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Ep. 105 The Healing Vortex with Cristal Mortensen

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How do we invite the divine into our tissues? We open our perceptions. In this episode with special guest Cristal Mortensen, Nervous System Specialist & Somatic Neuroplasticity Expert, we discuss the embodiment of consciousness and the divine in our bodies. This episode includes an Earth-energy based grounding practice!

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

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Ep. 104 How to ACTUALLY Get Grounded

This episode includes a short practice to help you get grounded, for real. You’ll find the practice about half way through the episode.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~Why we need to be grounded

~Technology’s effect on our energy

~Where feelings get processed

~Why the soul leaves the body

~How to move energy down

~A practice for getting grounded

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Ep. 103 Call of the Wild with Kimberly Ann Johnson

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Katie and Kimberly discuss Kimberly's new book on trauma, somatics and the social nervous system.

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

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Ep. 102 Parsley is Spring Magic

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Parsley is the perfect spring herb. Learn why and how to make a simple parsley remedy you can sip throughout the day.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~Spring is abundant in Kapha

~Health benefits of parsley

~Parsley Water protocol

~Blue Sage Ayurveda Parsley Water Recipe

~Book: Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford

Parsley Water:

  • 1 head of parsley
  • 3-4 cups of water
  • Strainer
  • 2-4 quart pot

Instructions:

  1. Bring water to hard boil
  2. Lower water to soft boil for 1 minute before adding parsley
  3. Put parsley head in for 3-4 minutes (set a timer)
  4. Pick parsley out, place in strainer
  5. Divide Parsley Water into 3 servings spread throughout the day
  6. Enjoy 1 hour before each meal

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Ep. 101 Getting Practical with Nidhi Pandya + The Definitive Guide to Eating

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In this episode, Katie gets down and practical with Nidhi Pandya, third generation Ayurvedic practitioner and lineage carrier, to talk late winter and early spring routines + her newest course with The Shakti School, Ashtanga Hridayam: The Definitive Guide to Eating.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Fueling late winter immunity

~ Tips for getting sun this spring

~ Avoid projecting your neurosis: Ayurveda for modern people

~ The key to learning through an ancient text

~ Nidhi’s course:

Ashtanga Hridayam (Part 1): Fundamental Chapters

Ashtanga Hridayam (Part 2): The Definitive Guide to Eating

Ashtanga Hridayam Part 2

~ Katie’s episodes on sun and spring:

Ep. 40 To Sunscreen Or Not To Sunscreen? How About Natural?

Ep. 42 What Does Ayurveda Say About Allergies?

Ep. 55 Vitamin B.S. – Sunlight + Forest Baths

~ Nidhi’s instagram @my_ayurvedic_life

Herbs we mentioned this episode:

  • Turmeric
  • Ginger
  • Musta
  • Salt
  • Guduchi
  • Clove

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Ep. 100 Why Love and Light Are Still Alright With Me

It’s cool to dismiss “love & light” these days as “toxic” - But what does that really mean? And is there still a place for authentic love & light in our public discourse? How do we build the fortitude to withstand our own individual and collective karma? It might be simpler than you think.

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://www.theoryofenchantment.com/

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

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Ep. 99 The Most Radiant: Deep Rest with Tracee Stanley

Tracee is not only a dear friend, but also an important emerging spiritual teacher in the realm of feminine-form Tantra. She's the Founder of Empowered Life Circle and shares teachings that are sourced from more than 20 years of study in the tradition of the Himalayan Masters and Sri Vidya Tantra. Tracee teaches an embodied and feminine form of Yoga Nidra and has a new book called 'Radiant Rest' available on March 9th. She’s a guest teacher in our Level 2 Ayurveda certification.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Yoga Nidra as a state of consciousness

~ Finding your true nature with Yoga Nidra

~ Embodied vs Disembodied practice

~ A practice of dissolution and Pratyahara

~ Embodying all of our levels of being

~ Digesting our lives with rest

~ The Roots of Yoga Nidra as a GODDESS energy within us

~ Find Tracee online at traceeyoga.com

Tracee’s gift to all of our listeners 

30% discount off Tracee's book "Radiant Rest" which is now on pre-order from the publisher's site with the code RR30 until 3/31/31 at https://www.shambhala.com/radiant-rest.html

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Ep. 98 The essence of SOMA with Indu Arora

Indu Arora teaches in Level 1 and 2 of our Ayurveda Certification. Indu has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda since 1999. She is inspired by and taught under Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shivaism and Sivananda Yoga lineages. Her teaching style is rooted in empowering and inspiring students to awaken the inner Guru. Her core philosophy is, ‘Nothing has the greatest power to heal, but Self!” She’s authored several books including YOGA: Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow’s Vision, and her recent e-book SOMA: 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ What is Soma?

~ The teachings 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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