PLAY - Janaki Patel Ayurveda

Ayurveda Workshops

My in-person classes and workshops bring individuals and groups on a connective journey into this wisdom. Currently I do this from the West Coast of the USA to India! If you are interested in a workshop for you or your group, please contact me. May this authentic sharing reach more people who need it, especially those who have had barriers to accessing this healing knowledge.

My past and future workshops:

• Ayurvedic Foundations for Self-Healing

• Tending Your Agni, Your Digestive Fire

• Simple Ayurvedic Kitchen:
Vibrant Food for Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit

• Nourish and Invigorate YourSelf:
Introduction to Ayurvedic 5-Sense Therapies

• Soil Is Our Soul: Ayur-Yogic Soil Building Techniques for gardens and farms (wisdom from the Amrit Krushi Natueco teachings in India)

+ Periodic Free Online Community Chats on Ayurveda and Mental Health. Meeting Link goes out to email list subscribers.

And on a related note– there is a need out there to feed our communities with food that heals. I sometimes envision hosting a pop-up community feed with this type of healing food and energy…anything is possible…it calls us to become a team of dedicated people with a spirit of giving, embodying the Yogic principle of Seva. Do you have a similar vision, or would like to collaborate in some way? Send me an email.

Lemon Balm, *Melissa officinalis*– known since ancient times, allies with the nervous system and gently soothes and uplifts

Cilantro, *Coriandrum sativum* leaves are used for their cooling and blood-purifying properties; seeds (coriander) are an important spice that serves as a digestive aid

Denser vegetables with Sweet taste like carrot and squash have a building quality on the body, while lighter vegetables with Pungent or Bitter tastes like choy and turnip have more cleansing qualities. When both types are included in a meal, they have a balancing effect

Kichari, the nourishing and cleansing Ayurvedic 1-pot meal, can be made to support all constitutions, and can also be modified with constitution-specific grain-to-bean ratios and spices to more directly support an individual healing process.

Hikes, Trips, and Retreats

More opportunities for Ayurveda-Yoga- aligned excursions are simmering,

This is evolving from my many years of connecting people to the land through environmental, wilderness and farm-based education and guiding.

It is important to me to support Ayurvedic and Yogic affinity groups in Nature for people whose lived experience and identities are less represented in such spaces. This can be very powerful for our collective healing. Do you have an idea for a location, near or far? I would love to hear from you.

And- join my email list to be in the loop for future opportunities…!

Our Mother Earth Medicine is calling us to gather and connect on her beautiful lands.

Creating with natural materials can be a way to help us reconnect with ancestors, the 5 Elements, and Spirit. I love the traditional clay process that involves digging and processing by hand, and firing with dried cow pies (one of its many magical uses known since ancient times).

“Janaki, you have taught me the fundamentals of a beautiful way of cooking, one that has allowed me to understand the process behind many delicious dishes…knowing which spices to use in combination.. the natural essence of the food…how to make ghee… chapati, and my go-to kitchari recipe! …it is a very empowering thing, and I thank you for that!” – Leopold, student