol is snakes. Okay. And they're seen as powerful symbols of transformation and wisdom and healing. They're associated with spiritual knowledge and the ability to shed all patterns and emerge renewed. So just having that desire to shed what is not working, be it a relationship.Don't be afraid. Yes, it's bumpy. Yes, you could lose everything, but look at how much you could gain in the end, because the piece that surpasses all understanding has no monetary. You can't, you can't buy it. It's all internal. You need your peace of mind. I, I often tell this story that one day I was sitting in my living room when I was deep into trying to transform my life.I was living alone, but I sat down. I had read a book. I used a lot of biblio therapy books to heal myself. I remember just breaking down and crying and resolving that. The next day when I got up, I was going to approach life differently and pick up the pieces where they lay and continued the thread of what was good.Mm-hmm. About what I was doing before and leave the rest behind. And that was the day that my life began. Its full transformation. Dalia Kinsey:I do think it's really empowering to know that even when it feels like you don't have any say, that there's probably still some autonomy there and there's probably still a way for you to take control, but it's.Hard sometimes to see it. I know patterns from childhood can follow you. And it's almost like, I mean, we've, most of us have seen this happen when you train a pet. Mm-hmm. You don't have to always keep the fence locked, they'll just assume it's locked after certain point. And we get stuck in similar patterns.We don't know that we could make a change. It doesn't even occur to us that there might be something we could do to make our lives a little better.Carolyn Jones: Yes. And that happens when we, when mistakenly give our power to someone else who has no interest in preserving it, you know? Right. So a lot of times people, Amy and I were laughing about that yesterday.She said, yeah, Carolyn, you always say, See it for what it is, because Maya Angelou made that statement, when a person shows you who they are, believes them the first time. And I have joked in the past and said, okay, I'm up to about the 16th time now I'm getting there, but now I can honestly say, mm, maybe you have two times.More than likely you have one. Yeah. You know, so it took years for me to get that way because, you know, we brought up, oh, it don't hurt anybody's feelings, so, you know, but what about your feelings? Why are, do you have to be the sacrificial goat? Dalia Kinsey: That's a hard one because yeah, some of us are raised to just keep trying to be polite, put other people's feelings.Ahead of our own. And I know even now as we're all, a lot of people are trying to be more compassionate, more kind. Mm-hmm. They give people a lot of grace and realize like, oh, well maybe someone's coming into this conversation with a lot of trauma, but at what point are you going to prioritize your own wellbeing?And if you aren't for you, who else is gonna do it? Right? Like that's, that's our job is to prioritize our own care and to prioritize our own feelings. And yeah, you care about other people's feelings too, but not more than your own. And it makes some people really uncomfortable to even say that out loud or.I've been called selfish many times, and when I was younger it would hurt my little feelings. But now I'm like, oh, well you've been conditioned to think it's bad to look out for number one. Yeah. But I understand that I am best equipped to do it, and I can offer people more love and more care when I do it.So you can call it selfish. And I guess technically it is because I'm looking out for my own self. Self-care. Self-care. Mm-hmm. Certainly not evil or bad, but some of us were raised to think that it is.Carolyn Jones: Yes. Mm-hmm. And that's how things got the way they are from that mistaken mindset. You know, and, and I wanna say this, especially with women, you know, I, I was so happy when back in the day, women started burning their brass.I didn't like 'em anyway. You know, and claiming their own freedom and their own rights, because I didn't think, I never thought that. I thought the phrase old made was misplaced, you know? So what if someone decides they wanna live in their own world as a woman? You know, why should she be powerless? Why should she choose powerlessness in place of her freedom?The freedom that she has defined that she wants to have? You know, so those old philosophies of what a woman should be or what a man should be, we've just outgrown them. But whether we have learned how to navigate it fully yet is still up for grabs. But at least we're on our way. It seems to me that one has to decide what's more important.Do you wanna stay and suffer and create the definition that's killing you? Just like Judge Judy said on a reel that I saw, when a woman gives up her ability to earn money and choose her career, she's forced to live in unpleasant circumstances many times. You know? And I guess that could go for men too, but I'm speaking from the point of view of someone who had to make that choice and lose everything.'cause I didn't wanna lose my soul. Hmm. Because you can get material things back. You, once you get too far out there, you can't call yourself back. And one thing I would not want to do is die not knowing myself and not having nurtured myself and given myself the love that I deserve. So I feel that you're absolutely correct in being able to take care of yourself.And yes, everyone has had trauma and I don't think it's right for people to compare traumas. Why is the other person's trauma more important than your own? And different traumas, like what is a small trauma in your world, may totally devastate me according to my personages,right? Dalia Kinsey: Yeah. I recently. Well, maybe a few years ago.Mm-hmm. Heard somebody explain that trauma isn't a thing that happens, it's how your body responds to something that was too much for you to handle at the time. Mm-hmm. So you could be going through the same experience with a family member, and it is not traumatic to them, but it is traumatic to you. And it doesn't become less significant because someone else says, well, that's not traumatic enough.That's not big enough. You have to prioritize this other person's emotional