VedaLife

20/09/2022

What should you do at the first sign of a cold?

27/05/2022

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ayurveda-for-mental-wellbeing-how-we-create-our-emotions-tickets-337523390547

Would you like to learn about how to bring greater mental peace for yourself or your family with Ayurveda?

This Sunday morning I'll be running a relaxed and informal workshop in Crouch End at Life by Margot, about the relationship between the body and mental wellbeing. In Western cultures, mental suffering is often treated through psychotherapy/counseling, etc, i.e. working at the mental level. In Ayurveda we take the opposite approach, working to balance the body with diet, herbs, massage, and detoxification. Join us to find explore this topic further.

We will also learn some simple head and foot massage techniques and sample some herbal oils and marma points.

Ayurveda for mental wellbeing – we don’t just feel emotions our bodies make them

21/03/2022

It's Mothers Day on Sunday and if you are someone who suffers due to your menstruation or menopause or other women's health issue, maybe you would like to treat yourself to some time to focus on your wellbeing and find out how Ayurveda can help you.

I will be running a relaxed workshop at Integrated Body Dynamics N4 4DS from 10.30 am-12.00 noon to discuss the Ayurvedic perspective on women's health issues. The workshop includes a food tasting session where we will learn about the effects that different tastes have on the body and their medicinal properties.

Tickets on Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ayurveda-for-womens-health-tickets-274426786907

Please message me for any further info

A relaxed and informative workshop to learn about how to manage women's health with the power of Ayurveda an ancient healing system.

22/01/2021

Lunches and dinners in 10 minutes using a pressure cooker

I found a way to save a lot of time in the kitchen and eat healthy, mainly vegetarian food

Pressure cookers are used commonly in India and in the UK we are now seeing them being used more widely again.

Mine is an Instant Pot Due, electric pressure cooker that sits on the worktop. I love that I can leave the food cooking unattended while I do something else. I also love the taste and texture of the pulses compared to tinned pre-cooked pulses. Here are some examples of simple recipes I've been cooking, so you get an idea of how much time it can save you.

One-pot red lentils with rice and veg

-Saute onion, garlic, ginger few minutes until soft using the saute function
- Add any spices such as cumin, coriander, cinnamon, fennel, turmeric, curry leaves, plus any chopped vegetables
- Add washed white basmati rice and red lentils (approx 1/4 cup of each per person)
- Cover with water to 1cm above the food
- Pressure cook (high) for 4 minutes
Release the steam and serve with a squeeze of lime juice and salt/pepper to taste

Split pea dhal, serve with flat bread

- Saute onion, garlic, ginger for a few minutes until soft
- Add cumin, paprika and thyme and cook for a further minute
- Add washed split peas and cover with water or stock to 1cm above the peas
- Pressure cook for 5 minutes

Butter beans and vegetable stew

- Soak dried butter beans overnight
- Saute onion/celery/carrot
- Add butter beans and chunks of vegetables of your choice, such as butternut squash, celeriac, peppers, fennel, leek, potato)
- Cover with yeast-free cooking stock to 1 cm above food
- Pressure cook (high) for 10 mins (if you prefer vegetables aldante, cook the butter beans for 6-7 mins and then add the vegetable for the final 3-4 minutes of cooking time)
- If you want to thicken the sauce you can add a little cornflour to some hot water and then stir this into the mixture, press cancel and turn on to the saute function and let it bubble for a few minutes. Add some fresh chopped herbs such as parsley and thyme before serving.

19/01/2021

We don't just feel emotions. Our bodies make them...

Really interesting work by Lisa Feldman Barrett, author of How Emotions are made: the secret life of the brain. Another modern scientist whose work would broadly support the science of Ayurveda

We used to think about emotions as being generated by different parts of the brain, however, Barrett demonstrates the opposite, we predict our emotions based on stimuli, in the same way when you imagine eating rotten eggs, this can make your stomach churn, or you find your mouth salivating when you imagine eating a bar of chocolate, this is because it is a much more efficient way to manage the body than the brain interpreting stimuli afresh each time.

The reverse effect is also true, when a physical sensation occurs our brains can learn to attach an emotional concept such as anger to it. Our brains are like the finance managers of bodies, they decide how to prioritise oxygen and glucose to the different functions of our body that need them so that, for example, when you stand up blood will rush to the head to make sure you don't fall over. If there is not enough to sustain your body, one function of your body is going to lose out and that could be when your brain attaches a label of "anxiety" or "depression". We then focus too much on the label of these powerful experiences, rather than what is driving them.

When a patient comes to an Ayurvedic therapist with the feeling of anxiety and depression, we start by identifying in what way the body is not working optimally and will work to address this using diet, herbs and lifestyle changes suited to the individual. Very often the emotional distress will diminish without any need for counseling or other therapy, once again showing how our bodies make our emotions.

10/01/2021

The Ayurveda Clinic, led by Dr Deepika Rodrigo is offering free medicine for those experiencing any of the symptoms of corona virus.

The medicine works by correcting the bodies PH balance, making the conditions within the body difficult for the virus to thrive.

The medicine is suitable for anyone experiencing the symptoms of
the corona virus, please contact the clinic to receive the remedy via email at theayurvedicclinic@me.com. You will need to pay the cost of postage by bank transfer or collect the remedy from the clinic.

https://www.theayurvedicclinic.com/

The Ayurvedic Clinic based in London, has been operating discreetly for over two decades. Experience genuine care and support from our doctors and their specialist team of therapists and staff in the warm embrace of the clinic.

