Tiffany is the founder of Vichara Yoga & Rasa Ayurveda. She is an International Yoga Teacher & an Ayurvedic Practitioner (doctor) sharing gifts of Meditation, Yoga & Ayurveda globally through her retreats, Yoga teacher’s trainings and immersions. She offers a unique offering of Classical Yoga that combines the fullness of Tantric Hatha Yoga path along with deep Inquiry & Meditative presence.

Tiffany grew up in the quiet and solitude of the Canadian countryside and went to India and Thailand in her early 20s where she lived for many years and was given the opportunity to study and submerge herself in ongoing teachings and extensive retreats with her teachers, immersing herself deeply into Advaita Vedanta, Tantra, Hatha Yoga & Ayurveda. She has studied and practiced intensively with various teachers and masters, received more than 1500 hours of teacher training, and now teaches worldwide.

Tiffany offers Ayurvedic consultations both online and through her private clinic within the Vichara Yoga Shala. At Rasa Ayurveda, she offers Apothecary, sharing the authentic, healing wisdom of Ayurveda.

Tiffany is inspireed by Tantra Yoga, Advaita Vedanta, and the wisdom of Spiritual Nutrition & Ayurveda. Having experienced the oneness in these approaches, she draws upon this classical wisdom to merge these teachings together and create classes, courses and retreats that are not only comprehensive and intelligent but also deeply joy-filled and celebratory of the blessing of life. She's gone on to explore Ayurveda, one of the world's oldest holistic healing systems into her practice, where she now incorporates these modalities into her programs, classes, workshops, and retreats.

Connect with Tiffany here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.nicholson.smith/

Website: https://tiffanynicholson-smith.com/vichara-yoga/

https://rasa-ayurveda.com/

Questions:

1. Tiffany's journey in Yoga & Ayurveda

2. How do you think the two ancient sciences come together as a lifestyle

3. How Ayurveda & Yoga are interwoven and what are most people missing if they are practicing either one of the two?

4. How do you think Hatha yoga is seen in the West? Do you think people get interested in this whole gamut of Hatha Yoga practices including the kriyas, the meditation, the aspects of bhakti yoga & karma yoga?

5. What’s your take on detoxification from Ayurveda & Yoga perspective? What daily yoga kriyas or Ayurveda rituals do you think must be practiced daily for detoxification?

6. Difference between Ayurveda detox & modern detoxes?

7. What kind of foods support Yoga & Ayurveda as a lifestyle?

8. A modern woman fluctuates between masculine & feminine energies, rather more of masculine energies which is okay in the Western understanding. How can Yoga & Ayurveda support her health at different stages of her life?