experience. Carolyn Jones: So that's a selfish statement. Oh yeah. That, you know what I mean? To just brush somebody off and say, yeah, all right, but that's, you know, you're a cry baby. We all have our inner child that gets wounded. But that inner child, if it was abused, if you were abused as a child, that inner child is damaged and you as an adult, Need to gain the knowledge and the wisdom it takes to nurture that inner child back to health for your own good.Dalia Kinsey: How would you speak to a child that is upset or emotionally devastated? Would you tell them you're being stupid for crying or would you try and soothe them? Maybe try to explain to them that they are safe? Can't we give ourselves that? Yes.Carolyn Jones: Yeah, exactly. We, we, and a lot of people walk around not believing that they deserve that kind of kindness, or maybe they've never seen it.But that goes back to my point of opening one's, mind expanding one circle, go places that you've never been, that looks like people are. You know, growing through their pain as opposed to remaining stagnant. When I first started studying Kundalini yoga, we would meet every Friday strangers for a community circle.And I'm proud to claim at least four people still as close friends, even though we don't see each other often. But we grew through our pain and as I look at each person's life, we benefited from that time together. And we know deep down inside when we have a moment to have one, we go through the salt cave together sometimes, or another one, we had tea together lunch.But that's that connection. It's a lifetime connection where we know that whatever it is we had to come through, we did it together in that time and space. And we can discuss the transformation and we thank each other. For support us during that time, you know, each one of us during that time. So it sounds like it's all about community,Dalia Kinsey: rSo it sounds like it's both. 'cause you mentioned you want people to understand how much healing they could do alone, but then also there's a lot that you can do in community, right?Carolyn Jones: Right. It spreads to community eventually. That's how healers and healing practitioners are made. It starts from one trying to heal themselves, and then as the modalities are introduced, then it expands into this big, beautiful world.Right now, the things that are in my life, I didn't even know they existed 20 years ago, you know? But now it's filled to overflowing and the possibilities are endless. Because each person, as I mentioned, always keeps someone in your life who knows more than you do. That's very important. A lot of people wanna live on ego.Oh, you know, we know the dialogue. No, that's toxic dialogue. Invite people who know more 'cause they'll know more people and they'll introduce you to new things. Open yourself up to new experiences, worms and all these things have, because I opened up my mind to worms. So many new things have happened and so many new people have come into my life.Now I can join a community garden, which is a learning garden. So, and it just happened last night where I now know I have a place that I can go and learn. What this is, what this plant looks like, what a jumping worm is, you know, how not to be afraid of it. What other people know and what other people don't know, and how I can fill in the blanks for them and how they can fill in the blanks for me.Hmm. Yes. Because that's what makes life interesting. Not the part, you know, the part you don't know.Dalia Kinsey: I think that is wisdom in itself. It, like you said, there's a lot of ego driven or maybe fear driven posturing that people do online where they want to act as though they know everything and they keep reiterating.I'm an expert. I'm an expert. I'm an expert. When. In reality, we're never done learning. And if we are, then I guarantee you, you have a knowledge deficit if you think you've finished. And it's more wise to understand that it's normal. It's human not to know everything. And everybody knows something you don't know.And you can learn something from anyone. You can learn something from a child. You can learn something from somebody who's 102 and you think, oh, they're out of touch. Carolyn Jones: There's always something. My favorites are the seniors that I visit. I'm an elder myself, but they're my seniors. And I visit a woman who is 91 and we play phase 10 together.You know, she beats me sometimes. Yeah, whatever. And then, you know, I have others in their eighties and so forth who want to live. They want that longevity. And I was just a part of my. Feeling today was I, I lost my friend recently. We would always talk politics and health. Mostly politics because he wasn't taking care of taking care of his health.He was in his fifties and I found out he died about two months ago and that thing was weighing on me so badly today. I said, I miss my friend. I feel like talking politics 'cause it got so bad at a point we were just saying it's over. That's, that's all we would have to say about politics. We wouldn't even talk about the details anymore.You know, it is done. That sustains me when I step out of my building and someone's there for me to say, good morning too. We didn't have to wake up or at least take a moment to look at the sky and not worry about whether it's gonna rain or whether the sun is shining. Just. Look into the stratosphere knowing that you didn't create it, but you're a part of it. Dalia Kinsey: And that looks like a way that some people are using root work, seeing that like everything as having an energy or having life inCarolyn Jones: it. Yes. And I'm glad you said that because there is something that I grabbed for the purpose of this podcast, the common beliefs of root workers. One, there is one God and angels and ancestors and such support the work of the one God, they supplement religious beliefs.Okay, two, the Earth is sacred, living and breathing. It's a sacred living, breathing entity, so everything is alive around us. Physical death is not final. Acknowledging that the soul is eternal is what the root worker does, and the future can be foretold with divination. So here's what I wanna share with you.When I was in my twenties, I don't know, I was walking down the street and this young Caucasian woman was reading poems for $5. I'm like, why not? You know? So I sat down in the chair