Ep. 93 OCTOBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Salvation Thru Connection + Joy // Self-Destruction Thru Other-ing
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
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Solo Episode: OCTOBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Self-Destruction Thru Other-ing + Salvation Thru Connection
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
Heads up: I do a longer intro sharing personal insights and recent events, so if you want to jump straight to the Akashic Reading, it starts at 15:19 time mark.
In this monthly reading, we pierce through a veil and travel to a different world where we’re shown the great unseen war that is happening right now and how “othering” is playing a primary role in a process of self-destruction. We see how our connection to the elements and the unseen world is going to be the bridge that reminds and reconnects us to the aspects of ourselves against which we are waging war.
Tuning into the elements, our senses & pleasure will transport us to a level of awareness that’ll open up doors to a new world. We’re given 2 simple practices to connect to our expanded brain power and languages of the heart for “energetic fluency.”
This reading had an interesting twist at the end after doing some research on a name given... we’re going scifi this month, folx. Enjoy the ride.
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Ep. 92 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Libra :: Forging New Alliances With Your Body, Herbal Support for Veins
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?
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#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Libra :: Forging New Alliances With Your Body, Herbal Support for Veins
Happy New Moon in Libra! Today Venessa and Megan are talking about the influences of this Libra moon that supports us in forging new and loving alliances with your body for a melodious and compassionate partnership. We talk about the power of this sweet new moon in promoting reflection and intention-setting around relationships, collaboration, and self-nourishment. We discuss Libra’s influence on our veins, challenges with stagnation and flow, and our fave herbal support for varicose veins and cardiovascular movement. Finally we share our own personal body talk practices, & offer some new moon reflection prompts to support you in this lunar cycle.
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Show Notes
Energy of Libra - Willing to fight for what is right and just - not just for the world, but for their bodies and selves.
Relationship to body and organs “self” as other, repairing relationships, see self in others - others as a mirror.
Now is a good time to start any new alliance, especially with your own body!
Partnerships forged under this energy will be fair, poised, and truly melodious.
Sweet new moon in Libra, promoting reflection and intention-setting around relationships, collaboration, and self-nourishment.
Exploring feelings of betrayal by body, out of control, self-attacking
Importance of Presence, tapping for re-centering
Getting clear about what kind of environment you need to do this deep work
Writing exercises & prompts for body love
Using gravity forces to support your blood flow
Herbs that can help with congestion and move flow such as angelica, garlic, yarrow, cinnamon, horse chestnut, ginger
Creating new alliances with our bodies that feel compassionate, loving, and supportive - what would that look like? How would you talk to yourself?
Questions to Inquire this New Moon:
How can I establish healthy boundaries around me and within my self from a place of love and compassion? What resources do you need to establish those? How can you set the stage and the ecology to do this work for this new moon?
What are the ways that i can make a commitment to myself and invite greater connection and intimacy with my body?
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Ep. 91 Liminal Dreaming :: Surfing the Edges of Consciousness with Jennifer Dumpert
If our reality - and hence our life experiences - are shaped by our perception and limitations of our imagination, then what can our dreams teach us about consciousness and our Selves?
In this episode, we’re talking with Jennifer Dumpert, a San Francisco-based writer, lecturer, and consciousness hacker to help us answer this question. She’s the author of the recently released Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep. Jennifer teaches the practice of Liminal Dreaming—surfing the edges of consciousness using hypnagogic and hypnopompic dream states.
We discuss liminal dreaming as the doorway between waking and dream consciousness, how it differs from other kinds of dream & sleep states, and the healing benefits of liminal dreaming and yoga nidra being applied globally. We also talk about one of my favorite topics - imagination as a faculty of perception (and perhaps the most important one!) and what’s actually happening in the brain and body when we experience common collective experiences such as sleep paralysis, falling sensations and jerking, and “hallucinations.”
Jennifer also dives into oneirogens - what they are, how they work and how to use them, including herbs, sounds, smells, and technology we can use for enhancing dreams, divination, & healing. Jennifer is the founder of the Oneironauticum, an international organization that explores the phenomenological experience of dreams as a means of experimenting with mind.
This was such a fun and fascinating interview, and I loved how Jennifer wove tons of practical tools and exercises into her book... That’s why I’m excited to announce that we’re doing an Instagram giveaway of Jennifer’s book Liminal Dreaming!
3 lucky winners will receive a free copy of her book - read below to find out how to enter (before it ends this week)!
:: BOOK GIVEAWAY! ::
We’re hosting a giveaway on Instagram through the Feed Your Wild podcast - your chance to win a free copy of Liminal Dreaming to 3 lucky winners.
Here's how to enter to win:
*Follow @wildlyrooted on Instagram
*Tag as many people as you want in separate comments, each tag will be an entry
*Sign up to Wildly Rooted Nourishment Notes Email List (click here) - if you're already signed up, simply follow and tag to enter
*You must be in the USA for shipping purposes - this is a domestic giveaway
*Giveaway ends this Wednesday 9/25, winners announced Thursday 9/26!
