How Ayurveda Can Help You and Your Clients with Sonia Arora

Have you heard of Ayurveda? How can the principles behind Ayurveda help you to get to know yourself and your clients better? Can opposites help you to find balance? MEET SONIA ARORASonia grew up in India, the home of Ayurveda and Yoga. Ayurveda was woven into the fabric of our lives, though she did not fully recognize its significance at the time. She has a traditional career as a CPA, with a long stint in the corporate world, and all along, Sonia nurtured an abiding interest in holistic health and wellness. In 2015, this led her to study Ayurveda at the Yoga on High School of Ayurveda / California College of Ayurveda. It began as a personal exploration and has turned into a passion. Sonia has completed the Level 1 Ayurveda Health Educator (AHE), Level 2 Ayurveda Health Practitioner (AHP) studies, the AHE Internship program, and currently the Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist internship. She has also completed training to be a future Ayurveda teacher for the program and mentored students. Find out more at her https://www.ayurvedacolumbus.com/ (website) and connect on https://www.facebook.com/AyurvedaColumbus/ (Facebook) and https://www.instagram.com/ayurveda_columbus/ (Instagram). IN THIS PODCAST:What is Ayurveda? Body types in Ayurveda Healing in Ayurveda The start of your day sets the pace WHAT IS AYURVEDAAyurveda is a combination of two words: auyr and veda. 'Veda' means science or knowledge and 'ayur' means life or lifespan. So, Ayurveda is the science or knowledge of life or lifespan. Ayurveda is a holistic modality from India concerned with preventing disease. Ayurveda essentially helps people to avoid sickness although it does have ways of helping people who do have an illness. The basis of Ayurveda is the elements. Everything and everyone in the universe is made up of the elements and these are five elements, from the lightest to the heaviest: ether or space, air, fire, water and earth … this is not to be literal, it’s more about their qualities. (Sonia Arora)The idea behind it: Space: