Ep. 189 Astrology as a Language :: Reimagining Your Life & History Thru a Postcolonial Magickal Lens with Alice Sparkly Kat

In the intro, you’ll hear some updates on the Feed Your Wild podcast and about a new 90 Day Akashic Mentorship: the Intuitive Healing Mentorship for Practitioners and Healers!

In this episode, we’re speaking with Brooklyn-based astrologer Alice Sparkly Kat, aka Ace, and author of Post-Colonial Astrology. Their book offers an advanced look into politicized astrological history and application, and offers an explicitly queer, PoC and intersectional lens. 

Astrology is an intersectional, political and magickal language with a cross-cultural history that informs our relationships to the planets. Exploring the origins of any system, such as astrology, is important in understanding how those very systems influence our experience and relationships.

In this chat, we explore astrology as a language, and how the reshaping of astrology as a language can reshape our experience and relationship to the cosmos and their influence upon our lives. We cover how to reframe your relationship with astrology and switching from a fatalistic/victim lens to a more empowering stance. We talk about why it’s easy for people to accept unseen forces at work such as cell phones and internet communication, but have a challenging time “believing” in astrology.

Ace shares how they reconcile a postcolonial astrological framework with the more casual, pop, and less obviously political approach to astrology that’s popular within the mainstream. We also get into personal reflections, including my personal Gemini north node experience and Ace’s spot-on reflections. Ace has good advice for budding astrologers and astrology enthusiasts that are relevant in these emergent times.

Akashic 90 Day :: Intuitive healing mentorship for practitioners & Healers (Limited spots!)

A 90 day private, accelerated mentorship program to assist you in developing your intuitive healing practice.

We’ll be incorporating Akashic Record training and working with the Akashic Records in a healing or practitioner capacity. What we’ll cover:

• Intuitive skills and foundational practices 

• Complimentary divination tools

• Fundamentals of developing an intuitive healing practice such as energy hygiene & creating sacred space

• How to work with your spirit guides and your team

• The art of inquiry and questioning 

• I’ll share my personal framework around how I work with clients in an intuitive and clinical capacity - bridging these two worlds to work in a truly wholistic way incorporating Spirit and energy.

This is a customized mentorship - we focus on what you most need and desire to learn and we’ll customize this program based on where you are at in your journey.

This program is for beginner practitioners as well as seasoned healers such as nurses, coaches, doctors, coaches, etc. who want to incorporate the intuitive arts, Akashic Records, and a spiritual approach to their work.

Spots are very limited. Mentorships begin in August 2021 (September 2021 latest).

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Alice Sparkly Kat (Ace) got into astrology through their unique lens

• Astrology as a language, and how language is an organizing tool

• How the reshaping of astrology as a language can reshape our experience and relationship to the cosmos and their influence upon our lives

• What Ace means when they say people have a kinky relationship to astrology

• How to reframe your relationship with astrology and switching from a fatalistic/victim lens to a more empowering stance

• Why it’s easy for people to accept unseen forces at work such as cell phones and internet communication, but have a challenging time “believing” in astrology

• How Ace reconciles a postcolonial astrological framework with the more casual, pop, and less obviously political approach to astrology that’s popular within the mainstream

• Why use Western astrology if it developed in complicity with colonialism and how no astrology is universal

• What it looks like to work to destroy astrology as we practice it

• How Ace relates to astrology in a way that’s useful and supportive for them

• How we can learn to recognize how oppression infiltrates our own thinking

• How Western astrology works well for describing pain because of its origin in colonialism

• My personal Gemini north node experience and Ace’s spot-on reflections

• Ace’s advice for budding astrologers and astrology enthusiasts

“There’s a huge difference, I think, between a language that’s created and distributed by institution and language that’s created thru play.” ~ Alice Sparkly Kat

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Connect With Alice Sparkly Kat

Website | Instagram | Twitter

Ace’s book: Postcolonial Astrology

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Feed Your Wild Ep 52 Quantum Languaging: Co-Create Your Reality Using The Power Of Words With Dani Katz and her book Word Up: Little Language Hacks for Big Change

Martin Prechtel
 

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Ep. 187 #UNFILTERED Summer Solstice 2021 :: Communing with SUN Medicine + Full Moon in Capricorn

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#UNFILTERED Summer Solstice 2021 :: Communing with SUN Medicine + Full Moon in Capricorn

Solstice Blessings, Fam! Today we are talking about the energies and themes of this Summer Solstice, including Cancer season, Jupiter retrograde, the power of solar medicine, and this Strawberry Full Moon in Capricorn this week.

