WEBVTT 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:27.559 You're listening to Health Lifelines, a podcast 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:30.539 brought to you by the Lifeguard Approach, your 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:34.159 trusted source for insights, solutions, and training 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.780 that empower you to become a lifeguard for your 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:39.820 patient's health and wellbeing. Good morning, 00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:44.000 listeners. This is Christu Ball with Health Lifelines 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.000 podcast, and I am so excited to introduce you 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:53.679 to Dr. Simi Chopra today. She has a very unique 00:00:53.899 --> 00:01:00.479 path of how she moves patients from disease to 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.620 healing. And so I'm anxious primarily to just 00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:06.920 give her the lead and let her talk this morning 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:11.939 about how that transformation happens. And so 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:16.019 welcome, Dr. Chopra. Thank you, Chris. It's a 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:20.920 pleasure being here. Great. So tell me a little 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:24.920 bit about where you're from. Sure. So I'm originally 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:30.239 from India, and I moved around 30 years back 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:37.359 to New York. So before I got into Ayurveda, I 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:43.379 was studying molecular biology and biostatistics. 00:01:45.549 --> 00:01:48.689 It has been quite a journey for me to get into 00:01:48.689 --> 00:01:55.010 Ayurveda because when I was in school, so in 00:01:55.010 --> 00:01:58.450 India how it works is that after 12th grade you 00:01:58.450 --> 00:02:03.170 give exams to get into medical schools. So I 00:02:03.170 --> 00:02:06.730 got into Ayurveda in the medical system in India. 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.840 But I chose to follow this molecular biology 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:15.860 path. And then after I moved to the US, and when 00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:19.000 my daughter was born and she was having some 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.719 little bit of problems, that is when I moved 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:25.439 back to learning Ayurveda. And then there was 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.199 no looking back. And there's a beautiful saying 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:32.419 which says that you don't choose Ayurveda, but 00:02:32.509 --> 00:02:35.969 Ayurveda chooses you. So that has been very true 00:02:35.969 --> 00:02:38.729 for me, because I kind of rejected it that time, 00:02:38.729 --> 00:02:41.009 but it wasn't, I think, the right time for me 00:02:41.009 --> 00:02:43.469 that time. So yeah, so since then, I've been 00:02:43.469 --> 00:02:46.490 practicing in, since I finished my doctor program, 00:02:46.729 --> 00:02:50.370 I've been practicing in New York City at Sid 00:02:50.370 --> 00:02:55.009 Ayur, that's my company. And I've been trying 00:02:55.009 --> 00:02:59.789 to help clients with chronic issues, allergies, 00:03:00.289 --> 00:03:04.759 hormonal imbalance and name anything so it's 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.479 been quite a journey yes that's an interesting 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:13.060 journey and you must have been something was 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:17.759 kind of calling you or persistently bringing 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:21.240 this up in your your heart and your mind because 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.340 something must not have been working in what 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:26.800 you were trained to do is that a fair statement 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:31.659 to say in in the past Yes, I think you're right. 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.939 Though I must say that I was always in tune with 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:39.080 Ayurveda. So back in India also, I'll give you 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:43.539 a small story about me. I used to have severe 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:48.000 chronic like chronic sinusitis. So back when 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:51.879 I was studying in college and I was living on 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:55.800 antihistamines daily and it used to make me drowsy. 00:03:55.939 --> 00:04:02.270 It was not conducive to study while being drowsy. 00:04:02.430 --> 00:04:05.430 So finally I went to my hometown and the Vaidh, 00:04:05.430 --> 00:04:07.610 we call them Vaidh in other Ayurvedic doctors 00:04:07.610 --> 00:04:10.889 back in India. So he did a therapy which is called 00:04:10.889 --> 00:04:15.710 Nasya for seven days. So where they put herbal 00:04:15.710 --> 00:04:20.189 decoctions or herbal oils. In my case they put 00:04:20.189 --> 00:04:25.230 Tulsi Swara. So basically it's Tulsi juice and 00:04:25.230 --> 00:04:30.100 since then it's been like now what 35 40 years 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:32.779 or so and I've never touched food I've never 00:04:32.779 --> 00:04:36.560 had sinus issues and it was severe it was really 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.259 chronic so I always was gay towards Ayurveda 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:43.319 since I was little I used to have chronic cough 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:48.040 again through Ayurveda it was fixed but But you 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.480 know how a molecular biology is also very interesting. 