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How Jennifer got into dreamwork and why she’s focusing on “liminal dreaming”
The difference between liminal dreaming and other dreams such as REM and lucid dreams
Why hypnogogic and hypnopompic states are considered the spaces between and the doorway between waking and dream consciousness
The various common collective experiences of these dream states, such as bodily jerks, whispering, hallucinations, sleep paralysis
The similarities between liminal dreaming and the psychedelic mind-space, and how liminal dreaming can support people instead of taking psychedelics
The healing benefits of liminal dreaming and yoga nidra, and examples of their use throughout the world
What is actually happening in the brain during liminal dreaming states (hint: it’s chaotic J), and the different brain waves related to various phases of sleep such as theta, beta, alpha
The best exercises and practices for surfing liminal dreaming and mental healing, creativity, and problem solving
Imagination as a faculty of perception (and perhaps the most important one!)
Whey senses like sight aren’t as reliable as they seem and how “we have to choose what to see”
Exploring sleep paralysis and scary dream experiences as an opportunity to address and work with fear
What are oneirogens, the various kinds of oneirogens used throughout the world (smells, sounds, herbs, technology), how they work and how to use them
How you can join in on the fun with The Oneironauticum – Jennifer’s international dream group that works with oneirogens—any substance, practice, or experience that promotes or enhances dream states. Jennifer says it’s like a worldwide slumber party :)
Supportive oneirogens for working with and healing trauma – such as one that the Xhosa people use to put one in touch with ancestors
Oneirogens for getting in touch with inner peace: The scent Stargazer lily, rose
Jennifer’s best hacks for remembering your dreams and how “attention is the magic sauce”
How liminal dreamwork has impacted Jennifer’s life experience opening up her “liminal mind”
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Her book Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep
Resources + Links Mentioned
Jennifer’s other website: http://urbandreamscape.com
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Ep. 90 The Art of Personal Mythmaking For Healing & Transformation with Janelle Hardy
Have you ever thought about working with your personal story and considering your story as a mythology? Janelle believes that we can heal and transform when we work with our personal mythologies instead of against them. Janelle supports creative, courageous, sensitive women + non-binary people in reclaiming their brilliance, vibrancy and strength via a transformation memoir-writing process called The Art of Personal Mythmaking.
A huge belief of mine is that we have the power to change our stories and that’s directly connected to our health and life experiences in our bodies. The work that Janelle does is navigating people through this personal memoir writing process that leads one through personal transformation.
Janelle also has her own podcast, The Personal Mythmaking Podcast, today she published my episode where we dive into a fairytale that I have loved since a little girl - The Little Mermaid!
Janelle shares her personal story and how she came to develop the Art of Personal Mythmaking process. Janelle discusses what she calls “the great forgetting” - the erasure of where one comes from and shares her exploration of family history of trauma, and discovering the multigenerational healing process through personal mythmaking. We also talk about the benefits of feeling stuck and powerful ways to move through flavors of resistance in all the ways it shows up.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
Janelle’s personal story
The art of personal myth making
Incorporating body, creativity, and fairytale
Grieving the loss of family history, language, culture, and meaning - what Janelle calls “the great forgetting,” the erasure of where one comes from
Janelle’s exploration of family history of trauma including addiction and abuse, and multigenerational healing processes
The internal silencing that occurs from this trauma and patriarchal conditionings, and the dynamic of denying the embodied self
Pain as a great motivator and how some of the ways that Janelle intuitively started seeking healing and shift were catalyzed by pain
Why creative self expression and reconnecting with body are exceptionally important
How language is critical in understanding our life experience and options for healing and understand the world
What is the “art of personal mythmaking” and how it has the capacity to change the way we understand our life
We can create our own mythology that is beautiful and shift the painful one
Our body as our only home and using our body as a physical ally
The significance of ancient tales, fairy tales, and the value of their existence
You don’t have to work alone when you have the gifts of cultural heritage through story
How to begin your own personal mythmaking and inviting your body into the healing process
How we might have pulls and interests in things that are in our lineage or history despite not being in our current life experience
The benefits of feeling stuck and powerful ways to move through flavors of resistance in all the ways it shows up (and the most common flavors of resistance!)
The power of a memoir writing process
The interesting difference that a study found between genders in aqcuiring new skills and perceived “readiness”
How overwhelm is connected to a dysregulated nervous system
How fiction is a wonderful way Janelle transports herself
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The Art of Personal Mythmaking - online course
FREE GIFTS:
PDF: 10 Gentle Yet Effective Ways to Heal Painful Memories Using Writing & Your Body.
Calm and settle your nervous system with gentle easy-to-implement guidance and writing tips so you can stop feeling overwhelmed by the more difficult parts of your lifestory.
