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Ep. 42 What Does Ayurveda Say About Allergies?

Ayurveda doesn’t think allergies have to be recurring or permanent. Ayurveda teaches you how to work with your immune system to reduce the allergic inflammatory response.

In this episode I discuss:

~Ayurveda’s unique perspective on allergies

~Addressing allergies with nutrition

~Pitta va Kapha type allergies

~Allergies don’t have to be a permanent recurring events

~Metabolism and the immune system

~We have to digest everything we take in through our skin and nose

~The connection between cleansing and our immune response

~Let’s not make cleansing complicated

~Food combining basics

~The connection between how we feel WHEN we eat and digestion

~Download my free Ayurvedic cleanse guide to get started!

Products I mentioned in this episode:

Neti pot and salt

Nasya oil

Triphala

Trikatu

Turmeric

Allergy Support

Neem

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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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Vata season is HERE. (To all my vatas out there - I see you and feel you. And we’re sending major warm, spicy, grounding energy your way.) 

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Ayurveda teaches that this time of year asks us to Ayurveda teaches that this time of year asks us to anchor, simplify and choose what nourishes the soul. Presence over hurry, peace over worry, faith over doubt, love over ego. ⁠
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A seasonal reminder that our inner alignment is the deepest wellness practice.⁠
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Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is o Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is observe your family like a wildlife biologist with your therapist on speed dial. 🔍☎️ Sending your heart steadiness, grace, gratefulness (and strong AGNI! 🔥) today.

P.S. If you’ve had your eye on 2026 Level 1 Shakti Ayurveda School we’re currently running a limited-time Gratitude Sale ONLY through Monday. This is the lowest tuition rate that will be offered and it’s only for a few days – comment GRATITUDE below for the details and sign-up link! 🧡🥧
I’ve been thinking about this phrase we toss aro I’ve been thinking about this phrase we toss around facetiously: “Thanks for nothing.” 

We lace our voice with resentment and the subtle (or not so subtle) middle finger to whatever didn’t go our way. 

But lately, I’ve been reclaiming it. Sanctifying it. 

Turning it into a quiet little prayer: Thank you. I am here. I am grateful for no reason. 

Science keeps confirming what the mystics have whispered for millennia: gratitude literally changes us.

Studies from UCLA and Harvard show that consistent gratitude practices calm the amygdala, boost dopamine and serotonin, expand heart-rate variability and even strengthen immune function. 

In other words: saying “thank you” rewires the nervous system and ushers the whole body into a different frequency. 

But here’s where it gets counter-intuitive: 

Most of us only practice gratitude for the shiny things - the wins at work, blessings in our bank account, the relationships feeling good… 

But what about the heartbreaks? 
The long nights in the dark? 
The relationships that stretched us, cracked us and forced us to grow? 
The strange, sacred mandala of our lives — the shadowy petals included? 

This is where “Thanks for nothing” becomes a holy prayer. 

Because sometimes the “nothings” (the thing that didn’t happen, the door that didn’t open, the expectation that didn’t get met) is the quiet architecture of our becoming something GREATER. 

More heartful. More real. 

Sometimes what appears as an absence is actually a deep cosmic protection. The chaos is the curriculum. 

So today, I’m practicing a new kind of gratitude: 

Thanks for the heartbreak that humbled me. 
Thanks for the silence that made me listen deeper. 
Thanks for the plans that fell apart, so I could fall into myself. 
Thanks for the nothing that was actually everything. 

This isn’t spiritual bypass. It’s radical spiritual bravery. 

It’s choosing to bow to the full freaking thing. The yummy parts and the ones with biting teeth. 

It’s remembering that we don’t need perfect circumstances to cultivate a loving, grounded physiology. 

So, friend…Happy Thanksgiving. 

Thanks for nothing. 
And thanks for everything.

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