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:52.819 So it was very interesting. That time, it was 00:04:52.819 --> 00:04:55.779 the hot topic. So I wanted to study that. And 00:04:55.779 --> 00:04:59.759 it's actually nothing. You know how we say, whatever 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.420 you learn, you'll always use it sometime in your 00:05:02.420 --> 00:05:07.779 life. So even now, I like to integrate both the 00:05:07.779 --> 00:05:12.610 fields where I understand it from the the biochemical, 00:05:12.790 --> 00:05:16.269 the molecular, the genetics, everything of that 00:05:16.269 --> 00:05:19.009 particular problem. So it becomes a nice blend. 00:05:19.870 --> 00:05:24.550 I love how you've blended those to the ancient 00:05:24.550 --> 00:05:28.769 healing wisdom of Ayurveda and then the modern 00:05:28.769 --> 00:05:34.490 science. Would you talk about your personal healing 00:05:34.490 --> 00:05:39.470 journey from some things that you had to battle 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:45.720 And then embracing penchakarma. Can you tell 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:49.959 us about that as well? Sure. So yes, a few years 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:54.939 back, I was diagnosed with cancer. And so I did 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:59.740 an integrated approach where I got the cancer 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:04.000 removed, but I refused. I did not do the chemotherapy. 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:06.300 I just refused. I knew my body will not handle 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:10.449 it. So, and I've had so much faith in Ayurveda. 00:06:11.389 --> 00:06:15.629 So I went ahead and did a Panchakarma, which 00:06:15.629 --> 00:06:21.930 is a very intense detox. It's like five to six 00:06:21.930 --> 00:06:27.709 weeks process where it's like a month where we 00:06:27.709 --> 00:06:31.209 kind of prepare our body. And then where we increase, 00:06:31.509 --> 00:06:35.709 we fix our digestion and majority of the time, 00:06:35.750 --> 00:06:39.329 any health issue that happens is because we have 00:06:39.329 --> 00:06:43.209 a weak digestive system, a weak digestive. We 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:46.550 call it fire. Agni we call it. Agni translates 00:06:46.550 --> 00:06:49.810 into fire. So we have a weak digestion, which 00:06:49.810 --> 00:06:51.930 leads to whatever we're eating, we don't digest 00:06:51.930 --> 00:06:55.360 properly and it leads to We call it, which is 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.480 you can loosely say it's toxins. So when the 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.899 toxins build up, they can appear in the form 00:06:59.899 --> 00:07:04.560 of a rash on your skin or maybe arthritis in 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:07.120 the joints or whatever the problem is. So for 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:11.600 me after that, I mean, I did take the tamoxifen, 00:07:11.779 --> 00:07:14.800 which is like a chemo drug for just a month and 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:19.000 it gave me severe, severe problems. So I had 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.740 rashes like ulcers all over my body and I could 00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:26.490 not. keep food inside me. So at that time I was 00:07:26.490 --> 00:07:28.290 like, okay, enough is enough. I'm going to do 00:07:28.290 --> 00:07:31.529 my panchkarma. So I prepared my body, increased 00:07:31.529 --> 00:07:37.089 my digestion, removed the toxins. So that was 00:07:37.089 --> 00:07:41.250 the preparing the body. And then it's like eight 00:07:41.250 --> 00:07:44.750 days to 10 days, which is the actual panchkarma 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:49.790 where we intake medicated herbal ghee according 00:07:49.790 --> 00:07:56.310 to your problem and then there's five you can 00:07:56.310 --> 00:07:59.649 say therapies that is done to remove the toxins 00:07:59.649 --> 00:08:02.730 out of the body so that he brings all the toxins 00:08:02.730 --> 00:08:05.870 to your gut and then these five treatments depending 00:08:05.870 --> 00:08:10.500 on again what is the problem, we remove the toxins, 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.660 either through purgation or either through medicated 00:08:13.660 --> 00:08:17.500 NMRs or through MSs. So there are a lot of other 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:21.120 ways to do it. So that was, that's how I kind 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.740 of fixed my gut issues and rashes and all that 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:28.000 was going on. And they were there after, you 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.639 know, after because of the chemotherapy that 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.980 I had refused. So I had to take in, I had to 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:37.889 kind of blend I had to take in herbs and all 00:08:37.889 --> 00:08:45.710 to compensate it. Is the pench karma, is it very 00:08:45.710 --> 00:08:49.009 much associated with the gut microbiome that 00:08:49.009 --> 00:08:55.450 we talk about today? OK. So microbiome, yes, 00:08:55.490 --> 00:08:58.350 it is going to, because it resets your gut. Pench 00:08:58.350 --> 00:09:02.029 karma, it resets your gut. So in that case, yes, 00:09:02.049 --> 00:09:07.870 it is going to fix your microbiome. But I have 00:09:07.870 --> 00:09:10.169 to say that Panchkarma, when people come to me 00:09:10.169 --> 00:09:13.690 for my clients, I try to discourage them to do 00:09:13.690 --> 00:09:17.750 it. Because it's, I said it's a six weeks thing, 00:09:17.750 --> 00:09:19.649 but it's actually like a three months, you know, 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:22.230 before you have to be careful. After the Panchkarma, 00:09:22.289 --> 00:09:24.789 you have to be very careful about the food, because 00:09:24.789 --> 00:09:29.679 your gut has reset. So like, And then if you 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.100 immediately start eating any kind of food that, 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:34.120 you know, like pizza or some, or those kinds 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:37.320 of heavy food, it's going to be a problem. But 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.500 yes, to your question, it does build your microbiome. 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:44.259 And, but there are other very simple things that 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:48.100 a person can do to build a good microbiome. So 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:51.720 there's homemade buttermilk. If people can just 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:55.259 introduce that in their life. Once a day, usually 00:09:55.259 --> 00:09:58.200 I try to tell my clients around a midday, around 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:02.179 10, 11 a .m. Just make a buttermilk, which is 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:05.899 the recipe is given on my website also, just 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:11.139 taking a one to two teaspoon of yogurt and one 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:14.480 glass of water and then just blend it, churn 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:18.259 it with salt and cumin powder and all. So that 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:23.330 brings, that helps your good bacteria too. become 00:10:23.330 --> 00:10:29.470 more and balance your microbiome. Very, very 00:10:29.470 --> 00:10:35.549 interesting. And I like that. It just seems so 00:10:35.549 --> 00:10:38.789 much more natural than putting all those chemicals 00:10:38.789 --> 00:10:42.429 and things that are not designed to heal us. 00:10:42.490 --> 00:10:45.529 That's for sure. Totally. I mean, I even for 00:10:45.529 --> 00:10:48.690 my children and my clients, I don't recommend 00:10:48.690 --> 00:10:51.610 the probiotics that I've found on the, you know, 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:54.330 very over the counter. I just tell them to do 00:10:54.330 --> 00:10:56.350 the buttermilk and that really helps and you, 00:10:56.470 --> 00:10:59.409 you get so used to your body kind of craves it. 00:10:59.730 --> 00:11:03.009 So I just had buttermilk before starting this. 00:11:03.850 --> 00:11:07.049 So the ingredients into the buttermilk are on 00:11:07.049 --> 00:11:12.440 your website. Yes. That would be, I will definitely 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:21.500 check that out. So tell me also, what we hear 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:24.399 so much today is about our fast -paced world 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:29.500 and where stress and burnout are everyday companions 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:34.379 with most of us. So how do you bring those Ayurvedic 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:40.220 principles into small sustainable shifts that 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:45.159 people can actually live by. Yeah. So in the 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.779 last few years, Ayurveda has become quite popular 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:51.539 in the West. And mainly I've seen people who 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:54.519 have the time are able to follow the Ayurvedic 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.399 principles very beautifully. You know, the main 00:11:57.399 --> 00:12:00.580 principle is to have a rhythm. Follow the... 00:12:00.570 --> 00:12:03.230 be in sync with nature. So follow the Ayurvedic 00:12:03.230 --> 00:12:06.110 clock where you wake up at a certain time, eat 00:12:06.110 --> 00:12:09.169 at a certain time. Your heaviest meal should 00:12:09.169 --> 00:12:12.809 be at lunch, light food in the breakfast and 00:12:12.809 --> 00:12:15.730 dinner and sleep for seven, eight hours, which 00:12:15.730 --> 00:12:19.110 anyways, everyone says even the Western mainstream 00:12:19.110 --> 00:12:21.929 medicine also says the same thing. But the problem 00:12:21.929 --> 00:12:24.990 is for people who are busy, who are in the corporate 00:12:24.990 --> 00:12:28.870 world, they are nonstop They are shuttling meetings 00:12:28.870 --> 00:12:31.570 and they're traveling college students who have 00:12:31.570 --> 00:12:35.049 a lot of projects to you. So for all these people, 00:12:35.090 --> 00:12:38.090 it becomes very difficult for them to just to 00:12:38.090 --> 00:12:40.570 tell them to follow the I already clock because 00:12:40.570 --> 00:12:42.970 it's not going to work for them. If they have 00:12:42.970 --> 00:12:45.509 three projects due the next day, they are going 00:12:45.509 --> 00:12:47.429 to take it. They are going to sleep very late. 00:12:47.470 --> 00:12:48.990 Maybe they are sleeping only for three, four 00:12:48.990 --> 00:12:53.990 hours. So which becomes an issue. So what I suggest 00:12:53.990 --> 00:12:57.950 to those people is they are So Ayurveda stands 00:12:57.950 --> 00:13:01.710 on three pillars. One is food. Second is sleep. 00:13:02.129 --> 00:13:04.950 So sleep is a must, but I tell them if they can, 00:13:05.129 --> 00:13:09.490 if they can sleep between the hours of 10 PM 00:13:09.490 --> 00:13:12.610 to 2 AM. That is the time when there's internal 00:13:12.610 --> 00:13:15.350 repair happening, internal transformations is 00:13:15.350 --> 00:13:19.019 the. Pitta time. It's the night Pitta time when 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:21.899 all the transformations, all the memories that 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:26.200 you have, it gets the junk is removed. So your 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:30.419 liver is detoxifying. So I tell them to wake 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:33.080 up early, at least get that four hours sleep 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:36.500 at least. So that is one. So that is the one 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:40.259 of the pillar. The second is food. So in food, 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:43.759 people are eager to add things, you know, add 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:47.759 some superfood, add lots of fermented foods and 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:50.500 all, but problem is one has to eat according 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:53.940 to what is imbalanced in them. So if there's 00:13:53.940 --> 00:13:57.379 an imbalance of these, we call them doshas, it 00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:59.519 can be, you can call them anything you want. 