10 trauma-informed tips so you can write and heal.
PDF: 10 Impactful Memoir-Writing Prompts for Healing and Transformation.
It’s time to stop waiting for inspiration to strike and get started now!
Resources + Links Mentioned
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Jungian analyst, author and poet Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D
Somatic Experiencing Books - Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma* and In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness* by Peter Levine
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: A Novel by Wayne Johnston
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Ep. 89 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Pisces :: Feet, Flow, Fall, Feel: Stand Tall In Yourself This Harvest Moon
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?
These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…
BUT we need YOUR help! Send us your questions and comments by clicking here, we can't wait to hang out with you <3
This Episode's Theme...
#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon In Pisces :: Feet, Flow, Fall, Feel: Stand Tall In Yourself This Harvest Moon
We’re back! Venessa and Megan are happy to dive back into the depths of our beloved Moon Musings, kicking it off with this Harvest Full Moon in Pisces. The themes we cover of this episode and moon are all about staying rooted AND in flow, standing tall and in full alignment starting with our feet. We discuss the medicine of this transitional season and share tips on ways to support getting back into alignment and routines. We share our own personal updates, fall transition time practices, & offer some full moon reflection prompts to support you in this lunar cycle.
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Ep. 88 Woke Womb Work: Healing Generational Trauma & Reclaiming Yoni Power with The Brujas of Brooklyn
We’re speaking with Dr. Griselda Rodriguez-Solomon and Dr. Miguelina Rodriguez, aka The Brujas of Brooklyn. As Afro-Dominican identical twins, raised in Brooklyn, New York, they believe in the power of Spirit to cast spells that aid in collective healing. The Brujas of Brooklyn are healing generational traumas of gendered racism, which women of color often hold in our wombs, or Yonis. Their craft is therefore dedicated to womb-healing, or what they call Woke Womb Work.
In this conversation, we talk about what bruja means to them and the reclamation of this word and way of being. They share how they came into “Woke Womb Work” diving deep into the sacred realms of the Yoni and how it relates to socioeconomic and political events and forces.
The Brujas breakdown for us the disparities within reproductive justice, how intergenerational and transgenerational trauma impacts our genes and health today and how conscious work of healing unravels this injustice.
From bleeding, moon cycles, to Kundalini yoga to twerkshops, we're talking about the elements that go into their work and the practical magic that we can implement into our daily lives to empower us.
The Brujas share what they have gained from this work on a personal level, including the healings and gifts that have unfolded over the years through motherhood, dating and in their work in the classroom as professors.
Dr. Griselda Rodriguez-Solomon (Dr. G.) is a professor, doula and Kundalini yogi. She earned a PhD in Sociology with an emphasis on Gender Studies from Syracuse University. Dr. G. teaches courses throughout the City University of New York (CUNY) related to Racism and Birthing (In) Justice in the US. She is a published author and contributor for Hip Latina Magazine. The home-birth of her sun Talib changed her life forever.
Dr. Miguelina Rodriguez is an unapologetic gentrification critic, author and Urban Studies professor at LaGuardia Community College. She holds a PhD in Urban Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers University. Her dissertation was an ethnographic study on the ways in which first and second-generation Dominican immigrants experience/make sense of gentrification in Washington Heights. Dr. Miguelina Rodriguez thanks her Saturn's Return for shaping her life as a Yoni priestess. Womb Wellness is her life's work.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How power shifts in their Saturn return pushed them deep into womb work and spiritual awakening
What bruja means to them and the reclamation of Yoni power
The demonization of brujas and witches, and how their work as social scientists inform their teachings, spiritual practices, and service
What is an “Unfuckablewith” woman and how this relates to womb work and the power of a bruja
The importance of daily practical magic
Woke womb work: how they dove deep into the sacred realms of the womb and how it relates to socioeconomic and political events and forces
The Brujas breakdown the disparities within reproductive justice and the roots of trauma in enslavement and patriarchal society
How intergenerational and transgenerational trauma impacts our genes and health today and how conscious work of healing unravels this injustice
What the Brujas do in their personal and daily lives to take care of their wombs, bodies, and maintain a sense of groundedness and balance
How sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is take a sacred bath and nourish yourself and the power of trust in generational healing
What to do when you feel alone in your healing journey and growth
How practicing presence is one of the most important aspects of personal work and why it’s good not to get too caught up in ritual
Burnout in the spiritual and healing world… it’s real.