and gave her my hand. Mine was open. I didn't do it as a skeptic. And she read my palm and she told me, you know, I see a lot of sons here.I said, but I have daughters. She's like, yeah, but I see sons, you know? And she said, you're gonna have a nice long life, but you're gonna have a lot of hardship and your life is gonna begin to open up after 60. So, you know, I kept all that in the back of my mind, didn't really pay any attention. And then after 60, my life began to open up in such a way, and now I'll be 74 this year.And it's wildly exciting. Just by virtue of me speaking with you about this topic is wildly exciting to me. You know, so all the things that I would think about, I'm an only child, so I didn't have people to discuss all this stuff with, and a lot of these thoughts that we're discussing today, I usually just keeping to myself and study on my own and have my own feeling about it.And then when I'm in light company, we have these wonderful conversations that I go back in my shell, my shell about it, because everyone doesn't subscribe to it. And I'm not trying to argue about it. I believe what I believe and let you know. I let other people believe what they want to believe and, and I think that it, it is a private matter that our deepest beliefs are private matters.You, you know, and it is, our choice is a privilege when somebody shares their belief system with you. Mm-hmm. That's what makes being a death doula so important and being able to help people move to the other side, make their transition in peace. Not in despair, not with regrets, just in peace. It's great work and it's work that people shy away from, but it's spiritual work and I think that is what we are lacking a lot in society today.We've forgotten to do the spiritual work well.Dalia Kinsey: People don't wanna do what they would consider the shadowy side of it. They definitely don't wanna think about their own mortality. Generally speaking, I find people don't even wanna consider that this body urine isn't gonna last forever. That's where it's interesting to see all of this fear that people have around like working with what they see as an unknown, which is.Plants because most of us haven't been raised to really be able to recognize them or forage the way, maybe a few generations back. People might've been able to, they're afraid that they're gonna accidentally kill themselves. And it's like the fear of the unknown and the fear of death. Like it's depicted in like more than what a film, I think about how many movies have I seen where somebody mis identifies a plant and they kill themselves.Carolyn Jones: Oh, I see. Dalia Kinsey: You would think that every other plant is poisonous when in reality, depending on what part of the world you live in, it's not that many compared to all the plants that you could ingest. Nature is not as dangerous as some of us think nature is. I mean, sure nature kills people every day.Mm-hmm. But it's not as dangerous as we think. And then also, when are we going to just lean into living? Are we just gonna focus on fear of death? Are we gonna lean into fully experiencing our life? And for me, that's got to mean fully experiencing nature.Carolyn Jones: Yes. And including death. Right. How can you accept the death of your pet?But you can't accept. You might suffer, you might grieve, but you still know the pet's gonna live a certain amount of time, probably less time, you know, probably die in your lifetime. Right. But you don't wanna accept that you are in that same predicament, you know? And it doesn't have to be a predicament based on how you approach it.There is a, a discussion group that I participate in through the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture, where we actually have death discussions. What is that like? It's refreshing, you know. And also there is a museum called The Museum of Morbid Anatomy. They have wonderful workshops, and I took a course through them where you actually had to do an artistic symbol of remembrance for yourself.Oh wow. And the beautiful things that people are doing who are unafraid to breach and approach these subjects. Right.Dalia Kinsey: I think it's a real barrier to fully experiencing your life is continually avoiding your own mortality, because it makes you make kind of strange choices if all you're thinking about is just avoiding death.Instead of thinking about what do I wanna do with my actual time in this particular body? Like you said earlier, getting started with your healing work. No matter what modality you're using, you should know what you're trying to do. What do you wanna do with this life? And if you haven't accepted that, it's finite.I think it really changes a lot of your choices, like you hear all the time that when people were told that death was near, it suddenly made them feel free. To actually do what they wanted with their life. But if you understood early in life, like in your twenties or in your thirties when a lot of people still feel immortal.Mm-hmm. If you understand then that you are in fact mortal, that you can go ahead and take that invitation to live your life right now.Carolyn Jones: Yes. Yes, and I believe that it also helps a person be more empathetic. I think more people should either consider volunteering or have an internship at a funeral home or in a hospital, or even with people who are invalids or even visit some of these senior centers just to make seniors happy.Everybody, you know, sitting in a wheelchair and, and debilitated in some way or another, they weren't always like that. And you can't look at it as a us and them kind of thing, a me, a, me and them kind of thing. You have to see humanity as. Stand before the grace of God go.Dalia Kinsey: Right now, you mentioned before we got on the call that you teach a class about kitchen medicine.So I know a lot of people that there are a lot of people that wanted to explore more natural ways to build up their immune system. Mm-hmm. For just all the time so that they'd have less coals and you know, less inflammation year round. Yeah. But people have been complaining or saying they're concerned that alternative medicine options and herbalism in general is very expensive or difficult for them to access.But if there's some things that are just common that could be found in any kitchen that we are just not aware of how we could be using