Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is one of the most prominent and academically accomplished Ayurvedic physicians in medical astrologers in the United States, with over 35 years of clinical experience. He is the director of Ayurvedic Healing and Integrative Wellness Clinic in Santa Cruz, California, and the author of The Hot Belly Diet and Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life, which has been translated into 13 languages.

As a leading voice in Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Suhas is a sought after speaker at Ayurvedic and Wellness Conferences both nationally and internationally. He's the Chief Medical Advisor at Chopra Global and Chopra Foundation, which allows him to share the stage with some of the leading global experts in the field of integrative medicine.

He has traveled around the globe popularizing Ayurveda yoga, meditation, and natural medicine, and has designed curriculums for several Ayurvedic schools, including Sasha’s Alma Mater Kerala Ayurveda Academy. He has also formulated some very successful herbal products generating multimillion dollars in revenue, and has been featured on numerous popular podcast radio and television shows.

Dr. Suhas latest book, Awakened Sleep: An Ayurvedic Approach to Getting Deep Rest and Unlocking Optimal Health integrates cutting edge science with the ancient wisdom tradition of Ayurveda teaching us how to create balanced, restorative sleep that can unlock our full human potential. Between the rush of our daily lives and the ever increasing presence of screens. Restorative sleep is hard to come by.

One in three adults worldwide suffers from insomnia. So many of us are searching for a good night's sleep, but what does that actually mean? And how do we obtain it? Ayurveda offers a holistic solution to this widespread problem. We all have the capacity for awakened sleep, which goes beyond physiological rest and relaxation.

And this natural state holds the keys to the health of our body, mind, and spirit. Through a blend of western and eastern sciences alike, awakened sleep offers a comprehensive framework for understanding your individual sleep. Today, Dr. Suhas and Sasha sit down to explore the most common culprits that interfere with our natural sleep patterns, the emotional and spiritual aspects that help us tap into good sleep, insight into our sleep habits, through assessments, meditations, practices and reflection questions, and a variety of sleep protocols and tips, so we can craft our own morning and evening rituals. It was such a pleasure connecting with Dr. Suhas, and we know you will love hearing him wax poetic on the science and art behind deeper rest.

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Dr. John Douillard is a globally recognized Ayurvedic expert, author of seven books and founder of lifesspa.com, a leading authority on evidence-based Ayurvedic healthcare. With over 40 years of experience as a practitioner, Dr. Douillard provides a clear pathway to achieve lasting, self-sufficient health, vitality, gut health, detoxification, and longevity.

His journey began in 1986 when he studied Ayurveda in India. He then collaborated with Deepak Chopra to co-direct his US center and train medical doctors in Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Douillard books such as Body, Mind and Sport, Perfect Health for Kids, The 3-Seasoned Diet and Eat Wheat have reshaped how we utilize ancient wellness practices in the modern era. He has written over 1500 free educational articles and garnered over 11 million YouTube views, empowering a global audience to heal themselves naturally.

Today we dive into why Ayurveda is the original biohacking with decades of experience reversing unnecessary aging factors through digestive health, circadian medicine, the lymphatic system, the microbiome, and more.

There's no better guide for this topic than Dr. Douillard. As a triathlete, sports medicine chiropractor, and former director of player development for the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, he was the first in the West to apply Ayurvedic principles, nose breathing and diaphragm training to optimize athletic performance.

We explore how the rhythms of nature, seasonal eating and circadian alignment hold the keys to true health long before the words biohack or longevity ever entered our vocabulary. We'll talk about the dangers of eliminating foods like gluten without addressing digestion, how western medicine and Ayurveda differ in their approach to healing, and what it really means to fix your gut from the inside out.

If you're overwhelmed by wellness fads disconnected from your body's wisdom, confused about the meaning of biohacking, we're simply curious about how to live in deeper sync with nature. This conversation is for you.

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Welcome back to Ojas Oasis! Whether you’ve been walking this journey with us from the start or you’re just joining the circle, we are so grateful you are here. There’s something really beautiful about arriving at this moment—and it feels even more sacred because Erin and Sasha are back together today.

We’ve missed this! And we’ve missed you, our community. There’s something about sitting down together—two friends, two seekers—exploring the questions that have been asked for thousands of years but still feel so personal, so relevant.

And to kick off this new season, we wanted to open the door wide on something we’re both deeply passionate about: the intersection of Ayurvedic psychology and Western psychology. What shapes the mind? What shapes you?

Today’s episode is a heart-opening exploration of karma, samskaras, and how the pancha maha bhutas—the five great elements—form the foundation of your inner world. From trauma and conditioning to dharma and healing, we’re diving into how both ancient and modern systems explain the development of the personality.

We’ll look at how our past experiences—this lifetime or another—leave grooves, or samskaras, that get etched into the psyche. And how those grooves become thought patterns, beliefs, tendencies, even mental health diagnoses.

And how Ayurveda’s elemental view—earth, water, fire, air, ether—gives us a lens for understanding not just what we do, but why we do it. It’s not about blame or shame—it’s about remembering the deeper story that lives beneath the surface.

So, thank you for listening. Thank you for growing with us. And thank you for continuing to make space in your consciousness for conversations that hold both science and soul.

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