This week, Kylie and Meg explore the world of Ayurveda with Justine Lemos, PhD. She is here to guide you into manifesting your most Radiant Self; nutrition, self-care, relationships, beauty, intuition and bliss. The toolkit for that transformation includes understanding your Ayurvedic blueprint (mind-body type), Vedic Astrology, meditation, mantra, mudra, yoga & more. She loves to harness ancient wisdom-systems and make them applicable to our modern lives; igniting the special magic of a soul aligned with its true purpose.
She is an author, teacher, dancer, mother, speaker and founder of #notacult (a long-term conceptual art piece) and The Bliss Academy (an online wisdom archive) and at One Yoga. You can check out her shows on Gaia TV: Thrive: Self Healing with Ayurveda or my programs with New World Ayurveda & Dr. Paul Dugliss. She has studied & performed classical Indian dance for 23 years with my Guru, Ranjanaa Devi, and is an Ayurvedic practitioner, Vedic Astrologer, student of Tantrik Yogas and a mystical reader of signs, symbols and omens. She is on the administrative faculty at Western Yoga College where she offers 200 and 300 hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. She is also an instructor of Kundalini Awakening Process guided by Tao Semko. Her PhD is in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on the study of embodiment in South Asian cultures.
You can connect with Justine on IG at @justinelemosphd !
TLDL action steps:
1. Ayurveda is an ancient system of science that encompasses so much more than the physical- it looks at the mind, body, spirit and teaches an entire way of living. The word Ayurveda actually means "life science" and originated from India. There's no way we could get down to a true understanding of the depth behind this ancient practice in the format of this podcast, but this episode can give you a good surface level of understanding.
2. There are 3 basic doshas (or "defects"- ways in which the body can become imbalanced) and each person has their own mix of doshas: Vata, Pitta & Kapha. These doshas are in everyone in varying amounts that are influenced by genetic makeup and what Justine refers to as "karmic makeup" which are one in the same to her.
3. You can get hints about what dosha you are predominantly by looking at your butt shape & size as well as your approach to sex
4. One of the best ways to learn more about Ayurveda is to pick up an Ayurvedic cook book. Although Ayurveda is much more than just what we eat, Justine says most Ayurvedic cookbooks are well written and do a good job of explaining the depth behind the science.
