The Kardashian Panchakarma Cleanse
The Kardashian Panchakarma Cleanse
Have you been keeping up?
The Habit Ayurveda
I have to admit, I haven’t been keeping up with the Kardashians.
I've never known what the show is about, or anything about the lives of this family.
But recently a friend brought up an episode over coffee - the one where Kourtney and Travis do an Ayurvedic detox.
… k I’m interested.
Episode 7 of season 1 of The Kardashians (I guess there’s no keeping up anymore) finds Kourtney and Travis trying a Panchakarma cleanse after an unsuccessful IVF egg retrieval process.
Ayurvedic cleansing is used to remove toxins and undigested "matter" from the body (according to this article, you could be carrying anywhere from 7-20lbs of stuff in your intestines) leading to:
increased mineral, vitamin and nutrient absorption,
improved metabolism,
increased immunity,
and improved emotional well-being (I’m sure you’ve heard that up to 90% of the body’s feel-good chemical serotonin is created in the gut)
Looking for a whole body cleanse?
Ayurveda teaches that fertility (as well as “OJAS” - a general sense of vitality or vibrancy in life) comes naturally when we cleanse, open pathways and nourish all tissue in the body.
In the Ayurvedic study of human pathology, we learn that there are seven “Dhatus”, or types of tissue in the body.
Rasa (Plasma/lymph)
Rakta (Blood)
Mamsa (Muscle)
Meda (Fat)
Asthi (Bone)
Majja (Nervous system)
and Shukra (Reproductive tissues) Not only connected to fertility; On a psychological level, shukra dhatu is related to the ability to sustain creativity.
The food you eat nourishes each of these tissues one after the other in succession, from the lymph to the reproductive tissues.
A build up of mucous, feces, and other unwanted matter along the intestinal walls dampens the body's ability to properly absorb and assimilate nutrients and properly nourish the body.
Doing a Panchakarma cleanse, Kourtney and Travis were using ancient Ayurvedic practices to open, nourish and tonify all layers of tissue in their bodies, resulting in strong OJAS, and hopefully strong fertility.
Throughout the Kardashians episode Kourtney and Travis engage in a number of different practices common to panchakarma, or Ayurvedic cleansing.
This includes abstinence from sex and exercise, caffeine, alcohol and sugar, going to an Ayurvedic spa for FOUR HOURS A DAY for all kinds of oil treatments, foot baths, yoni steaming, and eating rice pudding and talking about ghee and castor oil and Kourtney’s tongue.
For anyone who hasn’t heard of Ayurveda or done an Ayurvedic cleanse, these things might sound (and look) hella strange.
But as you might have heard at the beginning of epi 8, Kourtney reported “Guys, I’ve never felt better than after my cleanse”.
I really, REALLY want you to feel like post-panchakarma Kourtney Kardashian.
In upcoming blogs I’ll be giving a little background to the practices shown during "the Kardashian cleanse epi", and more importantly, explain HOW TO DO THEM AT HOME (because you don’t need to go to the spa for 4 hours a day, in order to feel this good).
Feeling ready to dive into them now? Inside the 10-Day Ayurveda Detox you'll find all the deeply nourishing tools you need for a successful and revitalizing cleanse.Click here to enroll for just $47
Though it doesn’t appear to have been the thing that worked for Kourtney and Travis on their baby journey, Ayurveda is a wonderful tool for boosting fertility!
Here’s what Heather had to say after joining my 12-week program, Everyday Ayurveda:
“I got pregnant right away”
“My family and I were not in a great place. I was constantly exhausted and irritable, making it difficult to fully appreciate our time together. We were considering having another child but even though I wanted another one so badly, it was hard to imagine how it would work with the current family dynamic, full of irritability, exhaustion and miscommunication. I also constantly felt drained, heavy, and exhausted, which I knew wouldn’t help with our history of difficulty conceiving. We came to the decision that we wouldn’t even try for another child until I could get my health back on track, physically and mentally. I had heard of The Habit so I got a hold of Carly and her program seemed like a perfect fit.
By the end of the first week I was already feeling a huge difference, and it only got better from there. I was getting along better with my husband and children, and feeling so much better mentally and physically. We decided that we would take a relaxed approach to trying to conceive, without putting too much pressure on ourselves. Much to our surprise, I got pregnant right away. I truly believe that this was due to the changes I was making thanks to the program. It wasn’t just my body that was healthier, but my mindset had changed so much, which I know from experience can have such an impact on fertility.
The first trimester of pregnancy was a rough one, but my ability to get through it was also improved so much by the new habits I had implemented. The program has ended, but I fully intend to continue with these habits to help me have a happy healthy pregnancy and postpartum period.
I would highly recommend this program to anyone who needs a shift in their life in any form. I feel more like myself than I have in years, and I hope I never go back to that other person again!”
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