Beyond Exhaustion: How to Spot Burnout and Let Ayurveda Restore You
🎙️ Show Notes
Keywords:
Ayurveda, burnout, exhaustion, wellness, vitality, self-care, daily rituals, holistic health, stress management, mindfulness
🌿 Summary
In this episode, Katja Patel explores the often-overlooked differences between simple exhaustion and true burnout — and how Ayurveda’s timeless wisdom can gently guide you back to balance.
She shares how to recognise the early signs, why quick fixes fall short, and how small daily rituals rebuild your vitality over time. You’ll also hear why self-care and mindfulness aren’t luxuries, but essential steps to reclaim your calm, joy, and energy.
✨ Takeaways
There's a big difference between being simply exhausted and being truly burnt out.
Burnout is a physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or chronic stress.
Ayurveda sees burnout as a depletion of Ojas — your deepest reserve of vitality.
It takes as long to come out of an imbalance as it took to create it.
Small daily steps guide you back more deeply than any quick fix ever could.
Go to bed by 10 pm to sync your body with the calm of evening.
Sip hot water throughout the day to support digestion and soothe the nervous system.
Practise restorative yoga and calming breath to ease fight-or-flight.
Self-massage with warm oil nourishes the mind and calms scattered thoughts.
Your body isn’t failing you — it’s simply asking for a slower, kinder pace.
🔥 Sound bites
"Ayurveda sees burnout as a depletion of Ojas."
"Go to bed by 10 to sync your body with calm."
"Practise restorative yoga and calming breathing."
⏱ Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Ayurveda and Modern Life
01:18 Understanding Exhaustion vs. Burnout
04:30 Ayurveda's Perspective on Burnout
08:46 Practical Steps to Rebuild Vitality
15:09 Conclusion and Call to Action
Resources
👉 read more about Sattvic Food here
👉learn about the gunas and how they stir the mind
👉try one of these restorative sessions
📖 Prefer to read instead?
You can read the full blog post here.
