By Dr. Claudia Welch If you're exhausted for "no reason", having trouble focusing, finding yourself breathless after simple tasks, or have had bloodwork that shows you have a low red blood count, you're not alone. Anemia—whether from heavy menstrual bleeding, postpartum blood loss, surgery, or any...
By Dr. Claudia Welch June 12, 2025 ⸻ Most of the attention coffee gets is for its ability to energize. But a new study, presented at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting and reported in The New York Times on June 12, 2025, suggests coffee might...
Summary: Dr. Welch discusses the profound importance of hormonal health and the tectonic shifts that occur throughout our lives, with Christine Eck of the Center for Sacred Window Studies. She emphasized the role of oxytocin in creating a receptive matrix for the formation of new...
We welcome you to join us in heartfelt exploration of the context in which Indian wisdom traditions like Ayurveda & yoga exist, in Satsangam's signature offering: Vedic Threads, Satsangam’s membership-based course, co-facilitated by Drs. Welch & Ramkumar. Here's a list of some of the the special...
Join us in beautiful Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in Nassau, Bahamas, to explore the cultural, spiritual, philosophical, scientific and artistic context in which Indian wisdom traditions like yoga and Ayurveda exist. We will all be fed vegetarian food, have daily yoga classes, learning sessions together,...
November 6, 2024 “Part of the goal of a healer is to bear the unbearable pain...
Dr. Welch talks with Kate O'Donnell about the following: Shifting Focus on Women's Health The conversation on women's health initially focused on external factors. However, there is currently more awareness of the importance of internal nourishment and rest. Rest and nourishment are crucial for maintaining balance with...
Dr. Welch speaks with Kate O'Donnell about the following: Shifting Focus on Women's Health The conversation on women's health initially focused on external factors. However, there is currently more awareness of the importance of internal nourishment and rest. Rest and nourishment are crucial for maintaining balance with...
Preamble: I’m not an expert on this subject. Just a student of it, and these are some current thoughts on it. I was biking the other day and was finding so much joy in the speed and forward-motion, and was reflecting on how much of...
This course--co-taught by Drs. Shubham Kulkarni, Robert Svoboda and Claudia Welch, invites participants to explore the universal process of death through a blend of Indian wisdom traditions, and end-of-life care practices. It offers a rich exploration of the emotional and spiritual dimensions associated with dying,...
In her first episode of her new, "Changing Seasons" Podcast, Jody Vassallo, old associate of Dr. Welch, talks with Dr Claudia Welch about perimenopause and menopause through an Ayurvedic lens. Jody and Claudia chat about: The importance of using the medicine of subtraction in our lives ...
Join us in a heartfelt exploration of Indian wisdom traditions with Vedic Threads, a membership-based course by Satsangam, co-facilitated by Drs. Ramkumar and Claudia Welch. From September to December 2024, our program includes Amar Ramesh's session on the cultural significance of Tamil Nadu's mandapams, a...
Menopause Chronicles' Special Guest for April ✨ Back by popular demand! ✨ We’re thrilled to welcome Rose Baudin back to Menopause Chronicles this April. Rose was our very first guest instructor, and if you were there, you know why we’re so excited. At once joyous and...
Join Drs. Anuradha Choudry, Ramkumar and Claudia in Vedic Threads to explore the role of paramparā (tradition) & dṛṣṭi (perspective, worldview, vision) in ancient vs. modern education, to consider what has been lost, and what we might wish to restore....
Radhasharandas Rajesh Shinde ji will join Drs. Claudia Welch & Ramkumar and the Vedic Threads community to introduce us to India's ancient art of geomancy and help us consider how to apply some of this knowledge in our modern lives....
Along with the 8 branches of Ayurveda that apply to humans, we can understand that, depending on the teacher, there are 2 or 3 other branches: one covers agriculture or farming (kṛṣi Ayurveda); one plants & trees (vṛkṣa Ayurveda), and one animals (mṛga or paśu...
A Satsangam Retreat w. Drs. Claudia Welch, Robert Svoboda, Ramkumar, Fred Smith, yoga with Scott Blossom & more. Stories, hot springs, singing, good company all in enchanting Taos, NM...
Theyyam is an ancient form of worship found only in northern Kerala in India. A designated theyyakkaran – "a Theyyam man (or woman)" – calls the formless deity down from heaven and ‘carries’ the deity by providing him – or her - with a body and therefore the...
Rose Baudin joins Drs. Ramkumar & Claudia to share her love of Abhinavagupta and Lal Ded, two mystic luminaries, and how their works and spirits have influenced her life and yoga practice of over 50 years....
Dr. Robert Svoboda & Dr. Claudia Welch address the following question, in the above video: "Earth is in distress right now more than ever before. Our planet is burning up with forest fires, heat waves, electrical storms and the fire of technology. We as people are losing our...
On Thursday, Sept. 21, 10-11:30am ET (New York time) Drs. Ramkumar & Claudia are warmly inviting anyone at all that would love to see what we've been up to for the last year, to join us, Satsangam's teachers, advisors, and the Vedic Threads Membership-based course...
We will explore the intersection between Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology) and Indian music. There is an upāya, or Jyotiṣical remedy, which prescribes a specific rāga (Indian musical composition), based on a person's natal birth chart, to bring more harmony to the life of that person. We...
Robert Moses and Dr. Scott Blossom will join Drs. Ramkumar & Claudia for a discussion on how we work with obstruction of the circulation of prāṇa through haṭha yoga practice and the role that the mind (manas) plays in the process. Scott and Robert will...
Indian scriptures suggest householders—or perhaps all people—engage in five major daily yajñas (sacrifices; worship) that gradually and increasingly connect us to and nourish an interconnected whole. Vijayalakshmi Vijayakumar has taken pañca mahā yajña to practical and great lengths and is scheduled to join Drs. Ramkumar and Claudia in the July...
Tāla is a common term used across several kalās in India: music, dance, visual arts, and architecture. It can mean the span (of the palm), the floor (height) of a building and the musical beat (time measure). In this session of Vedic Threads, friends and...
Nina Rao, Claudia Welch, Genevieve Walker, gentle yoga with Keli Lalita Reddy, and with honored guest Prof Robert A.F. Thurman. Join us for a healing and rejuvenating retreat where we will slow down, take time for ourselves and experience the benefits that mantra, meditation, music, and...
https://vimeo.com/687244319 In this conversation founder of Yoga of Recovery, Durga Leela shares: how modern addictions no longer resemble old views of the addict/alcoholic battling with substance use - it is now more a 'spread addiction'—an addiction to fetching things outside ourselves to fill the, “holes in...
Albuquerque, NM Saturday & Sunday, 10-1 & 2:30-4:30 (no single day option) Acupuncturists, Doctors of Oriental Medicine and other NCCAOM-certified physicians: 9 CEU points approved for NCCAOM When we consider women’s health from cradle to the grave, it can feel overwhelming to understand all the changes, transitions, fluctuations...
This is one of my favorite hearty, sweet, hot drinks. It is grounding and earthy, like coffee, without the sharpness or stimulation. Raw cacao is not roasted, so not as sharp or quite as warming as roasted cacao. It feels nourishing and is delicious. I...