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.340 It's like, it's the principle behind it. If you 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:05.879 have a lot of heat in your body, so you should 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.419 be avoiding certain things. So I tell them rather 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:11.889 than add things, avoid, initially avoid a few 00:14:11.889 --> 00:14:14.090 things according to what is imbalanced in you. 00:14:14.470 --> 00:14:16.870 So for that, to find out what is imbalanced, 00:14:17.149 --> 00:14:19.029 it's best to come to an Ayurvedic practitioner 00:14:19.029 --> 00:14:21.230 so that they can tell you what is imbalanced 00:14:21.230 --> 00:14:25.490 and what foods to avoid. So like, for example, 00:14:25.610 --> 00:14:28.669 I'll give you five. So a person, let's say that 00:14:28.669 --> 00:14:32.000 has a lot of heat in the body. So they might 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:35.799 have issues like acidity or rashes on the skin. 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:38.960 They're prone to all these things. So for them, 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:42.740 the best thing is to remove spicy food, sour 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:46.320 foods, fermented, very fermented foods. You know, 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:49.679 like these days, a lot of people are having too 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.299 much of kimchi. It is good, but in a small quantity. 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.639 So these kind of people, for them, the pitta 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.669 is imbalanced. Then they are few people who have 00:15:00.669 --> 00:15:04.970 a prone to dryness or aches and pains. For them, 00:15:05.289 --> 00:15:07.730 the water energy is imbalanced. So for them, 00:15:07.730 --> 00:15:10.750 I'll tell them not to have cold, too much cold, 00:15:11.169 --> 00:15:14.450 like cold water, ice cold water, raw salads, 00:15:14.830 --> 00:15:17.950 smoothies, though, those two things I tell all 00:15:17.950 --> 00:15:21.330 my clients not to have. So it's the for people 00:15:21.330 --> 00:15:24.450 who are in a rush, at least if they can avoid 00:15:24.450 --> 00:15:27.950 a few things, so that will start helping them. 00:15:27.950 --> 00:15:32.049 their gut introduced, introduced digestivities 00:15:32.049 --> 00:15:35.230 according to your imbalance again. So all these 00:15:35.230 --> 00:15:38.590 things, even if they are in a, you know, they're 00:15:38.590 --> 00:15:41.029 traveling or they are back to back meeting, they 00:15:41.029 --> 00:15:44.909 can always grab digestive teas and sip on those 00:15:44.909 --> 00:15:47.909 that will keep helping their gut. So that was 00:15:47.909 --> 00:15:50.590 the second thing, which is the pillar of Ayurveda. 00:15:50.669 --> 00:15:54.690 The third is it's called Brahmacharya. So the 00:15:54.690 --> 00:15:58.809 literal translation is celibacy, but We are not 00:15:58.809 --> 00:16:02.529 talking about just control over, you know, just 00:16:02.529 --> 00:16:05.970 be celibate, but it's about control of the senses. 00:16:06.470 --> 00:16:08.610 So here we, these days, you know, we are doing 00:16:08.610 --> 00:16:12.649 too much excess of screen time. So excess of 00:16:12.649 --> 00:16:15.929 the five senses, too much of misuse we are doing. 00:16:16.230 --> 00:16:19.330 So if we are able to control those five senses, 00:16:19.629 --> 00:16:23.090 if we are, and how can we do that? Because once 00:16:23.090 --> 00:16:26.250 we control those senses, we are also working 00:16:26.250 --> 00:16:30.169 on our mind. So if we see the senses are the 00:16:30.169 --> 00:16:35.269 gateways to the mind. So sense organs, they are 00:16:35.269 --> 00:16:37.730 the portal between the inner world and the outer 00:16:37.730 --> 00:16:40.690 world. So we are seeing through our eyes, we 00:16:40.690 --> 00:16:44.210 are smelling through our nose. All these five 00:16:44.210 --> 00:16:46.830 senses, if we can just take care of them. So 00:16:46.830 --> 00:16:51.879 people who are very busy to take control, I mean, 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.840 to calm their mind. It's very easy for us to 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.100 tell them, don't stress, but everyone is stressed 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:59.659 these days. For them to tell them, and how do 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:03.019 you deal with stress? To do meditation, to do 00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:05.940 breathing exercises and all, but when a person 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:09.259 is so short of time and they are not able to 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:11.960 focus, meditation also doesn't happen for them. 