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Podcast, Winter

Ep. 205 Winter Magic, Death and Dignity

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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 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 [email protected]

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Related episodes about winter magic:

~ Ep. 145 Goddess Work & Deep Spiritual Remembrances for Winter

~ Ep. 20 Honoring Our Ancestors This Winter

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​​In Ayurveda, January in the Northern Hemisph ​​In Ayurveda, January in the Northern Hemisphere is cold, dry, heavy and inward-pulling, a time when Vata qualities dominate in both nature and the body. Kapha qualities begin to accumulate in the second half of winter. To stay balanced, Ayurveda emphasizes foods that are warming, grounding, moistening and easy to digest, supporting digestion, immunity and nervous system stability. 

🍠 Sweet potatoes: deeply grounding and warming, offering steady energy during winter’s inward pull.
🥕 Carrots: gently sweet and nourishing, supporting digestion and blood-building.
🫜 Beets: warming and mineral-rich, supporting circulation and vitality when energy feels low.
🥔 Winter squash: moist, sweet and comforting, helping balance dryness and depletion.
🧅 Onions: pungent and warming, clearing stagnation and supporting immunity.
🥬 Dark leafy greens (cooked): grounding and detoxifying when sautéed or stewed, never raw this season.
🍗 Chicken, lamb and turkey: nourishing and easy to digest, ideal for rebuilding strength. Lamb is deeply warming and strengthening for Vata imbalance.
🥩 Bone broth: restorative and mineral-rich, feeding the nervous system and connective tissue.
💛 Mung dal: light yet nourishing, supporting digestion while rebuilding vitality.
🫘 Lentils: warming and grounding when soaked and well-cooked with spices.
🍎 Stewed apples: gently cleansing while warming and calming the gut.
🍐 Stewed pears: moistening and soothing for dryness and tension.
💜 Dates: deeply nourishing, supporting energy and reproductive tissues.
🥣 Oats: warming, comforting and stabilizing for the nervous system.
🍚 Rice (especially basmati): easy to digest and grounding, ideal for daily nourishment.
🫚 Fresh ginger or ginger tea: ignites digestive fire and keeps circulation moving.
🌼 Turmeric: anti-inflammatory and grounding, supporting immunity and tissue health.
🫖 CCF tea: balancing digestion while gently detoxifying.
🧈 Ghee: supports digestion and nervous system health.
🌰 Sesame oil: warming and lubricating, ideal for winter cooking and self-massage.

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Ayurveda is known as “the science of life,” but in feminine-form learning, it becomes something even more intimate: the study of your life. Your rhythms. Your nature. Your unique expression of vitality.⁠
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