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The Vital Veda Podcast: Ayurveda | Vedic Wisdom | Holistic Health & Natural Healing

The Vital Veda Podcast: Ayurveda | Vedic Wisdom | Holistic Health & Natural Healing

Dylan Smith: Ayurvedic Practitioner, Holistic Health Educator, Conscious Entrepreneur 155 Episodes Jun 28, 2026

The Vital Veda Podcast explores Ayurveda, Vedic wisdom, holistic health, and natural healing. Hosted by Dylan Smith, an Ayurvedic practitioner and holistic health educator, each episode offers practical and profound insights for living at your highest potential. Topics include Ayurvedic medicine, Vedic astrology, yoga, meditation, herbal medicine, nutrition, women's health, detoxification, and daily routines. The show features expert guests from Ayurveda, astrology, integrative medicine, and spirituality. It aims to help listeners understand their dosha, balance body and mind, and align with nature's rhythms.

Episodes

Sound: The Most Subtle & Most Powerful Sense - Vedic Wisdom on Voice, Hearing & Divine Speech | Dylan Smith #155
Sound: The Most Subtle & Most Powerful Sense - Vedic Wisdom on Voice, Hearing & Divine Speech | Dylan Smith #155 Jun 28, 2026 2574 Sound is the most subtle of the senses.And according to the Vedas, because it is the most subtle, it is also the most powerful.What you speak, how you speak, and what you allow yourself to hear shapes the quality of your mind, your consciousness, and ultimately the person you become.Recorded live during a sound healing evening in London, Dylan Smith explores the Vedic understanding of sound, speec
Jyotish Gemstones: Choosing the Right Planetary Stone for Your Chart and What to Avoid | Tiffany April Raines #154
Jyotish Gemstones: Choosing the Right Planetary Stone for Your Chart and What to Avoid | Tiffany April Raines #154 Apr 30, 2026 4318 Gemstones are not just decorative.In Jyotiṣa (Vedic Astrology), they are used as precise tools to amplify planetary influences and shift the trajectory of karma.In this episode, Dylan Smith sits down with Vedic Gemologist and Jyotiṣī Tiffany April Raines to explore how astrological gemstones actually work, why quality is everything, and the level of responsibility required when using them.Tiffany
EMF and Cellular Health: A Telecom Engineer Explains What's Actually Happening to Your Body | Daniel DeBaun #153
EMF and Cellular Health: A Telecom Engineer Explains What's Actually Happening to Your Body | Daniel DeBaun #153 Mar 26, 2026 4829 In this eye-opening conversation, Dylan sits with telecommunications engineer Daniel DeBaun to explore how modern electromagnetic fields (EMFs) interact with human biology and what we can do to maintain strong cellular energy in an increasingly wireless world.Our bodies are fundamentally electrical. Every nerve impulse, heartbeat, and cellular signal depends on delicate electrical gradients. Yet t
Solar and Lunar Eclipses: What Ayurveda, Jyotish and Mantra Say You Should (and Shouldn't) Do | #152
Solar and Lunar Eclipses: What Ayurveda, Jyotish and Mantra Say You Should (and Shouldn't) Do | #152 Feb 23, 2026 5283 When an eclipse happens, something shifts. The light changes. The atmosphere feels different. Traditionally, these moments were never treated as ordinary.In this episode, Dylan is joined by Jyotishi and Ayurvedic practitioner Laura Plumb, Vaidya Dr Krishna Raju, Vaidya and medical astrologer Dr Harsha Raju, and mantra teacher Purnesh. Together they explore eclipses through the lenses of Ayurveda,
The Role of Fear in Disease: How Prana, Pulse Diagnosis and Ayurveda Address the Root | Dr A.V. Raju
The Role of Fear in Disease: How Prana, Pulse Diagnosis and Ayurveda Address the Root | Dr A.V. Raju Jan 15, 2026 4043 In this profound wisdom session, Dylan sits with Dr Krishna Raju to explore how fear consciousness disrupts health, and how prāṇa, pulse awareness, and subtle Ayurvedic sciences restore balance at the deepest level.Rather than approaching disease as something external to fight, this conversation returns to a core Ayurvedic truth: health and illness arise first in consciousness. Through stories, cl
How to Heal a Hernia Naturally & Without Surgery | George Hirst #150
