357: Living Your Dharma As A Health Coach with Sahara Rose + Jim Curtis

Namaste, it's Sahara Rose. And welcome back to the Highest Self podcast, a place where we discuss what makes you your soul's highest evolvement. I am super excited to share this conversation with you because it was actually a webinar I did with the head of marketing at my former alma mater, and that is Institute for Integrative Nutrition. So I started my journey as a health coach. It was actually in 2012 that I enrolled for IIN Institute for Integrative Nutrition, which is the world's largest nutrition school. And it's totally online, which is what made it accessible for me at the time. And it was just the only school I could find that offered thousands of different approaches to nutrition. I didn't want to just go into macronutrients and the food pyramid and the way that nutrition has been taught. I was deep in my own research at this point of my life. Now this is almost 10 years ago, which is crazy to think. I graduated from there nine years ago now. And it was in my studies at IIN that I was first really introduced to Ayurveda. I had heard of Ayurveda as a kid. You know, my mom and my grandma would tell me, this is warming, this is cooling. But I never really took it seriously. And Ayurveda was one of the modules in IIN and I resonated so deeply with this vata archetype, the air energy. It completely described all my physical symptoms from my bloating, gas, constipation, hormonal imbalances, amenorrhea, insomnia, anxiety, but also my personality. You know, creative, idealistic, thinks outside the box, visionary, charismatic, spontaneous. And for the first time, I felt so understood because I was able to see all of these different parts of myself, from my physical to my mental to my spiritual, all under one category. So I became obsessed with learning everything about Ayurveda and ended up moving to India, living there for two years, studying to become an Ayurvedic practitioner, and then later on writing my first book on Ayurveda. I, at this point of my life, was just so passionate, though I had no idea what the book writing process or anything would be like. I just went for it. So I wrote my first book, and then I wrote Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda. Then eat, feel fresh, and then Yoga Path deck, Yoga Path Journal, and now discover your Dharma. And I'm so grateful for starting my journey at IIN because it really opened up the pathway for me to see that it is possible for me to even Become a coach. At this time of my life, I never ever, ever thought I would be a coach. I thought I would like create a wellness magazine or something. I definitely had like fears about putting myself out there, sharing my own voice. It was something that I always felt like maybe I would be behind the scenes and being part of iin. I signed up to learn about the nutrition, but being part of really gave me a pathway of how I could become a coach. And it was really that business training that, you know, opened my eyes to a whole new way of being, to how to create a session and charge and create programs for people and what sheets to have and, you know, practicing and getting their intake forms. And it was huge. I mean, I was still in college while I was doing iin, so upon graduating college, I already had a health coaching practice and all the money I would get. That's what I gave to editing my book and graphic designing it. And it gave me an alternative career that I just started immediately after college. So I'm so grateful and so fortunate that it crossed my path when it did because I could have very easily just, you know, just gotten whatever job. And I do believe I would find my way back because this expressing in this way is my dharma. But it really showed me that it's possible for me to be a coach, for me to share and that my experiences, my health issues really matter. So I was really excited when they asked me to do a webinar with the entire IIN community in sharing about discover your dharma and living your dharma as a health coach. And I'm fortunate enough to be able to now share this conversation with you here on the podcast. So in this conversation, Jim Curtis and I, who is the head of brand at iin, we really discuss what does it mean to live your dharma? Fears and doubts that come up my own dharma as a health coach and so much more. And before we get started, if you have been considering becoming a holistic health coach, so working with all forms of health, it's so much more than nutrition, but it's also those primary foods. What is your self care practice, like, what is your emotional health, relational health, et cetera, it just really provides you with a solid background to apply to any forms of health and wellness coaching. So if you are that wellness freak, that nutrition nerd, you love learning about all the different things and you don't really want to focus on like one clear set of nutrition quite yet. You wanna just learn about all the different types. I highly, highly recommend IIN because I wouldn't be here if I hadn't started there. So I'm really, really to be offering you guys the biggest discount that they have available, period. And this is a $2252,250 off tuition discount. And the first 50 people who hear this and sign up for IIN and share my name will actually get the how to launch your dream book course which is value at $800. It's the course they created. It's not even available for sale, I believe, but it was $800. And you will get that course for free. How to like not only write your dream book, but launch it. You'll also get tickets to a live IIN concert. It's kind of a concert. It's really fun. I actually got to speak there right before COVID hit in October of 2019. But the live conferences are so amazing. Every year they do an annual live conference in New York, they're doing one in la. So you get to actually meet your fellow health coaches in person. So you'll get a ticket for that. You'll also get a recording of the business coaching webinar that I did with the CEO of IIN as well as with Jim. So to get all of these things, just head over to my show notes. You will find my website iamsaharrose.com Becomeahealthcoach. You can click there, put in your email, they'll give you a call and just say I was referred by Sahara. Like I want the bonuses, I want the discount, gimme the goods and they will hook you up. So without further ado, let's welcome myself and Jim Curtis to the High Self podcast.

Welcome everyone to our webinar with Sahara Rose talking about her new book, which I will get into in a second and many other things. I'm Jim Curtis. You know me from Business Basics from these webinars. You probably have seen me with Sahara before. We've done this a few times. But I am your health coach. If you are an in health coach, I am your head health coach. But I am also the head of business and brand for IIN and I have the unique pleasure of being host to many of these episodes that we do and I get to talk to a lot of amazing people of One of my favorites is Sahara. Many of you already know Sahara, but I'm actually going to read this Sahara because even when I read it, I continually get impressed with the things that you're doing and have done. So best selling author, public speaker, host of the wildly, by the way awesome and wildly popular podcast the highest self, which I have been on and really loved it. You've been called the leading voice in the millennial generation by Deepak Chopra, whom I love. Another. I'm another fan of his. He's another favorite of mine. She is passionate about bringing Ayurveda and spirituality to the forefront of all conversations. So what I'm really excited to talk about today is your new upcoming book, discover your Dharma Vedic guide to finding your purpose and how it breaks down all these concepts and how it can really, in particular be used kind of with what we're going through now today, and especially in, in the energy of a new year, I feel like. So that's what we're going to kick off. That's what I'm going to ask questions about and invite people to ask questions about, because that is kind of your newest endeavor, am I right?

Yes. And the book actually just came.

Oh, looks beautiful.

And it's. Thank you. And yeah, I mean, the reason why I wrote it is because I kept getting asked by people the same thing of like, how are you able to come from health issues not knowing your purpose being in this place that so many people can relate to right now, Confused, not knowing where to start, overwhelmed. So many possibilities. But I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing to creating my reality to be an expression of what was happening within. And that's what prompted me to write this book. And I really, I mean, only source could have guided me to start writing it when I did. Because now with all of the shifts and career changes and job losses that have happened due to this quarantine, we are given the opportunity right now to think, well, what shifts do I want to make? What was not serving me in my former life, and how can I create a reality for myself that I actually may have taken me 10 years? I think right now we're like catapulting and decisions that could have taken us 10 years, 20 years. We are making an instance in weeks and months. You know, I am sure many people on this webinar right now could have never imagined they would be in health coaching school right now or considering it last year. And here they are right now. So it just goes to show that we can take anything good, bad, etc. And you have such a beautiful story of this and use it in a way to our advantage of what can this skyrocket me into that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to do otherwise?

Right. What does this open me up to that now gives me the opportunity and everything. Good times, bad times, Obstacles, they always open up something. So we had talked last time, but can we kind of go backwards a little bit and talk about how you realized that Ayurveda was your path and how IIN helped you realize that?

