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Spirit Sessions is your one-stop shop for all things emergent in sex, spirituality and self-care. Join me, Katie Silcox, New York Times Best-Selling author and Founder of The Shakti School, your one-stop shop on the best of science, ancient holistic medicine and spiritual up-leveling.

This podcast is full of fun and deep real-talk from your fave Ayurveda gal-Friday on holistic health, femme-form biohacking, mysticism and anything else that makes your life a better place to live.

Mostly, this podcast is personal. It's me speaking my most authentic heart. No holds barred. No fear. Just me, you, rad guests + soulful convo.

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Ep. 150 The Healing Climate in Spiritual Practice (and life)

    For the past four years, I have had the incredible good fortune to work very closely with a one-on-one mentor and therapist named Cristal Mortensen.  And today, I am so...

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    Ep. 149 How to Listen (and be heard) Better

      Katie speaks to the Harvard studies on listening. We may think we are great listeners, but most of us could use some tips! Learn why being a great listener is...

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      Ep. 148 How to Have Hot Valentines Day Sex

        In this episode, Katie illuminates how denying our sensuality and sexuality can repress it, and in turn show up in insidious ways. She also discusses the polarization around tantra and...

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        Ep. 147 Meditate With Me

          What if instead of just resolutions, we committed to a spiritual practice that would actually help us get clear on our Heart's Deepest Longings? What if instead of constantly looking...

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          Ep. 146 Author Talk and Life as the Everyday Spiritual Practice

            We have another special guest-led episode this week with author, Ayurvedic counselor, and Shakti Ayurveda School teacher, Lisa Marie Rankin. Lisa hosted this 'author talk' featuring Katie and Healthy, Happy,...

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            Ep. 145 Goddess Work & Deep Spiritual Remembrances for Winter

               This is a special episode hosted by the lovely and amazing, Eden Garcia Thaler, originally aired on her podcast who has generously given us this audio recording of our conversation...

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              Ep. 144 Santa, Sex and Reviving the Mystic Roots

                This is a podcast for any of you out there feeling like you need a reminder that magic still exists. And that the Spirit of the Season is alive and...

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                Ep. 143 Hot Tips on Building Winter Immunity

                  The Fall to Winter transition is here, and now is the time to tune inward and take advantage of this winter energy. It's time to understand our external dynamics and...

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                  Ep. 142 360 Degree Love: It Ain’t All Sex, Bonbons and Roses

                    This episode is a lecture from Spirit Sessions workshop on self-love and thought patterns, along with actionable ways you can make shifts in your life today. In this episode you'll...

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                    Ep. 141 The Breath of Deep Grounding

                      In this episode, Katie shares a breathwork practice that she does consistently for grounding. When we speak of breath work or prana, we aren't only talking about bringing air into...

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                      Ep. 140 Are Your Leggings Making You Sick?

                        In this episode, Katie shares a shocking new article and scientific studies about how some of the largest workout retailers are using harmful chemicals in their workout apparel. That's right,...

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

                          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...

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                          Ep. 138 Your Life LONGS for depth and meaning – 1 tip on getting there

                            Does your life have a deeper meaning than going through your same routine every day? If you are anything like Katie, the modern era of tech and linear time can...

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                            Ep. 137 Spiritual Magic Happens When We Do This ONE Thing

                              Today's episode is all about letting that sh!t go. Katie dives into the single most important spiritual practice for so many of us, surrender. Surrender is about admitting that we...

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                              Ep. 136 Radiant Skin Care with Dr. Trevor Cates

                                Katie sits down to talk about all things skin care with a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Trevor Cates, also known as The Spa Doctor. Dr. Cates shares about her own personal...

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                                Ep. 135 Turning Pain into Bliss with Dr. John Douillard

                                  Katie here with a VERY special podcast guest on how we can take our life's greatest challenges and extract the bliss (yes, for real bliss). Don't miss this episode where...

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                                  Ep. 134 Being Willing to be Heartbroken Together with Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson

                                    Katie speaks with authors of the new book, Reckoning, Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson in this heart-felt, heart-broken edition of Spirit Sessions. Come for insights and honest conversations that don't really...

