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Ep. 228 The Art of Letting Go and Divine Surrender with Brett Larkin

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Today Katie welcomes back the incredible Brett Larkin - author, teacher, and one of the most influential modern voices in yoga - for a heartfelt conversation about Ishvara Pranidhana, the art of surrender and devotion to a higher power. They explore what letting go truly means and share practices that you can use to release control and connect more deeply to spirit. They share wisdom from decades of energy work and study of the Yoga Sutras and other ancient Vedic teachings.

This episode is a reminder that enlightenment isn’t about detachment; it’s about expanding our capacity to feel, trust and love fully! Tune in for soulful insights, grounding practices and a deep invitation to surrender into the magic of life.

Craving a deeper connection to your feminine energy and spirit? Enrollment for our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School is open! Early Bird tuition pricing ends on October 31st, so click here to learn more and enroll today!

In this episode about letting go and surrender, you’ll hear:

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

~ What does surrendering to a higher power actually look like?

~ The concept of Ishvara Pranidhana

~ Why Katie loves using the word God

~ The important differences between Goddess and God

~ Why most of us are in a constant state of constriction

~ Releasing control and letting go as a pitta person

~ The most important thing we need to truly surrender

~ How to relinquish control more in your daily life

~ What's the difference between meditation and prayer?

~ Why we need both prayer and meditation

~ Powerful lessons from Brett’s recent somatic trauma trainings

~ Common misunderstandings about yoga and enlightenment

~ Our negativity bias AKA “what’s wrong attention”

~ Dr. Rick Hanson Taking in the Good meditation

~ Your golden shadow

~ A meditation practice to aid you in letting go

~ Katie’s recent, powerful insights into the chakra system

~ Brett and Katie walk you through their current favorite energy work practices

~ What to do when someone’s annoying you

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Connect with Brett Larkin and The Shakti School:

~ Book a free call to learn more about Ayurveda School!

~ Learn more about Brett Larkin’s Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training and Somatic Yoga Teacher Training on her website!

~ Read Brett’s new book Healing With Somatic Yoga

~ Connect with Brett Larkin on her YouTube and Instagram

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

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

~ Read Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy!

Related episodes:

~ Ep. 208 Awaken Your Feminine Energy Through Yoga & Ayurveda with Brett Larkin

~ Ep. 175 Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos with Brett Larkin

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I hope you loved this episode with Brett Larkin about divine surrender and letting go! This show is a passion project that I produce for the love of sharing. If you love the 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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Katie

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Ep. 175 Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos with Brett Larkin

Spirit Sessions Podcast with Katie Silcox and Brett Larkin

If you have trouble staying consistent with your yoga practice, or if your daily routine has become rigid and uninspired today’s episode is for you! This week Kaite is joined by yoga teacher trainer and author Brett Larkin. They share why tailoring your yoga practice to your unique Ayurvedic mind-body type is important. This personalized approach is true to yoga’s ancient roots but was distorted as yoga spread to the West. Brett also shares the creative inspiration behind her new book Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos.

Yoga doesn’t have to be another item to check off your to-do list. Tune in to learn how to infuse yoga into every aspect of your daily life!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ Three potent questions to start your yoga practice with each day

~ How to make your whole life a yoga studio

~ Ways to personalize your yoga practice based on your Ayurvedic constitution

~ Why we’re often attracted to yoga poses that aren’t beneficial to us

~ The concept of “soul mate postures”

~ How asanas influence the nervous system

~ The origins and evolution of modern yoga

~ Why publishing a book is an emotional rollercoaster

~ Why personalization is the future of the wellness industry

~ How to become consistent with your yoga practice

Other links mentioned in this episode:

~ Find Brett Larkin’s Yoga Teacher Training and Uplifted Yoga Membership on her website

~ Connect with Brett Larkin on her YouTube and Instagram

~ Katie’s teacher A.G. Mohan

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

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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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  2. Write us a review in iTunes
  3. Share this show with one friend right now!

