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Ep. 195 Beyond the Ayurveda Checklist with Jackie DeConti

This is a picture of Katie Silcox and Jackie DeConti. It links to an episode of the Spirit Sessions podcast called, "Beyond the Ayurveda Checklist with Jackie DeConti

In this special episode, the tables have turned! Katie is interviewed by Ayurvedic Health Coach and Shakti School alum, Jackie DeConti, about her unique approach to healing and Ayurveda. Many of us come to Ayurveda to “fix” ourselves, however, the point of Ayurveda is not to “fix” because you’re not actually broken! This episode is a beautiful reminder of your innate wholeness and worthiness. Tune in for a discussion about how to go beyond the Ayurveda checklist, avoid common pitfalls of self-development, access your inner wisdom and so much more!

Are you ready to take a more holistic approach to your health and wellness? We invite you to book a call with Jackie to see if our year-long Ayurveda School is right for you! You can book your call here.

This recording was originally released on Jackie’s Elixir Podcast.

In this episode about going beyond the Ayurveda checklist, you’ll hear:

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

~ Katie’s personal definition of Ayurveda

~ Hinduism vs. Sanātana Dharma

~ Going beyond the Ayurveda checklist

~ When knowing your dosha isn’t helpful

~ How to not identify with your imbalance

~ Embracing the nature of paradox

~ How to access Clear Seeing Wisdom

~ When to allow vs. when to fix

~ Differing views of the feminine and masculine in Ayurveda and Tantra

~ Why Katie identifies with the rose bush

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Listen to Jackie’s Elixir Podcast

~ Learn more about Jackie on her website and Instagram

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

Or Subscribe on iTunes

Learn more:

  • Ayurveda Certification
  • The Shakti School Subscription

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Ep. 98 The essence of SOMA with Indu Arora

Indu Arora teaches in Level 1 and 2 of our Ayurveda Certification. Indu has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda since 1999. She is inspired by and taught under Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shivaism and Sivananda Yoga lineages. Her teaching style is rooted in empowering and inspiring students to awaken the inner Guru. Her core philosophy is, ‘Nothing has the greatest power to heal, but Self!” She’s authored several books including YOGA: Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow’s Vision, and her recent e-book SOMA: 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ What is Soma?

~ The teachings of the Motherly

~ The energy of the Moon

~ How to merge the Traditional + Modern

~ Beauty standards

~ Self acceptance and discipline in the self-care space

~ The work of extraction

~ Ignorance as bondage + inner insight

~ What Self-Care is and is not in Ayurveda

Find Indu Online:

~ SOMA - eBook on Amazon

Indu’s Upcoming Self-Care Series:

~ Energize: https://yogsadhna.com/upcoming/details/self-care_series_-_energize

~ Beautify: https://www.yogsadhna.com/upcoming/details/self-care_series_-_beautify

~ Restore: https://www.yogsadhna.com/upcoming/details/self-care_series_-_restore

Or Subscribe on iTunes

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Learn more:

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So, here is my heart. I used to think I needed to So, here is my heart. I used to think I needed to have a lot of talent or perfect ability to launch great things and go for my dreams. Now, as I have aged and wizened a little (I hope), I see that it’s not so much about ability, it’s about availability. ⁠
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I wasn’t born with a naturally great immune system. I built it with Ayurveda, herbs and supplements. ⁠
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I wasn’t born with a banging body. I built it. With yoga, weight training and dance. ⁠
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I wasn’t born happy or emotionally resilient. I earned these things. Through meditation, spiritual surrender and a ton of great therapy. ⁠
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I wasn’t born with a regulated nervous system. I re-created it through regulating my heart towards God, and then others. ⁠
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My list could go on and on. ⁠
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You see, I did not start off with innate skills. Heck, I still feel like Kung-fu Panda at the gym and in my relationships.⁠
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But I have based my entire life and my career and this school on the sacred religion of SURRENDER AND SINCERITY. I am open and ready to be the best me I can be. I am also passionate about YOU becoming the best you in 2026. And that, together, we could go out into the world and help raise the spirits of others like us. ⁠
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Are you sincerely ready to become available this year? Available to yourself and others as a servant to the highest things our human hearts can reach for?⁠
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If so, I am your Ayurveda gal Friday. My team will support you every step of the way in 2026 like a spiritual Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. Or just Dolly dressed as one. ⁠
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Let’s go. ⁠
Spots are going quick! Don’t miss this.⁠
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With love,⁠
Katie + Team Shakti
My entire life, I’ve been looking for something My entire life, I’ve been looking for something that feels like a real home. Like many of you, I come from a deeply imperfect family lineage, an imperfect religious tradition and a broken culture. Over the 2+ decades of spiritual dedication, I have finally started to FEEL how painful it is to feel like I don’t really belong anywhere. ⁠
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And guess what? Our INCREDIBLE spirit-based, feminine-form Ayurveda School is also an imperfect home. ⁠
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Because that’s the rub…⁠
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There is no perfect family, lover or spiritual institution that can fully take away that DEEP soul ache of wanting to belong. ⁠
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In my experience, that can only be an inside job. ⁠
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And The Shakti School does a GREAT job at providing the space, community, teachers and teachings to give you room for what you are truly longing for. Not another method or identity, but a place to come home to yourself. That listening is what shaped this school and the community that holds it.⁠
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We're not perfect.⁠
We're not fully enlightened beings.⁠
We're just regular women like YOU that want a home where we can unravel in a very loving way.⁠
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If you're ready for your soul to not shout truth, but really learn how to listen...⁠
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If you're ready to not rip off all the veils that are blocking your light, but just soften them enough so that they can just gently fall away in a way that melts you and other people...⁠
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I really would love to see your face in our school January 14th.⁠
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In a world that is obsessed with stimulation and expansion and attainment, I want to give you a place where you can feel that which has just been forgotten. We are not a place that's going to put anything new in you. We are a place of remembering.⁠
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If you're ready to awaken through nourishment, to heal through laughter and community and goodness, if you're ready to transform through love, I know that The Shakti School is the perfect place for you.⁠
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We do have limited spots. So if you're feeling the call, I encourage you to join us. We can’t wait to welcome you into our community. ❤️⁠
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🪐 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL for more info on our 2026 Level 1 class that starts on January 14th⁣. ⁣
Unless we connect with the deepest part of ourselv Unless we connect with the deepest part of ourselves…all the New Year’s resolutions will be futile. 

