Join Angela and guest Shivani in this episode: Deeper Truths About Manifesting Your Dream Life. This conversation leads us through ways we can cultivate a deeper understanding of how manifestation works and how we can use our inner landscape to shape our outer landscapes, as well as how our thoughts, emotions and how we feel inside creates and feels and manifests how we feel in our bodies and how we feel in life. Shivani is a spiritual and mindset coach, helping people break through their belief...
Mar 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 129
Prana is vital life force energy. It is the basis for thoughts and consciousness. It provides flexibility, creativity and the ability to communicate. It's all of the spiritual, life-affirming aspects of the air element from adaptability to spiritual growth. It governs respiration, digestion, circulation and excretion. This episode dives into practical ways to support prana in everyday life. In this episode, learn more about: - What Prana is and how to identify it within yourself - The 5 main way...
Feb 22, 2021•26 min•Ep. 128
Tejas is your radiance, confidence, courage and metabolic function. It's all of the spiritual, life-affirming aspects of the fire element from enthusiasm to inner transformation. Tejas creates warmth and clarity and dictates higher perception. This episode dives into practical ways to support tejas in everyday life. In this episode, learn more about: - What Tejas is and how to identify it within yourself - Ways Tejas can be cultivated - Specific simple things to balance Tejas each day If you’d L...
Feb 15, 2021•24 min•Ep. 127
Ojas is nourishment, lubrication, juiciness and inner bliss. It's all of the spiritual, life-affirming aspects of the water element from the ability to let things roll off your back to inner contentment. Mind, body and soul are one, so that same ability to tap into flow is manifested through our immune system being able to roll with whatever is thrown your way. This episode dives into practical ways to support ojas in everyday life. In this episode, learn more about: - What Ojas is and how to id...
Feb 08, 2021•41 min•Ep. 126
Join Angela and guest Lopa van der Mersch in this episode: Why You Shouldn’t Outsource Your Spiritual Sovereignty. Many of us spend our lives seeking spiritual truth and fulfillment. But, for Lopa, that journey led her somewhere she never expected — a cult. Well, two cults to be precise. She might not have found all the answers she was looking for, but she did learn a tremendous amount about outsourcing your inner knowing, losing (and reclaiming) your voice, and finding your unshakable source of...
Feb 01, 2021•45 min•Ep. 125
Join Angela Perger and guest Robin Stamp in this incredible episode as they journey through a deeper dive into astrology, karma and spiritual transformation. Robin shares with us the guidance our birth charts can offer, takes us through an overview of the planets and chakras, and how to bring them into balance, and more. He also answers the question: How much of life is predetermined or laid out in the birth chart vs what we have control over? Robin is a Spiritual Guide, Yogic Astrologer, and Te...
Jan 25, 2021•57 min•Ep. 124
You are not your job or career. You are so much more. In this episode Angela talks about discerning between challenges and redirection, the tools that help understand your dharma and how dharmic living is rejuvenative.
Jan 18, 2021•42 min•Ep. 123
Join Angela Perger and guest Graciela Rasor in this episode as they discuss Human Design more deeply! Graciela has already taken us through the basics of Human Design and the five energy types, and now she's going deeper with a crash course on the nine energy centers. The nine energy centers correlate loosely with the chakra system, and they can tell us so much about ourselves and our loved ones. Get ready to learn about what energies you're projecting strongly into the world and what areas you'...
Jan 11, 2021•48 min•Ep. 122
Join Angela Perger and guest Kaya Mindlin in this episode as they discuss neither history nor myth, the value of Storytelling in the Vedic Tradition. Yoga Therapist, Vedic Counselor and Educator, Kaya Mindlin has taught the softer side of yoga for 20 years. Dedicated students and teachers resonate with her technical acumen, mothering bhava and ability to weave transformational teaching, storytelling, philosophy, mantra and gentle practice in a meaningful way. With thousands of hours of tutelage ...
Jan 04, 2021•44 min•Ep. 121
Within this conversation, Angela and guest Natalie Brite discuss the power of whole self goal setting by using the Wheel of Life. Whole self goal setting with the Wheel of Life allows us to set goals with more meaning, purpose and intent, thus helping us to find more joy in our process of materializing our desires. Natalie Brite is a Conscious Business + Leadership Mentor, educator, and creative located in Portland, Oregon - serving the world on a global level. Natalie’s Conscious Business Metho...
Dec 28, 2020•14 min•Ep. 120
I’m sharing my word of the year for 2020 and how it manifested, as well as some reflections on collective discomfort and growth.
Dec 21, 2020•25 min•Ep. 119
CW: Eating Disorders Chara Caruthers is back again on the podcast to talk about all things food and self love. Join Angela and Chara as they talk about bringing mindfulness back into cooking and eating like you love yourself. Chara shares her go-to favorite recipes and answers questions from our listeners. Chara Caruthers is a passionate and outspoken voice for the power of living your truth. An international teacher, speaker, advocate and mentor for women’s wellness, she has inspired and motiva...