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Katie

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The doors are officially open! Earlybird registrat The doors are officially open! Earlybird registration for our 2027 Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification program is here!🚪🎉🙏🏽⁠
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For those of you who have been waiting for this year and are ready to dive right in - I wanna’ give you all the books and the textbooks you need. I know a few of you were on the fence for 2026 and are definitely IN for 2027 - so this is an opportunity to get all your texts totally free as a gift.
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Our year-long training is more than a training in Ayurveda. It’s a spiritual initiation into the wisdom of your body and a comprehensive education in cutting-edge Ayurvedic science.⁠
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That means that whether you… ⁠
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🌹 Feel a calling to become the go-to spirit woman in your community and support others (this program will initiate you into that)⁠
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🌹 Want to uplevel your knowledge in women’s health and Ayurveda (you will become a feminine-form Ayurveda expert through this training if you sincerely do the work)⁠
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🌹 Know absolutely nothing about Ayurveda yet you know in your bones that this program is the next step in the evolution of your soul (yep, we have TONS of women in this course who joined for this reason who can barely pronounce Ah-Yur-Vay-Duh 😂)... ⁠
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THE BEST PART? We’re giving you all the books you’ll need for class (that’s $200 value) as a special bonus gift when you register before June 5th. 📚⁠
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The first women to register for Ayurveda School 2027 before 6/5 will receive both of my books, Healthy, Happy, Sexy and Glow-Worthy, along with the course textbook, Fundamentals of Ayurveda AND the printed and beautifully-bound student manual.⁠
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Ready to join us in 2027 and claim your free books? Register now at the link in bio.⁠
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Don’t know what to make for dinner this week, an Don’t know what to make for dinner this week, and you still wanna’ be in alignment with the seasonal shifts? Here are some quick, kapha-balancing ideas to add to your menu. 👇🏼

🌱 Kitchari, light on the oil. The OG Ayurvedic comfort food, but make it light! Mung dal + basmati rice + kapha-balancing spices, just go light when adding your oil.

🌱 Spiced veggie soups. You can’t go wrong with brothy soups—grab some carrots, celery, kale, fresh ginger, turmeric or cumin and add some lentils for more protein!

🌱 Steamed veggies with warming spices—a simple staple that Kapha loves. Always finish with a drizzle of lemon and pinch of cayenne or black pepper!

🌱 Quinoa + sautéed greens + lime squirt. For extra oomph, add some dry roasted sunflower or hemp seeds.

🌱 Roasted veggie medley (cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, asparagus, turnips or green beans) with cumin, coriander and paprika. (Roasting is a good way to balance out our less kapha-friendly veggies like sweet potatoes and parsnips, too.)

🥕 Want my easy instant-pot kitchari recipe so that you can love on your agni this week? Comment INSTANT below and I’ll send it to you.
The purpose of alchemizing our pain is not perfect The purpose of alchemizing our pain is not perfection. In fact, it can be incredibly liberating to free ourselves from the idea that we will ever be perfectly healed—the idea that we will ever NOT have a certain amount of discomfort and suffering in our lives.

I remember having my heart cracked open when I learned about the Hindu goddess Akhilandeshvari, She Who Is Never Not Broken. 

She is the keeper of the realm of hearts broken, dreams unachieved, and promises unkept. She is with us when we fall into a snotty ball on our bed, unable to keep the sobs from engulfing us. 

She is the opposite of “Move on,” “Just get over it,” and “Oh, come on, it could be worse.” She allows us to be with our feelings until they naturally transform. 

She exists within us, constantly gathering the broken pieces of us back into her. 

And although she is always broken, her face is peaceful because she knows an important secret: that she is always there with us, coexisting alongside the pain. 

And She Who Is Never Not Broken is one of the biggest keys to accessing our true inner glow, in that she allows all the rusted, grimy, broken, roughed-up parts of us to be held in the warm gaze of her message: You can be here.

These double-edged goddesses teach us the beautiful and often painful lesson of the tension of the opposites. 

Can you embody these goddesses by holding the paradox of life, knowing that both brokenness and wholeness may always be operating in our lives?

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This is a milky beverage that counteracts insomnia This is a milky beverage that counteracts insomnia and nervousness before bed. 

Ayurveda provides nourishing and grounding remedies that help settle both body and mind. 🌀☁️

Warm milk is traditionally used as an ojas-building tonic that supports deep restoration, while valerian helps calm the nervous system, ashwagandha supports stress resilience, nutmeg is used for its gently sedative qualities, and saffron eases the mind toward rest. 🫖

When taken together, you have a soothing ritual that reduces excess movement in the mind and invites deep ease before bedtime. 🌙

You can also enhance the effects of this milky medicine by rubbing some warm sesame oil and a few drops of jatamansi essential oil on the soles of your feet before covering them in socks.

🌬️Ready to learn more Ayurvedic wisdom for soothing the mind, body and nervous system? Comment SOMATIC for my free class, Healing the Nervous System with Somatic Ayurveda.
In the latest episode of Spirit Sessions Podcast, In the latest episode of Spirit Sessions Podcast, I do a deep download on erythritol. You may have never heard of this chemical but it is a sweetener lurking inside so many of the “clean,” “keto,” and even “stevia” products we’ve been told are better for us. 

Think bubbly waters, protein bars and powders, energy drinks that are sold as more health-conscious, even the “healthiest” electrolytes on the market. 

You may be eating and drinking way more of this than you realize. I was! 

This podcast episode is short and sweet and offers a deep dive into both the recent science and the Ayurvedic agreement around it. 

I hope it helps us all come back to intelligent sweetness. 

Sweetly yours,
Katie 💗

🌿🎧 Comment “244” below for the link to the episode.

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