What if healing didn’t mean overhauling your life, but understanding it better?
In a world of hustle, hormones, and half-finished health plans, Dr. Shruti Jhawar is helping people tune back into their bodies- gently, practically, and without pressure.
Read on to discover how she brings the soul of Ayurveda into modern routines, one small shift at a time.
Read time : 7 min
What does it mean to live Ayurveda, not just practice it?
In this edition of Rediscovering Ayurveda, we meet Dr. Shruti Jhawar. A Hyderabad-based Ayurvedic practitioner who has made it her mission to translate ancient wisdom into daily, doable healing. With a specialization in general medicine and a keen focus on joint pain and women’s health, Dr. Shruti doesn’t believe in extremes. She believes in context, and in the kind of care that doesn’t ask patients to become someone else, but to come home to themselves.
Over the past few years, her practice has become a soft but strong rebellion, against over-medicalized care, against quick fixes, and against the idea that Ayurveda can’t exist in cities, or in the lives of working professionals.
“I don’t want people to feel like they have to choose between Ayurveda and the rest of their life,” she says. “That kind of rigidity doesn’t help anyone.”
Instead, what she offers, online and in her consultations is clarity. How to eat without fear. How to understand your period, your gut, your stress. How to listen to what your body is trying to say, before it starts screaming.
Dr. Shruti didn’t set out to be an Ayurvedic doctor. Like many medical aspirants in India, she was preparing for MBBS entrance, hoping to pursue allopathy. When her preferred medical seat didn’t come through, dentistry was on the table. But it didn't resonate with her. Ayurveda wasn’t even on her radar. It was a friend who suggested the BAMS program. On a whim, she applied.
“It was by fluke,” she laughs. “I didn’t know what I was getting into.”
But as the months passed, something shifted. “Ayurveda has this way of quietly growing on you,” she reflects. The philosophy, the language, the rhythm of healing all of it began to feel like home.
Dr. Shruti’s consultation room isn’t filled with miracle cures. It’s filled with conversations about sleep, stress, skipped meals, and menstrual confusion. She often sees women between 18 and 32, struggling with amenorrhea (missed periods), dysmenorrhea (painful periods), or irregular cycles that don’t seem to follow any logic.
The cause, she says, is rarely one thing. It’s usually a slow combination of lifestyle overloads: erratic sleep, nutrient-poor diets, inactive bodies, and stress that never switches off.
“We live in the age of abundance, of food, choices, content and it’s confusing our systems,” she explains. “Young girls today are entering puberty with weak digestion and disrupted circadian rhythms. That affects their hormones deeply.”
She emphasizes that sleep is one of the most overlooked pillars in women’s health. Women need more rest to recover from hormonal fluctuations, but modern work culture, long commutes, and screen addiction often rob them of that.
Instead of strict rules, she offers gentle rituals to bring women back into rhythm. “We can’t eliminate traffic or deadlines. But we can work with the body instead of against it.”
In an age of keto, vegan, and intermittent fasting trends, Dr. Shruti brings the conversation back to basics. Rather than dismissing modern diets, she focuses on something deeper: how and when you eat.
“Even if your food choices vary, Ayurveda teaches you how to eat. Warm meals, cooked with some ghee, eaten without screens, at consistent times.”
She encourages patients to tune into hunger cues and experiment mindfully. “If you’re not hungry at 9 am, don’t force breakfast, but start the day with something light like fennel tea or soaked raisins. Observe how you feel at 10 am versus 1 pm. Let your body guide you.”
She teaches that the rhythm of eating matters as much as the content. When in doubt, simplicity works best.
When you listen to Dr. Shruti, you don’t just hear medical facts, you hear stories, patterns, lived experiences. She doesn’t prescribe blindly. Instead, she listens for the subtle shifts in lifestyle, energy, and emotion that ripple through the body and manifest as illness.
While some Ayurvedic doctors stick to single-drug therapies, Dr. Shruti works through combinations. Her treatment philosophy is practical, tailored, and deeply experiential.
One of her go-to remedies? Hingvastak Churna.
“This one works like magic for bloating and indigestion,” she shares with a smile. “I remember giving it to an allopathy doctor who’d eaten too much biryani the night before. Ten minutes later, he called me in disbelief, saying he was blasting gas in all directions during OPD!” she laughs.
Her other favourite? Shatavari. Especially for menstrual health. “Whatever I prescribe, whether it’s for PCOS or irregular cycles. If I add Shatavari, the results are always better,” she says.
This balance between clinical confidence and playful storytelling is what makes Dr. Shruti so refreshing. She's rooted, but not rigid. Grounded, but not preachy.
What sets Dr. Shruti apart isn’t just her practice, it’s how she educates. Whether she’s consulting with a patient or posting a reel on gut health, her approach is rooted in simplicity and trust.
“I’ve always loved explaining things,” she shares. “Even in school, I studied by teaching my friends. That habit never really left.”
This urge to break down complex ideas became the foundation of her content journey on Instagram. What began as a tool for her own learning has now evolved into a community platform, where short reels offer bite-sized Ayurvedic truths and longer YouTube videos (soon to come) aim to bring context and depth, especially for older audiences.
But there’s a deeper intention. “There’s too much misinformation online,” she says. “Ayurveda is often explained by people who don’t know the science. I wanted to change that, one honest video at a time.”
Follow Dr. Shruti on Instagram on @curiousvaidya
Despite a full patient load and content calendar, Dr. Shruti maintains a few non-negotiables:
Abhyanga (oil massage) at least twice a week, including the scalp.
Ghee with lunch and dinner. Minimum two teaspoons each.
Warm water first thing in the morning.
“These sound like small things,” she says, “but they create a huge shift in how your body feels.”
So who is Dr. Shruti when she’s not donning the white coat? A movie buff, a weekend binge-watcher, a reader, and a dancer at heart.
“Dance and music were a big part of my life in school and college,” she smiles. “Now I try to sneak in a dance class whenever I can.”
Weekends are for long TV marathons with her husband. “We both work hard during the week. So we unwind with good shows, just the two of us.”
When asked what advice she’d give to students considering Ayurveda, her message is clear:
“If you’re even thinking about it, you’re already two steps ahead.”
She urges young practitioners not to view Ayurveda through the outdated lens of “street babas,” but as a science growing in relevance and global reach.
And her hope for the future? That this new generation, her generation, will bridge the gap between allopathy and Ayurveda, between ancient knowledge and modern tools, between science and soul.
This is what it looks like when a young Ayurvedic doctor chooses not to reject modern life, but to walk beside it. Gently, consciously, one patient at a time.
We leave you with grounded wisdom from Dr. Shruti on three essentials of everyday wellness - digestion, skin, and immunity.
For Skin:
If your skin is dry and not acne-prone, she recommends daily facial oil massage. “Start with coconut oil if you’re unsure. It’s better than most serums.”
For Digestion:
Match your gut type to a simple herbal decoction:
Vata/bloating: Jeera + Saunf
Pitta/acidity: Dhaniya + Methi seeds
Kapha/lethargy: Dry ginger + black pepper
Boil, strain, sip - a basic ritual that can reset the gut.
For Immunity:
“There’s no shortcut like exercise,” she emphasizes. “Just 15 minutes a day, even gentle movement builds inner strength.”
Imbalances are unique to each person and require customised treatment plans to curb the issue from the root cause fully. Book your consultation - download our app now!
