Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss

Ayurveda Says Health is a choice (feat. Victor Briere)

Episode Summary

"There are many ways of looking at health that are different than what we know as the standard 'healthcare' mentality in the West." We can all broaden our understanding of health. This week, Jenn sits down with Victor Briere, co-founder of the International Institute of Ayurveda, to learn more about Ayurveda. Ever heard of it? You'll be amazed at the connection between all of your choices! As Jenn says it in the episode, "the food we eat is all an effort to regulate our nervous system, up or down." Wait...what? Exactly. Listen in! Become a Member: https://glow.fm/saladwithasideoffries/ Want a free menu plan from Jenn? Complete this free Weight Loss Profile: https://www.tlsslim.com/bettermylifenow/weight-loss-profile/? Victor's Website: https://www.iiayurveda.com/

Episode Notes

"There are many ways of looking at health that are different than what we know as the standard 'healthcare' mentality in the West." We can all broaden our understanding of health. This week, Jenn sits down with Victor Briere, co-founder of the International Institute of Ayurveda, to learn more about Ayurveda. Ever heard of it? You'll be amazed at the connection between all of your choices! As Jenn says it in the episode, "the food we eat is all an effort to regulate our nervous system, up or down." Wait...what? Exactly. Listen in! 

Outline:

• Welcome back & meet Victor Briere
• Victor's story
• What is Ayurveda? What is it not?
• The biggest misconceptions around Ayurveda?
  • What's preventative healtchare?
• The 5 basic elements of Ayurveda
• Pulse reading, an Ayurvedic diagnostic art
• Everything we do is a function of deep patterns
  • Ex: healthful choices are easy early in the day and by the end of the day they feel nearly impossible
  • The Vagus Nerve
  • The dissonance between "we know" and "we do"
• The difference between knowing, doing and addiction
  • Ex: coffee, sleep, work, relationships & the pathology of imbalance
  • Love & fear drive our habits
• Understanding our nervous system - autonomic, sympathetic, parasympathetic - & how to activate the parasympathetic to rest & digest, step by step
  • Breathe, self-talk, eye contact, engage with someone you know & trust, stretch, walk, sunlight, cold water on your face
• The grand illusion of the sympathetic nervous system
• The people in your life
  • The truth-teller, critical lover
  • The co-regulator, polyvagal theory
• Final insights from Victor

Links:
Become a Member
Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Connect with Victor through his website

Quotes:
"Ayurvedic medicine is a holistic health system, the priority is your whole being...and taking responsibility for the creation of our own health." - Victor Briere
"The vast majority of our health profile is ours to create or destroy." - Victor Briere
"Prevention is better than cure." - Victor Briere
"Preventative healthcare is what we do every day, not showing up to a doctor once each year." - Jenn Trepeck
"The body is part of the human experience; it knows what we've trained it to know and what it has experienced." - Victor Briere