Episode 5 - Ayurveda for Menstruation, Pre-Conception and Conscious Conception with Dylan Smith and Laura Poole (Part 1).
Welcome to our 2 part episode where Laura Poole interviews Dylan Smith from Vital Veda talking all things menstruation, pre-conception and conscious conception, asking what Ayurveda has to say about these vital aspects of women’s health.
Note: once you’ve listened to Part 1, make sure you check out Part 2 on pregnancy, birth and post-partum care!
Introduction to the episode.
Hello lovely listeners!
We’ve got another 2 part podcast episode for you. This time we are in conversation with Dylan Smith, Ayurvedic practitioner and educator from Vital Veda.
These episodes were again recorded live in the Himalayas with our team of Vedic meditation teachers. Laura and Dylan are both incredibly passionate about this topic as it as all about the co-creation of life itself.
Dylan Smith is an Ayurveda practitioner based in Sydney, who travels to give lectures and consults, he’s a researcher and writer, and someone who has devoted their entire life to serving humanity through this ancient wisdom. He studies with the world renowned Vaidyas the Raju Family, 13th generational Ayurveda doctors in India.
He’s one of the funniest, quirkiest and humble people we know, with an inspiring Instagram feed @vitalveda, a knowledge packed podcast at ‘The Vital Veda Podcast’ and a brilliant website with in-depth researched journal posts on everything to do with Ayurveda - the science of life.
We cover a lot of this two-part episode and you are probably going to want to write a lot down. To make it easier for you we have compiled some very comprehensive show-notes to support you in your new learnings.
It’s important to know that this podcast is for all gender identities and all relationships. You will hear Dylan and Laura use the language lady, ladies, woman, women, mother, in which this case we are referring specifically to the female physiology and the one who carries the baby in their womb. And the same when we use the words man, men, father, we are referring to the male physiology, and/or the partner who plays the role of the co-creator of life. Whatever language or pronouns we use, please interpret and adapt it to your own experience, so this wisdom of Ayurveda can serve you in the most supportive way.
Make sure you give both episodes a listen here because this wisdom of the Veda and Ayurveda it has the ability to bring us back to our innate nature of creative beings who know how to conceive, carry and birth with full health, grace and the authority of inner wisdom.
In this episode.
Ayurveda and Vedic perspective on preparing yourself and your partner to conceive.
Understanding and honouring the menstrual cycle.
Connect with Dylan.
Book an Ayurvedic consult with Dylan online or in person
Show notes.
To learn more about the doshas, you can find all the information on Dylan’s website here.
Dylan has done a podcast specifically on the contraceptive pill. You can access it here.
You can also read more about the Ayurvedic perspective on contraception here.
Purchase Hannah Rachel Bell’s book ‘Men’s Business, Women’s Business’
Listen to Dylan’s podcast on water and water quality.
If you want to get some great ayurvedic recipes from Dylan, check out his website.
Check out Dylan’s recipe for an ojas building drink to nourish the whole body and to also build reproductive tissue
It is not only our genes we pass on, but also our trauma. Learn more about the transference of generation trauma
Panchakarma is an Ayurvedic detox and rejuvenation treatment that is available to anyone but is particular beneficial to those looking to conceive. To learn more about Dylan’s recommendation for where to do this treatment, read here.