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Ep. 82 Bootleg Broadcast with Nidhi Pandya: Emotional Digestion

This is a recording of an Instagram live I did with Nidhi Pandya, a third generation Ayurvedic healer and a teacher in Shakti School’s level 2 Ayurveda certification. Join us for this MUST HEAR bootleg broadcast. There's some imperfect audio with echoing here and there, and birds singing in the background, but it’s a REALLY important conversation for our times on Agni, trauma and emotional digestion

In this episode you’ll hear:

~What is Agni

~How the concept of Agni translates to emotional digestion

~The symbol of fire in spirituality

~How we can get better at processing information

~What Agni has to do with trauma and current events

~Finding our inner resource of knowing

~Tips for boosting your capacity for emotional digestion

~Why meditating on the body is most centering and calming

~Find Nidhi on instagram at @my_ayurvedic_life

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Ep. 81 Divine Contractions with Yolonda Coles Jones

Yolonda is an expansive creatrix, coach and teacher. Join us in this conversation about spirituality, relationship, creativity and identity.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~Yolonda’s journey through spirituality

~Feminine aspects of God

~The Wild Woman Archetype

~Relationship at spiritual evolution

~Raising children

~Home Schooling

~Race in the health and spirituality space

~Identity today

~Music and creativity

~Yolonda’s amazing coaching

~Find Yolonda online at yolondajonescreative.com

~Yolonda singing Gray

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Ep. 78 5 Body Based Mini-Meditations for This Time

In this immersive, experiential episode Katie takes you through 5 practices we’ve been doing in Shakti School to tune in and foster deep resiliency.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~A special practice we did in Ayurveda School Level 2 this week

These practices will help you:

~Connect with your heart

~Use the power of sound in your body to create good boundaries against pathogens and psychic overload

~Leverage the power of pleasure

~Use the subtle movement patterns to restore nervous system balance and resource integrity

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Ep. 76 Mary Thompson on Ayurveda, Self-Care and Coronavirus

Mary Thompson is an Ayurvedacharya, the highest honor and embodiment of Ayurveda. She was one of my first Ayurveda teachers and she’s the senior teacher in Shakti School’s Ayurveda training. In this episode she dishes on essential self-care and some tips for staying healthy during this Coronavirus outbreak.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~How Mary found Ayurveda

~The body’s capacity to digest and metabolize (Agni)

~The liver’s role in health

~The body’s innate vitality (Ojas)

~Mary’s suggestions on staying healthy during Coronavirus outbreaks

~Masculine vs Feminine Form Ayurveda

~The future of Ayurveda in America

~Tips for Ayurvedic practitioners

~Compare yourself to who you were yesterday

~Cultivating a divine relationship with yourself

~Find Mary Thompson online: https://www.marythompsonayurveda.com/

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Ep. 75 Tantric Herbalism with Brooke Sullivan

I’m joined in this episode by Brooke Sullivan, Tantric Yogini and Herbalist and Founder of The Wild Temple. We dive into what it means to be a modern Tantrika and its application in medicine and herbalism. Brooke teaches in our Level 2 Ayurveda School training and I’m really excited to share this conversation with our wider audience. This is a must-listen episode to anyone interested in herbal medicine, Tantra and traditional or feminine form medicine.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~Herbalism in the context of Tantra

~Tantric medicine throughout history

~The Misunderstanding of Tantra in the East and the West

~Vitalism and Energy Medicine

~Personal legitimacy and authority

~Our Truth as Kundalini Awakening

~Infrangible! Listen to learn more!

~The Prana in plants

~The methodology of “Whatever Works”

~The importance of a healthy body for spiritual practice

~Feminine Form Herbalism vs Reductionism

~Plants as Yantras

~The role of our lineage in plant medicine and healing

~Connecting to our sense of worthiness and sensuality

~Brooke’s plant recommendations for the modern gal

~Find Brooke online at TheWildTemple.com

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This episode is sponsored by ApotheKary! A boutique apothecary based near us on the east coast in DC offering Ayurvedic inspired herbs and blends. Their Seal The Deal aphrodisiac blend is full of adaptogens and natural energy boosters. It features Maca, Acai Berry, Ashwagandha and other good herbs. Use promocode GHEESPOT10 for 10% off your entire order.

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Ep. 74 Kapha Balancing for Late Winter-Spring

In this quick and information packed episode you’ll learn when Kapha season is and how to stay balanced with food throughout it. A lot of people like doing a spring cleanse, but it’s easy to go overboard and wreck your hormones with an extreme fad cleanse. So listen up and learn how to alter your diet this season in a safe and nurturing way.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~What is Kapha season

~When is Kapha season

~What to do during Kapha season

~How to balance Kapha in the body

~Foods to eat this time of year

~To purchase The Cleanse Workshop click here

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Support a great company while you’re supporting your breasts, and save 15% on Breast Care Balm by visiting banyanbotanicals.com/katie

This episode is sponsored by ApotheKary! A boutique apothecary based near us on the east coast in DC offering Ayurvedic inspired herbs and blends. Their Mind Over Matter mushroom blend is going to help you get through the stagnation of Kapha season. It features Chaga, Reishi and Lion's Mane. Use promocode GHEESPOT10 for 10% off your entire order.

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Ep. 73 History and HERstory of Ayurveda

In this episode I discuss the difference between a “masculine” approach to healing, often associated with allopathic medicine, and a “feminine” approach to healing, usually associated with holistic and traditional medicines like Ayurveda. We’ll learn why it is important to embrace BOTH forms in their highest expressions. You’ll learn one perspective on the origin story of traditional healing methods and a little bit about the journey Ayurveda has gone through from British colonization to the present.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~The subtlety of dual philosophy

~The place of symptom-based allopathic medicine

~The definition of what I call Feminine Form Medicine

~The psychospiritual origin of so many of our dis-ease

~A brief history of Ayurveda in India

~Ayurveda today in India and internationally

~The HERstory of Ayurveda

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Save 15% on Banyan Botanicals Nasya Oil by visiting banyanbotanicals.com/katie

This episode is sponsored by ApotheKary! A boutique apothecary based near us on the east coast in DC offering Ayurvedic inspired herbs and blends. Their Seal The Deal aphrodisiac blend is full of adaptogens and natural energy boosters. It features Maca, Acai Berry, Ashwagandha and other good herbs. Use promocode GHEESPOT10 for 10% off your entire order.

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Ep. 72 Want Health? Get Wet!

Hydration is one of the MOST important aspects of health. From cellular metabolism, mitochondrial efficiency and major organ function, water touches every aspect of our being. Yet MOST people are walking around in a mild state of chronic dehydration. Everything from aging to immunity is affected by our bodies hydration level so in this episode I get into the real HOWS of staying hydrated. And hint: it doesn’t have to do with drinking a gallon of water a day

In this episode you’ll hear:

~How we don’t get hydrated

~What we can learn from desert dwellers and hunter/gathers about hydration

~The newly discovered 4th stage of water!

~How to get deeply hydrated

~Taking stock of your water contaminants

~Get to know your tap water, read the blog article about the importance of water

~The BEST trace minerals that are easy to add to your water

~The best way to get your body to retain water

~How to get structured water into your body

~Join us at our next live training the summer of 2020, BHAKTI!

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This episode is sponsored by ApotheKary! A boutique apothecary based near us on the east coast in DC offering Ayurvedic inspired herbs and blends. Their Mind Over Matter mushroom blend is going to help you get through the stagnation of Kapha season. It features Chaga, Reishi and Lion's Mane. Use promocode GHEESPOT10 for 10% off your entire order.

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