Spirit Sessions: Sex, Spirit & Self-Care (Katie Silcox)

Today’s episode is all about letting that sh!t go. Katie dives into the single most important spiritual practice for so many of us, surrender. Surrender is about admitting that we are actually not in control. When we can commit to the one spiritual practice that is to keep our hearts open, we are touching into the grace of surrender. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ What is surrender?

~ The importance of committing to keeping our hearts open and the magic that comes from it

~ What happens when we let go and begin to accept this blissful human life (Let’s be honest, this human life is not about getting everything we want while living in this dreamy realm)

~ What is really means to surrender your life to the divine

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for early bird registration! Get in now before prices go up by $500 after September 30

~ Click here to book a free coaching call about Ayurveda School

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Katie

Who doesn’t love sleep? And let’s be real, none of us experience perfect sleep 100% of the time. If you struggle with insomnia, experience daytime fatigue, or simply want better sleep, this episode is for you. Hear Katie discuss the two main types of insomnia, what to do to help yourself go to sleep or get back to sleep, and a simple yet effective breathwork practice to calm your mind during those restless nights. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Simple tools to help put your mind at ease when you can’t seem to shut your brain off

~ The best advice from The Sleep Doctor himself 

~ What to do and what not to do when you wake up in the middle of the night

Wishing you all sweet dreams and a peaceful night’s sleep <3

SPONSORED: This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. PAAVANI Ayurveda is a female-owned and family-run health and skincare company based in Northern California.

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Katie

If you’re a spiritual gal navigating the wild world of modern dating or you want to improve the health of your current relationship, don’t miss this episode! Last week we asked you, dear listener, to send us your questions about dating and relationships. This week, Katie and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Angelica Neri, answer your questions! They vulnerably share lessons they’ve learned and advice to help you develop healthy, conscious relationships.

Want to learn more about how to stay grounded in a sea of complicated human relationships? Register for our FREE Liberating Yourself from Family Archetypes webinar! Click here to join us live on December 13th or receive the replay!

This episode will also be airing on The Divine Feminine Healer's Podcast.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ What is a conscious relationship?

~ Are women more conscious and spiritual than men?

~ What if my partner isn’t spiritual?

~ The discord between our primal brains and dating apps

~ Why many people marry their “unfinished business”

~ The missing divine connection in most romantic relationships

~ Maintaining your sense of self in relationships

~ The matured inner masculine and inner feminine

~ How the chakras influence our romantic life

~ Signs you are (or aren’t) in a conscious relationship

~ Click here to learn more about our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Find Angelica's reiki certification program and other offerings on her website

~ Follow Angelica on Instagram

~ Angelica interviewing Katie on The Divine Feminine Healer's Podcast

~ Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

~ Read Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy!

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

Does your life have a deeper meaning than going through your same routine every day? If you are anything like Katie, the modern era of tech and linear time can be a straight-up straight-jacket sometimes. We need to return to the animal. The instinct. The wildness within that is ENCHANTED by the world around us. So, what do we do? Quit life and buy some land? Start a farm? Scream and run naked in the forest? Well, maybe. What can we do right now, in our own sacred lives, without burning it all down to the ground? 

Here is a quick, little love episode with an easy way to get there right now. It requires humility before the grandeur of your mind. A soft pillow to lay your head. And an attitude of reverence.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ The deeper purpose to all of our lives and how to connect with your soul

~ One of the ways collectivity and interrelatedness have been taken away from us

~ How to activate the deeper meaning inside of ourselves, our families, and our communities

~ How dreams are connected to the initiation into the realm of deeper meaning for your life

~ Click here to sign up for the Spirit Sessions Membership to attend the workshop with Dr. Blossom

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

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From my heart to your screen,

Katie

In this episode you’ll hear:

~A short and powerful meditation experience that may come in handy over the holidays in the swirl and whirl of nuclear family dynamics. What is in me that is eternal? That I can trust? That will NEVER leave me?! 

~Lineage of Love 2020 News

~Learn about the Lineage of Love

~Lineage of Love Gift Cards

~Less than 2 months to get into 2020 Ayurveda School! We’re filling up

~If you're interested in Ayurveda School book a call with Amaury or Lyndsay

This episode is sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family! They churn their butter in small batches. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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Katie

In this episode you’ll hear:

~The ripple effect of speaking gratitude 

~Background on Ayurveda’s text: the Ashtanga Hridayam

~Importance of applying these ancient teachings to modern life

~Why everyone should be studying the ancient scriptures and texts

~The Ashtanga Hridayam as the manual for how the body functions

~How agni is connected to the nervous system

~Ayurveda’s profound effect on state of being

~Nidhi’s morning routine

Links:

Nidhi’s Ashtanga Hridayam course with Shakti School: https://theshaktischool.com/ashtanga-hridayam/

Find Nidhi on Instagram: @my_ayurvedic_life

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

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You don’t want to miss this episode about the anxiety epidemic in the modern world. We end with a sweet little Body Yantra practice that you can use to reset yourself.

In this episode I discuss:

~My journey with anxiety and depression

~The power of naming something

~Anxiety is not a disease

~A PTSD Culture

~Why mental health is such a big deal in today’s world

~The Kali Yuga/the Time of a Quickening

~The nervous system and psychic constipation

~States of the nervous system

~Fear as present moment gripping

~Reality and the nervous system

~Fear can be healthy

~Anxiety vs Fear

~86,000 thoughts a day

~Samsara - the Wheel of Repetition

~Working in the Healing Arts

~The relationship between perfectionism and anxiety

~Pop meditation and anxiety

~Namaha: that’s not mine

~The Ayurvedic view of anxiety

~Constriction vs Spaciousness

~A special practice for anxiety

Learn more:

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Today, Katie is joined on the show by one of our beloved Shakti School teachers Lisa Marie Rankin to discuss a topic we’re all afraid to talk about, money!  On top of being an author, teacher, and Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, Lisa Marie is the ultimate business mama and we’re here to break down this taboo topic. Join Lisa Marie and Katie as they discuss the physiology of women and why we aren’t supposed to be in meetings around the clock, practical ways for women to start their business, and how to take responsibility for your own financial life.

This episode is a sneak peek into what Lisa Marie covers in Shakti School, so be sure to sign up for Level 1 Ayurveda School starting in January to go even deeper on this topic and all things spiritual Ayurveda and Tantra in 2024. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Why people, especially women are so uncomfortable talking about money

~ The bigger vision around the feminine way of doing business 

~ Why the traditional 9-5 and taking the linear path in life doesn’t always feel good in our bodies

~ How Lisa Marie helps people get clear on their passion and find their niche

~ Why your email list is so important and how to build it

~ How to use social media as a tool to share your offerings with your community

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Lisa Marie’s book: The Goddess Solution: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life

~ Connect with Lisa Marie on Instagram and on her website

~ Lisa Marie’s 10-week Radiant Goddess Program

~ Lisa Marie’s Book Club

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Here at The Shakti School we practice and teach Ayurveda a bit differently than other schools. Today on the pod, Kaite shares why it’s so important to balance the feminine and masculine approach when studying Ayurveda for women. Learn how feminine-form Ayurveda can help you unravel years of cultural conditioning, reclaim your feminine energy and rediscover how unique, beautiful and worthy you are!

Our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School kicks off in just 5 days! Click here to learn more and enroll now!

In this episode about Ayurveda for women, you’ll hear:

~ Enroll in our Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification Program before January 15th!

~ Download our free Feminine-Form Ayurveda Practices E-Book here!

~ What is feminine-form Ayurveda for women?

~ The importance of adapting Ayurvedic teachings to the time, people and place

~ The Ayurvedic definition of health

~ Your true essence according to Ayurveda

~ The thing that’s missing from most Ayurveda education

~ The source of most people’s suffering

~ Building self-love through Ayurvedic practices

~ How to start shadow work

~ What is self-abandonment?

~ The five elements of nature

~ Emotions are associated with each element

~ What’s your dosha?

~ The shadow side of each dosha

~ Awakening the life-affirming aspects of your dosha to fulfill your destiny

~ Check out our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda for Women!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Click here to book a free call with one of our coaches and see if Ayurveda School is right for you!

~ Email us: info@theshaktischool.com

~ Katie’s teachers Cristal Mortensen and Tara Brach

~ Poem by Jeff Foster, The Inner Mother

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

This is a podcast for any of you out there feeling like you need a reminder that magic still exists. And that the Spirit of the Season is alive and well. And that it’s also totally okay and normal to feel sad, nostalgic, lonely or just plain weird during the winter solstice. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Winter as a sense of deconstruction

~ Tension of opposites as it relates to ancestral meaning and death

~ Depth psychology and how it relates to myths and traditions like Santa Claus and mistletoe

~ What are teleological quests?

~ Darkness and how our ancestors compensated with light

~ The collective compensation mechanisms of our ancestors and how that informs our current seasonal and holiday rituals

~ Freud, pleasure and melancholy

~ Santa as the representation of wish-fulfillment, abundance and prosperity both seasonally and psychologically

~ What does the Electra Complex as proposed by Carl Jung have to do with Santa?

~ Book mentioned: https://bookriot.com/santa-claus-erotica/

~ Santa as an archetype

~ How rituals can protect us and bring us back into right relationship with the collective

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here’s your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you’ve ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for your own health journey or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need. 

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

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Katie

In this episode you’ll hear:

~The Healing Vortex vs The Trauma Vortex

~What is Spiritual Bypassing

~What’s Right Attention

~Valuing our past and pain

~Rewiring Attachment

~Polarization of the mind

~Beyond duality for embodiment

~Working with Earth energy

~Find Cristal Mortensen online at https://awarealignedawake.com/

~Book: The Great Coddling of the American Mind

~Upcoming Course: Deeper Dating & Relationships

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

Sponsored: This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. PAAVANI Ayurveda is a female owned and family run health & skincare company based in Northern California. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for 15% off your order.

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Katie

Whether you’re going through a breakup, divorce, job loss or grieving a loved one this episode is for you. Sometimes when we think we’re at our breaking point life throws us yet another huge curve ball. In this episode, Katie shares advice gleaned from recent and past heartbreaks to support you in your darkest moments. Learn breathing practices to process your feelings and find the meaning in your heartbreak so you can come out stronger on the other side!

