Spirit Sessions: Sex, Spirit & Self-Care Katie Silcox

In this episode, Katie takes us back to Ayurveda 101! She shares how the five elements of nature and the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) express themselves in nature, our bodies, and our minds. According to Ayurveda, we’re each born with a unique combination of the three doshas. Knowing your unique dosha makeup can help you embody your special gifts and keep your body and mind in balance! Want to discover your dosha? Take our free dosha quiz!
Ready to go deeper? Registration for the 2025 class of our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School is now officially open! The first ten students to register will get all their textbooks free and the FIRST lady gets a super special summer gift!
In this episode, you’ll hear:
~ What is Ayurveda?
~ What are the three mind-body types: vata, pitta, and kapha?
~ The five elements of nature
~ The qualities and characteristics of each dosha
~ What do vata, pitta, and kapha look like when in balance?
~ How each dosha tends to go out of balance
Other links mentioned in this episode:
~ Sign up for our newsletter on our website
~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
~ Katie’s NYT bestselling book Healthy, Happy, Sexy
~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy, is also available now!
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Do you have a hard time saying ‘no’ when someone asks for help? Maybe you want to do all the things now that spring has sprung! Unfortunately, when we lack strong boundaries we can easily overextend ourselves because we’re not intentional about our ‘yeses’ and ‘nos.’ In this week’s solo episode, Katie helps you identify the areas of your life that would benefit from boundaries. Learn how to set healthy boundaries so you can show up with more love and truth in your life and relationships!

In this episode, you’ll hear:
~ How to start setting boundaries
~ Why the most important boundaries are internal
~ What NOT to do when setting boundaries
~ Reflection questions to help you determine what boundaries to set
~ Good boundaries for your nervous system
~ The difference between trying to control others and healthy boundaries
~ How to find your weak spot
~ Why having strong boundaries is key to lovingly and honest relationships
~ How boundaries expose the quality of your relationships
~ Ready to go deeper? Sign up for our free mini-course on Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda
~ If you’re a former Shakti School graduate, don’t miss our Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor training program starting on April 9th, 2024!
Other links mentioned in this episode:
~ Sign up for our newsletter on our website
~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!
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As the spring weather oscillates between cold and warm, wet and dry, it’s no surprise that many of us experience confusion in our lives, relationships, and careers at this time. However, we can find clarity by discerning what to let go of and what to let in! In this episode, Katie chats with author and friend of the Shakti School, Lisa Marie Rankin, about how to navigate the spring season with more ease.
This is the time to rededicate yourself to what matters most to you! Learn how to tap into the lesser-known, subtle qualities of the spring season to prepare for the year ahead!

In this episode, you’ll hear:
~ Why you might feel confused about your life, relationships, or career right now
~ The most important question to ask yourself this spring
~ The subtle energetics of the spring season
~ Spring self-care practices to stay healthy
~ How to tap into creative and birthing energy
~ The key component of Katie’s spiritual self-discipline
~ How the spring season can help you build wisdom and discernment
~ The importance of community and ritual
~ Releasing rigidity around  our spiritual practices
~ Ready to go deeper? Our Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor training program starts on April 9th, 2024!
Other links mentioned in this episode:
~ Lisa’s beautiful book, The Goddess Solution
~ Connect with Lisa Marie on Instagram and her Website
~ Follow the Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook
~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!
Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/
 
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Ayurveda Certification
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From my heart to your screen,
Katie

If you’ve been feeling a little out of sorts, heavy, and lethargic you’re not alone! According to Ayurvedic wisdom, we’ve entered into the kapha season when the wet, muddy environment outside often exacerbates feelings of sadness, grief, and heaviness within our minds and bodies. In today’s solo episode, Katie shares her favorite self-care practices and tips to help you navigate the kapha season with ease.
From red light therapy to kapha balancing foods, tune in to learn how to release the heavy and lean into the life-affirming qualities of the kapha season!

