Anadi Ayurveda

21/07/2025

“Discipline becomes freedom”
Dr.Claudia Welch

Healing is often associated with spontaneous openings or movement of energy.
A big release.
A clearing or activation.
Bells & whistles type of stuff.

The majority of us do not associate healing with
the day to day, the mundane, the repetitive.
Daily routine. Yawn. (Where’s my dopamine hit?)

However, when the workshop/retreat/class or session is over and you have to go home to your life and face you, this is where the real gains are made.
These moments are essential. It’s in the small decisions that a foundation is built.

It is over years of making the same, repetitive choices daily that I built a non negotiable respect for myself, my body, and my wellness.
I’m not swayed by trends or influencers or the hip diet of the moment.
I know how my body works and what works for my body.
It is a relationship of deep trust built up from me putting in the time, effort and intention for myself.

The decisions you make when no one is looking are the most powerful. When there is no “seemingly” bells & whistles or testimonial for how brilliant you are for making the ginger tea.

Being able to choose yourself in the subtle, daily, and unglamorous is key for any healing process.

This is healing that sticks. This is healing that creates a snowball of change day after day.
This is healing that changes pathways, digestive fire, discrimination and clarity.

And then the discipline turns full circle. The discipline creates new neural pathways and self reverence that opens up stable self love.
I know this because the love that I have gained for myself is non negotiable. It’s truly mine. And it’s fully anchored IN my body. It’s now the motivation that fires my discipline.

In the beginning I was disciplined to heal.
Now I’m disciplined because I love.
And love is leading me to freedom. ❤️‍🔥

20/07/2025

The body never lies. Never.
The body is honest.
It’s why I’m so dedicated to working with my body, listening to my body, and taking instructions from my body. It’s why I’m so adamant that working with the body should be included in any self development efforts. It’s why I have so many offerings around the wisdom held in the body.

The body knows the truth, holds the truth.
The mind can and does lie.
And the mind will tell us whatever we want to hear to justify our decisions.
The body doesn’t.
The body reflects the consequences of our decisions. Always.
Want to know where you’re at? Ask your body.

10/07/2025

Thank you Jess for this beautiful testimonial for Rachel's Ayurveda workshop on the Womb Medicine Yoga Teacher Training

"Rachels teaching on Ayurveda and Women's Health was medicine to my soul. I have briefly tapped into this information regarding women and their intuitive abilities and deep connection with the earth. Although the wild and mystical teachings are what draw me in, for me, solid facts are also important to fully understand things on a deeper level. Rachel's teaching, with such factual, scientific information of how women's bodies and menstrual cycles actually work, and their importance in all aspects of life, was just beautiful. The connection and depth of sitting in remembrance with women, who can feel it in their bones that this is sacred information that all women and girls should know.
It was the perfect combination of mind, body, soul learning and it just solidified for me how important this work and information is and how it's where I want to put my focus, regarding what I want to contribute to the world. It was such a great part of the course to have such deep knowledge about women's bodies to be able to bring into our practice as we move forward.
My biggest struggle is change, and making the changes I need within myself to attain better health and reconnect to my body. I feel like Ayurveda is such a powerful path back to myself and back to the core of women's health as a whole. What Rachel teaches is what is missing from the lives of young girls and women who have very little knowledge about our own bodies and how we can best take care of ourselves and feel empowered through our cycle."



Next course begins January 2026

25/06/2025

For years I’ve said we need to change the conversation around women’s health.
To make that a reality, I’ve designed a year long course to train women how to do exactly that.

This is a course designed to teach women’s health as it should be, from the irrefutable fact that the female body is sacred.
Every cell, tissue, sinew, organ, and function of the female body is sacred.
The conditional and materialistic view of the female body needs to end now. This will only happen when women remove their support from the current reality and commit to return to what it actually means to be feminine.
It begins with us.