Thank you to our girlfriends PAAVANI Ayurveda for sponsoring this episode! PAAVANI is women-owned and sources organic ingredients to create their mindfully formulated herbal offerings. Use the discount code SpiritSessions for 10% off your order at paavaniayurveda.com!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ How to deal with heartbreak

~ The opportunity within heartbreak

~ Letting go of the illusion of control

~ Lessons about heartbreak from Pema Chödrön

~ Opening to uncomfortable feelings without wallowing in them

~ Breathing practices to process heartbreak

~ The ancient Buddhist practice of Thong Lyn

~ Early bird pricing for the 2025 class of our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School is ending soon! Register here before October 31, 2024, to get the lowest price of the year!

Try some of our team's favorite PAAVANI products for fall! We love their Hydrate Blend Tea, Shatavari, Vata Spice Blend, Golden Milk, Ashwagandha, Coconut Milk Bath, and Vata Body Oil.

Other links and sources mentioned in this episode:

~ The work of Dr. Robert Svoboda

~ 1st Poem: “Absolutely Clear” by Hafez Shirazi

~ 2nd Poem: “The Sea and the Bells” by Pablo Neruda

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy is available now!

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

{Bootleg} Broadcast LIVE from Ashville Yoga Festival!

A lecture on the basics of Ayurveda // including a love story of how the Universe was created. Understand the five elements, Doshas and how you can return to your own true nature through detox, metabolic integrity and building your natural state of wellness, sexuality and immunity. 

This broadcast includes a little practice you can follow along to at home <3

In this episode you'll learn about:

~Metabolism

~Agni, Ama, Ojas

~Detox mechanisms

~Sexuality

~The Goddess as Beyoncé =P

Learn more:

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Katie

In this episode I discuss:

~My story with food

~Our desire for health (Swashthya)

~The Tantric practice of Truth: holding paradoxical qualities all at once

~Book: Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life by Dr Claudia Welch

~Food & Our Emotions

~Our innate intelligence

~Intuitive Eating VS Cravings and Binge Eating

~The importance of food preparation

~Swashthya: Being seated in the heart, “health”

~Getting into the God Body

~Lineage of Love Free Trial!

~I’m in LOVE with Triphala and Shatavari by ApotheKary and their Kits!! They’re an Ayurvedic inspired apothecary that mixes small-batch potions.  Use discount code GHEESPOT10 to get a bottle from ApotheKary.co

Further Reading:

Feeding the Hungry Heart by Geneen Roth

Women Food and God by Geneen Roth

Also check out my food psychology book list here: https://www.theshaktischool.com/books-we-love/

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In today’s episode, Kate dives into a topic that’s been on her heart for years, Ayurveda Fundamentalism! Many of us live in polarized cultures and have a fundamentalist mindset that, when applied to Ayurveda and our spiritual path, limits our healing and growth. We get caught up in the rules of Ayurveda and lose sight of its heart and true purpose. Tune in to learn how to spot the signs of Ayurveda Fundamentalism and come away with a fresh, more holistic view of these ancient teachings!

Ready to go deeper? The next student to register for the 2025 class of our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School will get all their textbooks and one year of our Spirit Sessions membership free!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ What is Ayurveda Fundamentalism?

~ How viewing Ayurveda as a rulebook limits your healing

~ Why many of us have a fundamentalist perspective of Ayurveda

~ The most important thing to keep in mind on your spiritual path

~ Moving beyond dualistic thinking to grow spiritually

~ How to identify if you have a fundamentalist worldview

~ What is ‘dirty charisma’ and how to avoid it

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ The Fundamentalist Mindset by Charles B. Strozier (Editor), David M. Terman, and James W. Jones

~ Dr. John Douillard’s Ayurvedic smoothie recipes

~ Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda

~ The work of Joseph Cambell

~ The Charaka Samhita

~ Sandiya Ramaswami

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s NYT bestselling book Healthy, Happy, Sexy

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy is also available now!

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

We have a very exciting episode today as Katie is joined by the one and only Dr. Steven Gundry. Dr. Gundry is a cardiothoracic surgeon, a heart surgeon, a medical researcher, and a New York Times best-selling author. Tune in to hear Katie and Dr. Gundry discuss what led Dr. Gundry from being a heart surgeon to where he is today, the reason young adults are suffering from gut issues and chronic fatigue but the older generation isn’t, and Dr. Gundry’s infamous advice to women who struggle with people who don’t take them seriously.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ An inspiring story about Dr. Gundry’s patient, Big Ed, ultimately leading Dr. Gundry to change the trajectory of his career

~ The concept of uncoupling your mitochondria, why you want your mitochondria uncoupled, and specific fats that bring about this mitochondrial supercharging

~ Why you should worry about the quality and not quantity of the fat you are ingesting, and why Americans have it all wrong

~ The role of polyphenols and why they are important for our health (p.s. Get your hands on some cloves!)

~ Dr. Gundry’s non-negotiables in his daily life that keep him looking young and vibrant

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is currently at the lowest price it will be! Use discount code HotGirlSummer for $100 off any of the payment options at registration

~ You can connect with Dr. Gundry at drgundry.com and gundrymd.com, via Instagram @drstevengundry, and The Dr. Gundry Podcast

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

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Katie

In many regions of India, the herb triphala is considered a cure-all! Scientific studies have shown that triphala can help improve digestion, reduce inflammation, stabilize blood sugar levels, support liver heath and much more. It’s no surprise that triphala is Katie’s favorite Ayurvedic herb! Tune in to learn about the benefits of triphala and how to incorporate this powerful herb into your life!

Wondering where to get your triphala? Our girlfriends over at PAAVANI Ayurveda have everything you need to help integrate Ayurvedic wisdom seamlessly into your day! From a wonderful Triphala churna, to dosha-specific spice blends, to abhyanga oils, PAAVANI has something for everyone this fall.

Use the discount code SpiritSessions for 10% off your order at paavaniayurveda.com!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ There’s less than a week left to get Early Bird pricing on our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School! Register here before October 31, 2024, to save $500 on tuition!

~ Join us for a FREE online Sacred Halloween Ceremony on October 31st! Sign up here!

~ What is triphala?

~ Why this herb is so important in India

~ The benefits of triphala

~ Haritaki, amalaki and bibhitaki

~ The mythology of triphala

~ Traditional uses in India

~ Triphala’s action on each dosha - vata, pitta, kapha

~ The six tastes in Ayurveda

~ Why this herb is excellent for those who love to travel

~ Where to buy high-quality triphala… from our friends at PAAVANI!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

P.S. This is a NO-JUDGMENT zone over here at Shakti School. We 100% support a woman’s right to make her own beauty decisions and support our Botoxed Beauties as much as anyone. In fact, thousands of years of history show us that women will go to great lengths to beautify themselves. And while beautification methodology is very much a personal choice, women deserve to be educated on the effects of Botox on their social nervous system. So whether you are a Botox-queen or a natural-only mama, let’s release judgment and dive in deep in this not-to-be-missed pod.  

Show notes available at theshaktischool.com/podcast

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ The idea of embodied cognition 

~ The importance of our social nervous system and the ventral vagal complex

~ What natural living fundamentalism is and how it relates to wellness culture (p.s. We love a Vitamix ;))

~ The importance of our micro musculatures for regulating mood states

~ How botox can not only affect the way other people perceive your emotions, but also impact the emotional experience of the person who had the injection

~ Studies can be found at the following links: https://academic.oup.com/asj/article/40/4/430/5418602?login=false

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20515231

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3379579

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25694806/

SPONSORED: This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. PAAVANI Ayurveda is a female-owned and family-run health and skincare company based in Northern California.

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From my heart to your screen,

Katie

In this episode you’ll hear:

~The Western medicine and Ayurveda connection

~Integration of Ayurveda in modern times

~Thoughts on spiritual bypassing

~Why finding hope is difficult during times of trauma

~The primal brain’s innate wisdom and intuition

~How to access your inner voice and emotional body

~Drawing boundaries in relationships 

~Trust-falling into the emotional body as a life guide

~Finding alignment to usher in high-vibrational experiences

~Daily practices to commit to one’s own heart

~ Find Siva online: ayurvedabysiva.com

~Siva’s Resolving Internal Conflict Course

~Siva’s Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers and Students: Bringing Ayurveda into Your Life and Practice Book

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This week on the podcast, Kaite chats with licensed psychotherapist and yoga teacher Ashley Turner. They share candidly about the beautiful and ugly parts of their spiritual journeys. Learn how to recognize when your shadow is running the show and how to deeply accept and work with the parts of yourself that you want to hide. By moving beyond spiritual materialism and into a higher level of awareness we can show up in our lives with more confidence and less insecurity!

Join Katie and Ashley as they deep dive into the intersection of Yoga, Buddhism, Tantra, and Jungian psychology in this conversation about how to take our spiritual awareness to the next level.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for registration, at the lowest early bird tuition price! Early bird prices are active through October 31st, so get in this month to save! Click here to learn more, register, or book a call with a graduate of the program. Payment plans abound!

~ What does “to heal” actually mean?

~ Why Katie is a Jungian psychology PhD dropout

~ How to start integrating all the parts of yourself

~ Tools to expand your awareness beyond spiritual materialism

~ What does “shadow work” mean?

~ How to work with your shadow

~ What is a healthy, balanced ego

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Ashley’s online yoga & mental health platform, The Haven

~ Connect with Ashley on Instagram and on her website

~ Ashley’s teacher Mona Miller

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Katie speaks to the Harvard studies on listening. We may think we are great listeners, but most of us could use some tips! Learn why being a great listener is also good for you, as well as techniques and meditative embodied methods that help you become a great listener. It truly is the medicine we need now in our polarized world!

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ The power of listening to connect with others

~ How social media could be hindering our ability to be truly seen and heard

~ Tangible benefits of being a good listener, backed up by studies from Harvard

~ Katie shares some personal anecdotes as it relates to listening 

~ Great listening involves being present in your own body

~ How nonverbal communication matters for both listening and speaking 

~ Actionable ways we can practice better listening

~ Katie teaches an energy practice for intentional capacity building and deep listening

~ Join Katie and The Shakti School for the Embodied Ayurveda + Mystical Mind live in-person and virtual retreat May 6th and 7th. Live spaces are filling up fast, so register now to get in! Payment plan options available.

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Female founded PAAVANI Ayurveda is an artisan line of small-batch, pure, organic health & skincare products formulated in Northern California. 

Handcrafted with the wisdom of Ayurveda, these gals seek to raise conscious awareness of the whole by practicing the philosophy of ahimsa or nonviolence in making their products. This means that their offerings are certified cruelty free and vegan and that PAAVANI carefully selects herbal ingredients that are sustainable, ensuring that plant medicine is abundant for future generations. 

