I'm Salila an Ayurveda healer from a 4th generation Kerala healing lineage, bringing you science-backed Ayurveda for gut health, hormones, fertility and perimenopause.I rejected my ancestral ways, lost five pregnancies, went home to Kerala, and was healed by everything I'd walked away from. Now I bring that legacy of Ayurvedic healing to you.
Each episode gives you the herbs, rituals and teas to activate your Ayurvedic intelligence — healing your gut, hormones and fertility from the root. Tune in for your weekly ayurveda micro-dose, sister!
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The Trembling in the Belly: Katie Silcox on Soma, Shakti & Coming Home to the Body
Today on the podcast, I sit down with someone I've admired from afar for years, Katie Silcox, New York Times bestselling author of Healthy, Happy, Sexy and Glow-Worthy and founder of The Shakti School, one of the first and most beloved online Ayurveda certification programs for women.
We talk about what first called Katie to Ayurveda in her twenties. We talk about soma, the subtle nectar of the body and how it shifts through perimenopause and menopause. We talk about Panchakarma not as an exotic luxury but as a daily practice of coming home to yourself. And we go deeper still, into matriarchal wisdom, feminine sovereignty and trusting the lineage that already lives in your body.
This is a conversation about feminine embodiment in its fullest sense - the ashes of Ayurveda, made into flame again.
In this episode, you'll hear:
~ Katie's journey from AI researcher to Ayurvedic teacher and author.
~ What "soma" means and how it changes through perimenopause.
~ Why Panchakarma is Katie's most passionate practice.
~ Matriarchal lineage and reclaiming feminine sovereignty.
~ Self-oiling (abhyanga) as a daily act of love.
~ Grief, mortality and becoming the center of your own universe.
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Until next time, don't play small and don't stay small.
18 Sept 2026
The Congee Month Your Body Is Begging For.
Sisters, friends, it's time to slow down and heal. 🌾
In this episode, Salila takes you home to Kerala, where an entire month is set aside each monsoon season for one ancestral ritual: eating congee.
Not the Chinese dish most Westerners picture. The original South Indian kanji, the word Portuguese traders carried into English centuries ago.
Salila unpacks why your Agni (digestive fire) craves this predigested, cellular-hydrating bowl of comfort especially when you're feeling bloated, sluggish or just burnt out.
Plus, she shares her own personal longevity congee recipe, born out of pandemic-era pantry creativity and now a staple for clients healing their guts the ancestral way.
In this episode:
* The real origin story of congee - Kerala, not China.
* How every culture on earth independently discovered slow-cooked rice porridge (juk, okayu, lugaw, canja).
* Why low Agni creates AMA and how congee reverses it.
* The Ayurvedic science of cellular hydration through rice-to-water ratios.
* Salila's personal longevity congee recipe: grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, no rules required.
Try this: Swap your heavy evening meal for a warm bowl of congee just 2-3 nights this week. Notice how you sleep. Notice how you wake up.
Cook with love. Eat with awareness. Keep living Ayurvedic.
(Kerala's Congee Month just wrapped for the year but this ritual works anytime, anywhere!)Instagram → @salila.ayurveda
Email → healwithsalila@gmail.com (mailto:healwithsalila@gmail.com)
This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified Ayurvedic or medical practitioner before beginning any herbal protocol, especially if you are pregnant, nursing ormanaging a health condition.
13 Sept 2026
Day 3: Your Body Isn't Betraying You, It's Protecting You.
Day 3 of 4 — Pause for Menopause
Your body isn't sabotaging you. It's protecting you. Even the fat it won't let go of, even the fog, even the fatigue. Today Salila breaks down exactly why and hands you the remedies.
In Day 1, we mapped what perimenopause actually does to the body. In Day 2, we found the five places we go wrong. Today, Salila brings the medicine.
You'll learn:
Why your monthly, yearly and lifetime rhythms were never optional and how honoring them (not hustling through them) protects your youth, your beauty and your brain.
The real story behind estrogen, progesterone and testosterone dropping and why perimenopause is really your "second PMS".
Why your adrenals are quietly stealing estrogen from your fat cells and why that unexplained bump or bulge isn't your fault.
The Ayurvedic concept of Sandhi Kala, the sacred, turbulent transition between two states and why "buckle up and stay put" is the wisest thing you can do for yourself right now.
Why this decade belongs to Goddess Katyayani, the fierce protector and what she's asking you to finally stop apologizing for.
This isn't about pushing harder. It's about learning to rest like your hormones depend on it, because they do.
🎧 Catch up on Day 1 & Day 2 if you missed them, and come back tomorrow for Day 4, the final day of the series.
If this hit home, hit follow and share it with a woman who needs to hear she isn't losing her mind, she's transitioning into her power.
Instagram → @salila.ayurvedaEmail → healwithsalila@gmail.com (mailto:healwithsalila@gmail.com)This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified Ayurvedic or medical practitioner before beginning any herbal protocol, especially if you are pregnant, nursing ormanaging a health condition.
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