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Ep. 118 Hotels for the Highly Sensitive

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Even if you don’t identify as a highly sensitive person, this episode will help you biohack any hotel stay. This talk is filled with science-backed tips, tricks and recommendations for feeling your best while traveling and sleeping away from home.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ What does it mean to be a Highly Sensitive Person?

~ HSP tend to think deeply about things and have unusual levels of empathy

~ Quiz on HSP 

~ Resource about Dr.Elaine Aron who coined Highly Sensitive

~ Different needs and sensitivities of Highly Sensitive People

~ How to be proactive about your needs before you travel

~ Nitehood and how to optimize the senses for sleeping

~ How duct tape can help you sleep… yes, duct tape!

~ Mac’s Earplugs

~ How to biohack airports and airplanes

~ Dr. Patty’s Jetlag Chews

~ Free webinar with Katie on January 2nd 

~ Book a call with the Shakti School team here

~ Up-level your 2022 with Level 1 Ayurveda School

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Ep. 117 7 Vital Steps for a Spiritual Practice (Tantra Talks #6)

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This episode delves into Tantra within the context of meditation and the framework for better understanding who we are. Different forms of meditation can help us feel more ‘real’. Seven tangible steps are outlined for crafting a meditation practice which helps deepen the connection to your spiritual life.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ The meaning of Tantra within the context of meditation

~ Tantra as a methodology for better understanding who we are

~ Passive vs active meditation

~ How meditation can make you feel more like yourself

~ Sahaja yoga and how it may benefit your practice

~ 7 steps to a meditation practice to deepen connection to your spiritual life

~ Register for the free webinar with Katie on January 2nd 

~ Book a call with the Shakti School team here

~ Up-level your 2022 with Level 1 Ayurveda School

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Ep. 116 Ayurveda and Disordered Eating

Spirit Sessions Podcast Guest - Marissa

This powerful and heartfelt episode welcomes special guest, Marissa Angeletti. Marissa is a movement-based trauma specialist and therapeutic movement educator working with disordered eating and holistic healing. This important discussion dives deep into emotional eating patterns, food fears, and nervous system states as they related to eating. Marissa is a teacher in Level 2 of Shakti Ayurveda School.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ An intro about following your soul’s purpose 

~ How dogmatic food rules can perpetuate disordered eating

~ Fear foods and emotional views of eating

~ How circumstances and food scarcity can impact restriction

~ Relationship to food as relationship to God

~ Nervous system states as they relate to eating

~ Pleasure and biophysical needs

~ Eating to feel satiated both physically and emotionally

~ Book a call with the Shakti School team here

~ Click here for 2022 Level 1 Ayurveda School

~ You can find Marissa Angeletti at inlokahmotion.com

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Ep. 115 Feeling Safe Within the Body

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This guided meditation focuses on rewiring the nervous system and increasing the felt sense of being at home within the body.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ How rewiring our nervous system out of states of fight, flight and freeze lies in our capacity to feel at ease, relaxed, and safe

~ Proprioception in the brain

~ Outer orientation

~ 15 minute guided meditation for feeling at home and at ease within the body

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Ep. 114 Why Things Are Always Better Than We Think

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This heart-expanding episode addresses our human innate negativity bias and how evolutionary survival mechanisms affect our polarities. When we step into the healing vortex and vulnerability, we are able to instead grow hope, compassion, and capacity to see future dreams.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ Our innate negativity bias

~ Evolutionary survival mechanisms

~ Growing our hope, compassion and capacity to see future dreams

~ Tocqueville effect and polarizing tendencies

~ The healing vortex 

~ Vulnerability as a tool for strength

~ Positive news from the book Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know

~ The electromagnetic heart field 

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Ep. 113 Ayurveda as the University of the Soul

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This amazing interview was originally featured on the Walk 'n Flow podcast, hosted by Babette, a student of Shakti Ayurveda School and outdoor coach and trainer at Walk 'n Act. Thanks to Babette and Janna for the fun collaboration on this episode!

In this episode you'll hear:

~ What is Ayurveda?
~ Katie's personal journey into this field
~ Patriarchal thinking and feminine wisdom
~ Daily routines for better physical, mental, and spiritual health
~ Beauty standards and the female body
~ Avoiding the pitfalls of getting stuck in a system of rules
~ Intuition
~ And many other gems!

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Ep. 112 A Self-Healing Meditation for Fall

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This meditation is directly from Ayurveda School, a year-long coaching certification connecting you with your body, mind and spirit, while also learning how to help others do the same. Connect to the truest, most authentic you with this warming, grounding practice to balance Vata.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Shakti Ayurveda School helps connect you to your body’s innate wisdom and true spirit

~ This meditation practice is directly from Ayurveda School teachings

~ Allow Katie to guide you through a grounding practice to balance Vata

~ The practice helps connect you to your truest, most authentic self

~ Gratitude for the spirit of Vata Dosha

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Ep. 111 The Role of Spirituality in Healing Trauma and the Nervous System

Spirit Sessions Podcast Guest

This episode features special guest Cristal Mortensen, a trauma and nervous system specialist and somatic neuroplasticity expert. Katie and Cristal discuss the physiological responses of the nervous system and increasing our felt sense of safety and protection in the body.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~ Trauma and states of safety within the body

~  Integration of the physical and emotional bodies

~ Role of the vagus and cranial nerves

~ The matrix of safety and support

~ Attunement of the brain and body

~ The science of safety

~ Stability as connection to the Divine

~ Click here for the Spirit and Safety course on November 7th

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~ Find Cristal Mortensen online at awarealignedawake.com

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Feminine-form Ayurveda is about connecting with yo Feminine-form Ayurveda is about connecting with your own Inner Wisdom.

