Ananta Ripa Ajmera: Giving Birth to the Most Authentic Version of Ourselves through Ayurveda

The Time of the Feminine - A Global Sisterhood Podcast

Ayurveda is the world’s oldest system of health and healing. It is the sister science of yoga that teaches how to live in harmony with the cycles and rhythms of Mother Nature. Ayurveda follows two rhythms: the rhythm of the day called Dinachirya Sanskrit which translates to “following the day”, and Ritucharya or “following the rhythm of the seasons”. In our daily lifestyles and as season change, we are recommended different set of preventative health prescriptions that allow us to really optimize our health and well-being, make amazing decisions, feel rested and balanced, and generally live a healthy, happy, and beneficial life. Ayurveda defines health giving actions as those that are beneficial to ourselves and others; an inherent sense of community, connection, and oneness that this particular system deeply explores

Ananta Ripa Ajmera is an award-winning author, spiritual teacher, Ayurveda practitioner and yoga instructor who believes that the greatest teachers are those who push you to own your true power. Having completed over 12 years of deep study with master lineage-based teachers from the Vedic spiritual tradition that gifted the world Yoga, Ananta writes about, teaches and leads spiritual wellness seekers worldwide on journeys from darkness to light in a way that seamlessly blends ancient spirituality with modern psychology and healthy living.

She is co-founder and CEO of The Ancient Way, an organization that supports you to embody ancient wisdom to unfold your true Self. Ananta is host of the True to Yourself Podcast and Advisor of Ayurveda at THE WELL, a modern wellness club, where she works with a team of integrative medical practitioners. Her recent book, The Way of the Goddess (Penguin Random House TarcherPerigee, 2022), won a Firebird Book Award and The Ayurveda Way (Storey Publishing, 2017) won a Foreword INDIES Gold Book Award and a Nautilus Silver Book Award. Ananta has taught at Stanford Medical School, NYU and UNICEF, presents at festivals like the Sedona Yoga Festival and the Mind Body Spirit Festival (U.K.'s largest wellness festival) and is regularly featured in publications like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Yoga Journal, MindBodyGreen, Forbes and more.

What we discuss:

01:08 – Introducing Ananta

02:58 – How Ananta’s Work in Ayurveda Started

06:51 – What is Ayurveda?

10:11 – The Selfless Service

15:08 – Energy from the Act of Service

21:31 – Ananta’s Journey with Her Teachers

35:17 – Empaths and Their Boundaries

44:12 – Humility in Teaching

47:33 – What is Dinacharya?

51:37 – Meditation and Breathwork

59:21 – The Time of the Feminine for Ananta

1:01:59 – Ananta in Behalf of the Great Mother

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