Continuation of words of support and lightness in this first chapter of becoming a parent 

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#38 In this talk Victoria goes into topics that we often don't hear about when we are in the new parenthood boat.

We might have heard and learnt about how to care for our baby the first few weeks from birthing, but what about the chapters that come after that?

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Continuation on Fertility through the Ayurvedic lens.

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In this episode, Victoria shines light on fertility from Ayurvedic perspective.

Rather than only looking at the physiological functions of our reproductive system, Victoria explains from a wider angle the topic of fertility from physical, mental & emotional angle.

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In this walk & talk, Victoria explains about our Ojas, which is more than our immune system, it is our Supreme Energy Tank that allows us to experience deep, stable mental anchoredness, compassion, forgiveness, stable memory and more.

Learn how to support your Ojas so you can experience this richness, regardless of your age or body constitution!

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A little guide on how to create a morning and evening routine to remind us of the bigger picture...

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This short talk is here to support and bring clarity around the time of darkness, the season of autumn which is seen as the season of death so it can be used as a beautiful sacred window of transformation 🙏✨

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We tend to seperate our mundane and spiritual life like two different realities that seem almost impossible to merge. A short talk about the divine play that is life (and for us to figure it out in a lighthearted way) and the invitation to come home to ourselves. 

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In this episode Victoria talks about Savasana (corps pose) that can be thought of as the most important pose in yoga, yet it's often skipped or shortened in duration. If we dive deeper into its Sanskrit roots ('Śava') it already reveals the beautiful and deeper meaning of this 'simple' posture, that's worth contemplating. 

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Inspired by her teachers Dr. Vasant Lad and Mooji, a short guided meditation to take a moment to unplug…

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“Kundalini awakening”  has become a popular group event in “spiritual circles”. In this talk, Victoria  explains (in simple form) this complex energy system which is like the electrical system of this house (our body) and to thereby also understand the importance of slowing down and strengthening the nervous system so we don’t blow a fuse in our house which can lead to nervous system or mental disorders 🙏

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Many are jumping into the popular wave of the ice bath hype, raving about all the supposed benefits. What is the Ayurvedic perspective and is it good for anyone and everyone? This is a question Victoria often hears from many people, so here is her reply 🙏

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This episode is part of the monthly Ayurveda sangha. Victoria (Tory) speaks about this month’s theme ‘expand’ and how it is connected to the koshas. The koshas are the energetic layers of the body. We will go from the most dense layer, the annamaya Kosha or physical body, to the most subtle, the anandamaya Kosha,  where we can tap in to our true essence of expansiveness.

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This episode is part of the monthly Ayurveda Sangha.  Victoria (Tory)  speaks about this month's theme 'play' and how it is connected to the doshas, especially Pitta dosha.  Are you able to laugh at life and especially yourself? Do you tend to take things too serious?  'Life is a play and the suffering will come, but we create our own suffering because we forget that it's a play.' 

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This episode is part of the monthly Ayurveda Sangha.  Victoria (Tory)  speaks about the topic of growth.  She will talk about the terms kala (time) and dig (direction) and uses the Ayurvedic definition of health to talk about this theme. Elaborating especially on the term Svasta, which means established in the Self. How to drop in to ourselves, trust, and how to take ownership of our lives. As to grow, we need strong roots and a steady base.

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In this episode Victoria (Tory) speaks about collision in relationships due to changes in our inner landscapes, different spiritual views, rituals or lifestyle habits. If we start making changes in our life for the benefit or our health and wellbeing, we sometimes start judging the people around us for not being on that same path or doing the same things. This can become a tricky slope and source of irritation and seperation. How can we deal with this in the best way? How can we see things from a neutral and harmonieus space and approach our partners from a heart-to-heart equality? 

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In this episode you hear all about Victoria's favourite herbs, remedies and practices and how they can help you on your path and in daily life. 

