Ayurvedic Strategies for Immunity and Stress-Relief
How can we use Ayurveda’s ancient principles to keep our immunity strong? Internationally renowned spiritual teacher and Vedic master, Acharya Shunya, discusses strategies to create a healthy lifestyle, ensure our immunity is at its best and keep our stress levels low.
Acharya Shunya is an award-winning and internationally renowned spiritual teacher and scholar of Advaita (nondual wisdom) and is a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda. The first female head of her 2,000-year-old Indian spiritual lineage, she has dedicated her life to dissemination of Vedic knowledge that enable all humans to attain their full potential as healthy, authentic and awakened beings. She is president of The Awakened Self Foundation and the founder of the spiritual and educational nonprofit Vedika Global. She offers many online courses and retreats, and is author of several books including Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom. Her newest book, Roar Like a Goddess: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful will be published in September of this year.
Websites: AcharyaShunya.com VedikaGlobal.org
THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: Acharya Shunya's Ayurvidic expertise along with Dr. Trujillo’s medical and ayurvedic background meshed into an extremely informative show. It brought out the importance of listening to our own body systems. I liked the idea of seeing the doshas as our housekeepers with the 3 doshas always working together. Then when the doshas are in balance, we have health. It's a fascinating medical model developed 2000 years ago! The dynamics of the conversation were enthusiastic and compelling. It encourages me to reevaluate how my diet and lifestyle are affecting my spring allergies.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: I thought we did a good job in linking the 3 doshas to the 5 elements, and explaining the link to excess Kapha dosha in the Spring. I love how Ayurveda looks at each person as an individual, and also views each person as a microcosm of the larger environment, the macrocosm, so that changes in our outer environment like seasonal changes really affect us. Our conversation also gave listeners lots of advice about dietary changes they can make to help balance Kapha dosha, including avoiding heavy foods such as dairy and fried foods, as well as eating warm cooked foods rather than raw foods. We also gave advice about balancing the heaviness and inertia of Kapha dosha with exercise by walking outside in nature.