
Ayurvedic Nutrition with Joyful Belly - 041
08/16/18 • 52 min
Colette speaks with John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, an educational Ayurvedic health care website. John also directs the Joyful Belly Institute’s Master of Ayurvedic Digestion 500 hour program, drawing on years of research and clinical experience specialising in digestive disorders.
Colette and John discuss the following:
- John's journey from a Harvard background in math and computers, to studying Ayurveda.
- The creation of Joyful Belly and John's mission to make Ayurveda more accessible to the public.
- The online Joyful Belly school.
- The Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification.
- The Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification.
- John's generous scholarship gift to the Elements community.
Click hear to learn more about the Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification and to receive your scholarship.
Click hear to learn more about the Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification and to receive your scholarship.
Join the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast Facebook Community.
Thanks for listening!
Colette speaks with John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, an educational Ayurvedic health care website. John also directs the Joyful Belly Institute’s Master of Ayurvedic Digestion 500 hour program, drawing on years of research and clinical experience specialising in digestive disorders.
Colette and John discuss the following:
- John's journey from a Harvard background in math and computers, to studying Ayurveda.
- The creation of Joyful Belly and John's mission to make Ayurveda more accessible to the public.
- The online Joyful Belly school.
- The Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification.
- The Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification.
- John's generous scholarship gift to the Elements community.
Click hear to learn more about the Masters is Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestion Certification and to receive your scholarship.
Click hear to learn more about the Ayurveda Health Counsellor Certification and to receive your scholarship.
Join the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast Facebook Community.
Thanks for listening!
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Celebrating our 1 Year Anniversary - 040
In this special 1 year anniversary episode of the Elements of Ayurveda podcast, Colette celebrates by interviewing some of her clients and sharing some voice messages from the podcast listeners, along with the following:
- Why Colette started the podcast in August 2017
- Sabine from Europe shares her story with Ayurveda
- Regular guest, Amy Wheeler shares a lovely message
- Katya from the U.S. shares the story of her healing journey
- Colette talks about the new collaboration with Joyful Belly and the future Ayurvedic nutrition episodes
- Exciting and generous gift for the Elements community from Joyful Belly - a $750 scholarship to study Ayurveda online with the Joyful Belly School
- Jo from Australia shares her thoughts on Ayurveda and the podcast
- Colette discusses the future of the podcast
- Kate from Australia shares a message of what the podcast means to her
- Colette's final message of thanks and gratitude for the community
Colette mentioned a lot of links in the show and you will find them all below:
- Daily Habits for Holistic Health Course
- Digestive Reset Cleanse
- Elements of Ayurveda Podcast FaceBook Group
- Joyful Belly Scholarship Information (scroll to bottom of page)
- Free Ayurvedic Discovery Call
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Prana, Tejas, Ojas, Nadis and the Chakras of the Subtle Body - 042
Colette delves deeper into the subtle body. According to Ayurveda, the subtle body represents the energetic field behind the physical body. Along with the mind, the emotions and deep thought, the subtle energies of Prana, Tejas and Ojas work at this level, along with the nadis and the chakras. Colette discusses the following;
- Prana - our life force energy
- Tejas - our radiance and courage
- Ojas - our immunity and strength
- The Nadis - the subtle energy channels through which prana flows
- The 7 Chakras or energy vortexes of the body according to Ayurveda
- Colette completes this episode with a Chakra meditation
If you're interested in learning more about the upcoming group, online cleanse or a private cleanse, please click on the link below....
Click on the link below to access the Pranayama tutorial (scroll down to podcast Episode #25 Pranayama video tutorial). Check out the Nadi Shodhana or Alternate Nostril Breathing pranayama that Colette recommends...
Pranayama (breath work) video tutorial
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