The Deeper Purpose of Fat Tissue: Uncover the profound role of fat, known as meda, in promoting longevity and overall health, from the ancient Ayurvedic perspective.
Meda Srotas: Fat, Fire, and Flow

The Ayurvedic View of Fat, Metabolism & Vitality
July 6, 2026 | 10am -12 pm and 3-5pm ET | 4 credit hours
What if everything you've been taught about fat was wrong? In Ayurveda, fat isn't the enemy; it’s a vital tissue essential for energy, stability, and even longevity. It’s a source of warmth and a profound connection to your well-being.
Join Vasant Lad for a 5-hour deep dive into meda vaha srotas—the body's fat tissue pathways. You’ll explore practical recommendations for balancing meda vaha srotas (the adipose pathways), learn about intermittent fasting, and discover timeless tools for harmony of body and mind. Walk away with grounded knowledge and insightful practices you can use to foster your own vibrant health.

What You Will Discover:
Balancing Your Metabolism: Explore the function of the meda vaha srotas and how their balance is crucial for energy, clarity, and whole-body harmony.
Decoding Imbalances: Learn to recognize the subtle signs of a disordered metabolism, from stubborn weight to low energy, and understand the root causes.
The Art of Intermittent Fasting: Discover the ancient principles behind intermittent fasting and learn how to use this powerful tool safely and effectively to restore balance.
Holistic Strategies for Vitality: Get practical, everyday guidance on using food, lifestyle habits, and targeted herbs to nurture your body’s unique needs.
This Webinar is Ideal for You If...
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You want to move beyond diet trends and understand the holistic, empowering truth about fat, weight, and metabolism.
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You are a health coach, nutritionist, or wellness professional seeking to expand your knowledge with an integrative, scientific, and spiritual perspective on the body.
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You are an Ayurvedic practitioner or student ready to deepen your expertise in meda srotas, intermittent fasting, and integrative protocols for your clients.
Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Wellness
In a noisy world of diet trends, Ayurveda teaches us to listen—deeply—to the needs of our own bodies. Meda, the body’s unique fabric of fat tissue, is not just “weight” to be lost, but an essential reservoir supporting energy, resilience, and clarity. Dr. Vasant Lad’s gentle guidance opens a window into seeing meda as vital, wise, and worthy of reverence.
Decoding the Signals
When meda vaha srotas go out of balance, the signs can range from fatigue and digestive trouble to emotional heaviness and weight fluctuation. Together, we’ll decode these subtle signals and explore how food, routine, and consciousness can restore vitality—from the inside out.
Transform Through Practice
This is not just theory. You’ll be guided through actionable, accessible techniques rooted in tradition: from adjusting meal timing to gentle fasting, mindful movement, and herbal allies. With heart and humor, Dr. Lad makes profound concepts feel welcoming and possible—so you can walk away empowered to nurture your unique path.

Ayurvedic Visionary
Meet the Master
Vasant Lad BAM&S, MASc
Vasant Lad, the founder, and director of The Ayurvedic Institute, has dedicated the past four decades of his life to disseminating Ayurveda in the Western world. With an unwavering commitment to healing and worldwide recognition as the foremost authority on Ayurveda outside of India, Dr. Lad's webinars encapsulate the essence of his extensive teaching and clinical expertise. Vasant Lad blends scientific and spiritual wisdom to help participants connect with themselves, achieve well-being and support their practice.
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What if I have no background in medicine or Ayurveda? Do I need any background to understand the content in the course?
Our courses are intentionally accessible for anyone - even those relatively new to Ayurveda. This particular seminar will be best enjoyed by someone with an understanding of Ayurvedic concepts around the doshas and the prakruti-vikruti paradigm.The speaker may become more technical, but we always bring it back to the basics.
I heard mention of a practice / herb protocol / books / technique in the content - where can I find out more information?
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Do you offer PACE credits for this seminar?
PACE stands for Professional Acknowledgment for Continuing Education. At the end of your course you will receive a certification that reflects the number of hours completed. The National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) will generally provide you with 1 PACE credit per hour of instruction. AyurPrana does not offer these credits ourselves and we are not registered with NAMA - nor do we facilitate the submission to NAMA for credit hours, this needs to be competed by the attendee themselves. Our courses ARE accepted for PACE credits - after your course completion, you can submit to NAMA for your PACE credits. Visit NAMA here for more details:https://www.ayurvedanama.org/pace
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