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Ep. 175 Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos with Brett Larkin

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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 each day

~ 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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Ep. 174 Explore Your Inner Child with Nicole Frolick

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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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Ep. 173 Be Your Luminous Self with Tracee Stanley

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Tune in this week for a centering, guided yoga nidra practice from Tracee Stanley. Let Tracee’s melodic voice guide you into a deep, restful, grounded state. In her latest book, The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices and Rituals to Remember Who You Are, Tracee shares the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. She’s also a beloved teacher at The Shakti School!

Links mentioned in this episode:

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for registration for not much longer! Join us to learn more from Tracee and our other amazing teachers! Access the classes immediately upon signing up, and join us for upcoming live classes.

~ Connect with Tracee on her website and Instagram

~ Use discount code LUM30 for 30% off Tracee’s new book, The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices and Rituals to Remember Who You Are, when you purchase the book from Shambhala.com

~ Tracee’s first book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity

~ Tracee’s Empowered Life Circle virtual community

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Ep. 172 Embodied Nutrition with Claire Ragozzino

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This week Katie chats with certified Ayurveda Counselor and yoga teacher Claire Ragozzino about all things embodied nutrition. They go beyond the typical Ayurvedic food rules and Dosha food lists into the deeper realm of our senses and intuition. Learn why “intuitive eating” isn’t best for everyone all the time and a simple practice that you can do to become more embodied as you prepare your next meal!

We eat about 1,095 meals a year! After this conversation, you’ll be able to use each of those meals as an opportunity to reconnect with your body and cultivate self-love!

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is still open for registration! Join us to learn more from Claire and our other amazing Ayurvedic cooking and nutrition teachers. Doors are closing soon and won't reopen until 2025, don't miss out this year!

~ What is embodied nutrition?

~ Can Ayurveda exacerbate eating disorders?

~ Why you should trust your intuition over the “food rules”

~ How to tune into your intuition when choosing foods and eating

~ Why doesn’t intuitive eating work for everyone?

~ Why being more rigid and disciplined is often not the answer

~ The importance of compassion and curiosity when approaching food

~ How stress affects your digestion

~ How is Ayurveda “individual medicine”?

~ 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 Claire on her website and Instagram

~ Claire’s book: Living Ayurveda: Nourishing Body and Mind through Seasonal Recipes, Rituals, and Yoga

~ Claire’s Living Ayurveda Immersion program

~ Other books Claire mentioned: Bhavaprakasa of Bhavamisra, Bhojankutuhalam, Charaka Samhita

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Ep. 171 Claim Your Erotic Nature with Deborah Kagan

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This week Katie chats with author and sexuality mentor Deborah Kagan about how to connect with your mojo and tap into your innate power! Whether you’re single and navigating the ups and downs of modern dating, or you’ve been married for decades and want to take your relationship deeper, this episode is for you. Learn how to release shame and reawaken your sensuality in every season of life! 

From breathwork to Pus*y Dancing, Deborah and Katie share how to connect to the power of your sacred sexuality.

*TW: mention of SA in the episode

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Deborah’s book Undressed: An Invitation to Claim Your Erotic Nature is available now!

~ How Deborah went from film producer to Rock Your Mojo™ founder

~ The relationship between mojo and Prana

~ Signs your mojo is “off”

~ What factors affect your mojo?

~ How to get your mojo back and step into your sexual power

~ Finding the middle ground between hyper-sexualization and shutting down

~ Why you don’t need a partner to be sensual

~ What is sensual celibacy?

~ What to do if men are intimidated by your sexuality

~ What is Pus*y Dancing?

~ Reprograming shame around sexuality

~ Learning more about yourself through dating

~ How to go deeper in your long-term relationship

~ 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 Deborah on her website and Instagram

~ Tune in to The Real Undressed Podcast

~ Katie and Deborah shared their love of Shiva Rea

~ Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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Ep. 170 The Prodigal Daughter – We Start January 17th!

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This quickie episode is a love-note from Katie to your heart. Enjoy this bite-sized episode, and pull out the tissues before you hit play!

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Katie was listening to this beautiful song while writing this, tune in!

~ This special episode is a message from Katie’s heart to yours

~ This is the FINAL CALL to enroll in our life-defining Ayurveda Wellness Coach course. Our intuitive online classroom starts Jan 17th! Discover the time-tested wisdom of ancient Ayurveda on this path of radical health, happiness, and service. Embody your Divine Goddess within and embrace ALL of yourself, the SPARKLE and the SCARS!  

~ Book a free Clarity Call with a graduate of the program to answer any questions you may have or to find out if it’s right for you by clicking here

~ Read this episode as an email instead here: https://mailchi.mp/theshaktischool/only-one-week-left-to-join-our-year-long-adventure

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Ep. 169 A New Year for Awakening to Your Inner Feminine

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This episode is a special broadcast from The Shakti School’s most recent webinar, A New Year for Awakening to Your Inner Feminine. In today's crazy world of do-more, achieve-more and be-more, this workshop offers an antidote: the inner feminine. Join us as we dive into the time-tested philosophies and methods for contacting that which is already and always in you: your feminine essence. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Ayurveda School Level 1 begins in 9 days! This is the FINAL CALL to enroll in our life-defining Ayurveda Teacher Training course. Our intuitive online classroom starts Jan 17th! Discover the time-tested wisdom of ancient Ayurveda on this path of radical health, happiness, and service.

~ How to deepen our understanding of the concept of inner feminine energy

~ Explore ways to connect with and embrace the energy of receptivity, rest, ease, patience, sensuality and openness

~ Learn techniques to balance the masculine and feminine energies in all of us

~ Tap into dharma and our soul’s true purpose

~ A meditation with Katie 

~ If you’d prefer to watch the webinar as a video, you may do so at this link: https://vimeo.com/900228532/54bacdb363?share=copy&mc_cid=cb994b57ce&mc_eid=UNIQID

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Ep. 168 Ayurveda & Tantric Herbalism with Brooke Sullivan

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In this episode, Katie is joined by tantric herbalist, yoga therapist, and educator Brooke Sullivan. Brooke and Katie explore the parallels between Tantric Herbalism and inner energy work, and share practical ways that you can tap into the ancient knowing within you to navigate this wild life! They also have a candid discussion about the importance of waking up from our cultural amnesia around the repressed Divine Feminine and Masculine. It’s time to reawaken to your inner Shakti power!

Tune in to learn Brooke’s favorite ways to deepen your connection to Mother Nature this winter, and her favorite herbs to support your health during the coldest months of the year!

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Registration for Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for less than two weeks! Join us to study with amazing teachers like Katie and Brooke.

~ What is Tantric Herbalism?

~ How to appreciate rather than resent the monotonous routines of life

~ The most Tantric question you can ask yourself

~ How the divine and the mundane are two sides of the same coin

~ Why constantly growing and expanding isn’t always healthy

~ The difference between being open and expanding

~ The magical benefits of non-attachment

~ What is the Holy, ten-thousand-armed Mother?

~ The concepts of Shri Yantra and Sahaja Yoga

~ Why the world needs a matured feminine and masculine

~ Uncovering and unblocking your power

~ Turning to nature as a teacher

~ Brooke’s top 3 herbs to explore this winter

~ How to meditate with herbs

~ 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 Brooke on her website and Instagram

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