01/11/2020

How to get through another lockdown....?!
Sing away all stress and loneliness with Sanskrit

Gaiea Sanskrit Albums are available on Spotify/Apple Music/Google Play

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/songs-of-the-human-soul-vol-1/1529608206

Join an on-line chanting evening

https://www.gaieasanskrit.com/events

You can even become a patreon of Gaiea
https://www.patreon.com/gaieasanskrit

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

22/04/2020

A Sanskrit prayer to sing along to, for the health and happiness of all

https://youtu.be/9bLgp0qPD6E

May there be health for all May there be peace for all May there be fulfilment for all May there be blessings for all This is part of a longer meditative tra...

22/04/2020

Here is the protocol for treating Covid 19 using herbs that can be found in the kitchen, from the Ayurveda Institute UK and Ayurveda Clinic.

https://www.ayurvedainstitute.co.uk/covid-19-ayurvedic-treatment-protocol/

14/03/2020

Interesting lecture about Corona virus from Dr Deepika Rodrigo founder of the Ayurveda Institute UK

Most of us don't really know what virus and bacteria are. And we don't realise that we have always lived with viruses and bacteria in harmony. How do we do t...

30/10/2019

The Truth about Tumeric

There is a lot of Tumeric around these days - cafes serving Tumeric lattes, Tumeric teas, health supplements, and Tumeric recipes from those who are viewed as health gurus.

The health benefits are beginning to be recognized by modern science: supporting the brain and nervous system, nourishing the heart and circulatory system and boosting immunity.

However, using Tumeric in large quantities and without combining it with the complementary spices can actually be harmful to the body.

What is the right way to experience the health benefits of Tumeric? Here are some pointers provided by the Ayurvedic Institute UK, our leading lights in the UK.

1. Always use turmeric which has a heating effect on the body with other spices such as ground coriander and cumin, which have a cooling effect.

2. The proportion of turmeric to the other spices can vary between one pinch to a half a teaspoon in one dish - never use more than this.

3. Use turmeric in cooking with vegetables, pulses or meat and fish dishes. A little coconut milk and ghee or oil together with other spices help to counteract the heating effect on the body.

www.ayurvedainstitute.co.uk

30/10/2019

Sanskrit chanting with the wonderful Gabriella Burnell "you will smile yourself inside out..." as Geoffry Murray describes the experience

Saturday 9th November in West Brompton

http://www.gabriellaburnel.com/chanting-workshops/4588293601

ADDRESS: Studio 4, St Oswald's Studios, Sedlescombe Road, West Brompton, London (don't use post code in Google maps as takes you to wrong place- left WB station, Left Lilie Road, Right Sedlescombe Road. Enter through black iron gate on right)

20/07/2019

If something upsets us but it is out of our control, we want to let go of it - how can do we do it?

If you missed this wonderful event at the Ayurveda Institute UK last week, you can listen to a recording of a talk with the Venerable Mawarale Bhadiya. He discusses practical tools for everyday life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Diaunre7Y&feature=youtu.be
(39 mins)
There is also a recording of a beautiful Kirtan session led by Gabriella Burnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLjOEldbrQE&feature=youtu.be

You can find out about courses at the Institute here
https://www.ayurvedainstitute.co.uk/ayurvedic-courses/

Dharma talk organised by Ayurveda Institute UK with Venerable Mawarale Bhadiya Thero

20/06/2019

The next Kirtan event with Gabriella Burnell in Crouch End will be in September 2019 in the meantime, you can enjoy Gabriella's chants on her new album Gaiea Sanskrit available on Spotify and Google Play

Perfect Prayer

pūrṇamadaḥ
pūrnamidam
pūrṇāt
pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya
pūrṇamādāya
pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate

That is full, this is full, fullness comes from fullness.
Take fullness from fullness the remainder is full.

We are complete, perfect and full of love.

12/05/2019

We had a beautiful chanting evening last night with wonderful Gabriella Burnell. The key philosophical concept for the evening was:

"Form by form, (whether the tiniest creature in nature, to human beings), everything exists for the purpose of making That (consciousness/divine spark) known".

There will be more chanting sessions in the coming months and we will post the details on Facebook.

22/04/2019

Soothe your soul!

You are invited to a blissful evening of Sanskrit chanting with Gabriella Burnell in Crouch End, North London

When: 7pm-8.30pm, Saturday 11th May 2019
Where: Project Me, 84 Park Road, Crouch End, N8 8JQ

If you would like to attend, please book a ticket (£9) as there are only 15 spaces available and the event is likely to sell out.

Hope to see you there!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chant-chill-tickets-58502344086?aff=erelexpmlt

Soothe your soul You are invited to a blissful evening of Sanskrit chanting with Gabriella Burnell Here's a taster of Gabriella's work We will be chanting in the worlds most ancient language Sanskrit, dating back at least 5,000 years. Sanskrit chanting has a powerful meditative effect on the body an...

19/03/2019

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/03/19/nhs-trial-ayurvedic-herbal-remedy-cut-antibiotics-coughs-colds/

It is hopefully only a matter of time before Ayurveda really takes off in the UK and so many more people can be helped

GPs will prescribe a South Asian herbal remedy to patients suffering from colds and the flu in a trial to see if it could take the place of antibiotics.

27/02/2019

Do you feel out of balance or in need of rejuvenation?

During the month of March to celebrate the run-up to Spring I am offering a free 30 min head/face/neck massage for you or a friend when you book a consultation or massage.

Feel free to call or email me to find out more. You can also book an appointment on my website https://www.veda-life.co.uk/consultations

Did you know Ayurveda can treat a range of conditions, such as painful joints, skin disorders, poor digestion, sleep problems, anxiety, weight gain, painful/heavy menstruation, menopause symptoms and infertility?