In this episode, I touch on the general context of Summer Solstice, reflections with the 6-month mark since The Great Conjunction, and the influences of Jupiter retrograde - providing expansive energy around breaking down limiting belief systems and constrictive patterns. We talk about influences from the lovely Strawberry Full Moon in Capricorn, and I provide a mini Akashic reading from our Guides on this potent time.

I include nourishing practices, plant allies, & sun foods to consider and reflection prompts to support your soul journey + ride the powerful light waves of our magnificent Sun energy!

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Resources

Feed Your Wild Ep 166 The Great Conjunction :: Astro Insights, Aquarius Magic & Big Shifts With Katie Emma

Feed Your Wild Ep 184 JUNE :: Akashic Soul Nourishment :: Remembering Your Nature Channel + Insights On Channeling

Ask Us Your Top Q's!

Go to wildlyrooted.com/podcastconnect to send us your top questions around health + wellness, nutrition + herbalism, natural cycles + intuition, & your top challenges. You can now leave us a voice message!

Connect with Venessa @wildlyrooted

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Ep. 186 Voice As a Vehicle For Freedom & Love :: Overcoming Voice Blocks with Kirbanu

In this episode, we’re speaking with musician, voice trainer & empowerment coach Kirbanu. You’ll hear about Kirbanu’s journey and evolution with her voice and how she overcame challenges, and discovering freedom, love and joy with her singing voice.

In the intro, I share about my program Feed Your Wild VOICE which closes for registration June 7 evening. I cover what you’ll learn, who this is for, and how supporting the health of my voice has changed my life. I share personal examples of how healing my voice supported my intuition, healing physical challenges, and allowed me to manifest an aligned life and soul work.

You’ll hear how Kirbanu broke through her blocks around expressing her needs, and how to navigate through disconnection and dissociation, and begin to reconnect with your body and voice. She shares how to overcome fear of expression and share your truth, and why learning to love yourself is the fundamental step to finding and expressing your authentic voice.

Kirbanu shares how physical voice challenges can be overcome and walks through root reasons behind them and how to correct them. We touch on the importance of resonance, “thinking your voice up,” and the worst thing you can do with your voice, according to Kirbanu. So many practical tips, personal stories, and practices for supporting your voice in this conversation! 

Kirbanu is a guest mentor for the Feed Your Wild VOICE program, join us in her class Access Your Complete Voice: Tips From a Voice Trainer & Singer! You will learn how to access your complete voice, use it in a healthy way, and discover techniques to express yourself confidently in any situation. Go to www.wildlyrooted.com/feedyourwildvoice to learn more & register before doors close.

*Feed Your Wild Voice Closes june 7th at 9pm pt!

Activate Your Inner Voice + Speak Your Authentic Truth as a Clear Channel...!

In this program, we’ll cover how to: find & trust your inner voice, dissolve blocks in your throat chakra, gain clarity + get out of your own way so you can be a clear channel & speak your authentic Truth. 

{LIVE CLASS WITH KIRBANU on June 14th!}

Access Your Complete Voice: Tips From Voice Trainer & Singer

In this LIVE class as part of the Feed Your Wild VOICE program, you learn how to access your complete voice, use it in a healthy way, and discover techniques to express yourself confidently in any situation.

At the end of our 1-hour session you’ll know easy-to-use, proven tools to help you:

• use your voice in a healthy, clear & confident way

• get rid of any nasty vocal habits you have that cause fatigue, voice loss, hoarseness, burning or itching sensations

• access the full potential of your voice

• say what you need to say, when you need to say it

• develop a loving, accepting relationship to your unique voice

This work has been developed over Kirbanu’s 15-year journey as a professional singer and voice coach. We can't wait to share these empowering tools with you!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Kirbanu’s challenging upbringing that compromised the health and free expression of her voice

• Identify what is happening to her (awareness) and working with beliefs

• Her hunger for a pure voice and her lifelong love of singing

• Kirbanu’s journey into becoming a singer, overcoming criticism and naysayers, and discovering freedom, joy, and love with her singing voice

• How Kirbanu broke through her blocks around expressing her needs 

• The importance of holding ourselves with love and compassion in order to access their full voice

• How to navigate through disconnection and dissociation, and begin to reconnect with your body and voice

• How Kirbanu uses toning to bring one back into the body and connect with your inner self

• How to cultivate confidence with one’s voice, and Kirbanu’s journey from being a shy child to becoming a professional performer singing in front of large audiences

• Why learning to love yourself is the fundamental step to finding and expressing your authentic voice

• How to overcome fear of expression and share your truth

• Kirbanu shares how physical challenges can be overcome and walks through root reasons behind them and how to correct them, including:

  • Quality of the voice changing, voice cracking, hoarseness, breathlessness while speaking

  • Stuttering, losing words when speaking/singing

• Kirbanu shares helpful personal stories of overcoming voice challenges, including overuse and inflammation of voice, voice loss, etc and mechanical shifts that helped her overcome them

• The concept of resonance and while this is critical for a healthy voice

• Why keeping a vocal journal can give the awareness needed for finding root issues behind voice challenges

• What “thinking your voice up” means and how to access resonance to boost your voice

• Kirbanu shares what the worst thing you can do with your voice, from a mechanical perspective

• How to tune into the sensitivity of the resonance of your voice, the vibrations in your body, and learning to open up for your full voice to come through

• Kirbanu shares lots of practical exercises and practices you can try right away to support your voice!

• Kirbanu talks about her upcoming course: Express Your SELF!

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Connect With Kirbanu

Website | Instagram

Music on: Spotify, i-Tunes, Apple Music @kirbanu

Join the upcoming Express Your SELF! online course: https://kirbanu.teachable.com/p/express-your-self

Resources + Links Mentioned 

HAEVN - Where The Heart Is - the song that Kirbanu is listening to on repeat and creating her own cover song!
 

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Ep. 184 Joyous Resilience :: Navigating the Voices Within for Personal & Collective Healing with Anjuli Sherin

In this episode, we’re speaking with licensed marriage, family therapist, Anjuli Sherin, M.A., LMFT, author of Joyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Inequitable World. Anjuli shares what “joyous resilience” means to her and why she intentionally focused on bringing joy in healing at the forefront. Anjuli shares her personal story of healing, moving through layers of trauma and how she found her voice. She highlights how supportive group therapy was in her own experience and how powerful it was to watch the magic of people coming alive which drew her to becoming a healing practitioner herself. 

Anjuli breaks down the “cycle of suffering” and the “circle of resilience” models, how she got inspired to write about it, and how it helps folks in building resilience. We discuss the various roles that Anjuli has identified we all have within us and that each have a specific voice. I also share a bit of my personal experience with “the neglector” and as a reformed people pleaser. Anjuli talks about the various kinds of critic that can show up, the internal voice that destroys the sense of self, and the importance of connecting with what she calls the “vulnerable self,” helping us to discern between the various voices we carry - which are actually supportive versus hurtful.

She also talks about how to express anger in a healthy way and how to tell when the anger is “unhealthy.” We also touch on the rage and grief that is pervasive, how to honor it in a healthy way and channel it thru actions in our lives.

Finally, Anjuli shares what centering joy as a practice in life looks like for her and how to sustain it during challenging times. Anjuli has a gift of 9 meditations for listeners, click the links below to learn more!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• What “joyous resilience” means to Anjuli and why she intentionally focused on bringing joy in healing at the forefront

• Anjuli’s personal story of healing, discovering and moving through layers of trauma including inherited, ancestral, societal, and grief

• How Anjuli found her voice by connecting to her Self and expressing the layers of emotions she held in her body

• Anjuli’s journey with therapy and group therapy as a powerful and watching the magic of people coming alive which drew her to becoming a healing practitioner

• Anjuli breaks down the “cycle of suffering” and “the circle of resilience” models, how she got inspired to write about this model, and how it helps folks in building resilience

• The various roles that Anjuli has identified we all have within us:

  • The neglector - ultimate inner saboteur

    • Martyr

    • People pleaser

    • Addict

  • Critic (3 negative internal voices destroying sense of self) - shame at root

    • The judge

    • Fearmonger

    • Perfectionist

    • The diff between critic’s voice and healthy anger

  • Vulnerable self

    • Inner child and diff stages

  • To break the cycle - recognize the lie we’ve been sold

• How to discern between the various voices we carry and determine which are actually supportive and which are hurtful

• Steps to express anger in a healthy way and the importance of having a container to express uncensored freely and safely, and how to tell when the anger is “unhealthy”

• The importance of honoring our rage and grief, expressing it in collective containers, and channeling it through action in our lives

• The importance of an intersectional approach to wellness, joy and resilience

• How dance helps Anjuli express her emotions and gets her back in touch with her joy

• What centering joy as a practice in life looks like for Anjuli and how to sustain it during challenging times

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Connect With Anjuli Sherin

Website | Instagram | Facebook

Joyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Inequitable World by Anjuli Sherin

Receive a complimentary gift of 9 Resilience meditations to cultivate the healthy positive voices mentioned in the episode at Guided Meditations by Anjuli

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Love and Rage The Path of Liberation Through Anger. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens

Films mentioned:

Seaspiracy documentary

The Big Short
 

Feed Your Wild Voice is now open!

