The Tea on Wellness

Vidya
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  • ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

The Tea on Wellness is Laguna Beach’s trusted holistic health podcast, serving Orange County and Southern California.  Hosted by Vidya Reddy, certified Ayurvedic consultant and co-founder of Tea & Turmeric, each episode blends ancient Indian wisdom with modern wellness practices to help you feel your best, naturally. Discover practical tips on Ayurveda, herbal remedies, functional teas, and stress relief, all inspired by the vibrant Laguna Beach wellness scene. Whether you want better sleep, improved gut health, or a more balanced lifestyle, you’ll find actionable advice and local insights here. Orange County locals turn to The Tea on Wellness for natural healing and holistic living. Visit our Laguna Beach tea shop or explore handcrafted teas at TeaAndTurmeric.com. Subscribe today and start transforming your daily rituals with Ayurveda and holistic wellness.

  1. DEC 17

    Ayurvedic Rituals: Holiday Radiance & Burnout Relief

    Preview "You look tired." This is the story of the holiday meltdown that led me to the Ayurvedic self-care ritual (and 5-Step Radiance Kit) that fights burnout, boosts natural beauty, and restores balance this season. Why This Episode Matters The holidays are magical, but the endless pressure to do it all and look radiant can leave you exhausted and depleted. The Tea on Wellness is stepping off the checklist merry-go-round with a powerful, ancient ritual. We’re revealing the story behind the Ayurvedic Radiance Kit, your guide to self-care rooted in 5,000 years of Indian tradition. Tools for Ayurvedic Radiance Inside this episode, you’ll discover your anti-burnout strategy and the ancient tools you need to glow: The 5-Step Ayurvedic Ritual: A day-to-night touchpoint to clear ama (toxins), soothe stress, and settle the body for deep sleep.Whole-System Balance: Why our Triphala Tea is a "tridoshic" powerhouse, gently detoxifying, toning digestion, and restoring harmony across your entire system.The Glow Recipe: Vidya shares the secret behind her handcrafted Roshini Beauty Mask, an ancient Indian beauty ritual that restores your skin to its youthful, rosy, dewy glow.The Nighttime Miracle: How a few drops of Castor Oil in your belly button before bed supports digestion, nourishes tissues, and restores you from within.What You Will Learn The Doshas & Holiday Stress: Understand why the seasonal hustle throws your Vata, Pitta, and Kapha out of balance, leading to digestion issues, skin reactions, and sleepless nights.The steps of the 5-Step Ayurvedic Ritual for daily touchpoints.The powerful benefits of our Triphala Tea for whole-system balance.The secret behind the handcrafted Roshini Beauty Mask.How Castor Oil before bed can support digestion and tissue nourishment.Local Story Don't just survive the season, shine through it. Carve out a little space for genuine care. This ancient wisdom, now available at Tea & Turmeric in Laguna Beach, offers a profound way to restore balance when you feel depleted, letting your inner radiance take center stage during the holidays. Takeaway & Links Shop the Kit: The Ayurvedic Radiance Kit is handcrafted with heart and available in a custom reusable canvas bag at Tea & Turmeric in Laguna Beach. Find it online. Find Your Plan: Take the Dosha Quiz to discover your body’s unique needs. Join the conversation: Share your own holiday self-care rituals on Instagram @TeanTurmeric, and leave a review if this episode helped you find your glow. Happy Holidays from The Tea on Wellness! We’re sending you wishes for deep rest, joyful connection, and beauty that shines from within. Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    14 min

