Allergens

Love flowers but hate pollen? In the debut episode of our Ayurveda 101 podcast, we’re jumping right into a seasonal, mid-summer topic: pollen. The world is in bloom—and it’s sneezin’ season!

Join Shawn Diddy and Śankari Wegman for an in-depth discussion about the Ayurvedic perspective on seasonal pollen sensitivities. You’ll learn:

• The source of seasonal sniffles (psst: it’s not actually the pollen itself—it’s your digestion and immunity!).
• How to use Ayurvedic herbs to fire up your digestion and boost your immunity.
• How the doshas are involved. In Ayurveda, there are three different mind-body elements, or doshas—airy Vata, fiery Pitta, and earthy Kapha—which govern every aspect of your body’s functioning, from your digestion and assimilation to your thought patterns. We’ll teach you all about the doshas and the role they play in your pollen response.
• The role of diet: did you know food is medicine in Ayurveda? We’ll give you tips on foods that help to naturally ease discomfort.

Struggling with food sensitivities? You’re not alone. Food sensitivities are very common, and they’re becoming more so with time.

From the perspective of Ayurveda, food sensitivities have their origins in an imbalance in the gut, the microbiome (all the microbes in your intestines), and the doshas—the mind-body elements responsible for every aspect of your body’s functioning.

Join Shawn Diddy and Śankari Wegman and learn:

• How gut health plays a crucial role in food sensitivities—and how you can bolster it with Ayurveda.
• All about your microbiome—the “good,” the “bad,” and the ugly bacteria—and how herbs and diet can balance it.
• An introduction to ama (digestive toxins) and how to eradicate it (or at least keep it under control)
• What the doshas have to do with digestive health and food sensitivities
• Delicious ways to tone your gut
• How to be spice-wise. Did you know certain herbs and spices can help boost digestion and help alleviate food sensitivities?

If you’re the kind of person who starts has dander sensitivities when you even look at a cat or dog, chances are you have an immune system that overreacts to harmless natural substances. But there’s hope.

From the perspective of Ayurveda, accumulated toxins and weak digestion are often the culprits when it comes to sensitivities to common irritants like pets, dust, dander, and mold.

Join Shawn Diddy and Śankari Wegman and learn:

• How diet and herbs can help reduce your discomfort around common irritants
• Why getting more exercise can actually decrease your discomfort
• How stress and sleepless nights could be making matters worse—and what to do about it
• Why meditation and yoga can make things better

If you listened to our last 3 episodes in this series, you’ve learned some natural, effective Ayurvedic strategies to help ease your discomfort in the short-term through diet, lifestyle, and herbs. But what about the long haul? Is it even possible to totally eradicate airborne and digestive sensitivities? We think so! But, as with everything in Ayurveda, it all depends on your individual constitution and lifestyle. In this episode, we’ll share our number one secret for strengthening digestion and immunity long-term—the best way to alleviate discomfort

Join Shawn Diddy and Śankari Wegman and get the scoop. You’ll learn:

• How working on your digestion and immunity, long-term, can dramatically reduce your response to common triggers like dust, dander, and certain food sensitivities.
• All about Amrit Kalash—the ultimate Ayurvedic super-antioxidant, and how it helps to shore up your immunity more than 1,000x better than vitamin C
• The Vedic history and modern science behind Amrit Kalash—what the ancient Vedic texts said thousands of years ago, and what doctors and research scientists are discovering now
• All about Triphala—another awesome, traditional Ayurvedic formula. This one’s made of three synergistic fruits that tone and strengthen the digestive and GI systems, for better assimilation and immunity.