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                                    Ep. 133 Dragon Tiger Kriya: A Meditation

                                      Today's episode is an explanation of the traditional roots of the Dragon Kriya meditation practice being shared and how it can activate the parasympathetic nervous system. Katie then moves into...

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                                      Ep. 132 Dr. Gundry on All Things Health, Heart and Longevity

                                        We have a very exciting episode today as Katie is joined by the one and only Dr. Steven Gundry. Dr. Gundry is a cardiothoracic surgeon, a heart surgeon, a medical...

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                                        Ep. 131 Are You a Love Hustler?

                                          This week, Katie dishes real and raw on being a Recovering Love Hustler. Only listen to this podcast if you wanna' genuinely get some inspiration on finding the only true...

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                                          Ep. 130 Can Dating NOT Suck These Days?

                                            In this episode, Katie dished with spirit-infused dating expert Lisa Holden, who is here to make dating fun! When she's not writing up her dating experiences for outlets like Popsugar...

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                                            Ep. 129 Breathwork for Insomnia

                                              Who doesn't love sleep? And let's be real, none of us experience perfect sleep 100% of the time. If you struggle with insomnia, experience daytime fatigue, or simply want better...

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                                              Ep. 128 Katie Talks with Smart Dudes Series #3 with Micah Mortali

                                                Join Katie as she sits down to speak with Micah Mortali, the author of Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature and founder of the Kripalu School of...

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                                                Ep. 127 Holistic Parenting and Childcare with Dr. Nicole Beurkens

                                                  This special episode features a conversation with Holistic Child Psychologist Dr. Nicole Beurkens. Dr. Nicole is a psychologist, nutritionist, educator, and mom who provides parents with super simple, effective research-based...

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                                                  Here’s how to use these different herbs to balan Here’s how to use these different herbs to balance summer pitta heat: ⁠
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🌹TEAS & INFUSIONS⁠
Steep dried herbs in boiling water for several hours:⁠
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• Licorice⁠
• Rose⁠
• Hibiscus⁠
• Rose Hips⁠
• Marshmallow⁠
• Mint⁠
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In the summer, you want to stay really hydrated, and that doesn’t mean just drinking a ton of cold ice water. It means drinking things that hold lubricants in them like licorice tea, rose tea, hibiscus tea, rose hips and marshmallow tea. All of these are cooling and damp and will help plump up the skin full of water (but not in a water-retentive sort of way).⁠
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🌿 HERBS FOR ABHYANGA⁠
Choose oils infused with these herbs and plants over the summer:⁠
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• Neem⁠
• Lavender⁠
• Jasmine ⁠
• Rose⁠
• Helichrysum⁠
• Frankincense⁠
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Ayurveda teaches that staying hydrated and cool is really about having a daily skincare routine whether it be January or July. The cornerstone of Ayurvedic skincare is putting herbal-infused oils on your body every day. Herbal infused oils are natural skin protectants and healers.⁠
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🌸 FACIAL CARE⁠
Make a hydrating facial spritzer with:⁠
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• Jasmine⁠
• Rose⁠
• Lavender⁠
• Frankincense⁠
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You also want to stay hydrated on the outside. This time of year, I’ve got little bottles of spritzers everywhere and I just spritz myself all the time, slightly obsessively. Keep your skin moist. Mist and spritz! ⁠
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                                                  Remember some of the qualities of pitta: hot, ligh Remember some of the qualities of pitta: hot, light, oily, sharp, intense, and mobile. 

Because of these inherent qualities, pitta-type people will do best with forms of body movement that cultivate the opposing qualities (i.e., exercising in temperate or cool weather, and exercising in a calm and steady way). 

Working out in this manner will help relieve some of the tension, intensity, heat, and irritability associated with pitta imbalance. It will also help get rid of any excess Fire (i.e., stress and acid) in the body, most specifically in the sites where heat accumulates—small intestine, liver, blood, head, and eyes. If you exercise in a way that aggravates pitta, you will actually accumulate more Fire in those body parts. 

Any body type will benefit from using the pitta-reducing routine if they are relatively healthy and it is summer.

Pitta types can tend to be overly competitive and “burn out.” Make sure to hydrate your pitta body with water or other liquids, particularly in the summer time.

