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Ep. 216 The Heart Chakra: Love, Courage and Goofball Energy

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Living from the heart is one of the most courageous things we can do. A healthy heart chakra brings about grace, strength and impenetrable boundaries. In today’s episode, Katie shares ancient Tantric wisdom and modern scientific findings to help you understand the chakra system and tap into its immense power!

Do you want to be guided through energetic practices for clearing, opening and awakening the heart chakra? This episode is part of a recent live workshop taught by Katie in our Spirit Sessions membership. To watch the full workshop replay with guided meditations AND join us for a LIVE for the next chakra system workshop, click here to join for just $28 a month!

In this episode about the heart chakra, you’ll hear:

~ The message and wisdom of the heart

~ The biggest heart chakra = the most powerful person in the room

~ A review of the first, second and third chakras

~ Us/them consciousness vs. universal consciousness

~ How our experiences are processed through the chakra system

~ Why many people stuck in the first three chakras

~ The heart's electromagnetic field

~ Growing and strengthening your heart chakra

~ Coherent and incoherent heart fields

~ Sensing the heart field of others

~ Important scientific discoveries about the heart

~ Why our emotions affect our digestion

~ The heart as a primary nervous system organizer

~ The HeartMath Institute’s Inner Balance Coherence Plus

~ Image of the biomagnetic heart field that Katie references

~ How our magnetic fields influence each other

~ The connection between the heart chakra, the thymus gland and Shiva Rudra

~ Reigniting the thymus gland to improve immunity

~ How to know if you’re living from the heart

~ Why true forgiveness of self and others is an inside job

~ Sign up for our free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda mini-course!

Other resources related to this episode:

~ Learn more about Ayurveda School

~ 2025 Chakra Yoga Nidra Workshop: Study with Katie and other luminary teachers this fall in the Bahamas!

~ 2026 Chakra Yoga Nidra Retreat: Deep dive into the chakras with Katie as your guide in the beautiful Bahamas in spring 2026!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

Or Subscribe on iTunes

Episodes related to the heart chakra and energy work:

~ Ep. 154 Energy Medicine 101

~ Ep. 44 We All Need Self-Love Training Wheels

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  • The Shakti School Subscription

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From my heart to yours,

Katie

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When ladies first join our Ayurveda School, they a When ladies first join our Ayurveda School, they are excited to learn the herbs, philosophy, food, spices, oils, Ancient texts and modern tools for preventative holistic health. ⁠
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But what they are often less aware of is how much this devotional kind of learning will make them laugh. And cry. Or how deeply human this path would feel.⁠
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Ayurveda, at its best, is not stiff or solemn.⁠
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It meets you right where your life actually is.⁠
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At Shakti Ayurveda School, we learn big things, yes. But we also:⁠
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Laugh at ourselves when our icky patterns show up (again).⁠
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Cry when our souls finally feel seen.⁠
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Tell the truth about working with shadow emotions.⁠
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Heal alongside women who can become friends for life.⁠
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This work touches your digestion and your heart.⁠
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Your nervous system and your relationships.⁠
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Your purpose and your body image.⁠
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Your past and your becoming.⁠
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Some days you’ll be taking notes.⁠
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Some days you’ll be having realizations you didn’t see coming.⁠
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Some days you’ll laugh so hard you forget you were afraid to begin.⁠
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That’s the magic.⁠
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Ayurveda isn’t about becoming “better.”⁠
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It’s about becoming more yourself - with more ease, humor and compassion along the way.⁠
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And from the chief-cryer in charge. ⁠
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I can promise you, we do it with love and sometimes Kleenex,⁠
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Katie 💛
For those of you still on the fence about it…⁠ For those of you still on the fence about it…⁠
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Let me tell you the truth about what happens after Ayurveda School for so many of our women. ⁠
Not what you learn (which is a TON).⁠
Not the modules (which are gold you can keep for a lifetime).⁠
Not the certification to be a coach (which you will get!).⁠
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But who you become. And what you will feel at the end. ⁠
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💎A woman who opens kindly to her body instead of being at war with it.⁠
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💎A woman who has learned how to open to the parts of her she has been avoiding and running from (often without even knowing it).⁠
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💎A woman who stops outsourcing her authority to trends, protocols or other people’s opinions and starts listening to her inner voice. ⁠
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💎A woman who is deeply awake to her mind/body type and how she can use the gifts and superpowers of her uniqueness instead of being held back. ⁠
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💎A woman with better fertility, digestion, skin, emotional balance, sleep, regulation and mental clarity.⁠
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💎A woman who is surrounded by her Ayurveda-school friends (aka cheerleaders) who may be in her life and business forever. ⁠
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💎A woman who - if she chooses - is deeply empowered to rock her Ayurveda as a coach out in the world, earning her value and impacting her community in ways that feel meaningful, fun and aligned with her higher purpose. ⁠
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💎A woman who is more at home in her own skin.⁠
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💎A woman who finally knows how to nourish her nervous system, hormones, belly and heart. ⁠
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💎A woman who is less reactive. More patient. More fun. More joyful. More discerning. More spacious. And more dignified. ⁠
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💎Lastly, a woman who feels she is in her nadi - this is a Sanskrit word for RIVER. It means: She who is in her HOLY FLOW. Life isn't perfect but she is in the direct center of her soul’s best evolutionary path. ⁠
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I want you to feel and be who you were meant to become in 2026. ⁠
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