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Hello and welcome back to the show! I have such a special episode for you today featuring return guest (our episode from last year, titled Human Design, Food & Digestion, was the most streamed episode of 2023!). Jas is the Co-Founder of Erah Society and host of the Counter Cultural podcast.
In today’s episode, Jas and I explore the concept of spirituality, and how it relates to how we feed ourselves (both physically and emotionally). While some of you might be bristling at the word “spirituality,” which many associate with either religious dogma or with New Age woo-woo, Jas explains how spirituality is simply a connection to breath. It’s not something we do, but rather the way we go about our lives, from our work, to parenting, to our conversations, to feeding ourselves (and more).
Jas talks about the importance of being fully charged (or filled up) in our lives—of honoring our energetic needs so that we can be the fullest expression of who we’re meant to be. We discuss the power of stillness and discernment, the importance of receptivity, and the freedom in non-duality. Jas also shares ways that she nourishes herself physically and emotionally, and how experimenting with personalized rituals and practices can bring us more pleasure and balance.
There are so many beautiful moments of inspiration in this conversation, and I think you’re going to walk away feeling richly nourished and grounded. I hope you’ll also feel inspired to experiment with ways you can bring more presence, connection, and joy into your own life in order to be fully charged—to be authentically, dynamically, and beautifully you.
This is the final episode of season three and is the perfect culmination of so many topics we’ve explored on the show, from dynamic nourishment with Vaness Henry, to intuition and non-duality with Bella Lively, to ritual with Michael Norton, to embodiment with Abigail Rose Clarke, to Intentional Eating (with me), and more. I’ll be back in September with season four of the podcast, but in the meantime, you’ll still be receiving my newsletters with brand new recipes and essays each week!
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xo, Nicki
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My previous podcast episode with Jas:
Jas’s podcast episode that inspired this conversation: Contemplation: What is Spirituality?
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What Is Spirituality (and What does It Have to Do with Feeding Ourselves)?