How they navigate the traps of growing a business in a capitalist world and stay rooted in intuition
What connecting with your cycle, blood, and body can communicate and why the Brujas are passionate about connecting folks to their rhythms and bodies
The Brujas walk us through what goes on in their womb workshops and community events, from Kundalini and meditation to Red Tents and “twerkshops” :)
The Shame we carry in our bodies and how to release it
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Ep. 87 SEPTEMBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: The Great Linear Illusion + Taking Yourself For A Spin
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
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Solo Episode: SEPTEMBER :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: The Great Linear Illusion + Taking Yourself For A Spin
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
And we’re back! Kicking it off with the Akashic message for September: It’s time to question the great illusion of the Linear, the stories we’ve been sold, & support the powerful spiralic centrifugal forces within you by taking yourself for a spin. In this season of transition (and fall time in the northern hemisphere), we’re reminded of how everything blossoms into a death and rebirth process - encouraging us to embrace the medicine of letting go. BEING the flow of change versus being a victim of change.
Our guides ask us to question the stories we’ve being sold... Consider how the linear ways of life are holding you back from your own truth. How are they keeping you safe in a tiny box but preventing you from experiencing the fullness of what a spiralic expansive multi-dimensional earth walk can truly provide? THAT is your true nature and path, and the task for this month.
We are given recommendations of practices that will help us navigate this process and support the centrifugal forces within us in order to assimilate all in-formation and stay healthy body, mind, spirit.
I also give updates on what I’ve been up to during break, share a tarot card pull, and address the energetics of grief that are coming up this season. Aaand I’m excited to share about the new and upcoming workshops and offerings - make sure to sign up to the newsletter for updates and first dibs on exclusive offers!
Resources + Links Mentioned
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Healing, Evolving and Re-wilding with Tarot: Aligning with Your Soul’s Truth with Lindsay Mack
Akashic Records 101: Accessing Powerful Soul Messages for Clarity, Healing & Growth
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Ep. 86 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Leo :: Leading with HEART & Broadcasting LOVE
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?
These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…
BUT we need YOUR help! Send us your questions and comments by clicking here, we can't wait to hang out with you <3
This Episode's Theme...
#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon In Leo :: Leading with HEAR & Broadcasting LOVE
Venessa and Megan dive into the themes of this New Moon in LEO: Leading with HEART, Broadcasting LOVE & physically supporting the heart + cardiovascular system. We share tips on how to support your heart and heart-brain vibes with herbs and foods. We cover the concept of shen, share our own personal practices and ahas around heartwork, & offer some new moon reflection prompts to support you in this lunar cycle.
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Ep. 85 AUGUST :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Tune Out to Tune In & The Waves Within
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
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Solo Episode: August 2019 :: Tune Out to Tune In + The Waves Within
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
The message for August is Tune out to tune in, and the waves within.
Get ready to open up to receive divine downloads this month - we are reminded that we don’t need anything other than our body and heart’s intention (and SPACE) to receive these messages. Clean the mind slate, don’t be afraid to enter the void, and “follow the bouncy red ball.” It’s time to claim our rightful place as both drummer and beat follower, setting your own rhythm so that We as a collective can begin to work together in sync and harmony. Can you feel that drum beat?
Resources + Links Mentioned
https://www.heartmath.com/science/
The concept of biorhythms
Biorhythm app on itunes
On google play: Biorhythm Calculator
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Ep. 84 The Magical Mundane, Plant Allies As Guides, & Personal Sovereignty with The Botanical Bruja Lola Venado
“Don’t overlook the simple act of introducing yourself and asking for blessings... the spirits and ancestors are always ready to hear us.. We just have to speak.” ~ Lola Venado
We’re speaking with Lola Venado, The Botanical Bruja™, a folk herbalist, energy worker, kitchen witch, writer, speaker, and community gatherer. Lola’s work and creation as The Botanical Bruja™ and her business Xantico House inspire us to live more fully in the present moment, remember our own medicine, and to take respite in the little things.. Remember that these connections to the mundane are just as magical and special as the grander things in life.
In this conversation, Lola shares what led her to the creation of The Botanical Bruja™ and Xantico House, and why reclaiming this term bruja (“witch”) is an important part of honoring her lineage and medicine path.
She shares how a health crisis 5 years ago snapped her back into her plant path & magic roots, how Lola navigated a large Mexican family dynamic as a highly sensitive person, and the remarkable journey she is taking, stepping deep into trust and relationship with a plant ally and new land... and it all started from a dream she had one night.