Yeah. So for me, I always knew I wanted to help people since I was young, and I didn't really know what that looked like. I just looked at Gandhi, Mother Teresa, all these huge figures. So I thought, okay, well, I guess you have to sacrifice your life to help others. That. That seems to be what it is. So I went on this quest to become an international human rights lawyer. And I actually went to college to study international development and thought that was going to be my path. And I volunteered in many different developing countries, from orphanages to prisons, et cetera. And I was working at a nonprofit organization in college for immigrant and refugee rights, finding myself so disconnected from the very people that I went into this to help. Like, I want to help people, but I wanted to talk to them. I want to get to know their stories, I want to feel connected to them. But here I was in this very bureaucratic job and I felt like, well, here I am just raising money for the next fundraiser and I'm not using my creativity and I'm not using my gifts. And there's so much more that I want to express of how I want to help the world. But I don't know what that's going to look like. And in the same time, I start to go through my own health issues. So it began for me with digestive issues and transitioned into hormonal imbalance. I ended up not getting my period for over two years. And when I got a blood test, they said my body had gone into perimenopause. So essentially I was no longer creating hormones in my body. And that makes you more likely to have osteoporosis, get handicapped earlier in life, never be able to have children, and you know, anxiety, insomnia, all sorts of things that come with your hormones being completely out of balance. I couldn't digest food without being in so much pain. I lost a lot of weight, I would faint all the time. And at this point I couldn't think about anything else but how do I get better? How can I just live a normal life? And that prompted me to begin my journey of self healing. I never, I never thought I would go into this as I wasn't even interested in health, but I just thought, how can I heal myself? Because I need. I know I need to help the world. So I thought, this is this Thing I got to do first to then go do the help the world thing. So in my own journey of, you know, getting obsessed, which I'm sure some people can relate to, like every blog, every book, every doctor, every theory out there, that is how I did discovered iin. I saw that all of these different people, bloggers, et cetera, that I would read their work of, they all happened to go to this same school. So I became very curious about it and that's what prompted me to sign up. And in one of the modules, it was about Ayurveda and I had heard of Ayurveda. You know, my mom when I was a kid would say, this is warming or cooling. But I never, I never took it seriously. I thought it was like, that's not based in science, et cetera, which, you know, I'm sure you guys hear people saying too. But in the IIN module, when they explained Ayurveda and I had a dosha quiz done, when I read that Vata archetype, everything that I was experiencing, bloating, gas, constipation, amenorrhea, anxiety, insomnia, dry skin, all of it was under one archetype, but also my personality, creative, idealistic, loves to travel, thinks outside the box. And I was like, wait, this is like, if I die, just read Vata. Like you will get me right there. So I just became obsessed with learning everything I could about Ayurveda, which brought me on this path to then study Ayurveda in India, go on this journey of self healing with Ayurveda, and then, and then actually wanting to share it. You know, here I am healing myself. All I want to do now is talk about it and help others along the journey. And that's what inspired me to want to write a book on it, which brought me along to my dharma journey.

I'm so glad that Ian could play a role. Just before we get to some of the other questions, do you think Ian could do that for other people? Or do you think that you're just so spectacular, but do you think that other people considering it, should look more into Ian?

I mean, I think we're all so spectacular and all of us are here for a reason. You know, if you're even one of the people right now listening to this, at this time, I am going to tell you that this is here in your life for a reason. And sometimes we don't know where our journey will take us. We have these like overarching desires. I want to help people, I want to be creative. I want to make a shift, but we don't know all of the stuff that's going to take us along the way. So just follow the excitement, follow where the energy is guiding you to. I always say excitement are breadcrumbs guiding you towards your dharma. Your dharma being your fullest expression, your soul's purpose, the big reason why you are here. So iin for me played a huge role in unraveling my dharma. If I didn't sign up for it, first of all, I probably, probably would have just gotten whatever job maybe I think I would have found my way back somehow, but it definitely would have taken a lot longer. It put me, I feel like signing up for a school, it puts you in this like incubator of receiving the knowledge, committing to it, it becoming a focus in your life. Whereas when you're just interested in something and you're, you're googling it, but it's the side thing that you're into, you know, after a couple weeks, life's responsibilities get in the way and you stop doing it. However, when you first of all invest in a school, you're in this incubator of six months or a year, you're committed to, you know, getting this, this certificate on the other end, it makes you reprioritize the other areas of your life. So it speed tracked me into living my Dharma and I think it is here for so many people to do the same.

