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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. 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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Ep. 70 The Words Before All Else

The Words Before All Else come from the traditions of the Iroquois Confederacy. In this episode I share a prayer I’ve been learning.

In this episode I discuss:

~A ritual to begin meetings

~The importance of The Words Before All Else

~Thanksgiving Address for $6 from Mohawk Craft Shop at Kanatsiohareke, (518) 673-2534

~Thanksgiving Address from The Tracking Project

~Thanksgiving Address on Amazon

~Thanksgiving Address PDF

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Ep. 68 Tantra Talks #5

Why Tantra is the philosophical system that holds all spiritual traditions. Tantra is the great weaver on the great loom.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~Tantra as a weaving technology

~Tantra as an expansion science

~How it relates to relating to people

~The paradox as Presence

~Tantrik view of meditation

~Children as a spiritual practice

~The mundane aspects of living as holy

~The essence of Tantra throughout many spiritual practices

~Less than 1 week to get into 2020 Ayurveda School! Join the next crew of courageous and wonderful women.

~If you have questions about Ayurveda School you book a call with Amaury or Lyndsay

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Ep. 60 The Emotional Body: A Portal into Vulnerability & Authenticity

What did the ancients mean by Rasa—our body’s sap and essence? Tune into this short but uplifting love note/nudge from Katie. Learn about the Vedic concept of Rasa and how it evolves our understanding of emotions.

In this episode I discuss:

~Butter up your coffee or tea with ghee!

~What does Rasa mean?

~Rasa as blood, lymph and vitality

~The concept of energy-in-motion: emotions

~What does Rasa have to do with our emotions?

~Working with emotions holistically

~Responding versus Reacting

~Releasing the cosmic and recent past

~Only 2 more months to get into 2020 Ayurveda School!

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Ep. 57 Is the Yoga You’re Doing REALLY Ancient?

Is downward dog really ancient? When did modern day yoga start to take form? In this episode I get into a little bit of the research I’ve been doing around modern postural yoga.

In this episode I discuss:

~What I learned about yoga history

~Where the standing poses of yoga came from

~The beauty of cultural transmigration

~The women behind what became modern day yoga

~The relationship we’ve ALL been in

Books I used for research:

The Great Oom by Robert Love

The Subtle Body by Stefanie Syman

The Science of Yoga by William Broad

The Roots of Yoga by James Mallinson, Mark Singleton

Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice by Mark Singleton

The Northern European creators of "harmonial movement":

Cajzoran Ali

Genevieve Stebbins

Mollie Bagot Stack

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Ep. 53 Our Ancestors Are In The Soil

Some thoughts and insights on a topic that almost every woman I’ve ever known struggles with: Food.

In this episode I discuss:

~The first spiritual practice

~Our relationship with food

~Mother as our first Guru

~The balance between giving your body fuel and giving your digestive system a break

~Developing relationship with Goddess through food and eating

~Let’s make it a conversation, drop us a note on Instagram and Facebook: What insights and thoughts did you have with this episode?

~Interested in Ayurveda school? Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

~Get my FREE Divine Feminine Ayurveda Mini-Course!

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Ep. 49 How to Polish Your ♥️ Heart

A reminder that you can fall in love everyday. You just need to train your Whats-Right-Attention.

In this episode I discuss:

~What does it mean to gather our attention?

~Everyday Tantrik contemplation

~Falling in love through the gateways of the senses

~ApotheKary’s Better Pre-Workout Pudding!

~Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

~Get my FREE Divine Feminine Ayurveda Mini-Course!

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