Why is Dipavali (Festival of lights) celebrated on a new moon? Origin of calender, almanac, Christian calender vs ancient roman calenders, solar dates vs Lunar dates (Tithis). Importance of tithis and the mathematics of calculating these tithis. And, why are they so important for health and wellbeing, for Ayurveda practitioners, for Jyotishis or anyone following a spiritual life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

What is the Vedic Zodiac is part of our educational series about learning Vedic Astrology (Jyotish). We talk about ecliptic, zodiac, and definitions and break the concepts down into a simple format. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

Chants for universal Godesses (devis) and Shakti, and mantra-based meditation guide to support emotional grief or trauma through prayers, intentions, chants, mantras and daily meditation practice. Disclaimer- This is a spiritual vedic chants meditation system of praying to Devi- Godess (shakti) for helping out with emotional grief or trauma. It is not a substitute for therapy or counseling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

Gentrification of yoga? Has yoga lost its way? What really is yoga? Not the Americanized, bastardized, commercialized, and capitalized version--but the yoga that is part of the six philosophical practices/darshanas that come out of India. The 'yoga' that is part of the Vedic arts-just like qigong is part of Dao spiritualism. Has yoga lost its way in the USA? Let us dive in. Disclaimer: The information discussed in this podcast is the personal opinion of the presenter(s) and does not reflect...

Eclipses, and calculus in Jyotish. Part 2 of the Learn Jyotish series by pandit Atul krishna das. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

You wanted it. We have listened. We bring you "educational" podcast class series where you learn about the fundamentals of Jyotish. in this podcast Pandit Atul talks about invocation, why learn Jyotish, solar eclipses being inauspicious, the ancient astronomy book called Surya Siddhanta, and a lot more...part 1. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

The timekeepers of timeline is a popular theme in television series meant to keep us entertained. You must have heard the phrase WHEEL OF TIME. It is a popular TV series and an excellent series of books as well. Today we talk about the Vedic wheel of time. In science, we perceive time to move in a linear direction, however, according to Vedic literature-time moves in a circular direction. This means it returns to the beginning. Time is a chakra (wheel). We call it the kāla (long A as in tart,...

Quick guided meditation for chakras using principles and breathing of Qigong and yoga. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

Educational Podcast by Dr Aparna Dandekar talking about mind, doshas and its connexion to Bhagavad Gita- the Hindu Scripture, our holy book. She talks about metaphors relating to our physical and mind body from Bhagavad Gita. Dr Dandekar also discusses Vata and mind, pitta and mind as well as Kapha and mind. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

What is the ghostly body made up of. DNA helix has an energetic form too. How Lord Bhootnath is the diety of ghosts--and we continue our nAdi-assessment podcast where we left off last Monday on October 2nd. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narayana-ayurveda/support

"What is a nāḍi" (long A, and hard D sound) is an educational podcast and you will hear the part of a live session where Monica Groover (Ayurveda Practitioner) was teaching the art of nāḍi assessment using the Nārāyaṇa system of nāḍi that she learned and assimilated from her teachers, research and her Guru. A nāḍi is an energetic channel or network of channels in your many bodies that vibrates at a frequency that can be felt by some spiritual, yogic, and Ayurveda practitioners. We have a vast...

Recently I went to India and was so amazed and bowled over by the lovely people, amazing food, amazing customer service, and how much better everything was. I had the best time. However, I did notice that some people-especially younger people there are so Westernized, and pursuing "things". Better phone, great house, lovely car--that seems to be the mantra. So I thought wow that's a great topic to discuss. How do we become happy and live our best life? Indian and Indian Vedic scriptures can...

Meditation is not just breathing. Its not just being present. Its not just mindfulness. Its not just relaxing. Its SO MUCH more than that. Manasika meditation is when you go to divine or holy places, mentally. We will understand the difference between all these and more. If you are new to meditation, I will lead you a mock meditation on bread. How to make bread. Then, we will take the principles of that mock meditation and go to Himalayas where river Ganga is running full steam ahead and will...

Milk was the miracle food for America. The USA was milk making machine. We made so much milk and who would drink this milk--it was even distributed free as cheese to those on welfare. What happened? Where did it all go wrong? Why does everyone you know in the Millenial and GenZ-one if four-lactose intolerant? Why do people prefer alternative beverages like almond milk, coconut milk, soymilk, or oatmilk? How did an entire generation become sensitive to lactose? Makes you wonder. Here's food...

