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Okra: A Toxin-Binder?!! – with Divya; Plus: Summer Protein for High Pitta-s! AND: “The Toxins Nobody Talks About”- your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Aug 20, 2026, #32, Vol 16

August 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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Awaken your taste-buds with the flavor of exotic fruits and spices in Vaidya’s SVA Tamarind Wild Amla Preserve. Connect your brain centers with your stomach, support your appetite, enhance your digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients, feel energized instead of fatigued after your meals! The Wild Amla berry is ideal for protein synthesis, and for enhancing the dhatu-agnis (metabolic process in all the tissues). Wild Amla is a powerhouse of Vitamin C, and is highly alkalizing. It pacifies all doshas and subdoshas. Sweet Thai Tamarind is a delicious exotic fruit ideal for metabolism, and for maintaining cool and healthy skin conditions. Tamarind also supports the colon’s friendly bacteria and balances all doshas and subdoshas. This ketchup-substitute condiment will help you catch-up with your health resolutions and keep you two steps ahead of the old habits you are trying to kick off!

Click here to watch a video on the top 25 health benefits of Amla

Protein for High Pitta-s!

It’s Summertime! And it’s been very hot this year. One of the most important lessons Ayurveda teaches us is that our digestion changes with the seasons! This means that you cannot keep eating the same things over and over again and expect different results…. This is a BIG topic – as you can imagine – and you CAN learn more. Join Divya Alter and Melina Takvorian-Mishra next weekend for an in-depth workshop on balanced recipes that can restore bliss through balance into your life. Below is a recipe for protein for high pitta-s – can’t get more delicious or healthy, trust us! And Divya shares SVA teachings on okra – a somewhat maligned vegetable that can do us so so much good! Let’s re-learn how delicious healthy can actually be. Join the workshop to find out more about how SVAyurveda can help you!

Discover Even More Recipes!



Join us: August 29 and 30

Learn how to identify and recognize toxins in your own body, and what you can do about them: detox and balance your body, calm your mind, and soothe your heart through authentic SVA knowledge & recipes by Vaidya Mishra taught by his students!

Why Did Vaidya Mishra Call Okra a “Toxin-Binder”?



Not all toxins are the same,

and okra isn’t right to detox all of them…

~ Divya Alter

You may know okra as a summer vegetable. Commonly prepared as fried okra, Creole gumbo in the USA. Or you may be familiar with Indian “bhindi masala.” But Vaidya Mishra taught me to appreciate it for a very different reason: okra is one of Ayurveda’s most valuable foods for binding certain types of toxins and helping carry them out through the colon.

Its naturally slippery, binding quality is particularly useful for ama-visha—the deeper, reactive toxicity we introduced in our last newsletter—as well as gara-visha (environmental toxins) and indra-vajra-abhijanya-visha (toxicity associated with electromagnetic exposure). Okra also supports healthy elimination and acts as a prebiotic for beneficial organisms in the digestive tract.

But here’s what makes this teaching especially interesting: okra is not recommended for every kind of toxicity. For ordinary ama, its too heavy and cooling qualities may actually be counterproductive. How you select, prepare, and combine okra also matters tremendously.

This is a beautiful example of one of the principles we’ll explore in The Toxins Nobody Talks About: when it comes to detoxification, the right food depends on what kind of toxicity you’re trying to clear.

What kind of toxicity is present? → 

       Which foods have the appropriate qualities? →

              How do we combine them into an actual meal?

Join Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra and I on August 29–30 for this special six-hour workshop. In Part 2, Cooking for Gentle Detoxification, I’ll show you how to put these principles into practice with:

  • Okra Three Ways — Binds three types of toxins and supports their elimination.
  • Bitter Melon & Taro “Fries” — Supports liver detoxification and toxin removal.
  • Lauki & Daikon Radish Soup — Supports liver and urinary detoxification.
  • Kulthi & Mung Dal — Opens the channels and helps break down calcification and plaque.
  • Toxin-Binding Kitchari — Binds ama-visha and gara-visha and supports their elimination.
  • Vaidya Mishra’s Detox Masala — Supports digestion and enhances the detoxifying effects of foods.

Mental & Emotional Toxins

What They Are & What You Can Do: An Introduction

Before studying with Vaidya Mishra, I believed that toxins were mostly something we encountered outside ourselves—in polluted air, contaminated water, pesticides, chemicals, or processed foods. Ayurveda certainly recognizes these dangers. But Vaidya Mishra taught something much deeper. He explained that some of the most damaging toxins are created within us.

​

He taught that ama, the residue of incomplete digestion, is only the beginning. Over time—or under the influence of chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and other disturbances—the body can create a much deeper and more reactive form of toxicity known as ama-visha. Although related, ama and ama-visha differ greatly in their qualities, effects on the body, and the way they are treated.

​

Think about food scraps in a compost bin. At first, they are relatively cool and inert. But leave them in a warm, enclosed environment for a week or two, and they begin to ferment, generating heat, strong odors, mold, and swarms of flies. Vaidya Mishra used this analogy to illustrate how one state can transform into another with very different qualities and consequences. This understanding completely changed the way I viewed the chronic inflammation I was experiencing at the time. I had never heard another Ayurvedic teacher explain this with such clarity.

It is one of the defining teachings of the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda lineage, yet surprisingly few people—even within Ayurveda—have had the opportunity to study it in depth.

That is why I am especially grateful that Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra, Vaidya Mishra’s wife, closest companion, and longtime student, has agreed to teach this workshop with me. Few people had the privilege of studying, traveling, and teaching alongside him as closely as she did, and there is no one better suited to share this extraordinary body of knowledge.

On August 29-30, we’ll spend six hours exploring the four types of toxicity described in this lineage, how to recognize them, and how food and lifestyle can gently support the body’s natural ability to heal. I’ll also demonstrate simple, delicious recipes that bring these principles into everyday practice.

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re eating well yet still struggle with inflammation, fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalance, or other chronic symptoms, I believe this workshop may offer a perspective you’ve never encountered before.

I’d love for you to join us.

with love,

Divya

REGISTER HERE

Could the toxins making you feel tired, inflamed, or chronically unwell be different from the ones you’ve been told about?

Today, conversations about toxicity usually focus on pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, air pollution, contaminated water, processed foods, and the growing concerns surrounding electromagnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR). While these external exposures certainly matter, Ayurveda teaches that some of the most harmful toxins are created within the body itself.

In the Shaka Vansiya (SV) Ayurveda lineage brought to the West by Vaidya Ramakant Mishra, toxicity is understood on four distinct levels. Most Ayurveda programs teach only ama—the cold, sticky accumulation of incompletely digested food and metabolic waste. Yet Vaidya Mishra also emphasized another, far more complex state called ama-visha. While ama can transform into ama-visha over time, this deeper form of toxicity can also arise through chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and other disturbances that profoundly affect the body and mind. Understanding the difference is essential, because each form of toxicity requires a different approach to healing.

In this immersive six-hour workshop, you’ll learn to recognize the four primary forms of toxicity described in SV Ayurveda, understand how they affect digestion, inflammation, immunity, hormones, energy, mood, and healthy aging, and discover practical ways to reduce their impact through food and lifestyle.

Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra was Vaidya Mishra’s wife, closest companion, and devoted student for many years, until he departed this world in 2017. She studied directly under him, assisted him in writing his articles, and co-taught alongside him, making her one of the few people to have experienced his teachings so intimately. Today, she continues preserving and sharing the unique wisdom of the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda tradition, offering a rare opportunity to learn this lineage from someone who lived and worked beside its foremost modern teacher.

Together, Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra and Chef Divya Alter—also a longtime student of Vaidya Mishra—will combine profound Ayurvedic knowledge with practical tools and delicious recipes, helping you bring these timeless teachings into your own kitchen and daily life.

Whether you are new to Ayurveda or an experienced practitioner, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn one of the defining teachings of Vaidya Mishra’s lineage and discover why it is more relevant than ever in today’s increasingly toxic world.

REGISTER HERE

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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Cool Off: Vegan Protein Shake – NO Soy NO Peas NO Whey! PLUS: “The Toxins Nobody Talks About”- your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Aug 14, 2026, #31, Vol 16

August 14, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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Beat

the

Summer Heat

with

Instant Protein Shakes!

Did you know that every single product or formulation on chandika.com has a story?! The case with the protein powder is when Vaidya noticed that so many who came to see him were supplementing their “protein intake” with unhealthy alternatives such as: soy, green peas, and whey powders. These are so very popular right now, and through SVA we learn that they might not be as healthy as they are said to be…. 

The soy trend has somewhat abated, but not fully. While it is true that soy beans provide a rich source of amino acids, there are severe side-effects to consuming soy on a regular basis. Ayurveda teaches us that nutritional content is just a small fragment of the value of an edible item. Anything we ingest has to go through a process of digestion that is made up of 6 stages, and each stage plays a crucial role. Beyond the “nutritional value” of a food item, we have learnt to consider the post-digestive effect on the doshas, tissues, physical channels, as well as vibrational channels. In this sense, Soy is a major ‘channel blocker,’ consumption of which is only suitable for those doing hard physical labor day-in and day-out. It is not at all suitable if you have a sedentary lifestyle, are older and have imbalanced digestion, or are experiencing low agni. But in addition, Soy is also highly estrogenic and can promote many disturbances in the female physiology. Scientific studies now confirm this. So soy protein is definitely one to be avoided. 

The problem with green peas …

Peas and pea-based protein powders are mahavistambhi. Maha means ‘great.’ That is to say, peas are first-class channel blockers, even more so than soy. They will slow down your overall metabolic system, promote the production of toxins, or ama, and long-term cause many unwanted imbalances. For those who already experience joint pain or joint related conditions, they should avoid them by all means.



Whey? No Way!

Whey protein is a mixture of globular proteins isolated from whey, the liquid material created as a by-product of cheese production. Not only is it clogging to the channels, whey is also very acidic and pitta provoking. We know that our physiology needs good pH to be healthy. Eating whey provides protein but it will also unnecessarily introduce more acidity into the physiology. Plus, as a protein isolate, whey has lost the intelligence originally found in its milk source and has become a ‘dumb’ protein. Dumb foods (less prana) are hard to digest and likely to produce ama (toxins.)

Ayurvedically speaking, in ancient India, there is a long tradition of consuming dehydrated lentil powders, blended in with different spices and added to water, or some yoghurt, to rehydrate oneself in high heat temperatures. Inspired by this ancient ayurvedic tradition, and the needs of his clients, Vaidya Mishra introduced his SVA Instant Tridoshic Vegan Protein Powder. A nutritious, easy-to-use powder that can be made as a shake or smoothy with seasonal ingredients.

But you can also sprinkle it on cooked food such as rice or soups. Or salads.. Made from dry-roasted and pulverized kala chana (black chickpeas). In India, kala chana is a low-budget high-protein ingredient used in many delicious recipes. Millions subsist on this affordable food as their primary source for daily protein, especially in the north eastern states.

Nutritional Value of the Vegan High-Protein Powder

Kala chana is high in protein, low in fat. Besides building and maintaining healthy muscles, protein is needed to synthesize hormones and neurotransmitters. Therefore, everyone can benefit from a quick supplement of high-quality protein in shake form. However, if you are a vegan, you can use this powder even more liberally as a shake or smoothy. You can sprinkle it on your food, to supplementing for the essential protein you may be missing from your diet. Kala chana also provides high amounts of dietary fiber needed to help lower cholesterol, regulate blood sugar, and provide healthy intestinal flora and bowel movements. Kala chana is also a good source of potassium and sodium: balanced source of potassium with low sodium. Kala chana is also rich in easy-to-absorb minerals and vitamins – especially iron, calcium and folate. 

This is what the nutritional content looks like:

per 100g (roughly 6 tablespoons) of raw kala chana (black chickpea) powder or flour, you can get roughly 360 calories, 20g of protein, 55g of total carbohydrates, 11g of dietary fiber. But in addition, Kala Chana Protein Powder also has – per 100 g – 4.5 mg of Iron, 57 mg of Calcium, 718 mg of Potassium. Magnesium and B Vitamins are also abundantly present in high amount, giving the powder a lot glycemic index.

It’s the PERFECT protein powder made my Mother Nature! Not sure how to add it to your diet? Here are a couple of Summer recipes – easy, refreshing, and delicious! 

Here are some delicious Summer Protein Shake Recipes. These are both for pacifying pitta. Despite your ayurvedic body constitution, we all experience high pitta in the summer time; however, you can have high pitta with high agni; or, high pitta with low agni! As you might have learnt by now, Vaidya Mishra’s SVA lineage was very much keen on details. It is NOT just about being a high pitta, it’s about the relationship between pitta and agni…. in order words: the fuel and the flame… High Pitta does NOT mean high agni as in good digestion. And then high agni along with high pitta is also not a good combination – it will result in overeating due to insatiable appetite and results in other imbalances in the dhatus and organs…. 

Recipe #1

High Pitta and High Agni

When, no matter what or when you eat, you always have intense, sharp, voracious appetite and hunger, this recipe is for you! Sometimes we ALL experience this. So regardless of your dosha you can try it as well.

You will need:

Spring water: 8 oz.

Instant Vegan Protein Powder: 4 TBSP

Rose Petal Preserve: 1 tsp OR rose petal powder ½ tsp. 

Raw sugar: 1 tsp – not needed if using the rose preserve

Directions: Mix all well and enjoy!

Pro-biotic Variation: All ingredients same as above, but add 4 TBSP homemade, fresh yoghurt. Blend in blender for 3 – 5 minutes.

Recipe #2

High Pitta and Low Agni

For those experiencing high body heat, acidity, along with poor digestion and irregular hunger or poor appetite. Use the following ingredients:

  • Spring water: 8 oz.
  • Instant Vegan Protein Powder: 2 TBSP
  • Fennel seeds (toasted and ground): ½ tsp
  • Rose Petal Preserve: 1/2 tsp. or rose powder 1/4 tsp.
  • Raw sugar: 1/2 tsp. (not needed if using rose preserve)
  • Clove: 1 bud
  • Green Cardamom: 1 pod

You can grind down all the spices together. Enjoy this drink anytime of day, with or without meals.



Here’s to a Cool & Composed Summer!

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Be Balanced and Blissful Again …

Signed up for our 2-day workshop….

Learn how to identify and recognize toxins in your own body, and what you can do about them: detox and balance your body, calm your mind, and soothe your heart through

authentic SVA recipes by Vaidya Mishra!

“The Lesson

from

Vaidya

I’ll Never Forget!”

~ Divya Alter

“On August 5th, we celebrated the birth anniversary of my late teacher, Vaidya Ramakant Mishra. Throughout the day, I found myself reflecting on the many lessons he shared over the years and how deeply they continue to shape my understanding of health, healing, and life. One teaching, in particular, transformed the way I think about chronic illness.

(scroll down to read more)

Mental & Emotional Toxins

What They Are & What You Can Do: An Introduction

Before studying with Vaidya Mishra, I believed that toxins were mostly something we encountered outside ourselves—in polluted air, contaminated water, pesticides, chemicals, or processed foods. Ayurveda certainly recognizes these dangers. But Vaidya Mishra taught something much deeper. He explained that some of the most damaging toxins are created within us.

​

He taught that ama, the residue of incomplete digestion, is only the beginning. Over time—or under the influence of chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and other disturbances—the body can create a much deeper and more reactive form of toxicity known as ama-visha. Although related, ama and ama-visha differ greatly in their qualities, effects on the body, and the way they are treated.

​

Think about food scraps in a compost bin. At first, they are relatively cool and inert. But leave them in a warm, enclosed environment for a week or two, and they begin to ferment, generating heat, strong odors, mold, and swarms of flies. Vaidya Mishra used this analogy to illustrate how one state can transform into another with very different qualities and consequences. This understanding completely changed the way I viewed the chronic inflammation I was experiencing at the time. I had never heard another Ayurvedic teacher explain this with such clarity.

It is one of the defining teachings of the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda lineage, yet surprisingly few people—even within Ayurveda—have had the opportunity to study it in depth.

That is why I am especially grateful that Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra, Vaidya Mishra’s wife, closest companion, and longtime student, has agreed to teach this workshop with me. Few people had the privilege of studying, traveling, and teaching alongside him as closely as she did, and there is no one better suited to share this extraordinary body of knowledge.

On August 29-30, we’ll spend six hours exploring the four types of toxicity described in this lineage, how to recognize them, and how food and lifestyle can gently support the body’s natural ability to heal. I’ll also demonstrate simple, delicious recipes that bring these principles into everyday practice.

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re eating well yet still struggle with inflammation, fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalance, or other chronic symptoms, I believe this workshop may offer a perspective you’ve never encountered before.

I’d love for you to join us.

with love,

Divya

REGISTER HERE

REGISTER HERE

Could the toxins making you feel tired, inflamed, or chronically unwell be different from the ones you’ve been told about?

Today, conversations about toxicity usually focus on pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, air pollution, contaminated water, processed foods, and the growing concerns surrounding electromagnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR). While these external exposures certainly matter, Ayurveda teaches that some of the most harmful toxins are created within the body itself.

In the Shaka Vansiya (SV) Ayurveda lineage brought to the West by Vaidya Ramakant Mishra, toxicity is understood on four distinct levels. Most Ayurveda programs teach only ama—the cold, sticky accumulation of incompletely digested food and metabolic waste. Yet Vaidya Mishra also emphasized another, far more complex state called ama-visha. While ama can transform into ama-visha over time, this deeper form of toxicity can also arise through chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and other disturbances that profoundly affect the body and mind. Understanding the difference is essential, because each form of toxicity requires a different approach to healing.

In this immersive six-hour workshop, you’ll learn to recognize the four primary forms of toxicity described in SV Ayurveda, understand how they affect digestion, inflammation, immunity, hormones, energy, mood, and healthy aging, and discover practical ways to reduce their impact through food and lifestyle.

Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra was Vaidya Mishra’s wife, closest companion, and devoted student for many years, until he departed this world in 2017. She studied directly under him, assisted him in writing his articles, and co-taught alongside him, making her one of the few people to have experienced his teachings so intimately. Today, she continues preserving and sharing the unique wisdom of the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda tradition, offering a rare opportunity to learn this lineage from someone who lived and worked beside its foremost modern teacher.

Together, Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra and Chef Divya Alter—also a longtime student of Vaidya Mishra—will combine profound Ayurvedic knowledge with practical tools and delicious recipes, helping you bring these timeless teachings into your own kitchen and daily life.

Whether you are new to Ayurveda or an experienced practitioner, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn one of the defining teachings of Vaidya Mishra’s lineage and discover why it is more relevant than ever in today’s increasingly toxic world.

REGISTER HERE

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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“The Lesson from Vaidya I’ll NEVER Forget!” with Divya Alter: CATCH THE EARLYBIRD! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Aug 6, 2026, #30, Vol 16

August 7, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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“The Lesson

from

Vaidya

I’ll Never Forget!”

~ Divya Alter

“On August 5th, we celebrated the birth anniversary of my late teacher, Vaidya Ramakant Mishra. Throughout the day, I found myself reflecting on the many lessons he shared over the years and how deeply they continue to shape my understanding of health, healing, and life. One teaching, in particular, transformed the way I think about chronic illness.

(scroll down to read more)

Mental & Emotional Toxins

What They Are & What You Can Do: An Introduction

Before studying with Vaidya Mishra, I believed that toxins were mostly something we encountered outside ourselves—in polluted air, contaminated water, pesticides, chemicals, or processed foods. Ayurveda certainly recognizes these dangers. But Vaidya Mishra taught something much deeper. He explained that some of the most damaging toxins are created within us.

​

He taught that ama, the residue of incomplete digestion, is only the beginning. Over time—or under the influence of chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and other disturbances—the body can create a much deeper and more reactive form of toxicity known as ama-visha. Although related, ama and ama-visha differ greatly in their qualities, effects on the body, and the way they are treated.

​

Think about food scraps in a compost bin. At first, they are relatively cool and inert. But leave them in a warm, enclosed environment for a week or two, and they begin to ferment, generating heat, strong odors, mold, and swarms of flies. Vaidya Mishra used this analogy to illustrate how one state can transform into another with very different qualities and consequences. This understanding completely changed the way I viewed the chronic inflammation I was experiencing at the time. I had never heard another Ayurvedic teacher explain this with such clarity.

It is one of the defining teachings of the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda lineage, yet surprisingly few people—even within Ayurveda—have had the opportunity to study it in depth.

That is why I am especially grateful that Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra, Vaidya Mishra’s wife, closest companion, and longtime student, has agreed to teach this workshop with me. Few people had the privilege of studying, traveling, and teaching alongside him as closely as she did, and there is no one better suited to share this extraordinary body of knowledge.

On August 29-30, we’ll spend six hours exploring the four types of toxicity described in this lineage, how to recognize them, and how food and lifestyle can gently support the body’s natural ability to heal. I’ll also demonstrate simple, delicious recipes that bring these principles into everyday practice.

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re eating well yet still struggle with inflammation, fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalance, or other chronic symptoms, I believe this workshop may offer a perspective you’ve never encountered before.

I’d love for you to join us.

with love,

Divya

REGISTER HERE

Could the toxins making you feel tired, inflamed, or chronically unwell be different from the ones you’ve been told about?

Today, conversations about toxicity usually focus on pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, air pollution, contaminated water, processed foods, and the growing concerns surrounding electromagnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR). While these external exposures certainly matter, Ayurveda teaches that some of the most harmful toxins are created within the body itself.

In the Shaka Vansiya (SV) Ayurveda lineage brought to the West by Vaidya Ramakant Mishra, toxicity is understood on four distinct levels. Most Ayurveda programs teach only ama—the cold, sticky accumulation of incompletely digested food and metabolic waste. Yet Vaidya Mishra also emphasized another, far more complex state called ama-visha. While ama can transform into ama-visha over time, this deeper form of toxicity can also arise through chronic stress, unresolved emotions, and other disturbances that profoundly affect the body and mind. Understanding the difference is essential, because each form of toxicity requires a different approach to healing.

In this immersive six-hour workshop, you’ll learn to recognize the four primary forms of toxicity described in SV Ayurveda, understand how they affect digestion, inflammation, immunity, hormones, energy, mood, and healthy aging, and discover practical ways to reduce their impact through food and lifestyle.

Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra was Vaidya Mishra’s wife, closest companion, and devoted student for many years, until he departed this world in 2017. She studied directly under him, assisted him in writing his articles, and co-taught alongside him, making her one of the few people to have experienced his teachings so intimately. Today, she continues preserving and sharing the unique wisdom of the Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda tradition, offering a rare opportunity to learn this lineage from someone who lived and worked beside its foremost modern teacher.

Together, Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra and Chef Divya Alter—also a longtime student of Vaidya Mishra—will combine profound Ayurvedic knowledge with practical tools and delicious recipes, helping you bring these timeless teachings into your own kitchen and daily life.

Whether you are new to Ayurveda or an experienced practitioner, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn one of the defining teachings of Vaidya Mishra’s lineage and discover why it is more relevant than ever in today’s increasingly toxic world.

REGISTER HERE

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
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The Moon and the Teacher; Plus: “The Toxins Nobody Talks About!” – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter July 30, 2026, #29, Vol 16

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This week we celebrate Vaidya Mishra! We are ever so grateful for the unparalleled knowledge of Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda he generously shared with us, and the unique pranic formulations he specifically created to address modern-day ailments, specifically here in the west, restoring bliss and balance into our lives. 

Wednesday July 29th is Guru Purnima. In the vedic tradition, all the planets carry and project and impact on our lives. The moon is associated with the mind and emotions. The full moon (purnima) associated with the teacher (guru). Just as the full moon shines softly yet beautifully bright, dispelling the darkness of the night, the guru/teacher illumines our minds and dispels the darkness of our ignorance and ends our suffering. It is traditional to acknowledge and offer gratitude to the teacher on this day.

In addition, we also celebrate Vaidya Mishra’s birthday – August 5!  

In the Guru Gītā in the Skanda Purāna, there is a verse that says: 

गुरुर्ब्रह्म गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।

गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥



The Guru is the creator – Brahmā; the Guru is the sustainer – Viṣṇu; the Guru is the destroyer/transformer – Śiva. The Guru is the Supreme Reality itself. To that revered Guru, I bow down in gratitude.



To our revered ayurvedic Guru, who continues to enrich our lives with the cosmic knowledge of SV Ayurveda, and helps us restore and maintain bliss and balance daily, we bow down in great gratitude. 

SAVE THE DATE!

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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“The Cholesterol Myth” – with Dr Teitelbaum; Plus: “The Toxins Nobody Talks About!” – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter July 23, 2026, #28, Vol 16

July 24, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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The

“Cholesterol Myth!”

~ Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

Many people are very concerned about their cholesterol levels because their doctors have convinced them that cholesterol causes heart attacks and strokes. Most of this information has come from the 1940’s and since then much research has been done where we can flesh out this information even more. Look at the other video I made on Cholesterol called “The Great Cholesterol Myth” where you can be brought up to date with all this research which shows some flaws in this old line of thinking.

Today I will share with you how we view the issue within the lens of Ayurvedic medicine. 

First and foremost we look at digestion, because if you are not digesting the food well and breaking it down into very small particles for absorption into the bloodstream, then some residues of food can be left behind. This residue of partially digested food is known as “ama” in Ayurveda. It is sticky and clogging and considered cold. 

The other compound you can produce from incomplete digestion is known as “ama visha.” The word visha means poison and it is produced in two ways within the digestive tract. First, either the ama can rot and ferment and produce ama visha, and second, when the liver is hot and angry from holding onto too many toxins, it can process the food incorrectly and turn it immediately into ama visha. The western way of saying this is that the liver mistakenly oxidizes the food when it is toxic and hot and angry, which it is in the vast majority of the population.

Both ama and ama visha can contribute to heart attacks and strokes. 

Ama can not only clog the original channel or the digestive tract, but all other channels in the body can clog once ama is formed. And the arteries, veins and capillaries are considered channels (which carry blood). In fact the whole physiology is made up of a huge network of thousands of macro and micro-channels, carrying bodily fluids such as blood, urine, lymphatic fluids, tears, and sweat. 

Ama visha contributes to heart attacks and strokes due to its inflammatory nature, injuring the walls of the arteries as the blood mixed in with hot ama visha courses through, damaging and weakening the inner lining of the arteries.

So the first thing we look at in Ayurveda is the health of the gut microbiome, the liver, the gall bladder and the pancreas, in addition to other Ayurvedic factors which have to do with the nervous system and the downward flow of food through the gut. We also give lots of guidelines which you should follow while you are eating the food.

The second thing we look at in Ayurveda is the channels themselves. There are foods which contain cholesterol, such as red meats like beef, pork, ham, bacon, sausage, duck which contain cholesterol and are clogging in nature. Also aged hard cheeses and cold dairy such as ice cream, frozen yogurt and cold milk are all channel-clogging. This is why we recommend A2, non-homogenized milk from grass-fed cows which has been boiled.

Then there are foods which contain no cholesterol which can also clog channels such as arteries. These foods are: unfermented soy such as tofu, edamame, and soy milk, nut butters such as peanut butter, almond butter, sunflower seed butter and tahini. Side note: you can water down the tahini by adding lime juice, a little water, ground cumin, a chopped green chili and chopped fresh cilantro, all of which thins it out and takes away it channel-clogging tendency. 

Other vegetarian sources of channel-clogging foods are brown rice, winter squashes such as butternut squash, acorn squash and pumpkin, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds, mushrooms, bananas, chocolate, cacao and many large beans.

Also avoid processed oils, vegetable oils and seed oils — when you heat them they form nasty compounds which can clog our arteries. The reason for this is that these oils contain unsaturated fats which have double bonds that are chemically reactive. When the oil is heated the oxygen in the air reacts with these double bonds in a process called oxidation. 

Some of the oxidized fat molecules join together, forming long chains or networks. This is called polymerization. These polymers become thick, sticky and varnish-like. They are what form the hard brown coating on frying pans, deep fryers and baking sheets that can be difficult to remove. 

Keep this in mind as we now talk about a wonderful food which contains cholesterol and it will not clog your arteries. It is known as ghee, or clarified butter.

The ancient doctors said to follow this process to make a fat which will not clog your arteries, which you can use in cooking: take heavy cream, turn it into yogurt overnight, then clarify this cultured butter. Store it at room temperature in a glass container and use it for most of your cooking. 

It turns out that ghee is mostly saturated and monounsaturated fat, which are very stable when heated. It contains much less polyunsaturated fat than oils such as soybean, corn, sunflower, safflower, flaxseed, and mustard seed. 

Ghee is the most stable, butter is the second (though its milk solids burn sooner) and olive oil, especially extra virgin, despite a common misconception) are the three most stable oils.

While avocado oil and coconut oil are also very saturated, they are considered less stable when cooking than ghee, butter and olive oil, and are also hard to digest and not recommended. 

Ghee, when made correctly as just described, has amazing health benefits beyond its cardio- protective properties. Look at my other video I made on ghee for more information.

In the old days, in the 1940’s they described HDL’s as the “good guys,” and LDL’s as the “bad guys,” capable of causing heart attacks and strokes. The research has not demonstrated this. What they found instead is that there are some large, buoyant LDL particles which are beneficial, but it is the small, dense LDL particles that are more likely to enter the artery wall, become oxidized and contribute to plaque formation. They are generally considered more likely to promote atherosclerosis or plaque formation. 

Calcium adheres to the plaque which forms in our arteries, but ghee comes to the rescue again — it contains ample amounts of Vitamin K2 which prevents calcification of the arteries. This happens because Vitamin K2 makes sure that the calcium we take in makes its way into the teeth and bones, and away from the arteries and other organs and glands. 

Will ghee make your cholesterol go up? You bet it will! Will it raise your LDL’s? Yes, which is a good thing since ghee elevates the soft fluffy protective type LDL’s.

And this is why I have seen Vegans, who have no cholesterol in their diet (remember, cholesterol comes from an animal), they are skinny and they have severe heart attacks as they eat a diet filled with channel-clogging foods such as tofu, edamame, almond butter, brown rice, cacao and heavy oils such as avocado and coconut oils. 

Then we have people who eat red meats, cold dairy and hard cheeses, deep-fried foods using bad vegetable oil blends who also have heart attacks.

Then we see people who avoid all the channel-clogging foods, and have cultured ghee and extra virgin olive oil in their diets who also include whole boiled milk and freshly-made soft-curd cheeses such as paneer, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese and mozzarella.

And they don’t have heart attacks and strokes. Is their cholesterol high? Yes! Are their arteries clean? Yes!

One other point I have to quickly mention: always take good care of the liver and the gall bladder, because they are responsible for producing and dispensing the bile which breaks the fats down into very small particles so you can use them to make cell walls, hormones, and nourish the entire brain and nervous system.

This is another whole area which is discussed in my book Healing the Thyroid With Ayurveda and in even more detail in my upcoming book, due out January 2027 called Ayurveda for Raising Healthy Children. You can also view my videos on the gall bladder and I discuss the liver in many of the videos I have made. We have protocols for cleansing the liver and flushing the bile, but they are different for different body types.

Research shows that oxidized LDL is considered a major driver of plaque formation. So keep this in mind: take good care of your liver — keep it clean and cool, because if it is hot and toxic it will oxidize the LDL. And again, please avoid those oils I just mentioned, as they all oxidize when heated. 

One important clinical note I can add here: I noticed two patterns emerge in my practice over the 40 years I have been seeing patients:

 

One: is that people who eat out often wind up with clogged arteries — this is because the restaurants all use a blend of vegetable oils, because they are cheaper; and two: many people I see from India tell me they avoid ghee because they know it has cholesterol in it and instead favor ground nut, mustard oil, canola oil or sunflower oil, thinking that they are doing their arteries a favor. They usually wind up with clogged arteries and many of them have had to have stents put in… 

I mention all this so that when your blood work comes in and your doctor scares you and tells you your cholesterol is high or your LDL’s are high, that you can rest assured that if you are eating in the way I described that your arteries are clean. If you are not certain you can always get an ultrasound of your carotid arteries or a CT coronary scan of your heart arteries o see if plaque has built up from the old days when you were eating incorrectly.

If that is true, then please contact me and I can show you how to scrub the plaque out of the arteries. Doctors will want to put you on a statin drug but all it does is lower cholesterol and doesn’t have the capability of scraping out the plaque.

And if they reflexively want to put you on a statin drug, please keep in mind how they hurt the liver. And the liver is the very organ you want to keep clean because the liver is a filter — the blood comes in dirty and sticky and leaves clean. But you do have to clean out this filter several months out of the year to keep your blood clean and flowing. A statin drug cannot do that.

Also avoid red yeast rice, niacin and fish oil, which the liver hates as well. If you are worried or confused you should be under the care of an experienced Ayurvedic physician who spent years learning proper cleanses which are tailored to each individual patient and who can direct you in a good diet and daily routine.

Having high cholesterol or high LDL-s is NOT a death sentence. It may not be a bad thing in the end, when you know more details, as I’ve described here…

Thank you,

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum

drmteitelbaum.com

856-786-3330

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more details in our next newsletter

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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“A Story of Vaidya Healing Me from Beyond the Grave!” – Total Bliss PART 2! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter July 13, 2026, #27, Vol 16

July 17, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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We continue to showcase the “Total Bliss” capsules this week, because we have more experiences to share from our SVA educators/practitioners in the field: Tess Skudlark; Sofia Ianovskaia; and Shambhavi Kriyabahn. When an ayurvedic blend is pranically formulated with ayurvedic expertise, it works wonders for different people addressing their own idiosyncratic needs. Scroll down to find out more!

“Total Bliss”

a story

of

“Vaidya healing me from beyond the grave…”

~ Tess N. Skudlark

When my dear friend Melina asked if I would write a “review” of my experience with the “Total Bliss” capsules, I responded: “Girl! I can not give you a review, because what happened to me is so much more: this is a story of our dear Vaidya healing me from beyond…”

I simply couldn’t write a review. Because it would do neither Vaidya nor his divine healing powers any justice!  

Do you ever have one of those moments, I like to call them a “flow moment,” when one life event leads to the other in a seamless flow? I think perhaps meditators and healers might know what I am talking about. I was experiencing a “flow state” when Vaidya sent a response to my healing plea, or rather, the “healing rant” that I had sent him. Apparently, he really is listening!

Like many of us, living modern lives in the Western world, the core issue on my healing path has been my nervous system. Major vata dosha imbalance. Stress. And it has taken me many many years, alongside various manifestations of odd health issues, to really understand what is going on…

For many years, I suffered with nocturia: frequent night-time urination. It was on and off, with periods of normalcy, and then some periods where it would get very acute. Over the years, I tried different remedies, but most of the time, I would only get mild relief, and then things would escalate again. So for many years now, I’ve just been trying to manage it as best as I could – I gave up thinking I would EVER be able to be free from it…

Recently, I went through a period where my nocturia was “on the rampage” – as the expression goes. Worse than ever: I was literally up 10 times a night every night for weeks in a row! I was so exhausted. Again, I tried various things, old things, new things, doing more research and “deep dives.” I adopted some new tricks, even some Chinese herbs, that helped calm it a little. But it would not go away. And then I sobbed: “I am just over this and I am really ready to really heal this issue once and for all.” And I prayed. Very very hard. Fortunately (as we all are), when I pray earnestly, God always answers… 

And then a thought came to me very innocently: “I really need ashwagandha internally, I know it is very heating, but this is what I need!” I have a beautiful picture of Vaidya in my office, which I look at and speak to often, and I angrily said to him “I don’t know why we can’t take this, I really need it, because nothing else is helping.” I was kind of pissed off to be honest – (lol!!!). Hence, me saying it was more of a frustrated rant than a plea! You might have guessed by now that I am a high pitta with vata imbalance! Just confirming in case that’s what you were thinking!!!

The following day, I went to the Prana Center to pick up some products, and saw Melina’s car out front, so of course I made my way straight to her desk to bother her and started being nosy, picking up and exploring all the various potions and products she had on her desk!!! I picked up one bottle, the Ashwagandha Plus and exclaimed: “This is what I need! I am taking this from you now!” Melina replied “No, no, I have something even better for you! Vaidya wrote a formula for a product prior to his passing, and it has Ashwagandha in it, I am literally having it put together right now.” Next thing I know a spoonful of this powder was in my mouth! And I can’t explain it any other way, except I had chills running down my spine and body. You know the chills you get when you know you’re experiencing divine communication?! I knew that Vaidya had heard me, I knew he was answering me. I was having a genuine “flow moment!”

Time is not linear friends, Vaidya might not have known it at the time, but he was literally writing my remedy ten years ago, to be delivered to me now, in my greatest time of need. I immediately felt as if someone had pulled the plug on my proverbial electric chord, and I calmed right down!

And that night, I slept……and I slept deeper than I had in months, even years! Most importantly, my nocturia episodes immediately subsided! 

I think I am on week 9 now since starting the Total Bliss capsules, and am now only getting up once a night! Although I had also corrected other lifestyle and dietary habits that may have contributed, I credit “Total Bliss” for fully addressing my condition in a conclusive manner. It was like it was wrapping me up like a baby in a warm blanket and calming and soothing me – the way only a mother’s arms can…

Thank you Vaidya, and thank you Melina for materializing and delivering the healing. 

This is hands-down, the best SVA product I have EVER used, and if you know the greatness of Vaidya’s products, you know that I am making a tall claim by saying that! But try it for yourself and see. I will look forward to reading your success stories too. 

Much love, 

Tess Nikolopoulos

Healing Art & SV Ayurvedic services

www.healingwithtess.com

from Sofia Ianovskaia

I recently had the opportunity to test-drive this new SVA product. And honestly, I’ve started calling it “VaidyaZen” because that’s exactly how it makes me feel; calm, balanced, and at ease, without aggravation.

For quite some time, I had been struggling with severe neck pain that would radiate into my head. It became so intense that I was waking up around 4am every night and could barely function normally during the day.

Dr Melina suggested I take the capsules three times a day, and the results have been incredible. What feels like a miracle happened – I’m finally able to sleep through the night without waking up in pain, and I can go through my day feeling like myself again.

To me, this is more than comfort or relief – it truly feels life-changing. I’m deeply grateful to have found something that has helped me this much.

Highly recommend trying it for yoruself – order, experience, and enjoy the calm.

With Great Gratitude,

Sofia Ianovskaia

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sofia Ianovskaia is a certified Emotion Code®️, Body Code™️, and Belief Code®️ Practitioner, Global Energy Method Master Practitioner, Reflexologist, Ayurveda Wellness Counselor, and educator dedicated to helping people restore balance physically, emotionally, mentally, and energetically. 

Through her work, she helps clients identify and release trapped emotions, limiting beliefs, and other energetic imbalances that may contribute to stress, emotional overwhelm, chronic discomfort, and recurring life challenges. Her passion is helping people uncover and address underlying patterns when they feel they’ve tried everything else without finding the root cause.

Sofia had the privilege of serving as an intern to the late Vaidya Mishra, whose teachings, lineage, and authentic SV Ayurveda®️ wisdom continue to inspire her work today. She has dedicated years to educating others about SV Ayurveda, Vaidya Mishra’s legacy, and the profound benefits of his formulations.

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Connect: www.instagram.com/sianovskaia.

from Shambhavi Kriyabahn

“The Total Bliss Capsules have been a wonderful addition to my daily wellness routine. They support a calm, balanced mood, make emotional ups-and-downs more manageable, and help clear mental clutter. My metabolism is very sensitive to ashwagandha, but this formula works beautifully for me without any side effects.

An added bonus is the digestive support—less bloating, a lighter feeling after meals, and a flatter-looking abdomen! Since the gut and emotions are closely connected through the gut-brain axis, this thoughtfully formulated blend supports both emotional balance and healthy digestion.

It has been especially helpful during perimenopause and menopause, supporting mood, low soma (lack of lubrication), and bone and joint health. Praval Bhasma provides much-needed calcium support after menopause.

This blissfully balanced formula features a synergistic blend of tridoshic herbs that support immunity, emotional well-being, gut and liver health, nourish the nervous system, help the body eliminate EMF toxins, provide calcium support, promote joint lubrication, and cool, nourish, and protect the liver.

Overall, Total Bliss Capsules leave me feeling calmer, more balanced, comfortable, and refreshed. I highly recommend them to anyone looking to support emotional well-being, gut health, and menopausal wellness.

My heartfelt gratitude to my Master, the genius Vaidya Mishra, and to Chandika for making this wonderful formula available—truly a blissful gift for the world we live in today.

Shambhavi Kriyaban 

– SVA practitioner

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“With deepest gratitude, I have had the privilege of learning for over a decade, since 2007, under the guidance of my Ayurvedic teacher, Vaidya Mishra. Through years of dedicated study, research, and one-on-one mentorship, I was blessed to learn the authentic principles and profound wisdom of SV Ayurveda. The knowledge and values he imparted continue to inspire and guide my practice of Ayurveda to this day.”

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A Bit More About

Total Bliss…

Vaidya Mishra was an award-winning master-formulator. But we’ve already known that you say?! His mastery over the full ayurvedic pharmacopeia – pharmacy of healing plants, herbs, ingredients – is evident to all. But perhaps you did not know that he also knew how to combine them, to create a totally new synergy of herbs with unprecedented healing and balancing properties? This is nothing short of divine creational powers… His entire ayurvedic legacy on www.chandika.com, speaks loud and clear! Unique ayurvedic formulations full of prana and addressing our current cultural and historic needs – so much to say about this point another time…. And Total Bliss is the latest in this star-studded trajectory.

It is a unique blend of potent classical ayurvedic plants, notably: Ashwagandha, Ashoka, Tulsi, Guduchi.

Ashwagandha is an ayurvedic superstar; however, we see nowadays how it has become a popular supplement and it is being misused. It will, without a doubt, create great imbalance for all those using it as-is on its own in concentrated form. Have you seen the latest version on the Costco shelves that contains JUST the extract AND the plant?! This is meant to be a great selling point: it contains 100% pure Ashwagandha. But that’s exactly the problem: Ashwagandha has athi-ushna virya, heating potency, and can cause destructive heat for the nervous system and the liver, severely aggravating the bodily tissues as well all the way down to the bone and bone marrow, when taken alone.

This is why Vaidya’s Mishra always paired Ashwagandha with other herbs and ingredients to balance its heating properties without compromising its healing properties.

Total Bliss also contains Ashoka – a great anti-inflammatory and balancing plant for the sadhak pitta. In the Ramayana, it is the tree Sita chooses to be close to, to help her heal her broken heart and grief, because even being in its vicinity one can experience healing! Guduchi, also a giant amongst ayurvedic healing plants, known as “amrita” – plant that rejuvenates and supplies immortality; Brahmi – the sacred plant that heals the body to give access to all that resides beyond the body; Tulsi, a great rejuvenator and protector; the sacred Bilva; the divine queen amongst all flowers – Rose, and more! The greatest thing about this formula is that ALL these plants work together to give you a new level of mental and emotional equanimity, settle the nervous system and thus improve your sleep, pacify your pachak/digestive pitta and body’s overall pH, and allow your mind and heart to experience the cosmic bliss that animates your body.

We know this is going to become your newest most favorite SVA-go-to! But don’t take our word for it: see what our SVA educators and practitioners in the field have to say about the Total Bliss capsules…

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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Slip Into “TOTAL BLISS!” – With Dr Lisa Raskin – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter July 9, 2026, #26, Vol 16

July 10, 2026 by Leave a Comment

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Vaidya Mishra was an award-winning master-formulator. That is an undisputed fact. He not only knew all the properties of the full ayurvedic pharmacopeia – pharmacy of healing plants and herb, but he also knew how to combine one with the other(s), to create a totally new synergy of herbs with unprecedented healing and balancing properties.

Today, it is with great joy that we make available a formula that has been waiting a looooong time! Vaidya Mishra had a notebook where he wrote down recipes of spice blends, herbal formulations, and more products, that he did not have the time to launch. We have been arduously and patiently working hard to make these available to all.

Today, we are delighted to bring you Total Bliss: a unique blend of Ashwagandha and Ashoka, a formula that is so much needed right now, in these globally mentally and emotionally stressful times.

Ashwagandha needs no introduction! It is a superstar ayurvedic plant that is greatly misused – have you seen the latest version on the Costco shelves that contains the extract AND the plant?! The misuse of Ashwagandha is actually causing more harm to people than if they did not take it at all – it is extremely heating and can cause severe pitta aggravation amongst other things… This SVA formula is designed to give all the benefits of Ashwagandha with none of the side-effects. But as you have probably guessed and as we expect from Vaidya Mishra, there is so much more this formula.

It contains Ashoka – a great anti-inflammatory and grief removing tree of mythical dimensions; Guduchi, also a giant amongst ayurvedic healing plants, known as “amrita” – plant that rejuvenates and supplies immortality; Brahmi – the sacred plant that heals the body to give access to all that resides beyond the body; Tulsi, a great rejuvenator and protector; the sacred Bilva; the divine queen amongst all flowers – Rose, PLUS a few more! The greatest thing about this formula is that they ALL work together to give you a new level of mental equanimity and emotional stability, improve your sleep, pacify your pachak/digestive pitta, and allow your mind and heart to experience the cosmic bliss that animates your body, and is ever-present your days and nights. We just don’t get to experience it because we are caught up in the mundane and the fleeting moment. But enough said…We know this is going to become your newest favorite SVA-go-to! Don’t take our word for it: we asked Dr Lisa Raskin to tell us a bit more about her own experiences with the Total Bliss capsules…

Just when I thought I understood ashwagandha, Vaidya taught me one more lesson….

Years ago, Vaidya taught us that ashwagandha is a heating herb and that, in his experience, it was generally better suited to the male physiology. He preferred women receive it in other ways rather than as the whole herb internally. More recently, I experienced exactly what he had described. In formulas containing whole-herb ashwagandha, I felt my physiology being pushed. My sleep shortened, my nervous system became more intense, and I knew it wasn’t the right fit for me.

A few months ago, after my last two posts on ashwagandha, Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra sent me a sample of one of Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra’s formulas that had not yet been made available and is only now becoming available. Wisely, as she always is, she did not share more. She wanted me to experience it before making up my mind about it! I trust Vaidya so I did not hesitate or question! 

She did say it contained ashwagandha, and after everything I had just shared about my own experience with whole-herb ashwagandha, I expected it to affect me similarly: not in a positive way.

But I was willing to go through with the experience. And I am so glad I did. Because it was unlike anything I could have remotely predicted! In regards to Ashwagandha…. 

The first capsule completely stopped me in my tracks. I had taken it during the day, thinking I’d continue working. Instead, I couldn’t do anything. My body wanted rest, and it wasn’t negotiating.

At the time, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. I had a full day planned, and an unplanned day off was definitely not on my agenda.

Later, I asked Dr. Melina to send me the powder so I could experiment with much smaller amounts. And that changed everything!

Instead of feeling pushed, as I had with other formulas containing whole-herb ashwagandha, I felt something I honestly struggle to describe. It created a kind of smoothness in my nervous system, in my physiology, even in my emotions. One day my whole body felt bliss, not emotionally but physically. I also noticed it gave me deep, fulfilling sleep.

What surprised me most wasn’t just how I felt that day. It was that I still felt the effects the following day, even without taking it again. This didn’t feel like simple symptom relief. It felt restorative.

That experience made me stop and ask a different question: how could a formula containing ashwagandha create such a different experience?

I believe the answer is one of the greatest lessons Vaidya ever taught me. When creating a remedy, the wisdom isn’t only in choosing the right herbs. It’s in knowing how those herbs belong together.

Today, many formulas are created by combining ingredients that have individually been shown to support a particular condition or for their isolated nutritional and medicinal content. Vaidya Mishra worked very differently. He understood the relationships between herbs, how one herb could soften another, how one could direct another, how one could balance another’s nature, how the whole could become something entirely different from its individual parts.

That was Vaidya’s genius. That is the art of formulation.

It’s why I don’t look at an ingredient list and assume I know how a remedy will behave. And it’s why this experience didn’t contradict my previous posts about ashwagandha. If anything, it deepened them.

The nature of an herb matters. The state of the body matters. And the intelligence within the formulation matters too.

Watching Vaidya formulate remedies was like watching a divine artist at work – it is a cosmic creative act I feel incredibly grateful to have witnessed and to experience then, and now…

Lisa Raskin (D.C)

www.somaradiantwellness.com

A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

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A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
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How & Why is SVAyurveda Different? Plus: Testimonials! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter July 2, 2026, #25, Vol 16

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What is SVAyurveda?

SV Ayurveda stands for Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda – the name of Vaidya Mishra’s lineage – a distinct tradition of Ayurvedic practitioners called the Śakavaṃśa, the lineage (vaṃśa) of the Śakas, (also sometimes called the Śākadvīpīya lineage).The Śākadvīpīyas are a distinct group of Brahmins from eastern India. The Bhavishya Puran as well as the Shambh Puran narrate the story of a group of healers from the island of Shaka who came to India at the behest of Lord Krishna, to cure his son, Shamba, of leprosy. These ayurvedic healers remained in India and their lineage flourished, practicing Shaka Vaṃśa (also pronounced vanśiya) Ayurveda or SVA.

As an internationally recognized ayurvedic healer, teacher, and author, Vaidya Mishra’s teachings bridged the gap between ancient ayurveda and modern science through his “from sutra to science” approach. He was the first Ayurvedic physician to thoroughly elucidate and discuss the harmful effects of EMF and EMR ayurvedically. In addition, unlike mainstream trends, as an ayurvedic physician, he emphasized the importance of diet over herbal oral supplementation. Spearheading diet as a primary method of prevention and treatment, he spent much time researching and understanding the impacts of different modern foods and offered healthy and easy methods of processing and preparing foods for maintaining good health despite stressful lifestyles.

However, many a times, he had to create ayurvedic formulations to address the needs of those who came seeking his help for their health issues.

Below is just a handful of the many UNIQUE products he created, with testimonials from current clients and customers.

We are ever so grateful for Vaidya Mishra and his beautiful ayurvedic legacy – and we know that you are too! Together, as we heal and balance ourselves, we can help usher in a better, healthier, happier world for all – through Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda. Namaste!

Why Do ALL Love SVA?

… from basic daily spice blends and teas to unique transdermal and transmucosal formulations, with SVA, we have you covered for all the tumultuous days life may bring your way! Maintain bliss and balance through SVA, today and everyday! See what some of our followers are saying – globally…

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A New Book by

Dr Teitelbaum –

For and About

Babies & Mommies !

A very central topic in these turbulent times – what Ayurveda teachers us from Preconception to Adolescence! Place a pre-order on Amazon now for teh digital or physical copy: book will be available for purchase on January 5, 2027.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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July 4th Sale Is On! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 26, 2026, #24, Vol 16

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Time to restock on your favorite SVA formulations

OUR STOREWIDE SALE IS NOW ON!

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Erratum –

Our Apologies!

Dr Teitelbaum’s new book is NOT yet available for purchases or digital download. You can place a pre-order on Amazon to receive it when the book is launched on January 5, 2027. Apologies for the confusion.

PREORDER ONLY the digital or physical book on amazon HERE

Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” – Everywhere You Go!

if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.

Explore our full line of SVA formulations. Visit www.chandika.com

We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.

To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
More SVA Knowledge for Self-Care or Advanced Professional Certification Click Here
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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Let’s Celebrate Fathers! Plus: Erratum! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 18, 2026, #23, Vol 16

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