  2. DEC 3

    Pre-Holiday Gut Reset: The Tea Detox That Actually Works

    Feeling heavy after the holidays? Vidya from Tea & Turmeric in Laguna Beach shares a gentle 14-day gut reset using tea. Why This Episode Matters This episode walks through a three-phase approach to supporting digestion and liver health after weeks of rich food and stress, no harsh cleanses, no fasting, just thoughtful herbal support that works with your body. You'll learn why most detox teas push too hard too fast, and how a slower, structured approach actually helps your gut and liver do what they're designed to do. Vidya explains the Total Body Detox Kit she created for her Orange County community—people dealing with bloating, sluggish digestion, and that general heaviness that builds up during the winter months. This is for anyone in Southern California looking for a reset that doesn't require deprivation or complicated protocols. Just tea, simple eating, and a little consistency. The Three-Phase Approach (14 Days) Phase 1: Digestive Aid Tea (Nights 1–3) A calming evening tea that relieves constipation and gently moves things through your system. You can't support deeper detox pathways if elimination is backed up, so this phase clears the way. Drink one cup before bed for three nights. Phase 2: True Detox Tea (Days 4–10) This is the core reset. You'll drink this tea twice daily while eating clean, simple foods, lean proteins, vegetables, healthy fats, whole grains. During this week, pause coffee, other teas, and non-essential supplements so the herbs can support your liver's natural detox pathways without interference. Your liver is always working to process and eliminate metabolic waste. This phase gives it consistent, quiet support to catch up on what's been building. Phase 3: Optimal Gut Health Tea (Days 11–14+) After clearing waste and supporting liver function, your gut needs to rebuild. This phase uses double-fermented Puerh tea, rich in probiotics and trusted in Chinese medicine for digestive balance. It helps restore your microbiome so the benefits last beyond the two weeks. You can continue drinking this tea as part of your regular routine. How to Actually Make This Work Start with a prep phase (5–7 days before): Gradually reduce alcohol, sugar, and processed foods. This prevents the headaches and irritability that come from jumping into a cleanse cold. Think of it as easing your nervous system into the transition. Pick your timing carefully: Choose 14 days when you're not traveling, facing major deadlines, or managing high-stress events. Your body responds best when your routine is steady. Keep taking your medications: If you're on prescriptions or managing health conditions, continue everything as prescribed. Check with your doctor if you have questions about starting any cleanse. Pay attention during reintroduction: After the 14 days, bring foods and supplements back slowly—one or two at a time. Notice what makes you feel good and what brings back bloating or fatigue. This teaches you more about your body than any test could. What People in Orange County Notice Less bloating within the first week. More consistent energy throughout the day. Better sleep. Clearer thinking. That general feeling of being lighter and more like themselves again. Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    12 min

  3. NOV 19

    Stress Relief Breathwork and Tea Rituals

    Preview A calming guide to Thanksgiving stress relief with tea rituals, Bhramari breathwork, and simple nervous system tools from Tea and Turmeric in Laguna Beach. Why This Episode Matters Thanksgiving can feel like a celebration on the outside and a pressure cooker on the inside. Travel drama, crowded grocery stores, family tension, the pressure to recreate your famous dishes, and the expectation to act fine when your nervous system is anything but fine. The holidays do not just fill your calendar. They can take over your body and your breath. In this episode of The Tea on Wellness, I share gentle, body based practices to help you stay grounded when holiday stress starts to climb. These are simple, real tools that work even when your schedule is full and your emotions are running high. From Bhramari breathwork to calming tea rituals, you will learn ways to reset your system without needing a long morning routine or an hour of meditation. Tools for Thanksgiving Stress Relief Stress shows up as tight shoulders, shallow breathing, irritability, overwhelm, or feeling scattered. Holidays amplify all of that. Your body reads noise, expectations, and emotional tension as signals to brace. In this episode, I guide you through a calming tea ritual you can use anywhere, even in the car or on your patio, and share why humming breath (Bhramari) shifts your nervous system so quickly. These practices can become small anchors you return to throughout the long holiday weekend. What You Will Learn why holidays hit your nervous system so hard and how to notice the signshow Bhramari, the humming bee breath, quickly grounds anxietya calming tea ritual you can use anywhere and in just a few minutespractical ways to root yourself when emotions or family dynamics spikehow to give yourself permission to pause, step away, and resetLocal Story Last Thanksgiving, a Laguna Beach nurse named Lisa stepped onto her patio with a cup of Stress Less tea. She took five minutes to breathe before going back inside to her full house. She told me that short pause became her reset button for the whole weekend. One small ritual, repeated gently, helped her move through the holiday with a steadier mind and a softer body. Takeaway When the holiday noise builds, come back to your breath and your cup. A calming blend, a slow exhale, or a few moments of humming can shift your entire system. Take a sip. Take a breath. You can move through this season with more clarity and ease than you think. Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    12 min