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:14.740 So for them, I'm telling them to just take care 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:17.980 of their five senses. So there are these therapies 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:22.220 in Ayurveda where if for each senses, there are 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:24.500 different therapies. If we take care of those, 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:27.599 if we are able to do that, and one can do it 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:29.980 at home, and it takes just two minutes, and I'll 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:33.460 describe a few of them. Through that, you can 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:36.420 take care of your senses, which in turn takes 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:38.380 care of your mind. And there are studies which 00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:42.519 have shown that whenever your, let's say your 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:48.599 sense of smell or sense of taste, which is affected 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:53.589 your they are more prone to dementia. So the 00:17:53.589 --> 00:17:57.970 modern science has been studying that. And the 00:17:57.970 --> 00:18:01.170 neurotransmitters are affected. So let's say, 00:18:01.450 --> 00:18:07.450 when we just see food, for example, sometimes 00:18:07.450 --> 00:18:09.970 even just the thought of food, our mouth starts 00:18:09.970 --> 00:18:16.569 watering. And just tasting food, the memory starts 00:18:16.569 --> 00:18:21.009 triggering. Sometimes it's associated with happy 00:18:21.009 --> 00:18:24.450 memories, sometimes with sad memories. So just 00:18:24.450 --> 00:18:28.730 by tasting food that can happen. So your memory 00:18:28.730 --> 00:18:31.470 gets triggered. So the neurotransmitters are 00:18:31.470 --> 00:18:34.509 released there. So it's nothing is like separate. 00:18:35.390 --> 00:18:38.309 So there's a very simple therapy which these 00:18:38.309 --> 00:18:40.309 days has become very popular called oil pulling. 00:18:40.710 --> 00:18:43.509 We call it Gandusha. It's actually more like 00:18:43.509 --> 00:18:47.150 holding the oil in your mouth. So after brushing 00:18:47.150 --> 00:18:51.220 your teeth, just take sesame oil and hold it 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:53.380 in your mouth for two minutes. And then just 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:56.920 spit it out, preferably in a trash can so that 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:01.440 your drains don't clog. So what is that doing 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.319 is there are nerves and blood vessels in your 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:06.720 gums, in your mucous lining inside the mouth. 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:11.359 So through that, the herbs are going and removing 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:15.690 any... blockages or any inflammation and then 00:19:15.690 --> 00:19:18.569 balancing the neurotransmitters. So the right 00:19:18.569 --> 00:19:21.170 neurotransmitters like your dopamine, oxytocin, 00:19:21.269 --> 00:19:24.009 all those will be released. So when you have 00:19:24.009 --> 00:19:26.750 a happy mind, you are able to handle the stress. 00:19:27.130 --> 00:19:29.730 So these are very small therapies for mouth. 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.019 this Gandhusha that I was talking about for nose 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:36.099 that there's Nasya, just two drops of, you can 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:39.119 just use sesame oil or ghee, just plain ghee 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:44.279 in each nostril. So all this, especially Nasya 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:47.119 is such a powerful therapy and people can do 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:49.980 it at home unless they are very congested. And 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:55.130 that helps balance the hormones. It helps. balance 00:19:55.130 --> 00:19:57.789 the neurotransmitters. So there are these small, 00:19:57.829 --> 00:20:00.470 small therapies which I tell my clients to do 00:20:00.470 --> 00:20:04.329 who are very busy, who can't follow the Ayurvedic 00:20:04.329 --> 00:20:08.970 clock and do the proper rhythm. So this is how 00:20:08.970 --> 00:20:11.150 they can do these small changes in their life. 00:20:13.569 --> 00:20:17.849 Do you talk about the Ayurvedic clock on your 00:20:17.849 --> 00:20:22.400 website? Not on my website, I haven't. Actually, 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.299 there's a blog there, but on my YouTube, I have 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:31.079 a YouTube channel, as well as Instagram. And 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:34.019 in both of them, in YouTube, there's an elaborate 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:36.920 way I've explained Ayurveda clock, how it works. 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:42.039 So yeah, it's given there properly. Perfect. 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:46.900 I think that's really important. How do you determine 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:52.160 which of your five senses are out of balance. 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.759 Do you do medical testing? Do you do, do you 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.440 just look at the bot? Tell me about that. Sure. 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:05.559 Uh, I mean, I, there's no test as per safe for, 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:10.420 um, but just by questioning them, uh, questioning 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:13.440 them, analyzing them, feeling the pulse. So there 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:16.940 are different ways. how we can figure out what 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:20.319 is imbalanced in a person. And if people are 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:24.700 themselves complaining about some problems, just 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:26.460 stress, let's say they're just having too much 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:29.579 stress. So then these are some therapies which 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:33.000 they can just incorporate. So the testing is 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:35.839 not done like a hearing test or something, but 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:39.980 if by questioning, by analyzing, we are able 00:21:39.980 --> 00:22:13.869 to figure that out. That's awesome. solutions, 00:22:13.869 --> 00:22:17.029 and training that empower you to become a lifeguard 00:22:17.029 --> 00:22:20.650 for your patients' health and well -being. This 00:22:20.650 --> 00:22:23.990 episode is just a taste of the strategies and 00:22:23.990 --> 00:22:26.630 stories we will share to help you and your patients 00:22:26.630 --> 00:22:29.910 live longer, healthier lives. If you're enjoying 00:22:29.910 --> 00:22:33.910 the content, make sure to hit subscribe so you 00:22:33.910 --> 00:22:39.130 never miss an episode. As a reminder, this podcast 00:22:39.130 --> 00:22:43.019 and the opinions expressed here are not a medical 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:47.140 diagnosis. 