In addition to mindful formulations, PAAVANI Ayurveda packages their products in glass to maintain the integrity of their herbal ingredients. Additionally, their labels are printed on recycled paper stock, using water-based inks that generate little to no paper waste & no harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). 

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Katie

In this episode I discuss:

~What the heck is a fat free burger?

~A dream about Ghee

~The truth about Fat

~How Ghee is healing and why Fat is your friend

~A fat-free lifestyle is a sex-free lifestyle.

~The mama energy

~The nectar of love

~Ghee as a Gut Balm

~Ghee moisturizer I love!

~Other Ghee products for the body: Banyan’s Beauty Balm, other balms

~How Ghee effects different tissues in your body

~How Ghee effects our fertility

~Ghee as a metaphor for love

~The use of Ghee in detoxification

~How to MAKE Ghee!

~Lineage of Love Free Trial!

~We have new friends in the Ahara Ghee family! Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

Studies Cited:

~Harvard Study: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/is-butter-really-back/

~Fats: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/know-your-fats/the-skinny-on-fats/

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In this episode I discuss:

~ What “God mud wrestles me in the closet” means

~The infinite Yoga

~Dissolving the layers that polarize us

~The paradoxical aspects of life

~Our need to know what’s “good/right” or “bad/wrong”

~The idealized self-image

~How our kids learn from us

~A look at our petty tyrants

~What it means to come home to YOUR heart

~Tapping into the soft pain of our vulnerabilities

~The channel of “I See You”

~How our soft pain leads the way to our true self

~Lineage of Love Free Trial!

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Katie

In this episode you’ll hear:

~The part of you that is freaking out VS who you really are

~Katie reads from her favorite soul-reminder resources on LOVE during challenges  - The Gita, The Sutras, the Bible and poets of India 

~Some practical education on vitamins, herbs and supplements we are leaning into over here at The Shakti School 

~What love can do in the time of Covid

~A Lovenote from Katie from the blog

~Move your body and get nervous system support: 

Products mentioned:

~Neti pot neti pot neti pot

~Oils to the ears and nose.

~Echinacea, turmeric, tulsi* and my go-to for feeling yuck is Wellness Formula (which is incredible and full of all the good anti-virals and vitamins)

~Zinc. An abundance of evidence has shown the antiviral activity of zinc against a variety of viruses.

~Reishi and Astragalus. Both very well-known adaptogens and immune-protection.

Books & Media:

~The Living Gita: The Complete Bhagavad Gita

~The Heart of God

~Gregg Braden video

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Katie

A special Christmas bonus episode! This is a lovely meditation from my Body Yantra™ practice.

Happy Holy-Days!

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~ What is Soma?

~ The teaching of the Motherly

~ The energy of the Moon

~ How to merge the Traditional + Modern

~ Beauty standards

~ Self acceptance and discipline in the self-care space

~ The work of extraction

~ Ignorance as bondage + inner insight

~ What Self-Care is and is not in Ayurveda

Find Indu Online:

~ SOMA - eBook on Amazon

Indu’s Upcoming Self-Care Series:

~ Energize: https://yogsadhna.com/upcoming/details/self-care_series_-_energize 

~ Beautify: https://www.yogsadhna.com/upcoming/details/self-care_series_-_beautify 

~ Restore: https://www.yogsadhna.com/upcoming/details/self-care_series_-_restore 

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Are you ready to align with your wildest dreams and invite more magic into your life? In this episode, Katie is joined by personal growth coach, author, and manifestation maestro, Summer McStravick. Over two decades ago Summer created a powerful manifestation and personal healing technique called Flowdreaming. Katie and Summer discuss the parallels between Tantric manifestation techniques and Flowdreaming, limiting beliefs, self-worth, and those deepest desires we just can’t seem to manifest! Tune in to learn Summer’s step-by-step manifestation process!

Today’s episode is sponsored by our friends at PAAVANI! Take 10% off your first order on paavaniayurveda.com with the code 'SHAKTIPOWER'.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ What is Flowdreaming

~ Why emotion is your strongest, most powerful manifestation tool

~ Things that limit your ability to manifest

~ How to fully own and open to your desires while also letting them go

~ How to create an ‘acquiring aura’

~ Ready to go deeper? Registration for the 2025 class of our year-long Ayurveda School is now open!

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Connect with Summer on her Website, Instagram, and YouTube

~ Listen to Summer’s podcast, Flowdreaming: Still Kinda Woo Woo

~ Follow the Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy is available now!

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ What does it mean to be wild?

~ How Kimberly found her wild calling

~ How somatic work felt different

~ How her yoga practiced changed

~ What embodied somatic yoga could feel like

~ Somatic vs psychotherapy

~ Why yoga can’t solve everything

~ Psychology vs spirituality

~ How to prioritize sensations over the verbal

~ Social media and the social nervous system

~ What a healthy social nervous system looks like

~ The nervous system states of social conflicts

~ Predator vs Prey states

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

Sponsored: This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. PAAVANI Ayurveda is a female owned and family run health & skincare company based in Northern California. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for 15% off your order.

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The fall to winter transition is here, and now is the time to tune inward and take advantage of this winter energy. It’s time to understand our external dynamics and get in alignment with them. After all, that is what Ayurveda is all about. In this episode, Katie shares with us her hot tips on building winter immunity, and ways to thrive in the wintertime. If you aren’t a fan of these darker months, we hope this episode can bring you some helpful tips to flourish this season.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Practical tips to make this winter as immune-building as possible

~ Why a thermos will become your best friend this season

~ Self-care practices to cultivate, including all things oil massage

~ Recommended foods and supplements for winter wellness

~ The importance of being outside first thing in the morning

~ Practices to reset your nervous system and lower your stress levels

~ Why sleep is the medicine of the winter

~ Ways to honor this season through prayer and dreamwork

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here’s your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you’ve ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for yourself or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need. 

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

~ Join Katie over at The Breath Source for more healing breathwork focused on subtle energy, the parasympathetic nervous system and heart-centered spirituality.

~ Some of Katie’s favorites to get you through this winter:

Winter Oil

Ashwagandha powder

Ginger powder

Astragalus

Echinacea

Zinc

Omega-3

L-Glutamine

Thermos

Huberman’s Sleep

Katie’s sleep cocktail recipe:

Magnesium 3-4mg

L-Theanine - 2-4mg

Gaba - 150mg

Glycine - 2g

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~Working with grief, fear and anger in these trying times

~Bowing to Corona Devi

~The virus as a goddess with healing potential

~The Devi Mahatmya prayer

~The importance of Bhakti - love and devotion to something bigger than self 

~There’s no more going back to normal—and why that’s a blessing

~The time of trauma release

~How the patriarchal + colonial mindset has influenced modes of yoga and our bodies 

~The Buddha is the sangha - how our healing will come from the community 

~Poets, seers and the healing role of the senses

~Katie’s favorite gospel guru: Tasha Cobbs Leonard - listen to You Know My Name

~Find Scott Online: https://www.doctorblossom.com/

"Our anxiety comes from the desire to have things be different. There's going to be the day after the election. And the day after that. We need to be present to what is regardless of the outcome you want. My ancestors had to prepare themselves over and over again for moving toward a freedom that was nowhere in sight. We prepare for life as it unfolds, not our ideal image of it. That is literally the only path forward." — Rev. angel Kyodo williams 

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Beyond the woo! Join Katie for a discussion on energy and why we need it in our ever-more disembodied world. This podcast includes a short meditation on learning to distinguish the layers of who you are - physical, mental and energetic. 

Also, join us for a DEEP dive into Energy Medicine 101, with Katie's mentor, Cristal Mortensen and her new Shakti School course. Learn more about our Energy 101 course here. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ The importance of simplifying our practices

~ The central focus of the work we do inside The Shakti School

~ Ways in which we experience duality

~ One of the most important ways of knowing

~ What is energy and how to work with it

~ A practice from Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy that will allow you to drop your energy down to the earth and ground yourself

~ Link to learn more and register for the Energy 101 course with Cristal Mortensen: https://theshaktischool.com/energy-101-with-cristal-mortensen/

~ GLOW-WORTHY book pre-sale is available now!! Order your copy NOW here: theshaktischool.com/glow-worthy-book/ 

~ Early bird registration is now open for 2024 Ayurveda School! Register now to take advantage of the lowest tuition prices and payment plans.

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Inspired by the scrunchy, silky and crunchy mom TikTok trends, Katie describes the three types of students we have at The Shakti School. A truly powerful woman knows who she is and has explored her light, her dark and everything in between. Tune in to get to know yourself on a deeper level! Then send Katie a message on Instagram or Facebook to let her know if you’re a scrunchy, silky or crunchy woman!

Join us for a year of deep inner work in our Feminie-Form Ayurveda School! Click here to learn more and enroll in our 2025 class!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ Wondering if Ayurveda School is right for you? Book a free call with one of our coaches here.

~ What are a scrunchy mom, a silky mom and a crunchy mom?

~ Are you a scrunchy, silky, or crunchy woman?

~ The gifts and shadow side of each personality type

~ Advice for starting or continuing your Ayurveda studies

~ Perfectionism’s dark side

~ The Buddhist concept of the middle path

~ The age of Kali Yuga

~ Why passion always comes with imbalance

~ Learn more about Ayurveda School

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Article in The Cut: Are You a Silky Mom, a Crunchy Mom, or a Scrunchie Mom?

~ Movie: Tommy Boy with Chris Farley

~ Katie’s latest book: Glow-Worthy is also available now!

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

In this episode I discuss:

~My story with Christianity and the dilemma many Christian folks face in the new spiritual era ⠀⠀

~The time I moved to India to study yoga

~What is Christ consciousness?

~Whatever works to get you expanded

~The question of sex in Christianity

~Find us on instagram to continue the conversation: katiesilcox_shaktischool

~The viral blog post I wrote 6 years ago about my bible study experience

~Lineage of Love Free Trial!

~Our new lady biz partnership is with PAAVANI AYURVEDA. I did my Ayurveda training with the founders. They have some really lovely and powerful Ayurvedic skincare products. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for a discount!

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We have another special guest-led episode this week with author, Ayurvedic counselor, and Shakti Ayurveda School teacher, Lisa Marie Rankin. Lisa hosted this ‘author talk’ featuring Katie and Healthy, Happy, Sexy. Tune in to the discussion on a myriad of topics and some practical ways for supporting yourself spiritually and emotionally.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ How our lineage roots inform our current energies

~ What is Svastha?

~ How to balance between the feminine and the masculine

~ The heart field as the feminine lodge 

~ Katie’s take on the word ‘happy’ and it’s deeper meaning

~ Internal conflict and emotions

~ How can you create ease if you have a chaotic lifestyle? 

