Embark with us on a transformative journey with our "Integrated Healing Arts" series, exploring diverse modalities of wellness. We commence this insightful exploration with a profound examination of Ayurveda and TCM– contrasting their unique approaches, unveiling their fundamental principles, and illuminating their remarkable synergies.

On the day of #Guru #Purnima July 10 2025 = we bring you a DEEP DIVE into what is a Guru or spiritual master? Who is chaitya guru (in heart) , path pradarshak Guru (guide), #diksha Guru, Shiksha Guru and finally what is #ritvik and the lineage of Guru Parampara. Why do we need a spiritual Guru at all. Where will we find this Guru? How will we know He, or She is the real deal. Hear on-Podcast by Pandit Atul Krishna Das and Manjulali Dasi

Continuing where we left our Lesson Vedic Astrology & Chants, lets dive a little bit deeper into our Lesson number 2 with Gayathri Shylesh, an expert Kerala Jyotishi and Holistic Healer.

Conversation with Pandit Atul Krishna about why is Bhagavat Gita a text for yoga, who is a yogi and other interesting gems about Yoga philosophy. 

In my book, Ayurveda and the Feminine I have devoted an entire chapter to the actual invocation and the invocation mantras.  My students and Ayurveda clients ask me all the time, hence it was time to talk about it.  So, what are invocation chants? They are called mangalacaranam- literally translated as auspicious step or beginnings. So, I am talking about what are invocation chants, why and how we do it.

And, I demonstrate chanting of three different chants in this short and sweet podcast.

The script of this podcast is at this link.

Episorde art by my student Amy Eisenhower-Omholt. 

Enjoy.

Monica B Groover

If you wanted to learn vedic astrology or jyotish from an expert in South Indian Kerala Style, start here. We are starting right from the basic starting from how to invoke and chant before starting the study of this divine knowledge. Gayathri Shylesh a Kerala Jyotishi and Holistic Health Practitioner gives lesson #1. Vedic Astrologer.

Ayurvedic Herbalism is a misnomer. This is because in Ayurveda it is not just plant but animal products like ghee, milk or honey are also used as part of the herbal formulation. Here's a fantastic podcast- a DEEP DIVE into Ayurvedic Dravyology as we call it. Note- Compiled with help of notebooklm from material from Narayana Institute and Ayurveda course materials.

The universe gives us signs. These are omens. Are omens bad? But they can prophecize something auspicious also. A podcast about Omens-the how, why and where or it. And a story about Shiva. A conversation between Manjulali and Vedic Astrologer Pandit Atul Krishna Das. #omens #superstition #signs

Mind is a sum of our past impressions, our karma, spoken from a lens of Ayurvedic philosophy. Ayurvedic perspective on the mind. A video podcast By Pandit Atul

Disclaimer- This is a spiritual podcast, and focuses on the mind and reality from a karmic and spiritual view and its repercussions for healers

If I had a penny for every time someone said Diwali is the festival of lights. It is at the same level with chai tea and ghee butter. Diwali has so many mystical secrets, it has a deep significance. Listen to the podcast to know how to invite abundance, auspiciousness, heal relationship with siblings, invite blessings for health and wellness during these five days of Diwali. (And, NO! it is not just a festival of lights--thats just what the British colonizers of India did to whitewash Diwali so they could celebrate without feeling guility)!!!

Imagine learning ancient Ayurvedic nadi from Artificial Intelligence. Now, you can, right here in this podcast. I am a teacher of the Narayana System of Nadi Pariksha (Ayurvedic Pulse), and I fed some of my documents and a video into Google AI notebook LM, which made me a small podcast. Hear me give comments and learn about the Nadi system at the same time. #learn #ayurvedic #nadi

Disclaimer- Ayurveda is not recognized by FDA and Ayurvedic practitioners are not allowed to treat, cure and prevent any disease.

