What if aging wasn’t about decline, but design?
In this episode, we explore how modern science and Ikigai come together to help you age with clarity, strength, and dignity—naturally, gently, and consciously.
Before setting goals for 2026, pause and ask — how heavy are you feeling?
In this reflective episode, Dr Amritha guides you through a 7-dimension declutter — physical, mental, emotional, social, financial, spiritual, and energetic — inspired by the yogic principle of Aparigraha (non-grasping).
This is not about doing more, but about letting go, creating space, and learning to travel light into 2026 with clarity, alignment, and ease.
✨ Release what no longer serves. Make space for your Ikigai.
Have you ever felt like an outsider—even when surrounded by people? You’re warm, capable, socially skilled… yet something feels fundamentally different. You might be an otrovert: someone who doesn’t belong to any tribe, not from fear, but from design. In this episode, Dr. Amritha explores this newly named orientation, why “not belonging” might be your superpower, and how your Ikigai lives not in fitting in—but in seeing what others cannot. For the eternal observers. The compassionate outsiders. This one’s for you.
Ever wonder why that viral diet worked for your friend but left you exhausted and craving junk food? This episode reveals the hidden conversation between your gut and brain—and why copying someone else’s eating plan might be sabotaging your health.
Today marks December 21st—World Meditation Day and the winter solstice. In this special episode, Dr. Amritha explores why meditation has become a necessity in our overstimulated world, not a luxury.
Discover how just 10 minutes of daily practice can transform your physical health, mental clarity, emotional resilience, relationships, and overall well-being. Learn the beautiful connection between Kriya (conscious action) and Dhyana (effortless awareness) from Ashtanga Yoga, and understand why meditation doesn’t require perfection—just presence.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who’s struggled to maintain a practice, this episode offers a gentle, practical invitation to reconnect with yourself. No trainer needed. No hours required. Just you, your breath, and ten minutes.
Key Takeaways:
• Why the winter solstice is the perfect time to turn inward
• How meditation sends your nervous system the message “you are safe”
• The ripple effect of meditation across all dimensions of health
• Why ten minutes is enough—and how it naturally grows into more
• Simple steps to begin your practice today
Perfect for: Anyone feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or simply curious about meditation’s transformative power.
What if the path to inner peace didn’t require you to escape your life—but to meet it more consciously?
In this episode, we explore Kriya Yoga—not as ancient philosophy locked in textbooks, but as a living practice for modern life.
No monasteries needed.No perfection required.Just honest presence.
We talk about:
🌿 What Kriya Yoga actually means (explained for everyone, no background needed)
🔥 Tapah – Conscious effort without self-violence
🔎 Svadhyaya – Self-study that heals, not judges
🌸 Ishvara Pranidhana – Surrender that reduces anxiety
💭 How your daily life is already your practice—in your relationships, your reactions, your rest
🧠 Why emotional wellness begins with awareness, not fixing
This episode is for you if:
• You’re exhausted from trying to “fix” yourself
• You want to understand yourself, not just improve yourself
• You’re looking for grounded wisdom, not hustle culture dressed as spirituality
• You need gentleness more than motivation right now
No jargon. No pressure. Just presence.
This isn’t content to consume—it’s company to keep.
Come sit with me for an hour.Let’s talk about how awareness itself is healing.
🎧 Best experienced with:Tea. Stillness. Permission to pause the episode and breathe.
We speak often about self-love — but which organ comes to mind when you say “self-care”?Skin? Heart? Mind?
Rarely… the pancreas.
This small, quiet organ has never demanded attention, never caused drama, never screamed for help. Yet it has been working every single second of your life — managing your energy, digestion, blood sugar, and metabolic balance.
In this deeply intimate episode, Dr. Amritha explores:
✨ Why the pancreas is the most ignored organ — until crisis hits✨ How modern life silently stresses this vital organ daily✨ The emotional connection between sweetness, satisfaction & insulin resistance✨ Special insights for women: PCOS, hormones & pancreatic strain✨ Early whispers your body sends before diagnosis✨ What “Love Your Pancreas” really means — beyond diets and fear✨ Simple, compassionate daily practices to honor this silent worker
This is not about restriction. This is about respect.This is not just medical awareness. This is Ikigai awareness.
🎧 Perfect for:Women navigating hormonal health | Anyone with prediabetes, PCOS, or metabolic concerns | Healthcare seekers wanting holistic understanding | Souls ready to care deeper
💬 After listening, share this message:“I choose to love my pancreas.”
Because when invisible organs feel safe, visible health follows.
🌿 Subscribe to Awaken Your Ikigai with Dr. Amritha for medicine that speaks to body, mind, and soul.