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Because they do follow 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:12.380 us for the rest of our lives if we don't help 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:18.059 children manage that at a young age. So tell 00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:22.359 us about what you do with your children or with 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:25.779 children patients. I mean, sadly, when my children 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:28.559 were little, I was not following the Ayurvedic 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:31.660 particularly. So that's the reason I said when 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:35.319 my when my daughter was around 10 years old and 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:39.059 she was diagnosed with some major hormonal imbalance 00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:42.819 and insulin resistance, which is why I got into 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:47.859 full into Ayurveda. But otherwise, for my grandchildren, 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:51.119 I guess I will be telling them what to do. proper 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:54.460 in an Ayurvedic way. So if we are able to introduce 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:59.220 the Ayurvedic principles from their childhood, 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:03.480 then it becomes very easy for them to handle 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.200 one's stress in their lives as they go into high 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:13.519 school, college, and then work. So it's a combination 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:16.599 of everything. So try to make them follow the 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:21.710 Ayurvedic clock. Try to help them just eat the 00:25:21.710 --> 00:25:24.730 right food, because since the childhood, if we 00:25:24.730 --> 00:25:26.769 are able to tell them not to, so a few things 00:25:26.769 --> 00:25:29.130 which I tell everyone, and it also naturally 00:25:29.130 --> 00:25:34.089 goes, applies to the children, not to drink ice 00:25:34.089 --> 00:25:38.250 cold water, not to drink smoothies, not to have 00:25:38.250 --> 00:25:41.910 raw salads, because all these things will slow 00:25:41.910 --> 00:25:47.329 your metabolism. So if they are from day, from 00:25:47.329 --> 00:25:50.099 beginning, they're able to, incorporate these 00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:56.579 and then of course when if to eat according to 00:25:56.579 --> 00:26:00.759 their doshas. So if initially it's also because 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:05.339 Ayurveda not only helps in you know managing 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:08.700 health problems but also in maintaining the health. 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:12.220 So for children we can start incorporating all 00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:14.519 these principles so that they are able to maintain 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:17.450 the health. So these are small things, again, 00:26:17.670 --> 00:26:20.009 everything what we can do for adults, we can 00:26:20.009 --> 00:26:24.730 do for the children. Good. Tell me about also, 00:26:24.789 --> 00:26:27.609 you mentioned several times not drinking cold 00:26:27.609 --> 00:26:31.309 water. Tell me about that other than the only 00:26:31.309 --> 00:26:36.170 thing I equate to is cold water can stimulate 00:26:36.170 --> 00:26:40.789 the vagus nerve and cause some challenges for 00:26:40.789 --> 00:26:44.970 some people. But what else happens when you drink 00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:49.190 cold water? So if I just see from the Ayurvedic 00:26:49.190 --> 00:26:53.329 lens, so when I keep on saying digestive fire, 00:26:53.750 --> 00:26:57.269 right? That our digestive fire becomes slow. 00:26:58.609 --> 00:27:02.970 So that is the Ayurvedic terminology. So what 00:27:02.970 --> 00:27:06.109 cold water, if we just see the, what does cold 00:27:06.109 --> 00:27:11.579 do? Anything cold constricts. Warm expands. So 00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:14.640 we don't want any of our subtle channels or channels 00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:17.819 to constrict. We want them to be free flowing. 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:21.500 So the warm water is one. It's going to do that 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:27.220 and no constriction. Second is our gut is it's 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:30.460 a warm climate inside. There's a warmth inside 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:33.920 your mucus lining. There's a just the word mucus. 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:39.019 There's a there's a what do you what is this? 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:42.380 alternative word for mucus. So I don't want to 00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:46.299 say slimy, but everything there's nothing which 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:50.740 is if, if the mucus is not maintained, then it 00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:55.460 becomes dry, right? So the cold is going to the, 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:58.440 the, the hot water, not hot water, like room 00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:01.319 temperature water is going to maintain the mucus 00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:03.920 lining. It's going to maintain the flow of the 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:06.400 intestine because there's a peristalsis happening. 