~ Supporting ourselves by being able to hold the chaos and move spirit through ourselves in the moment

~ Why is it so hard to change our habits?!

~ You can find Lisa Marie Rankin’s book The Goddess Solution here and find her at LisaMarieRankin.com

~ Get on the waitlist for Lisa's 10-week Divine Feminine Ayurveda program to increase your energy, boost your radiance, and ignite your sensuality.
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~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here’s your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you’ve ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for your own health journey or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need. 

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

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In this special episode, we’re giving you a sneak peek inside our Ayurveda School! Katie teaches about the Ayurvedic concept of agni in this lecture from our 2023 program. Agni is typically described as our digestive fire, however, this master teaching applies to much more than reducing bloating and getting the perfect poop! When in balance, the transformational fire of agni softens your defenses and ego to reveal the truth of who you really are. Learn how balancing your agni empowers you to transform ignorance and confusion into clarity and truth.

Want to see the video of this special class? You can watch it here on our YouTube channel!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ Join us LIVE on July 30th for our FREE Summer of Love Webinar. Click here to register!

~ The deeper meaning of agni

~ What does your digestion have to do with your childhood and relationships?

~ Practicing agni sadhana to burn away ignorance and touch the truth

~ Walking the path of fire
~ Calming the mind and nervous system so we can access the soul

~ How to step out of the feeling narrative

~ Why the ego becomes more solid and how to soften it

~ Learn more about our year-long Ayurveda School here. This month only, get $100 off your tuition and a free year of our Spirit Sessions membership when you register before July 31st using discount code HotGirlSummer!

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy is available now!

~ Katie’s teacher Crystal Morrison

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This week, Katie dives into the potent energetics of fall. Learn why fall is the best time to reignite, rethink, and revisit your life vision. As the leaves fall and surrender to the ground, we too can let go of old patterns and transform into something new. 

Katie shares Ayurvedic lifestyle practices, foods, and herbs to support your health and boost your immunity this fall! Deepen your spiritual practice and build immunity by aligning your daily routines with the energetics of Fall. This episode is an excerpt from the free Fall Routines & Rituals webinar we hosted last month. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ LAST CALL for early bird tuition rates! Prices for Ayurveda School go up on November 1st, so get in now if you want to deep-dive into spirit and holistic health in 2024. Click here to learn more, register, or book a call with a graduate of the program. 

~ Katie’s #1 tool for boosting your immunity this fall!

~ How the seasons are our teachers

~ Why fall is the best season to get deep spiritual insight

~ What are the Pitta and Vata doshas and how do they relate to fall?

~ Lifestyle practices, foods, and herbs to fight the fall blahs

~ How to practice lymphatic self-massage

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Trace Minerals

~ Fall Rituals & Routines PDF

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In this episode I discuss:

~How to feel really good this summer

~Ayurvedic tips for early summer

~Paavani’s Cool & Calm tea blend

~The magic Sweet taste

~My sweet potato & carrot smoothie recipe

~What to eat in the early summer

~Rose petal jam is SO good to work with, this one’s my favorite

~The BEST face mask recipe

~Get my FREE Divine Feminine Ayurveda Mini-Course!

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~My experience teaching yoga in the Bay area

~The yoga industry today

~Yoga as a calling

~Why spirit workers need to get paid

~How yoga teachers get paid for classes

~How to thrive as a yoga teacher

~Less than 4 weeks to get into 2020 Ayurveda School! Join the next crew of courageous and wonderful women.

~If you have questions about Ayurveda School you book a call with Amaury or Lyndsay

This episode is sponsored by ApotheKary! A boutique apothecary offering Ayurvedic inspired herbs and blends. Their kits make holiday shopping super easy with curated sets of wellness products based on one's Dosha or health concern. Try the You Gut This Set! Use promocode GHEESPOT10 for 10% off your entire order.

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~How we don’t get hydrated

~What we can learn from desert dwellers and hunter/gathers about hydration

~The newly discovered 4th stage of water!

~How to get deeply hydrated

~Taking stock of your water contaminants

~Get to know your tap water, read the blog article about the importance of water 

~The BEST trace minerals that are easy to add to your water

~The best way to get your body to retain water

~How to get structured water into your body

~Join us at our next live training the summer of 2020, BHAKTI!

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Katie dishes on being an intensity addict and her journey to recovery and signs you may also be an intensity addict. The great news is that there are ways to come out of this and to help uncover the psycho emotional and energetic addictions that may be the driving force.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Begin the episode with a talk on Up-leveling your 2022 with Level 1 Ayurveda School

~ Sign up for The Shakti School Newsletter list

~ Brahmana and Langhana

~ Katie’s journey being an ‘intensity addict’

~ Signs YOU might be one

~ How to honor our drama and intensity without becoming addicted

~ How to come out of it: first step is noticing, second is cultivating a neutral base

~ Being okay with neutral and even “boring” as a pathway to reawakening our simple pleasure power

~ Free webinar with Katie on January 2nd 

~ Book a call with the Shakti School team here

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~The legacy of the 2020 eclipses

~Spiritual cleansing of the unconscious and ancestral karma

~The joining of Jupiter & Saturn in Capricorn

~Pluto: the generational planet moves

~Energy for the beginning and end of the year

~A 20-year intention with Jupiter in Aquarius

~Find Katy online at https://www.drkatyjane.com/

~And on Instagram: @drkatyjane

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~  The capacity we have in our bodies to use sexual energy as a manifestation technology

~ Accessing our full magnetism and manifestation powers through the Prana body

~ How to practice communing with your body 

~ Our sexual longing and pulsation of desire to expand

~ Sexual sovereignty

~ Physical pleasure and procreative power as spiritual magic 

~ Solo sex and the realm of subtle magnetism

~ Use coupon code SHAKTILOVE for 10% off at ForiaWellness.com

~ Want more on Sex Magick? Join Spirit Sessions for a 2 hour workshop on manifesting with subtle sexual energy

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In this episode I discuss:

~Yummy Ghee Recipes Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your Ghee!

~What is Vitamin B.S.?

~Sunlight as informationational download

~The science behind sunlight

~Foresting bathing 

~Science of nature therapy

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Finding Peace in Chaos + Rad Lil' Bones Meditation

There is a lot shifting culturally right now. How can we remember there is a part of us that is always at peace with nothing with we need to FIX in order to recognize?

In this episode I talk about:

~ Working with and meditating in the bones

~ Feelings and self worth

~ Relating to the macrocosm

~ Wanting to “fix” our feelings

~ Peace

~ Uncovering our innate vibrational nature

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~A crisis or an opportunity

~The world view of jyotish right now (vedic astrology)

~Jyotish as a sister science of Ayurveda

~The vedic understanding of the mind/body complex

~The end of The Enlightenment Period

~Your role in the manifestation of the divine, “karma”

~The Snake of Time configuration in vedic astrology

~The planets involved with Covid

~What do we believe in as a culture?

~Starting a new cycle: Pluto 

~Ketu and Covid

~Quarantine in India

~Protecting the mind

~Find Katy online at https://www.drkatyjane.com/

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In this episode, Katie dished with spirit-infused dating expert Lisa Holden, who is here to make dating fun! When she’s not writing up her dating experiences for outlets like Popsugar and Marie Claire, she offers 1:1 dating hype sessions to light up your single life and help everyone make the most of their dating adventures. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ All about Lisa’s fascinating background growing up in a spiritual community and how it informed her current life’s work

~ The current state and culture of dating and how dating has been reinvented in the digital age

~ Dating is supposed to be fun! And ways to make it more fun

~ Energy work during dates as a way to more deeply get to know inner self and states that you hold

~ How coming to dates as your authentic self can attract people and creates a deep love within

~ Vulnerability and how it is earned, not a right

~ Lisa’s ultimate dating tip when you don’t have a lot of dating prospects

~ How our limiting beliefs when it comes to dating can hold you back from meeting someone amazing

~ Something every person should do before going on a date that may surprise you..

~ Ancient Tantric wisdom on how we hold sexual energy in our organs

~ Tips for gracefully exiting a bad date

~  Follow @lisaaholden across all social channels and learn more at www.lisaaholden.com 

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is currently at the lowest price it will be! Use discount code HotGirlSummer for $100 off any of the payment options at registration

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~A ritual to begin meetings

~The importance of The Words Before All Else

~Thanksgiving Address for $6 from Mohawk Craft Shop at Kanatsiohareke, (518) 673-2534

~Thanksgiving Address from The Tracking Project

~Thanksgiving Address on Amazon

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~The goal is to keep the goal the goal

~Smarana: remembering our wisdom

~Paradox and reality: throwing who we are now into the fire

~What maladaptive behavior is and how to leverage it

~The role of surrender and self-care

~Less than 3 weeks to get into 2020 Ayurveda School! Join the next crew of courageous and wonderful women.

~If you have questions about Ayurveda School you book a call with Amaury or Lyndsay

This episode is sponsored by ApotheKary! A boutique apothecary offering Ayurvedic inspired herbs and blends. Their kits make holiday shopping super easy with curated sets of wellness products based on one's Dosha or health concern. Try the Glow Baby Glow Set! Use promocode GHEESPOT10 for 10% off your entire order.

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In this episode we discuss:

~How we’ve become discounted in the name of science and rationality

~Navigating spirituality and modern life demands

~Signs of auto-immune trouble

~Releasing stress from our structure 

~Modernising Ayurveda for today

~Is raw food anti-Ayurvedic?

~What does it actually mean to move from a place of love and joy?

~How to receive - the law of reciprocity

~Vulnerability in being a teacher and public speaker

~Find Cate online at yogahealer.com

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~The power of a new year

~Why you don’t need a New Year’s resolution

~Present moment awareness

~The social dilemma

~Interested vs Interesting

~Boundary grief

~Inspiration from Rumi

~Book: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

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It’s likely we have all apologized at some point in our lives, but are you doing it with authenticity? Katie delves into how we can deliver an authentic apology or make amends with a step-by-step process. Apologizing and repairing with integrity can foster dignity, freedom and self-respect for both yourself and the person you may have wronged.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Etymology and root meaning of the word ‘apology’

~ How to deliver an authentic apology and an outlined process to do so

~ How to identify where we’ve gone wrong by witnessing a shadowy part we may be in denial of

~ The importance of decentering oneself when making amends with another

~ Katie outlines helpful steps and basic script for repairing and genuinely apologizing

~ Simplicity and specificity are key in this process

~ GLOW-WORTHY pre-sale is available now!! Order your copy NOW here: theshaktischool.com/glow-worthy-book/ 

~ Early bird registration is now open for 2024 Ayurveda School! Register now to take advantage of the lowest tuition prices and payment plans.