  4. NOV 5

    Functional Teas for Stress, Sleep & Balance: Brew, Sip, Thrive

    Preview A clear and simple guide to brewing functional teas for stress relief, deeper sleep, and daily balance, taught by Vidya from Tea and Turmeric in Laguna Beach. Why This Episode Matters A lot of people drink tea for comfort, but comfort and healing are not the same. If your tea is not helping you sleep better, calm your nervous system, or feel more grounded, the problem may not be the tea itself. It may be how you are brewing it. Functional teas work differently than regular tea. These botanical blends have been used for centuries to support mood, digestion, sleep, and emotional balance. They only reach their full potential when the brewing process protects their compounds and gives your body a chance to absorb them. In this episode of The Tea on Wellness, I explain what makes a tea functional, how to keep it from becoming bitter, and how to build a small daily ritual that supports your body in a deeper and more lasting way. This is tea as plant medicine rather than just a warm cup at the end of the day. How Functional Teas Support Your Body Each functional blend is designed with intention. Some herbs nourish the nervous system. Others help with digestion or sleep. Some support hormonal balance or emotional steadiness. When you brew these plants correctly and drink them with consistency, your body begins to respond in gentle and powerful ways. In this episode, I walk through the brewing techniques that protect these botanicals, the timing that matters most, and why smaller amounts throughout the day can sometimes be more effective than a single strong dose. You will also hear stories from customers who used functional teas to ease anxiety, improve sleep, and rebuild resilience. What You Will Learn what makes a tea functional and why these blends feel different in the bodyhow to brew for maximum benefit without bitternesswhy timing and water temperature matter more than people thinkhow micro dosing supports absorption and nervous system balancewhen to sip for deeper sleep or steadier stress reliefwhy consistency creates results that intensity cannotLocal Story One of our Laguna Beach regulars came in during a season of constant anxiety. She told me she had tried everything from supplements to sleep apps and nothing helped her slow down. I suggested she start with small sips of our Stress Less Tea throughout the day instead of one strong cup at night. Two weeks later she returned and said, “I finally feel like my body remembers how to breathe again.” Her shift inspired two of her coworkers in Newport Beach to build their own tea ritual, and now they check in with each other about their daily cups. What began as one person trying to feel steady again became a whole little wellness circle in their office. Takeaway Functional teas are not about fast results. They are about steady support. When you brew them with care and drink them with intention, these plants become daily allies that help your body find balance again. Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    15 min

  5. OCT 22

    Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy: Indian Spices 101

    Preview Learn Ayurvedic cooking basics with simple recipes, healing spices like turmeric and cumin, and traditional dal from Tea & Turmeric in Laguna Beach. Why This Episode Matters Indian cooking has a reputation for being complex, time consuming, or full of hard to find ingredients. The truth is that real Indian home cooking is simple, intuitive, and built on love and everyday wellbeing. Most people just need someone to show them how to begin without feeling overwhelmed. In this episode of The Tea on Wellness, I take you into the kitchen that shaped Tea and Turmeric. It is the same place where my grandmother Amma Amma taught me to cook with intuition, to trust the spices, and to bring attention and care into the pot. These lessons became the heart of our Indian Made Easy Kit and the foundation for our cooking classes here in Laguna Beach. If you have wanted to cook Indian food but never knew where to start, this episode shows you how to make it joyful, nourishing, and deeply connected to Ayurvedic wisdom. Indian Cooking Made Simple Indian flavor comes from balance. A little heat from ginger. Warmth from turmeric. Digestive support from cumin. When you know the purpose of each spice, the process becomes natural rather than intimidating. In this episode, I walk through our handmade blends from the Indian Made Easy Kit, including Veggie Mix and GG Mix, and explain how each blend supports both flavor and wellness. We also explore how Ayurveda uses food to calm the mind, support digestion, and build daily vitality in gentle and accessible ways. You will also hear the story behind Amma Amma’s dal, a comforting red lentil and split mung dish taught in our Laguna Beach cooking classes and loved by families across Orange County. What You Will Learn how Amma Amma’s kitchen shaped my Ayurvedic approach to cookingthe story behind Tea and Turmeric’s Indian Made Easy Kitsimple ways to bring Ayurveda into your daily meals without overwhelma step by step guide to making comforting dal with red lentils and split mungthe wellness power of turmeric, cumin, ginger, and everyday spiceswhere to join local cooking classes and sip Pink Masala Chai in Laguna BeachTakeaway Indian cooking becomes easy the moment you relax into it. When you cook with intention, curiosity, and love, the spices guide you. A simple pot of dal can hold more healing than any complicated recipe. Call to Action Ready to cook with love and tradition? Explore the Indian Made Easy Kit or join a live Ayurvedic cooking class at Tea & Turmeric, your Laguna Beach destination for authentic Indian flavor and holistic wellness. Local Spotlight Tea & Turmeric — Laguna Beach’s Wellness Sanctuary 1175 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA Open 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM | Closed Wednesdays Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    12 min