Think yoga is just stretching and poses? Think again. 🌿
In this soul-nourishing episode, Dr. Amritha takes you beyond the mat to explore the complete system of yoga—the 8 Limbs that ancient yogis designed as a roadmap for living peacefully in a chaotic world.
You’ll discover:
• How the Yamas teach you to set boundaries and speak kindly to yourself
• Why Santosha (contentment) is the antidote to comparison culture
• How your breath becomes your built-in therapist through Pranayama
• The art of “digital detox” that yogis called Pratyahara 2,000 years ago
• Simple practices to quiet your anxious mind and reclaim your peace
This isn’t about perfection. It’s about showing up gently, one breath at a time.
Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, feeling disconnected, or simply searching for more meaning—these 8 superpowers can quietly transform your life from the inside out.
Perfect for: Anyone feeling overwhelmed, overthinkers, wellness seekers, and anyone ready to move from surviving to actually living.
🎧 Grab your chai, settle in, and let’s awaken something beautiful within you.
🌟 30-Day Challenge: Choose ONE limb to practice this week and DM Dr. Amritha your choice—let’s walk this path together.
#YogaPhilosophy #8LimbsOfYoga #MentalWellness #MindfulLiving #AwakenYourIkigai #AnxietyRelief #SelfCare #InnerPeace #ModernYoga #WellnessPodcast
Sometimes, our deepest purpose hides in the most ordinary places. Like a simple glass of milk.
In this special World Milk Day 2025 episode, Dr Amritha explores how something as humble as dairy connects us to our Ikigai—our reason for being. Moving beyond nutrition facts and farming statistics, this episode reveals how dairy beautifully intersects all four circles of Ikigai: what the world needs, what you can be paid for, what you’re good at, and what you love.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
🥛 Nourishment as Purpose – How dairy meets the world’s fundamental need for nutrition, vitality, and wellness—and what that teaches us about our own calling
🌱 Sustainability as Love – The evolving story of climate-smart dairy, regenerative agriculture, and ancient wisdom meeting modern innovation
💛 Economic Empowerment – The extraordinary impact of dairy on rural livelihoods, women’s empowerment, and community resilience
🔧 Mastery & Craftsmanship – From traditional ghee-making to modern dairy technology, the art and science of meaningful work
🌟 Your Dairy-Inspired Ikigai – Practical reflections to discover how simple, nourishing actions can lead you to your purpose
Perfect For: Anyone seeking purpose in everyday life, wellness enthusiasts, sustainability advocates, food lovers, and those curious about the intersection of tradition, health, and meaning.
Key Takeaway: Purpose doesn’t always arrive as a grand revelation. Sometimes it flows quietly into your cup each morning, reminding you that nourishment—of body, community, and planet—is one of life’s most profound callings.
Duration: 45-50 minutesHost: Dr AmrithaTheme: World Milk Day 2025 – “Let’s Celebrate the Power of Dairy”
💬 Share your reflections using #AwakenYourIkigai #WorldMilkDay2025
🎧 Subscribe and awaken your purpose, one episode at a time.
Join Dr. Amritha for a powerful episode honoring the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25th) and the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism. In this deeply compassionate conversation, we explore digital violence—the invisible wound affecting nearly 1 in 2 women globally—and how protecting our digital spaces is essential to living our ikigai.
In This Episode:
✨ Understanding digital violence: cyberbullying, stalking, doxing, and tech-enabled abuse
✨ The profound impact on mental health, careers, and sense of self
✨ Survivor stories of resilience and transformation
✨ Practical digital safety strategies you can implement today
✨ Psychological wellness practices for digital spaces
✨ The UN Women UNiTE Campaign and how to take action
✨ Ikigai integration: How digital dignity protects your purpose
Key Takeaways:
• Actionable privacy and security tips
• Self-care practices for healing from digital harm
• Community resources and support systems
• Ways to join the 16 Days of Activism
This episode is for every woman who has ever silenced her voice online, every survivor seeking healing, and every advocate building safer digital spaces. Your voice matters. Your safety matters. Your ikigai deserves protection.
Resources mentioned: UNiTE Campaign, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, National Domestic Violence Hotline, Coalition Against Online Violence
🧡 #16Days #EndDigitalViolence #OrangeTheWorld #Ikigai #DigitalSafety #WomensRights
In this spontaneous mini-episode, Dr. Amritha shares a raw, unfiltered moment of realization — the discovery of a seventh dimension of health: Energetic Wellness.
With no script, no planning, and pure alignment, she opens up about how energy shapes our experience of people, places, jobs, and life itself.
If you’ve ever felt unexpectedly calm with someone, drained by a place, or deeply connected to a moment… this episode will help you understand why.
Tune in to this bite-sized moment of awakening from Awaken Your Ikigai with Dr. Amritha, where we explore how your energy is just as important as your physical, mental, and emotional health.
Share your thoughts in the comments — Dr. Amritha would love to hear your experiences with energy alignment.