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In this episode I discuss:

~ApotheKary’s Classics Set

~Why do we need Ayurveda’s perspective?

~What is intermittent fasting?

~A quick history of fasting

~When to do a fasting

~Different styles of fasting

~Different types of adipose tissue

~Where we store toxins

~Who should note fast

~Benefits of fasting

~Interested in Ayurveda school? Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~Brain spotting: how where you look affects how you feel

~Healers, Ancestors and our Innocence

~Herman Hesse poem on trees

~Who can hold your heart

~Healer folk and the quality of our presence

~The power of being a witness and being witnessed

~Attachment in our physiology

~The link between Ayurveda and Attachment theory

~Why you can’t do your healing via social media

~Find Vanessa online at https://www.kindredtreehealing.com/

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Do you want to create more healthy relationships with your partner, family, co-workers and friends? In today’s episode, Katie shares a powerful framework for understanding your patterns in relationships, the Drama Triangle. It’s time to shine a light on the unconscious patterns that are sabotaging your relationships so you can get out of the Drama Triangle!

Ayurveda School is in session! Click here to learn more and start studying Ayurveda today!

In this episode about the Drama Triangle, you’ll hear:

~ An invitation to study with us in Ayurveda School!

~ What is the Drama Triangle?

~ Psychiatrist Stephen Karpman

~ Are there really so many narcissists?

~ The danger of labeling and “othering” people

~ Dissolving the labels you’ve given yourself

~ Characteristics of our inner victim, perpetrator and rescuer

~ Carl Jung's theory of projection

~ How to identify when you’re projecting

~ The Vedic concept of Samsara

~ How to recognise when you’re playing the victim, perpetrator or rescuer in your relationship

~ Examples of common dysfunctional relationship patterns

~ How to break free from the Drama Triangle

~ The Jungian concept of self-integration

~ How to develop more mature, healthy relationships

~ Awareness as a digestive enzyme

~ Taking radical responsibility for our feelings

~ Get our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda for Women!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ 2025 Chakra Yoga Nidra Workshop: Study with Katie and other luminary teachers this fall in the Bahamas!

~ 2026 Chakra Yoga Nidra Retreat: Deep dive into the chakras with Katie as your guide in the beautiful Bahamas!

~ Sign up for our newsletter on our website

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

In this episode....

~My current obsession: Summer Date Shake Recipe

~You’ll need a blender, milk, and SPICES!

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*Please note that I had some tech issues initially, so the audio quality on the first few episodes is just ‘ok’. Hang tight, it gets better!

Here at The Shakti School, we’re all about embodying feminine-form Ayurveda, but what does that actually mean? What is feminine-form Ayurveda and why do we love it? In this episode, Katie takes you on a journey into the feminine, shamanic, spiritual and elemental roots of Ayurveda. She then leads you through a guided meditation to foster your connection with the most important medicine on the planet: Your Wise Woman Inner Healer.

Are you ready to truly embody feminine-form Ayurveda? Early bird pricing for the 2025 class of our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School ends on October 31st, 2024! Register here before the end of the month to save $500 on tuition!

This audio is from a session hosted by Christine Eck, founder of the Center for Sacred Window Studies. You can learn more about their programs and Conscious Postpartum Care by signing up for Christine’s free email course here and downloading her free ebook, The Universal Mother Principles.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ Sign up here for our Ayurvedic Wellness Coach certification before early bird pricing ends on October 31st! If you’d like to chat with someone about the program we invite you to book a FREE call with one of our coaches!

~ The definition of feminine-form Ayurveda

~ The HER-story and history of Ayurveda

~ How the five elements of nature are expressed within us physically, emotionally and spiritually

~ The Ayurvedic concepts of Sanātana Dharma and Prana Shakti

~ Why the purpose of an Ayurvedic lifestyle isn’t to achieve perfect health

~ What is the healing climate?

~ The difference between feminine-form Ayurveda and a masculine approach

~ What is intuition? 

~ Balancing Shiva and Shakti

~ A guided meditation to experience the elements

~ The Charak Samhita, a central Ayurvedic text

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

Other links and resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Learn more about The Center for Sacred Window Studies on their website

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

Join Katie and her dear mentor and friend Cristal Mortensen for a conversation about manifestation. Manifestation is both what we do and are, so by opening more deeply to our true selves, we can experience more of what we want in life. Learn why the common approaches to thinking and feeling your way to manifestation don’t work for most people, and what to do instead.

Cristal leads us through a powerful guided practice that you can use to begin manifesting today!

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ What is manifestation?

~ How our heart is the bridge between reality and limitless possibility

~ You are manifesting right now and all the time

~ How to honor the universal struggle of dissatisfaction, “not enough,” and inner poverty

~ The spontaneous arising of what we want vs. “forcing it”

~ Feeling difficult emotions without being swallowed by them

~ How desire and not having are two sides of the same coin

~ Why we don’t need to avoid negative thoughts and feelings to manifest

~ Why Katie calls herself a “recovering manifester”

~ How to liberate and loosen our perception of ourselves and the world

~ Experiencing the process of becoming (unmanifest to manifest)

~ How to manifest from feminine energy

~ The importance of the energetic, etheric realm in manifesting

~ Getting in touch with our deeper desires and questions

~ A guided practice to begin manifesting today!

~ Join us inside The Shakti School for Cristal’s 8-week course, Energy 101. Learn how to work with your body's energy to heal, vitalize and awaken to spirit! Moreover, this course will provide the framework for working with your own energy and bringing these techniques into your own healing arts practice while working with others.

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We’ve all felt the healing power of Ayurveda in our own lives, but what about our beloved pets? In this episode, Katie interviews canine wellness practitioner, certified educator, and Animal Chaplain Amanda Ree. Amanda founded her company, Sama Dog, to help create a world where wellness and compassion flourish for every living being. She invites us to “think outside the bag” when feeding our pets and describes how to apply our Ayurvedic self-care practices to our furry companions.

Learn how to strengthen the bond between you and your pet, and discover Amanda’s top tips to help your pooch thrive this winter!

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for registration! Join us to learn more from Amanda and our other amazing teachers!

~ How to identify your pet’s Dosha

~ Ayurvedic tips to support your pets through the winter

~ What a Vata imbalance looks like in your pet

~ How to create healthy boundaries with your pets

~ The root cause of most dog behavior issues

~ Ways to connect more deeply with your animal

~ How to easily level up your pet’s food

~ Why feeding your dog human food isn’t bad!

~ Exactly what Amanda feeds her pets

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Connect with Amanda on her website, Sama Dog

~ Amanda’s Quiz - Discover Your Dog’s Dosha

~ Amanda and Katie’s dogs eat The Farmers Dog. Use this link to try a FREE box of food!

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This special episode is the first part of a presentation by Dr. Kirsten Mackey in the Spirit Sessions Membership. Tune in to learn about connections between your tongue, nervous system and your health issues from an Osteopathic perspective. Join the Spirit Sessions Membership today for the full video lecture!

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Common health complaints linked to dysfunction of the tongue

~ The tongue and your brain- what is a homunculus?

~ The potential impact of braces/orthodontia on the mouth, face and nervous system

~ What is a frenulum? How and why it can cause issues

~ Where should your tongue be?

~ How to retrain the tongue using simple exercises

~ How tongue and facial structure impact our most vital nutrient- oxygen

~ How breathing impacts posture issues and chronic jaw, neck and back tension

~ Mouth breathing and why you want to address it

~ Become a member of Spirit Sessions Membership today to watch the full video lecture with slides AND get access to the full compendium of practices, meditations, lectures and workouts

~ Join Katie and The Shakti School for the Embodied Ayurveda + Mystical Mind live in-person and virtual retreat May 6th and 7th. Live spaces are filling up fast, so register now to get in! Payment plan options available.

~ To connect with Dr. Mackey, visit  drkirstenmackey.com for more information on her practice, upcoming events and about becoming a patient.

~ Reference article for this talk by Dr. Michelle Veneziano: "Your Swallow, Smile and Sleep are More Related Than You Think." https://www.michellevenezianodo.net/accessing-flow/2020/1/20/your-swallow-smile-and-sleep-are-more-related-than-you-think

This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. Use discount code SHAKTI15 at checkout for 15% off a one time purchase on paavaniayurveda.com

Female founded PAAVANI Ayurveda is an artisan line of small-batch, pure, organic health & skincare products formulated in Northern California. 

Handcrafted with the wisdom of Ayurveda, these gals seek to raise conscious awareness of the whole by practicing the philosophy of ahimsa or nonviolence in making their products. This means that their offerings are certified cruelty free and vegan and that PAAVANI carefully selects herbal ingredients that are sustainable, ensuring that plant medicine is abundant for future generations. 

In addition to mindful formulations, PAAVANI Ayurveda packages their products in glass to maintain the integrity of their herbal ingredients. Additionally, their labels are printed on recycled paper stock, using water-based inks that generate little to no paper waste & no harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). 

With every purchase made with PAAVANI Ayurveda, you are supporting a female founded, small business that strives to maintain the health of not only your skin, but also our earth. 

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~The archetype of Mary Magdalene in early Christian Mysticism

~Working with Prana, the feminine face of God

~A practice for being the goodness onto the world from Joan Norton

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In this episode I discuss:

~The fear of death

~The epidemic of gut health and chronic health issues

~Economic and health freedom

~Radical responsibility for our individual and collective health ecosystem

~Kapha breakdown: the gut, the earth of the body

~The vagus nerve/gut connection - who talks more?

~Dr. Zach Bush

~Farmer’s Footprint

~The soil issue

~The lie of Big Chemical

~The benefits of purified water

~The water purifier I love

~How to purify Kapha element in the body

~Treat complicated with simple

~A dry-brush I love

We have a new partner in ApotheKary, my friends started an ayurvedic wellness store! Our discount code is GHEESPOT10 for 10% off.

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In this episode I cover:

~A secrets of great digestion

~How to not feel bloated

~Feeling awesome in your belly

~Poophoria, getting your elimination down (pun-intended)

~My story with my intolerant, bloated tummy

~Why your body needs to know that You Mean Business

~What’s AMA and what happens in your body’s digestive system

~Your state of mind matters!

~The First Burp Yogini Principle

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*Please note that I had some tech issues initially, so the audio quality on the first few episodes is just ‘ok’. Hang tight, it gets better!

