Pralapa is the Sanskrit word for excessive talking. It is both a cause and symptom of high vata.

Learn More About:

• Tejas and embodied listening
• Samprapti and the six stages of disease in Ayurveda
• Weaving Ayurveda and Celtic ancestry
• The medicine of the snake
• Noticing signs
• The book Angela is writing

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Resources mentioned in the episode:

Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe (book)

Rebecca Cavender (snake)

Join Angela Vytautė in this conversation that explores how ancient Ayurvedic wisdom can meet modern trauma awareness - and why, for many of us, healing requires more than food, herbs, and routines alone.

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• What trauma-informed Ayurveda really means - and why it's not a one-size-fits-all approach
• How unresolved emotional experiences can show up as physical symptoms
• The power of healing in community (and why it's often missing today)
• Why sharing our stories in safe groups can be profoundly transformative
• What it means to find - or create - a modern village for healing

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Free Dharma Heart Space Workshop Jan. 25th, 2026 + GHK Global Video

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February-June 2026.

Free 3-Part Series on Ancient Wisdom + Modern Nuance: German New Medicine, Trauma-Informed Ayurveda and Navigating the Liminal Space

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2026.

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The paradox of loneliness is that we humans need each other and at the same time we're also here to learn how to feel at home with ourselves. Angela answers listeners questions on alchemizing the pain of loneliness and finding a spiritual teacher.

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• Tools to embrace paradox- when two opposing things are both true at the same time
• Three practices to alchemize stuck emotions
• Integrating ritual and ancestral support
• The modern day dilemma of decision fatigue and choosing a spiritual path
• Staying true to yourself while also staying open to learning

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Free Dharma Heart Space Workshop Jan. 25th, 2026 + GHK Global Video

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February-June 2026.

Free 3-Part Series on Ancient Wisdom + Modern Nuance: German New Medicine, Trauma-Informed Ayurveda and Navigating the Liminal Space

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2026.

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Join Angela as she shares her own personal reflections from this year, in hopes it inspires you to contemplate and reflect on your own year.

Learn more about:

• One word for the year
• Flexible core values based on the season of life
• Sacred earth and Angela's journey with Werrito
• Barefoot shoes, ancestral pilgrimage and delight as a nervous system regulator
• The village is here now- rewiring beliefs about community

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(Free Dharma Heart Space Workshop Jan. 25th, 2026. Link and replay will be sent out in newsletter.)

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February-June 2026.

Free 3-Part Series on Ancient Wisdom + Modern Nuance: German New Medicine, Trauma-Informed Ayurveda and Navigating the Liminal Space

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2026.

Your body is your soul's home. It's your vessel.

Overeating past the point of fullness is considered a "crime against wisdom" in Ayurveda as it taxes agni.

Let's explore creative expression as a remedy for information overload.

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• Ayurvedic psychology
• Various forms of creative expression
• Creativity for creativity's sake
• Simple tips for metabolizing information
• Claiming self-responsibility for what you consume

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(Free Dharma Heart Space Workshop Jan. 25th, 2026. Link sent out in newsletter.)

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February 2026.

Free 3-Part Series on Ancient Wisdom + Modern Nuance: German New Medicine, Trauma-Informed Ayurveda and Navigating the Liminal Space

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2026.

The dance between masculine and feminine teaches us how to listen deeply and then take action based on the insight received.

Learn More About:

• An explanation from Vastu on why the feminine requires more awareness
• Examples of how to cultivate more attention toward the subtle
• Structures and systems make space for feminine flow
• Simple ways to start building a more sustainable business
• Time blocking for each of the doshas
• Working with seasonal alignment

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(Free Dharma Heart Space Workshop Jan. 25th, 2026. Link sent out in newsletter.)

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February 2026.

Free 3-Part Series on Ancient Wisdom + Modern Nuance: German New Medicine, Trauma-Informed Ayurveda and Navigating the Liminal Space

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2026.

This is a personal share of adventures to Avebury, Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Dartmoor National Park, Cornwall's rugged coast and London.

Learn more about:

• Following the nudges toward ancestral healing
• The Russian word dvoverie, meaning double-belonging, which we could also view as double-decker beliefs
• Accepting the chaos that comes with the winds of change
• Connecting with the land and trees

Simple Ayurveda Resources

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February 2026.

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Ancestral Resouces Mentioned in the Episode

Brigid's Light by Cairelle Crow Perilloux and Laura Louella

Mythic Medicine Podcast Episode on Amber's ancestral pilgrimage to Europe- this episode is no longer available

Weaving Remembrance (keening course affiliate link)

Grail Priestess

Mama Gena Holy Trinity (step 6 in this post)

Avalon Guidebook by Kathy Jones

Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard

Her Bone Bundle by Carolyn Hillyer

Morgan is My Name by Sophie Keetch

Neil Oliver's Love Letters to the British Isles Glastonbury episode

Beauty and delight coexist with chaos. You don't have to live in a state of rage or grief in order to care about the state of the world. You get to choose what guides your life.

Learn more about:

• Moving beyond nervous system regulation and into a state of delight with life
• Noticing moments of lived experience in beauty and delight
• Lessons from ancient history and improv
• Taking a beauty walk
• Being of service from a place of love rather than fear

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February 2026.

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Ayurveda is more vast and encompassing than most in the West realize. Learn what the ancient texts say about animal protein.

Learn more about:

• Cultivating a loving relationship with food, regardless of what type of protein you consume
• The difference between a Yogic diet and an Ayurvedic diet
• Ancient animal protein recommendations based on the seasons
• How to cook anything Ayurvedically
• Simple tips for shopping and cooking without lists or recipes
• Easy go-to meals that don't require following a recipe

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February 2026.

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Ayurveda teaches that cellular communication is distorted by ama (metabolic waste), causing a breakdown in the regular healthy communication and function of the body's cells. This is the basis for autoimmune conditions.

This episode weaves Ayurveda and a little bit of German New Medicine for a look at the root cause of autoimmune conditions- how ama is formed and what approaches can be taken.

Learn More About:

• The qualities of agni and ama
• Cellular agni: how the five elements show up in every cell of your body
• The four origins of ama (metabolic waste)
• The connection between German New Medicine and Ayurveda
• What's left when you've tried everything

Resources:

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2025.

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort Spring 2026.

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Book Mentioned

Textbook of Ayurveda, Volume Two

Mothering yourself isn't about your relationship with your mother, it's about your relationship with yourself.

It's tapping into feminine wisdom- both the soft and tender AND the fierce protector.

Learn More About:

• A Taoist view on source as the great mother
• How many of us are reclaiming the ways of our ancient wise and well ancestors
• The simplicity of dropping elaborate protocols and tuning into nourishing food and sleep
• Recognizing disempowering stories
• Attuning to your needs moment to moment

This episode was based on a listener question. Send your questions and thoughts to [email protected] for future podcast discussions.

Resources:

The Simple Ayurveda health certification program walks you step-by-step through a year-long process of integrating Ayurveda into every aspect of your life so that you are confident in your authentic abilities to share Ayurveda with your community- whether that's your family or clients. Apply here. It is a small group with personalized instruction and individual mentorship led directly by Angela. Next cohort starts September 2025.

Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort Spring 2026.

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Resources mentioned in the episode:

The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents

Tara Brading (Irish and British ancestry)