Living In Alignment

Author of the best-selling book Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners and creator of numerous courses and trainings on Ayurveda, Laura Plumb promotes sacred, sumptuous living through the Vedic sciences of Ayurveda, Jyotish, Mantra, and Devi Sadhana.

Laura is lead faculty for the Ayurvedic Integrated Nutrition 200-hour Professional Training and has studied with some of the great masters of our time, practicing and sharing what she has learned from the heart-centered wisdom schools of the world.

Laura’s blog is an inspirational resource for Ayurvedic nourishment and delight.

She is widely recognized for understanding and sharing the deeper principles of various Vedic traditions while making them accessible and relevant to modern life.

In this episode:

- Laura's story as to how she felt pulled to India and came to learn of the various Vedic traditions

- Laura's fascinating and pivotal first trip to India many years ago

- How we can amalgamate Vedic traditions into daily life

- How Ayurveda and Jyotish overlap

- The concept and approach to remedies through the Vedic lens

- The purpose behind Laura's first book, Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners

- Two of Laura's book recommendations

- Three of Laura's daily practices to align with Vedic wisdom

- So much beauty, metaphor, and more!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Upanishads

CONNECT WITH LAURA:

Website: https://lauraplumb.com/

Blog: https://food-alovestory.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraplumb/

USE CODE: Plumb10 for 10% off a Jyotish Vedic Astrology consultation with Laura.

Maya Tiwari is an Ayurveda Matriarch, Peace Leader, Humanitarian, and a best-selling author of multiple books. She has been in the field for more than 35 years.

Fondly called Mother Maya, or Maa, she established the first Ayurvedic school in North America in 1981 (the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda) and founded the Mother Om Mission, a charitable organization that works in the at-risk communities of New York. 

Among the many gems she has restored to the earth-based education of Ayurveda are the sadhana of food, breath and sound; the earth therapies of Pancha Karma, and the long-lost lunar education for women’s healing.

Maa has been meticulously trained in the Vedas, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Sanskrit, Vedic Chants, and also in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.

A life-threatening ovarian cancer survivor at age 23, she has personally helped thousands of women to heal from devastating disorders.

Maya served for two decades as a Vedic monk, belonging to India’s prestigious Veda Vyasa lineage. 

In 2010, Maya made the radical decision to renounce her monastic title to be of wider service to the populations in need.

Through her global work, Maya promotes practices that invite inner peace, ancestral wellness and that which creates harmony with Mother Earth.

Spiritual pioneer, Maya is a regular Featured Speaker at the Parliament of the World Religions.

Maa is also the recipient of the Dhanvantari Award and AAPNA’s Rishi Award for her outstanding work in Ayurvedic medicine.

BOOKS MENTIONED:

The Path of Practice

Ayurveda: A Life of Balance

CONNECT WITH MAYA:

Website: http://mayatiwari.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MayaTiwari

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wiseearth/

Kate O’Donnell is an international speaker, Ayurvedic practitioner, long-time yoga practitioner, and the author of four books, including best-selling The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook.

She has been studying in US and India for 25 years. Her new book Everyday Ayurveda for Women's Health is available for pre-order now.

Find her online at: https://ayurvedicliving.institute/ and https://www.instagram.com/kateodonnell.ayurveda/

Within this episode:

Kate’s new book (Everyday Ayurveda for Women's Health) is due for release April 2024 with Shambhala Publications. Pre-orders available now.

Resources mentioned:

Ka by Roberto Calasso

Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life by Dr Claudia Welch

Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook by Kate O’Donnell

Kaya Mindlin is a trusted teacher guiding many of today’s yoga teachers and longtime practitioners. Mature seekers resonate with her authentic approach that synthesizes the mystical and practical. With over 20 years teaching experience and the blessing of her gurus as a steward of the vedic tradition, Kaya expertly weaves yogic practice, storytelling, sanskrit recitation, vedanta, shaktism, vedic astrology & ayurveda in her rich programs. Her Supreme Release Yoga works gently and deeply with the subtle spine as a sacred pilgrimage site. While many are first drawn to her fierce stewardship and commitment to breaking yogaland myths on social media, they find their yoga home in her inclusive and deep approach that prioritizes a loving teacher-student relationship in which anything can be fodder for spiritual growth. Kaya lives in the US with her husband, a masterful Vedic Astrologer and their two children.

