This week we’re tackling maintaining a healthy weight through the lens of Ayurveda. This episode is a mix of practical guidance and vulnerable discussion around womens’ relationships with our bodies, with food, and with self-love.

Highlights:

• Different constitutions are prone to hold weight differently & how healthy looks different in different bodies
• The Ayurvedic lens on supporting weight loss through a holistic approach: The role of sleep, stress, individualized nutrition, hormones, and more
• Rita and Brittni share personal experiences with weight gain, shame, and reframing relationships with food and self-love
• Discussions on weight loss/GLP-1 medications from an Ayurvedic lens, and a few rants on what we’d like to see differently in our healthcare system

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Your period symptoms are not random- they are a window into your physiology. In this episode, Rita and Brittni continue their menstrual cycle series by breaking down common menstrual symptoms through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine.

Highlights:

- How a ‘balanced’ cycle can look different for different body constitutions.

- A deep dive into common period symptoms through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine (period cramps, irregular cycles, heavy vs. cycles, blood clots, fibroids, and more)

- How your menstrual cycle can be a greater wisdom tool for decision making in your life

- Practical tips for healing painful or imbalanced cycles

If you enjoyed this conversation, it would mean the world to us and help support our work if you’d like, share, leave a review, as well as subscribe to our podcast on whichever platform you use.

If you’re looking for more connection or would like to support this podcast, we’d love to have you join our Patreon community. Here you’ll get bonus episodes and access to our community chat Q&A.

And don’t forget to check out our Wellness Library, which is filled with self-guided classes, kitchen tutorials, herbal recipes, and more Ayurvedic practices all for just $5 a month!

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Part two of our menstrual cycle series is here! Rita and Brittni pick up where they left off, diving into the luteal and menstrual phases — and why learning to work with these phases instead of against them might be one of the most powerful things you can do for your health.

Part 2: The Luteal Phase & Menstruation

Highlights:

• The luteal phase deep dive: hormonal shifts, inflammation, heat, and why your emotions are actually full of intelligence
• Why carb cravings during the luteal phase are not something to fight — and what your body is actually doing with them
• How to shift your exercise in the luteal and menstrual phases to support your body and protect against injury
• The menstrual phase as your inner winter: rest, reflection, and why slowing down is a radical act
• Emotions during your bleed — why they feel so raw and what they might be trying to tell you
• A simple journaling practice to help you tune into your cycle and start listening to your body

If you enjoyed this conversation, it would mean the world to us and help support our work if you’d like, share, leave a review, as well as subscribe to our podcast on whichever platform you use.

If you’re looking for more connection or would like to support this podcast, we’d love to have you join our Patreon community. Here you’ll get bonus episodes and access to our community chat Q&A.

And don’t forget to check out our Wellness Library, which is filled with self-guided classes, kitchen tutorials, herbal recipes, and more Ayurvedic practices all for just $5 a month!

Patreon | Library | IG | LinkedIn | YouTube

Connect with Rita
https://www.rhythmiclivingayurveda.com/

Connect with Brittni
https://mountainsforbreakfast.com/