I love that. And you keep mentioning Dharma, which your book is about. What is Dharma? And how is it different from say, just finding your career?

Yeah. So I like to think of your dharma more like your mission statement. It's your big why. And it's not what you do, but it's rather why you do it. So for example, your dharma may be to connect women back to their bodies or to help people experience a more body based form of spirituality, or to bring beauty to this world or to help people connect to nature. You know, these beautiful mission statements that we can have now under that big mission statement are the different, you know, services. Now these are our careers, roles, jobs, projects, et cetera that we can play. So let's say your dharma is to bring beauty to this world. Well, you may have been a wedding planner for some years and then a florist and then a graphic designer. And maybe now you're interested in becoming a health coach. But you like really want to do this beautiful branded way and maybe do like a magazine with it and you know what the Instagram feed is going to look like and you May be kicking yourself of, oh, like, why don't I have a purpose like other people? I keep changing my mind. But actually the Dharma was the same. You're bringing beauty to this world through everything it is that you do. Now, some of us who have more of that vata energy, more air energy, we're going to have many different manifestations of our dharma. So you're more likely to be someone who has a lot of different projects happening a lot of different ways. Your dharma will express throughout your life. Those of us who are more pitta. More fire, that's more hyper focused discipline. This is what I want, and I'm going to go get it. You tend to have one thing that you really focus and you give your energy to, and then you can feel when that thing is done. It may be five years, 10 years, one year. It really just depends. And then you go hyper focus on what other things. So, Jim, I think you have some more pizza to you. Like, you're focused and you've had so many, you know, you have different things, but you're like giving your. Your all to it. So someone you know, many, many teachers in the ion curriculum. An example I like to give is Sarah Blakely, the founder of Spanx, that she had this idea, I'm going to create these Spanx. And she's just completely full force in it. Marie Forleo. A lot of these people like that. And then the third type are the Kaphas. So it's more of the earth energy. So you tend to actually find your dharma through your relationship, through being a mother. That actually may activate something deeper within you that you wouldn't have otherwise. Does that mean your only dharma is to be a mother? No. But the motherhood is the vessel in which the Dharma blossoms. So that might bring you to look at. Wait. Our preschool system can be more creative. Children with, you know, early childhood development in this specific way, or a baby milk formula, or joining the parent teacher association or health coaching moms who are very busy and stressed out, et cetera. So. So they tend to find it from relationships, being a friend, a daughter, etc. They're very one on one. So if you're the type of. I think I talk about this actually in the ion curriculum. But if you're the type of health coach that really wants to dive deep with people one on one, hear their story, connect with them, know, why is this happening? And you tend to get complimented on your ability to hold space, to listen to people like, thank you. You make me feel so seen Chances Are you have some of this Kapha energy to you Oprah. If people are like, you have Oprah energy, that is that Kapha energy. It's the nurturer archetype, which I write about in the book. If you are someone who in health coaching, you kind of like you want to make the game plan like, okay, here's what we're going to do. Here's what these 12 weeks together are going to look like. Here are the sheets. You're like geeking out on all of the like the bio individuality and like all of the things. And you really want to make sure they get those results. That's like going to be more of that pit to energy. Or maybe you already know, I want to make a business out of this. I want to do courses, I want to do memberships. That's that pit to energy. And if you're a very vata of, you know, maybe I want to go into maybe writing books or speaking or creating something really artistic. Creating like a wellness product that is branded in this specific way. You probably have more of that vata energy to you.

I love this because I immediately want to figure out what am I exactly? Am I really pizza? So how do people typically find out what, what their dharma is?