On this course, we will explore all of the sacred transitions of a woman’s life and retrieve the lost wisdom that governs her cyclical nature.
This course will teach the esoteric meaning behind every aspect of the female body from the menstrual cycle to menopause.
This course will be the perfect blend of mysticism with science because it is based on spirituality born out of the Body.
This course will facilitate your own personal initiations simply by waking up to the wisdom encoded inside of you.
This course will restore your sense of sovereignty and dignity as you learn your body is the most sacred site and temple there is, there is nothing more required of you, but to come Home.

This course will go to all the places our Mother’s didn’t and where our daughters demand we do.
This course will return the Mystery to where it belongs, to the hands of fully embodied women.

This is true feminism, feminism which includes the sacredness of the body rather than deny it.
This course is for Women who are ready to accept what it is to be female and end our participation in the control paradigm that says our bodies need to be tracked, controlled, and medicated.

This is for women who want to set the path on fire and take this way of being into every aspect of their lives. This is the long overdue reckoning.

This is women’s health.
This is the Path of Persephone
Begins September 2026
Year long course with week long retreat.
Full details will be announced in August.

15/06/2025

Practicing Ayurveda doesn’t mean having to go to a spa, resort, or retreat. Ayurveda relies on working with Nature to heal and support the body. This includes working with Nature readily available to us.

Easy habits that can be incorporated daily during the summer include:

Barefoot walking: “It can reduce foot-related injuries and conditions such as plantar fasciitis and arthritis. Barefoot walking has anti-inflammatory benefits. It can help with various health problems. Plus, making direct contact with the Earth improves blood flow and heart health.”

Exposure to Sunlight: when I’m home in my garden I make sure to get twenty to thirty minutes of sunshine on my bare skin. When I’m out, I stop (preferably in a park) and sit in the sunshine for twenty minutes minimum.
“For most people, a half-hour in the summer sun can initiate the release of 50,000 IU (1.25 mg) vitamin D into the circulation within 24 hours of exposure”

Time spent in gardens or any green spaces. “Exposure to green space results in mental restoration and increased positive emotions and decreased anxiety and rumination. Improved mindfulness can result from exposure to green space as well.”

Using coriander, turmeric and mint.
Coriander and mint can be easily kept in the garden or the kitchen, or both! 🍃

“Coriander leaves are a powerful natural cleansing agent. Its antioxidant properties effectively help cleanse heavy metals and toxic agents from the body—acting as the “clean-up crew” in your body that counteracts the damaging effects of poor nutrition, pollution, and stress.”🍃

Turmeric is anti-inflammatory and is an antioxidant.
It also strengthens digestion, protects the cells of the nervous system, helps the proper function of the liver, and nourishes the heart and circulatory system. 🍃

Mint can help you fight stress, anxiety and depression and is also suitable for headaches and insomnia. It helps to boost your brain power, improve digestion and is an immune system booster .
Mint can easily be added to a pitcher of water and left for either minutes or hours. 🍃

We can still look after ourselves and thrive while enjoying the summer holidays!🌻🍃🌼🌞

11/06/2025

Longer days.
More Sun. 🌞
Higher temperatures.
Shorter nights.🌑

Change of season from Kapha to Pitta.
It’s Pitta season and we should change our food and daily routine to keep Pitta cool and balanced.

Too much heat either internally or externally can aggravate pitta, leading to physical and emotional disturbances such as red or irritated skin, burning sensations, irritability, frustration, and intolerance.

Coriander, fennel, licorice, cardamom, and mint are herbs to favor.

Enjoy roses and lavender in the both the garden and in teas to soothe Pitta.

Brahmi oil and Neem oil are especially beneficial in Pitta season.

Spend more time in nature, enjoy long walks, surround yourself with good company.

If you can, get in the ocean🌊 and sit under the moonlight.🌕

Longer evenings are tempting to stay up later but keep bedtime before 11 pm to help Pitta stay balanced.

Keeping Pitta cool and relaxed, means an enjoyable and smooth summer. 🔥🌻

21/03/2025

I’m going through a rough patch, health wise. I am in very real terms struggling physically.