Activate Your Inner Voice + Speak Your Authentic Truth as a Clear Channel...!

In this program, we’ll cover how to: find & trust your inner voice, dissolve blocks in your throat chakra, gain clarity + get out of your own way so you can be a clear channel & speak your authentic Truth. 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal PayPal Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like : https://paypal.me/wildlyrooted  

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Ep. 183 {SOLO} Feed Your Wild Turns 3! New Moon in Taurus :: Voice + Void

Photo by Alyssa Keys Photography

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Happy belated Mother’s Day <3 Today we’re celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the Feed Your Wild podcast! FYW is 3... I’m so in love with this Taurus baby of a podcast and I’m so grateful for YOU as a listener. Thanks for joining me on this wild ride ;) 

In this solo episode, I talk about this week’s New Moon in Taurus and other cosmic influences that are guiding us back home to our inner voice and our wild selves. We explore the connection between your Voice and the Void, how Taurus connects to our throat and voice, common imbalances we might see connected with Taurus in this area, and supportive remedies to nourish this incredibly important center. I share a bit about my personal journey with my voice, the loss of my mom, and how it all connects back to the creation of this podcast :)

I also share about my upcoming program Feed Your Wild Voice, which opens May 17, 2021 for enrollment! YOU carry medicine, and you have the power to connect to the deepest wellsprings of wisdom with your inner voice, I believe it is our divine right and nature. That’s why I created Feed Your Wild VOICE... If you’re interested in joining us, click the link below to sign up for the waitlist.

Show notes

FEED YOUR WILD VOICE: SIGN UP FOR THE WAITLIST AND BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN DOORS OPEN!

SAVE MY SPOT!

• Want to know more about the Akashic Records? Listen to this episode: Ep 56 Akashic Records 101: Accessing Powerful Soul Messages for Clarity, Healing & Growth

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Ep. 181 Scorpio Full Moon, The Akashic Records & The High Frequency Diet on Midnight, On Earth

Photo: Alyssa Keys

This week I have a mini Moon Musing episode on this Scorpio Full Moon for you plus I had the pull to share an episode I had previously recorded with Jake Weaver on his podcast Midnight, On Earth, with the Feed Your Wild audience. Jake and I talk about the Akashic Records, the meaning and history of this concept, and how to work with the Akashic field. We also discuss certain types of food and how they affect 'high frequency' people. Enjoy!

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Feed Your Wild VOICE: Sign up for the Waitlist and be the first to know when doors open!

SAVE MY SPOT!

Connect With Jake Weaver + Midnight, On Earth Podcast

Website | Instagram

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

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Ep. 180 The Power of Our Periods :: Liberation Through Lunar & Ancestral Connections with Juliana Luna

In this episode, we are speaking with Yemisi "Juliana" Luna, Creatrix of The Aluna Method and a multidisciplinary artist, leader, mentor and narratorial creator whose mission is to empower women through movement, ancestral awareness, and intuitive knowledge.

In this soulful chat, Luna shares how she came to create The Aluna Method - a tool to help you map your monthly cycles, understand its power and feel totally in charge of your sexual energy - through a powerful initiation and remembrance connecting with her Ancestral land of Nigeria.

We touch on the Yoruba philosophy woven in the Aluna Method and Luna’s manifesto: paying back in service of her ancestors, rebuilding their narrative, and building a bridge to healing for the collective.

You’ll hear Luna’s view on why it’s imperative to connect with our Ancestors now, the critical work of undoing the harm in our ancestry on a daily basis, and how the moon is integral in our healing, growth and integration.

We talk about the power of our periods to regenerate, remember, clear and heal and why Luna sees our period as the “ultimate decolonization teacher.”

Luna shares her perspective on endometriosis, the emotional body connection, the correlation Luna sees with high functioning, high achieving women who hold onto emotion.