In this episode I discuss:

~Why autumn and fall are magical seasons

~Ayurveda fall tips

~What does it mean to have good Ojas in the fall?

~What we should eat in the fall

~Mate Straw I mentioned

~The important Ayurvedic routines for fall

~Breast as the spiritual life-force of giving

~Breast Balm I mentioned

~Neti pot and nasal oil (you can put the oil in your neti water along with the neti salt)

This episode is sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family! They churn their butter in small batches. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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We all put up walls and armor ourselves when we get hurt. This armor is often necessary to get through the day and show up for our work. However, sometimes the strategies we use to cover up our wounds hold us back in life. In today’s episode, Katie and Cat share why the wound is the way to true health and self-growth. Learn how to begin releasing your armor to uncover your true self!

Ayurveda School is now in session! Start studying Ayurveda today with immediate access to our first three classes. Click here to learn more and register!

This session was hosted by a dear friend of The Shakti School, Cat Pinfold, and was originally released on her podcast, The Spark Inside.

In this episode about the wound is the way, you’ll hear:

~ An invitation to study with us in Ayurveda School!

~ The unconscious, destructive ways we cover up our wounds

~ Wallowing in discomfort vs. building walls

~ How to identify the ways you armor yourself

~ Finding a place of non-judgment

~ The important role of the ego

~ Ways to balance the ego

~ Why the wound is the way to spiritual growth

~ Opening to pain without being consumed by it

~ Ayurvedic and Tantric practices to shed your armor

~ How to become more you

~ Get our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Follow Cat on Instagram

~ Learn more about our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

In this episode you’ll hear:

~My experience with online trolls

~The internet’s flaw

~Conduct over content

~Who has earned the right to criticize you?

~There is no effort without error and shortcoming

~Charged vs In charge

~The Tantra of feedback and learning

~Processing our wounded patterns

~Video: Brené Brown Talk

Save 15% on Banyan’s Stress Ease by visiting: banyanbotanicals.com/katie. And if you are curious about your unique ayurvedic mind-body constitution take Banyan’s free dosha quiz

This episode is also sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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Does it feel like something is missing from your life? Often what we’re missing is a connection to our soul and spirituality. In this episode, Katie is joined by author and dear friend Elaine Glass for an intimate conversation about the beauty and challenges of getting quiet and tapping into who you really are. They share simple steps you can take today to connect to your spirituality, hear the voice of your soul, and feel more empowered!

Elaine’s new book, Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are, is available now!

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ What does “being spiritual” actually mean?

~ How getting quiet can improve your health

~ How to connect with your spirituality daily

~ Why spirituality is a relationship

~ How to start hearing the voice of your soul

~ Why we’re often afraid to get quiet

~ The Ayurvedic concept of Swastha

~ Bravely following the voice of your soul when it's scary

~ How to begin calling in spiritual support

~ The soul definition of Dharma

~ Elain and Katie’s spiritual dating advice

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Elaine’s website: https://elaineglass.net/

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Registration for the 2025 class of our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School is open!

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In today’s solocast, Katie reflects on 200 episodes of the Spirit Sessions Podcast! She shares the most powerful life lessons she’s learned as a lifetime student of Tantra, Ayurveda, energy and all things spirituality. Tune in to learn about the Healing Climate, body-based magic and the importance of making time for ritual and ceremony in our lives.

Want to spend a whole year diving deeper into the themes Katie explores on the podcast? Our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School kicks off in just four weeks on January 15, 2025. Click here to learn more and register!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ IG post: What our students love about The Shakti School!

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about  Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Time is running out to secure your spot in the upcoming Level 1 Ayurveda Program

~ Why you’re inherently worthy of love

~ What is the healing climate?

~ Accessing the divine mother and the divine father

~ Mamsa dhatu AKA the tissue of youth

~ Prana as the foundation of life

~ Life lessons from the tantric path

~ Grounding your spiritual practices in the material world

~ The path of the yogi vs the lover

~ Life lessons about true self-love

~ Book a free call with one of our coaches to learn more about Ayurveda School!

Other link and resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Learn more about our Ayurvedic Wellness Coach certification course!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Read Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy!

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

This extra-special episode features The Shakti School’s Coaching Team and graduates of Ayurveda School, sharing their personal journeys into the depths, spirituality, healing, wellness and self-acceptance.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Malia shares her beautiful experience of how Ayurveda School found her

~ TaKisha shares about tapping into her intuition and inner-knowing and finding her gifts while moving through a heavy time in her life

~ Jackie shares the spark of inspiration that she found within the grandmother wisdom of Ayurveda and the map of feminine-form wisdom

~ Dominique shares her spiritual awakening that came surprisingly through a cartoon, and how it helped launch her path to seeking bliss and ease in her life

~ Netflix and cheesy television as a spiritual practice and how we can find God or Spirit in everything around us

~ Laurie speaks to being a ‘recovering perfectionist’ and how entering the world of feminine form Ayurveda and Tantra led her to discover that spirituality is in every moment of the day, including the mundane and little moments

~ Perhaps the goal isn’t to be free from the constraints of our minds and emotions, but to be awake to the awareness that can love all of you

~ Natalie shares about how touring with Disney on Ice for years perpetuated an unhealthy lifestyle of body and weight management, competition amongst the skaters and how it led her to lean into routines that support and nourish, and the flow of feminine-form medicine

~ Eva speaks about her experience with religion and the shift in her spiritual practice of today, which includes nature and experiencing it with all five senses, and how it connects her to the Divine

~ Eva shares how Shakti School helped her learn how to truly experience the full range of human emotions and process them using tools that she has learned and alchemize the experiences

~ The team shares the longings and desires that they hear from other women on calls

~ Head here to connect and book a conversation with any of the women on this call and find out if Shakti Ayurveda School may be right for you and the catalyst for change in your own life

Personal Offerings of The Shakti School Coaches

Laurie Riley’s Ayurvedic Coaching practice can be found at https://leitaayurveda.com/. Leita Ayurveda is ancient wisdom for mind, body and soul wellness, offering feminine-form Ayurveda and lifestyle + preventative healthcare.

Jackie DeConti is the founder of Madre & The Muse, an Ayurvedic wellness company, host of Elixir Podcast, and co-founder of Terra Sol Sanctuary, a yoga studio in Wilmington, NC. As an Ayurvedic health counselor, Jackie works within the realms of feminine-form Ayurveda to inspire and empower women - awakening the wisdom within. With a multifaceted background in education, yoga, art, and music, she offers one-on-one Ayurvedic wellness consultations, private and public workshops, and yoga teacher trainings. Find Jackie’s offerings at www.madreandthemuse.com 

Eva Peterson launched a new podcast called Happy Me Happy Earth last month! It's available anywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes every Tuesday. Eva also offers a life coaching program Becoming the Change. A program to support aspiring and experienced changemakers, activists, and advocates in creating the change they want to see in the world without sacrificing their health and well-being.

Natalie Wegenka launched her brand name on the island of Maui as Nai’a Veda, Nai’a is the Hawaiian word for dolphin. Nai’a Veda hosts cleanses every fall and spring and is hosting one at the end of October. She is also a certified sound practitioner and hosts yoga nidra sound baths with her alchemy bowls, and private yoga sessions infused with the essence of Bhakti and Ayurveda, online and in person. Nai’a Veda also writes Ayurveda articles on the app Plotaverse and continues to teach workshops introducing yoga trainees and college students to the science of life & love. To inquire about any of these offerings email her naiaayurveda@gmail.com Special discount if you mention Shakti School!

TaKisha August offers soulful support for mothering whole from pregnancy, postpartum and all of Motherhood. She is teaching a 90-minute workshop called The Art of Self Preservation. You can find TaKisha’s offerings at https://takishaaugust.com/

Dominique Lynch is a Career Transition Coach who combines modern career and business principles with the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda to help emerging Holistic Helping Professionals to co-create a sustainably prosperous business aligned with their Dharma and Dosha Type so they can transition from corporate to calling with safety, security, and stability. Book a call with Dominique here: https://appt.link/meet-with-dominique-lynch/ShaktiSchoolFreeCoachingCall

Malia Wright works 1 on 1 with clients while offering workshops of embodied movement, emotional processing and healing collective and cultural trauma with influences in Somatics, Ayurveda and Ancestral belonging. Connect with her offerings at  www.maliawright.com or on IG: maliaewright

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Detox – The Ayurveda Way

In this episode I discuss:

~The core practice of my spiritual life: food sadhana

~What’s it means to detox?

~What’s it have to do with our nervous system?

~Why you need to more warm and wet to get clean

~It’s about LOVE

~Products I use in my cleanses: mung beans-Kitchari Kit, Ghee, Triphala

~Download: Ayurvedic Cleanse Guide

Summer (Pitta-Reducing) Kitchari Recipe:

Use this anytime you have a pitta imbalance, such as acid indigestion or inflammation. It is also great weekly dish during the hottest months of the year for anybody.

1 cup yellow mung dal (whole mung beans are fine if you can’t get split)

1 cup basmati rice

1 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped fine

2 tablespoons shredded, unsweetened coconut

1 handful of fresh cilantro

3 tablespoons ghee or coconut oil

1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds

1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 cups water

Preparation

Wash and rinse the split mung and rice until water is clear. Soaking the dal for a few hours before cooking to boost digestibility. Put the ginger, coconut, cilantro and ½ cup water into a blender and blend until liquified. Heat a large saucepan on medium heat and add the ghee, cumin seeds, coriander seeds. Stir until fragrant (a minute or so). Add turmeric and salt and the blended ingredients to the seed. Stir for a few minutes. Stir in the mung and rice and mix well.

Then, add the 6 cups of water, cover and bring to a medium boil. Let boil for 5 minutes, then turn down the heat to very low and cook, lightly covered, until the dal and rice are soft, about 25—30 minutes. Meanwhile, toast the coconut in an iron pan or skillet until brown. The consistency is mushy and the beans and rice will form a porridge. Garnish with the coconut and a little fresh cilantro. If you prefer, you can use half the water, and cook the mung beans with the spices and the rice separately, in a rice cooker.

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In this episode, Katie shares a breathwork practice that she does consistently for grounding. When we speak of breath work or prana, we aren't only talking about bringing air into our body, oxygen, carbon dioxide, although of course those physical things are important, but we can also think of breathwork as a way of training ourselves to be able to tune to the inner. To be able to humble our intellect to life energy, your animal nature, your primal nature, and perhaps most importantly, the realm of the subtle. Tune in and ground yourself with this 15 minute guided practice.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ How breathwork can help us tune into the subtle

~ 15 minute guided grounding breathwork practice with music

~ Want to learn more about meditation and breathwork? Level 1 Ayurveda School covers these topics and incorporates practices, as well as techniques you can learn to teach others. Get in now before spots fill up!

