With Valentine's Day just around the corner, love is everywhere, on our screens, in shop windows, and throughout marketing campaigns. Yet for many of us, this time of year can feel complicated, tender, or even disconnecting.

In this episode, Colette explores what Ayurveda really teaches about love, not the fleeting or idealized version we're often sold, but the steady, nourishing love that begins within.

Drawing on Ayurvedic wisdom, this episode reframes love as a state of balance, regulation, and inner union, rather than something we chase or seek outside ourselves. You'll learn how daily habits, digestion, rhythm, and self-care practices quietly shape our capacity to give and receive love in all areas of life.

This episode is an invitation to return to a more grounded, sustainable, and compassionate understanding of love, starting with your relationship with yourself.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why Ayurveda views love as a state of balance and nourishment, not a performance or achievement

• Why true self-love in Ayurveda looks less dramatic and more consistent

• How rhythm, boundaries, and daily structure create safety and emotional resilience

• What "inner union" means in Ayurveda and yogic philosophy

• How imbalance between the Vata subdoshas of prana and apana can show up in relationships and self-care

• Why grounded energy supports healthier, more spacious relationships

• How Valentine's Day can become a reminder of inner union rather than external validation

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 16 - Ayurvedic Dinacharya or Daily Routines

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