How Common Kitchen Spices Can Boost Immunity and Mood with Wellness Expert Jaya Jaya Myra
Instead of reaching into your medicine cabinet, how about reaching into your spice cabinet? Return guest Jaya Jaya Myra, a former immunologist turned mind-body wellness expert, explains how everyday holiday spices such as cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves can support immunity and mood, and how to use them in simple recipes and drinks. She also shares her mood-boosting sprinkle mix, explains the difference between prebiotics and probiotics, and offers a few easy swaps for healthier food choices.
What you'll learn in this episode:
Keep five spices within reach. The episode notes highlight cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and star anise. Jaya Jaya says many of the spices we use at the holidays are immune boosting, and she likes to use them year round, including in food for young children, such as cinnamon stirred into applesauce.
Cinnamon can help with blood sugar and mood. Jaya Jaya says cinnamon is antimicrobial and immune boosting and can help regulate blood sugar and insulin sensitivity. She explains that blood sugar spikes and dips affect mood, and says cinnamon also helps you crave fewer sweets.
Look for true (Ceylon) cinnamon. Marijo notes that cinnamon and cassia are different, and Jaya Jaya says Ceylon, often called true cinnamon, is probably the best. She says ground cinnamon is the practical choice, and she prefers organic spices from a quality, reputable source.
Try her mood-boosting sprinkle mix. Jaya Jaya blends cinnamon, cardamom, a little nutmeg and, if you like, a tiny bit of clove. She sprinkles it into coffee, tea, shakes, oatmeal or baking, and says these spices can lift mood and calm the nervous system.
Make a winter immunity tea from pantry spices. The episode notes say Jaya Jaya shares her winter immunity tea made with pantry spices. Listen to the episode for her approach and her spice suggestions.
Warming spices suit cold weather. Jaya Jaya says most holiday spices, other than cardamom, are warming, and that traditions like Ayurveda and Chinese medicine talk about foods that warm or cool the body. She calls turmeric highly anti-inflammatory and says she would not call it a warming spice.
Know prebiotics from probiotics. Jaya Jaya says probiotics are the good bacteria in your microbiome, and prebiotics are the food they eat, which is basically fiber. She links gut health to mood and says most serotonin is made in the gut based on what you eat.
Fresh can be more potent, and consistency matters most. Jaya Jaya says fresh ginger and turmeric can be a little more potent than dried, though spices like cinnamon are dried anyway. She says essential oils are not necessary and should only be eaten if they are food grade.
Try a few simple swaps. Jaya Jaya suggests cutting processed sugar and using options like maple syrup, palm sugar or a little monk fruit instead. She also says dairy with more whey can be inflammatory and she personally uses non-dairy alternatives.
Build micro habits. Jaya Jaya says small changes you can repeat every day matter more than big one-time changes. She says a habit builds its own momentum, and that little shifts add up to a big difference over time.
About the guest: Jaya Jaya Myra
Jaya Jaya Myra is a former immunologist turned mind-body wellness expert and bestselling author. She has been featured in hundreds of media interviews globally, including TODAY, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, The Los Angeles Times, The Times of India, The Toronto Sun, Forbes, Parents, Woman’s World, Reader’s Digest, and many more outlets.
Her nonprofit, Gita for the Masses, is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization created to help people overcome obstacles and be victorious in life.
Her earlier episode: How Your Spice Cabinet Is Filled With Healing
Her new personalized course: Jaya Jaya’s course on Instagram
Website: jayajayamyra.com
Instagram: @jayajayamyra
Threads: @jayajayamyra
This episode is for general information only and is not medical advice. Talk with your own doctor or health provider before making changes to your health, diet or routine, especially if you have a health condition or take medication.
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How simple kitchen spices can boost immunity and mood. Instead of reaching in your medicine cabinet, how about reaching into your spice cabinet? Our guest will tell you how in this very helpful episode. Wellness expert and return guest Jaya Jaya Myra tells us exactly what we need to keep in our pantries and how to use our spices in everyday recipes and drinks. In this episode, she tells us about five spices and many more. Additionally, she gives us her special recipes for a winter immunity using pantry spices and her mood boosting sprinkle mix for oatmeal, coffee, or baking. Don't miss this episode and please leave us a five-star review or a thumbs up so others can enjoy the show.
And if you'd like to hear more from Jaya Jaya Myra, check out episode 130 called How Your Spice Cabinet is filled with healing.