Beyond Strength: Men’s Silent Health Struggles
International Men’s Day 2025 Special | Zero Male Suicide
💙 This episode is for every man who has ever felt the weight of “being strong” — and for everyone who loves a man.
Join Dr. Amritha as we celebrate International Men’s Day by breaking the silence around men’s health — from hormonal imbalances (testosterone, cortisol, thyroid) to mental health struggles, loneliness, and the alarming reality that men are 3x more likely to die by suicide yet only 30% seek help.
In This Episode:
✅ The hormonal reality men face (and why it matters)
✅ Mental health red flags that look different in men
✅ Prostate health, fertility, body image, and loneliness
✅ Gentle Ayurvedic wisdom for restoring balance
✅ Actionable steps for men, partners, and families
✅ Crisis resources and hope
Key Message: Being human is the ultimate strength. Vulnerability is not weakness — it’s survival.
Feeling the heat of anger more often lately? You’re not alone. In this deeply compassionate episode, Dr. Amritha explores one of our most misunderstood emotions—anger—and reveals how to transform it from a destructive force into a messenger of wisdom.
Discover why anger levels have surged globally, with 1 in 4 people experiencing regular anger according to the Gallup Global Emotions Report 2025. Learn the science behind what happens in your brain and body when anger strikes, and most importantly, walk away with practical, science-backed techniques you can use immediately.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
✨ Why anger isn’t your enemy—it’s actually valuable information
🧠 The neuroscience of anger and your body’s fight-or-flight response
🔍 How to recognize your personal anger patterns and early warning signs
💨 The STOP Technique, 4-7-8 Breathing, Cold Reset Method, and more practical tools
💬 Communication strategies that de-escalate conflict instead of fueling it
🌸 How unmanaged anger blocks your ikigai (life purpose) and how to reclaim your peace
📊 Real statistics: why anger is costing us our health, relationships, and billions in productivity
Featured Techniques:
• The STOP Protocol for instant pause
• 4-7-8 Breathing for nervous system reset
• Somatic shake and physical release methods
• Cognitive reframing for lasting change
• “I” statements for compassionate communication
Special Challenge:
Join Dr. Amritha’s 7-Day Anger Awareness Challenge and start your journey from reaction to response, from storm to stillness.
Perfect For:
Anyone feeling overwhelmed by irritability, struggling with workplace stress, navigating difficult relationships, or simply wanting to understand their emotions better and live more aligned with their purpose.
This World Diabetes Day, join Dr. Amritha on a heartfelt journey to rediscover balance, hope, and purpose beyond the diagnosis. 💙
In this special episode of the Ikigai Wellness Podcast, she unpacks how Ayurveda, Yoga, and mindful living can help you manage diabetes—not with fear, but with self-love, consistency, and consciousness.
From understanding the Ayurvedic view of Madhumeha and Prameha, to practical diet tips, healing herbs, daily routines, and yogic practices — this episode blends ancient wisdom with modern science to remind you that healing begins with awareness.
✨ Because you are not your sugar levels.
You are your strength. Your choices. Your purpose.
Tune in and embrace your Ikigai — your reason to live a sweet life, mindfully.
🎧 Listen now and start your journey from fear to freedom.
What if weight isn’t about willpower—but about wounds, hormones, and how you were designed?
In this deeply compassionate episode, we go beyond calories and dive into the real factors behind obesity: childhood trauma, hormonal imbalances, chronic inflammation, PCOS, thyroid issues, and the crushing weight of social bullying.
Drawing from Ayurveda, Yoga Psychology, and the Bhagavad Gita, we explore why some bodies are naturally Kapha (softer, rounder), why fatigue isn’t laziness, and how emotional pain can literally become physical weight.
You’ll discover:
• How anxiety, depression, and stress rewire metabolism
• Why inflammation keeps weight stuck (and how to calm it)
• The link between gut health, hormones, and body composition
• Why bullying—especially at home—causes the deepest scars
• Ancient wisdom on body acceptance, ahimsa (non-violence), and santosha (contentment)
• Gentle daily practices for mind-body healing
This isn’t about shame. It’s about understanding. Because obesity is not a choice—but healing can be.
Perfect for: anyone struggling with weight, loved ones seeking to understand, wellness seekers exploring holistic health
What if I told you that obesity isn’t about laziness, lack of willpower, or poor choices? In this deeply compassionate episode, we explore the multi-dimensional truth behind weight gain — from hormonal imbalances and cortisol spikes to emotional trauma and Ayurvedic Prakriti.
