Avanti Kumar-Singh
About the Author
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Dr. Avanti teaches people how to heal themselves by unleashing their innate healing power and educating students on how to support self-healing through routines, diet, and tools of yoga. She works with individuals and groups to replenish their mental, physical, and emotional energy so they can live a vibrant life with more joy, meaning, and purpose.
Dr. Avanti has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies, elite undergraduate and graduate institutions, and at prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Well + Good, goop, and mindbodygreen and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Avanti currently serves as the Director of Ayurveda at BIÂN Chicago.
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Avanti Kumar-Singh, is an Ayurveda Wellness Expert on a mission to show how Ayurveda is a health catalyst to achieve optimal wellness in modern life.
After receiving her Bachelor’s in Art History from the University of Chicago, she went on to receive her medical degree from Rush University Medical College. While working as an ER physician, she experienced first-hand the limitations of Western medicine. Realizing that “you can quit your job, but you can’t quit your calling,” Avanti set out to discover what really makes people healthy and what predisposes them to illness. She began a 10-year wellness journey during which she studied energy healing and yoga therapy and became a practitioner of the 5,000-year-old ancient healing tradition known as Ayurveda. Now, Dr. Kumar-Singh bridges the gap between Western and Eastern modalities, helping people discover the healing wisdom within.
Dr. Kumar-Singh is also a sought-after speaker, the host of the top-rated health & wellness podcast, The Healing Catalyst, and the author of The Health Catalyst: How to Harness the Power of Ayurveda to Self-Heal and Achieve Optimal Wellness. Over the last 20 years of her training, study and research, Avanti has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies, elite undergraduate and graduate institutions, and at prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Well + Good, goop and mindbodygreen and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. She is also a certified plant-based professional and a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT). Dr Avanti currently serves as the Director of Ayurveda at BIAN Chicago.
Outside of work, her passions include time in nature, making art, world travel and being with her friends and family.
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About Avanti's Book
The Health Catalyst
How To Harness The Power of Ayurveda to Self-Heal and Achieve Optimal Wellness
Ayurveda IS THE CATALYST THAT UNLEASHES THE healer within.
The Health Catalyst will show you how to spark inner transformation by practicing the simple habits of Ayurveda. Using “counter-balancing” remedies of routines, diet, and tools of yoga, you’ll learn how to boost energy, improve digestion, increase restful sleep, decrease feelings of anxiety and overall . . . how to apply self-healing for optimal wellness and a more vibrant life.
ANYONE CAN HEAL THEMSELVES, BECAUSE HEALING STARTS WITHIN.
It starts with you, and it starts now.
Founder of GOOP Read More
An indelible resource for those who want to heal and live a vibrant and
harmonious life. Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh has been an instrumental part of
expanding my knowledge of Ayurveda.
Founder of Strala Yoga Read More
Dr. Kumar-Singh is an essential leader
of Ayurveda and a powerful voice
in wellness. The Health Catalyst is a
wonderful tool to regain your vitality and
understand how to apply the ancient
wisdom of Ayurveda to really work for
your life.
Doctor of Ayurveda, Author of Absolute Beauty: Radiant Skin and Inner Harmony Through the Ancient Secrets of Ayurveda Read More
The ability to listen to what we need
is something we all are born with and
thus, self-healing is our birthright. Dr.
Kumar-Singh helps us learn not what to
think, but rather how to think . . . and
then ultimately, how to heal.
A must read for those who want to be protagonists in their own health story Read More
It's rare to find wellness books and practitioners that integrate both traditional Western medicine and more holistic healing traditions. Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD is that rare and special hybrid. I opened her book at a moment when my own body was speaking loudly that what traditional doctors were telling me was necessary for my healing wasn't the path I wanted to go down.
