Ananta Ripa Ajmera is an Ayurveda practitioner, yoga instructor, and co-founder/CEO of The Ancient Way. Today, Ananta joins Dr. Avanti to beautifully share the details of her new book, The Way of The Goddess. She takes us through the nine Indian Goddesses, the chakras each is connected to, and how we can cultivate their energies—like courage, intuition, and transformation—within us. It’s a fascinating conversation on nurturing our connection to Self and deepening our sense of purpose through the Divine within us. 

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• Ananta’s study of the Vedas & healing trauma
• How to develop the Gross vs. Subtle intellect
• Connecting to purpose, freedom, & the Divine within us
• “A Hero’s Journey” through the lens of the Goddesses
• Navratri Festival & how the 9 Goddesses are reflected in the chakras
• The duality of the Divine masculine & feminine

Resources:

• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.
• Referenced episode: 57. An Empathy Mindset Starts with Self with Payal Beri
• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”

Connect with Ananta:

• Website: theancientway.co 
• Instagram: @ananta.one 
• Books: The Way of The Goddess ; The Ayurveda Way

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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There are 5 hidden toxins in Ayurveda that go beyond environmental pollutants or pesticides in food. Did you know your relationships, work, and lifestyle contribute to the toxic load in your body and mind? For optimal health, we need to digest and metabolize all physical and emotional toxins, and we do this through having a strong digestive fire. In today’s episode, Dr. Avanti breaks down each of the 5 hidden toxins to be aware of, and the 3 steps to reducing your toxic load.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• The 5 sources of every day, hidden toxins
• Why we need a strong digestive fire to digest physical & emotional toxins
• Beyond food: diet is everything you consume through your senses
• How to do a toxic load inventory & get quick wins
• Ways to strengthen your digestive fire for optimal health

Resources:

• Energy Fix Quiz: avantikumarsingh.com/quiz 
• Referenced Episodes: A Simple Routine to Prevent Chronic Illness ; Food as Medicine: The 5 Principles for Eating
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.
• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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Today, Dr. Avanti is delving into how to use the Principle of Ayurvedic Eating to shift our habits and utilize food as medicine. By changing our approach to eating, we can change the way our body receives food to optimize our digestion, energy, mood, and overall health. Learn why ‘what’ you eat is actually the least important factor in Ayurvedic eating, and gain tools for implementing this approach into your life right now.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How to optimize the way your body receives food
• The Western vs. Ayurvedic perspective of food
• Ayurvedic eating: Why ‘what’ you eat is least important
• Making the act of eating your central focus
• How much to eat based on the time of day
• Eating seasonally & embracing traditional family recipes
• The 3 ways we experience food to determine what to eat

Resources:

• Energy Fix Quiz: avantikumarsingh.com/quiz 
• Referenced Episode: 5. Finding Balance in Nature and in Ourselves
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.
• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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Welcome to season 4 of The Healing Catalyst Podcast! This month, we’re going back to the basics of Ayurveda to support you in building a strong foundation for your health journey. Today, Dr. Avanti is diving into the importance of a daily routine for reducing stress to prevent chronic illness. She shares the steps of her “321-123 Routine” along with simple strategies for promoting optimal health!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How a daily routine reduces stress & promotes healing
• Why you need to reset your circadian rhythm daily
• Ways to optimize the release of melatonin & cortisol
• Dr. Avanti’s “321-123 Routine” to prevent illness
• Simple Ayurvedic practices for morning & evening

Resources:

• Energy Fix Quiz: avantikumarsingh.com/quiz 
• Circadian Rhythm: 33. Hack Your Circadian Rhythm for Sleep, Energy & Focus
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.
• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Here’s a little snack while you excitedly wait for season 4 of The Healing Catalyst Podcast to air next week! Avanti shares The Energy Fix Quiz so you can discover your Energy Type and receive personalized recommendations to boost your energy and support your health.

