The more complicated or stressful one’s physical or emotional life, or life in general, the more beneficial it is to have a simple diet. That’s something I’ve held as generally true for a long time. Change of seasons is a stressful time on the body....
In this call from March 11, 2020, Dr. Svoboda & Dr. Welch address the following topics and questions in this order: Corona virus fear: Beer baths? Stout showers? Nope. Not enough alcohol. This chat includes a DIY hand sanitizer recipe towards the beginning, to help...
Dr. Robert Svoboda and I generally offer these live, call-in Q&A sessions a couple times yearly, exclusively for alumni of our “Foundations of Ayurveda Part I“, “Part II“, “The Planets” and, “Pratyāhāra: Turning Attention Within” complete courses (sorry, not for stand alone a la carte...
What & When: Good Company Meetings are free meetings that either Dr. Welch or our trained facilitators facilitate --barring unforeseen circumstances--on the first Monday of every month, at 3:15 pm ET. All are welcome. The purpose of these meetings is to support health. We do this...
This event has been cancelled due to Covid-19. We hope to reschedule it in the future, in more settled times. Our warm regards and wishes to all affected. in Love...
Prologue: I have undergone pañcakarma a handful of times in India. In order to contextualize how I found the experience, and to hopefully support yours should you find yourself in India for pañcakarma, here is an overview of pañcakarma. If you are already familiar, feel...
Dr. Welch is teaching a morning as part of The Ayurveda Center of Vermont's Mahatma School of Ayurveda 200-hour Ayurveda Integration program. This morning session is only open to registered students of the program. We highly recommend this program....
NOTE: This event was originally scheduled for October, 2021 but has been postponed due to the uncertainty related to Covid19 around travel in these times. If you had registered for the original dates, kindly contact vaidyagrama to make new arrangements. Vānaprastha is the third of the...
In this October 8, 2019 interview with Dr. Welch by Olga Grischenkova of Core Spirit, they discuss: What hormones are major players for women A particularly interesting thing Traditional Chinese Medicine & Ayurveda have in common Why stress is often followed by weight gain How to increase...
In this November 1, 2019 podcast interview, Dr Welch & Cate Stillman explore: What the four stages of life are. What’s come up for Dr. Claudia as she transitions to midlife. How Cate and Dr. Claudia have reorganized their work at this stage of life. Links...
We have scheduled a roughly one hour, free, live Q&A call with Dr. Welch, exclusively for alumni and content of either of our online courses: Women's Health & Hormones Part I: Hormonal Balance & Stagnation or Women's Health & Hormones Part II: Srotorodha & the...
We have scheduled a roughly one hour, free, live Q&A call with Dr. Welch, exclusively for alumni and content of either of our online courses: Women's Health & Hormones Part I: Hormonal Balance & Stagnation or Women's Health & Hormones Part II: Srotorodha & the...
Dr. Robert Svoboda and I generally offer these live, call-in Q&A sessions a couple times yearly, exclusively for alumni of our “Foundations of Ayurveda Part I“, “Part II“, “The Planets” and, “Pratyāhāra: Turning Attention Within” complete courses (sorry, not for stand alone a la carte...
This has been one of my favorite soups for decades. I've had this soup in both very remote and very populated spots in Russia, and in a fairly remote diner in Ukraine. I've had it made many different ways. I like them all. This might...
Dear Friends, I hope this finds you finding, good in the, “bad” and with a strong footing in the, “good.” I recently returned to North America from Eastern & Northern Europe where, among other things, I co-taught some events with my dear friend and colleague, Dr. Robert...
What & When: Good Company Meetings are free meetings that either Dr. Welch or our trained facilitators facilitate --barring unforeseen circumstances--on the first Monday of every month, at 3pm ET. All are welcome. The purpose of these meetings is to support health. We do this by providing,...
By Dr. Claudia Welch For a long time I have reflected on something that my guru said on more than one occasion. Here are the exact words, in one case: “And then we should have confidence, because a coward can never achieve any success. Only a strong-hearted...