A Vedic Wicca Ritual and Spell with Sanskrit Mantra Chants for the Goddess -Mother Nature, Mahamaya. In Wicca, they call it a spell, in the Vedic realm we call it a ritual. You will run how to invoke a goddess, make offerings, and help to break a bad habit. This is a spiritual practice- please bathe and be clean. in addition, try to do this ritual in a clean environment on the auspicious time of Navaratri, Ashtami (eighth day) to the Full Moon. If you want to learn how to make a ghee candle for this spell, here is the video link of YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iotEcoNNTU. I am available to do a divination appointment, or do a spell for you. The cost is by donation for basic rituals. text (512) 761-7563‬

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Why have you not been able to manifest your desires? With the countless websites and celebrities--saying all you have to do is ask and set intention and it will happen. It still has not happened for you. Learn the Vedic perspective and some practical prayers and karma blockage removing rituals (towards the end) that will help in manifesting your desire. These 8 days of Navaratri--the Goddess is personally blessing all of us.

Past life Impressions called samskAras may dictate our life choices, likes, dislikes and especially our irrational fears. They may have an underlying trauma, related to how we left our body. A short and informative conversational podcast on an important Vedic and Yogic topic of our past lives. By Pandit Atul Krishna Das and Manjulali Dasi.

A generation like no other. Whip smart but ridden with anxiety, and so many mental imbalances. What is going on? Why are younger women suffering from AMI (Any mental illness)? Why? Is this our fault? What is the Vedic view, and what does Ayurveda suggest? A must-listen if you have a daughter aged 11 to 30 or if you are on a healing or spiritual path. DISCLAIMER- Ayurveda is not allowed to treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This podcast is for informational purposes only and is from a Vedic perspective.

The cycle of life is like Groundhog Day. We are born and we die again and again and again. We are born so we can do our karma and especially our Dharma. A small esoteric discussion on Dharma.

We ae amazed, admire, we laugh, we poke some harmless fun at The Great Indian Wedding. How the gen z is dieting to fit in your beautiful saree, lehnga or wedding gown. Or, dieting simply to find a partner in a country of 1.4 billion people. In this podcast we talk about the wedding mania and how the wedding craze fuels fad diets and we talk about Ancient Diets-Ayurvedic Diets and millets.

Tithi and Transits in Vedic Astrology-an advanced jyotish class by Kerala Astroger and Ayurveda Practitioner Gayathri Shylesh as part of her educational series for Narayana.

A class by Debby, who is a nurse practitioner and an Ayurveda Practitioner for Narayana students.

Finally, we may get a woman president who's menopausal. Whew. A podcast about menopause, Ayurvedic support for balancing menopausal symptoms and conversation with an ayurveda practitioner who used to be an Ob-Gyan. We cover all the bases in this podcast. #kamala #harris #menopause #ayurveda #women

We feed our gut mindlessly, then take appetite suppressants, go on #diet and #exercise. Between the media, our modern lifestyle where screens and social media rules our lives, we have forgotten what is hunger? We have forgotten how to eat, when to eat. We talk to Medical Doctor turned Ayurveda Practitioner Dr Mithun Baliga and Vedic Cook and Philosopher Pandit Atul Krishna Das about the basic question "what is hunger". Moderated by Monica Groover, PhD Ayurvedic Practitioner, author and director of Narayana Institute of Vedic Arts and Sciences. #hunger #diet

Discover Vedic secrets of 5 Hollywood movies. Hollywood is obsessed with eastern philosophy and top directors and actors and top international movies like Avatar, Oppenheimer have a Vedic Hindu connection. 10 Min podcast #movies #eastern #vedic #philosophy

Science dubs hallucinations as phoo phoo--a figment of imagination. What if some hallucinations were a paranormal phenomenon? Psychic and spiritualist Manjulali discusses the difference between hallucination the vision or the supernatural.

...Because its hidden in our burger, our taco, our sauce, even our candy. Because most people dont see the suffering and inhumane way the animal is killed. Here's a discussion on what the scriptures-biblical, Hebrew and Vedic texts say, and, why we it is so important to eat a plant based diet not just for the planet but also our karma

Sun can be worshipped by physical asanas or just by meditation and mantras. Here is a "visualization" of sun salutation with mantras and chants. The chants and sun salutations done during midsummer and solstice week actually amplifies the effect of solar energy and brings abundance and auspiciousness to our lives. Here is a discussion as well as chants and techniques on how to bring light of sun as part of your meditation and energywork.

What will happen to supply of Ayurvedic herbs, supplements in the USA? Will the price increase substantially? On which products? What about Traditional Chinese herbs or supplements. Here's a short and sweet podcast.