  6. OCT 8

    Better Sleep Tonight: Tea Rituals That Work

    Preview Blurb Exhausted but wired? Discover teas and simple rituals that melt stress, quiet your mind, and guide you into deep, restorative sleep. Episode Summary Sleep is the number one concern people ask about and in this episode, Vidya, Ayurvedic Wellness Consultant and co-owner of Tea & Turmeric, shares natural ways to reset your sleep rhythm for deeper, more restorative rest. You’ll learn how light exposure, caffeine, alcohol, and room temperature affect your body’s ability to sleep and why consistency and a calming routine matter most. At the heart of this episode are Tea & Turmeric’s handcrafted blends: Relaxing Herbal, Goodnight Tea, Dream Catcher, Sleepytime Moringa Hemp, and Restorative Sleep Mushroom. With organic herbs like chamomile, lemon balm, lavender, valerian, passionflower, moringa, and functional mushrooms, these teas support relaxation and a calmer nervous system so your body can repair overnight. Listeners across Orange County and Southern California tell us these teas and rituals have helped transform restless nights into truly restorative rest. What You’ll Learn Why consistent sleep is your body’s repair switchHow light, caffeine, alcohol, and room temperature impact restA nightly routine you can actually stick toTeas and herbs that support falling asleep and staying asleepWhat to do at 3 a.m. when you wake and can’t settleCall to Action Ready to reclaim your sleep? Explore our organic sleep teas online at teaandturmeric.com, or visit us in Laguna Beach to find your best-fit blend and bedtime ritual. Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    13 min

  7. SEP 24

    Tea Brewing Basics: Make Your Perfect Cup Daily

    Preview Discover how to brew loose leaf tea perfectly with simple tips that unlock flavor, health benefits, and daily rituals loved in Laguna Beach and Orange County. Why This Episode Matters Tea is one of the easiest wellness tools you can bring into your home, yet most people brew it in a way that dulls the flavor and blocks the benefits. Oversteeping, boiling water on delicate leaves, or using the wrong tea for the wrong moment can turn a beautiful ritual into something flat or bitter. In this episode of The Tea on Wellness, I guide you through the basics of choosing the right tea and brewing it correctly. We explore the traditions behind white, green, oolong, black, and herbal teas and how a few small adjustments can completely change the taste and the way your body feels. Whether you are new to tea or want to elevate your daily ritual, this episode gives you the skills to create a cup that feels nourishing, supportive, and deeply enjoyable. How to Brew Tea the Right Way Each tea has its own personality. White and green teas need cooler water. Oolong wants time to wake up. Black tea loves a full, hot pour. Herbal blends often need longer steeping to release their therapeutic compounds. Even simple changes like switching from a mug to a teapot, using a timer, or giving your tea leaves room to expand can transform your cup. In this episode, I share the brewing principles I teach in Laguna Beach, along with the tea rituals locals use to support energy, sleep, digestion, and stress relief. What You Will Learn why so many people brew tea incorrectly and how to fix ithow to pick the best tea for energy, sleep, digestion, or relaxationthe five true teas and the unique benefits of eachhow herbal blends fit into a balanced wellness routinerituals and simple tea recipes popular with our Laguna Beach communityFeatured Local Story One of our regular customers walked into the shop frustrated that her favorite teas tasted bitter at home. After learning how to adjust water temperature and steeping time, she told us her nightly cup became the most calming part of her day. Her husband now requests his own pot, and their brewing ritual has become a small moment of connection they look forward to every evening. Takeaway A great cup of tea is not complicated. When you slow down, choose the right leaves, and brew them with care, your tea becomes a steady ritual that brings more flavor, more presence, and more balance into your day. Learn more about tea science and Ayurveda:     Scientific American: All Tea, From Black to Green, Comes From a Single Plant     Harvard Health: What makes green tea so healthy? Call to Action  Ready to discover your next favorite cup of tea? Stop by Tea & Turmeric in Laguna Beach or order online. Expert blends shipped from Orange County to your home  Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