Lola offers recommendations for people making big moves and feeling ungrounded in doing so, and how to establish connection with the land and cultivate a relationship with Magic in the mundane. Lola naturally demonstrates the power of plática - or creating space for discussion and connection around our daily lives so that we can share our stories... because when we can share and listen to stories, not only can healing occur, but it provides inspiration to pursue one’s own medicine path and sacred journey in life.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How time in the kitchen was a time of love connection and peace growing up, and how it was a sanctuary within her tumultuous relationship between Lola and her mother
How Lola’s mom’s DIY preference for potions, products, and remedios over store-bought items had an impact on Lola’s creation of The Botanical Bruja and Xantico House
Why Lola hates making the distinction between food and medicine
How plants have always been in Lola’s life, why bruja is still not an acceptable term in her abuela’s eyes, and how she is honoring and reclaiming her mother’s legacy and lineage of this path and bloodline
How chemical sensitivities and a health crisis led Lola to her plant medicine path, magical roots, and business
How Lola navigated a large Mexican family dynamic as a highly sensitive person
How the puzzle pieces begin to fall into place as you start to walk your path
Lola’s take on the Energy of The Fool in the tarot - starting at zero, naive but open to possibility
How this energy brought Lola to her most recent big move - which started with a dream and a connection to a plant
Something that is really important to Lola in her work is preaching personal sovereignty, reconnecting us back to our innate wisdom
Lola’s view on relationships, and how she sees beauty within all her relationships, even the shitty ones
Takes us on a journey of her dream with ocotillo in the closet and the messages she followed
Lola’s surprising discoveries about ocotillo and the connections to her main ancestral lands/ origin of her own maternal lineage in the desserts of Mexico as well as southern Arizona
How the yaqui/yoeme tribe is the ancestral line of her ancestral maternal lineage located in Tucson where she now lives
How following her curiosity and connection to plants has been answering the call
Lola offers recommendations for people making big moves and feeling ungrounded
Establishing connection with the land, creating ritual around introducing oneself to land, asking for blessings, getting intimate with the land and soil
How to cultivate a relationship with Magic in the mundane based on reverence and connection
The power of a plática and how you can expect a plática along with your remedy when working with Lola
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Lola’s Podcast: http://www.branchandbonemedicine.show/
Resources + Links Mentioned
The Flower in the Skull by Kathleen Alcalá
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Ep. 83 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Capricorn :: It’s In Your Bones
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?
These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…
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#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Capricorn :: It’s In Your Bones
In this episode, Venessa and Megan dive into this lunar eclipse Full Moon in Capricorn: What are you made of? The truths carried in our bones, the skeletons in our closets, and breaking thru old systems by following your inner knowing & authority.
This full moon and eclipse season energy ushers us deep into our roots, and invites us to look at the stories we hold... What do you need in order for your body and spirit to release the old, and rebuild & restructure to support your inner authority? On a cellular level, what does your body need right now? We talk about the importance of systems and structures, how to look at our cravings as sign posts, and the beautiful medicine of pleasure activism.
We want to hear from you: Name 5 things that bring you pleasure! Let us know in the comments below!
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Ep. 82 Q & A :: Tending Your Fire, Acne Triggers, Gut Repair & Gut Instinct
Tune into our first full-on Q&A solo episode, answering questions from listeners like you. Today, I’m talking about the FIRE I’m feeling in the air and in the bellies of so many incredible folx, my highly satisfying first-timer experience at the exuberant Oregon Country Fair, and who is inspiring me lately.
I answer questions about acne triggers and what to consider, lots on the gut... including correlations between gut health and intuitive gut instinct, and how to repair the gut after extensive antibiotic use. I also share how to find trustworthy sources of information.
If you enjoyed this Q+A episode and would like to see more, or have questions of your own, please let me know! Give us a shout out here or over on Instagram @wildlyrooted.
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
My experience Oregon Country Fair!
The power of chanting
Share and spread your fire - to express yourself in the most honest authentic brave way you can
Shout out to those beautiful artists, activists, souls that are doing their thing, unapologetically, inspired me
Questions about my acne journey, specifically triggers for breaking me out (certain foods)
The bathtub of toxicity example
Is there any correlation between gut health and intuitive gut instinct?
How to repair gut after extensive antibiotic use
How to find trustworthy sources for information
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Resources + Links Mentioned
Ayana Young, For the Wild http://forthewild.world/
Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda https://jayalakshmiandananda.com/home
Climbing PoeTree - Alixa Garcia & Naima Penniman
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Ep. 81 Indigenous Right Relationship Building & Unspoken Truths Living Through Us with Pulxaneeks
Having just observed 4th of July, aka Independence Day in the US, this interview with Pulxaneeks (Pul-ha-neeks), founder of Heart to Heart Indigenous Relations Consultation is both timely and meaningful. Pulxaneeks’ work supporting us in remembering these kinds of connections, that we belong to Mother Earth, and what it means to be in right relationship with Mother Earth as well as with Indigenous people, is critical and important to highlight as it relates to all of these seemingly unrelated areas such as health.
In this interview, we explore her work in Indigenous Allyship Training, whole-hearted understanding of what it means to be in right relationship with Indigenous peoples & what right use of privilege is & how to cultivate it. We talk about the power of asking heart-based questions and how many of us are waking up to the displaced and unprocessed grief that many of us carry from our own lineages.
Pulxaneeks reminds us that we’ve each been colonized at some point in our lineage, and the long term impact of this on our life experience and relationships. She shares how this affects being in Right Relationship with Indigenous People and what’s at the heart of cultural appropriation. This conversation extends far beyond this hour-long dialogue, starting with a deep intake process that allowed me to reflect on these issues within my own life experience, and continues to provoke questions and awareness long after. I hope it inspires helpful reflections for you!