Marijo: Hello, this is Marijo Tinlin from the Teaching Your Toddler Show. Today we have a return guest, which we love. We love return guests. Jaya Jaya Myra is back on the show with us today. We are going to talk about a great topic which I know everybody's going to be really interested in. But first, will you please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about what's going on in your world?
Jaya Jaya: Oh, my name is Jaya Jaya Myra. Thank you so much for having me back again. It's always a pleasure to talk with you. What's going on in my world? Lots of things. But I know we're going to be talking a little bit about food and immunity today and food swaps. I love that topic at this time of year, like around the holidays into the new year. I think this is extra extra important because it's one of the most stressful times of year mentally and emotionally. We're just coming out of the holidays. We're going into the new year where people have resolutions and things that they've said that they want to do.
We all know that nine out of 10 people or if you don't know that nine out of 10 people statistically don't keep their res resolutions and that can also cause a lot of mental and emotional disturbances.
Marijo: Right. So let's find some ways that food can help us get back on course and help improve mood and mental health and immunity.
Jaya Jaya: Absolutely.
Marijo: And another thing that I keep hearing about luckily we have not been touched by yet is the super flu and things like that. So, I know there they would be great for I'm sure people to also help protect themselves and their families from that or help recover if they do have something like that going on. So, tell us a little bit about so I've I've heard that you have a winter immunity from your pantry spices. What is that?
Jaya Jaya: Absolutely. A lot of our holiday spices, things that people tend to think about when you think about Thanksgiving and Christmas, these are actually super immune-boosting spices like that we can add to our our foods, our drinks, whatever it is, and actually help keep you a little bit more healthy naturally. Now, I like using these spices year round, honestly, but you tend to hear a lot more about cinnamon and cloves and nutmeg and ginger at the holidays, right? Because we're putting it in our desserts. Are putting it in our food. And and honestly, I think that's just because the holidays are the time to where most people are they're cooking a little bit more.
They're cooking more advanced things. And so, we're actually getting into our pantry and our spice rack a little bit more than we tend to throughout the rest of the year. So, I think like one of my absolute favorites that's on that list is cinnamon. And the reason why I like cinnamon is because it is very very antimicrobial and it's immune boosting but it also has the powerful ability to reduce and regulate blood sugar naturally. So it can help with insulin sensitivity so that your body is processing insulin in a better way. And the reason that this is so important for mood is because blood sugar spikes or dips they really do impact the mood and the mental health of people.
So, the more that you are eating things that are going to keep this more regulated, you are going to be happier, you're going to be more stable, you're not going to have as many mood swings, and you're just going to stay healthier overall because anytime again like your blood sugar is being more regulated, especially when we're having more sweets, it's like it's a win-win for everything. It's a win-win for your health. It's a win-win for your mood. And if you are staying healthier in general, you are less prone to getting sick. You are more prone to getting sick when your body is getting out of alignment and heading like more towards illness.
So these are like small little things that a lot of people don't think about that can actually keep you very physically healthy. But but it is important to note
Marijo: And I think a lot of people think well insulin that has to do with diabetes and it's not me but but like you just said it does affect us.
Jaya Jaya: It it affects your mood. It affects your mindset. We see all the stuff now like with people going on Ozempic and semaglutide, right? And it's because it causes you to lose weight. But the reason why you're losing weight, a lot of it is because of like the insulin sensitivity in the body and how that regulates our hunger hormones and whether you feel hungry or sad. And you know, everything is literally tied to each other when it comes to health. I think a lot of medical practitioners just don't go above and beyond about explaining like these interconnections.
But again, if you know, if you are balancing your diet, if you're maintaining your energy levels, if you're not like eating too many sweets or you're eating things like cinnamon or other blood sugar regulating foods, another one would be bitter melon. I don't know if you've heard of that. Bitter, it's called bitter gourd, bitter melon in English. The Hindi word I believe is karela. It's like this like literally spiky cucumber-l like thing. You're not going to find it at most traditional grocerers, but if you go to ethnic places or Asian or Indian, you will definitely find karela. And it's also like highly blood sugar regulating.
So like the more of the stuff like we can bring into our diet, it will definitely help your mood and your mental health too.
Marijo: Is that one that you would then eat as a whole food versus like making it into a tea?
