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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. 33 Soft Pain – Becoming Awake to the Gifts of Our Imperfection

What does it mean to truly sit with our discomfort and vulnerabilities? What about other people’s vulnerability and shame? In this episode I speak to the journey of learning and yoga.

In this episode I discuss:

~ What “God mud wrestles me in the closet” means

~The infinite Yoga

~Dissolving the layers that polarize us

~The paradoxical aspects of life

~Our need to know what’s “good/right” or “bad/wrong”

~The idealized self-image

~How our kids learn from us

~A look at our petty tyrants

~What it means to come home to YOUR heart

~Tapping into the soft pain of our vulnerabilities

~The channel of “I See You”

~How our soft pain leads the way to our true self

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Ep. 32 The Ultimate Body Yantra Meditation: A Taste of Lineage of Love

One of the most important episodes I’ll record. This is a special meditation and sneak peak into the work we’re doing in the Lineage of Love and Ayurveda School.

In this episode I discuss:

~My life's work

~A practice to experience reality and the body as it is

~Paying attention to yourself without judgment = Love

~Building a holistic nervous system

~Alicia Farjado: https://www.transformationspdx.com/about-transformations-studio

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Ep. 31 Better Digestion, Sex and Less Wrinkles? Thanks, Ghee!

Learn the ancient healing knowledge of Ghee and how it can be used to boost your digestion, sex and nourish skin.

In this episode I discuss:

~What the heck is a fat free burger?

~A dream about Ghee

~The truth about Fat

~How Ghee is healing and why Fat is your friend

~A fat-free lifestyle is a sex-free lifestyle.

~The mama energy

~The nectar of love

~Ghee as a Gut Balm

~Ghee moisturizer I love!

~Other Ghee products for the body: Banyan’s Beauty Balm, other balms

~How Ghee effects different tissues in your body

~How Ghee effects our fertility

~Ghee as a metaphor for love

~The use of Ghee in detoxification

~How to MAKE Ghee!

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~We have new friends in the Ahara Ghee family! Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for $5 off your order.

Studies Cited:

~Harvard Study: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/is-butter-really-back/

~Fats: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/know-your-fats/the-skinny-on-fats/

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Sattvic Goodness Bowl

Dreaming of bowls packed full of Sattvic goodness. Sometimes all you need is a bowl of steamed veggies! ⁣⠀
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Steamed carrots and spinach on top of quinoa spiced with mustard seed, fennel, and turmeric. Hidden below is an Avocado dressing! ⁣⠀
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Avocado Dressing:⁣⠀
1/2 avocado⁣⠀
1 TBSP Apple Cider Vinegar ⁣⠀
1 clove of garlic⁣⠀
A handful of chopped parsley⁣⠀
1 TBSP of nutritional yeast ⁣⠀
A pinch of black pepper + turmeric ⁣⠀
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Blend and enjoy! ⁣⠀
(This dressing is delicious thick, but feel free to add water or vinegar for your desired consistency). ⁣⠀

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Ep. 30 Adulting – When Life is Hard

An inspiring view of the daily grind. Loving the hard bits of life.

In this episode I discuss:

~Navigating the reality of daily living

~Receiving what is here now

~My trip to the Yucatán Peninsula and the acidification of our oceans

~Finding hope in renewal

~The symptoms often get worse before they get better

~True yoga: the recovering of self

~What is True is going to heal you AND make you feel the most vulnerable

~How we get to the truth of our kid-self

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Ep. 28 The True Self VS. What-Had-Happened Was: Pra and Vikruti

A look at our True Nature, or Prakritu; and, our Separated-From-Our-True Nature-Self, or Vikruti.

In this episode I discuss:

~Our True Nature or True Self

~Everything begins on the subtle plane

~The Blueprint vs the Overlays (aka Samskaras)

~Yoga at its best is a dissolution

~Why I don’t like online quizzes

~Love as Listening

~Ayurveda as nothing to do with your dosha

~Freedom & Desire

~Authenticity

~Trying vs watching

~I’m in LOVE with Triphala and Shatavari by ApotheKary! They’re an Ayurvedic inspired apothecary that mixes small-batch potions.  Use discount code GHEESPOT10 to get a bottle from ApotheKary.co

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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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