In this episode we discuss:

~What is Yin & Yang

~How to embody Yin in a Yang obsessed world

~Cultural implications of contemporary life on women

~How we embody self-respect

~What is the erotic?

~How women can connect with their eroticism

~How do we get our heart aligned with our dharma

~Self-care as a radical act of feminism

~Being a change-maker and having confidence in our knowledge

~Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective on auto-immune disease

~Being an introvert in an extrovert crazy world

~Survival strategies for the Element types in TCM

~The Self-Care Manifesto: BrodieWelch.com/remindme/

~Find Brodie online: BrodieWelch.com

~Interested in Ayurveda school? Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

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This is an introductory talk on my newest research into the nervous system, yoga in america, women in yoga and more.  I hope it peaks your interest. It's just a little taster. There is more where this came from!

In this episode I discuss:

~Download on Kapha season

~Chill the F Out by ApotheKary! My friends started an ayurvedic wellness store =) use the discount code GHEESPOT10 for 10%

~The American yoga dilemma

~My painful experiences with American yoga

~The power of sharing your storey

~Masculine lineages of Indian yoga

~American yoga is only 100 years old

~Where yoga really comes from… hermit monks that wanted to basically die or transcend this reality

~Viyoga : “separation, elimination, denial, upward transcendance”  vs Samyoga

~Mind Over Matter, The Masculine Approach

~My Nervous system collapse

~The definition of Health

~What many yoga practices do to your nervous system

~The worst of the yoga cues

~The relationship between the structural body and the nervous system

~Horizontal lines  of movement vs vertical in the body

~Fight or flight nervous system

~Anti Anxiety month on Lineage of Love!

~The true Guru

~ Book: The Oxygen Advantage

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What is reparenting and how can you begin this inner work? According to Ayurveda, we are all dualistic creatures who have both feminine and masculine energies within us. Unfortunately, most of us have inherited unhelpful, immature parental archetypes. In this episode, Katie shares what the immature and mature forms of the inner mother and inner father look like in each of us and how they affect our relationships. Then she leads you through a grounding guided meditation so you can start maturing your inner voice and reparenting yourself today!

Ayurveda School is now in session! You can start today and get immediate access to our first two classes. Click here to learn more and register!

Today’s podcast is a recording from a session hosted by a dear friend of The Shakti School, Cynthia Amaro.

In this episode about reparenting, you’ll hear:

~ An invitation to join us in Ayurveda School today!

~ Why most of us need inner reparenting

~ How to balance your feminine and masculine energies

~ Signs that you have an immature inner father or mother

~ Do I need to be in my masculine to get stuff done?

~ How reparenting can improve your relationships

~ Rewiring the templates of father and mother we develop in childhood

~ Overcoming perfectionism, addiction, and overindulgence

~ Katie’s #1 Ayurvedic lifestyle practice

~ What is feminine-form meditation?

~ A guided meditation to start reparenting yourself

~ Get our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Follow Cynthia on Instagram

~ Learn more about our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

Tantra Talks Part 3 

In this episode I talk about:

~Debunking some of the myths around TANTRA

~Bringing unconsciousness into consciousness

~Wave of the feminine

~Intuition, imagination, and creativity

~Archetypes: Venus, Aphrodite, Sacred Prostitute

~Psychic conflict

~Queen archetype + the slave girl

~Goddesses of sexuality, vitality, passion

~Balance + Mother Nature

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In this episode you’ll hear:

~Toxic positivity

~Authentic expression

~The misunderstanding with love

~Why we can’t weaponize love & light

~Love as a tool kit for deep presence

~Spiritual bypassing

~How we use non-verbal communication

~The polarization of trauma

~How we build the healing vortex in our daily lives

Resources:

~ Maya Angelou: Righteousness and Love: https://whatittakes.simplecast.com/episodes/f6a7725d-f6a7725d

~ Chloe Valdary, Great Learning Resource on Why Love Is Still The Way for True Change:

https://theoryofenchantment.com/meet-the-founder

~ Kathy Kain, Somatic Practice: https://somaticpractice.net

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Are you doing everything you’re “supposed” to do to create the life of your dreams, but still can’t break free from self-sabotaging patterns? Your inner child may be trying to get your attention. In this episode, Katie chats with practical mystic and intuitive coach Nicole Frolick about how to connect with and heal your inner child. They share how the neglected parts of ourselves often hold our most powerful and potent hidden strengths, talents, and purpose!

Tune in to learn how you can start getting in touch with your inner child today so you can heal yourself and generational karma.

TW: Childhood SA

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ What is your inner child?

~ What happens when the inner child is suppressed?

~ Signs that your inner child needs attention

~ Nicole’s step-by-step meditation practice to connect with your inner child

~ Why we repeat self-sabotaging patterns

~ The gifts of your inner child

~ How inner child work is so much more than facing your pain and fears

~ What is soul fractal healing?

~ Why disconnecting from our inner child = disconnecting from our power

~ The importance of learning how to play

~ How the womb is a portal to your intuition and universal wisdom

~ Practices to move out of ancestral karma and trauma

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Connect with Nicole on her Website and Instagram

~ Check out Nicole’s coaching programs and Forbidden Journey retreat

~ Tune in to Nicole’s podcast, Enlighten Up

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This powerful and heartfelt episode welcomes special guest, Marissa Angeletti. Marissa is a movement-based trauma specialist and therapeutic movement educator working with disordered eating and holistic healing. This important discussion dives deep into emotional eating patterns, food fears, and nervous system states as they related to eating. Marissa is a teacher in Level 2 of Shakti Ayurveda School.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ An intro about following your soul’s purpose 

~ How dogmatic food rules can perpetuate disordered eating

~ Fear foods and emotional views of eating

~ How circumstances and food scarcity can impact restriction

~ Relationship to food as relationship to God

~ Nervous system states as they relate to eating

~ Pleasure and biophysical needs

~ Eating to feel satiated both physically and emotionally

~ Book a call with the Shakti School team here

~ Click here for 2022 Level 1 Ayurveda School

~ You can find Marissa Angeletti at inlokahmotion.com

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If you’ve been feeling a little out of sorts, heavy, and lethargic you’re not alone! According to Ayurvedic wisdom, we’ve entered into the kapha season when the wet, muddy environment outside often exacerbates feelings of sadness, grief, and heaviness within our minds and bodies. In today’s solo episode, Katie shares her favorite self-care practices and tips to help you navigate the kapha season with ease.

From red light therapy to kapha balancing foods, tune in to learn how to release the heavy and lean into the life-affirming qualities of the kapha season!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ How kapha dosha feels in the body when in balance and out of balance

~ Tips to reduce seasonal depression

~ How the waters of your environment influence the waters of your body

~ What is sattvic light?

~ Sunlight practices to support your circadian rhythms

~ The main mama medicine in Ayurveda

~ The spring energetics of transition, birth, and baby

~ How the kapha season is a portal into sadness, grief, and attachment

~ The best type of movement and exercise for this time of year

~ Ayurvedic herbs and foods to eat during the kapha season

~ Tastes to favor and avoid to balance kapha
~ Ready to go deeper? Our Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor training program starts on April 9th, 2024!

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Sign up for our newsletter on our website

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

~ Kaite’s favorite Joove light red light therapy device. Use code SHAKTISCHOOL for $50 off your first purchase.

~ Ep. 40 To Sunscreen or Not to Sunscreen? How About Natural?

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In most nature-based cultures and spiritual traditions, January is a time for deep internal reflection, not New Year's celebrations. Winter magic is about opening our hearts to an important truth that we often avoid, the truth that everything we love, including our own bodies, will one day be lost. In today’s solocast, Katie shares how to move through your fear of loss, open to winter magic and live your life with dignity.

We invite you, dear listener, to join us for a year of deep inner work. Our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School kicked off this week, but there’s still time to enroll! Click here to learn more and register!

In this episode about winter magic, death and dignity, you’ll hear:

~ Enroll in our Ayurveda School today!

~ Why Katie is thinking a lot about death

~ The energetics of winter magic

~ Buddha's invitation to his students

~ How to cultivate dignity

~ Accepting what we can and cannot control

~ Opening to fear and sadness

~ Soul lies and soul truths

~ Consequences of not following our intuition

~ The true source of self-worth and self-esteem

~ Why we often abandon ourselves

~ How to stand in your power in relationships

~ Katie’s favorite poem: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

~ Get our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda for Women!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Email us at info@theshaktischool.com

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

In this episode you’ll hear:

~  Rasa as your first line of defense

~ The physiology of Rasa 

~ Tips for healthy, high-quality Rasa

~ Rasa’s role in immunity

~ Lymphatic massage to keep lymph fluid moving

~ Spiritual qualities of lymph

~ Pulsation of life

~ Ways we stifle healthy Rasa and how to combat this

~ Earlybird pricing for Ayurveda School ends September 30th!

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Today’s episode is a sneak peek into the spiritual business training included in The Shakti School’s premier Ayurveda Wellness Coach certification course! So many of us, regardless of our economic background, experience shame and hang-ups around money that hold us back from financial abundance. Tune in to hear Katie share the inner work that helped her go from a broke yoga teacher to an abundant spiritual business owner!

Our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School starts in just 12 days! Click here to learn more and register before it’s too late!

In this episode about money and spiritual business, you’ll hear:

~ Time is running out to enroll in our Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification Program!

~ Why you may be self-sabotaging in your finances

~ Letting go of shame around money

~ The Tantric concept of Spanda

~ Why you’re worthy of owning a successful spiritual business

~ The primary reason people will (or won’t) want to work with you

~ The Vedic concept of Adhikara

~ How to share Ayurveda in a way others can understand

~ Common fears that prevent women from starting a spiritual business

~ What is certification-itus?

~ Check out our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

~ Learn more about Ayurveda School here!

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

Here at The Shakti School we meditate a bit differently. In this episode, Katie shares seven important steps to establishing a feminine-form meditation practice that honors your unique, embodied experience and spirit. Whether you’re brand new to meditation or have an established meditation practice, learn how to take your practice to the next level. Listen till the end to hear a guided meditation for anxiety!

Want to meditate LIVE with Katie every month? Click here to learn more about our Spirit Sessions membership.

In this episode about deepening your meditation practice, you’ll hear:

~ Get our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda for Women!

~ What is feminine form meditation?