There is so much in this conversation to support bleeding people in our relationship to our bodies and moon time as a pathway to sovereignty and self-empowerment. Enjoy!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Luna, since childhood, felt she was searching for Home - something she fully understood when she came back Home to her Self and her body

• How Spirit and Luna had their own language through dance

• What is the Aluna Method, how it was birthed through Luna, and the Yoruba philosophy woven in the Aluna Method

• How the Yoruba lifeway sees spirituality woven through everything, including science

• Luna’s powerful initiation and remembrance connecting with her Ancestral land of Nigeria

• The many layers of grief Luna experienced, and a realization of honoring her ancestors

• Luna’s manifesto, paying back in service of her ancestors, rebuilding their narrative, and building a bridge to healing

• Why the cyclic time of moon shatters linear time

• Luna’s view on why it’s imperative to connect with our Ancestors now

• The importance of owning the wounds of our ancestors as part of our lineage

• What it takes and means to become an Ancestor

• How our Ancestors can teach us how to be better humxns

• The critical work of undoing the harm in our ancestry on a daily basis, and how the moon is integral in our healing, growth and integration 

• The power of our periods - to regenerate, remember, clear and heal

• Why Luna sees the period as the “ultimate decolonization teacher”

• Luna describes the amount of ancestral and familial data we carry in the follicle connected to our first period

• The work of reconciling what we have been taught and programmed about our cycles, periods, pain and the truth about the power it all holds

• Luna’s perspective on endometriosis, the emotional body connection, the correlation Luna sees with high functioning, hard working, high achieving women who hold onto emotion

• The radical sovereignty in honoring our cycles and claiming the space that you need in today’s world

• Luna’s favorite practices for harnessing the power of our period

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Connect With Luna

Website | Instagram (The Aluna Method) | Instagram (Juliana Luna)

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Feed Your Wild Ep 157 Decolonizing Creativity & Conspiring for Collective Liberation with Erika Rose Santoro
 

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

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Ep. 179 The Art of Divination & Oracular Consciousness for Transformative Times with Isis Indriya

In this episode, we’re speaking with visionary and ritualist Isis Indriya, founder of the Academy of Oracle Arts and co-founder of Ritual Community. Today we’re diving into the art of divination and oracular consciousness, and the importance of sacred intuitive connection for our personal and collective health, growth, & evolution. Isis brings a wealth and diverse range of wisdom systems & teachings including esoteric mystery studies, the art of ritual, healing arts, transpersonal psychology, earth-based wisdom traditions, and ritual theater. 

Isis dedicates her life to learning and creating platforms for teaching of the sacred sciences of the Ancients, Indigenous wisdom, cultural exchange, Nature’s intelligence, and inner transformation as pathways for moving forward. I believe there is a critical need for us to trust our own intuitive connection and understand the powers of prayer and co-creation in conscious relationship with the unseen world. Whether you’re a seasoned diviner or ritualist or you’re just beginning to dip your toes in these deep waters, I know this conversation contains pearls of wisdom for you.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Isis’ background and story - what got her onto this path of ritual as a way of life

• The loss of her mom at a young age as an initiation

• The importance of ritual and the technology of prayer, how Isis uses it in her own life and work

• The common misunderstandings around the art of divination, ritual, and the concept of oracle

• What is “oracle” in these modern times, and how can oracles be of assistance in this time of great transition

• Isis shares the history behind the birthing of her own divination board, and how she walks the path alongside and in service to her oracle and unseen allies

• How to cultivate trust and navigate the fear that might come up around participating in this work so you can truly step into a place and state of service and love.

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Connect With Isis Indriya

Website | Instagram | Facebook

Ritual Community

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Isis’ course with the Shift Network - A 7-week live video program that starts Monday, April 12, 2021: A Doorway Into Oracle Arts: A Healing Journey Through Rituals, Divination & Oracular Consciousness

Feed Your Wild Podcast Ep Ep 76 Farming While Black: Restoring Sacred and Just Relationship with the Land & One Another with Leah Penniman
 

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

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Ep. 177 #UNFILTERED Spring Equinox 2021 :: Minding Your Headspace & Fire Within

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 Spring Equinox 2021 :: Minding Your Headspace & Fire Within

Pictured: Pedicularis densiflora aka Indian Warrior blooming early Spring Equinox, reminiscent of fiery Aries energy, but with a soothing, sedative medicine

Happy Vernal (Spring) Equinox! We’re back! While I have taken a break from the podcast for a couple weeks, there has been so much shifting and working in the background. Today we are talking about the energies and themes of this Spring Equinox, including Aries season, dynamic balance embracing the dark/shadow with the light, and the importance of relationship to FIRE - both within ourselves and outside.

In this episode, I touch on the initiatory fire sign of Aries, what it means in the context of this new “air” paradigm and Aquarian age, Marie Kondo-ing your headspace with a Spirit-guided fire practice, and clearing stagnation and excess “Kapha” with Spring foods + herbs.