    13 min

  8. SEP 10

    Unlocking Turmeric: The Right Way to Use It

    Preview Discover how therapeutic turmeric supports wellness, inflammation relief, and gut health in Laguna Beach and Orange County. Why This Episode Matters Turmeric is everywhere in Southern California, but most people are not using it in a way that unlocks its real healing potential. Many grocery store turmeric powders are low quality, poorly absorbed, or missing the properties that make this spice so powerful for inflammation, digestion, and daily wellness. In this episode of The Tea on Wellness, I explain the difference between turmeric that tastes good and turmeric that supports the body in a meaningful way. We talk about how heat, healthy fats, and even a pinch of black pepper can dramatically boost absorption, and why our therapeutic blends became community favorites here in Laguna Beach and Orange County. If you want turmeric to work for your joints, your gut, or your nervous system, this episode gives you the simple tweaks that actually make a difference. How Turmeric Works in Real Life Not all turmeric is the same. The color might look bright, but if the curcumin levels are low or the spice has been sitting on a shelf for years, the benefits will fall flat. That is why so many people try turmeric and feel nothing. At Tea and Turmeric, we use high quality therapeutic turmeric and pair it with ingredients that help your body absorb it. In this episode, I share family rituals from South India, the kitchen techniques I learned in Kerala, and the blends people in Laguna Beach reach for when they need real support, not just flavor. What You Will Learn why most grocery store turmeric lacks real healing potentialhow to boost turmeric absorption using heat, black pepper, and healthy fatsthe difference between therapeutic turmeric and capsule supplementsrituals and recipes loved by Laguna Beach localswhy blends like Inflammation Fighter and Golden Milk became community favorites in Orange CountyFeatured Local Story Meet Paul, a visitor who stopped into our Laguna Beach shop during a hard season. He tried our therapeutic turmeric blends, felt a shift within weeks, and brought the ritual home to Minnesota. His friends and family began ordering from our Orange County shop after seeing his results, and today his hometown has its own small turmeric community that all began right here in Laguna Beach. Takeaway Turmeric becomes truly powerful when you use it with intention and support its absorption. A warm cup made with therapeutic quality turmeric can offer more relief than any supplement when you turn it into a daily ritual your body can rely on. 🔬 Learn more about turmeric research: •NCCIH: Turmeric •PubMed: Curcumin and Inflammation •Examine.com: Turmeric Summary Call to Action Ready to bring turmeric’s healing magic into your daily ritual? Visit Tea & Turmeric in Laguna Beach or shop therapeutic blends online, shipped from Orange County to your door. Stay Connected Come visit us in Laguna Beach or explore our teas and spices anytime at teaandturmeric.com. We share recipes, brewing tips, and behind-the-scenes moments on Instagram at @teanturmeric. Got a question or a story about how tea is helping you? Email me and the team at hello@teaandturmeric.com If this episode brought you a little calm or clarity, tapping follow and leaving a quick review helps more people in Orange County and beyond find the show. Thank you for supporting our little wellness community.

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The Tea on Wellness is Laguna Beach’s trusted holistic health podcast, serving Orange County and Southern California.  Hosted by Vidya Reddy, certified Ayurvedic consultant and co-founder of Tea & Turmeric, each episode blends ancient Indian wisdom with modern wellness practices to help you feel your best, naturally. Discover practical tips on Ayurveda, herbal remedies, functional teas, and stress relief, all inspired by the vibrant Laguna Beach wellness scene. Whether you want better sleep, improved gut health, or a more balanced lifestyle, you’ll find actionable advice and local insights here. Orange County locals turn to The Tea on Wellness for natural healing and holistic living. Visit our Laguna Beach tea shop or explore handcrafted teas at TeaAndTurmeric.com. Subscribe today and start transforming your daily rituals with Ayurveda and holistic wellness.

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