Acharya Shunya: An Infinity Mindset and its Implications for Your Health

Acharya Shunya is a renowned expert in Ayurvedic lifestyle medicine and the founder of Vedika Global, a school of Ayurvedic study based in California. With Sounds True, she has released the new book Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom: A Complete Prescription to Optimize Your Health, Prevent Disease, and Live with Vitality and Joy. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks to Shunya about the Ayurvedic legacy she teaches and embodies—including its baseline concepts, history, and modern attitudes. Tami and Shunya also talk about Ayurveda's repudiation of the concept of health as a commodity. Finally, Shunya discusses the universality of Vedic teachings and how an "infinity mindset" is a necessary cure for the foundational problem of hopelessness. (69 minutes)