Some of the episode highlights:

Receive 15% off ALL of Kaya's online offerings with the code: LIA15

Online courses to highlight:

All online offerings can be found here: https://yogawithkaya.com/online-programs/

Connect with Kaya:

Website: https://yogawithkaya.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayamindlin/

Katie Rose is a yoga teacher, ayurveda guide and author with over 25 years of experience in the world of wellness alongside many thousands of teaching hours under her belt. She is a doula and teacher for the Australian Doula College.

Katie was the manager of the prestigious TriYoga centre in London before moving to Sydney and opening Samadhi Yoga in 2004 followed by Jivamukti Yoga Sydney which at its peak was a four-studio business.

Her popular online courses have helped hundreds of women from all over the world in empower themselves.  Much of Katie’s work focuses on the Australian seasons, landscape and Indigenous culture and she has a keen passion for respecting First Nation’s wisdom as well as animal rights and the environment.

She is the founder and host of the annual Bhakti Women’s Online Yoga Summit and the author of several internationally available books published by Rockpool Publishing including ‘Mindful Living’ and ‘The Yoga of Birth’.

Katie helps women go from feeling stuck and overwhelmed to living a life that is vibrant, creative and abundant. 

She lives in Sydney, Australia with her partner and her five children in a loud and busy household where her meditation practice keeps her sane!

Within this episode:

Connect with Katie via her website: https://www.bhaktirose.com.au/ and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhakti.rose/

Mentioned in the episode:

Mark Breadner is a luminary in the world of yoga and meditation education, boasting over five decades of devoted practice. Known as a teacher of teachers and Australia's longest-serving yoga educator, Mark is the creator of YogaCoach and a certified somatic psychotherapist. He has dedicated his career to empowering yoga teachers to become transformational leaders. Beyond training thousands of yoga and meditation teachers, his expertise has led him to become a "Body/Mind" coach for Olympic Gold medalists and World Champions in swimming & surfing. His passion and focus aim to foster a new generation of yoga teachers, providing essential skills for this deeply transformative practice and teaching.

In this episode, uncover:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

2023:

NEWCASTLE Sept 16th

CENTRAL COAST Sept 17th

BRISBANE Sept 23

SOUTH SYDNEY Sept 30

BALI Meditation Training Immersion Oct 27-31

FREE BREATH CHALLENGE: https://challenge.yogacoach.com/

Connect with Mark via his website https://www.yogacoach.com/ and also on Instagram @mark.breadner or https://www.instagram.com/mark.breadner/

Mentioned:

IYTA - International Yoga Teachers Association

The Oxygen Advantage - Patrick McKeown

Tantra of the Yoga Sutras - Alan Finger

The Kybalion

Octavio Salvado’s mission is simple: to share Yoga with the world in the way that it was intended – as a spiritual science, not an exercise routine.

Everything he teaches is lineage-based, integrated over decades of a hardcore commitment to personal practice. Octavio considers himself a student above all else - a relentless student with unwavering commitment to this extraordinary path that has the potential to truly heal, realign, and empower the world.

As a teacher, Octavio has a firm resolve to spend his life helping other dedicated students find more depth in their practices, and more purpose, self-reliance, joy and freedom in their daily lives. He holds absolute certainty that Yoga, when practiced correctly, can provide this.

Octavio currently lives in Bali with his amazing wife, Emma and their two wild kids, where together they run The Practice – a Yoga institute dedicated to keeping the tradition alive.

Connect and study with Octavio at thepracticebali.com and on Instagram at @thepracticebaliyoga - plus check out the Moon Sun Fire app should you feel drawn to cultivating a solid home practice.