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Resources

Feed Your Wild Ep 166 The Great Conjunction :: Astro Insights, Aquarius Magic & Big Shifts With Katie Emma

Spring Time Inner Fire Tea

• 4-5 tulsi leaves (or 1 heaping tsp ground)

• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder

• 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder

• 1 inch Ginger, grated or minced

• 2 glasses of spring or filtered water

Directions:

In a pan, add two glasses of water. Add all the ingredients to the pan and mix. Let the water simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off the flame and let the water cool. Strain the concoction and drink. You can add lemon juice to the water for taste. 

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Ep. 175 DEEP LIBERATION :: Exploring the Wilderness of Our Inner Landscape with Shamanic Teachings with Langston Kahn

In this episode, we’re speaking with Langston Kahn, a shamanic practitioner and teacher specializing in radical human transformation, ancestral healing and the restoration of an authentic relationship with our emotions. Langston is the author of Deep Liberation: Shamanic Teachings for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma.

In this interview Langston shares how he came into his shamanic path and breaks down the concept of “shamanism.” We talk about why rediscovering the body and “the felt sense” is a critical aspect in this process of what Langston calls Deep Liberation. Langston guides us in unlocking the deep mind and exploring the wilderness of our inner landscape, the difference between our ego / analytical mind and deep mind, and how to begin to commune and be present with the various parts of oneself so that we can heal deep wounds. 

Langston shares the concept of the truth cord, why in shamanism beliefs aren't as important as taking action, and unlocking the power that is held in our triggers. We discuss how to begin to engage with your spirit helpers and guides for deeper support, and the importance of community as it relates to our Deep Liberation.

Langston also shares his heartfelt prayer for his book and what is currently feeding his wild.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Langston came into his shamanic path and breaking down the concept of “shamanism”

• Why rediscovering the body and “the felt sense” is a critical aspect in this process of what Langston calls Deep Liberation. 

• Langston guides us in unlocking the deep mind and exploring the wilderness of our inner landscape and the difference between our ego / analytical mind and “deep mind”

• How to begin to commune and be present with the various parts of oneself so that we can heal deep wounds. 

• Langston shares the concept of the truth cord 

• Why in shamanism beliefs aren't really as important as taking action and how do you know what actions to take

• Unlocking the power that is held in our triggers

• How to begin to engage with your spirit helpers and guides for deeper support 

• The concept of community as a relates to deep liberation and the importance of prioritizing the receiving of support from our family, earth-based Community as well as from the Unseen Realms 

• Langston also shares his heartfelt prayer for his book Deep Liberation as we move forth together in these transformative times 

• What is feeding Langston’s wild right now

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Connect With Langston Kahn

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Langston’s Book: Deep Liberation: Shamanic Teachings for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Last Mask Center

The Shadow Transformation Protocol Program
 

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Ep. 174 Emergent Stone Medicine in an Awakening World with Sarah Thomas

In this episode, we are talking about stone medicine with Sarah Thomas, BS, MAc, LAc, an inspired non-binary healer and educator who owns Clarity Acupuncture in southern Appalachia and is the lead instructor and founder of the Upper Clarity School of Stone Medicine. 

In this fascinating chat, Sarah shares how they came to Stone Medicine and memories of past life connections as a healer working with stones.

We touch on how stones work at the level of consciousness, immortality, and alchemy - changing our state of consciousness with imbued awakening properties.

Sarah teaches how to clear and recharge your crystals with the help of Mother Earth, how to select stones for yourself and specific examples and ways of working with stone medicine/crystals (especially for these times) that are supportive for both individuals and collective.

Find out why Sarah says 2020 was the Obsidian year, the magical properties of silica, quartz and the connection to the Akashic Records. Plus Sarah’s top stone recommendations for supporting low energy, high stress, and realignment of your soul path.

You’ll hear about Venessa’s gateway stones and love affair with purple crystals, pearl’s power to feed our wild, and so much more!

If you want to go deeper with stones and their medicine, Sarah has a free gift - you can grab the "3 Stone Medicine Formulas Whose Time Has Come" PDF on the home page of Sarah’s website. Get started with formulas including pearl, charoite, kyanite and more that are pretty juicy and easy to make.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Sarah came to Stone Medicine and their memories of past life connections as a healer working with stones

• The Daoist tradition of Stone Medicine and its expansive stone materia medica 

• How stones work at the level of consciousness, immortality, and alchemy - changing our state of consciousness with imbued awakening properties

• How Sarah works with stones in healing AND awakening

• The importance of building Relationship with the stones and why you want to treat any crystal that you bring into your home as you would a sweet, tired mother

• How to clear and recharge your crystals with the help of Mother Earth

• Why 2020 was the Obsidian year - the black mirror that shows us the hidden shadows

• How stones are mirrors and why it is important to connect with stone medicine right now

• How stones impart the greatest neutrality of any medicine, perfect for self-reflection

• Sarah’s favorite mirror stones: obsidian (black), quartz (master), lepidolite, pyrite (gold), mica (light)

• Ways of working with stone medicine/crystals (especially for these transitional times) that are supportive for both individuals and collective

• How to choose a supportive stone for you and Sarah’s top recommendations for stone work

• How to build a relationship through a Quartz kit: Rose, Amethyst, Citrine, Clear, Smoky, rutilated etc.

