Spirit Sessions: Sex, Spirit & Self-Care

Katie speaks to the Harvard studies on listening. We may think we are great listeners, but most of us could use some tips! Learn why being a great listener is also good for you, as well as techniques and meditative embodied methods that help you become a great listener. It truly is the medicine we need now in our polarized world!

In this episode you'll hear:

~ The power of listening to connect with others

~ How social media could be hindering our ability to be truly seen and heard

~ Tangible benefits of being a good listener, backed up by studies from Harvard

~ Katie shares some personal anecdotes as it relates to listening

~ Great listening involves being present in your own body

~ How nonverbal communication matters for both listening and speaking

~ Actionable ways we can practice better listening

~ Katie teaches an energy practice for intentional capacity building and deep listening

~ Join Katie and The Shakti School for the Embodied Ayurveda + Mystical Mind live in-person and virtual retreat May 6th and 7th. Live spaces are filling up fast, so register now to get in! Payment plan options available.

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In this episode, Katie illuminates how denying our sensuality and sexuality can repress it, and in turn show up in insidious ways. She also discusses the polarization around tantra and sex, and how this can be limiting. Tune in to learn how tantra can help us find a place of rest amongst the chaos and how this can support a healthy intimate relationship with ourselves and others.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ Some of the deeper meanings of the word TANTRA

~ The polarization around tantra and sex

~ Why we all need to go back to Kindergarten when it comes to Sex Ed

~ The meaning of SAHAJA and sex life

~ Embodied Ayurveda + Western Mystical Mind Event - join us live or virtually!

~ Katie's book recommendations:

White Tigress Green Dragon: Taoist Sexual Secrets for Youthful Restoration and Spiritual Illumination

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What if instead of just resolutions, we committed to a spiritual practice that would actually help us get clear on our Heart's Deepest Longings? What if instead of constantly looking to the outside world as a mirror, we cultivated an inner reservoir that could nurture us in ways we only dreamed possible? This episode is from a webinar led by Katie on infusing spirit into your new year. Katie leads a 10 minute meditation that you can tap into anytime.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ What does it mean to start a spiritual practice?

~ Paradox is the path

~ How to work with unconditional positive regard

~ How 'patiently sitting on the edge of consciousness' can bring magic into your life

~ Katie leads a 10 minute meditation that you can access anytime

~ Click here for the Sacred Steps PDF Katie mentions in the episode

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts THIS WEDNESDAY January 18, 2023! Here's your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you've ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for your own health journey or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need.

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

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We have another special guest-led episode this week with author, Ayurvedic counselor, and Shakti Ayurveda School teacher, Lisa Marie Rankin. Lisa hosted this 'author talk' featuring Katie and Healthy, Happy, Sexy. Tune in to the discussion on a myriad of topics and some practical ways for supporting yourself spiritually and emotionally.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ How our lineage roots inform our current energies

~ What is Svastha?

~ How to balance between the feminine and the masculine

~ The heart field as the feminine lodge

~ Katie's take on the word 'happy' and it's deeper meaning

~ Internal conflict and emotions

~ How can you create ease if you have a chaotic lifestyle?

~ Supporting ourselves by being able to hold the chaos and move spirit through ourselves in the moment

~ Why is it so hard to change our habits?!

~ You can find Lisa Marie Rankin's book The Goddess Solution here and find her at LisaMarieRankin.com

~ Get on the waitlist for Lisa's 10-week Divine Feminine Ayurveda program to increase your energy, boost your radiance, and ignite your sensuality. https://www.lisamarierankin.com/waitlist

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here's your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you've ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for your own health journey or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need.

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

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This is a special episode hosted by the lovely and amazing, Eden Garcia Thaler, originally aired on her podcast who has generously given us this audio recording of our conversation on her podcast Field Notes from the Spiritual Journey Podcast with Eden Garcia Thaler. Eden is a Shakti Ayurveda School graduate, a shadow alchemist, helping highly sensitive beings liberate their true selves, connect to their personal version of the divine, and manifest their desires by integrating their shadows and blocks.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ What is "the Goddess?"

~ How can we relate to the goddess archetypes within us

~ How our ancestors personified nature through symbols and deity work

~ The importance of death work in Winter, the spirituality of Winter in the northern hemisphere, the loss of the light (physical and spiritual), and the birth of eros

~ Reviving ancient rituals in modern times

~ Learning to venerate even the parts of you that you find "intolerable"

~ Projection, division, and integrating the "good" and "bad" that exists within

~ About Eden: Eden Garcia Thaler is a shadow alchemist helping highly sensitive beings liberate their true selves, connect to their personal version of the Divine, and manifest their desires by integrating their shadows and blocks. She's also the host of Field Notes From the Spiritual Journey podcast where she explores topics like how to do shadow work, the anatomy of feedback loops, shares her personal manifestation stories and interviews experts in personal development and spirituality. Learn more at www.edengarciathaler.com

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here's your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you've ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for your own health journey or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need.

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

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This is a podcast for any of you out there feeling like you need a reminder that magic still exists. And that the Spirit of the Season is alive and well. And that it's also totally okay and normal to feel sad, nostalgic, lonely or just plain weird during the winter solstice.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ Winter as a sense of deconstruction

~ Tension of opposites as it relates to ancestral meaning and death

~ Depth psychology and how it relates to myths and traditions like Santa Claus and mistletoe

~ What are teleological quests?

