This Conscious Life

Sometimes we are forced to make space in our lives because we could not sustain the lives we lived before. But sometimes, we make space, unsure of where to go next – trusting that once the space is made, the right thing will come into its place. In this intuitive & personal episode, wellbeing author, Eminé Rushton, reflects on her own choices & decisions, and where they have led her – and also asks us all to consider the reasons fo...

Wellbeing author, earth mama & nature lover, Eminé Rushton, awoke in spring of this year, with six words in her mind: “We’ll meet you at The Clearing.” 

She wasn’t sure what they meant, or why they had come to her. In this episode, Eminé explores the importance of giving ourselves the space to reflect, clear and ultimately FEEL our way around our lives – without fearing that we have to rigidly plan every small thing in order to b...

What does Autumn signify? A time of shedding and lightening – a time when we can leave behind the burdens of things that are no longer helpful, and when we can get a true, honest insight into who we are, beneath it all. In this episode, Ayurvedic consultant and wellbeing author, Eminé Rushton, guides us through Autumn’s unique energy, with holistic advice to guide us on our way. Filled with soulful reflections on the significance o...

Co-founder of This Conscious Life, and co-author of SATTVA: The Ayurvedic Way to Live Well, Eminé Rushton considers the biggest lesson she’s learned from her youngest daughter – in embodying all that you are, freely and lovingly, without condition. In this episode, Eminé explores what a life with less fear, and more love, feels like – and how we can build a better future for ourselves, by removing our choices from expectation-roote...

In this short ‘story’, Paul Rushton explores what our quest for the happy ending might teach us about our selves, and shares his own learnings on happiness – how, so often, we set ourself up to fall or fail. He explains that bliss, or ‘ananda’ is our natural state and our natural birthright. By bringing our attention to the things that distract us from this ‘bliss’ and happiness, we begin to see how we are fabricating obstacles to ...

In this episode, Eminé takes a deep dive into summer – a time of heightened pitta – and through her own experience of struggling with symptoms of excess pitta, such as skin upset, hormonal imbalance, heat rashes and a hot temper (among many other typically pitta symptoms), she learned the crucial importance of working to better balance her own body, mind and spirit, in this season of heat and fire. Looking at how we can gently adap...

In Ayurveda, our menstrual cycle provides us with a uniquely valuable insight into the workings of our female body. In this episode, Eminé Rushton takes a look at how each part of our menstrual cycle is defined by a different dosha – which gives each part its own natural characteristics and sensations – and how each dosha type presents with a different set of pre- post- and menstrual symptoms and experiences. By looking to balance ...

In this episode, host and Ayurvedic Consultant, Eminé Rushton, introduces us to Sebastian Pole – co-founder of Pukka. Sebastian is incomparably knowledgeable about plants – and is a trained practitioner in Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Herbalism, and to this day, still runs a herbal clinic in his hometown of Bath. Meeting in Sebastian’s lush and fascinating herb garden, Sebastian shares his own story – how he b...

In this episode, our host, Ayurvedic Consultant and author, Eminé Rushton, introduces us to the paradigm-shifting book she has written with her husband Paul – Sattva: The Ayurvedic Way to Live Well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sattva-Ayurvedic-Way-Live-Well/dp/1788172248

Sat means truth in Sanskrit – and Sattva is purest truth, and purest consciousness. It is a primal universal energy that guides us to kindness, goodness, gentleness, ...

In this solo episode, Eminé Rushton explores what happens to our bodies and minds in Spring – and how, with a little preparation and natural intuition, we can support our bodies to be at their healthiest and most vital during this beautiful ‘King of the Seasons.’ From seasonal foods to lifestyle practices, Eminé looks to nature for naturally balancing and bolsterning advice and goodness, and explains that the common spring colds an...

Emma Cannon is a hugely respected Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and women’s fertility expert. In this episode, we talk candidly about the stories we tell (and enforce on our selves) and the myriad ways in which we suppress our emotions, but how they will, ultimately, always make themselves known. Talking about finding our truth, owning our emotions, seeking healthier outlets for all that we feel, and honouring all of th...

In this episode, host and Ayurvedic Consultant, Eminé Rushton, guides us into the gentle, natural science of Ayurveda. Learn about this supportive holistic system of natural healthcare, which looks at every part of our living experience – from the food we eat, to the hours we sleep, the environments we live & work in, to the emotions we experience as we move from one situation to the next. Ayurveda reveals the often missing link be...

In this first episode of This Conscious Life, we celebrate the magic of new beginnings, and the vibrant, vital energy of Spring.

Hosts Eminé and Paul Rushton share their journey from city-dwelling, job-juggling and deeply depleted new parents, to a much slower, gentler and responsive way of living – rooted in Ayurveda, and guided by supportive seasonal changes.

Eminé talks about identifying her drivers – and awakening to the fact t...