Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health: Age Like a Yogi | Victoria Moran
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
What if the secret to aging well isn’t just what you eat, but how you take care of your body and soul? Victoria Moran grew up as a "fat kid" and struggled with obesity and overeating. But when she started to take care of her spiritual well-being through yoga, self-care and Ayurvedic nutrition, she transformed her life. Today, she lives a balanced life at a healthy weight.
She shares her secrets to healthy living and aging in this episode of The Exam Room with Chuck Carroll. Together they explore how ancient yogic wisdom and Ayurveda can guide us toward healthier, more vibrant lives.
Victoria shares practical tips to elevate body, mind, and spirit. And — learn why self-care isn’t indulgence, it's an essential tool for transforming your health at any age.
Check out Victoria's book, Age Like A Yogi: https://amzn.to/4gAvSHe
Chuck also talks about being a guest on the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast with Kyle Buckner. You can check that out here: https://bit.ly/GreenGlowPod
Check out the Wellness Weekend in Davis, WV: https://bit.ly/WellnessWV2025
PCRM's Best In The World cookbooks are now on-sale: https://bit.ly/PCRMCookbooks
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| 0:00.0 | Today, on the exam room. |
| 0:04.0 | They looked at people who wanted to lose some weight, |
| 0:08.0 | and they had one group, the control group, do whatever they thought was right, |
| 0:12.0 | diet and exercise. Go on a diet, get exercise. |
| 0:16.0 | And the other group, they said, don't worry about your diet and exercise. |
| 0:20.0 | Just at least four times a week, give |
| 0:22.0 | yourself a lovely massage with lotion. It was the lotion people that lost 15% more weight |
| 0:29.4 | than the diet and exercise people. Because when you take good care of yourself, then you |
| 0:34.4 | want to do healthy things. |
| 0:44.1 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:49.9 | Hi, I'm the champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. |
| 0:56.9 | Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Fort Washington, Maryland, Newport, Kentucky, and Liverpool, England. |
| 1:01.5 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:07.2 | This is episode 75 of season 8, number 674 overall. |
| 1:11.9 | And if you would like to help us make the world a healthier place and support the work that we do, go ahead and leave a five-star rating and a nice review on Apple Podcast or Spotify or |
| 1:18.0 | wherever it is that you get your shows. And today we are headed back to Cleveland and the National |
| 1:24.0 | Health Association Conference for a conversation with the incomparable Victoria Moran. |
| 1:29.7 | Now, Victoria is no stranger to those of us in the plant-based community. |
| 1:34.9 | She is someone who has devoted herself to leading a healthier life and finding a better path forward. |
| 1:42.1 | She's also an author and someone, I would would say is a purveyor of wisdom. |
| 1:47.5 | And on that note, her newest book is called Age Like a Yogi. |
| 1:53.0 | Now, what does that mean? What does it mean to age like a yogi? Well, it means aging well. And it's about nourishing your mind, your body, and your soul. |
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