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Ep. 37 The Deeper Daily Routine

A practical and motivational episode to get you excited about your morning routines. You’ll learn the secrets of why Ayurveda emphasizes morning and evening routines AND how you can leverage this wisdom to magnify your own love and life.

In this episode I discuss:

~The dirt on daily routines (dinacharya) of Ayurveda

~Routines that work for you vs routines that are oppressive

~Clarity around the purpose of Ayurvedic morning routines

~The attention dilemma

~What the “liver time” is and why good mornings start the night before

~How we love the body

~How we change our life habits and rewire through our routines

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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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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. 29 What I Eat Everyday + Why Diet = Crazy

A sneak peak at what’s going on in my kitchen and why I think dieting is crazy.

In this episode I discuss:

~My story with food

~Our desire for health (Swashthya)

~The Tantric practice of Truth: holding paradoxical qualities all at once

~Book: Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life by Dr Claudia Welch

~Food & Our Emotions

~Our innate intelligence

~Intuitive Eating VS Cravings and Binge Eating

~The importance of food preparation

~Swashthya: Being seated in the heart, “health”

~Getting into the God Body

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Further Reading:

Feeding the Hungry Heart by Geneen Roth

Women Food and God by Geneen Roth

Also check out my food psychology book list here: https://shaktischool.wpengine.com/books-we-love/

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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. 25 Staying Spicy in the Winter BLAHS

How to use the science of Ayurveda and the practices of Tantra to stay sane in the dead of winter and thrive.

In this episode I discuss:

~The fear of death

~The epidemic of gut health and chronic health issues

~Economic and health freedom

~Radical responsibility for our individual and collective health ecosystem

~Kapha breakdown: the gut, the earth of the body

~The vagus nerve/gut connection - who talks more?

~Dr. Zach Bush

~Farmer’s Footprint

~The soil issue

~The lie of Big Chemical

~The benefits of purified water

~The water purifier I love

~How to purify Kapha element in the body

~Treat complicated with simple

~A dry-brush I love

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Ep. 24 The Gremlin of “Never Enough”

A look at what makes us feel like we need to go go go

In this episode I discuss:

~Triphala and Kapha Essentials by ApotheKary! My friends started an ayurvedic wellness store =) use the discount code GHEESPOT10 for 10%

~Shame : The emotion that sabotages our love and relationships

~Vikalpa: Kalpa is a vow; Vi is to separate from what we truly desire

~Our greatest longing to be whole and loved

~Unprocessed emotional charge

~Operating from our Sankalpa: our true heart’s calling

~Shadow and Shame in the Mind-Body-Spirit-Complex

~Guilt vs Shame

~Intellectual vs Emotional Body

~The process of going into the feeling-self

~The ultimate Tantra Yoga practice

~Popular yoga as sedation is not Present Moment Awareness

~Entering into Love vs sedation

~Self-Trust as an antidote to controlling

~Book: The Presence Process by Michael Brown

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