Jaya Jaya: I wouldn't make it into a tea because it's actually very bitter. Most of that stuff is bitter. Cinnamon is like this unique thing that actually adds flavor and spice and it's not bitter, but it's also blood sugar regulating and causes you like to crave like less sweets in general. So, I love cinnamon because you can throw it in with food, smoothies, coffee, tea. There's kind of no end to the way we can utilize it. And when you're feeding you know young children, toddlers, like we can throw it in with some of the other stuff we're making for them. Like you have applesauce. Cinnamon is a very easy add-on to that.
And with the sweetness that things like apples provide naturally, we don't have to add anything else in there to make it taste good and it just adds a little bit more flavor. So again, I found, you know, like when my kids were very young, they didn't have problems eating anything that I put in front of them, but it was because I exposed their palates like to more natural and whole foods and spices early on. Funny story for you, my oldest daughter was obsessed with hot and sour soup.
Marijo: Oh.
Jaya Jaya: Ever since she was about maybe four months old.
Marijo: What? That young?
Jaya Jaya: She could not like get enough of it because, you know, we would just like give like little taste if we would go out to eat or get Thai food or Chinese or something. We would always just like, you know, encourage like, "Oh, you know, we'll try this. This is soup. You can have this. She loved it. She
Marijo: Oh my gosh. Yeah. Our youngest, we always exposed him to like the Indian food we went and the sushi or whatever, like all the things like that. And he got that kind of palate, too. That's amazing. I have a couple questions about like so cinnamon. We talked about this last time. Cinnamon and cassia are different. So make sure you're getting real cinnamon, right?
Jaya Jaya: Yes. The Ceylon cinnamon is probably the best.
Marijo: Ceylon cinnamon. So you're talking about already getting it ground versus like the pieces that you can get.
Jaya Jaya: Yeah. I mean it's very impractical to use the big pieces, right? Because how often are we going to grind them into something? I mean, maybe if you're making like a spiced cider and you're going to cook it into something, but you're not getting the actual benefit that when you have the ground up spice and you're actually eating it. So, you can still find Ceylon cinnamon at any any ger will have it. You know, you just you just need to look like when it says cinnamon, if it's cassia or Ceylon or, you know, you can go to a spice shop, order it on Amazon. It's very, very easy to find.
But it's considered they call it true cinnamon.
Marijo: Yes. Exactly. And so yes, I've seen it at Sprouts or Whole Foods or whatever. I've seen it like that. Are there other sourcing places that you have or do you think it's okay to go to Amazon as long as it's like organic or something?
Jaya Jaya: Yeah, I always prefer organic in general. Anything that comes into my house, I get organic. Now, I know I can't control that when I go out to eat or other places, but if I'm going to bring stuff into my house, I will either get it organic or just I will go to a spice shop here in the city where most things are organic to begin with, but if they're not, I know that they're sourcing it from like a quality, reputable place. So, I do believe in like putting money behind your values and your ethos. So if healthy conscious living is something that's important to you, maybe go for like the more nichy like shops like where you know that they are doing quality sourcing from reputable places and that you are getting the highest quality products possible.
Marijo: Question for you about ginger. So you mentioned ginger and of course you can get ground ginger. When I how do you sort of keep regular like pieces of ginger? Because I usually just keep it in the cupboard but then I don't know once I've chopped it up a little bit. Is it okay to just still keep it in the cupboard or can I chop it up and freeze it? What should I do with it?
Jaya Jaya: I just keep mine out. I you know I have a bowl of like ginger, potatoes, stuff like that and it just stays out on my countertop and yeah, I'll just go cut off like a little piece that I'm going to use and then the rest of it just goes back back in the bowl and then I use it the next time. I mean, of course, it tends to dry out if like you don't, you know, use it within a couple weeks. But yeah, you don't need to refrigerate it or do anything. Ginger is another one of those super antimicrobial things like nothing's going to grow on that.
You don't have to worry about it.
Marijo: Okay, good. Good to know. Okay, that's exactly what my question was. And I have another question for you about last time we talked a little bit about natural sweeteners. And one of them that I just sort of learned about is allulose instead of like erythritol. You had mentioned you don't like erythritol, it doesn't work for you. So I was like
Jaya Jaya: Yeah, it's
Marijo: So I've been trying to use a lot more monk fruit. But now it's monk fruit with allulose versus monk fruit with erythritol. Is that okay? Do you know what that is or what what can you tell us about that?
Jaya Jaya: I have not personally used allulose. I know that it's recommended. People say that you tend to use it in like very small amounts, but that would be the same like with if you're using pure monk fruit, you're never going to use large amounts of that. M So honestly I can't say because I don't have any personal experience
Marijo: Okay
Jaya Jaya: With it like as to how it's going to like work on the body. But yeah I have heard people recommend it before. You're not going to get a blood sugar spike like you would with consuming regular sugar. So I think That perspective it's definitely a win-win.