How to Heal a Hernia Naturally & Without Surgery | George Hirst #150 Nov 21, 2025 3874 Ever been told surgery is your only option for a hernia—and felt deep down there must be another way?In this episode, Dylan sits down with George Hirst, founder of Comfort Truss, who healed his inguinal hernia naturally after being told it was impossible. George shares the physical, emotional, and practical steps that took him from a painful two-golf-ball bulge to living symptom-free—no mesh, no s
Samudra Manthana: The Vedic Story of the Churning of the Ocean and Its Hidden Meaning | Dylan Smith
Samudra Manthana: The Vedic Story of the Churning of the Ocean and Its Hidden Meaning | Dylan Smith Oct 18, 2025 1743 From the depths of the cosmic ocean, Dhanvantari arose - radiant and serene, carrying the pot of Amṛta, the nectar of immortality. This is the birth of Ayurveda, the birth of healing itself.In this special Dhanteras episode, Dylan retells the ancient Vedic story of the Samudra Manthana (the Churning of the Ocean of Milk) and reveals how this timeless myth mirrors the process of transformation with
What Makes a Mantra Powerful? The Science of Sound, Initiation and Mantra Shastra | Purnesh
What Makes a Mantra Powerful? The Science of Sound, Initiation and Mantra Shastra | Purnesh Aug 28, 2025 3497 Ever wondered what makes a mantra truly powerful? Is it the precision of pronunciation, the ancient lineage it comes from, or the sincerity of the heart behind it?In this episode, Dylan speaks with Purnesh (formerly Swami Purnachaitanya), a teacher and practitioner who has spent over twenty years immersed in the Vedic tradition of mantra. Together they explore what mantra really is - not just word
The Real History of Chai: Ancient Ayurvedic Spices, Colonial Trade and How to Make It Properly | Mira Manek
The Real History of Chai: Ancient Ayurvedic Spices, Colonial Trade and How to Make It Properly | Mira Manek Jun 26, 2025 3323 Step into the aromatic world of Indian chai with Mira Manek, author of The Book of Chai and founder of Chai by Mira. In this episode, we trace the surprising history of how tea became India’s most beloved beverage - through colonial trade routes, opium, and clever British marketing.Mira shares chai-making secrets passed down through generations: from the Ayurvedic ritual of boiling milk three time
Why Honey Deserves a Place in Infant Care: Debunking the Honey Myth
Why Honey Deserves a Place in Infant Care: Debunking the Honey Myth Mar 27, 2025 1242 For millennia, honey has been treasured across cultures as a symbol of nourishment and healing, particularly for infants. Yet in 1978, Western medicine abruptly deemed it unsafe for babies under one year old due to concerns about botulism. But was this ban truly justified, or did precaution overshadow ancient wisdom and emerging scientific insights?While infant botulism is an extremely rare condit
Natural Baby Immunisation: What Ayurveda Offers Beyond the Vaccine Schedule | Dylan Smith
Natural Baby Immunisation: What Ayurveda Offers Beyond the Vaccine Schedule | Dylan Smith Mar 13, 2025 3151 Human adaptation has shaped an extraordinary immune system in your child over millions of years—yet modern interventions often overlook this innate intelligence instead of strengthening it.In this episode, Dylan explores how to nurture your child’s immunity using time-tested Ayurvedic wisdom and holistic parenting approaches that work in harmony with the body’s natural defenses.He also addresses k
Shilajit: The Myths, Magic and Dangers of This Powerful Mountain Medicine | Dr Sumit Kesarkar & Vaidya Dr J.R. Raju
Shilajit: The Myths, Magic and Dangers of This Powerful Mountain Medicine | Dr Sumit Kesarkar & Vaidya Dr J.R. Raju Jan 13, 2025 3067 “There is no curable disease in the universe which has cannot be effectively cured by śilājatu, [but only] when administered at the appropriate time, in combination with suitable herbs and by adopting the prescribed protocol”.~ Caraka Samhitā, authoritative classical Ayurveda textI’m Dylan Smith, an Ayurveda practitioner and educator, and in case you have not heard of Shilajit, it is one of Ayurve

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