~ Darkness and how our ancestors compensated with light

~ The collective compensation mechanisms of our ancestors and how that informs our current seasonal and holiday rituals

~ Freud, pleasure and melancholy

~ Santa as the representation of wish-fulfillment, abundance and prosperity both seasonally and psychologically

~ What does the Electra Complex as proposed by Carl Jung have to do with Santa?

~ Book mentioned: https://bookriot.com/santa-claus-erotica/

~ Santa as an archetype

~ How rituals can protect us and bring us back into right relationship with the collective

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here's your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you've ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for your own health journey or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need.

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

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The fall to winter transition is here, and now is the time to tune inward and take advantage of this winter energy. It's time to understand our external dynamics and get in alignment with them. After all, that is what Ayurveda is all about. In this episode, Katie shares with us her hot tips on building winter immunity, and ways to thrive in the wintertime. If you aren't a fan of these darker months, we hope this episode can bring you some helpful tips to flourish this season.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ Practical tips to make this winter as immune-building as possible

~ Why a thermos will become your best friend this season

~ Self-care practices to cultivate, including all things oil massage

~ Recommended foods and supplements for winter wellness

~ The importance of being outside first thing in the morning

~ Practices to reset your nervous system and lower your stress levels

~ Why sleep is the medicine of the winter

~ Ways to honor this season through prayer and dreamwork

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School starts January 18, 2023! Here's your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you've ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for yourself or as a career path, this is your chance to jump start that change and get the support you need.

~Have questions about Ayurveda School? Head here to book a free coaching call with a Shakti School grad

~ Join Katie over at The Breath Source for more healing breathwork focused on subtle energy, the parasympathetic nervous system and heart-centered spirituality.

~ Some of Katie's favorites to get you through this winter:

Winter Oil

Ashwagandha powder

Ginger powder

Astragalus

Echinacea

Zinc

Omega-3

L-Glutamine

Thermos

Huberman's Sleep

Katie's sleep cocktail recipe:

Magnesium 3-4mg

L-Theanine - 2-4mg

Gaba - 150mg

Glycine - 2g

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This episode is a lecture from Spirit Sessions workshop on self-love and thought patterns, along with actionable ways you can make shifts in your life today.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ To be seen and loved just as we are as our deep, innate human desire

~ The approaches broken down in this session are derived from Bruce Tift's book, Already Free

~ Fruitional and developmental paths

~ How our foundational thought patterns and belief systems are laid in the first six years of life and why this is important to our current reality

~ The idea that to access true freedom, love and consciousness, we need to access different parts of the mind than those patterns formed when we were young that may be reactive

~ Do you create drama subconsciously? How to recognize this pattern

~ Fundamental consciousness of YES

~ Being kind to our worst fears

~ To get the rest of this workshop, along with access to 130+ talks, movement practices, recipes, meditations and so much more, join Spirit Sessions Membership for only $28. All of the info can be found here: theshaktischool.com/subscribe

~ Book a free coaching call with a Shakti School coach here: theshaktischool.com/coaching-team

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In this episode, Katie shares a breathwork practice that she does consistently for grounding. When we speak of breath work or prana, we aren't only talking about bringing air into our body, oxygen, carbon dioxide, although of course those physical things are important, but we can also think of breathwork as a way of training ourselves to be able to tune to the inner. To be able to humble our intellect to life energy, your animal nature, your primal nature, and perhaps most importantly, the realm of the subtle. Tune in and ground yourself with this 15 minute guided practice.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ How breathwork can help us tune into the subtle

~ 15 minute guided grounding breathwork practice with music

~ Want to learn more about meditation and breathwork? Level 1 Ayurveda School covers these topics and incorporates practices, as well as techniques you can learn to teach others. Get in now before spots fill up!

In this episode, Katie shares a shocking new article and scientific studies about how some of the largest workout retailers are using harmful chemicals in their workout apparel. That's right, our beloved leggings may be contributing to deleterious health consequences, especially for women. Tune in to get the scoop, plus learn about alternative options that are chemical-free.

In this episode you'll hear:

~ Leggings are a staple wardrobe item and deeply loved by most women - but could they be toxic?

~ A recent Watchdog report shows testing reports that BPA, the chemical used to make plastic, among other yucky chemicals, is a component in a ton of our workout gear

~ BPA has been directly linked to health dangers like asthma, cardiovascular disease, obesity and more

~ Much of our leggings and workout gear also contain PFAs, which are also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down, meaning they also accumulate over time in the environment and in our bodies

~ PFAs are hormone disrupting chemicals and linked to infertility, miscarriage, metabolic diseases and reduced vaccination response among many other things

~ A recent CNN article exposed some of the biggest brands that are using these chemicals in their products

~ The studies on yoga leggings mentioned by Mamavation can be found here

~ Katie's Leggings Recommendations:

There are two brands that I found to have a "no chemical commitment." In the spirit of transparency, I signed up for an affiliate with them because this project took hours of my valuable time and I believe in an equal energy exchange. Feel free to do your own research on products, but in my opinion, these two companies really stood out for their commitment to chemical-free and women's health.

1. Pact Apparel
2. Mate the label

~ A RADICAL LIFE CHANGE IS WAITING FOR YOU! Level 1 Ayurveda School Starts January 18, 2023! Here's your chance to launch your Ayurvedic path with our one-of-a-kind course. If you've ever considered diving deep into this healing tradition, whether for yourself or as a career path, this is your chance to jump-start that change and get the support you need.

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From my heart to your screen,

Katie