• The magical properties of silica - Sarah shares her dream about silica, the didgeridoo & our Sound, how our wisdom is our stories; quarts records information or knowledge which is binary, but it also stores wisdom - our stories

• “It’s the quartz that’s holding our true song... and we have to restore our song. And we will and we are. And that’s what awakening is... it’s remembering that.” ~Sarah Thomas

• How quartz is bridging in all of the other timelines and dimensions

• The cosmic connection to silica and stones

• Sarah’s recommendations for supporting low energy, high stress; garnet for strengthening the blood; kyanite enters endocrine system and supports kidney and adrenals (low back and belly); “re-”words (regenerate, renew, restore, replenish, etc) are blue stones such as Lapis lazuli 

• How we are like unique stones and we can only learn stones by interacting with them on a personal level

• Sarah’s wisdom for people wanting clarity around their path and getting back into alignment

• Purple stones: aligning the heart-kidney access

• Venessa’s personal story and experience with purple stone as her gateway stone

• Sarah’s stone medicine course: Temple of Stone open Feb 22

• Why Pearl is feeding Sarah’s wild lately

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Connect With Sarah Thomas

Website | Instagram | Facebook

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Sarah’s Temple of Stone Program

Feed Your Wild Podcast Ep 58 Awakening the Healer Within :: Intuitive Healing & Plant Medicine with Asia Suler
 

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Ep. 173 Wild Remedies :: Re-storying Our Nature Connection with Rosalee de la Forêt

In this episode, we’re speaking with Rosalee de la Forêt, author and Registered Herbalist passionate about helping people discover the world of herbalism and natural health. Rosalee is a wonderful storyteller with colorful tales that draw you into the experience. She does this beautifully with her teachings and books, and today we’re going to dive into her latest book co-written with Emily Han, called Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine.

In this interview, you’ll hear about Rosalee’s healing story and plant path - how she overcame a rare diagnosed terminal autoimmune disease within six months of taking herbs and changing her diet - free from her debilitating symptoms. She shares how a chance meeting with Tori Amos and magical synchronicities led Rosalee to write Wild Remedies.

If humans interact with the wild, is it still wild? This is a question we explore in this interview and why Rosalee’s life’s work is deprogramming the belief that we are disconnected from nature. Rosalee shares her belief on what is wildness and wild land and our role in relationship with the natural world and plants. She offers helpful questions to ask ourselves about how to support the resilience and livelihood of wild places and how to harvest with awareness and know when it is time to NOT forage. 

Rosalee’s goal is to bring wild remedies into all areas of our lives, and I find her book Wild Remedies to be a lovely experiential exploration that awakens the senses and enlivens the connection to nature within.

While we didn’t go deep into specific recipes, Rosalee has been so gracious to offer listeners and Patreon supports a special gift! Click the links below to access a free herbal jumpstart course and access her Sweet Celebrations ebook full of delicious herbal recipes.

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH, is passionate about helping people discover the world of herbalism and natural health. Her teachings make herbs simple and practical for everyone. She is the Education Director at LearningHerbs and a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild. Rosalee is the author of Alchemy of Herbs: Transforming Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies that Heal, as well Apothecary: The Alchemy of Herbs Video Companion, and the online courses The Taste of Herbs, Herbal Cold Care. 

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Rosalee’s healing and plant path story - how she overcame a rare diagnosed terminal autoimmune disease within six months of taking herbs and changing her diet - free from her debilitating symptoms

• How a chance meeting with Tori Amos and magical synchronicities led to Rosalee writing her latest book Wild Remedies

• Why Rosalee’s life’s work is deprogramming the belief that we are disconnected from nature

• How to start out as a wild crafter no matter where you live

• How to connect with the wild in urban settings, looking for nature in unexpected places

• The importance of embodied knowing and experiential relationships with plants and nature in your surroundings

• What is wildness and wild land, common myths about our relationship with so called wild land, and our role in relationship with the natural world and plants

• The difference between lovingly tended lands and conversed untouched wild places

• The nuances within concepts of preservation and conservation, and helpful questions to ask ourselves about how to support the resilience and livelihood of wild places

• Rosalee’s relationship to the land she cares for, and considerations she takes into account to support growth and reciprocity

• If humans interact with the wild, is it still wild?