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:10.819 So what we want to do is eat and drink warm, 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:13.920 warm. So, and especially for food, it's warm, 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:17.220 cooked food so that we can maintain the gut, 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:20.759 gut's lining, which is warm and the environment 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:27.460 inside is warm. And yeah, that is what, and the, 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:30.740 there has to be a nice airflow to it. That makes 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:38.480 a lot of sense, actually. Simi, tell us how Ayurveda 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:46.519 supports emotional balance. Okay, so Ayurveda 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:49.460 has, again, it's going to be a combination of 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:54.500 a few things. One is when your mind is strong, 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:58.579 you are able to handle the emotions of the life 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:04.240 that throws challenges at you. So when you wake 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:07.019 up in the morning, there's this A particular 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:10.500 time we call it Brahmahurat, which is at around 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:13.140 one and a half hours before sunrise. So that's 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:16.000 the time when, if you are able to do meditation 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:18.799 that time, even for like five, 10 minutes, that 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:21.900 brings the sattva in you. It calms your mind. 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:24.990 It builds your... In other words, you can say 00:29:24.990 --> 00:29:29.250 that it builds your mental capability so that 00:29:29.250 --> 00:29:31.970 you can handle the stresses of the day. So the 00:29:31.970 --> 00:29:35.029 emotional overhaul that you experience throughout 00:29:35.029 --> 00:29:37.390 the day or in life, you're able to handle much 00:29:37.390 --> 00:29:40.589 better. So here it's going to be a combination 00:29:40.589 --> 00:29:44.089 of meditation, pranayama, which is breathing 00:29:44.089 --> 00:29:48.250 exercises we have. So when we have this strength 00:29:48.250 --> 00:29:52.059 from inside, then we are able to handle the emotional 00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:54.599 trauma that we experience and then there are 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:57.299 these therapies that we can incorporate into 00:29:57.299 --> 00:30:00.880 it which is one is called shirodhara where we 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:04.980 pour um herbal oils on your forehead so this 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:08.599 is the shirodhara equipment that we use that 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:12.490 where around 40 minutes we pour herbal oils so 00:30:12.490 --> 00:30:15.509 what it does it calms the brain so again the 00:30:15.509 --> 00:30:18.410 herbs you know how when we do a massage we start 00:30:18.410 --> 00:30:21.190 feeling very relaxed and be good so and there 00:30:21.190 --> 00:30:23.329 are studies which show that the good hormones 00:30:23.329 --> 00:30:25.569 the happy hormones are released when there's 00:30:25.569 --> 00:30:29.069 a massage done properly so the same way when 00:30:29.069 --> 00:30:34.680 this shirodhara is done it calms the mind. So 00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:37.220 these three, four things one has to do. And then 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:40.279 there's Ayurvedic counseling, just like when 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:43.420 you go to a counselor, so where you have to, 00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:47.440 you know, you can communicate with someone about 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:51.500 your trauma. So all these combinations help us 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:54.839 deal with the stresses of life and the trauma, 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:57.960 emotional trauma. Yeah. It's kind of mind, body, 00:30:58.119 --> 00:31:04.009 spirit treated as a whole. Yes. Are you offering 00:31:04.009 --> 00:31:09.450 a course or anything that our listeners could 00:31:09.450 --> 00:31:15.549 check out and possibly engage into? Not as right 00:31:15.549 --> 00:31:17.950 now. So maybe in a couple of months, but right 00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:22.529 now I'm working on these YouTube very elaborate 00:31:22.529 --> 00:31:27.319 videos. where just like the Ayurvedic clock is 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:31.140 mentioned properly, then all the five senses, 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:35.259 how to go about it, how to do these therapies. 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:38.619 So all those are given, which is kind of like 00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:42.339 a mini course that they can do. They can watch 00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:45.759 that. Oh, that is now is that on your YouTube 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:49.319 channel or on your website or on my YouTube channel. 