Water is a conduit. It can be empowered the power of air, water, fire, mantra- intention. We can leave a covered glass jar of water in and it becomes agneya--filled with heat of water and will be good to warm us and for digestion. Water can be left out in a covered glass jar in the moonlight-and it will become cooling for the body and will calm the mind. In fact, this is how we make Sun Tea or moon tea. Physically water not only nourishes us but cleanses us -good hygiene but also...

Did you know that hell also has a judicial branch and legislative branch running for the beings who broke the rules of the universe? Technically it's not hell--its a system of realms with 28 hellish planets. When such persons die, they are taken by the police/constable of the chief court system that has authority over our planet Earth. The soul is taken to the court in the hellish realm/planet where the defense and criminal lawyer team is presided over by Citragupta and his team of millions....

What goes in must go out. A conversation about your poop, fart, sweat, pee--all are on the table when you go to visit an Ayurveda Practitioner. Even the menstrual blood -is not off the table. I also talk about mala (waste) of the mind that we never address. We collect stuff people--stuff that sticks to our body--stuff that comes from our mind and our stress. A short and sweet podcast about how to tackle this--Ayurvedic perspective from Essential Guide to Ayurveda Part 1. Art generated by Bing...

There are many dimensions and different planetery systems according to Vedas. All have their own healing systems. How did Ayurveda-the healing system arrive from higher Planets (grahas) to earth. There are many origin stories. What kind of medicine is practiced in Heaven (svarga loka)--who is the surgeon general in heavenly planets above us? All this and more--taken from Purvakhanda, Bhava Prakasha Chapter 1 by Monica B Groover. Disclaimer-This is a spiritual podcast from a Vedic...

What is Death? What is birth? What is fetus thinking --is it thinking? What is the meaning of life if we will die? Vedic perspective believes in theory of reincarnation. We live and we die. Then, we are born again. Again, we die. This is a never-ending cycle that goes on. We keep on coming back and reincarnating. So, knowing that--what IS death? What is the point? A vedic perspective by Pandit Atul Krishna Das and Manjulali Dasi. If you want to read the transcript-the link is below click...

What is the Rudra Principle? What is anger? Where does it start? Why do WE become angry in the first place. How does anger travel. Who is the diety of anger. A vedic perspective on anger and explanation of the diety of Rudra. Monica Groover, the author of Ayurveda and the Feminine and Essential Guide to Ayurveda talks to Pandit Atul Krishna Das-co founder of Narayana Ayurveda and Yoga Academy in Austin Texas. Pandit Atul spend years in an ashram in India and has been a student of Vedic...

If we randomly repeat a word--Giba giba tiba miba--is that a chant? When a child repeats a word, is that a chant? When sports fans chant the name of their team in an event--and whole stadium erupts-is that a chant? What is a vedic chant? Why are there rules to chanting? How should we begin chanting. How should we end up a chant session. Lets demystify chanting in this podcast with Pandit Atul Krishna Das and Manjulali Dasi.

Déjà vu is a phenomenon where we may feel, "Hey, I feel this has happened before. Or, I have seen this before. This seems so familiar that its creepy". The term "déjà vu" comes from the French language and means "already seen." What does it mean from a VEDIC perspective? It is mystical. Obviously, not all Déjà vu experiences are mystical or universe trying to give you a message, but they can be. It can be intuition, pre-cognition, or simply impressions from a past life--from our...

How many of us have seen ghosts, believe in ghosts? Have you ever had a paranormal experience? How does someone become a ghost? What are the mechanics of becoming a ghost from a Vedic Perspective? According to Vedic literature or Hinduism, why, what and when does someone become a ghost and for how long? Is the appearance of sightings of ghosts different in different countries? DISCLAIMER: The information in this Podcast is spiritual and Vedic in nature. It is based on Vedas, and...

Think of karma as line of credit from an issuing bank—except here the issuing bank is higher grahas/planets—and it is an exhaustive source. We also have a negativeline of credit. In this podcast, we will talk about modern mainstream meaning of karma vs philosophical meaning of karma. We will talk about three types of karma mentioned in Jaiva Dharma and Bhagavad Gita. How can we get rid of this bad karma--some ideas will be shared.