Highly recommended, easy read and very helpful Read More
I have absolutely loved this book, not only for myself, but for my clients as well! I recommend this book to many people every week and will likely carry this book on hand in our clinic for people to purchase! I like the length of it because it doesn’t intimidate those who are less keen on reading vs googling. I also think she breaks down the fundamental principles of Ayurveda in a very digestible and tangible way that any person brand new or seasoned in Ayurveda can benefit from this book.
Beautifully written book! Read More
Such an amazing book! I learned about Ayurveda very briefly during yoga teacher training. There is so much to learn from it, but this book beautifully describes how so many of those concepts can be applied to daily life. Reading this book has ignited the curiosity in me to look at my roots as well and learn from different ways to looks all disease and wellness.
Great and accessible intro to Ayurveda Read More
Very accessible and actionable intro to ayurveda. The author's personal anecdotes are also very helpful.
The missing piece for my health and wellness Read More
I first heard Avanti speak about Aryaveda a few years ago and was blown away by the teachings. I felt that I had a missing piece to my wellness. I first was interested in her work because my daughter suffers from IBS, but learned so much more about how the body works with nature and how so many of the things I was led to believe and just not true. I love this book and recommend it to anyone who has suffered from illnesses that western medicine seems to not help.
Empower Your Health Naturally.. no, literally, with nature!! Read More
The Healing Catalyst is an essential resource for anyone who wants to empower his/her/their own health, well being and happiness. As a yoga practitioner and wellness coach I thought I had a fairly decent understanding of Ayurveda and yet, I really learned a lot from The Healing Catalyst. Dr. Avanti finds a beautifully simple way to translate the concepts of Ayurveda to a western mind. By allowing myself to gradually grow a balanced and intelligent routine in my daily life, with understanding, intention and a clear connection to nature, the beneficial impact has been immense and profound.
My health and life quality improved Read More
I stumbled on Dr. Avanti's podcast in 2020, which helped me realize that I have to put myself first and take care of my health. My life was too fast and I put my work and others first. I've learned so much there so I decided to get a book too. Fast forward a few months later, my health and life have improved so much. I started incorporating self-healing techniques one by one. I was never one of the extreme dieters and I never kept anything that was introduced too fast in my lifestyle. The Health Catalyst made it easy with each chapter to introduce a new routine.
Great intro to Ayurveda Read More
A well written book about Ayurveda that is easy to understand. I feel like I’ve learned so much in each chapter. Highly recommend!
A must read for anyone who wants to take control of their health! Read More
Dr. Avanti has written a terrific primer on ayurveda -- clear and simple to follow. She makes a great case for following ayurvedic principles as a path to balanced health. I highly recommend this book!!
It's true...you can heal yourself by just understanding some basic concepts Read More
I had so many 'aha' moments reading this book because things just seemed to fall in place and suddenly make sense.
I now really understand what balance means. It's so much more than work life balance, the definition of balance as in balance with nature and balance within ourselves is one of the practices I'm going to take back to my day to day.
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- Avanti's personal health struggles and her journey with self-healing
- How Ayurveda changed Avanti’s life and how she practices medicine today?
- What is Ayurveda?
- How to adjust your daily habits and routines to support your health?
- How to incorporate Ayurvedic practise into a modern lifestyle?
- Spinning Thoughts? 3 Steps to Calm Your Mind
- Fasting is Not a Fad. Why Ayurvedic Rhythmic Fasting has Survived the Test of Time?
- The 3 Powerful Steps Avanti Took to Heal Her Depression... and 10 Signs You Might Need Help to Heal Yours
- Easy biohacks for better sleep?
- How to heal hormones and overcome burnout?
- The connection between Yoga and Ayurveda?
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- Host of The Healing Catalyst Podcast
- Bridges the gap between Western and Eastern modalities, helping people discover the healing wisdom within
- Loves spending time in nature, making art and world travel
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- Bachelor's in Art History, University of Chicago
- Medical Degree, Rush University Medical College.
- Began a 10-year wellness journey studying energy healing and yoga therapy and became a practitioner of Ayurveda
- Certified Yoga Therapist
- Registered Yoga Teacher
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