Agni is life. Ojas is the container for agni. Ojas is key for feeling nourished and resilient.

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• Turning your focus toward what you want versus always looking for imbalance
• Specific sutras from the Vedas on ojas
• The two types of ojas and how they are formed
• Replenishing ojas

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What does the modern village look like? Join in this exploration.

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• Ojas as a community- cultivating nourishment through a modern tribe
• Letting go of old myths and stories to embrace the tapestry that is your eco-system
• Meeting different parts of yourself in different relationships
• Moving from people-pleasing and enmeshment into aligned relationships
• Planting the seed for what you desire and allowing for it to unfold in its own timing

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The motherline is the blood and bones of who you are. Within your motherline is a deep well of wisdom. There's also an inherited history.

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• Weaving together the threads of somatic awareness, ojas, nourishment, emotional digestion and ancestral Ayurveda
• Ayurveda as the foundation and primordial heartbeat
• Listening for hints and following them deeper
• Spiraling inward
• Asking yourself the "right" questions to see the broader perspective

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Creativity needs space to unfold. Ojas and rest provide the foundation for creativity to ignite.

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• How daily tasks might require more masculine or feminine energy in order to group them
• Time blocking as a way to create more flow
• Simple tips for making time for more rest and creativity
• Surrender as the ultimate access point to creativity

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Sharing Ancestral Stories by the Fire: Light a candle at home and join our live online discussion on integrating the wisdom of Ayurveda with the wisdom of your lineage. Held Wednesday, March 26th 2025 in The Simple Ayurveda Collective. Recording posted afterward.

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Understanding ourselves and our lineage while also honoring each other and sacred wisdom is the path forward.

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• The threads of wisdom alive in your blood and bones
• Personal stories of softness and receptiveness
• Weaving your own ancestral traditions into your Ayurvedic lifestyle

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Sharing Ancestral Stories by the Fire: Light a candle at home and join our live online discussion on integrating the wisdom of Ayurveda with the wisdom of your lineage. Held Wednesday, March 26th 2025 in The Simple Ayurveda Collective. Recording posted afterward.

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The cycle of the year follows one big breath with equal parts inhale and exhale.

Part of living in flow with nature is honoring the exhale.

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• Pulsations within the greater pulsation

• Honoring the seasons that ask us to slow down

• Reverence for endings

• Taking space to allow for alignment

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Dharma: Inner and Outer Alignment in Daily Life: Learn more about yourself with Ayurveda, Yoga and other tools so that you can practice radical self-acceptance and honor your own alignment. This self-paced class is available here.

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Nature is an endless source of support and wisdom. 

When we cultivate a deep and loving relationship with nature it can help take off some of the pressure we put on human relationships.

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• Cultivating a personal relationship with nature
• Moving through "therapy talk" to the other side
• Expanding your village to include nonhumans
• How your dosha and birth chart might guide you to a particular aspect of nature

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Rather than prioritizing what's "out of whack" with doshic balance, what would happen if you turned toward the life-affirming aspects of the doshas: prana, tejas and ojas?

Angela shares her persective and experience in practicing this one mindset shift.

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• Turning your attention toward what you want, instead of what you don't
• Letting go of health and life as constant problems to be solved
• How leaning into the concept of homeostasis as a fluid experience allows for more acceptance and ease
• The perks of focusing on the essence of the doshas

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All wisdom traditions guide us deeper into connection with nature.

Angela discusses a two-part question: What are the similarities amongst healing traditions and why are we so disconnected in the West?

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• Similarities amongst Ayurveda, Daoism and Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Parts of Western Medicine that were once holistic
• The purpose and pitfall of categorizing
• A soulcentric perspective on moving out of consumer culture

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Book: The Journey of Soul Initiation by Bill Plotkin

There might not be such a thing as perfectly healthy, but there is wholeness. This is an update to episode three, when Angela told the story of coming to Ayurveda with ulcerative colitis. 

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• Being humbled over and over again
• The three biggest lessons learned in the past few years
• The German New Medicine perspectives on colitis, liver conditions and acne
• Connecting the dots between an original conflict and ongoing reactivations 
• Rewriting new versions of old stories
• Specific examples of subconscious beliefs impacting emotional digestion

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Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Gain skills to help your clients flourish. Class starts September 16th, 2024.

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