We dive into:
✨ The biology of obesity: insulin, leptin, ghrelin, and thyroid function
✨ Ancient Ayurvedic wisdom on Sthaulya, Mandagni, and Ama
✨ How stress, bullying, and shame create emotional eating patterns
✨ Why some bodies are naturally bigger (Kapha Prakriti)
✨ Bhagavad Gita’s teaching on balance over punishment
✨ Anti-inflammatory eating, sleep, joyful movement, and yoga’s healing power
This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt judged, misunderstood, or blamed for their body. Your worth is not measured in kilograms. Healing begins with compassion — not criticism.
🎧 Stay tuned for Part 2, where we’ll explore Ayurvedic herbs, yogic psychology, emotional journaling, and a realistic daily healing flow.
💛 If this resonates, share it with someone who needs to hear it.
What if the key to your energy, mental clarity, and emotional balance lies in an ancient fire burning within you? In this episode, we explore Agni—not just as digestive fire, but as the intelligent force that transforms everything you consume, experience, and feel into life itself.
Join us on a journey from the cellular powerhouses in your body to the cosmic intelligence recognized by ancient Vedic sages. We’ll uncover the three types of Agni orchestrating your existence, the four states that determine whether you feel vibrant or sluggish, and how modern science is finally catching up to this 5,000-year-old wisdom.
Whether you’re dealing with brain fog, digestive issues, emotional heaviness, or just seeking deeper vitality, this episode offers practical, soul-nourishing wisdom to rekindle your inner flame. Because understanding Agni isn’t just about digestion—it’s about understanding the very process of transformation itself.
In this episode:
• The Sanskrit roots and cosmic significance of Agni
• Jatharagni, Bhutagni, and Dhatvagni: the thirteen fires within
• Manasika Agni: how to digest thoughts and emotions
• The four states of Agni and what they reveal about your health
• Where ancient wisdom meets mitochondria, enzymes, and the microbiome
• Daily practices to nurture and protect your inner fire
Perfect for: Anyone interested in Ayurveda, holistic health, mind-body connection, spiritual wellness, and practical ancient wisdom for modern life.
In this deeply compassionate episode, Dr. Amritha explores Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) beyond the stereotypes—revealing how trauma can be quiet, subtle, and often unrecognized until years later. Whether it stems from emotional neglect, prolonged manipulation, or growing up without a sense of safety, trauma deserves acknowledgment and care.
Discover the often-overlooked signs of PTSD: restless nights, emotional overwhelm, physical tension, avoidance patterns, and that persistent feeling of disconnection. Dr. Amritha gently reminds us that your pain is valid, regardless of how it compares to others’ experiences.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• How trauma manifests in unexpected ways in body and mind
• Practical guidance for supporting loved ones with PTSD (and yourself in the process)
• How Ayurveda views trauma through the lens of Vata imbalance
• Grounding practices: warm oil massage, Udwartana, consistent routines, and nourishing meals
• Yoga tools for reconnecting with your body: gentle asanas, pranayama, and meditation
• Timeless wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita for navigating inner paralysis
• Daily practices to create safety and support healing
True wellness includes social health—the ability to hold space for one another with compassion and understanding. PTSD is real, healing is possible, and you don’t have to walk this path alone.
When we think of health, most of us think of our body—diet, fitness, lab reports. But is that all there is to being truly well?
In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Amritha S.S. shares her evolved understanding of health as a 360-degree circle of interconnected dimensions. Drawing from years of observation, experience, and healing, she explores the six pillars that create complete wellness:
✨ Physical Health – Your body as the house your soul lives in, and why it listens to everything you think and feel
🧠 Mental Health – The clarity and peace of your thoughts, and how it differs from emotional health
💗 Emotional Health – The intelligence of feeling, recognizing, and managing your emotions with compassion
🤝 Social Health – Creating authentic connections through the wisdom of Sadvritta and Chitta Prasādana
🕉️ Spiritual Health – The journey of knowing your higher self beyond rituals and religion
💰 Financial Health – The often-overlooked pillar that brings peace of mind and emotional freedom
This isn’t a lecture—it’s a realization. Dr. Amritha reveals how these six dimensions flow like rivers into one ocean, and why neglecting even one creates ripples across your entire being.
You’ll discover:
• Why psychosomatic diseases are messages from your inner world
• The crucial difference between mental and emotional health
• How social media connection differs from true authenticity
• Why financial stability is essential for holistic wellness
• A powerful introspective pause to check in with your own 360° balance
Perfect for anyone who’s been searching for what’s missing in their health journey, this episode reminds us that real wellness isn’t about being perfect—it’s about being whole.
Hosted by: Dr. Amritha S.S.
Take a deep breath, press play, and discover your 360° Code of Health.
The body speaks in whispers… if you know how to listen. 🌬️ In this episode, Dr. Amritha explores the Upa-Vayus, the subtle life winds behind hiccups, sneezes, blinking, and hunger pangs. Learn to notice these tiny signals and connect with your body’s hidden wisdom.