All these plans at self-improvement are just another mask we wear. 

Eventually, when we fail (because Lord knows we will…), we may feel like we are bad, unloveable…etc. And the cycle starts again.
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So, as we approach the New Year, here is my message to you (and as always, to myself)⁠⠀
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You are already inherently good.⁠⠀

From that place, you can begin a spiritual practice that supports the deeply soulful woman you already are.

Instead of setting resolutions, I like to think about beginning intentional habits that will support any goals I might have for the New Year.

The key is being connected to your higher self, the part of you that intuitively knows what is best for you and your success. 

And that requires getting quiet and connecting to your heart. This is what every woman *actually* needs more of.

❤️‍🩹 Heal unresolved wounds that are still weighing on you. Matters of the heart can be difficult to heal. And more often than not it takes a lot of time. If needed, work with a professional in somatic experience who can help you navigate that space.

😌 Manage your stress levels. Stress plays a huge role in emotional well being (which also leads to a lot of physiological effects as well). Become more familiar with the ways you disconnect so that you can best prepare yourself for when it comes up.

🙏🏼 Take time for prayer. Praying doesn’t have to be a religious act. Prayer can be mantra reciting, it can be through repetition of a positive affirmation, or it can look totally different.

📝 Keep a journal. Getting your thoughts on paper will help you to sort through your emotional hang ups or will simply help to process the day. It is in journaling when I gain some of my best inspiration.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Manage your time + make the time to unwind and relax. In our go, go, go society there can often be pressure associated with non-stop doing. Make space for doing nothing. It is in that space where your heart will have the time to heal and make peace.
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Peace and fulfillment comes from finding your center. May we all have the experience of true richness in 2026.
In folk wisdom traditions, this time of year invit In folk wisdom traditions, this time of year invites us to descend, listen and let the darkness work on us.⁠
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So, if you are still hoping to drop into your heart and uncover how this past year’s heartbreaks, hurts or life initiations can become portals to your awakening, I invite you to carve out the time to tune into our free class Winter Solstice Initiation: Your Wound is the Way before this year comes to a close.⁠
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This class explores how winter invites emotional alchemy and how you can turn your scars into wisdom and stillness into inner authority.⁠
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You’ll learn why nothing is wasted, and why the light returns only after we allow ourselves to go into the dark.⁠
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It’s not too late to embrace the transformational nature of the season and walk into 2026 seated in your soul.⁠
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🌘 Comment DARKNESS to receive instant access to the on-demand recording.
🌿 “Do you actually teach herbs and spices in 🌿 “Do you actually teach herbs and spices in Ayurveda School? I want to use plants in real life, not just read about them.”⁠
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Yes. And this is one of the biggest reasons women join us.⁠
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While The Shakti School is a certification program to become an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, Level 1 is also designed as a deeply practical, embodied initiation into living Ayurveda. And that starts with your own kitchen, routines and daily remedies. You’ll learn how to work with plants, spices and rhythms in a way that feels intuitive, accessible and alive, not overwhelming or clinical.⁠
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In our Plant Pharmacy focused curriculum, Ayurveda becomes hands-on and woven into everyday life. This is about building confidence with herbs and routines you can actually use for yourself first, and eventually for others if you choose.⁠
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Inside our year together, you’ll learn how to:⁠
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 ✔ Work with common Ayurvedic herbs and understand their energetics and properties⁠
 ✔ Use digestive herbs and daily tonics to support Agni and immunity⁠
 ✔ Explore rasayanas and rejuvenative formulas that nourish vitality and ojas⁠
 ✔ Support the mind and nervous system with gentle herbal allies⁠
 ✔ Align your fall and spring routines with nature’s rhythms to prevent imbalance before it begins⁠
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Whether you dream of becoming a coach or simply want to reclaim your relationship with plants, food and seasonal wisdom, this module teaches you how to become your own first herbalist. Rooted, informed and deeply connected to the natural world.⁠
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The journey begins in less than three weeks. 🌼 Are you ready to learn more about feminine-form Ayurveda? 👇🏼 ⁠
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🌸 Comment WISDOM to get instant access to our free Women’s Wisdom & Ayurveda course.⁠
☎️ Comment MORE INFO to connect for a free call with our Shakti Coaching Team.⁠
🌱 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL (one word) for the full program details.

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