I could give you my Ayurvedic diagnosis, the Dosha that’s causing it, the life circumstances exacerbating it, spout off some Ayurvedic remedies to try. Which is all relevant but I want to be very careful not to fall into the trap of perfection. The trap of needing to be fixed. The trap that says my suffering means there’s something wrong with me.

My mind could tell me I shouldn’t be experiencing these symptoms because I do “all the right things”. And as someone who believes in and practices Ayurveda, I shouldn’t have health problems.

If the last 20 years and especially the last 11 days have taught me, Ayurveda doesn’t hand over a guarantee, because neither does Life. Ayurveda is the Science of Life not the Control of Life. Ayurveda never said if you practice it, you won’t experience pain, discomfort, or dare I say it, chaos?

That you’ll never fall apart.

I think amongst us who work in health and wellness, there’s a stigma against not having it all together, or not having all the answers.

The one thing I do know is that Ayurveda is designed to stabilise us enough to be able to digest Life as it’s happening. To be fully engaged in Life exactly as it is. To be open to the FULL experience of Life from the painful to the ecstatic.

So right now my response could be to doubt, shame or question myself or I could openly and vulnerably say, I’m falling apart.

That’s it, there’s no sugar coating where Life has put me.

But I’m going to be a willing participant in this falling apart. I’m going to be a willing participant in this invitation to transformation. I’m going to trust that on the other side of this falling apart is the rise of a more integrated and authentic me. That what is actually falling is exactly what needs to go.

Today the words “I’m hanging on by a thread” came to mind and I realised that perhaps all this time I spent balancing my Doshas has prepared me for an entire new relationship with uncertainty . . . That perhaps I’m stable enough in myself to let go of the thread and dive into the ocean of possibility. 🌙🌊

Time will tell. 💗

15/03/2025

Women are powerful, yet society has long tried to erase their identity for its own benefit. Generation after generation, the world has attempted to suppress her existence, her voice, and her truth. Why? Because they know who she truly is. They fear her power. They cannot hold her, so they try to diminish her.

She is the creator, the nurturer, the destroyer. She carries within her the strength of generations, the wisdom of the past, and the fire of transformation. Her existence is not dependent on anyone’s approval, yet they rewrite history, silence her voice, and mold her into something smaller than she is meant to be.

From childhood, she is told how to behave, what to wear, how to speak, and what dreams are "acceptable" for her. They build invisible walls around her, conditioning her to believe that she must shrink to fit within the spaces they allow. But the truth is, no walls can contain her spirit.

The world has seen what happens when a woman rises in her full power. She shifts realities, builds nations, and heals generations. Yet, instead of honoring her, society tries to clip her wings, fearing the storm she can become. They preach submission, not because she is weak, but because they fear her strength.

She is Shakti, the divine force that moves the universe. They try to erase her from scriptures, distort her stories, and replace her with versions that serve their control. But the truth cannot be buried forever. The essence of who she is will always rise, no matter how much they try to suppress it.

Every time a woman dares to reclaim her space, they call her difficult. When she speaks her truth, they call her rebellious. When she refuses to be controlled, they call her dangerous. But she is none of these things—she is simply free. And that freedom terrifies those who wish to rule over her.

They try to break her spirit through fear, shame, and guilt. They teach her that love is sacrifice, that obedience is virtue, that silence is grace. But she is learning now. She is remembering who she is. She is reclaiming the parts of herself that they tried to erase.

The world has burned women at stakes, locked them in cages, and buried their wisdom under centuries of oppression. But she has never been truly defeated. She rises again and again, like the phoenix, stronger each time.

Now, she is awakening. She is breaking the cycle. She is unlearning the lies and rewriting her story. She is standing in her truth, and the world will have no choice but to recognize her for what she has always been—a force of nature, unstoppable and infinite.

The time of erasure is over. The time of return has begun. Women are not asking for permission anymore. They are claiming what was always theirs. And this time, no one will be able to silence them.

- Abhikesh

14/03/2025