“The Bhagavad Gita is perhaps the most revered spiritual text in Eastern thought. Influencing Eastern and Western minds, the Bhagavad Gita is a linguistic doorway into the heart of the Cosmic Mind: Sri Bhagavan Krsna. The Bhagavad Gita provides tools for spiritual transformation and for living an inspiring passion-filled life. This is a text which…
Sweet Potatoes & Vitamin A
Did you know that a sweet potato is not actually a potato? Sweet potatoes are a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, convolvulaceae. This easy to grow large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous root does not belong to the nightshade family. Sweet potatoes are so easy to make. You can steam them, mash them, bake them or put them in a stew. Here’s a basic nutrient profile below. Look at the vitamin A load!
Baked Zucchini Casserole
Baked zucchini casserole is packed full of flavor and nutrients. Zucchini is filling, satisfying and a great substitute for noodles in a casserole. Did you know that zucchini is high in vitamin A which helps support the health of your immune system, skin, heart, digestive system and vision? Zucchini is also rich in antioxidants that…
Dandelion Sauté – Recipe – Medical Properties and Nutritional Benefits
The whole plant is edible and nutritious. The leaves, flowers and shoots can be sautéed or stirfried. The leaves can be added to salads. I often place 1 cup of leaves into the blender with 1 cup water for a gentle detox juice.
Red Lentils & Spiced Celery
I love cooking up lentils. They are mildly flavored, filling and very versatile. Lentils are a great source of protein, fiber and lots of vitamins and minerals. Here’s the breakdown!
Chia Pudding – Health Benefits
As a little girl, I loved tapioca pudding, but I’m not into the sugar and processed ingredients, so today I am sharing a simple chia pudding recipe. Chia seeds offer an excellent source of antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids. Chia seeds help reduce inflammation, constipation and LDL “bad cholesterol”. The fiber helps improve HDL…
Healing Digestion – Ayurvedic, TCM & Functional Nutrition as Tools for Transformation | Online Training Series
Join Craig Williams LAc of Ayurveda Austin and I starting April 30th as we cover Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Functional Medicine approaches to healing and balancing the digestive system! TOPICSModule 1: Healing Digestion: Ayurvedic Tools Recognizing the signs, symptoms and sources of digestion abnormalities based on Ayurvedic principles. Learn Ayurvedic approaches for healing digestion. …
The Power of Spice Tea
Spices have always been a hot commodity, but it seems that much of the population has forgotten that these spices are not just for flavor, they serve as alchemical ingredients! When there are shifts in digestion, seasonal changes and periods of transition, spices can be a phenomenal method of rejuvenation, disease prevention and healing. Many of…
Energy 911 Course Invitation
I am so delighted to announce that Energy 911 will be offered early this year. As part of Healthier Vibration’s Ayurvedic Yoga Awakening program, this is an indispensable class offered as part of teacher training. This class was originally scheduled for October, 2020, but with so many people being home and adapted to online interaction, I want to extend this invitation to attend April 11th, 2020 live on zoom 9:00am – 5:00pm PST.
Chakra Alignment – Class 1 of 8
Last year I recorded 8 classes as part of a Chakra Alignment series. I’m sharing the first class in the series here for free. It is a very important process and practice that allows us to align and harmonize our mental patterns and energetic bodies.
Supramental Consciousness with guest Craig Williams
Division and ignorance are overcome, and replaced with a unity of consciousness. The physical body will be transformed and divinized. The gnostic being sees the spirit everywhere in the world, and in every other person.
Lung Health Immunity – An interdisciplinary discussion with Craig Williams LAc and Dr. Christie Smirl.
Today I had a great multidiscipline discussion with Craig William LAC on the topic of pulmonary health and longevity. We presented important concepts surrounding lung health from Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medical models. This presentation also tied together relationships between lung health, the immune system, food as medicine, zinc, vitamin b3, agni, digestion, rasayana and breath practices.
AGNI – The Power of Health, Immunity and Transformation with Dr. Christie Smirl and Craig Williams
This conversation interweaves concepts from functional nutrition, sports fitness, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga and more. The main focus was on the following:
AGNI related to jatar-agni, digestion and nutrition
AGNI related to srota-agni, dhatu-agni and health of the physical body constituents
AGNI related to immunity to disease and cellular modulation
AGNI related to manas-agni, mental fortitude, adaptation and psychiatry
AGNI in relationship to cosmic forces and advanced mental development
Pathogens and Fire Purification
Studies have scientifically validated the ethnopharmacological effects of performing fire ceremonies. Medicinal smoke emanated by burning a mixture of odoriferous and medicinal herbs, reduces viruses and aerial bacterial. One study in the journal of Journal of Ethnopharmacology showed a 94% reduction in airborne bacteria with measurable reductions up to 30 days later.
Winter Vegetables and Ayurvedic Health Tips
When Vata increases our bodies may feel dry, cold, windy and achy, manefesting dry skin, dry bowels, creaky joints, cold hands, poor circulation, gas, bloating, insomnia or anxiety.