Pulxaneeks (Pul-ha-neeks) is from the Eagle Clan of the Haysla First Nation located on the northwest coast of the place now called Canada.
Her path of being a group facilitator, program designer & event producer was sparked 19 years ago & has been applied in a wide diversity of ways throughout her life.
Her background includes cultural based youth outreach with First Nations youth who are considered ‘high risk’, Elder Care & Child Care.
Her passion for contributing to the future generations has made her a community oriented entrepreneur & visionary of next paradigm change. This has resulted in her most recent development called “Heart to Heart - Indigenous Relations Consultation”, which is based entirely on the unique understanding that has come from being exposed to both Indigenous & Settler decent cultures.
Pulxaneeks is a living, loving result of the coastal Indigenous village that raised her & all that survived in the lineage she was born to. She honours the Elders, Mentors and huge family whose love she is a living result of and the Ancestors whose strength and resilience is flowing through her veins.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How Pulxaneeks’ work is rooted in her roots
The enlightening intake process Pulxaneeks asks all those with whom she’ll work with, and the power of asking questions
How grief showed up for me as I engaged Pulxaneeks’ questions related to my own ancestors
How many of us are waking up to the displaced and unprocessed grief that many of us carry from our own lineages
What does it mean to be “in right relationship” with indigenous peoples and the land
Starting out with ancestry and intergenerational trauma and how not all cultures have a place to bring the grief and trauma, allowing it to impact everything
Considering how we have ALL been colonized in some way within our own lineages, and looking at the trauma that our own ancestors have carried over generations
Pulxaneeks’ belief that things will come up when it’s time and ready, and the importance of having silence
Her advice to those that are not connected to their lineage or where/whom they come from
How the trauma that you are experiencing in your current life is related to your lineage’s trauma
How to recognize privelege, what is right use of privlege and alleviating the shame of having it
Whole-hearted understanding of what it means to be in right relationship with Indigenous peoples
What’s at the heart of cultural appropriation
Call out culture and the need for community
The importance of being willing to be called out and do the work
Why having a basic understanding of trauma and conscious communication is critical when engaging in ancestry work and Indigenous relationship building
Pulxaneeks’ personal story and the helpful practices and therapies that helped her with her own trauma
Her advice to devote a time at least twice a month to become “timeless together” and to hear one another deeply and fully
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Ep. 80 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Cancer :: Nurturing Body Talk
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?
These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…
BUT we need YOUR help! Send us your questions and comments by clicking here, we can't wait to hang out with you <3
This Episode's Theme...
#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Cancer :: Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Cancer :: Nurturing Body Talk
In this episode, Venessa and Megan cover the healing themes of this total solar eclipse New Moon in Cancer: emotional wellness, focusing on solar plexus and heart chakras, and the power of internal dialogues and cultivating nurturing body talk practices.
This new moon and eclipse season energy provides an opportune time to plant the seeds of our body talk intentions and work with our bodies rather than against them. What are you saying to your body on the daily? What are the steps you need to take for a new and empowering conversation to take place? We also share updates on our personal lives during Cancer season including big moves, a week offgrid, and Megan’s llama drama.
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Ep. 79 JULY :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Somatic Remembrance, Course Corrections, Water As The Great Conductor
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
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Solo Episode: July 2019 :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Somatic Remembrance, Course Corrections, The Great Conductor
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
The message for July is Somatic Remembrance, Course Corrections, Water as the Great Conductor. The Goddess Diana guides us through the enchanted forest and the vasculature of Gaia... her beating heart, the flow of life force. We are cellular components of the greater soma that is Gaia, and it is our duty to remember our purpose and enact our gifts. We are invited into an intention experiment, provided ways of “course correcting” our life experiences and direction, and shown the importance of water as the great conductor.
A tarot card reading at the end pulls it all together, reminding us that there are no shortcuts in life and manifestation, only pivots and smart moves.
Resources + Links Mentioned
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Ep. 78 Moving Thru Personal & Collective Trauma Spells and Reclaiming Pleasure & Empowerment with Rachael Maddox
“How do we unravel from the individual gains of ‘winner vs loser’ and come into deep community togetherness that has nothing to do with money,[...] or achievement, and has everything to do with being beloved to one another, to ourselves, and the Earth?” ~ Rachael Maddox
Disclaimer: In this episode, we discuss themes of sexual trauma & abusive events, so if you feel this might be triggering, I invite you to be gentle with yourself and choose to nourish yourself. If that means skipping or pausing this episode, please support yourself in this way.
In this poignant chat with trauma resolution educator, coach and guide Rachael Maddox, we explore the realms of sexual trauma and trauma resolution, & how to begin reclaiming pleasure, power, and wholeness. Rachael shares her incredible personal story of sexual trauma, the spiralic path with DIY processes, facing melanoma, and ultimately uncovering healing and her soul work.