Yeah. So I have so many quizzes and prompts in the book discover your dharma. So it's a step by step guide. The book is really kind of like a work. So you really work through that. First you figure out what your dosha is. Then we further break it down into these nine dharma archetypes. So for me, understanding my dosha was monumental in understanding myself, my health, etc. And I have different books just on Ayurveda to idiots, Guide to Ayurveda and eat feel fresh. However, in living your dharma, your purpose, I feel like, for example, under vaja, there's so many expressions I want to further break it down. So I created these nine Dharma archetypes and I won't go through all of them right now, but I do have a quick on on my website, dharmaarchetypequiz.com is a free quiz you can take to learn more about your Dharma archetype. But for example, someone who is the teacher, they are going to want to be like in front of a group, maybe it's online or a classroom or something. They want to be imparting knowledge. So if you're someone that comes alive like teaching something to people. I want to teach people how to, you know, balance their hormones or whatever that thing is. You probably have that teacher archetype to you now, the nurturer, they don't want to as much tell you. They would rather bring the knowledge that exists within you out of you. So they're not going to say, hey, let me tell you everything about hormones. They're, well, how are you feeling? What is going on in your body? And it's more of that coach, that ability to bring out what's happening within you. So if you are a nurturer, you're going to be best when you're doing something like that, whether it's coaching people one on one or if you're working in a company, having something that you're like, doing the customer care and support and really connecting to people. Now, others of us have the visionary archetype. The visionary is here to channel the new paradigm. So you're very big picture focus. This is more of that vata energy. You like to speak, you like to see where the future is heading. So I know, Jim, you definitely have this archetype of seeing kind of the landscape of like, here's where society is heading and here's what we can bring. The visionary is really here to inspire, and their gift is their career charisma, their communication, their ability to get people to see a higher perspective. So this one is my primary archetype as well. And someone listening might say, I feel like I have that, but I haven't done that yet. So if the people who are really inspiring for you, but even very triggering for you are those types of people, then you know there's something in there for you. If you're like, oh, my God, I love what Gabby Bernstein is doing, I feel like I could be doing something like that. She definitely has the visionary archetype in her. There's probably something within you. Whereas if you're like Oprah, Eckhart Tolle, that's more of that nurture archetype. Teacher is Dr. Mark Hyman, Caroline Mace. So many people like that. Another big archetype that I think a lot of people on this call may have is the artist. So the artist is here to bring about beauty through everything. So you really care about the experience, the branding, the textures. You're very hypersensitive. In fact, they're the most sensitive of all of the archetypes. So you're actually getting energy from all these different places, and that's what allows you to go through a breakup and create poetry out of it or see these raw materials and, like, make something from it. So that is what the artist is here to do. And we've always needed artists in our society. Art is so important for us. So your vessel in which you're gonna do it is through the beauty way. And there are different ones. Another one. A lot of people on this call probably are. Is the researcher. So the researcher is here to understand things deeply. They are very curious. They love to just go deep into the books, into the analytics. So if you look at. I think his name is Mark Whitman, who has. Who's the I teacher. He's like the Harvard, like, hyper nutrition doctor, like, so intelligent, such a researcher. So if you're someone who loves looking at all of this, this data, this research, these analytics. You know, Deepak Chopra has a lot of that researcher archetype that he's like a visionary researcher. But his vessel of bringing forth his knowledge is through. Let me show you with science that meditation works. Let me show you with science that you are a reflection of the universe. So that's that researcher archetype. So understanding your dharma archetype will give you a tangible place to know. Okay, if I am part of this archetype. And again, we're all nine of the archetypes, but in varying amounts. And the assessment in the book further breaks it down and how they're connected, et cetera. But it will help you see, okay, if I'm the visionary nurturer, you know, or if I am the teacher warrior, like Tony Robbins warrior, you know, we can feel that in his energy, he comes alive and he's getting everyone riled up, and everyone's clapping hands, and they're feeling like they're part of this team. Deepak Chopra doesn't do that. But they're still both living their dharmas. So it gives us permission to be ourselves and helps us see ourselves in something so much greater than us. Because sometimes it's so hard to realize, what am I good at? What are my strengths? I don't even know. But if you can see yourself in this greater archetype, you're like, oh, I could see myself also having similar gifts.

