Who are you and what are you all about?

I am a lover of life, grateful to be alive and experiencing the luminosity of the everyday. I go by Ari, but my full name is Ariel Lara Porges Pasternak. The essence of those names is: Spirit, Eros, Beauty, Earth. That really encompasses who I am and how I live and serve as an entrepreneur, artist, mystic and coach. I sold my first company Pineapple Collaborative in 2023 and am currently offering mind, body, spirit & business guidance in Ari's Worlds and building my new company Living In The Warmth.

Do you have a practice/business/service? If so, what is it?

In Ari's Worlds, I offer guidance to 1:1 clients in the realms of mind, body, spirit and business, supporting creatives and entrepreneurs in dreaming up their juiciest dreams and awakening their full life force energy. My practice is rooted in the spirit of Shekhinah, the divine feminine / she who dwells within, and I draw on the wisdom of oracle cards, tarot, prayer to connect more deeply with ourselves, our ancestors, Mother Earth and divine spirit.

Why did you start your practice/business/service?

I created Ari’s Worlds because I want to share my worlds with you–where we’re LIVING IN THE WARMTH: feeling the sensuality, spirituality and ecstasy of being alive. It is our birthright to shine. To enjoy this one precious life. I learned that by feeling all of my emotions and healing my pain through beauty, pleasure and joy.

I navigated through a lot of darkness and grief in my life. In 2020, I thought to myself: there’s got to be more to life than this…so, I embarked on a psychosomatic-spiritual-erotic journey all over the world to recreate the collage that is my life. From magical farm meals in Mexico to life-altering psychedelic journeys in the Redwood forests of California to a divine feminine revival in the thermal waters of Pantelleria, I have dug my hands in the earth, danced under the stars and remembered what it feels like to actually live.

I live by the philosophy "living in the warmth": the sensuality, spirituality and ecstasy of being alive and KA! is a perfect companion with my lifestyle. I use KA! when I dance, especially when I go to see house and techno DJs. I also love using KA! in the morning when I wake up, before I meditate, do breathwork and say prayers. Especially if I wake up feeling a little down, it's the perfect pick-me-up! 

What's your favorite thing about KA! and how you share it with your community?

I love the almost-immediate calming & uplifting effect of KA. I share it with my clients when they come to my sanctuary for 1:1 sessions and in my larger group meditations & dance classes.

Has anything special or unexpected occurred because of our collaboration?

I feel a spectrum of enlivening opportunities opening up that resemble the spirit of the Kanna plant.

What would you say to folks considering becoming KAmbassadors?

Activating one's full spectrum aliveness is what life is all about. Doing this together in community is incredibly meaningful and enhances one's practice / offerings by bringing all those involved to life!