Ancient wisdom · modern wellness

Heal at the root — mind, body & spirit.

A gentle Ayurvedic program with Karen Olson Barbarick to clear what no longer serves you, reconnect to your inner wisdom, and discover your body's natural constitution.

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Meet your guide

Karen Olson Barbarick

With over 25 years in the healing arts, Karen is a respected elder in intuitive and energy medicine, blending clairvoyant insight with grounded, practical tools for emotional healing, trauma integration, stress reduction, and spiritual growth.

Through Bending Blade Healing Arts she supports clients in clearing emotional blocks, reconnecting to their inner wisdom, and discovering their body's natural constitution — through private sessions, chakra and aura integration, youth programs, retreats, and transformational travel.

A world-record-setting athlete and former reality TV contestant, Karen brings resilience, warmth, and authenticity to every space she leads.

Master of Energy MedicineHolistic WellnessCYT — Certified Yoga TeacherNLP CoachingCAT — Certified Ayurvedic Technician

Master of Energy Medicine · NLP Coach · Founder of Bending Blade Healing Arts

The program

What you'll learn

Wake Up Well makes ancient wisdom techniques easy to understand and easy to weave into your life — for maximum health, longevity, and quiet confidence.

01

Ayurveda Basics

Live in harmony with natural law to promote good health — instead of fighting disease after it starts.

02

Lifestyle Medicine

Align sleep, nutrition, and daily rhythms with your unique constitution so your body can self-heal.

03

The Five Elements

Balance ether, air, fire, water, and earth — the building blocks of everything inside and around you.

04

The Five Senses

Calm each sense with simple daily practices that ground the mind and restore clarity from within.

05

Breaking Habits

Swap draining patterns for restorative ones. Shift the cause, and the effect follows.

06

Mind & Emotions

Build calm, self-care, and non-attachment into the foundation of real, lasting wellbeing.

The Self-Assessment

Measure ama in your body, mind & spirit

In Sanskrit, ama means toxin or undigested metabolic waste — an umbrella term for all sticky, slimy, aggravating substances accumulated in the body. Rate each statement honestly. Your results stay on this page; nothing is sent or stored.

Question 1

I tend to feel blocked in my body (constipated, congested in the head, general lack of clarity, or other).

Question 2

In the morning when I wake up, I am groggy; it takes me quite a while to feel really awake.

Question 3

I tend to feel weak, physically, for no reason that I can see.

Question 4

My body tends to have a feeling of heaviness.

Question 5

I just tend to feel that “something isn’t working right” in the body (digestion, breathing, bowel movements, or something else).

Question 6

I commonly have indigestion.

Question 7

Often, I just don’t have a taste for food. I have no appetite.

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Your Result

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Answer all 7 statements to reveal your personalized reading and next steps.

The companion program

Wake Up Well

Watch & work, module by module

Each module pairs short, practical videos with its matching workbook section. Open a module to watch and download, grab the full workbook to print, or visit the channel for everything in one place.

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