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Rooted in the Seasons
Rooted in the Seasons is a weekly podcast for anyone wanting to feel more balanced, calm, and connected, without overhauling their life.
Hosted by Katja Patel, yoga teacher, Ayurvedic guide, and mum, each episode offers simple ways to support your wellbeing through the seasons. You’ll hear practical tips from Ayurveda, real-life reflections, and small seasonal shifts that make a big difference.
If you’re juggling work, family, and the feeling that life moves too fast, this podcast will help you find steadiness in the middle of it all — with a little more rhythm, ease, and nourishment.
Episodes
74 episodes
Why Does Alternate Nostril Breathing Work? The Yoga Behind Nadi Shodhana
🎙️Show NotesHave you ever noticed that you can breathe more freely through one nostril than the other?In this episode, I explore Nadi Shodhana, or alternate nostril breathing, and why this seemingly simple pranayama practic...
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Your Senses Are Working Harder Than You Realise — Here's Why That Matters
🎙️Show NotesSummaryThis episode explores how your senses work throughout the day, how sensory impressions feed the mind, and why that can leave you feeling tired, foggy or unable to focus. Katja explains ...
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Ayurveda and Menstruation: What Your Period Can Tell You
🎙️Show NotesSummaryWhat can your period tell you about the month you've just lived? In this episode, Katja Patel explores menstruation through Ayurveda — how Vata, Pitta and Kapha may show up in your cycle, why food,...
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What Should You Eat for Breakfast in Autumn?
🎙️ Show NotesWhat should you actually eat for breakfast — and does everyone need breakfast in the first place?In this episode, I explore breakfast through an Ayurvedic lens and look at how your constitution, the time of day...
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Sacred Pause Conversations: Why Pausing Matters
🎙️Show NotesSummaryWhat happens when we create enough space to pause?In this first Sacred Pause Conversation, Helen and I talk about why pauses feel increasingly important in lives filled with constant ...
Understand Yourself Better: A Yogic Map of Body, Energy and Mind
🎙️Show Notes SummaryIn this episode, we explore yoga’s subtle body through prana, the five vayus, nadis, koshas, chakras and kundalini. By connecting these concepts into one simple map, we discover how yoga can ...
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The Higher Chakras: From Expression to Inner Awareness
🎙️Show NotesSummaryWhat happens as we move from the heart towards the higher chakras?In this episode of Rooted in the Seasons, we continue our journey through the chakra system with Vishuddha, Ajna...
Heart Chakra: From Self to Connection
🎙️ Show NotesSummaryIn this episode, we explore the Heart Chakra (Anahata) as the turning point in the chakra journey, where our awareness begins to expand from self to connection. Discover how yoga, breath and simpl...
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Manipura Chakra: How to Turn Intention into Action
🎙️ Show NotesWe all begin the week with good intentions.We plan to eat well, make time for yoga, finish work on time, or finally create healthier routines. Yet somehow, life takes over, and those intentions quietly slip awa...
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What Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You | The Sacral Chakra
🎙️Show NotesSummaryThis episode is part of my seven-part Chakra Series, exploring the traditional teachings of yoga in a practical, down-to-earth way for modern life.In this episode of Rooted in the...
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Root Chakra (Mooladhara): Building a Strong Foundation for Life
🎙️Show NotesSummaryIn this episode, Katja Patel explores the Mooladhara, or Root Chakra, through the lens of traditional yoga. Discover why the root chakra symbolises stability, belonging and foundation, and how simp...
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Why Ayurveda Cares About When You Eat, Not Just What You Eat
🎙️Show NotesDiscover why Ayurveda cares about when you eat, not just what you eat. In this episode, I explore how Agni, the doshas, circadian rhythms and the changing seasons influence digestion, energy and satisfact...
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The Pauses We Keep Missing
🎙️Show Notes Summary In this episode, Katja explores the natural transitions that already exist throughout our day and why they often go unnoticed. Drawing on yoga philosophy and her own experience, she shares ...
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3 Cooling Breathing Techniques for Hot Days and Busy Minds
🎙️Show NotesSummer doesn't just bring warmer weather. It can also leave us feeling restless, irritable, impatient, and unable to switch off.In this episode of Rooted in the Seasons, Katja Patel explores how Ayurveda underst...
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Cooling Pitta Dosha: Why Summer Tips You Off Balance
🎙️Show NotesSummaryIn this episode, Katja Patel explores Pitta dosha and why summer often tips it out of balance — showing up as restless sleep, irritability, reactive skin, and a washed-out kind of tired. She explai...
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Eating and Cooking for Summer — Food, Spices and More
🎙️Show Notes Summary This episode explores why summer can feel heavier and more tiring than expected, and offers practical Ayurvedic guidance on the foods and spices that support digestion and keep the body cool th...
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The Tiredness That Sleep Doesn’t Fix
🎙️Show NotesSummaryHave you ever noticed a kind of tiredness that sleep doesn't fix? In this episode, I explore the hidden narrative that runs alongside the day — the comparing, second-guessing and self-doubt that qu...
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Why what you eat together matters
🎙️ Show Notes SummaryExplore the impact of food combining according to Ayurveda, focusing on incompatible food pairings like fruit and dairy, and how these can affect digestion and overall health.
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Why You Still Feel Heavy After Light Meals
🎙️Show NotesSummaryYou choose lighter meals because you want more energy, yet sometimes you end up feeling heavy, foggy, tired, or hungry again soon after eating. In this episode we explore why digestion ...
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Why You're Tired by 3pm (Even When You Eat Well)
🎙️Show NotesSUMMARYThis week’s episode explores how irregular meals can affect digestion, energy, cravings, and nervous system steadiness.Katja shares how Ayurveda views meal timing through the lens...
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Why You Feel Bloated Even When You Eat Well — An Ayurvedic View
🎙️Show NotesSummaryThis episode explores why bloating can happen even when you’re eating healthy, and how Ayurveda views digestion through the lens of rhythm, warmth, and daily habits. Katja shares simple, practical ...
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How Yoga Philosophy Shows Up in Your Daily Life (Yama and Niyama Explained)
🎙️Show NotesSummarySome days feel slightly off — not because anything is wrong, but because something feels unsettled underneath.In this episode, I explore how the Yama and Niyama — often seen as philosophical...
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How Your Breath Can Help You Feel Clearer and Lighter This Spring
🎙️Show NotesSummarySpring can sometimes feel just a little slower — a little less clear — even when everything else is moving forward.In this episode, I share three simple breathing practices you can return to...
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