Rachael walks us through her ABCs of trauma informed transformation and the 5 key things to start coming into harmony with the body’s instincts. We discuss the necessary changes we need to create together at a societal level and how we can begin to shift our cultural/collective trauma spells.
Rachael Maddox has helped hundreds of humans move from sexual, complex or developmental trauma into pleasure, power and trust-filled relationships. Author of Secret Bad Girl: A Sexual Trauma Memoir and Resolution Guide, and the upcoming book ReBloom: A Soulful System for Post-Traumatic Growth in Sex, Love and Society – Rachael uses stories and metaphor to weave together healing methods that are accessible, safe, fun and effective.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
What is sexual trauma and trauma resolution, & reclaiming pleasure, power, and wholeness...
Trauma as an embodied violation hangover
How our reptilian brain and nervous system plays a role in trauma
How stuck energy in our bodies can perpetuate throughout our lives in a non-cognitive way
Connection of sexual trauma anchored in the heart space
The 7 core wounds we experience and the blueprints of wellness and vitality: Neglect, exploitation, shame and repression, control, violence, isolation and alienation, colonization
The original blueprints, with self worth being the first
Worthiness is our true nature
Rachael’s incredible personal story of sexual trauma and healing journey, the spiralic path, DIY processes, and facing melanoma
The profound therapeutic strategies that have helped Rachael break through
First steps people can take to begin unpacking trauma within their own bodies and life experiences
Rachael walks us through her ABCs of trauma informed transformation and the 5 key things to start coming into harmony with the body’s instincts: Attunement, Body First, Consent & Cooperation, Trust
Sex after trauma - Rachael’s words of advice on honoring your desires and cultivating a sense of safety
Rachael offers free meditations and resources for developing deep self love
Permission to go SLOW
Rachael’s favorite resources and books
Necessary changes we need to create together at a societal level and how we can begin to shift our cultural/collective trauma spells
Rachael’s Re-Bloom process and upcoming book
“I am one of many doing my part... How can I feel that with more gravity?”
The isolation of modern life, the cultural soma (body), and so many of us suffering because of disconnection form one another
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Website | Instagram | Facebook
Rachael’s free resources: http://rachaelmaddox.com/free/
Resources + Links Mentioned
Peter Levine + Somatic Experiencing
adrienne marie brown’s PleaSure Activism
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Ep. 77 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Sagittarius :: Hips Don’t Lie. Root Chakra, Sciatica, & Taking Risks
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?
These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…
BUT we need YOUR help! Send us your questions and comments by clicking here, we can't wait to hang out with you <3
This Episode's Theme...
#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Sagittarius :: Hips Don’t Lie. Root Chakra, Sciatica, & Taking Risks
In this episode, Venessa and Megan talk about this full moon in Sagittarius and the junk in our trunk, aka all that we carry in our hips! We’re covering root causes behind hip issues and sciatica, the link to humiliation and boundaries crossed by family, and ways we can begin to shake out those energies from our hips.
This full moon energy provides an excellent time to explore risks and make changes. What’s reached its full cycle in your life, related to the root and ready for some release? We get into practical ways to open up and let go, as well as ways to beat the heat and squelch that inflammation.
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Show Notes
Risk taking - what are the risks that are worth taking this season?
Powerful horse power - challenges with movement in one’s life,
Venessa’s history of hip and sciatica issues and what she believes is at the root
Boundaries being crossed as a kid
Were you taught what boundaries are?
The link between childhood boundary issues and hip/sciatica problems
Fun ways to stay hydrated in the fiery summer and reduce inflammation and pain that are also kid-friendly
Ideas for opening and nourishing the hips
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Connect with Megan @amethyst_and_rose
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Ep. 76 Farming While Black: Restoring Sacred and Just Relationship with the Land & One Another with Leah Penniman
Photo credit: Jamel Mosely
“The soil stewards of generations past recognized that healthy soil is not only imperative for our food security—it is also foundational for our cultural and emotional well-being.” ~ Leah Penniman
In this episode, we are speaking with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. You’ll experience her pioneering energy that supports our collective re-memberance of our sacred connection to land and the ways we can begin to unravel and heal the injustices of the imposed systems as a community.
Leah’s work with Soul Fire Farm is to increase farmland stewardship by people of color, promote equity in food access, and train the next generation of activist farmers.
Her book Farming While Black, is the first comprehensive manual for African-heritage people ready to reclaim their rightful place of dignified agency in the food system, with a concise “how-to” for all aspects of small-scale farming. But it’s not just Is a compendium of “how-tos” for small scale farming... it’s rich with historical context and weaving in the pragmatic with spirituality, soil ecology, planning, tools, plant medicine, healing trauma, and movement building. Leah breaks it all down for us in this episode!