it, that seems like a really missed opportunity. So I would love to hear more about what type of plants that are around us all the time. That we're not understanding could also function as medicine.Carolyn Jones: Okay. To start, you know, we had mentioned sage and things like that before basil cardamon, like what I love about Ayurvedic medicine is that, uh, east Indian modality of medicine, there are three recognized systems of medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and western medicine. So to that end, we can use Ayurvedic medicine because it speaks to mostly how you cook the manifestation.Stage of a disease is the last stage. Accumulation is the first where we're piling on, and then we are experiencing symptoms. That we don't really pay attention to. It's like, oh, my back hurts, but it'll be okay. It doesn't have to show up the way we expect it to. It could be some other way. Or I'm feeling a little lethargic.I'm feeling a little dizzy. Right? So we have things like garlic we spoke about before and I like to tell people what it could be used in like, I like to play a a, a game. It's called Did I miss something? So Garlic, we can use that in soups, meats, poultry, sauces, and tea. You know, ginger soups, salads, sauces, fish.Tea and rice. Today, I just went to a Thai restaurant and had ginger soup and I didn't want them to put any vegetable in other than scallions. I just wanted to cleanse my digestive system and my blood and everything. And I felt for something very light nutmeg. Oh, and by the way, I'm just gonna throw this in there.When you're making rice, you can squeeze some lemon juice in it and make lemon rice. It's delicious. Mm-hmm. Throw a little parsley. And you know, the thing behind that is learn to love cooking. You know, you don't feel like cooking all the time. True. But at least when you cook, make it count. For your health.Dalia Kinsey:Now that sounds like a tall order. Learn to love cooking. Did you always like cooking or did you have to get into it?Carolyn Jones: Well, yeah, I, I always love cooking because I, I mean, I love experimenting and I love to eat, you know.Dalia Kinsey: So you'd try cooking without a recipe? Carolyn Jones: I, I always cook without a recipe. Oh, okay.Because I mean, I feel like how many mistakes can you make once you just know the basic, once you have the seasoning down pat, and you know whether it's gonna be spicy or, you know, you experiment, you might wanna taste a piece of parsley before you use it, or taste a piece of cilantro before you use it.And also when you go to a restaurant, observe how they season their food. When I go to certain vegan restaurants, I learned, that's how I learned about liquid smoke, the mushroom bacon, and I was spending $8 for a side of mushroom bacon. I said, this has got to stop. I asked waiter one day, what's giving it that taste?So it made me realize that we are not addicted to pork, we're addicted to the hickory taste of pork. Mm-hmm. Pork has no flavor. Dalia Kinsey: Yeah, in general, when I think about it, there's very few types of meat that people like to eat with no seasoning. Mm-hmm. It's usually just all preparation. And so you could do that with whatever products you actually wanna eat.Like I do know some people, maybe they do want to eat meat, but if you don't want to eat meat, but you just are afraid of losing out on the taste. Mm-hmm. It's just a matter of mastering the flavors. Carolyn Jones: It is. And with mushroom bacon, you slice the mushrooms up real quick and I wanna try it with, there are a couple of other mushrooms that I want to try, but I did it with portobello, slice it thin, put enough oil in the frying pan just to layer, you know, so the mushroom will get brown.And I throw some garlic, you know, powder, garlic powder onions on there and said, I like to use paprika 'cause I like color in my food. And the last thing is the liquid smoke and it puts that hickory in there and there you have your, your mushroom bacon and it's absolutely delicious. Oh, that sounds pretty easy.It is. So, you know, a lot of things. It's not like when being a vegetarian and being a vegan, when it, it first started out, the food really was terrible to me. So getting back to what you were saying, Paprika I mentioned meat, dairy, fish, and rice. You could put it on pink Himalayan, sea salt salad, greens, meat, poultry, dairy, rice, fish, soups and sauces and aloe, you know, to cleanse your blood.And it also helps one move. I mean, look, it doesn't work for everyone. Delicious on poultry, pasta, salad, soups, and also you can make tea. Turmeric helps with inflammation. You could put it in soups. You can make a tea with it with golden milk. That's a five spice formula with turmeric, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and a touch of black pepper to help the cinnamon and turmeric get through your system.And that can be used with sauces, poultry, rice, salads, pasta. And you can use it in place of paprika sometimes just to color your food.Dalia Kinsey: Well, I can taste turmeric. I can't taste paprika.Carolyn Jones: True. Yeah. Unless it's smoked paprika. Oh yeah. Yeah. That's a nice taste. Dalia Kinsey: Now what can paprika do? Turmeric's grown in popularity and it's being sold more as a supplement here in the States.Mm-hmm. But I don't know what medicinal properties paprika has.Carolyn Jones: Well, first of all, as I mentioned, I love that it colors the food, right? And anytime you make the food look more appetizing, that's always great. But it is also, it has antioxidant properties and you can usually tell when a spice or a fruit or vegetable is red, it has that reddish color.It works as an antioxidant, like, uh, cherry, you know, the black. The tar cherries that they use to inflammation. Mm-hmm. It improves immunity and alleviates gas. It also is high in vitamin C and E and protects against cardiovascular disease. Once again, looking at the doctrine of signatures, that red color, it helps create healthy red blood cells.And it reminds me if you wanna talk about that of beats, right? Mm-hmm. Because beats wonders for the blood and, and iron content and everything of the blood. Oh,Dalia Kinsey: I do remember hearing that. Now. You said the doctrine of signatures. Can you explain what that is?Carolyn Jones: Well, the doctrine of signatures in is when you can look at a and