In this episode, you’ll hear:
~ How kapha dosha feels in the body when in balance and out of balance
~ Tips to reduce seasonal depression
~ How the waters of your environment influence the waters of your body
~ What is sattvic light?
~ Sunlight practices to support your circadian rhythms
~ The main mama medicine in Ayurveda
~ The spring energetics of transition, birth, and baby
~ How the kapha season is a portal into sadness, grief, and attachment
~ The best type of movement and exercise for this time of year
~ Ayurvedic herbs and foods to eat during the kapha season
~ Tastes to favor and avoid to balance kapha
~ Ready to go deeper? Our Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor training program starts on April 9th, 2024!
Other links mentioned in this episode:
~ Sign up for our newsletter on our website
~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!
~ Kaite’s favorite Joove light red light therapy device. Use code SHAKTISCHOOL for $50 off your first purchase.
~ Ep. 40 To Sunscreen or Not to Sunscreen? How About Natural?
Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/
 
Learn more:
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Katie

If you have trouble staying consistent with your yoga practice, or if your daily routine has become rigid and uninspired today’s episode is for you! This week Kaite is joined by yoga teacher trainer and author Brett Larkin. They share why tailoring your yoga practice to your unique Ayurvedic mind-body type is important. This personalized approach is true to yoga’s ancient roots but was distorted as yoga spread to the West. Brett also shares the creative inspiration behind her new book Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos.
Yoga doesn’t have to be another item to check off your to-do list. Tune in to learn how to infuse yoga into every aspect of your daily life!
In this episode, you’ll hear:
~ Three potent questions to start your yoga practice with
~ How to make your whole life a yoga studio
~ Ways to personalize your yoga practice based on your Ayurvedic constitution
~ Why we’re often attracted to yoga poses that aren’t beneficial to us
~ The concept of “soul mate postures”
~ How asanas influence the nervous system
~ The origins and evolution of modern yoga
~ Why publishing a book is an emotional rollercoaster
~ Why personalization is the future of the wellness industry
~ How to become consistent with your yoga practice
Other links mentioned in this episode:
~ Find Brett Larkin’s Yoga Teacher Training and Uplifted Yoga Membership on her website
~ Connect with Brett Larkin on her YouTube and Instagram
~ Katie’s teacher A.G. Mohan
~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!
 
Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

 
Learn more:
Want to connect? Shoot us a note to info@theshaktischool.com
Ayurveda Certification
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Katie

Are you doing everything you’re “supposed” to do to create the life of your dreams, but still can’t break free from self-sabotaging patterns? Your inner child may be trying to get your attention. In this episode, Katie chats with practical mystic and intuitive coach Nicole Frolick about how to connect with and heal your inner child. They share how the neglected parts of ourselves often hold our most powerful and potent hidden strengths, talents, and purpose!
Tune in to learn how you can start getting in touch with your inner child today so you can heal yourself and generational karma.
TW: Childhood SA
In this episode, you’ll hear:
~ What is your inner child?
~ What happens when the inner child is suppressed?
~ Signs that your inner child needs attention
~ Nicole’s step-by-step meditation practice to connect with your inner child
~ Why we repeat self-sabotaging patterns
~ The gifts of your inner child
~ How inner child work is so much more than facing your pain and fears
~ What is soul fractal healing?
~ Why disconnecting from our inner child = disconnecting from our power
~ The importance of learning how to play
~ How the womb is a portal to your intuition and universal wisdom
~ Practices to move out of ancestral karma and trauma
~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!
Other links mentioned in this episode:
~ Connect with Nicole on her Website and Instagram
~ Check out Nicole’s coaching programs and Forbidden Journey retreat
~ Tune in to Nicole’s podcast, Enlighten Up

Get the full show notes: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/

 
Learn more:
Want to connect? Shoot us a note to info@theshaktischool.com
Ayurveda Certification
The Shakti School Subscription
 
HELP US SPREAD OUR POD WINGS
This show is a passion project that I produce for the love of sharing. If you enjoy this show and want a free and easy way to help it grow, the most effective way you can help is to:
1. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes
2. Write us a review in iTunes
3. Share this show with one friend right now!
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From my heart to your screen,
Katie