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How Leah found a comrade in nature and cultivated a relationship that led to farming as a teenager
As a young person worked on many farms and realized that the sustainable agriculture world was super “white” and how she didn’t feel represented
How Leah found a mentor in Karen Washington Rise & Root Farm
How the story we’ve been told about farming is inaccurate and incomplete
Leah breaks down the external barriers and the history of exile, discrimination, violence and denigration of black people and forced disconnection from land
The importance of the return of black and brown people to the land and the need to fix land injustice
What are reparations and how can people give back and redistribute access and resources
How 98% of land is owned by white people and there is a 16:1 wealth gap between white folks and black folks at birth, the history of dispossession
Soul Fire Farm’s Action guide based on voices of black and indigenous people of color
How Leah weaves in spirituality with science in her book and in real life
How farming has allowed Leah to unfold into her whole self at Soul Fire, and Leah’s mission of supporting others to be able to experience the same
How Leah has navigated parenthood and raising her 2 children at Soul Fire Farm
Leah’s favorite resources in addition to her book (which also contains tons of resources!)
Learn the ways to support Leah Penniman’s work and Soul Fire Farm
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Connect With Leah Penniman
Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Farming While Black Instagram @farmingwhileblack
WEBSITE FOR BOOK: www.farmingwhileblack.org
Support Soul Fire Farm + Action Steps for Food Sovereignty
Resources + Links Mentioned
Dr. Monica White’s Freedom Farmers
Dr Ashanté M. Reese Black Food Geographies
Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass
Aurora Levins Morales Medicine Stories
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Ep. 75 #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Gemini :: What wants to come up and out in you? Lungs as Gatekeepers
Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!
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#UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: New Moon in Gemini :: What wants to come up and out in you? Lungs as Gatekeepers
Artwork: resin cast of lungs bronchi tree
In this episode, Venessa and Megan talk about this new moon in Gemini and one of the organ systems that this sign rules: respiratory system.
We discuss lung ailments and holistic ways to support the respiratory system, as well as the elemental and energetic aspects of the lungs and Gemini. We cover the power of breath and the Ayurvedic perspective of breath and lung health, and of course, practical tools and healing foods for our important gate keepers. Plus Megan shares a favorite home remedies for coughs.
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Show Notes
Minding our thoughts and writing them down, the violence within with self abusive mind chatter
Lungs as barrier and gate keeper
With every breath we are communicating and communing with out external environment
Venessa’s personal experience with holotropic breathwork
The power of breath and the Ayurvedic perspective of breath and lung health
How breathwork and any somatic experience can be triggering if not held in a proper space
How emotions and energetic blocks in the lungs can manifest as disease
Venessa and Megan break down the complex connections between lung health, stress, and immunity
The elemental and energetic aspects of the lungs and Gemini, and how this can manifest as a tissue state
One of Megan’s home remedies for cough - onion cough syrup:
2 large white or yellow onion
Honey
lemon
Lung tincture
Chop onions and place in double boiler. Cover to top of onion with honey and squeeze lemon juice. Cook on low heat for 3-7 hours. Strain when done and add in the lung tincture. Take 2-3 tsps per day in acute phase of coughing.
What wants to come up and out in you?
The struggle with setting boundaries
Where how am I limiting what wants to come in and through me, and what wants to come out?
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Ep. 74 JUNE :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Cosmic Rhythm, Breaking Sound Barriers, & Tuning Into Miracles
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
Resonant art of C# by Louviere and Vanessa - Resonantia Images
Statement from the artists: “Each photograph was made by creating a frequency on a home made spectrograph representing one of the 12 notes in music. The images were archivally printed on kozo paper. Hand made strechers were built to hold the dibond which was primed and covered in gold leaf. The image was laid down over the gold and flooded with resin. Once dry, the piece is wet sanded to remove all reflections then a second pass of resin and polish was hand applied to specific parts of the piece.”
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Solo Episode: June 2019 :: Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading :: Cosmic Rhythm, Breaking Sound Barriers, and Tuning Into Miracles
About Monthly Soul Nourishment Readings: These readings are usually filled with metaphor & symbols, so may require a bit of unraveling & might mean something different for each person, so pay attention to what comes up for you as you listen on. Hope they provide value and moments of reflection in your journey.
The message for June is all about rhythm and attunement. It’s time to get outside, shower in the healing cosmic light, and tune your instrument. Ready to break through limitations and your “sound barrier”? This month we’re guided by a collective of voices, with the loving sternness of big mama earth and those that can see the power within us that we, ourselves, may be blind to...
A word about the artwork of this post - I found this after some research of C# since that was the specific note that was mentioned in our reading. Remarkably, the sound of C# (thought to be the closest to the primordial sound of Ohm) renders a vibrational pattern that looks like a tree encircled by a spiralic ouroborus snake!
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