Reflections on Death and Living
Imaging that… afraid to die, because they were too afraid to live and love while still alive.
Aligning with Bliss Vibration
“Our thoughts can reach far into the cosmos aligning our vibrations with the intelligence of bliss. Through the technology of mantras we draw upon and synchronize with transmissions from deep in the cosmic consciousness. The practice of mantra aids in the development mental concentration and constructs for the awakening evolved psychic and physical states of being.”
Walking in the Secret Garden – Interviewing Christie Smirl
Born 1973, Leo ascendant with Magha star on a dark moon in the Kali Mula Gandanta with Scorpio in Venus, Mercury and Neptune. I am intense, deeply passionate, curious, kind and far reaching. During this incarnation, my mission is to create multidimensional healing to assist human evolution.
Inaugural Shri Maa Yoga Collaboration
I am honored to announce my collaboration with my guru, her Holiness 1008 Mahamandaleshwar Adishakti Satigiri Ji Maharaj , affectionately called Maa, to launch the 2020 inaugural Shri Maa Yoga teacher training program.
Darkening Light
Do not fall to the treachery of living as a shattered, empty husk, devoid of Self, confined to dark unholy terrain, sitting beneath the lonely howling qliphothic tree. Hold onto resilience, hope and Love.
Shakti Manifestation Through Name
The process of taking a spiritual name, guru name or divine name can expedite new vibrations in thought and Shakti manifestation. Assumption of a spiritual name can provide a new direction to one’s conscious aim. This year I took the name Kalavati Devi by my guru Adishakti Ma. This name deepens my acceptance and understanding of my infinite self, my soul identification, provide a road map, a key, a focus for my current incarnation. A spiritual name can challenge one to live to their highest potential, to step forward, evolve even farther, leaving old patterns behind. A spiritual name serves as a vibrational tool, an alchemical catalyst, a nadh (inner sound current).
Expectations, Impermanence and Suffering
I once sat in a room of people and heard a woman confidently tell us, “Your suffering is not a food shaped hole; it is not a alcohol or drug shaped hole; it is not a shopping spree shaped hole or a sex shaped hole!”. That was when I learned to stop cramming stuff and…
Season of the Goddess
Summer has passed, fall equinox at last, the season of Sacred Feminine amassed The Goddess dances in my mind, stilling, stirring, enchanting, tipping scales Shakti runs through my limbs pulsing, fevered, slow yet with urgency She invokes through my mouth as alphabet and song echoing in the night Her caress dulls my pains and evokes…
Ayurvedic Nutrition presentation with Dr. Christie Smirl for Necessary Nutrition Academy
It was a pleasure and honor to be a guest presenter for the Necessary Nutrition Academy to introduce theories behind Ayurvedic Nutrition. During this presentation students will learn the basic theories of Ayurveda as applied to nutrition principles, including the panchamahabhuta and tri-dosha theories. This information will be integrated to understand how certain foods aggravate…
Insidious Systems of Control with speaker Craig Williams
“The concept of systems of control, and their role in limiting the expansion of human consciousness, is fundamental to the investigations and revelations found within the Golgotha current. There exists distinct control mechanisms in place on both exoteric & esoteric levels of reality with obscure Pathways to self transformation and self-realization. Ahrimanic and Asuric in…
The Mother – Grace of A Yogini
Evoke the rapture of Shakti! Delve into the depths of her unfathomable bliss. Become enveloped in her powerful feminine sensuous creative power. Let the Mother wrap her darkness all around like a comforting womb, nurturing, guiding, reminding us of our deepest truths.
Ayurveda Past & Future with guest speaker Dr. Jayagopal Parla
Welcome Dr. Jayagopal Parla for this episode of Healthier Vibrations discussing the past and future of Ayurveda. During this broadcast, Dr. Jay shares about some of the historical origins of Ayurveda and the future of Ayurveda in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Jay is a world renowned speaker and professor of Ayurveda. His training background includes a…
Forging The Spiritual Vessel with guest speaker Julia Persike
“Sariram yad avapnoti yac capy utkramatisvarah grhitvaitani samyati vayur gandhan ivasayat.” ~ Bhagavad Gita 15:8 In the Bhagavad Gita, the the living body is compared to an entity in the material world that carries life as the air carries aromas. Each of us are described as isvara, the controller of ones own body. Each moment,…
Ayurvedic Yoga Awakening with Dr. Christie Smirl
I am honored to receive so many recent testimonials for Ayurvedic Yoga Awakening Program. “Where do I even begin! This yoga teacher training with Dr. Christie Smirl has been absolutely incredible so far; I don’t want it to end!! Christie has such a genuine, pure, kind energy, with SO much wisdom and teachings to share. I…
Ayurveda and Gnostic Transformation – with Craig Williams
The process of self transformation is a continual pursuit. Join me to listen to an excellent interview with Craig Williams. In this discussion, Ayurveda and Gnostic Transformation, guest speaker, Craig shares his view on the role of Ayurveda to catalyze Gnostic alchemy for personal and spiritual transformation. Craig also discusses the importance of Ayurveda and…