Here is some of what you’ll find within this episode:

Mentioned:

David Goulet - https://chakrayoga.com/

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda

Grab a cuppa and join us for this riveting conversation.

Paula Crossfield is a Vedic astrologer and Business Coach dedicated to helping a million spirit-led entrepreneurs make more money and impact so they can bankroll the change they want to see in the world.

She believes that when spiritually grounded business owners are aligned with their purpose and the planets, they can earn massively and give back in profound ways to inspire a positive change in our culture – in fact Paula is able to give back and donate five figures every year from her overflow (that’s in USD!).

Her insights on astrology and business strategy have helped her clients build sustainable five+ figure per month incomes while still embodying their values.

When she's not helping her clients with proven strategies paired with astrology’s auspicious timing and insight, you can find Paula working in the garden on her 160 acre homestead where she and her husband are regenerating the forest and land for future generations.

In this insightful episode:

https://www.weaveyourbliss.com/

https://www.instagram.com/weaveyourbliss/

Mentioned in the episode:

Prakriti by Dr Robert Svoboda

Shadow Yoga (Shandor Remete & Emma Balances)

Dr Scott Blossom

Allison Dennis

BOOK: The Divine Forces of the Lunar Naksatras

By Radhe (Susan Pfau)

BOOK: Light On Life by Dr Robert Svoboda and  Hart de Fouw

BOOK: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

BOOK: The Soul Of Money by Lynne Twist

Twenty years ago, Daniel Simpson quit his job as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times. It’s a long story – it wound up as a book – but to keep it brief, Daniel got high and freaked out while his colleagues hyped a bogus case for war.

Daniel Simpson is the author of The Truth of Yoga, an accessible guide to yoga history and philosophy. He holds a master's degree in yoga studies (from School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London) and teaches courses at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, on yoga teacher trainings and via his website: truthofyoga.com

In this wonderful episode we uncover:

Mentioned: 

CONNECT WITH DANIEL:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielcsimpson/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthofyoga/

Website: http://truthofyoga.com & https://www.danielsimpson.info/

Substack: https://ancientfutures.substack.com/

Podcast: Ancient Futures - https://ancientfutures.substack.com/

Yoga Retreat: https://bit.ly/uk-retreat August 2023

Vikram Jeet Singh took his first asana class in 2006. After steady practice he went on to finish a 500 hour Teacher Training in Kerala, India in early 2008. After teaching part time for a few months, Vikram was called to switch careers and ultimately left a HR job to pursue full time yoga teaching. 

Over the course of the years gone by he has accumulated more than  11,000 hours of teaching experience across the US, Canada, and India. Vikram is an Ayurvedic practitioner having completed his studies from the Kripalu School Of Ayurveda.

Vikram completed his training with Bernie Clark in November 2015 and is a certified Yin Yoga Teacher. More recently, Vikram received authorization from Sharath Jois to teach the Ashtanga primary series.

Being born AND growing up in India, Vikram has always been fascinated with the rich history and stories from the Indian culture which were a big part of his childhood. His passion for sharing this wisdom and deep desire to study Yoga History & Philosophy has lead him to be part of the lead faculty for Modo Yoga, where he teaches modules on the history of yoga alongside the wisdom of the Yoga Sutra, Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. He also runs mentorship courses and workshops for teachers, studios and practitioners to help bring yoga in every aspect of our lives. 

A strong advocate of true diversity & inclusion, Vikram consults yoga teachers and studios on cultural appropriation, decolonisation, and inclusion in both yoga and related spaces.

Vikram loves to share his culture and experience of growing up in India, and believes that all practitioners at some point, should visit the birthplace of Yoga. To help support that initiative, he hosts annual retreats in India, where he currently lives - in Goa - with his wife, Melissa and their daughter, Satya.

In this episode we uncover and learn:

You can connect with Vikram on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/wanderingmat/ and find his offerings here: https://www.yogifuel.com/vikraminstabio