Body of Soul // Wellness + Spirituality

In this episode, I share 6 grounding practices that soothe feelings of anxiety, stress, or fear. These simple, yet nourishing practices are based upon Ayurveda - the ancient healing system of India that takes a holistic approach to mind-body wellness.

I cover meditation, sleep, aromatherapy, nutrition, movement, and self-care practices.

If you’re feeling anxiety and uncertainty, or needing to ground yourself during this chaotic time, this might be the most important and valuable thing you have heard all year.

We are all seeking the truth right now. We are being met with feelings of deep sadness, grief, anger, and frustration for a reason. Our emotional bodies are letting us know that what is happening is coming up against our boundary system and offending our souls.

NOW is the time to practice discernment.

In this episode, I interview my dear friend Jessa Lin - an Intuitive Healer and Mindset Coach. We chat about...

- Practicing discernment and seeking Truth

- “Unsubscribing” to beliefs that don’t align with Truth

- Clearing your channel and staying grounded

- Moving from grace and the frequency of love

- Meeting your true self through going inward

This is an incredibly insightful, thought-provoking conversation that will serve you well on your truth seeking journey - give it a listen!

As we isolate in our homes, we are becoming even more aware of how our interior space affects our mood, productivity, comfort, and well-being.

In this episode, I interview Nicole Marre, a certified Feng Shui consultant, yoga teacher, and reiki master. She has created her very own Intentional Space Design method – blending energy medicine, with healing aesthetic space modalities such as Feng Shui, Vastu, space clearing, and color therapy.

We chat all about…

- Nicole’s spiritual awakening (and yogic living on a boat!)

- Intentional Space Design

- The differences between Feng Shui (Chinese) and Vastu (Vedic)

- How to balance the elements in your home, using color, texture, art, and more

- How to arrange furniture in your home

- Simple ways to improve the energy of your living space

This is part TWO of last week’s episode, where I interview Susan Oubari, breathwork leader, reiki master, and founder of Breathe in Paris.

In this episode, we hear about Susan’s transition from working in high fashion, to pursing reiki and breathwork full-time. She shares how these energy practices transformed her life, and how she built her business, Breathe in Paris.

We also chat about...

- What is reiki and breathwork?

- How you can use these energy practices to clear your mind and balance your body

- Hitting low points on the spiritual path

- Appreciating the human experience and accepting all emotions

- Starting a spiritual wellness business

and so much more!

Have you ever dreamt of working in fashion? Or maybe you watched Project Runway and the Devil Wear’s Prada one too many times.

There is no doubt there is an allure and glamour of the fashion industry. But is it really all that it seems?

In this episode, I interview Susan Oubari, who is a breathwork teacher, reiki master, and creator of Breathe in Paris. Before discovering these powerful energy practices, Susan spent 27 years working in the fashion industry, at publications including Italian Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar and collaborated with big names such as Nordstrom, Stella McCartney, Peter Lindbergh, Fashion TV, and Spike Lee.

She’s lived in Milan, Casablanca, Paris, and Vancouver, eventually settling in Paris. From the outside, she seemed to be living the fabulous life people dream of. But in reality, Susan felt trapped, distressed, and deeply disconnected from her inner self.

In today’s episode, Susan shares her captivating quest for living a more authentic life.

Are you living the life you actually want for yourself?

Are you living the life of YOUR conscious choosing, or are you following the path you were told to walk down?

In this episode, I interview Katerina Levanttar, a woman who shed the expectations of society and awakened to her soul, embarking on the most exciting journey into the unknown.

She spent over a decade working in the financial industry in NYC, following the path of the “American Dream”. She fell into the same belief, like many of us do, that following a traditional career path which guarantees a high salary, big bonuses, and financial security will bring satisfaction and a joyous life.

But 10-12 hour workdays, sitting at a desk, staring at a computer screen all day long, was far from joyous. Instead, it drained not only her energy, but her creativity and inspiration. Working such long hours never really gave her any time to THINK or IMAGINE what she actually wanted her life to be.

Finally, Katerina reached a point where she “woke up from the sleepwalking”.

After questioning everything in her life – how she was spending her time, what thoughts were swirling in her mind, what beliefs she held, what she was eating, why she was working her job – she decided to take a bold leap into the unknown. She released all of those false expectations and promises society gives us for living a “good life” and instead, she set out to create the life of her dreams.

Today, Katerina’s life looks completely different from the life she was once living in NYC.