surmise what organ it, it will help.So according to the physical, characteristics of the plant, like the shape, the color, texture, and the smell, it could reveal their therapeutic value. And that's a whole, that's a whole study. You know, I can imagine that goes deep. Mm-hmm. It does. So you could look at maybe something like Mullen and look at the leaf, and it may have the shape, or you may see the lung, you know what I mean?The shape of the lung in there, or various other plants that might be shaped like the organ that it actually helps. So that's what the, the doctrine of signatures is about.Dalia Kinsey: That's so fascinating to me because it seems like the plants are trying to communicate how they can support us. Visually. But they've looked like that since before we knew what our own lungs look like.Right. So I wonder how people used to figure it out aside from just experimenting.Carolyn Jones: Well, that's what fascinated me about this phase of herbalism where I learned that, and I believe it was the Native Americans used to watch the animals to see how they would heal themselves, and then they would use that plant for healing on them.So really we learned, as I mentioned before, we learn. From each other. And I, we just covered snakes before, but I wanted to share with you about they're associated with wisdom, intuition, and hidden knowledge. So, you know, if you think about it, they're usually used in some type of oc cult setting. Mm-hmm.And they're often seen as messengers from the spirit realm and guides in navigating the unseen they see in the dark. Tra and cats do too. It's it, it speaks about cats being mysterious. We know that. And it speaks to black cats. You know, how many years it took me to get over that black cat thing, even though I didn't believe it, I never believed it.'cause I love black cats. I mean, I thought something was wrong with me because I love black cats. They're sweet and they're beautiful, that they're associated with luck, psychic abilities, and spiritual guardianship. I, I, uh, I don't understand when people don't love cats. 'cause I actually love that movement that they do in root work.Dalia Kinsey: How do people work with totem animals? They're more likely to have an animal around, or they're looking at the animals for notes and messages.Carolyn Jones: It happens different ways. One audio book that I was listening to in preparation for this interview, I was tickled because the author said that root work evolves over time, mainly because a lot of ingredients.For the ceremonial activities may not be available unless you know someone with a possum tail laying around. Right? So, you know, there's no telling what what can be used in and everything based on what belief system it comes from. I've had two encounters. The first time I wanted to reverse something that was happening in my life that someone had inflicted upon me, and I went with my girlfriend who was seriously into it.I won't name the religion or anything type of ceremony, but I got to see people being mounted by spirits and I got to sit with the priests. What I was told to do was, in my mind, untenable. Hmm. So, my girlfriend was very angry with me 'cause she felt like I should do it. But what was very interesting was that life had presented me with a dilemma.I had a choice of either pudding, $400 out for the work or paying my rent, which was $400. And to me, because of what I was told to do, I felt like it would reverse itself on me. 'cause that was my Christian upbringing, right? That it can bounce back really, right. If you wanna talk about karma, which those words weren't used at that time.But now I would say I felt that there would be karmic consequences, which would include me losing the roof over my head. My intuition told me this, so I left it alone and I just let her be angry with me. Yeah, so went and paid my rent and dealt with whatever I had to deal with in other ways in so many other ways that didn't include ritual.Mm-hmm. Except maybe the burning of incense in my home and some other prayers and stuff like that. Something I was comfortable with. Right. I feel that whatever root work one does, you have to be comfortable with it. You can't be scared. I don't believe in viciousness either. It's powerful stuff. The other experience that I had, I've had many, but I'm talking about ritualistic experiences, not like intuitive or psychic experiences.Those are plentiful, but this particular time I had gone to a love feast. It was African love feast, and it's there that I became a true believer in do not play or do not. Go in like now. I wasn't playing, but when I say play, I mean know what you're doing. So they were dancing, they were doing tribal dances in the ceremony.And I got up because I'm thinking as a dancer, and when I danced, all of a sudden it's like I lost, I had no hands and feet that I knew of that were operating. You understand? It was just a swirl. Like if you saw water swirling down the the drain. I was just a swirl of energy. And I remember screaming and they gathered me, and I remember I went back to my Christianity.I said, Lord, that'll do it.Dalia Kinsey: You're like, this is the demon possession they told me about.Carolyn Jones: If you allow me to get up and walk outta here, you don't ever have to worry about me again. And you know, like a dough stands up for the first time when it's born. I remember my legs feeling like that and I dowed my way right on out of there, but I never forgot.And I have a, a healthy respect 'cause it's real. Mm-hmm It's just, you have to choose if that's the route you wanna take to worship. 'cause I see nothing wrong with it for those who understand it. The problem is if you do it and you don't understand it, I believe that initiation is very important when you're dealing with the shamanic world.Dalia Kinsey: I think that's something that a lot of us have lost access to, I think. Well that's why I think who do appeals to a lot of people. 