Marijo: Okay. Okay. Thank you.
Jaya Jaya: I like monk fruit. You know, I like the super pure monk fruit, but I really will will literally only use it in something like tea or coffee and like these little
Marijo: Micro micro doses.
Jaya Jaya: Yeah.
Marijo: Gotcha. Okay, cool. So another thing that you had we had talked about before we started recording was this mood boosting sprinkle mix. What is that?
Jaya Jaya: So if you are going to say maybe like have tea, maybe even coffee, throw this in a shake. I like making a simple blend of like cinnamon, cardamom, a little bit of nutmeg. You can throw a tiny bit of clove if you like that little extra punch. These spices in general, they're all going to boost your mood. They all have an ability to kind of lift and elevate your mood naturally and also act in a way like a calms down the nervous system. So, like we want to stay calm, we want to stay focused, we want our mood to be elevated, and we want to stay healthy.
So, these very simple things like you can just toss them in with your coffee. That that's a great way like I like to get cinnamon. I'll make like like a little vegan cappuccino sometimes in the early afternoons and I'll just toss like half a teaspoon of cinnamon or something and that grind like some nutmeg into it. Sometimes if I want to get super adventurous, I'll add in a little bit of star anise, right? It's a little harder to grind and get it you know super super fine. But yeah, if you want to take the time making like these little blends it's a very thoughtful mindful way to add that extra dose of immunity and mood boosting effects into something that you're consuming.
And so whether you know whether you're a kid, whether you're an adult, I like these little sprinkle add-ons because they are super easy to add into just about anything that you already have.
Marijo: I love that. And and I never thought about it because I do I add turmeric and cinnamon and a little bit of cayenne to my coffee in the morning. But I never thought like I could use one of those empty bottles and make my own like shaker of the already blended stuff. So that would be way easier. Yeah. Okay, cool. I like that. And and I love
Jaya Jaya: And if you do put sweetener in any of your stuff, it pairs very well with extra sweetness, right? Like we don't need to have the extra sweetness, but sometimes if I want my coffee a tiny bit sweeter, I'll add like a very little bit of maple syrup to it. All of those things like they pair very nicely. Like I like to go for the natural sugars. I just I think it's better overall. Like you will not find white refined sugar in my household at all.
Marijo: Yeah, for sure. Absolutely. Well, those are those are great. Why do you think it is kind is there any relation? And I know that you, you know, part of one of your books is about vibrational things like that. What do you think is like all of the spices you just named are things that we do use around the holidays. Is there something related to like the winter, you know, the coldness or something of those of those specific spices you just mentioned?
Jaya Jaya: Yes. Because practically all of those spices outside of cardamom are warming spices. So, they tend to like warm the body up. And when it's already cold, right, we don't need to be cooled down. We need to warm up. We need emotional comfort and sensitivity and so all of these spices do bring about that additional warmth in the body. So something like Ayurveda and Chinese medicine talk a lot about whether foods tend to warm you up or cool you down. So these holiday spices in general are always warming spices which is probably why traditionally they have been incorporated in into foods like over you know the past few centuries right and we just tend to cook more at the holidays in general.
So then we get exposed like to the traditional things. So I think you're more apt to see these foods in the winter because they're warming. And we need that a little bit more emotional support I think. But I think you should find a way to include some of these in like year round so we stay a little bit more balanced and healthy. Then you can add in cooling spices at other times of year as well. Here's the thing. Anything that's in your spice cabinet or on your spice rack is going to have a medicinal benefit. There is not one single spice or food on the planet that does not have a medicinal benefit to it.
So you can never go wrong.
Marijo: Yeah. Yeah. So what So you mentioned that cardamom is a is a cooling spice. What are the other cooling spices?
Jaya Jaya: So the ones that I tend to use, I think like cardamom is definitely number one. I don't know if you would put turmeric in the camp of like being a cooling spice, but it is highly anti-inflammatory And it's I definitely wouldn't call it a warming spice like ginger or other things. It doesn't bring, you know, the heat with it. I love anti-inflammatory foods and spices in general because there's also these direct connections between inflammation and depression or having mental health issues and all the stuff that's going on in the gut. Whenever you can keep your gut healthier and stronger, the rest of your health is overall going to be a little bit more healthy and strong.