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:53.480 Okay. What is your YouTube channel? Is it your 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:56.519 name? No, it's Sid Ayur, basically my company's 00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:01.000 name, S -I -D -H -A -Y -U -R, Sid Ayur. Do you 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:05.339 have a clinic where you take care of people? 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:13.079 Yes. So my office is in Manhattan. So I see my 00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:16.000 clients there for consultation, which is an hour 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.460 long. And then even the therapies that are I 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:22.859 do for them, depending on what they need. So 00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:25.839 if it's stress management they come for, then 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:29.000 besides the consultation where I guide them with 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.380 the diet and lifestyle change, then I give them 00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:36.140 the herbal protocol where it's catered to their 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:38.660 mind, but the gut is always involved, so the 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:41.839 gut is always there. some recommendations for 00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:43.900 that. And then the therapies would include like 00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:46.519 the Shirodhara. Then if people are coming for 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:50.160 pain management, again, the therapies are part 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:53.700 of it. It's like a whole package where there 00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:57.269 are these Again, besides the diet, lifestyle 00:32:57.269 --> 00:33:01.170 and herbs, these are external oil therapies where, 00:33:01.630 --> 00:33:04.529 I don't know if you have seen these boluses we 00:33:04.529 --> 00:33:08.569 make where it has either dry herbs in it or fresh 00:33:08.569 --> 00:33:12.490 herbs. And then we dip them in either oil, herbal 00:33:12.490 --> 00:33:15.730 oils or herbal decoctions. And then let's say 00:33:15.730 --> 00:33:19.670 a person has a frozen shoulder. So they are these, 00:33:19.670 --> 00:33:22.609 again, special herbs specific for that problem. 00:33:22.829 --> 00:33:25.980 And then we'll... you know, we'll kind of massage 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:29.819 with that bolus and it opens the channels and 00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:32.859 it removes the toxins. So it works beautifully 00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:35.039 when they are taking in the, you know, they're 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.039 following the protocol as well as doing these 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:39.839 external therapies. So yes, I do all those therapies 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:44.019 as well as the consultation at my work at my 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:49.539 clinic. Terrific. There's a need nowadays for 00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:55.009 what you do. So I want to thank you for being 00:33:55.009 --> 00:34:02.490 here and sharing with not only what you do, but 00:34:02.490 --> 00:34:06.109 who you decided to be for your patients and what 00:34:06.109 --> 00:34:10.090 you're bringing to them. That is so, so important. 00:34:10.829 --> 00:34:13.469 And I'd just like to give you one final little 00:34:13.469 --> 00:34:17.989 invitation. What message of healing would you 00:34:17.989 --> 00:34:21.869 like to send into my heart and the heart of our 00:34:21.869 --> 00:34:28.380 listeners today? So not to fear health, empower 00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:33.639 yourself just by following following Ayurveda, 00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:36.619 Ayurvedic principles, Ayurvedic clock. So and 00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:40.579 just be mindful of your body, your body is always 00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:43.199 giving you signals. So what is balanced, what 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:45.599 is imbalanced, so be in tune with your body. 00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:49.159 And there's nothing to fear. Yes, and listen. 00:34:49.309 --> 00:34:52.030 We're sometimes not very good listeners during 00:34:52.030 --> 00:34:55.250 stressful times, are we? Yes, totally. So if 00:34:55.250 --> 00:34:58.130 you train yourself daily, then at the stressful 00:34:58.130 --> 00:35:00.369 times, you'll be able to automatically know what's 00:35:00.369 --> 00:35:04.289 happening. Perfect. Well, thank you so much. 00:35:04.670 --> 00:35:10.250 This has been Health Lifelines with Dr. Simi 00:35:10.250 --> 00:35:13.809 Chopra. And it's been a pleasure having you here. 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.019 And thank you for all you brought to us. And 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:20.000 I would encourage you all that are listening 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:25.960 to reach out to her, listen to her messages that 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:29.420 she has on her YouTube chat, and even connect 00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:33.659 with her at her office and clinic in New York. 00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:36.019 Thank you so much for being here. Thank you, 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:38.820 Chris. Thank you, Chris, for having me. It was 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:45.630 a pleasure. Thank you. That's it for today's 00:35:45.630 --> 00:35:48.710 episode of Health Life Lines brought to you by 00:35:48.710 --> 00:35:52.269 the Lifeguard Approach. I hope you found inspiration 00:35:52.269 --> 00:35:54.969 and actionable insights to support you and your 00:35:54.969 --> 00:35:57.849 patients' journeys towards better health and 00:35:57.849 --> 00:36:02.030 more fulfilling lives. 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