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In this episode Victoria (Tory) talks about the Ayurvedic view on relationships, libido and fertility.  How we can support and nourish ourselves on both the mental, physical and spiritual level which then will also influence our relationships. 'Through oiling the body we start giving ourselves love.  We start to receive love on a much subtler level. Not from another person and become dependent on them, but we start receiving love from ourselves.' 

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How can something so subtle as sound be a remedie? How does it work and what can it do for you? And when is the best time (and for how long) to sing your mantras? In this talk Victoria explains the magic of mantras, the science of sound. ‘It’s like cooking an egg. There’s a difference between 3 minutes and 5 minutes.’

This episode is part of the monthly Sangha in which Victoria will help you take your yoga practice off the mat and into your daily life. Using her Ayurvedic perspective, she will share her thoughts on our monthly theme, answer your questions, and help you transform your daily life. This Sangha will serve as a reminder that all of life, every minute, is spiritual life. 

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There are so many things attached to the word ‘feel’. Are we talking about the feelings of the heart, mind or physical sensations? In this talk Victoria speaks about the different layers of feeling, the exchange between physical sensations and mental impressions and the link between emotions and organs. ‘If we take away the suffering part, it’s a fantastic system of how we can see the whole field of connections. It’s the most awesome irrigation system.’  

This episode is part of the monthly Sangha in which Victoria will help you take your yoga practice off the mat and into your daily life. Using her Ayurvedic perspective, she will share her thoughts on our monthly theme, answer your questions, and help you transform your daily life. This Sangha will serve as a reminder that all of life, every minute, is spiritual life. 

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Victoria (Tory) receives a beautiful comment from a participant about emotional triggers, the difference between reacting and responding and how most of us are unconsciously living and moving from our inner library of emotions. 'May we remember to be the mirror in the outside world. The mirror of what you would like to see. This way we can bring influence and awakening for all of humanity. It starts with us and we can be simply a mirror of reflection of how everybody actually is. We just forget to see it in the dark gloomy days of our mind.' 

This episode is part of the free six-week program 'Staying anchored in your seat' with Victoria (Tory) for Delight Yoga. When we go back into our seat and into our heart we will see truth. We will make choices for ourselves that are right for us. 

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This episode is part of the free six-week program 'Staying anchored in your seat' with Victoria (Tory) for Delight Yoga. When we go back into our seat and into our heart we will see truth. We will make choices for ourselves that are right for us. 

This is the most magical time to cook our own traumas and grow up our wounded child so we can become that peaceful warrior (referring to the profound and beautiful Bhagavad Gita).

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This guided mantra meditation ('Om Sauhu Namah') with Victoria brings about a sense of peace and bliss. May it not only pulsate and vibrate from your mouth but also from your front body, back body and side body. Like a beautiful radiant crystal polishing your inner landscape. 

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This episode is part of the free six-week program 'Staying anchored in your seat' with Victoria (Tory) for Delight Yoga. When we go back into our seat and into our heart we will see truth. We will make choices for ourselves that are right for us. 

This is the most magical time to  cook our own traumas and grow up our wounded child so we can become that peaceful warrior (referring to the profound and beautiful Bhagavad Gita).

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This episode is part of the free six-week program 'Staying anchored in your seat' with Victoria (Tory) for Delight Yoga. When we go back into our seat and into our heart we will see truth. We will make choices for ourselves that are right for us. 

This is the most magical time to  cook our own traumas and grow up our wounded child so we can become that peaceful warrior (referring to the profound and beautiful Bhagavad Gita). 

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In this episode Victoria (Tory) explains the concept of sattva (wisdom & harmony), rajas (action & passion) and tamas (darkness & inertia) and how we can balance these mental gunas through food, lifestyle and mantras. As one of her classic one-liners goes: 'Mind your own mind.' 

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This meditation is part of the free six-week program 'Staying anchored in your seat' with Victoria (Tory) for Delight Yoga. When we go back into our seat and into our heart we will see truth. We will make choices for ourselves that are right for us. 

This is the most magical time to  cook our own traumas and grow up our wounded child so we can become that peaceful warrior (referring to the profound and beautiful Bhagavad Gita). 