You are the only authority on your mental, spiritual and emotional well-being. Ayurveda provides a beautiful and wise roadmap for understanding and navigating reality. 

But it’s ultimately up to us to take this beautiful map, embody its wisdom, internalize it and channel it into our modern, unique, individual lives.
The principle of the feminine encourages us to trust the direct experience of our bodies.

To listen to our own intuition and follow our hearts as our ultimate inner guide and healer.

Wishing you a beautiful weekend. 🌹🌸🌴🌼🐚
Your body, your mind, your spirit… they have nev Your body, your mind, your spirit… they have never been separate. We have only been conceiving of them as separate for a very short time, and only in certain cultures. ⁠
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This is the real essence of Level 2: it’s about stepping into a river that’s been flowing for thousands of years. A lineage of people who understood that our LIFESTYLES are where physical & spiritual health began. 🌊🕯️🌿⁠
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Level 2 is about becoming the one who has embodied the teachings. Not just learned them, but lived them.⁠
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Class just began this Tuesday and the opening ceremony was so special. It’s not too late to join us. Sneak into our 2026 Level 2 cohort if you feel the nudge. ✨
Okay, real talk…⁠ ⁠ Who else is feeling a li Okay, real talk…⁠
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Who else is feeling a little sluggish, foggy, bloated, heavy, or just… meh lately?⁠
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Maybe your body feels slower. Your digestion a little off. Your energy not quite where you want it to be. Maybe your routines slipped, your cravings got louder and your nervous system feels like it’s been holding a lot.⁠
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If that’s you, you’re not alone. ⁠
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In this season, everything in nature begins to melt, move and clear. What has built up over winter, physically and emotionally, starts to loosen. The body naturally wants to lighten. To release. To begin again.⁠
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But most of us don’t give ourselves the space to actually let that happen.⁠
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We push through, stay busy and override what we’re feeling. And that heaviness… just lingers.⁠
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This is your invitation to do something different.⁠
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To pause. Reset. Create space for your body to come back into balance.⁠
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To feel like yourself again. ⁠
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You’re invited to join us May 4–8 for a 5-Day Ayurvedic Spring Cleanse & Gut Reset, guided by Shakti Ayurveda School graduate, Ayurvedic Health Counselor and wellness guide Charlotte Oddi. This is a gentle, supportive experience designed to help you clear out what’s been building and reconnect with your natural rhythm.⁠
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We’ll begin with a Kickoff Call on May 2 to walk you through everything and set you up for success. The Active Cleansing Phase runs May 4–8, followed by a Closing Call on May 9 to help you integrate and carry the benefits forward.⁠
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We’re also offering an optional, Complimentary 45-minute Cleanse 101 Class on April 27th if you want to learn more about Ayurvedic cleansing before diving in.⁠
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Can’t make it live? Don’t worry! All calls will be recorded and available to rewatch. ⁠
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💛 Comment “Cleanse Info” for the link to register.
The qualities of kapha are cool, heavy, moist, slo The qualities of kapha are cool, heavy, moist, slow, dull and stagnant. 🌊🌿💦

Because of these inherent qualities, kapha-type people will do best with forms of body movement that cultivate the opposing qualities (i.e., warming, light, dry, quick and mobile). 

This type of exercise will help relieve some of the congestion and stagnation associated with kapha, specifically in regard to getting rid of any excess phlegm and mucus in the chest and stomach. 

Kapha-reducing exercise boosts enthusiasm for life, stimulating us out of depression and lethargy. ⚡️

P.S. Any body type will benefit from using the kapha-reducing routine if the person is relatively healthy, and it is spring. 😉🌱
Light, astringent fruits in the spring can help us Light, astringent fruits in the spring can help us balance Kapha, bringing in lightness and brightness and helping to dry up excess kapha fluids. The trick is to stick to fruits that are first and foremost local and in season, and that are light, astringent and warming.⁠
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Here are some of our faves this time of year:⁠
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🍋 Lemons and limes are sharp and bright, perfect for sparking agni⁠
🍓 Berries (strawberries, blueberries and raspberries) are nice and light, and gently astringent, so they’re perfect for kapha time of year⁠
🍒 Cherries are a little bit drying, they help move things along if you know what I mean ;)⁠
🍑 Apricots are light, a little bit drying and offer sweetness that doesn’t weigh you down⁠
🍎 Apples are astringent and light = balances kapha’s heaviness and density!⁠
🍇 Raisins and dried fruit offer more concentrated sweetness and warmth⁠
🍒 Cranberries are amazing for clearing excess moisture⁠
🍊 Grapefruit’s bitterness and sharpness is one of the best for reducing heaviness⁠
🍎 Pomegranates support the blood and digestion and help dry excess fluids⁠
🍐 Pears offer amazing fiber content, digestive support and are best eaten in the morning⁠
💜 And we all know that prunes help keep things moving, especially if your elimination is sluggish 🌀⁠
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Keep in mind this is for my northern hemisphere ladies in spring… if you’re in the southern hemisphere, you’re in autumn, so think warm, grounding, wet foods instead. 🍠⁠
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If you love this, you’ll love our free women’s wisdom and Ayurveda mini course where we go even deeper. Comment WISDOM to access. ✨

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