~ Why your mind is not the enemy

~ 7 steps to establishing a meditation practice

~ The benefits of meditation

~ Effects of meditation on the brain

~ Science-backed ways to rewire your brain

~ Why so many of us lack meaning and connection in our lives

~ The ancient concept of Laya Yoga

~ A guided Laya Yoga meditation

~ Anxiety is not a feeling

~ When you should NOT meditate

~ The ancient breathing technique of Sama Vritti

~ A guided meditation practice for anxiety

Other resources related to this episode:

~ Learn more about our Ayurveda School

~ 2025 Chakra Yoga Nidra Workshop: Study with Katie and other luminary teachers this fall in the Bahamas!

~ 2026 Chakra Yoga Nidra Retreat: Deep dive into the chakras with Katie as your guide in the beautiful Bahamas in spring 2026!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

This episode is a lecture from Spirit Sessions workshop on self-love and thought patterns, along with actionable ways you can make shifts in your life today.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ To be seen and loved just as we are as our deep, innate human desire

~ The approaches broken down in this session are derived from Bruce Tift’s book, Already Free

~ Fruitional and developmental paths

~ How our foundational thought patterns and belief systems are laid in the first six years of life and why this is important to our current reality

~ The idea that to access true freedom, love and consciousness, we need to access different parts of the mind than those patterns formed when we were young that may be reactive

~ Do you create drama subconsciously? How to recognize this pattern

~ Fundamental consciousness of YES

~ Being kind to our worst fears

~ To get the rest of this workshop, along with access to 130+ talks, movement practices, recipes, meditations and so much more, join Spirit Sessions Membership for only $28. All of the info can be found here: theshaktischool.com/subscribe

~ Book a free coaching call with a Shakti School coach here: theshaktischool.com/coaching-team

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Welcome to Spirit Sessions! This podcast is your one-stop shop for all things sex, spirit, and shakti-infused self-care (with a spoonful of Southern belle).  Join me, Katie Silcox, New York Times Best-Selling author and Founder of The Shakti School, for your weekly self-love sound bite.

This podcast is full of fun and deep real-talk from your fave Ayurveda gal-Friday on Ayurveda, Tantra, and anything else we wanna’ dish about.

This is about me having a best-friendy conversation with YOU on everything I’m currently madly in love with. That includes biohacking, meditation, body movement practices, health-boosting herbal love, and a slew of amazing guests who blew my mind (and will blow yours)!

Spirit Sessions is a glitter bomb of ancient and modern lady-secrets straight from my home studio to your earbuds. No filter. Only L.O.V.E.

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If you have trouble staying consistent with your yoga practice, or if your daily routine has become rigid and uninspired today’s episode is for you! This week Kaite is joined by yoga teacher trainer and author Brett Larkin. They share why tailoring your yoga practice to your unique Ayurvedic mind-body type is important. This personalized approach is true to yoga’s ancient roots but was distorted as yoga spread to the West. Brett also shares the creative inspiration behind her new book Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos.

Yoga doesn’t have to be another item to check off your to-do list. Tune in to learn how to infuse yoga into every aspect of your daily life!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ Three potent questions to start your yoga practice with

~ How to make your whole life a yoga studio

~ Ways to personalize your yoga practice based on your Ayurvedic constitution

~ Why we’re often attracted to yoga poses that aren’t beneficial to us

~ The concept of “soul mate postures”

~ How asanas influence the nervous system

~ The origins and evolution of modern yoga

~ Why publishing a book is an emotional rollercoaster

~ Why personalization is the future of the wellness industry

~ How to become consistent with your yoga practice

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Find Brett Larkin’s Yoga Teacher Training and Uplifted Yoga Membership on her website

~ Connect with Brett Larkin on her YouTube and Instagram

~ Katie’s teacher A.G. Mohan

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

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~ What is self-talk and when do we hear it?

~ How this negative self-talk correlates with shame

~ Difference between Samskara and Vasana

~ Our parts and how they have their own self-talk and how it helps to personify them

~ Helpful ways to differentiate these parts

~ How we take on external voices and appropriate them as our own

~ Ways we can neutralize negative self-talk

~ How not identifying with these thoughts can help with inner peace and overall well being

~ Connect with us on Instagram and let us know what you thought of the episode

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In this episode we discuss:

~Ahara Ghee’s recipes! Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

~How Ragaia found Ayurveda during his healing journey

~What is Ayurveda and Ayurvedic living?

~Elemental theory

~The connection between elemental theory and shamanic & pagan roots

~The role of self-care and self-love in Ayurveda

~Presence as a self-care practice

~The balance of the feminine-masculine polarity in healing

~Ayurveda as an evolving living science

~Approaching spiritual practices from other cultures

~Ragaia & Katie’s respective morning routine

~Ragaia’s desert island Ayurveda list

~Our daily living as a wheel of manifestation

~Ragaia’s Panchakarma center Blue Sage Ayurveda

~Interested in Ayurveda school? Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

This episode is sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family! They churn their butter in small batches. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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In this episode I discuss:

~The sun as a carrier of information

~Skin as the largest organ

~The best time to download pure prana

~How to leverage the sun for your health

~What Ayurveda has to say about skin

~The dirty on sunscreen

~Nurturing your skin the holistic way

~Paavani Body oils and sprays for your sun routine!

~Natural alternatives to traditional sunscreen

~My favorite homemade sunscreen recipe

~Carrot Seed Oil is an amazing natural SPF

~I love this Ayurvedic company PAAVANI AYURVEDA. I did my Ayurveda training with the founders. They make handmade products infused with mantra and love that make daily routines just that much more sweeter. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for a discount!

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Today on the podcast Katie is joined by dear friend and founder of Uplifted Yoga, Brett Larkin! This episode is a total lovefest as Brett and Katie share why tapping into our feminine energy is so difficult for many of us. Tune in to learn practical ways to amplify your feminine energy so you can experience more pleasure, increase your productivity and move through life with more ease!

Want to spend a full year working deeply with your feminine energy? The 2025 class of our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School has begun! Click here to learn more and start studying today!

In this episode about feminine energy, you’ll hear:

~ An invitation to study with us in Ayurveda School!

~ What is feminine energy?

~ Brett Larkin’s favorite life mantra

~ The first ‘rule’ of working with feminine energy

~ Double goddess power

~ Why the feminine doesn’t like to be defined

~ The feminine form of Guru

~ How the science of Ayurveda helps us navigate our inner duality

~ Working with the energetic currents of manifestation and liberation

~ A forgotten key to increasing your productivity

~ Creating different textures of energy

~ Practical ways to honor the feminine in your daily life and work

~ Yoga as a trauma release methodology

~ The Ayurvedic concept of Bhuta Shuddhi

~ Get our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Learn more about our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School

~ Follow Brett Larkin on Instagram

~ Listen to Brett’s podcast, The Uplifted Yoga Podcast

~ Get Brett’s free Somatic Yoga Workshop

~ Brett’s latest book, Yoga Life

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

In this episode I discuss:

~The basics of Ayurvedic mouth care

~The bitter Neem tree

~A recipe for homemade toothpaste

~Why we scrape our tongues

~Tips for healthy gums

~Book a free coaching call with Amaury

~I love the Ahara Ghee family! They churn their butter in small batches. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

Products I discussed:

Neem Toothpaste

Neem Toothpicks

Prickly Ash Powder

Paavani’s Oral Oil Pulls and Tongue Scrapers

Banyan’s Oral Health Kit

Get the full show notes: https://www.theshaktischool.com/podcast/

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Shakti Ayurveda School

Free Divine Feminine Ayurveda Mini-Course

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This special Christmas episode covers Christ Consciousness and the embodiment of Jesus in daily life. Katie discusses concepts of surrender, metanoia, the realm of Christ and so much more which guides us to live in the matrix of love.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Opening song lyrics and vocals by Meredith Hogan + guitar, mix, and arrangement by Kevin Carlisle

~ Check out Meredith Hogan at The Beauty Way Collective

~ What is Christ Consciousness?

~ An ancient story from Hinduism

~ Emulation over worship

~ Christ as the representation of surrender

~ Love thy neighbor as thyself

~ Metanoia 

~ Changing focus and how it can fundamentally change your state of being

~ Belief and its power of transformation

~ Poem read is The Creed: Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler 

Chicago : Belford, Clarke & Co, 1883

~ Music credit: ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (Live), Church of the City, by Jon Reddick

~ Free webinar with Katie on January 2nd 

~ Book a call with the Shakti School team here

~ Up-level your 2022 with Level 1 Ayurveda School

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~ Micah’s journey to discovering yoga, meditation, and the connection to nature

~ The rewilding of life is based on connecting back to nature as humans have become domesticated and typically spend most of their time indoors

~ How living in nature versus living mostly indoors can effect the nervous system responses

~ Micah shares a presence practice that we can do daily to overcome ‘species loneliness’

~ Biophilia, the love of life, and the innate love of other life forms that exists in each of us

~ How a hands-on experience in nature can be a ‘right of passage’ for young people

~ Fire as the ultimate community-building tool 

~ You can connect with Micah Mortali and learn more about his offerings at micahmortali.com

~ Register for Level 1 Ayurveda School here: theshaktischool.com/ayurveda-school Sign up in the month of May and receive a FREE YEAR of Spirit Sessions Membership to start studying live with Katie now

SPONSORED: This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. PAAVANI Ayurveda is a female-owned and family-run health and skincare company based in Northern California.

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This amazing interview was originally featured on the Walk 'n Flow podcast, hosted by Babette, a student of Shakti Ayurveda School and outdoor coach and trainer at Walk 'n Act. Thanks to Babette and Janna for the fun collaboration on this episode!

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ What is Ayurveda?

~ Katie's personal journey into this field

~ Patriarchal thinking and feminine wisdom

~ Daily routines for better physical, mental, and spiritual health

~ Beauty standards and the female body

~Avoiding the pitfalls of getting stuck in a system of rules

~Intuition

~And many other gems!

~ Click here for 2022 Level 1 Ayurveda School

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Katie

This heart-expanding episode addresses our human innate negativity bias and how evolutionary survival mechanisms affect our polarities. When we step into the healing vortex and vulnerability, we are able to instead grow hope, compassion, and capacity to see future dreams.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Our innate negativity bias

~ Evolutionary survival mechanisms

~ Growing our hope, compassion and capacity to see future dreams

~ Tocqueville effect and polarizing tendencies

~ The healing vortex 

~ Vulnerability as a tool for strength

~ Positive news from the book Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know

~ The electromagnetic heart field 

~ Click here for 2022 Level 1 Ayurveda School

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

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