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This episode is part of the free six-week program 'Staying anchored in your seat' with Victoria (Tory) for Delight Yoga. When we go back into our seat and into our heart we will see truth. We will make choices for ourselves that are right for us. 

This is the most magical time to  cook our own traumas and grow up our wounded child so we can become that peaceful warrior (referring to the profound and beautiful Bhagavad Gita). 

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Note: It's best to listen only if you have an open mind about this topic. 

This episode is a follow-up on the previous conversation between Victoria and her husband about "the big C word" (Coronavirus) and vaccination. She's sharing her perspective and feelings about it, looking at this topic from a calm place instead of creating more fear or anxiousness. 

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'In the Vedic Scriptures, they talk about that the pregnant woman should be carried like you’re carrying a big bowl that’s filled to the brim with oil and to carry it in such a way to not spill one drop. She’s the carrier of new life, the vehicle for new spirits to come through.'

Listen in as Victoria talks about Ayurveda and pregnancy with Nina Pierson for Mama’en - De Podcast.

* The podcast starts in Dutch but soon switches to English. 

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The classical texts of Ayurveda talk about the three stages of life. Knowing the play of the doshas throughout these stages can help us making the right choices as we journey through life. In this episode, Victoria reflects upon the beauty and wisdom that comes with old age and shares some practical Ayurvedic tips to maintain balance so we age more gracefully. 

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Being a donor is such a deeply personal matter. It's an interesting question looking at it from the Ayurvedic (spiritual) view as emotions are directly connected to bodily organs. If every organ is a storage space for different emotions then what does this mean when we take on somebody else's organ or donate ours? 

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You pick up your child from daycare and it comes back with a nose full of snot. Kids are like mucus-producing machines (yet still so cuddly) due to the Kapha elements of earth and water that support their growth. But it also makes them prone to colds, the flu, allergies, and other mucus-y disbalances. Especially now that we're in the spring season that is ruled by  Kapha dosha. Try some of these Ayurvedic tips to bring back balance. 

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Victoria shines her light on one of the seemingly great paradoxes in Ayurveda: it teaches us how important it is to customize our lifestyle and daily life, and how to create a steady base for ourselves. But we can also make it too important and become too obsessed with 'living Ayurvedically'. So, when do we know we are molding ourselves and our lives too much?  For that answer, we should ask ourselves one important question... 

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'If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.' Nothing is for certain in this life, except that everything changes. Life IS change, yet most of us have become so rigid that we are trying to keep things in our control and have them stay the same. But does this really help us be happy and free? Victoria explains how we can support ourselves with (unwanted) change by using our Ayurvedic 'crutches' in the right manner and how to find the courage to fully sink into trust (especially when things don't go according to plan). 

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Do you find yourself hitting the 'snooze' button on your alarm clock too many times? Is coffee your saving grace? Feeling congested and lethargic? Despite the promises of spring and the year ahead, the transition to the Kapha time of year may be bogging you down. Spring is the time of year that it is most common to suffer from Kapha-type imbalances such as colds, congestion, asthma, bronchitis, sluggishness and weight gain. Victoria explains how we can shift our daily routine a bit to then lighten up so we feel energized en refreshed again. 

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For us to have a full human experience there are four pillars: Artha, Dharma, Kama and Moksha. In this episode, Victoria talks about Artha; the way that we earn money. The security of having the material comfort you need to live in the world with ease. But what if you're in a job that you don't really like? If your work doesn't feel very fulfilling?  Ayurveda shines a beautiful light on this important topic. 

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Can we trust that life is giving us exactly what we need? We need to receive all flavours of life in order for us to bloom. Victoria explains fear from an Ayurvedic (doshic) perspective, what it really means to live fearlessly (often opposite from what we think) and how we can practice this for ourselves.  

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In this episode, you'll hear an interview with Victoria for the YAY!YOGA Podcast. She tells her personal story of how she got into the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and other life topics such as the cycles of life, birth, death and dealing with loss. Plus: some advice for women who want to live in sync with their moon cycle.  

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