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Highlighting important differences between allopathic medicine and Ayurvedic health care, such as the understanding that &#8220;you know yourself best&#8221;, and the inescapable reality of the law of Karma, this episode lays the foundation for a continuing conversation on Ayurveda as a Reality-based medicine. </p><p>Join us for the first ever Real World Ayurveda Podcast, and journey with us into ancient wisdom that is ripe for our current times. Don&#8217;t forget to pass it on, and send us your questions for future RWA Podcasts.</p><p>Book a consultation with Nicole:<br>https://newleafsac.com/appointments</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/p/episode-1?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/p/episode-1?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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</span></p></li><li><p><span>Are you ready to exchange the magic bullet fallacy for proactive and curative health care?</span></p></li></ul><p><span>If you answered </span><strong><span>Yes</span></strong><span> to any of these questions, you&#8217;re in the right place.</span></p><h3><em><strong><span>Real World Ayurveda is the place to start&#8230;</span></strong></em></h3><p><span>Real World Ayurveda is a groundbreaking Podcast intended to go beyond worn-out &#8220;Health Freedom&#8221; paradigms that still inhabit Rockefeller-created narratives and technologies. With the onslaught of electromagnetic radiation, AI, the roll out of destructive Data centers and other nature harming technologies, this podcast could not be more timely. </span></p><p><span>It is essential, imperative, to remember that we are Human, and that we belong to Nature and to the Earth. We put forth the bold claim that REAL Health Freedom resides in the understanding of the unique individual - full stop. </span></p><p><span>Not percentages, not averages, not statistics, not myopic animal or sample-based research, etc. We aim to set the record straight, through real inquiry and the deconstruction of materialistic parameters.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-real-world?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://realworldayurveda.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-real-world?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p><h3><em><strong><span>The time is now&#8230;</span></strong></em></h3><p><span>We believe that, other than Ayurveda, there is no comprehensive health care system that exists completely independent of the failed sick-care system. Off-grid, all-natural, aligned with natural law and truly non-harming, Ayurveda is the way forward. It&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been doing for the past 30 years. It is not only the medicine of the past, it is the medicine of the Future - IF health is what we want, that is.</span></p><p><span>Independence, self-sovereignty and real-time data are the foundation of Ayurveda. The Rockefeller paradigm was designed to harm, designed from the very beginning as medical slavery - a revolving door and endless loop of wealth extraction and dependency. We believe that real health lives outside of this programming, and our fear of stepping away from it. A healthy society is made up of healthy individuals; healthy people are capable people - this is the way forward to freedom.</span></p><h3><em><strong><span>What is Ayurveda?..</span></strong></em></h3><p><span>If you were raised in the West, it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;ve heard of Ayurveda in the context of a &#8220;modality&#8221; of natural medicine, or as an option on a spa menu, or as a crunchy granola approach to health. Or maybe as the Deepak Chopra version (you can&#8217;t have Chopra without Opra), of flowery prose and elevated spiritual attainment. Certainly, your Yoga teacher took a Ayurveda course and can teach all you need to know in a weekend workshop.</span></p><p><span>Ayurveda, often defined as the &#8220;Science of Life&#8221;, is not any of those things. Allow me to thoroughly smash this insulting and diminished representation of what Ayurveda really is and unpack why it has been kept from you.</span></p><p><span>Ayurveda (a Sanskrit word that has no actual English translation) is the Laws of Nature applied to how we live, think, feel and die. The word &#8220;science&#8221; is misleading, because what currently passes as science is a joke, operating exclusively within Rockefeller-approved systems. Reductionist, compartmentalized and steered by profiteering, modern science is anything but science.</span></p><p><span>Ayurveda is something much more real, tangible, and comprehensive. What would &#8220;science&#8221; include if it had 10,000 years to be distilled? That is Ayurveda. It is better understood as the Living Reality, or even better, &#8220;the Eternal Truth of our Lived Reality &#8211; Applied in the Present Moment - Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual - from Birth to Death and Everything In-Between - Discernible, Verifiable, Reliable, Accountable, Non-Harming, involving the reality of Unique Individuals and Situations.&#8221; And even that doesn&#8217;t quite capture it.</span></p><p><span>Modalities of care should not be confused with the science, as everything under the sun can be a remedy or a poison based on the individual&#8217;s needs and situation. Does Ayurveda belong to India? This is a yes and no answer. We&#8217;ll unpack it on the podcasts, promise. Is all Ayurveda created equal? We&#8217;ll unpack that too.</span></p><h3><em><strong><span>Logical Fallacies abound&#8230;</span></strong></em></h3><p><span>&#8220;Modern&#8221; science wants you to think that your health is somehow dependent on the smallest particles, compartmentalized parts and organs. Here&#8217;s a newsflash - we are not made of parts, nor is focusing on those so-called parts a viable solution for your best health. In truth, health can only be achieved by taking a macro view, a big picture that encompasses all the variables, influences, and choices of a unique individual. Ayurveda is the BIG picture, capable to hold it all in context for a curative outcome with your self-sovereignty intact. There is no magic pill, no poison that is &#8220;medicine&#8221;, no validity to tests that claim to tell the whole story, or authorities telling you that your disease is not connected to your choices.</span></p><h3><em><strong><span>The truth will set you free&#8230;</span></strong></em></h3><p><span>Here&#8217;s a radical concept - no one can know more about your health than you. Going even one step further&#8230;no one can heal you except you. There, I said it &#8211; May the truth set you free!</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Don&#8217;t take my word for it&#8230;</span></strong></em></p><p><span>Instead of abdicating the responsibility of your health to a white coat, you can learn to observe your experience and own your choices and their consequences. Sure, we&#8217;re being poisoned; yes, it&#8217;s raining down on us from all directions; that is all true. But we have choices; our choices are our power - wouldn&#8217;t you agree? Ayurveda always provides an antidote, and the Real World Ayurveda podcast offers agency in an era of narrowing choices. Observe your experience, collect your own data and take back what was yours to begin with. Ayurveda is not a materialistic snapshot of you; it&#8217;s the whole story, YOUR story.</span></p><h3><em><strong><span>This is about YOU&#8230;</span></strong></em></h3><p><span>Ultimately, Ayurveda is about YOU. It is not about &#8220;health&#8221; in some theoretical, reductionist tagline of promise, but about living in the reality of who you are. Elementally, in real time, in the here and now. No blood tests required, no expensive scans; in fact, nothing that requires any electricity at all. Keen observation and discernment are the primary diagnostics, and those are things that anyone, anywhere has access to. We call these your &#8220;faculties of perception&#8221;, and they are Power.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>What? Ayurveda&#8217;s not woo-woo?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>Real World Ayurveda is not about the theoretical or metaphysical &#8220;woo-woo&#8221; Ayurvedic discourse that has contributed to keeping it from serious, real world application in the West. Nor is it superficial &#8220;Spa-yurveda&#8221;, replete with rote sound bites of &#8220;optimal health&#8221; and dosha quizzes. We will be tackling the gritty realities of living in this current time, and sharing the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts gleaned from a 30 year practice. Our dialogue is aimed to be relevant, time-sensitive and usable for this era of tyranny and truth.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Are you ready for the step-away?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>Real World Ayurveda is about applying the laws of nature for your immediate empowerment, from a lived and practiced perspective. If you are ready for the step-away, for the actuals in the present moment that will give you power to affect and change your health in real time, then you are in the right place.</span></p><p><span>Welcome to a world of possibilities, and options of care as vast as the beautiful nature of the universe. Once you grasp the reality of Nature - YOUR nature - you have an empowered path forward. 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