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Ep. 139 The Journey to Self-Awareness and Healing with The Shakti School Coaching Team

This is a picture of Katie Silcox. The text reads, "Spirit Sessions: Find your true spiritual home with Katie Silcox."

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 [email protected] 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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Ayurveda views premenstrual symptoms as the manife Ayurveda views premenstrual symptoms as the manifestation of a doshic imbalance. Menstrual symptoms can reflect imbalance in any of the doshas, but typically, the premenstrual period is linked to vata and pitta dosha—things can get too dry, too heated or too emotional.⁠
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It’s especially important to tend to vata dosha during the luteal phase, the couple of weeks that precede your bleed. Tending to vata during this time means grounding, stabilizing and soothing the nervous system. ⁠
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Here are some Ayurvedic recommendations for your luteal phase:⁠
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🍠 Eating For Your Luteal Phase⁠
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• Root vegetables - Carrots, parsnips, beets and sweet potatoes are deeply nourishing and grounding, helping to counter vata anxiety ⁠
• Ghee and healthy fats - Supports healthy hormones and nutrient absorption⁠
• Steamed greens - Leafy greens offer vital nutrients and their bitterness and astringent qualities counter pitta’s heat⁠
• Warm, cooked grains - Steady nourishment for smooth digestion and steady agni⁠
• Soups and stews - Supports digestion and the nervous system at the same time—also beneficial for kapha types and kapha imbalances⁠
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🌿 Supportive Herbs & Spices⁠
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• Turmeric - Helps support the body’s detoxification pathways, aiding hormone regulation⁠
• Ginger - Kindles agni and steadies digestion⁠
• Ashwagandha - Provides essential nervous system steadiness through emotional waves⁠
• Shatavari - Supports women’s hormonal balance; is cooling and moistening⁠
• Brahmi - An Ayurvedic herb known for supporting mental ease and balance⁠
• Cumin - Digestive aid soothing vata (aka goodbye gassiness!)⁠
• Fennel - Cooling digestive support that helps reduce both vata and pitta ⁠
• Coriander - Pitta-reducing to help mitigate irritability and excess heat⁠
• Sesame Seeds - Contain essential minerals and fatty acids that promote hormonal balance⁠
• Fenugreek - Anti-inflammatory qualities may help ease menstrual discomfort⁠
• Mint - Helps to cool and aid digestion, balancing both pitta and vata⁠
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🥀 Save for your next grocery trip during your luteal phase! And if you’re ready for more, comment WISDOM to access our free Divine Feminine Ayurveda course now.
Are you ready to embrace another year of healing, Are you ready to embrace another year of healing, spirit and transformation that fits seamlessly into your busy life? ⁠
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We've gotten started with a couple amazing classes, alongside a beautiful community of women, that are waiting for you as soon as you sign up!⁠
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Level 2 is so special because it’s a much smaller group - this means more opportunity to get to know your cohort (aka Ayurveda best-gal-pals) and the teachers. A more intimate group really gives Level 2 a distinct feel that we absolutely love. And of course, the opportunity to take your studies to the next level!⁠
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Our 2026 Level 2 classes are now in session, and you can start immediately! The first couple of classes of the year are in the Shakti classroom now, waiting for you. Don't miss this opportunity to integrate all that you learned in Level 1 and go deeper into your practice.⁠
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The doors will soon close until 2027... if you've been considering deepening your learning, connecting with an incredible community and supporting your own healing, join us today. 🦋🗝️
Ayurveda doesn’t separate the body into isolated Ayurveda doesn’t separate the body into isolated systems. When you support digestion, you support hormones. When you calm inflammation, you calm the mind. These herbs are working on multiple layers at once, gently guiding the body back into balance.

Here are some foundational herbal helpers to keep in mind for common imbalances:

🫚 For digestion:
• Triphala cleanses, tones the gut and supports elimination
• Trikatu is hot, sharp and activating, cutting through ama
• Hing is pungent and penetrating, breaking up gas and stagnation
• Ginger is warming, helping digestion come online
• Ajwain is a carminative, clearing bloating from the digestive tract

🌿 For inflammation:
• Turmeric moves through the blood, helping clear heat and stagnation
• Guduchi is cooling, restorative and calming
• Amalaki is rejuvenative and cooling, supporting the blood and skin
• Licorice is sweet and soothing, coating irritated tissues and calming the gut and lungs
• Aloe vera is cooling and moistening, pulling heat out of the system

🌀For the nervous system:
• Ashwagandha is grounding, stabilizing and supports the stress response
• Shankhpushpi is calming, clarifying and helps ease anxiety
• Jatamansi helps settle excess vata and support emotional regulation

🧠For mental clarity:
• Brahmi is light and sattvic, clearing mental fog and supporting memory and focus
• Gotu kola supports circulation to the brain, helping create steady, grounded clarity
• Saffron is subtle and uplifting, supporting mood and perception
• Tulsi clears the mind and invigorates the respiratory system, increasing alertness
• Rosemary is aromatic and stimulating, helping wake up the mind and sharpen concentration

🌹 If you’re ready to dive deeper into this work, comment WISDOM for our free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda mini-course. 

✨ Calling all Level 1 Graduates - the first classes of our Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor Training are waiting for you inside the virtual classroom and this is the final call to get in the door. Comment “LEVEL2” (one word) to learn more.
Happy Mother’s Day to the mothers, the ones who Happy Mother’s Day to the mothers, the ones who long to be mothers, the ones navigating complicated or tender relationships with their mothers, and the ones learning to mother themselves in new ways. 🌺⁠
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Today we’re honoring the mothers of Team Shakti—the women who shaped us, held us, challenged us and loved us. When we asked our team to describe their mothers, these are just a few of the words that surfaced: generous, earth-conscious, devoted, vibrant, kind, thoughtful, adventurous, loving, supportive.⁠
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We’re also honoring the universal, inner threads that are woven through this holiday and offer something that we can each lean into, no matter our personal stories: the archetype of the Divine Mother. The Inner Mother who lives in all of us.⁠
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Reconnecting with this archetype allows us to become better mothers to ourselves, more compassionate in how we show up for others, and to begin healing the ancestral cords we carry from the lineage of women who came before us.⁠
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Today we are honoring all of it. The love, the complexity and the becoming. Happy Mother’s Day from Katie & Team Shakti! 💐💚✨🌸 Spread the love with us - share a photo of your mom or your stories and make sure to tag us so that we can reshare it!
We are currently being overloaded with pollen over We are currently being overloaded with pollen over here on the East Coast and it’s got me thinking about how we can all navigate allergy season with a little more support…

Allergies are a typical imbalance associated with Kapha season in Ayurveda (late-winter/early spring in the Northern Hemisphere). 💐

Ayurveda understands that allergies are the result of an outer allergen aggravating one of the doshas. Spring seasonal allergies are usually more Kapha-related, since Kapha dominates the environment this time of year. 

An excess of Kapha dosha = sluggishness, mucous and water retention. (Read: classic allergy symptoms). 🤧

🐝 This is the formula for aiding your Kapha seasonal allergies: 
👉🏽 Heat things up + boost circulation + clear and CLEANSE your bodies’ pathways.

Allergies don’t have to be your destiny. Reducing the effects of allergies comes down to boosting agni + reducing ama +  supporting immunity. 

Save this for allergy rescue. And let us know what makes the biggest difference for you this time of year. 🫡🌸

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