Marijo: I'm glad you brought that. I'm glad you brought that up because I was going to ask you, what do we need to know about pre versus probiotic?
Jaya Jaya: So pre and probiotics, they are different things. So prebiotics are basically the food that the probiotics or your microbiome is going to eat. So when you go to the store, you buy probiotics, right? It's basically just these different strains that are a part of our microbiome. These are good healthy bacteria that help to keep the body healthy. So prebiotics are the food for probiotics. And basically prebiotic is just another word for fiber. Most the prebiotic foods are insoluble fiber at that, right? So the more insoluble fiber that you eat, it's going to be nourishment like for that microbiome to stay healthy. So again, this is part of this like gut brain axis connection that we have going on.
Everyone always thinks about fiber like, oh, I need to have like better elimination. I need to go eat fiber. No, you need to have fiber every day to maintain your mental health.
Marijo: Wow. Oh, that's that's a good sound right there. Yeah, because I don't think people think about Absolutely. People think about, oh, well, Metamucil, we need it for whatever, like you said, staying regular and that kind of thing, but it's so much more.
Jaya Jaya: Yeah. And it's just something that again a lot of people I think they either don't know about. Nutritional psychology is a field that didn't even begin to start to gain any level of importance until around 2018 2019. It it's still a little bit under the radar because like people are not looking like directly at these connections between between food and mood unless you are like a psychologist and you want to have like more natural alternatives for things or of your Chinese medicine or Ayurvedic doctor or practitioner. But fiber is one of the best things that you can do to take care of your gut because your microbiome or a large part of your microbiome lives in your gut.
Of course, you have microbiome in your mouth, on your skin. These all affect our body in different ways, but what is happening in the gut is directly impacting your mood and well-being. And part of the reason is because most of our happy hormones like serotonin, 90% or more is made in the gut based on what you eat. It's not happening by a process that's going on in the brain. It starts based on the foods that you are eating and that you are consuming and then the serotonin gets developed in the body. So when we eat foods that contain tryptophan for example. So a lot of dairy contains tryptophan.
There's definitely more non-dairy alternatives for tryptophan like cuz I don't eat a ton of dairy. But yeah, this all starts like directly in the gut. So again, we think about mental health and happiness as being these like brain hormones, but they're actually intrinsically connected to what we eat.
Marijo: And that is exactly like what you just mentioned is our gut is our second brain. And and we've we've done actually past episodes about that exact topic. So that's a great tiein as well. Is there any difference for I think what you've been describing are dried. Are is there any advantage to using any of these foods as fresh foods versus dried foods?
Jaya Jaya: I think you're gonna get a little more of a benefit whenever you can go for the fresh food. It's just not always like as convenient. And certain spices like cinnamon, they're going to be dried anyway. So, it you might as well just go get already powdered like ground up cinnamon because it's easy to consume. But I love putting fresh turmeric, fresh ginger, like directly in with stir fries or other things that I'm making. Whole food is always the best. Spices and dried things are they're still going to have a very very strong benefit, but sometimes like the essential oils and other things that you get in the fresh food, it's just going to be a little bit more potent and have more of an impact.
And like even like the taste of fresh ginger versus powdered ginger, they are like they're very very very different. Like powdered ginger will tend to bring that heat, but if you get fresh ginger, you get heat, but you also get like a little bit of sweetness.
Marijo: Yeah. I'm glad you brought up essential oils because I had that as a question also like cuz you know you can get cinnamon essential oil as well as powder. Like is that something where you would use both or one or the other?
Jaya Jaya: I would go for whatever honestly is the easiest alternative for whatever you feel the best about because having a sustainable consistent habit is more important than doing something the right or the wrong way because there's there's no real right or wrong way to go about something. The thing that's going to be the most benefit is whatever you can be the most consistent with. I know a lot times people have difficulties finding food grade essential oils. You know, making sure that you can actually consume them. Not everything you buy at the store is going to be food grade. Sometimes you have to special order these things and that can be a little bit problematic.
If you are already big into aroma therapy and essential oil use and you have these and you have food grade things, yes, consider like adding these into your foods, your smoothies, your drinks. If you don't, I do not think it is necessary at all. It's like a little bit it's a little bit of overkill. Just learn how to cook like with traditional spices and add in a few more foods that have like these highly medicinal benefits.
Marijo: Absolutely. Yeah. Good note that whatever you know you need to make sure if there's a nutrition facts on the back of your essential oil, you can probably consume it. Otherwise, do not.
