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Ep. 65 Why the Yoga Teacher Model Won’t Support THRIVING

I spent years working as a yoga teacher in the San Francisco Bay area. I was teaching upwards of 15 drop-in yoga classes a week but I wasn’t thriving. I loved helping people, for me teaching was a calling. In this episode I discuss what yoga teachers can do to actually thrive while pursuing their calling.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~My experience teaching yoga in the Bay area

~The yoga industry today

~Yoga as a calling

~Why spirit workers need to get paid

~How yoga teachers get paid for classes

~How to thrive as a yoga teacher

~Less than 4 weeks 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. 62 Don’t Work for Free with Chef Meredith Klein

One of our Ayurveda School teachers Meredith Klein shares her experience of being asked to work a big job in LA for free. We discuss being a woman entrepreneur and why it’s discouraging to be asked for free labor or advice.

In this episode we discuss:

~Working for exposure or for free

~Women in entrepreneurship

~Valuing the time and wisdom of women

~Why energy must flow otherwise there will be friction

~An exchange of value

~Exposure meme

~Being asked for free advice and “brain picking”

~How Meredith got her start in her career

~Meredith’s book: Kitchen Ritual

~Meredith’s website pranaful.com

~Marie Forleo's video on 'Brain Picking' request

~Less than 2 months to get into 2020 Ayurveda School! We’re filling up

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Ep. 58 Being a Force in the Ayurveda World with Cate Stillman

Join Cate and I as we talk all things modern Ayurveda, being a trailblazer and her new book.

In this episode we discuss:

~How we’ve become discounted in the name of science and rationality

~Navigating spirituality and modern life demands

~Signs of auto-immune trouble

~Releasing stress from our structure

~Modernising Ayurveda for today

~Is raw food anti-Ayurvedic?

~What does it actually mean to move from a place of love and joy?

~How to receive - the law of reciprocity

~Vulnerability in being a teacher and public speaker

~Find Cate online at yogahealer.com

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Ep. 34 What is Feminine Form Yoga?

I started a conversation last year with the community about yoga and the rise of the feminine in the world. This episode is part of a larger series and conversation I want to have with you about what yoga is, what Shakti is and what the concept of “the feminine” is in relation to a yoga practice. You might want to start with Ep. 23 Why Your Yoga Practice May Need To Die before diving into this one.

In this episode I discuss:

~A reading from Wild Mercy by Mirabai Starr

~What is the Rising Feminine actually?

~Student LOVE!

~The longing in your heart to know who you are

~Yoga as an individual practice

~The medicine to an over bloated masculine

~Why we need to understand our primal biomechanics/nervous system

~That point just before death

~Yogic monks vs the feminine

~The control issue

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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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Let’s talk about the fabric of your inhalation! Let’s talk about the fabric of your inhalation! Last day to get early bird pricing on our year long certification in NOW!
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.
These acts may seem small, but they are powerful A These acts may seem small, but they are powerful Ayurvedic rituals for dropping into your heart and cultivating gratitude for the Earth, our relationships and our food. 🌿 ⁠
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🤲🏼 Offer gratitude. Give thanks to Big Mama Nature and feel that She is providing you with nourishment through the sacrifice of other plants and animals.⁠
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🍲 Feed someone else first. First feeding others is a sign of our gratitude to the Big Mama who is feeding us. If you are single, make some extra food for a neighbor, water the plants or feed the birds.⁠
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🍽️ Set the table. Even if you are eating alone, laying down a beautiful tablecloth, placemats and cloth napkins tells your unconscious, "Eating is sacred."⁠
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📵 Be present. Eating while web-surfing, watching TV, texting or driving dampens the digestive fire.⁠
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🥄 Chew slowly. Chew mindfully. Feel grateful for where you are now in your life.⁠
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🧘🏼‍♀️ Eat in a good mood: Our mood carries power into the food we eat. If we eat while we are angry or sad, or any other negative mood state, that mood will be transmitted into the food we eat, and deeper into the body and mind.⁠
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Save for your quick reminders on how to ritualize eating this week. 🍽💗🍂

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