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

Common Sense Consciousness (feat. Sahara Leigh)

Episode Summary

Everything from our food choices to the underwear we select each day can come down to our awareness of our own constitution. Really! This week, Jenn sits down with Sahara Leigh to discuss practical, everyday applications of Ayurveda. We can use these tools to help us identify when we're out of balance, find balance within ourselves and even improve our relationships. Really! Eating ice cream in the bath tub, could be an answer. It is for Sahara. Listen now to understand why! 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/? Sahara's Website: https://holisticmojo.com/ Sahara's IG: https://www.instagram.com/holisticmojo/ Online Dosha Test: https://holisticmojo.com/dosha-quiz/ Sahara's Nov 21 Workshop, Crime Against Wisdom: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prajnaparadha-crimes-against-our-wisdom-tickets-187930584437

Episode Notes

Everything from our food choices to the underwear we select each day can come down to our awareness of our own constitution. Really! This week, Jenn sits down with Sahara Leigh to discuss practical, everyday applications of Ayurveda. We can use these tools to help us identify when we're out of balance, find balance within ourselves and even improve our relationships. Really! Eating ice cream in the bath tub, could be an answer. It is for Sahara. Listen now to understand why!

Outline:

• Welcome back & intro today's topic
• Meet Sahara Leigh
• Sahara's story - from performer in NYC hit by a car to learning wellness in San Francisco
• How Sahara found Ayurveda
• The 5 Element Theory of Ayurveda
  • Air, fire, water, earth, ether
• 3 Doshas of Ayurveda
  • Vata, pitta, kapha
• How to identify your dominant dosha & that of others
  • Pulse
  • Cadence of their speech
  • Body language
• Tools to bring us back into balance
  • The environment
  • How we feel in the morning
  • Go for opposites
  • Hot/cold, wet/dry
  • Food: seasonal & local
• What sugar and dairy cravings mean
• When to drink Champaign or bubbles & how to choose your cocktail
• Common Sense Consciousness
  • Pause, perceive, play
• Sahara eating ice cream in the bath tub
• Online dosha test 
• Final thoughts

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
Sahara's Website, IG, FB, November 21, 2021 Workshop
Online Dosha Test

Quotes:
"You're not crazy. You're not bipolar. You're having a bit of a reaction to gluten." – Sahara Leigh
"I learned a lot of communication skills through Ayurveda."  – Sahara Leigh
"A beautiful indication of being out of balance is when we show those negative aspects of ourselves."  – Sahara Leigh
"I'm a food-driven animal."  – Sahara Leigh
"When I think of Ayurveda, I think of awareness."  – Sahara Leigh
"We can use food to bring us back into balance."  – Sahara Leigh
"The earth provides everything you need at every single moment you need it."  – Sahara Leigh
"Cravings are beautiful cues, not something to feel guilty about."  – Sahara Leigh
"Ayurveda is common sense consciousness."  – Sahara Leigh
"Look at what you naturally gravitated toward, and away from, as a kid." – Jenn Trepeck