She now lives in Oaxaca City in Mexico, and is a sound healer, meditation teacher, and a guide for other people’s spiritual awakenings. She is also the founder and creator of The Butterfly House – a healing home for people to take a break from the outer world, and just turn inward, reconnect with themselves, and just be.

In this episode, we chat about…

- Shifting from doing to BEING

- Shedding society’s expectations and reprogramming your mind

- Creating your reality

- Quieting the mind and listening to the heart

- Getting in touch with your intuition

- Practicing self-inquiry, mindfulness, and gratitude

Everything is made up of energy, including you and me. The more tuned in you are with energy, the more you will be able to pick up on other people’s energy and how it affects your energy. If we hold onto someone else’s energy, we may start to experience their emotions ourselves. We can pick up on another’s energy because we are all connected, by what are called “energy cords”.

Energy cords are emotional strands of energy that form regardless of time or space. They form with every person you connect with, and still exist even when you are separated. These cords can potentially become toxic depending on the relationship or the attachment.

(This is why it can be SO hard to get over an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.)

In the latest episode of the Body of Soul podcast, I interview Emily Jean, a Law of Attraction and Spiritual Coach. We chat about…

- What “energy cords” are

- How energy cords form, between people, places, things

- Signs that we need to cut off energy cords

- The benefits of regularly cleansing your energy

- Simple energy clearing practices to cut energy cords

The Ayurvedic diet isn’t just another short lived, fad diet. It’s quite the opposite, as this approach to nutrition has been around for more than 5,000 years, rooting in Ancient India.

Different from many diets out there, NO food is “off limits” in Ayurveda. Instead, the focus is on bringing balance and harmony to the mind and body, and selecting foods that are right for YOU.

The Ayurvedic approach to nutrition is based upon eating foods related to the dosha (energy) that is causing an imbalance in your mind and body. We can notice if we have an imbalance in our body through different physical sensations related to our digestion, energy levels, and more.

By tuning into our body’s wisdom, we can understand which foods are best to consume for optimal health, and which foods to avoid until we are balanced again.

In this episode, I chat about the fundamentals of Ayurvedic nutrition, including…

- What is Ayurveda?

- What matters most in the Ayurvedic diet

- The 5 elements

- The 3 doshas

- Digestive health (agni)

- Ama (toxins that accumulate in the body from undigested food and emotions)

- The 3 Gunas (subtle qualities of food)

- The 6 Rasas (tastes of the Ayurvedic diet)

Make sure to give this one a listen, and stay tuned for the next episode where I chat about the specific food recommendations for each of the doshas.

Are you feeling stuck?

Maybe you have a grand vision of what you want to bring into this world, but you are caught in self-limiting beliefs and paralysed by fear.

Or, you have no idea what you actually want in life and you can’t stop asking the question, “what is my purpose?”

The annoying thing with feeling stuck is that often times we don’t know what to do to get unstuck! We get trapped in a loop of uncertainty, confusion, and fear, all leading us to remain stuck.

In order to break out of the “cycle of stuckness”, it’s essential that we plant thoughts which allow us to reclaim our power and see new possibilities beyond our limitations.

Claim and consciously use your power!

In this episode, I interview mindset expert Daria Tsvenger, who studied Cognitive Neuroscience at Stanford University, and had a chance to learn from top experts like Dr. Joe Dispenza, Tony Robbins, and more.

We chat about...

- Why we get stuck and how to get unstuck

- Using envy, fear, and self-comparison to get clear on what you really want

- How to convince your mind that you can achieve your dream

- Using fear to initiate self-growth and self-discovery

- Daria's mindset program “The Dream Sprint”, based on neuroscience

Every woman goes through a unique series of hormonal, physical, and emotional changes in her lifetime. Sometimes that includes wild mood swings, random weight gain, intense cravings for chocolate, and all of the lovely symptoms of PMS!

Thankfully the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda provides a supportive framework for understanding the female body and offers many tools for restoring and maintaining balance.

In this episode, I interview Nimisha, founder of MoonCycle Nutrition, certified holistic nutritionist, and Ayurvedic counselor focused on women’s health and fertility.

We chat about…

- Ayurvedic approach to regulating women’s hormones

- Birth control, missed periods, and fertility

- Foods to eat during your menstrual cycle

- Aligning your diet with the seasons

- Understanding food cravings

- How to improve gut health and digestion

- Rituals and daily practices for tuning into body wisdom