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Ep. 66 You Can’t Be Yo’Mamas Guru

Ever had the experience of telling a family member about a new thing you were doing, or giving them advice about something you’d spent so many hours researching only to be met with apathy, or worse, resentment? That’s the Catch-22 of family. Tune in for my insights and techniques for explaining yourself and your lifestyle choices to your family.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~How to talk to your family about your lifestyle choices

~Techniques for teaching Ayurveda

~A blessing song for before meals

~Why it’s hard to teach your family

~Less than 3 weeks to get into 2020 Ayurveda School! Join the next crew of courageous and wonderful women.

~If you have questions about Ayurveda School you book a call with Amaury or Lyndsay

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This episode is also sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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Shakti Ayurveda School

Free Divine Feminine Ayurveda Mini-Course

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Ep. 57 Is the Yoga You’re Doing REALLY Ancient?

Is downward dog really ancient? When did modern day yoga start to take form? In this episode I get into a little bit of the research I’ve been doing around modern postural yoga.

In this episode I discuss:

~What I learned about yoga history

~Where the standing poses of yoga came from

~The beauty of cultural transmigration

~The women behind what became modern day yoga

~The relationship we’ve ALL been in

Books I used for research:

The Great Oom by Robert Love

The Subtle Body by Stefanie Syman

The Science of Yoga by William Broad

The Roots of Yoga by James Mallinson, Mark Singleton

Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice by Mark Singleton

The Northern European creators of "harmonial movement":

Cajzoran Ali

Genevieve Stebbins

Mollie Bagot Stack

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This episode is sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family! They churn their butter in small batches. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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Ep. 53 Our Ancestors Are In The Soil

Some thoughts and insights on a topic that almost every woman I’ve ever known struggles with: Food.

In this episode I discuss:

~The first spiritual practice

~Our relationship with food

~Mother as our first Guru

~The balance between giving your body fuel and giving your digestive system a break

~Developing relationship with Goddess through food and eating

~Let’s make it a conversation, drop us a note on Instagram and Facebook: What insights and thoughts did you have with this episode?

~Interested in Ayurveda school? Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

~Get my FREE Divine Feminine Ayurveda Mini-Course!

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This episode is sponsored by the Ahara Ghee family! They churn their butter in small batches. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

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Shakti Ayurveda School

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This show is a passion project that I produce for the love of sharing. If you enjoy this show and want a free and easy way to help it grow, the most effective way you can help is to:

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Ep. 35 5 Life-Changing Ancient Meditations You Can Do Today (Tantra Talks #4)

This is an experiential episode! I’ll lead us through some of the most accessible and powerful practices from the Tantra tradition. Get out your nice speakers or headphones for this one 😉

In this episode I discuss:

~Tantra as an oral tradition

~The connection between Tantra and Shamanism

~A tool for expansion

~TAN (expand or stretch) TRA (tool)

~The attention we deserve and tending to what it is to be human

~The power of Sanskrit as a language

~5 simple but powerful meditations you can start doing NOW

~Our new lady biz partnership is with PAAVANI AYURVEDA. I did my Ayurveda training with the founders. They have some really lovely and powerful Ayurvedic skincare products. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for a discount!

Books:

~Vijnana Bhairava Tantra interpretation by Lorin Roche

~Vijnana Bhairava Tantra translation by Satyasangananda Saraswati

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Ep. 26 A Happy Podcast on Death

A new perspective on death, tenderness and grace periods.

In this episode I discuss:

~A reading from the Bhairava Tantra

~Tantra as tenderness

~The veil between matter and spirit

~Death as acceptance

~The 40-day grace period

~When I’m feeling like I need nourishing I turn to Shatavari, it’s a gals best herb friend! So grounding and balancing to our endocrine system. Use discount code GHEESPOT10 to get a bottle from ApotheKary.co

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We have a new partner in ApotheKary, my friends started an ayurvedic wellness store! Our discount code is GHEESPOT10 for 10% off.

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Lineage of Love Community

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Ep. 23 Why Your Yoga Practice May Need to Die

This is an introductory talk on my newest research into the nervous system, yoga in America, women in yoga and more.  I hope it peaks your interest. It's just a little taster. There is more where this came from...