Buildings made up of herbs, mud, clay -really? Did you know that ancient Ayurvedic texts suggested sustainable building materials made up of mud, clay and herbs as well as plants. Listen to find out more.

Have you ever been bodyshamed by peers, family or even medical professionals? We talk about how In different countries, bodyshaming takes different forms- fatshaming, colorism etc.- not to mention it has found a home in cyber bullying. From a Vedic perspective, bodyshaming is bad karma individually and collectively. #bodypositive #karma #vedicarts

Is God a neutral gender? No-God is ultimate Male. Are you kidding-God is female. Truth is God is Black. But they think God is white. NO, God is colored. God is a white light. What if we told you Divine is all that and more. Here is a podcast discussing the three aspects of Divine- Brahmin, Paramatma and Bhagavan from Srimad Bhagavatam.

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.

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.

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.

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 the view of Narayana Ayurveda.

Eclipses, and calculus in Jyotish. Part 2 of the Learn Jyotish series by pandit Atul krishna das.

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.

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, smart) or kāla cakra. In this interesting podcast, we talk with Pandit Atul our resident Vedic philosopher about the qualities of time, the four yugas, time being a destroyer and creator, and instances from the Bhagavad Gita and pop culture.

Pandit Atul is a well-known vedic astrologer and Vedic philosopher and teacher of Sanskrit and vedic arts. Monica Groover is an author, writer, herbalist, and teacher of Ayurveda and Vedic arts.

Heres a podcast about Fake oils, adulteration in food and Ayurveda view of ancient oils for wellness from the thousand year old text called "Bhava Prakasha". Podcast is by Ayurveda Practitioners.

Please note that Ayurveda is not allowed to treat, cure, or prevent any disease and is NOT recognized by FDA. This podcast is for informational purposes only.

Quick guided meditation for chakras using principles and breathing of Qigong and yoga.

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.

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.

"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 energetic network of nāḍis in our astral body. Ayurveda Practitioners check a person's nadi in order to find out the imbalance. As an Ayurveda practitioner myself, I may check their nadi. Nadi tells me everything. What is this Nadi? It is an energetic channel--a network within our body- a system that reverberates in all our bodies. Let's learn more in this podcast taken from an actual class where I was teaching level 1 Narayana nadi system to my students. - Podcast by Monica B Groover, author of Essential Guide to Ayurveda, Ayurveda and the Feminine.

Curious? Listen in.

DISCLAIMER: Ayurvedic Medicine cannot diagnose, treat or prevent any disease. The information presented here is SPIRITUAL and VEDIC and only meant for educational purposes.

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 teach the entire world about the pursuit of happiness. How do we become happy--Vedic perspective. ...

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 invoke her. Enjoy,

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 for thought from an Ayurvedic Perspective. (Note--this podcast is neither an endorsement nor a critique--it is simply a way-a new prospective-a Vedic and spiritual prospective into this idea of how and why Milk became eew for an entire generation of American Kids)

Monica B Groover (manjulali) is the author of ⁠Ayurveda and the Feminine ⁠and, ⁠ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO AYURVEDA

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 energertically. Urine, sweat and lymphatic fluid--are a cleansing action of water. In women, the menstrual blood is cleansing not just the unfertilized cell, and lining but all the stress we have accumulated over the month--that is sticking to our body and tissues--it is all being let out--by blood-which is a manifestation of water and fire. Each body of water has a spirit guide--when we contaminate the ocean, river or water, we overfish-there are karmic consequences for the whole society. This podcast generally dives into all that and more.....

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. The justice-dharmaraj Yamaraja is the head of the court system and his staff/children are legislators and keep records. There are scary beings-sometimes hired from asuras- to do the dirty work of giving punishments in these hellish planets/realms

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 Image Generator.

The five layers of the body and eating disorders from a philosophical poing of view.

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 perspective and this podcast is simply informational only. Ayurveda is simply a complimentary healing modality not meant to cure, heal or diagnose anyone and Ayurvedic Medicine is not recognized by FDA.

Note- Photo was generated by Bing Image AI.

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 HERE. Monica B Groover (manjulali) is the author of Ayurveda and the Feminine and, ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO AYURVEDA