05. Self Care as Sva-dharma with Indu Arora

Indu Arora is a Yoga and Ayurveda teacher, mentor, and author, based out of the USA. She considers herself a student for a lifetime. Indu has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda for the last two decades across more than 50 cities worldwide. Her unique gift is making Yoga and Ayurveda a practice, which is equally useful and accessible for a beginner as for a sincere seeker who has made Yoga a lifelong journey. She is inspired by and taught under Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga and Kashmir Shaivism Yoga lineages. She has studied in a traditional Guru-Shishya parampara. Her teaching style is rooted in empowering and inspiring students to awaken the inner Guru through insight, discernment and self-inquiry. Her core philosophy is ‘Yoga is a Work-in and not a Work-out’. She is the author of Mudra: The Sacred Secret (2015), Yoga: Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow’s Vision (2019), and SOMA: 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care (e-book, 2020; updated hard copy, 2022).In this episode, Anjali and Indu discuss:Indu’s personal story of learning and studying Yoga with her elders and teachers in IndiaSelf care as Svadharma: The role of self care in knowing, being and observing our DharmaSelf care as Ahimsa: We are practicing ahimsa by taking of our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual self and this is a journey toward the SELF (Atman)Discriminative discernment: Are we checking in or checking out?Mudras are accessible, powerful, accessible and subtle practices of self careIndu’s non-negotiables of personal self careResources:The Mudras discussed in the episode are:Vata MudraEnergy Mudra Sleep Mudra You can connect with Indu on Instagram, Facebook, and her website! A huge thank you to the support of our partner OfferingTree - an all-in-one, easy to use business platform for classes, courses, memberships and more. Check them out www.offeringtree.com/accessibleyoga to get a discount today!Read Transcript