"Managing Health Beyond Meds" with Dr. Poorna Menon

The Oliver Schirach Show

Welcome today’s guest Dr. Poorna Menon on #TheOliverSchirachShow.

Dr. Menon is a Naturopathic Physician & Health Consultant, with a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University. She specialises in complex, chronic health conditions, including mental health, and extensively uses Naturopathic modalities such as clinical nutrition, herbal medicine, supplements/nutraceuticals, counselling, and Mind-Body Medicine in her guidance to clients.

We got to talk about:

• Body Mind Connection
• Her journey from banking to health partitioner
• Natrupatic Medicine
• Ayurvedic Principles
• Craniosacral
• Holistic Approach of medicine, body, mind, spirit
• Somatic experiencing
• Do No Harm approach of healing
• Preventive medicine
• Morning & Evening Routine: Oil Pulling, Oil Massage, Tongue Scrapping, Shower, Sun Salutation, Water, Balanced food
• Supporting Herbs, Spices to sleep:
• Nutmeg in food
• As Tincture: valerian, passion, flower, Californian poppy, hops, catnip
• As Tea: chamomile
• Ishi shiitake mushroom, Lion’s mane, Ashwagandha
• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Routines, structures
• Loss of Indigenous Wisdom

Advice/ Call to Action/ Extra:

• We have to practice because nothing happens automatically, overnight. It’s our decision that we put our knowledge into practice and continue for the rest of our lives. That's when your life will start changing. There's no magic pill.

Reach out:

• balancedlivingasia.com/pages/poorna-menon
• instagram @dr.poornamenon

Links & References:

• An Article from Dr. Poorna Menon on Safety & Mental Health: https://www.longroots.com/dr-poorna-menon
• Book: Sai Deepak - "India that is Bharat"
• PMR Progressive Muscle Relaxation: www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/-/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Panic/Panic---Information-Sheets/Panic-Information-Sheet---05---Progressive-Muscle-Relaxation.pdf
• Nelson Mandela
• Íngrid Betancourt- Former Member of the Senate of Colombia
• Morning Routine
• Lee Holden Morning Qi Gong
• Surya Namaskar, Sun Salutation
• Evening Routine
• Lee Holden Evening Qi Gong Routine
• Moon Salutation

Chapters:

00:00 Alternative & Holistic Health

with Poorna Menon

00:00 Intro

03:01 Poorna Describing herself

04:57 Feeling Free? What is it and how to achieve it.

09:37 Her journey. Who is she? Spiritually speaking. Self Identifying. Labels we give ourselves

13:09 New Colour in a Colouring Box

14:48 From Banking to Health Particioner

18:46 Importance of structure and routines

25:08 How to create structures and routines

30:56 Listen to the signs of your body

35:27 Where did Dr. Poorna Menon learn

37:15 What is Naturopathic Medicine

46:49 Random talk on Lost Indigenous Wisdom

53:07 Essential Oils, Herbs, Mushrooms Tinctures; Use & Application

59:21 Ayurvedic Daily Routine

01:01:38 Morning Rountine

01:10:33 Evening Routine

01:25:45 Wrapping Up. Focus on Preventative Medicine. Grounding Self Awareness

01:31:18 Reach out to Dr. Poorna Menon

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