Jaya Jaya: Right. Yeah. Exactly.
Marijo: Do you have before I let you go, is there any other I think I think we talked a little bit about quick swaps that help with immune support. Is there anything else besides what we've already talked about that you would offer as a quick swap?
Jaya Jaya: Quick swap for immune support. I think we've covered most of them already. Honestly, cinnamon,
Marijo: The white sugar.
Jaya Jaya: No. Right. Like
Marijo: Yep.
Jaya Jaya: Yeah. I would say if you can avoid like processed sugar. If you can go a little bit more natural, please do. Maybe that's like palm sugar. Maybe it is using something that's more like a monk fruit or erythritol. I personally don't like erythritol, but that doesn't mean it won't work for other people, right? It just gives me like GI issues. So, I would say anytime you can get processed sugars out of your diet, the better. Even if that's throwing something like a maple syrup in place of like a refined sugar, it's going to be better on the body overall. So, getting rid of sugars, reducing inflammation.
So maybe a quick swap is a lot of people don't know that dairy is actually very inflammatory, especially the types of dairy that contain more whey. So we're talking like whole milk, whole yogurt, cheeses in general, not feta that tends to contain less, but just our normal cheese, but you know, cheddar, mozzarella, any of that stuff that's actually very inflammatory to the body. Now, it can have mood boosting benefits, but it can also be inflammatory. So, if you can reduce the inflammation, maybe with going with a plant-based or vegan alternative to these things, I think that that can also have a pretty profound benefit. Like I have eliminated cheese from my diet in general.
I also don't do milk. I will go with non-dairy Sources and alternatives. And honestly, you can find some truly amazing ones on the market nowadays that that taste really good that are still like super creamy and even like super low sugar if you know where to look.
Marijo: Mhm. Where do you land on carrageenan?
Jaya Jaya: I don't tend to consume it, but I wouldn't say that I have a strong opinion on it one way or the other.
Marijo: Okay. Okay, great. I just sometimes some of those alternative milks have, you know, some carrageenan in them. I've just tried to avoid that as well, but I didn't know. Okay, great. What did I forget to ask you about? Anything?
Jaya Jaya: I don't think so. I think like the most important thing to remember is our goal is just to be healthier and happier overall, right? So the way that we get there is by micro habits, something that we can stay consistent with on a daily basis. That is literally the most important thing for improving our health and our mood. It doesn't don't make these like big changes that you do one time or like once a month. That's not going to have that big of an impact. That's why I'm always giving like these super small practical things because if you're apt to stick with them, they're actually going to have a benefit and change like the trajectory of your health.
Even if it's just this like slight change from like here to here over time, like you grow into this huge huge divide. So again, consistency is more important for neural programming and wiring and building better sustainable habits in general. And whenever you can get something to become a habit, you don't you no longer have to put effort into it. It's just something that's built its own momentum and it's going to pull you in that direction even when you're not putting the conscious effort. And as busy and stressed out as we all are anyway, anything you can do to have more micro habits in your day, you will be happier and healthier.
Marijo: Absolutely. Perfect. What a great way to end. Tell us where we can find you and anything else that you would like us to know about that.
Jaya Jaya: Jaya Jaya Myra online just about everywhere. Instagram, website. Yeah, you can find me under Jaya Jaya Myra. I just launched a new course actually which is teaching people how to determine your elemental type for person highly personalized wellness solutions. Whether it's these food for mood things and the swaps or meditation and mindfulness, but basically you can learn exactly how to identify where a problem is stemming from in your constitution and find ways to remedy it naturally.
Marijo: Oo. Oh my gosh. Well, let's make sure we get that that link in there. I actually have that bookmark for the finding your type and temperament from your book and right here.
Jaya Jaya: It's it's very much in alignment with that. This is just like an online course that is meant to help, you know, people who want the knowledge, but also healers and wellness practitioners so that they can accelerate their practice and have like more personalized tailored solutions to work with people. Because if you have a personalized solution that works for your constitution, it's going to work a lot better than like broader based approaches that don't work for everyone. Food is when it gets to spices, spices is one of those things that works for everyone, but when we start talking about other forms of like well-being, that's not the case.
Marijo: Absolutely. Wow, that sounds very intriguing. And again, we'll make sure that the listeners can find that for so thanks for mentioning that and we'll we'll link it in the show notes. Thanks so much for joining us today again. It's great to have you back.
Jaya Jaya: Yeah, thank you so much. Appreciate you.
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