Samya Ayurveda Podcast

In this episode of the Samya Ayurveda Podcast, Shaughn Jenson, Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner speaks with Vaidya Dinal Khatri, MD (India) about what it means to practice Ayurveda responsibly in Canada. As a classically trained Vaidya with advanced education in Dravyaguna Vigyana, Dinal brings a grounded perspective on the difference between practicing Ayurveda in India and working with...

This is Part 4 of The Biological Terrain: A Systems Dialogue on Cancer Prevention —a systems-level exploration of how disease develops and how prevention operates across the body. In this final episode, we examine cancer prevention through the lens of systemic regulation , integrating modern biomedical concepts with Ayurvedic frameworks to understand how health is maintained—and how it is graduall...

In Part 3 of this four-part series on The Biological Terrain , host Shaughn Jenson, Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, continues the systems-based dialogue with Dr. Deepu Mirchandani to explore one of the most critical and least understood aspects of cancer biology: Immune surveillance and the tumor microenvironment. If cellular damage is a constant process in the human body, why do some...

In Part 2 of this series, we move from the macro terrain into the cellular layer—where disease is ultimately decided. Host Shaughn Jenson, Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, is joined again by Dr. Deepu Mirchandani, retired medical oncologist and molecular pathobiology specialist, where we explore the concept of cellular fidelity : the precision with which a cell maintains its identity, r...

In this first installment of a four-part series, host Shaughn Jenson , Registered Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner, is joined by Dr. Deepu Mirchandani (MD, Ret.) , former medical oncologist at BC Cancer, for a systems-based conversation on cancer prevention. This episode explores the concept of the “biological terrain” — the internal environment that shapes whether disease can take root. Drawing fr...

What does it really mean to be a qualified Ayurvedic professional in Canada? In this episode of the Samya Ayurveda Podcast , we examine Ayurvedic education, professional standards, and scope of practice in British Columbia and across Canada. As Ayurveda grows in popularity, this conversation addresses why self-assessment fails in healthcare, how fragmented training pathways undermine public trust,...

In our first episode, we introduce the Ayurveda Association of British Columbia (AABC) — its vision, mission, and efforts to preserve authentic Ayurvedic practice. See ayurvedaassociationbc.ca for more information.