Energy Fix Quiz: avantikumarsingh.com/quiz 

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate, and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, Dr. Avanti is answering all of your questions on staying cool and healthy during the summer! She breaks down how summer is the season of Pitta and how we accumulate the qualities of the fire element, which can lead to uncomfortable physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. Tune in to learn how to counterbalance heat with the quality of cool through hydration, foods, exercise, and various tools of yoga.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How we accumulate qualities of fire during summer
• Ways our eyes, skin, and digestion are affected
• Which emotions are heightened during summer
• What to add to your drinks instead of ice
• Best food and drinks to stay cool & hydrated
• What to know about vitamin D for the summer
• Summertime routines: exercise and tools of yoga

Resources:

• LMNT: drinklmnt.com
• Circadian Rhythm: 33. Hack Your Circadian Rhythm for Sleep, Energy & Focus
• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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Kevin Adler is an executive coach and a nationally recognized thought leader in marketing and consumer engagement. Today’s fascinating conversation is on nurturing a growth mindset, and how being present in life and knowing your values plays into this. Kevin unpacks why we want to seek discomfort for the sake of growth, sharing tactical ways you can nurture a growth mindset each day. Our personal growth will not only benefit our individual lives — it will ripple out and serve others in the most impactful way.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• The positive impact of having a growth mindset
• How your values serve as a compass for growth
• Why discomfort is necessary for growth
• Tactical ways to nurture a growth mindset each day
• Using physical discomfort for growth opportunities
• How your growth mindset will serve others

Resources:

• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.

Follow Kevin:

• Instagram: @speshlkchi
• Website: https://www.thealtitudegroupinc.com

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Anusha Wijeyakumar is a professor, speaker, and author of ‘Meditation with Intention,’ and today she joins Dr. Avanti to discuss the intersection of yoga philosophy and social justice. They explore why the decolonization of yoga and wellness is a pivotal piece in the discussion of social justice, and why we need to be willing to unlearn and relearn. They also unpack how our own self-care can become a hindrance to our own path to spiritual liberation as well as the collective’s liberation. This is a fascinating and important conversation on what it means to have a social justice mindset, how it connects to our health, and how we can move from talking to taking action.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How the social justice mindset is connected to yoga philosophy
• Decolonization of yoga and wellness
• Why social justice requires action and self-reflection
• Where to start with dismantling systems of oppression
• Social justice mindset as medicine for the community & individual
• When judgment and anger are healthy

Resources:

• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.

Referenced Resources:

• Dr. Shyam Ranganathan
• Susanna Barkataki
• Yoga is Dead Podcast

Follow Anusha:

• Instagram: @shantiwithin 
• Book: Meditation with Intention
• Website: shantiwithin.com

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Clinical psychologist and founder of RK Empathy, Payal Beri, joins us to kick off the month of July and our new intention of ‘Mindset as Medicine.’ Today’s conversation is on empathy mindset, and why developing self-empathy is critical for having healthy empathy with others. Payal shares powerful exercises for developing self-empathy, and how utilizing self-compassion will lead to a stronger empathy mindset. She also breaks down the 3 types of empathy and why it’s important that we learn when to tap into each.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• The 3 types of empathy & how to tap into each
• Empathy for others vs. empathy for self
• How an empathy mindset starts with self-compassion & acceptance
• Your ego’s role in empathy & self-awareness
• Ways to develop and strengthen an empathy mindset

Resources:

• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.

Follow Payal:

• Instagram: @payalberi 
• Website: www.rkempathy.com 

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, we’re rounding out the month of June and our intention of ‘Healing with Integrative Medicine’ with board-certified Doctor of Chinese Medicine and licensed acupuncturist, Dr. Debbie Kung. Dr. Kung shares the turning point in her life and career when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and how she was reconnected to the medicine of her ancestors through her healing journey. She unpacks the differences between acupuncture and acupressure, and talks about the healing modalities of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including cupping, guasha, and moxibustion. Get a pen and paper to take notes because Dr. Kung also shares simple tips you can implement in your life today!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How Dr. Kung rediscovered the medicine of her ancestors
• The energy body as the blueprint for the physical body
• Acupuncture, acupressure & why the flow of energy is so important
• Cupping, Guasha, Moxa: healing modalities of TCM
• Two acupressure points to increase energy
• Simple guasha routine for facial rejuvenation 

Resources:

• Leave a voice message for Avanti: “Ask Me Anything”
• Sign-up to be a member of The Healing Catalyst Collective to access resources for this episode.

Follow Debbie:

• Instagram: @dr.debbie.kung 

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Subscribe, Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: The Healing Catalyst

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions