Episode #9 - Date: 20 Dec 2021

​Bobby Sira is a Pharmacist, specialised in Oncology, but also an Ayurvedic Practitioner. In this episode, hosts Dr Penny Kechagioglou and Robin Daly ask Bobby about the contrasting views of healthcare that his two disciplines espouse, what he feels Ayurveda and other complementary modalities can offer to mainstream cancer care, and the current obstacles to the integration he would like to see within the NHS.

Ask yourself honestly how often you truly experience what is happening around you and within you?

When did you last see an amazing sunrise or sunset? Did you stop and marvel at the utter magic of the moment?
Or did you grab your smartphone to ‘click’ a picture, or turn your back on the scene and take a selfie? Did you then proceed to edit the image and post on a social media app or did you settle back into the moment?

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​Cyclic Meditation (see previous post) offers a beautiful symbiosis of stillness and action and brings you perfectly into the present moment. Using alternating stimulation and relaxation it allows the body and mind to go deeper into silence by incorporating simple yoga postures as well as sound and visual stimulation.

A simple but powerful message scribbled in my journal while I travelled around India in 2014 discovering what is important to me and the future. The message continues to echo within me today and is the force that has willed me to create and be PharmAveda, a process that took over three years. I follow the belief that what you nurture slowly, grows well.

​I recently watched the actress Uma Thurman give a very mindful response to a sensitive question that clearly took her by surprise. Her ability to pause and just observe herself before responding, was inspiring and highly commendable. Sometimes sitting for a brief moment with our feelings can stop us making an unnecessary and impulsive reaction.

This requires a degree of emotional intelligence and mindfulness.

​Our health is affected by many factors such as the environment, the existence or absence of a support network, where we live, our finances, as well as our lifestyle. Volumes have been written on the subject of health and wellbeing - in the end 'health' is just a word, and every word has a meaning. What makes the difference is what it means to you. 

You will hear about healthy lifestyles, the best new remedies or exercise regimes, but these will not work for everybody or forever. Your commitment to your own health and wellbeing status can be enhanced by understanding all the factors that govern your health - past, present and future. ​