🌿 Ready to explore a softer, deeper way to approach healing and women’s health? Comment WISDOM to get our free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda mini-course right now.
                                                  Put all of the ingredients except the zinc into a Put all of the ingredients except the zinc into a large glass mason jar. Fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water and place that on medium heat. Loosely fit the lid on the jar and place that in the water. ⁠
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Let all those ingredients melt together completely, shaking or stirring to get it all blended.⁠
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Once everything is melted, take it off the heat, add in the zinc, secure the lid, shake it up and stir it well. Then pour it into whatever container you plan on keeping the sunscreen in and let it cool.⁠
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This sunscreen has around 35 to 40 SPF naturally!⁠
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And one more thing - if you still love conventional sunscreen and want to keep using it, just avoid any sunscreen that has oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is found in about 40% of sunscreens and it’s been banned in Japan and parts of Europe because it’s been found to be a major endocrine disruptor related to infertility, hormone imbalance and low birth rates.⁠
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Remember the golden rule in Ayurveda: ⁠
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We don’t put anything on our skin that we would not use in our kitchen. 🥣⁠
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Enjoy your summer and take care of your skin! ✨⁠
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                                                  One thing about Pitta types… they usually have a One thing about Pitta types… they usually have an opinion. 🔥😉

I see pitta as a glowingly hot arrow. She is the heat of transformation. She is the energy of Fire and a little Water. You may have experienced pitta’s imbalanced side when you have had fever, loose stools, skin rash or acne, or the heated emotions of anger and frustration.

On the plane of the mind and spirit, pitta carries the gift of discernment that can cut through the smokescreen, allowing you to see a situation clearly.

You know your mental pitta is weak, for example, if you continually repeat the same life errors over and over again (I think of dating).

You will know your mental fire is getting stronger when you can quickly sift the wheat from the chaff-and do so with grace and kindness. 

When we use our pitta fire for good, we have the ability to see the white-hot truth about ourselves and others. 

When it is out of balance, we become overly critical and compulsive—like those people who insist on rearranging others’ emotional spice cabinets or micromanaging a grown child’s life path.

🌱 Are you ready to learn more about the three Ayurvedic mind-body types AKA doshas? Learn more in my podcast episode, “The Three Doshas: Are You a Bullfrog or an Orchid?” 

Comment “179” and I’ll send you the link!
                                                  Join us for Dopamine, Desire & The Sacred Feminine Join us for Dopamine, Desire & The Sacred Feminine: Reclaiming Kama, Creativity & the Lost Art of Longing this month in the Spirit Sessions Membership. 🔥
We live in a world engineered to hijack desire. 

Every scroll, click, notification and purchase promises satisfaction, yet many women feel more exhausted, disconnected and uninspired than ever. 

In this provocative Spirit Session, Katie explores the difference between dopamine-driven craving and the deeper force of kama described in Ayurveda and Tantra: the sacred life force that fuels love, creativity, intimacy, purpose and spiritual awakening. 

Together we’ll examine how modern culture fragments our attention and drains our vitality, and how reclaiming desire as a sacred force can restore radiance, passion and meaning.

In this session you’ll learn:

✨ The difference between dopamine-driven stimulation and authentic desire
✨ Why so many women feel simultaneously overstimulated and undernourished
✨ The Ayurvedic understanding of kama as a sacred force of creation
✨ How chronic scrolling, shopping, achievement and distraction can distort the natural flow of life force
✨ The surprising connection between sexual energy, creativity, purpose and spiritual vitality
✨ How to recognize the difference between longing that depletes you and longing that awakens you
✨ Why desire is not the enemy of spirituality, but one of its most misunderstood doorways
✨ The relationship between Shakti, magnetism, beauty and embodied feminine power
✨ Practices to restore healthy desire, reclaim your attention and reconnect with what truly nourishes you
✨ How to move from addiction, compulsion and burnout into inspiration, devotion and aliveness

Join us LIVE for this workshop on June 11th at 10am US Eastern Time or catch the replay (plus get access to our massive vault of prior workshops and classes) when you join the membership. 

🌹 Join Spirit Sessions for $28/month and cancel anytime - comment MEMBERSHIP to learn more.

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