In the third episode of our Russian & Ukrainian Cuisine series, Vaidya Jay and his co-host, Elena unpack some classic Russian salads that are eaten every season and how each of their seasonal ingredients, colors, textures, and flavors, help nourish the body and please the mind in Ayurveda.

In the second episode of our Russian & Ukrainian Cuisine series, Vaidya Jay and his co-host, Elena discuss classic lunch options with a ‘soup-erb’ journey into the Russian soup varieties per season especially to balance ‘Vata’ dosha in Ayurveda as well as popular greens such as sorrel and prebiotics for delicious gut care beyond borders.

In our fifth episode, Vaidya Jay, and his co-host, Elena, invited a very special guest who divulged some wonderful culinary secrets and a Mexican recipe. The last segment of our Mexican Cuisine conversation gives a breakdown of Mexican fast food in our country especially California, the bountiful benefits of beans for a long life in the BlueZones, and plates more.

In this episode, Vaidya Jay and Elena unpack her Russian and Ukrainian heritage starting with an array of breakfast choices through the seasons and getting a deeper understanding about why all of us prefer certain flavors during colder months.

In winter, due to the dry and cold weather, our Dosha energies get disrupted. This leads to an imbalance between Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Through this podcast, Athreya Herbs aims to provide a balance between the Dosha energies in the winter season by suggesting winter health solutions and remedies.

In the podcast, Vaidya Jay and Lilly discuss Ayurvedic travel tips given by Vaidya Jay to Lilly before she visited Thailand and how each of them helped her overcome travel stress and discomfort.

In this podcast, Tiffany (Ayurvedic practitioner) and Vaidya. Jay Parla discuss one of an integral part of our daily routine, sleep. Just as food nourishes the body, sleep tends to nourish our mind, it rejuvenates and makes the entire body systems to reset after a tiring day. From an Ayurvedic point of view, a "deep sleep" is a healthy disconnect of the mind from the body, avoiding any sensation in that period. Lack of it can cause mind-body misalignment and affect our performance and everyday function.

In the podcast, Vaidya Jay and Lilly discuss Ayurvedic travel tips given by Vaidya Jay to Lilly before she visited Thailand and how each of them helped her overcome travel stress and discomfort.

Ayurveda recommends specific types of lifestyle, diet, and herbal supplements during the change of seasons, which helps us to transit through seasonal change with ease.

In our fifth episode, Vaidya Jay, his co-host, Elena, and a very special Mexican guest give us a peek into the eclectic wonders of Mexican cooking, some of its best-kept ethnic secrets, and a recipe you can try at home topped with nutritious Ayurvedic insights.