Can you show your book again? Because I want to go out and get this. I want to know exactly what my gift is. It's gorgeous, too. And of course, you can get it where all books are sold. Amazon, et cetera, et cetera. Right? But it will really tell you, really help you identify which is your dharma. Correct. And then what do I do? So, yes, I feel like I'm the visionary. I'm pita. Like, how does that help? Really guide me in my career choices? Or my schooling choices or what I do next.

So one of the things I write about in the book is there are five stages of Dharma discovery. So the first stage is just to have a feeling of self awareness. I see the direction my life is going. I don't like it. So something needs to change. Just that feeling of self awareness is you're on step one. Step two is self improvement. How can I improve myself? How can I make myself my best self yet? Nutrition, fitness. Maybe you're doing meditations for mental clarity or focus or anxiety, focusing on the mind and body. Now this is where most of the personal development, self help help space is, you know, and it's very important. We can't bypass this. I feel like sometimes people want to get to the 5D. They haven't really mastered the 3D. We need to take care of our physical bodies and minds. These are very important parts of us. So if you're just had the self awareness, go towards the self improvement. Now what naturally happens in the self improvement stage is we get to this point that we realize we are not a mind or a body to fix, but rather we are a soul to know. And that there is nothing ever wrong with me to begin with. I just didn't know the full scope of who I am. So instead of trying to improve yourself, you switch to trying to get to know yourself. So this is when you go deeper into, you know, maybe now you're meditating for self inquiry or you're going deeper into your own practices, whether it is astrology or human design or Ayurveda or Chinese medicine. So many things, different modalities out there for you. So this stage, I call it kind of like that spiritual awakening and can be very gradual for some people and it can be very abrupt for others. But this is really the stage of seeing what is underneath the veils. Now let me share with you. This is often the loneliest stage because you suddenly have this awareness of all these different things and you can feel very lonely because other people around you may not. Maybe now you're wanting to talk about the mind, body, connection and self love and the divine feminine and all these things. And people around you are like, what are you talking about? So it can feel quite lonely in this stage. And that's why having community is so important. Being part of something that's, you know, alongside you with other people who are on similar missions of stepping into their fullest expressions. And in this stage we can also very feel like me against the world of this world is so crazy and all these people are asleep, and we got to wake them up. So it could feel very separated. And the thing that we realize as we move into stage four is that we are not different or separated from the world, but rather, we are part of this world. And we're on this planet for a reason. And that means we have a purpose of being here. So as we get better at being able to cope with the uncertainty of the world, we find our tools, we find our practices, we find our modalities. Maybe this is when you signed up for IIN or you deepen your meditation practice, yoga practice, whatever that looks like for you. And then we emerge into step four, which is feeling more anchored, more integration with the world around you, less of that separation and the duality. So in this stage, we further discover, like, what is my unique way of seeing the world? So you become very curious. So you might be studying different forms of nutrition or, you know, for someone else. It could be meditation or architecture or cooking or spirituality, really, just depending on what it is for you. So you're like a sponge. You're trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible. And in the stage, you're finding your own way of seeing the world through it. So maybe you're like, okay, well, this approach is about this and this one's about that. And I see it as this, like, unique combination. And you naturally start to share that. And from sharing that, you start to get more confidence and more courage and more feedback. And then maybe you share it with your friends and your family, maybe on social media. And then we start to enter into stage five, which is the Dharma embodiment. Now, in Dharma embodiment, it's when there is no separation between the outer and the inner you. You are being you full time. You are just you. In stage four, it could feel very like, I got my work me and my other me, but they're not the same. Stage five is I am always a reflection of my highest self. So the biggest shift that happens in stage five is your focus moves from me to women. We me is very important. We need to end the stages before. How do I get to know myself? How do I practice self care? How do I establish boundaries? How do I have self love? We need to focus on the me. But then when we reach that Dharma embodiment, we realized it was never about us all along. It was actually about how we can be of service to humanity. So suddenly your energy is coming from a different place. It's not the bubble baths and stuff anymore. It's, wow, I am Lifting the vibration of the planet at this time. So anything that is holding me back from that needs to shift because I am here to serve humanity. So suddenly you're fueled by this cosmos that's like moving through you. And that's when you're just feeling that flow. You're on a roll. You're just, you know, maybe you're. You're having these client sessions and like, at the end of your day, you have even more energy than you had before, or you're writing and it's moving through you, or you're recording videos and you're just. You're feeling so in the flow. And that's how you know you're in alignment with your Dharma. And in this stage, all areas of your life so start to shift. You know, I n talks about that wheel, and it really is like that. You look at all areas of your life. Friendships, community, finances, home. Because anything that is not in full integrity will be keeping you from living your soul mission on this planet, which, you know, is the most important reason why we're here. So that stage of dharma embodiment, stepping into your fullest, most expansive expression. And again, it's not defined by one role or project or thing that you do. So many of us do that. And then when that thing shifts or that thing is no longer in alignment, we're like, wait, I'm not. Where does the Dharma go? You know? And it's. It's being a constant iteration of what is true for me at this moment in time. And it's not this one time mountain. It is a mountain range. So you climb that first peak and you realize it continues and continues and continues, and it spirals and spirals and spirals. So I share that because the advice is going to be different depending on where you are on your journey. So I have all these stages in the book and practices, et cetera, but know where you are right now, and then how can you bring yourself to that next stage?