In this episode I discuss:

~Download on Kapha season

~Chill the F Out by ApotheKary! My friends started an ayurvedic wellness store =) use the discount code GHEESPOT10 for 10%

~The American yoga dilemma

~My painful experiences with American yoga

~The power of sharing your storey

~Masculine lineages of Indian yoga

~American yoga is only 100 years old

~Where yoga really comes from… hermit monks that wanted to basically die or transcend this reality

~Viyoga : “separation, elimination, denial, upward transcendance”  vs Samyoga

~Mind Over Matter, The Masculine Approach

~My Nervous system collapse

~The definition of Health

~What many yoga practices do to your nervous system

~The worst of the yoga cues

~The relationship between the structural body and the nervous system

~Horizontal lines  of movement vs vertical in the body

~Fight or flight nervous system

~Anti Anxiety month on Lineage of Love!

~The true Guru

~ Book: The Oxygen Advantage

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10 Ways to Improve Your Sleep and Love Life Immediately

Whether you suffer from insomnia or sleep like a log, the ancient teachings of the Vedas tell us that the way we set up our bedroom can have a powerful impact on the depth and quality of our sleep. It can also boost the sensuality-factor for deeper connection with our loved one.

Vastu shastra (literally the ”science of construction or architecture”) is an ancient science that arranges dwellings in accordance with natural elements and directional alignments. Think Indian feng shui.

Here is my modern interpretation on a simple vastu bedroom wisdom. Use it to optimize your sacred sleep chamber. In general, these pointers will help you create an atmosphere that begs for sensual ritual and deep sleep:

  1. Keep the room light and airy. Open windows as much as the seasons allow.
  2. Keep the temperature mild and pleasant. I recommend avoiding overheating or over-air conditioning the room. Make sure your body feels comfortable. Sometimes just feeling cold is enough to cause insomnia.
  3. Get rid of the clutter. There should be nothing in the bedroom that reminds you of work. Move the stacks of papers you need to file at the office out of this sacred sleep chamber. Take the spare change and those piles of mail off the top of your dresser. (Go do it now, you know you have a stack like that!)
  4. Bring in harmony by keeping the room clean, well-painted and orderly.
  5. The room should be private.
  6. The room should be empty of machines or technologies. They kill the buzz of sensuality, and increase restlessness in the body and mind.
  7. Create some boundaries on your e-life. Life changes when we make the adult decision to turn off our electronic devices after 9pm. Seriously, the iphone may be one sexy technological wonder, but your significant other is sexier. If you are single, relish this time alone to read your favorite books.
  8. Avoid all forms of news media in the bedroom.
  9. The room should smell good, but not too scented. Avoid heavy incense. Use fresh romantic scents such as ylang ylang, sandalwood, jasmine, and rose.
  10. The bed should be comfortable, not sag in the middle, and made with sheets should be made of natural organic fibers.

This article was originally published on the Yoga Journal blog on September 13, 2013.

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Katie here. The real one.  It is summer in Virgi Katie here. The real one. 

It is summer in Virginia and today it’ll reach 101 degrees. I’m covered in rose oil, drinking coconut water and main-lining some sweet watermelon chunks to power up the morning. 

In other words - it’s HOT.

And I seem to always forget how activating the summertime can be. It comes out of nowhere, right? The intensity. The anger. The insomnia. The hot-flash.

But, there is one thing I come back to time and time again - and that’s The Shakti School Basics. 

Here is what that looks like:

1. Stop. Pause. Lay down or sit down. 
2. Make a commitment to be still for a bit.
3. Feel and open to everything that is arising in this moment.
4. Breathe. Let your awareness drop in and down your body. 
5. Breathe. Let your awareness rise above your body. 
6. Breathe. Let your heart soften and open and receive. 
7. Rest in the opening and stillness and energy that is always there. 
8. Wash, rinse, repeat. 

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The best food on the planet can’t help you if yo The best food on the planet can’t help you if you don’t have the digestive fire to transform and assimilate what you are putting in your body.⁠
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The ancient texts called this digestive fire AGNI.⁠
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Agni is what transforms and assimilates what we are taking in, whether it’s food, life experiences or thoughts. ⁠
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Ayurveda holds that many of our diseases start with the accumulation of toxins (ama) in the body. This sludge builds up when our metabolic fire is unable to burn what we are putting into the body. ⁠
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When our agni is functioning well, Ayurveda teaches that our body will be healthy, our skin radiant, our mind clear and our energy balanced.⁠
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👉🏽 Add Ginger Pickle to your routine! And no - it’s not the kind of pickle you pile high on a sandwich - it’s more of an agni-honoring, pre-meal ritual.⁠
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A small dab (about the size of your thumb tip) is traditionally taken before meals to stimulate the digestive fire and awaken agni.⁠
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🫚Here’s the Ginger Pickle how-to: Slice a few pieces of fresh ginger. Add a pinch of rock salt and a spray of fresh lemon or lime juice. Eat before meals to kick-start your metabolic fire!

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