'cause there's not as many rules around formal initiation. It's like passed on by mouth, by books, by wherever you get it. But yeah, that's a good reminder for everyone to really just slow down and pace yourself and make sure that everything you're doing feels right in your body.'cause you're going to get information that way too.Carolyn Jones: That's right. And make sure that you have a trusted teacher if you're going to go the shamanic route. A lot of people are using psychedelics at this time to get in touch with that realm. And all I can say is be sure that you're dealing with trusted individuals.Dalia Kinsey: Yeah. Thank you so much for coming. God, I think that's great parting advice for everybody.Carolyn Jones: Thank you. Thank you for having me. Body Liberation for All ThemeThey might try to put you in a box, tell them that you don't accept when the world is tripping out tell them that you love yourself. Hey, Hey, smile on them. Live your life just like you like itIt's your party negativity is not invited. For my queer folks, for my trans, people of color, let your voice be heard. Look in the mirror and say that it's time to put me first. You were born to win. Head up high with confidence.  This show is for everyone. So, I thank you for tuning in. Let's go. This is a public episode. 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Have you ever wondered about the subtle energies that surround us and how they can impact our lives? In this episode, Myra Lewin, the founder of Hale Pule, and Claudia Nethery, the Partnerships Coordinator at Hale Pule, explore intuitive energy practices that not only Myra employs with her clients, but has made available on our 'Spark Your Intuition' Podcast, and on our website. At a time when many identify as empaths, Myra brings clarity: we all possess the potential to tap into our intuitive abilities. Sensitivity varies among individuals, yet the power to engage with these energies is universal. By mastering our own energy management, we not only become more present in our lives but also extend a more authentic, compassionate presence to others.Myra and Claudia also unveil strategies to elevate others' vibrations and offer genuine support,  identifying the distinction between merely worrying about someone and truly connecting with them to understand their needs. Myra emphasizes that our intuition is a profound link to our heart and the flow of life force within us, aligning us with the universe's boundless source.Tune in now to learn how to unlock the potential of subtle energies and incorporate intuitive practices into everyday life.Learn Hale Pule's tridoshic approach to creating nourishing meals, join Simple Ayurvedic Cooking with Hale Pule. The recipes are easy, delicious, and will leave you feeling energized. Thanks for tuning in to the Everyday Ayurveda and Yoga at Hale Pule podcast. If this series inspires you to live a more holistic and balanced lifestyle, check out Hale Pule's 4-week Agni Therapy program - a reset for your digestion and your life! It includes Ayurveda and Yoga practices, on-on-one consultation, energy work, a private support group, and a library of Q&As with Myra to support your healing process. Learn more here.You can also connect with Myra and the Hale Pule team over at the refreshing Spark your Intuition meditation series, and on Instagram and Facebook.

On this episode of Mind Body Peak Performance, our host, Nick Urban, dives deep into the world of digestive health with Dr. Nick Bitz, an Ayurvedic doctor. Tune in as they delve deep into the effectiveness of not only probiotics but the full spectrum of bacteria that support our entire body's microbiome. Discover the coevolution of bacteria and humans, the impact of modern society on our gut health, and the emerging field of next-generation strains of bacteria that keep our body's flora flourishing for optimal well-being.Meet our guestDr. Nick Bitz is a Naturopathic Physician who specializes in Ayurvedic medicine. He is a leading voice in the natural products industry and currently serves as Senior VP of Product Development at Neurohacker Collective. His areas of expertise include nootropics, anti-aging medicine, biohacking, herbology, nutrition, and dietary supplements.Thank you to our partners Outliyr Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Unlock your built-in regenerative capabilities with the latest Brown's Gas technology (read my review and use code URBAN to save 5%) Gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus with the FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course Level up your gut health with the most powerful, 28-ingredient, all-on-one Qualia Synbiotic formula (code URBAN saves 15%)Key takeaways The distinctions between all the varieties of microbiome support, beyond probiotics and prebiotics How the human body has a symbiotic relationship with bacteria, viruses, and fungi How ancient Ayurvedic practices harmonize with modern science How to choose the most effective probiotic supplements The importance of the gut-brain axis and its crucial link to our nervous system, mental health, cognitive function, and overall well-being.Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N2scaTT54T4 Full episode show notes: mindbodypeak.com/119Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter YouTube LinkedInEasy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guestRelated shows EP 80 - Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom & Modern Longevity Science Tips EP 30 - Heal The Gut To Strengthen The BrainDo you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you!Be an Outliyr,Nick

Listen to author and Ayurvedic wellness expert Heather Grzych discuss why we humans always seem to want what we can't have, and what we can do when it's driving us crazy. She discusses the space element in Ayurveda and how giving something up and embracing space can act as a catalyst for benevolent surprises. Heather Grzych is the author of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility and the host of the Wisdom of the Body podcast. A board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, Heather is on the board of directors for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and has been a consultant for doctors, governments, and insurance companies. She offers virtual consultations and programs worldwide. www.heathergrzych.com   Connect with Heather: Instagram.com/heathergrzych Facebook.com/grzychheather   Read the first six pages of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility for FREE: https://www.heathergrzych.com   Connect with Heather for an Ayurvedic consultation: https://www.heathergrzych.com/book-online   This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.  