This is an amazing book. This is exciting because I love learning. It's one of the reasons why I came to work at iin. Why I became an ian health coach as well is in this is my next step. I don't know much about Ayurveda, but this sounds like it's meant to be my next step. So I'm excited to get this book. I hope everybody else gets it too. I hope everybody considers your path starts somewhere. And perhaps becoming an in health coach and learning that information is the beginning of your path. Or maybe it's the Middle of your path. But it's definitely another step. Get this book and figure it out because I think it will also help you figure out whether in is right for you. But a couple questions have come up. Sahara, can you be more than one dosha?

Yeah, we are actually all three doshas in varying amounts. Amount. So it's impossible really to always be equally all three. I think a lot of people, they learn Ayurveda and they're like, I must be the tridosic one. But every single person thinks that because we can recognize ourselves in all of them. But you're gonna be more naturally have a propensity to go towards one or maybe two. So, you know, doing the quiz and different doshas can relate in different areas of your life. I tend to find we have a mental one and a physical one. They oftentimes are different. So the quiz on my website, if you just go on iamsaharrose.com you'll find that dosha quiz and it actually will break down. What are the percentages of all three in your mind and what are the percentages of all three in your body?

Awesome. And someone said they just took the quiz and loved it. Go to your site and take that quiz. Two, three people are asking, what is dosha versus dharma?

Yeah. So your dosha is your mind, body type. It is your energy type. So it's is vata, pitta, kapha, air, fire or earth. Your dharma is your soul's purpose. It's the big reason why you're here. It's like your mission statement.

Great. And then how can I connect with all participants after this session? Would love to connect with like minded people. One way is to. Don't you have a few courses where you get communities together?

Yeah. So my community Rose Gold Goddesses rosegoldgoddesses.com has 2000 spiritual soul sisters. And every single week we're on workshop workshops. Yesterday we did one on each of us dedicating ourselves to a sacred project. This year, whether it's, you know, macrame or launching your business. And every month we do goddess circles according to the energy of that month. So if you're looking for more community, head over to rosegoldgoddesses.com and again you can find that link and my quiz and all of the things on my website. I am saharrose.com Also, if you get the book, be sure to submit your receipt over there on my website and you'll actually be able to to get three free bonuses. One of them is my dharma Embodiment practice. So it's actually a dance along practice to bring you into energetic alignment with your Dharma. The second is the discover your dharma meditation. And the third is tapping eft practice. So if you do get the book, be sure to submit your receipt on my website to get those.

I love eft that was partially the start of my own journey is like, oh, I can actually tap into myself in this way way. I love that. So also all the I n community of which Sahara is part of and is now a teacher after becoming a grad, the student has become the master is a great way for you to get community while learning. So it's a great way to meet people and become a teacher. So someone's asked, can you hold up the book again, Sahara, and give the name and show the book?

