Crown Yourself

Shakti Sita is back with an important episode about language. There are many buzz words that have deliberately been used to move the masses during this time, such as: “flatten the curve” “quarantine” “social distancing” “travel ban” “contact tracing” “I can’t breathe” “new normal.”

These are excellent examples of what George Orwell calls Newspeak, in his dystopian novel that eerily resembles 2020, “1984.”

The goal of Newspeak is to eliminate nuance in order to divide people. This is the time to stick together and be conscious of our word choice.

Show Notes:

• The Pallas Kundalini Yoga Class Schedule
• The Pallas Website
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram
• 1984, George Orwell
• Quantum Languaging - Dani Katz

After a very much unplanned hiatus, Shakti Sita is back with her key lessons from the global lockdown. It has been a time to grow, make tantric malas (3 months later), and start telling better stories than the one that George Orwell brought into the world.

Show Notes:

• The Pallas Kundalini Yoga Class Schedule
• The Pallas Website
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram
• 1984, George Orwell
• Satcha Malas
• CNBC: U.S. billionaires saw their fortunes soar by $434 billion

I'm just weeks away from my first Saturn return, which is a time of major transition into what can be called astrological adulthood. In this episode, I share key information about these Saturn passages how they are windows of opportunity to come into greater alignment with our souls' intentions for this lifetime. I discuss the primary characteristics of each astrological archetype's Saturn return so you can see how some of the themes play out in the timing of your own life.

Show Notes:

• Saturn Return Calculator
• School of Evolutionary Astrology
• Saturn Return Overview
• The Pallas Kundalini Yoga Class Schedule
• The Pallas Website
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram

I recorded this episode exactly one week into opening The Pallas Kundalini Yoga & Meditation studio in Dobbs Ferry, NY. I share my initial takeaways and lessons from the first week - from taking responsibility for everything to setting boundaries to prioritizing my own practice. And of course teaching. Thank you all for being part of this journey with me and for the love and support getting the doors open! - Shakti Sita

"The first sign of a Teacher is that you are contained, you are content, and you are very continuously dependable. Your behavior reflects it." Yogi Bhajan, August 3, 1996

Show Notes:

• The Pallas Kundalini Yoga Class Schedule
• The Pallas Website
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram

One of the major keys to creativity is remembering that no one actually cares - because they are super caught up in their own lives. So stop using what they "might" think as an excuse to not create. Just go do your thing. And if they are thinking about you - great! Use that energy however it comes. The paradox is: if you WANT people to care - meaning you want to leave a legacy and do something majorly creative or great with your life - you have to NOT care what other people think and instead care more about actually impacting people and your community.

Show Notes:

• The Pallas Kundalini Yoga Class Schedule
• The Pallas Website
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram
• Join Shakti Sita’s Newsletter here 

I’m days away from the first class at The Pallas Kundalini yoga & meditation studio in Westchester, NY. It has been such a fascinating creative process to get to this point and in today’s episode I’m sharing some of the energetic edges I’ve moved through in the final weeks of bringing this studio into physical form. I talk about ways to train your mind so that you don’t freak out during times of expansion and ways to sit with discomfort and stay steady. I point out some of my own self-sabotagey mechanisms in hopes that it might help you recognize your particular flavor.

Show Notes:

• The Pallas Class Schedule
• The Pallas Website
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram
• Join Shakti Sita’s Newsletter here 

Mary Margaret Skelly is a career advisor who works with women all over the world to help them to the work that they’re meant to do. Drawing on her background as an executive recruiter - from Wall Street to Silicon Valley - she’s here to share how to thrive after burnout, how women can become a living example of a better way to work, how the next generation can redefine what success looks like, and the intersection of spirituality and work culture. We also discuss multidimensionality as a way to happiness for women and the changing archetype of a “working woman”

Show Notes:

• Mary Margaret Skelly Instagam 
• Archetypal Woman Series 
• Work with Mary Margaret 
• WSJ: Being a Law Firm Partner Was Once a Job for Life. That Culture Is All but Dead.
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You 
• The Atlantic: Workism Is Making Americans Miserable 
• CNBC: Half of millennials and 75% of Gen Zers have left their job for mental health reasons 
• Steve Jobs's Secret to Greatness: Yogananda 
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram
• Join Shakti Sita’s Newsletter here 

If things feel like they are changing rapidly right now - that’s because they are. We’ve been in entering a brand new astrological age as a planet, known as The Age of Aquarius. In this episode I’ll explain the astrology and astronomy behind the phenomena and discuss some of the key characteristics of this age. I also share Yogi Bhajan’s sutras for the Aquarian Age because they are extremely helpful for navigating this new energy.

Show Notes:

• Join Shakti Sita’s Newsletter here 
• The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need
• 5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram

"I think that our consciousness is evolving so that we're going to be able to rise to this challenge, that we're going to be able to figure this out, that this is exactly the catalyst we need to rethink humanity and come together - because the way in which we're living doesn't work."

Today I'm joined by Kelly Tatham - a storyteller, an activist, and infinite cycling energy currently having a human experience. We discuss: how to have a feminine versus masculine approach to activism, disrupting the norm and business as usual, climate lag, the multiverse, human behavior, sitting with discomfort, numbing agents, sugar production, the movement of time, the depth of grief, decolonizing our minds, and so much more.

Show Notes:

• Join Kelly’s newsletter here!
• The film "Arrival"
• "Act Now" Extinction Rebellion talk 
• Extinction Rebellion's official site
• Forget Your Perfect Offering - Kelly’s latest essay
• Lisa Feldman Barrett, the author of How Emotions are Made
• Ecosia Search Engine
• "Intro to the Neuroscience of Reality" aka We Live in a Multiverse
• Kelly Tatham’s Instagram
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram

The nervous system is a muscle and if we don't practice strengthening the parasympathetic side of it, our bodies' natural healing process becomes stalled. Through my own health journey, I've experienced how profound it is when you activate the parasympathetic system and move into the healing frequency. In this episode, I cover why we need a strong nervous system, how it functions, and techniques for activating the parasympathetic part of the system. 

Show Notes:

• About The Nervous System
• Frequency & Binaural Beats
• Joe Dispenza
• Shakti Sita's Instagram
• The Pallas Instagram
• Kundalini Yoga Sat Kriya
• Kundalini Yoga Breath of Fire
• Kundalini Yoga The Science of Cold Showers