We have scheduled a roughly one-hour, free, live Q&A call with Dr. Svoboda and Dr. Welch for alumni of any of the following online courses: Foundations of Ayurveda Part I, II, Pratyāhāra: Turning Awareness Within or The Planets. The call is scheduled for Tuesday, August 20,...
What & When: Good Company Meetings are free meetings that either Dr. Welch or our trained facilitators facilitate --barring unforeseen circumstances--on the first Monday of every month, at 3:15 pm ET. All are welcome. The purpose of these meetings is to support health. We do this...
Being Medicine: Ayurvedic Wisdom for Healing in Stressful Times, taught by Dr. Welch, is a scheduled part of the event, The Revolution Within: Women’s Week @ Kripalu Here’s a bit about it: Each interaction each of us has with other human beings, animals, plants and our...
This simple dal is surprisingly tasty. It's quick. It's tridoṣic. It's one of my favorites. I originally titled this, "simple dal" until one friend who does not, shall we say, cook a LOT, exclaimed that it was NOT simple, since he didn't have all the...
Good Company Meetings are free meetings that we facilitate --barring unforeseen circumstances--on the first Monday of every month, at 3pm ET. All are welcome. The purpose of these meetings is to support health. We do this by providing, to the best of our abilities, a neutral,...
When I lived in India I was once served a dish that this one tries to approach. While I’ve always loved dill, I had never had had it as a cooked vegetable— I mean as a main ingredient cooked vegetable. The potatoes in the dish...
Dr. Svoboda & Dr. Welch addressed the following topics and questions: Some beliefs around beneficial practices--and practices to be avoided, during eclipses The value of paying attention to the execution and effects of minute or subtle actions Communication in the face of trauma Why the...
Dr. Welch and Dr. Svoboda will explore the relationship between spiritual development and living a healthy life in modern society, with the real-- and sometimes complicated-- situations it presents. Dr. Svoboda will focus on concerns specific to men, Dr. Welch will focus on concerns specific to...
Dr. Welch is happy to get to share in a second VT screening of THE DOCTOR FROM INDIA, a beautiful documentary about our truly outstanding teacher of Ayurveda, Dr. Vasant Lad. It should be an especially enjoyable evening since Allison Morse of The Ayurvedic Center...
Kiev, Ukraine Ayurveda: Where Science Meets Consciousness Saturday morning: Schedule: 10-1 Ayurveda: Where Science Meets Consciousness (co-taught by Dr. Welch & Dr. Robert Svoboda) All medical systems are models of reality. Modern medical science has benefited humanity greatly, particularly in the realm of the management of medical crises via intensive,...
Amsterdam 10-1 & 2:30-4:30 Saturday, Sunday & Monday When we consider women’s health from cradle to the grave, it can feel overwhelming to understand all the changes, transitions, fluctuations and conditions, and to begin to address or resolve them. In this workshop, Dr. Welch will explore how...
(Like the pithy title?) I just finished the second of two books I read back-to-back. Well, actually I listened to them on Audible (www.audible.com). (While in many cases I prefer reading books, this one is particularly wonderful to listen to I find the reader, Simon Vance,...
This morning session is only open to registered students of The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont’s 200 Hour Ayurveda Integration Program. Dr. Claudia Welch will be a guest instructor, discussing Women's Health in the context of the program's curriculum. If you are interested in incorporating Ayurveda into your life, Dr....
Byron Bay, Australia 10-1 and 2.30-4pm (10% discount for members; 10% early bird discount until 31 December 2017) In this weekend, Dr. Welch explores the root causes of many fundamental health concerns of women, helps us understand hormonal changes, breast health, infertility and other considerations from a perspective...
In this July, 2017 session, Dr. Audrey Schnell interviews Dr. Welch about pain, healing pain, and creative pain management; about how pain gets stuck and unstuck in the annamayakośa, prāṇamayakośa, manomayakośa—the physical, energetic and mental bodies and in how we perceive ourselves. We discussed where...