With the upcoming equinox on September 23rd signalling the change of seasons, Colette shares lots of Ayurvedic information and tips about how to prepare for this transition to help prevent imbalances of the doshas and seasonal sickness. She discusses the following: How the change of season affects the doshas in our body. The six stages of disease. The signs of an ama/toxin accumulation. Understanding the types of imbalances in the agni/digestive fire. Tailoring a seasonal cleanse for each type of agni imbalance. * Enter the competition to win a FREE entry into the upcoming, Group Digestive Reset Cleanse starting October 6th, 2023. * Click here to learn more about the 7 day Ayurveda Rejuvenation Retreat with Dr. Sujatha in Bali, Indonesia - December 2023. * QUIZ: Do I have an accumulation of ama/toxins in my body? * Visit Colette's website www.elementshealingandwellbeing.com  Online consultations Private at-home Digestive Reset Cleanse tailored to you Educational programs - Daily Habits for Holistic Health Have questions before you book? Book a FREE 15 min online Services Enquiry Call * Join the Elements of Ayurveda Community! * Stay connected on the Elements Instagram and Facebook pages. * Thanks for listening!

Do you often feel stressed? Does worry affect your sleep? Did you know stress can also influence the health of our brain? Today's guest, Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf, explains the importance of getting good nighttime rest as a way to strengthen our brains and immune systems.  Dr Lonsdorf is an integrative physician and Ayurvedic practitioner who specializes in Women's Health & Executive Wellness.    She was named “one of the nation's most prominent Ayurvedic doctors” by the Chicago Tribune and received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency training in psychiatry at Stanford University.   Today she explains how if we have chronic, repetitive stress it can damage our brain's hippocampus. The more chronic the stress, the less time the brain has to heal. We are programmed to heal. You can have a good memory and sharp mind even at an older age. Yet, sleep may become much more fragmented as we get older. This is our most restorative time and it's important for the cleansing, circulation system in our brain to flush and build our immune system. As an author, speaker, and educator she shares her knowledge today in women's health, brain health, and executive wellness so we can have optimal brain energy and clarity.  Dr. Lonsdorf is the bestselling author of four groundbreaking books on integrative health and wellness, including: “The Healthy Brain Solution for Women Over 40,” “The Ageless Woman,” and co-author of “A Woman's Best Medicine” and “Your Mind-Brain Reboot.”   She offers free self-care quizzes to determine your Ayurvedic stress type and digestive type, along with personalized weekly tips to set you on the path to greater health and well-being, naturally. Info: www.drlonsdorf.com

I'm thrilled to sit down again with my longtime friend Matt Maruca, founder of Ra Optics (visit lukestorey.com/raoptics and use code LUKE for 10% off your order) and one of the world's leading experts when it comes to understanding how light impacts human health.  After suffering from poor health himself in high school, he skipped the standard path of higher education and started his own business producing blue light blocking glasses. His journey of self-education led him to become a passionate student and teacher of Photobiology – the science of how light and electromagnetic fields affect biology. Matt knows more about optimizing light for health than anyone I know.  We geek out on the latest research, chat about our travels and experiences, and discuss the inner cultivation of spiritual light in addition to environmental light hygiene. We also talk about actionable tips for improving sleep, boosting energy, supporting circadian rhythms, and using proper light exposure techniques and tech tools like blue light glasses. Matt also shares his evolving perspective after years on the road, integrating both science and spirituality in his personal philosophy and business. You don't want to miss it. And when you're ready to incorporate Ra Optics into your own life, be sure to visit lukestorey.com/raoptics and use code LUKE for 10% off. DISCLAIMER: This podcast is presented for educational and exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for diagnosing or treating any illness. Those responsible for this show disclaim responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information presented by Luke or his guests. Please consult with your healthcare provider before using any products referenced. 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Living an Ayurvedic lifestyle is one that on paper might seem very difficult to do with young kiddos. When I first started on my Ayurvedic journey I was a brand new mama to my now 7.5 year old. What I appreciated about my teacher Cate Stillman is that she was a mother to a young daughter herself. She was able to breakdown practices in an easy to follow manner. Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Seasonal Living Collective: https://andreaclaassen.com/seasonal-living-collective 5 Day Seasonal Ayurvedic Jumpstart- https://andreaclaassen.com/5-day-seasonal-jumpstart Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Wild Woman Circle leader who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Craig and Michael talk about the devil, the Vatican, and Prince. Get your tickets now for The Loosey Goosey Tour! - http://craigconant.com/shows/   Follow Michael! IG - https://www.instagram.com/turnercomedy/ LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/Turnercomedy YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelTurnerComedy TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@turnercomedy/   Follow Craig! TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@craigpconant/ IG - https://instagram.com/craigpconant Merch - https://craigconantstore.com/ Komi - https://craigconant.komi.io/   Small Business Plugs: Need a natural, holistic facial or some Ayurvedic healing?  Contact Cynthia at Ritual Skin and Soul: https://instagram.com/livecynplyayurveda/ https://instagram.com/ritualskinandsoul/ Donny Honcho's Healthy Pet Products  - https://linktr.ee/localdogdaddy Swank Hank's Handmade EDC - https://swankhanks.com/ Glitch Pudding, Acrylic Artist - https://instagram.com/glitchpudding/   Healing affirmations: Louise Hay - https://youtu.be/lz16YqpWkz4 Wayne Dyer - https://youtu.be/44ImQV46lF4   Craig's favorite healers: Esther Hicks (AKA Abraham Hicks) Joe Dispenza Bruce Lipton Dr. Sebi   Also shout out to these light workers giving out that lost knowledge: Dr. Delbert Blair Dolores Cannon Santos Bonnaci

How many brands can confidently say that their products not only diminish toxic loads, but also provide positive input for individuals and the environment? Bennd Yoga is one of the very few, and in this episode, I'm joined by Heather Parkin, the brand Founder and CEO. Heather and I discuss the origins of Bennd Yoga and she details the Ayurvedic principles at the core of these innovative yoga mats and accessories. Ayurveda is an ancient traditional health care system that focuses on strengthening the mind/body connection through medicinal herbs, diet, exercise, meditation, and breath. After discovering this healing modality, Heather was inspired to create yoga products that are 100% natural, hand-loomed, and medicinally dyed with plants and herbal remedies. Heather describes how each mat and prop is created, explaining how the Ayurvedic process positively affects yoga practitioners. Heather also dives deeper on what research shows about the impact plastic yoga mats have on the environment and endocrine system. Listen in to learn more about how you can infuse Ayurvedic medicine in your daily routine and support your health on a cellular level. If you are enjoying these conversations, please subscribe and spread the love by leaving a review and sharing it with your friends.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, or on your favorite podcast platform. Topics Covered: The inspiration behind Bennd Yoga The energetic quality of dyeing textiles using medicinal herbs like indigo, turmeric, and holy basil My experience using Bennd products Why you should care about how and where your yoga mat is made Simple, yet effective ways to reduce your daily exposure to toxins Resources Mentioned:Use code VITALLYYOU $25 off your purchase at benndyoga.comLearn more about Inlight Therapy at inlighttherapyinc.comLearn more about LifeWaveConnect with Heather: Shop Bennd YogaFollow Bennd Yoga on InstagramGet in Touch: Become an insider and sign up for My Newsletter — scroll down to the box "Don't Miss A Thing"My WebsiteInstagramContact MeSpecial offers: Download the Daily Vitality eBook at danafrost.com/daily-vitality/Credit:Podcast Production by the team at The Wave PodcastingMusic by Phoebe GreenlandPhotography by Amy Boyle PhotographyPodcast art by SimplyBe. Agency

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by supplements? With so many out there, how do you know what to take, should you be taking a supplements for that particular symptom, where do you even start? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you're in the right place! Let's dive in!   - What to do when you want to implement natural health but don't know where to start - How to get better results more efficiently by starting with your most intense concerns first - Why we need to pay attention to our gut health - Gather data from your body by noticing feelings and follow them back to the root where they first began to help you understand yourself - General treatments means general results! Why we need to learn what our body needs before choosing supplements - Dr. Cain shares the two supplements she suggests most people take - How our mind and body are connected and what it means for our health   Resources: Hello Sleep by Jade Wu   Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!    Happy Healthy Hadlee is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.   Resources: Dr. Cain's Free Resources Holistic Wellness Collective - Monthly Membership Work one-on-one with Dr. Nicole Cain Hadlee's Happy Healthy Habits Program   Current On-Demand Courses: The Anxiety Breakthrough Program Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success  Gut Health Course Medication Tapering Course Vagus Nerve Reset Program Natural Solutions for Bipolar Disorder Course Natural Solutions for Depression Course Liver Health Course High Libido Life (For Women)   Follow Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA on: Instagram Facebook  YouTube DrNicoleCain.com   Follow Happy Healthy Hadlee on: Instagram Facebook HappyHealthyHadlee.com     Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.  

Dr. Shivani is an Ayurvedic practitioner and expert in fusing Eastern and Western practices that help our bodies achieve equilibrium. Inflammation is a root cause for many health issues in our lives and we have the power to overcome it. Ayurveda is a sister science to Yoga that allows us to learn natural ways to bring the body back into balance. Learning at-home remedies to reduce inflammation naturally will help you enjoy more energy, less brain fog, less pain, and ultimately achieve vibrant health!    Dr. Shivani Gupta has practiced Ayurvedic medicine for over 20 years and her approach is to show you the tools in your toolkit, so you can reach for them every time you need them.  Enjoy the show!!   If you are in the NYC, Miami, Naples area in September - join me for live events:  www.janetnamaste.com