Dec 14, 2020•40 min•Ep. 118
Simplicity is like Ayurveda, there is no arrival... just an ebb and flow that takes us back to ourselves. This episode shares simple tips for cultivating more simplicity and ease in everyday life.
Dec 07, 2020•26 min•Ep. 117
Kathy Jo Staheli is back again on the podcast to share simple ways to flow in the rhythm of the day. Kathy Jo is a NAMA recognized Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine.
Nov 30, 2020•34 min•Ep. 116
This is an informal Q + A episode where I casually discuss the prompts that listeners send it.
Nov 23, 2020•42 min•Ep. 115
Understanding and applying Ayurvedic concepts can help build a solid foundation for a deeper relationship with your mind, body and intuition.
Nov 16, 2020•14 min•Ep. 114
This is the number one question sent into Simple Ayurveda. This episode breaks down the various Ayurvedic certifications, types of programs and gives you a starting point for your own research. Learn more about the 600-hour Ayurveda Health Counselor Program taught by Professor Angela Perger, Ayurveda Practitioner with a Master of Science in Education and 20+ years of teaching experience!
Nov 09, 2020•36 min•Ep. 113
We all need a tech break once in a while to reset. In this episode I share my annual tradition as well as ways to cultivate technology boundaries in everyday life.
Nov 02, 2020•12 min•Ep. 112
Oct 26, 2020•23 min
Best-selling Ayurvedic author, teacher and certified practitioner Kate O’Donnell is back again on the Simple Ayurveda Podcast to chat about Ayurvedic self care. In this episode she walks us through the seven layers of tissues in the body and offers suggestions on how to use food and spices medicinally. She offers specific recipes for boosting metabolism, supporting the blood and nourishing the brain.
Oct 19, 2020•38 min•Ep. 110
This is a casual Q & A episode where I chat about the topics you sent in… everything ranging from creating a daily rhythm while working the night shift, time management, lung health, boosting the immune system, losing belly fat and how the doshas relate to dharma.
Oct 12, 2020•34 min•Ep. 109
Graciela is an intuitive spiritual guide with a sense of humor. She uses human design as a tool to help individuals learn more about themselves and live more authentically. In this episode she walks us through the five human design types and how understanding your human design type helps you to live more fully in self-expression.
Oct 05, 2020•49 min•Ep. 108
Dr. Marc Halpern is an Ayurvedic doctor, author, founder & president of the California College of Ayurveda, the first Ayurvedic college to open outside of India. He is one of the few Westerners ever recognized in both the United States and in India as an authority on the subject of Ayurveda. In this episode he shares how our prakriti is formed and how understanding ourselves helps us to recognize mental tendencies. He offers practical suggestions for overcoming anxiety and depression. There ...
Sep 28, 2020•57 min•Ep. 107
Ayurveda practitioner, author and TedX speaker Kerry Harling is back on The Simple Ayurveda Podcast to share Ayurvedic suggestions for how we can transition into fall with ease.
Sep 21, 2020•34 min•Ep. 106
Gunny Sodhi’s family roots in Ayurvedic medicine stretch across generations, but he didn’t personally understand the power of Ayurveda until tragedy struck. The sudden death of his 16-year old brother completely changed the course of his life, setting him on an unexpected path of self-discovery. In this episode he shares the tools that helped him process loss and heal depression naturally.
Sep 14, 2020•26 min•Ep. 105
Tapping into the energy of the lunar cycle offers a profound way we can align with Mother Nature. This episode introduces the basics and offers simple, practical suggestions you can start with today.
Sep 07, 2020•18 min•Ep. 104
Acharya Shunya is a renowned speaker, author and scholar. She comes from a lineage of Ayurvedic healers and embodies Vedic wisdom in such a deep and profound way. Her book Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom continues to influence and inspire me on my own Ayurvedic journey. In this chat she shares how we can practice radical acceptance in everyday life for true freedom.
Aug 31, 2020•31 min•Ep. 103
The final chakra focus on our connection to Source and the sacred truth that we are all one. However, the subtle energies held in the chakras are designed in a particular way that creates a foundation for this truth. Skipping the work associated with the rest of the chakras and going right to oneness is like energetic bypassing.
Aug 24, 2020•10 min•Ep. 102
In Ayurveda we know that the physical body sends signals to let us know when it’s time to laugh, cry, eliminate, sleep, etc. This episode is all about how the subtle body sends signals as well and it’s up to us to listen and act on those messages.
Aug 17, 2020•9 min•Ep. 101
It’s the 100th episode of The Simple Ayurveda Podcast! Thank you for listening, supporting, reviewing and sharing! The throat chakra correlates with the element of ether… spaciousness. When we are connected to the lower chakras, we are able to use our voice for further connection to Truth and our Higher Selves.
Aug 10, 2020•8 min•Ep. 100