Yes. Discover your dharma.

Discover your dharma. And how does the secondary impact the primary dosha?

So that would be the one that you were second highest in. So it will still show up in different areas of your life, but maybe you know, according to what's happening. So for example, I am vata pitta. So my lead, my gift is my creativity, communication, these types of things. The pitta supports it now in creating a business and structures and getting it done. So I can still have a pitta imbalance of burning myself out or getting irritated, hated, et cetera. But it's not my highest one. Whereas for example, someone like Gary Vee is very, very pitta that that would be his highest dosha.

Awesome. A lot of people are asking now your book is on pre order, right? It actually comes out.

No, it's. It's out.

Okay. Someone says it's on backorder, but go to Amazon.com it's out. You can get it.

Yes, on my website. It has all the links like wherever, whatever country you're on. Iamsaharrose.com Dharma you can find all the links there. It's also on Audible and, and Kindle.

Okay, so as we're starting to get towards the end here, guys, Sahara was an I am grad. She's become extremely successful. Ian may be the next step in your own development and finding your dharma. This book is amazing. I hope you all go out and get it. Of course. Following if you're not already. Sahara. Sahara. What is your Instagram handle?

I am Sahara Rose.

That's right. Of course. I see it every day and I don't know why. I just blank to it. I'm Jim Curtis. I'm your head of brand and business at IIN and I'm also your head health coach. You can find me on Instagram @jim curtis1 jim curtis1. Or just follow Nutrition school, Nutrition School to get a lot more information and interviews like this. And what's something that you want to leave people with?

Sahar, I honestly think that there is no better time than now than to step into your dharma. We have the Internet. We have so many tools accessible to us. We have oftentimes more space in our schedule than we would have had otherwise. Credible teachers are bringing their work online right now. So really take advantage of this unique opportunity that we're in right now. And we can be so quick to want to go back to what my life was before. But what if we actually use this opportunity to catapult ourselves into a reality that we knew was possible but would have taken much longer? It really doesn't need to take that long. All it really takes is a decision and a commitment. And it's possible for every single person. If you're here listening to the end it of this, trust me, you are in alignment with your dharma. So now just listen to the signs and say yes to the calling.

If you've listened to this whole 40 minutes, take an action. Don't just use this as entertainment. This is maybe the calling that you've been looking for. Sahara, thank you so much. I always love talking to you. I can't wait until we can meet in person again and put on our big events or anything. I can't wait to read your book. Congratulations. It's awesome.

Thank you so much. It was such an honor to be here. Thank you for all your love and the Q and A and chat box. You guys are so amazing and supportive and on such incredible missions. And the only way the world can come into balance at this time is for each of us to step into our dharmas. We need it. We need someone creating the new food systems and the new schools and the new ways of relating to each other. So know that your dreams are dreaming you back. They are not within you as a coincidence. They are there within you for a reason. And you are designed to live your dharma. So thank you.

And one last thing, guys. If you've gotten it all the way to the end and wanted to do or find out more information about the in course and you call and mention Sahara's name. We always give a huge discount for anybody who comes as a friend of Sahara. So call up, mention her name. You got those discounts. And we'll find some other cool things to give you as well. Well, thank you. I hope this was a value. My role is to always bring value and I hope we did well for you today. Again Sara, thank you and guys have a great day.

Thanks so much for having me. So if you are inspired to learn more and even launch your own career as a holistic health coach, head over to my show notes or to my website. Scroll down to the bottom you will see it says become a health coach. You could submit your email there, download a sample class there course curriculum and even schedule a call to ask your questions. All of their admission team are former graduates of IAN so they can really answer all of your questions and make sure to say that you are referred by Sahara to get the best bonuses in town. You will get the $2,250 off tuition. The first 50 people will get the how to launch your dream book course tickets for a live IAN conference and the recording of our business coaching webinar. So again head over to my show notes, submit your email, give them a call, say you're referred by Sahara and you will get the goods. Honey, so grateful to have you here. Namaste.

Ram.