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Ep. 167 Creating Sacred Ritual for the Winter Solstice

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In today’s solo episode, your girl Katie talks about the spiritual meaning of the winter solstice. The longest night of the year doesn’t have to be a dark night of the soul, but it is a time for deep inward journeying. Katie shares practical ways that you can tap into the spirit of the season by creating sacred rituals. Learn what the most solstice advice and practices on the interwebs are missing, and what to avoid on this sacred day.

From Yule alters to setting your intentions for 2024, Katie helps you create solstice rituals that are personal and sacred to you.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Download Katie’s Winter Survival Guide to learn the exact products and practices she uses to stay vibrant all winter long!

~ Registration for Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for just a few more weeks! Join us to learn how to align your life with the solstice and other cycles of nature!

~ The significance of the winter solstice

~ How to tap into solstice energy

~ Why most New Year resolutions don’t work

~ The most nourishing solstice rituals

~ How to create a personalized solstice ritual

~ What to avoid on the solstice 

~ The significance of the Yule log

~ How to set up a Yule alter

Learn more:

~ Click here to register for the free webinar, A New Year for Awakening to Your Inner Feminine, on January 5th

~ 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!

~ Join us in our monthly membership group, Spirit Sessions

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🫀In Ayurveda, the lymph is part of Rasa Dhatu, 🫀In Ayurveda, the lymph is part of Rasa Dhatu, the first of the seven tissues and the foundation of nourishment, immunity and emotional resilience.⁠
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Physiologically, lymph and blood plasma act as a first line of defense against allergens and pathogens. Energetically, rasa reflects how well we “process” life - how easily experiences move through us instead of stagnating or wounding us.⁠
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Unlike blood, which is pumped by the heart, lymph moves through a valve system and relies on movement to circulate. That’s where practices like dry brushing (garshana) and Abhyanga come in. They gently stimulate flow, helping to “pump” this vital fluid and clear stagnation.⁠
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When rasa flows, we feel clearer, lighter and more resilient, inside and out.⁠
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💦 Comment LYMPH and I’ll send you my podcast episode full of feminine-form Ayurvedic wisdom for activating this powerful, protective system.
Or maybe you are (or were) that vata friend before Or maybe you are (or were) that vata friend before you learned Ayurveda. 😉 (No shame. We’ve all tried to green-juice our way through the winter at least once.) 🥒

Late winter in the Northern Hemisphere is still cold and can be depleting, which means vata is easily aggravated and kapha hasn’t *fully* melted yet. This is not the season for raw, icy, austere resets. It’s the season to begin introducing bitter and warming foods that are cleansing without shocking the system - if appropriate to your environment.

If you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s time to start honoring the transition from peak summer (pitta season) to the coming fall (vata season).

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It became a deeper witness to the way that I was t It became a deeper witness to the way that I was trying to earn the right to be loveable. ⁠
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I still struggle with this, but little by little I am learning to see the difference between attention and devotion. Between outer validation and true self-appreciation. ⁠
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And that is where real love actually finds us. Single or boo’d up. ⁠
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Happy belated Valentine’s Day to all who are in the yummy version of love or in the love that might be currently breaking your heart wide open,⁠
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xx Katie
Baths are medicine in Ayurveda. When we soak inte Baths are medicine in Ayurveda.

When we soak intentionally, we nourish the nervous system, rebuild ojas, clear stagnant energy and invite pleasure back into the body.

Here are a few simple recipes to indulge in this weekend. 👇🏼

🥛🍯 Ojaslicious Bath (For Deep Nourishment + Love)​​

Milk - builds ojas, replenishes tissues, softens the heart and skin
Raw honey - yogavahi (carrier); pulls nourishment deep into the body and promotes glow
Rose essential oil - cooling, heart-opening, soothing to emotions and hormones

🌹 Love + Clearing Bath (For a Heart + Emotional Reset)

Pink Himalayan salt - gently detoxifies and clears energetic residue
Rose petals - calm the nervous system and open the emotional body to love
Rose or jasmine oil - aphrodisiac, mood-lifting, deeply feminine
Rose quartz - supports self-love, softness and relational healing

🖤 Energy Vamp Clearing Bath (For Boundaries + Protection)

Sea salt - strong cleanser for the aura and nervous system
Sage & rosemary - clarifies the mind and clears stagnation
Fir, eucalyptus, sage or rosemary oil - grounding, protective, circulatory
Black tourmaline - anchors the body and supports energetic boundaries

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🌼 Spiritual herbalism⁠
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📋 Managing your coaching practice⁠
🧬 Ageing gracefully⁠
👁️ Ayurvedic Oral and Eye Care⁠
💞 Attachment theory⁠
🌿 Ayurvedic pregnancy loss support⁠
🔻 Ayurvedic approach to easing menopause⁠
💎 Manifestation and bhakti ⁠
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…and so much more.⁠
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💌 DM us with your questions. Level 2 begins on April 21st!

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