In this Q&A session from Sunday, 1 Oct, 2017, Drs. Svoboda & Welch explore the following questions & subjects: Is one particular doṣa worse or better than the others? How to develop a relationship with fire How to refine our perception of subtle aspects...
Tokyo, Japan Saturday & Sunday: 10:00-1 & 2:30-4:30 As the cherry blossoms are blooming, Mari Fukuda will be offering a very special workshop with Dr. Claudia Welch and Dr. Robert Svoboda, at a time when, hopefully sakura (cherry blossoms) will be in bloom. This will be the first time ever...
Instructor: Dr. Claudia Welch, DOM 10-1 & 2:30-4:30 Saturday, Sunday & Monday Cost: $275 for Saturday and Sunday, $108 for Monday add-on clinic day. To Register: Call The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont at 802-872-8898 When we consider women’s health from cradle to the grave, it can feel overwhelming to understand all...
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...
Dr. Welch's participation in this event is being rescheduled due to Covid-19. We'll let you know. Our warm regards and wishes to all affected. in Love...
For everyone. The ancient Ayurvedic practice of seasonal routines provides advice on how best to act and conduct ourselves as we move through the seasons. When we apply these age-old principles in a contemporary context, we learn to consciously align our bodies and senses with each...
How do we decide whether or not to undergo a, "preventative" procedure like a mammogram? First, we might want to educate ourselves. This is trickier than it seems at first. Because many of the sources of our information may be difficult to trust. Consider, as one of any...
Note: This course description was originally for a longer, in -person course. Due to Covid, this will be a one hour Zoom class, so we won't be able to cover all of this. The 20 gunas, or qualities, of Ayurveda provide a foundation for understanding and...
This is an online event Saturday, Sept 30, 2023, Friday & Saturday, October 20 & 21, 2023 While generally closed to participants other than students enrolled in Kripalu School of Ayurveda, this weekend is open to graduates of our Foundations of Ayurveda Part II online course or our...
Dear Friends, My previous book, "How the Art of Medicine Makes the Science More Effective: Becoming the Medicine We Practice" was just released in January 2017 in paperback under its new (much better) title: "The Four Qualities of Effective Physicians: Practical Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Physicians". In...
An honest conversation about women's hormones and sanity with Ellie Drake, a compassionate, knowledgeable, heartfelt interviewer with a knack for guiding conversation to raw depth of true experience. From January 2017. Dr. Welch discusses these themes in much more depth in her two women's health online...
Honesdale, PA USA Schedule: Friday 2:30-5:30, 10-12 Sat and 3-6:00 Sat, 9:30-10:30 Sun An informal & intimate time together to address clinical questions and issues related to working with clients, the four qualities of effective physicians according to Ayurveda, how we can strive to become the medicine we practice and...
Brodie Welch, LAc, and Claudia talk about uncertainty, not knowing where we’re headed or what’s in store, the power of waiting, finding comfort as reality shifts around us. In this episode, they explore: The layers of our being: the kośas How do you figure out what...
Today, in the wake of the 2016 US Presidential election, there is shock, daze, awe, grief, disbelief, or all of the above, on all sides of the political totem. It feels familiar to me. I think maybe because I have been involved in birth and death before. What the...
By Dr. Claudia Welch As of January 2011, a Kaiser Family Foundation study found that, if you were an average young American, you would be spending almost every waking minute, outside of time in school, on either a smart phone, computer, TV or some other electronic...
This one-day seminar is designed to complement the information presented in Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and Western Science. We will explore how emotions, actions and lifestyle--including self care--affects women's hormones, hearts and other common health concerns that...
Abstract The Problem: Sensory control v. repression of urges. The solution: Read on...
Ayurveda, Self-Reformation, & The Mediterranean Diet Study. [Warning: I hope this article isn't too preachy...