The Radical Ayurveda Podcast

What are you designed for? This week, Rama and Lesley discuss Prakruti and its modern day application. Avoiding using the Doshic language that we see everywhere, Rama and Lesley dissect why stereotyping body types based on traits is unhelpful in terms of treating chronic illnesses. Instead Rama provides a realistic, and applicable approach to your natural body type, so that you can live the life you're meant to. How do you return to your balanced and true body? Do you know what that feels like?

This week I chat with my Myofascial Release Therapy teacher Chris O'Brien (same surname is a coincidence) about his body of work called Core Body Therapy. Chris talks about the importance of the neutral practitioner and seeking permission from the client before beginning body work. After sinking into a muscle or trigger spot, we wait for it to melt and follow the line of tension. Once relaxed and open, layers of physical, emotional or mental conflict rise to the surface. It's in this "stillness beyond the storm" that healing happens. We have limitless capacity to heal when we trust that inner space to feel safe in it and hang there a while. It's the stillness beyond that initial sensation of relief and takes patience to reach. That's the secret!

Ayurveda prescribes incorporating new health habits gradually, so they become familiar and sustainable. One of the best ways to approach the day you want is to plan it and show up to do it without thinking your way out of it! Planning makes switching between activities and incorporating play and rest so much easier. You're designed to expand, to stress, to transform into a happier healthier version of you. What's missing from your 5 pillars of health? What's missing from the 4 types of movement you can give your body? Tune in to find out and design your days so you feel relaxed in your mind and ready in your whole self.

This week I chat with Amy and Greg from Life Done Simple about how stress free their life is in their Aussie Tiny Houses home on wheels and how it's giving them financial freedom. If you're interested in simplifying your life, this episode is for you. Amy and Greg talk about what it's really like living in a Tiny House - we cover looking after the vegetable garden, emptying the compost toilet and staying warm in cold weather.

In this week's episode we rethink some common Ayurvedic beliefs. Tune in to discover how to use Prakruti, Vikruti and the 3 Doshas in a way that really helps you and those you're helping understand what's going on and how to remedy the situation. The episode ends with a look into Nidra, rest. There is a way to recover from exhaustion of waking in the night!

Over the last couple of months we've been talking about the Ayurvedic pillar of health called Nidra, rest. This conversation with Helen Bruce, artist and Ayurvedic therapist, will guide you as we shift into talking about movement and exercise in the next couple of episodes. Setting the scene by designing the space and time to get into the creative zone allows healing and deep rest. Poised here our busy monkey minds are distracted by meditative focus, an artist painting, a therapist massaging. When we're here, we glow and that is true beauty. Helen talks about holding a vision then trusting herself to act and be delighted when things fall into place! Tune in to hear more about that place between doing and resting.

This episode continues the conversation around Nidra, rest. We know a break or nap from working or studying makes us feel relaxed. Have you ever considered the role of weekends or holidays in your life? You can become sustainably well by nurturing the foundations of health - like pausing a while and taking a break to breathe and refresh yourself. Tune in learn how to feel deeply rested, improve your relationships including the ones with yourself and alcohol PLUS when to get ready for the week ahead.

Preparing your work helps you be relaxed doing it. Notice your need for rest and create time for relaxation. These are ways Tams poises herself in work-life balance as an artist. Planning helps your purpose express itself. It encourages you to get curious about where your time and energy go. And that supports your growth and feeling free.

As we move through the 5 pillars of health in 2020, from Food to Rest and Movement, this relevant episode will help you care for your kids and yourself. After all kids are just small people and learning how your body works best together is key to a great Relationship. Tune in to hear about clean Kapha foods, behind the scenes of Autism, how to eat a varied diet without snacking and the amazing benefits of moving your body every day.

If you feel burnt out or confused about your direction, this episode is for you. Listen in to reconnect with your masculine and feminine aspects for balanced energy. Get the why behind you receiving is healthy for everyone. And learn how to plan your creative moments! PLUS Jay offers a tip for when you need a reset.

Let's focus on the pillar of health called Nidra. It's the rest and sleep recovery that literally holds you up! It takes moments of relaxation to get into deep rest. In this episode we cover breaks, naps, weekends and holidays. PLUS Rama takes you on a little relaxation journey to slow your breath in an imaginary place of calm.

Feel more free and less tired every week by capturing available energy in your calendar. If you're not scheduling your actions and aligning at your pace in your space, you've an energy leak! Plug the holes and learn the first steps to get your calendar working for YOU.

In this wrap up about Ahara, food and drink as a pillar of health, we summarise the last few episodes and mention Nutrition, the tastes and seasonal food choices. Then we expand into the vast topic of diet, digestion and nutrition by taking you into food combinations, your gut biome, discovering the benefits of Aloe Vera and Ghee and how to allow rather than control the way you feed yourself.

This episode continues the discussion around Ahara, food and drink, as a vital pillar of health. Tune in to hear how the 5 elements of Ayurveda match up with macro and micro nutrients. Learn about rhythmical eating, meal spacing and how to get clear of constipation. If you don't go at least once a day..you've got constipation!

Tuning into the rhythm of life is the way to feel balanced and connected. When we truly listen, we discover how best to give and help other people. We become aware of the story and beliefs we operate from. We realise our Dharma and begin to find clarity and enjoy easeful living.

In this episode we look at Ahara, food and drink. It's one of the five pillars of health. You want a diet that fuels you and gives your system the nutrients it needs to function well. Avoiding snacking improves your Agni, digestive capability, and including fermented foods improves the quality of your micro-biome. quality of your micro-biome. Consider the quality of your GI tract, it's lining called an inner skin, and the peristaltic movement. In Ayurveda we call this Grahani. Inner skin is nourished much like your outer skin. Savouring your meals and including various tastes and textures will help you absorb the bio-available nutrients. Listen in for a peek into the history of Ayurvedic Medicine and how you can improved your appetite for life.

In this episode of the Tiny House Ayurveda Podcast series you'll hear how Airbnb hosts are already open to the idea of renting their land and how that can work for your move into tiny living. You'll also learn the solution based thinking method of reverse engineering. By adding the power of your WHY you can tap into liminal thinking and create the change you want to feel better.

In this episode you'll learn how each of the 5 areas of your wellbeing, the 5 pillars, match up with the 5 elements of life. You'll be able to approach your health much easier when you apply this new method and everything will make more sense. To discover more about what occupation really suits you, head over to www.tinyhouseayurveda.com and do the FREE Body Type - Beyond the Doshas workshop.

Ayur Botanical's Detox Mentor and Yoga Teacher Denise introduces the term Vasana to the misused law of Karma. This episode adds background understanding to the story we tell ourselves. You'll learn where a good decision comes from and how it takes you closer to the life you want to lead.

The 5 pillars of health are key to keeping you well day after day. They need your attention and that can seem daunting! The easier way to connect with what your body needs and actually do that is to chunk it down and use words that resonate with YOU. Listen to this week's Podcast episode to hear our doable method to feel better in all the areas of your life.