• Rosalee’s advice to take it slow, pause and ask how can we truly be helpful

• Rosalee’s call to heal our wound around the damage humans have done and forming new life-affirming relationships to reverse that damage

• How to harvest with awareness and how to know when is it time to NOT forage

• The importance of getting to know the land in person

• How Rosalee went from seeing wildcrafting as harvesting “free food” for “taking” to a deeper understanding of the energetic exchange and each bioregion as a dance floor

• Venessa’s excitement about Rosalee’s herbal shampoo recipe and Rosalee’s goal to bring wild remedies into all areas of our lives, not just on the kitchen table or medicine kit.

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Connect With Rosalee de la Foret

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest

Rosalee de la Forêt’s books

Resources + Links Mentioned 

FREE GIFT FOR LISTENERS: Rosalee’s Herbal Jumpstart Course

Have you ever wondered what are the best herbs for you to take? The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are!

Rosalee’s free herbal jumpstart course introduces you to personalized herbal energetics so that you can confidently reach for herbs that are best for you.  

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE FREE COURSE >>

FREE GIFT FOR PATREON SUPPORTERS ONLY

Become a Patreon supporter of Feed Your Wild Podcast with Venessa Rodriguez to access Rosalee’s special gift: Sweet Herbal Celebrations ebook!

A note from Rosalee: “I believe that these challenging times call for deeper and more intentional celebrations, so that we can abundantly and deliberately grow joy within our lives. As a lover of herbs, celebrating with herbal recipes has become one of my treasured family traditions. Hardly a birthday goes by without my favorite carrot cake (page 15) and the holidays wouldn’t be the same without mulled cider or wine (page 7). I’ve gathered these recipes as a special thank you to you for being part of my herbal community. Thank YOU!”

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

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Ep. 171 Vitalist Herbalism & Holistic Immune Support with Sajah Popham

In this episode, we have Sajah Popham back on the podcast! Sajah is author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. You’ll learn what is vitalist herbalism and how it’s different from allopathic herbalism. And yes, it is possible to work with herbs in a NON-holistic way! 

Sajah gives examples of vitalism through mechanisms of the body, such as a fever, and how to support this natural response with the right herbs at the right time. Sajah’s shares his perspectives on herbalism’s role in self-sufficiency, reconnecting with basic life skills and bringing self-care back into our own hands.

We also look at the immunity from a vitalist perspective and cover the best herbs for specific stages of immune health, including Sajah’s perspective on lung support during COVID and why taking the wrong herb for you can make things worse. Sajah shares how to identify which plants to use from a long list of herbs and what you need to look for in order to match the remedy to the person. 

There are so many wonderful and practical pearls of wisdom dropped in this conversation. This is not just for those interested in herbalism, but for everyone interested in holistic healing. This talk invites you to look at what it means to view health, wellness and the world through a vitalist lens.

At the end, Sajah talks about two exciting events: 

(1) His (totally free) herbal mini-course Vitalist Herbalism Mini-Course outlining some of the core principles behind how to practice herbalism according to methods that have been used for thousands of years in medical traditions from around the world.

(2) Sajah’s virtual offering Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program

EVOLUTIONARY HERBALISM X FEED YOUR WILD GUT BONUS!

PLUS, A BONUS: By signing up, you'll get access to Feed Your Wild GUT ~ my program for cultivating vital gut health & intuitive connection for radical transformation! A value of $444 that you get for free if you join us using my special link below:

To learn more, go to www.wildlyrooted.com/vitalistprogram

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How is vitalist herbalism different from allopathic herbalism

• How a fever is an example of vitalism in the body and how to support this natural response with the right herbs at the right time

• How to begin a vitalist approach to wellness and herbalism

• The importance of experiencing the plants versus just learning about them in a book

• Balances the intellectual knowledge with experiential understanding

• How to truly “learn by heart” when it comes to plants and herbalism

• Sajah’s top tips on how to get started with herbalism

• How we’re born vitalists innately

• Herbalism’s role in self-sufficiency, reconnecting with basic life skills and bringing self-care back into our own hands

• Know your local remedies

• How to view immunity from a vitalist perspective and the best herbs for specific stages of immune health

• Herbal categories, herbs within each category, and common misconceptions of specific herbs, examples including: 

  • Immune tonics - Astragalus, reishi, cordyceps (most mushroom); 

  • Acute immunostimulation - echinacea (and traditional ways of using echinacea

• Core concept of energetics in herbalism: the ecological influence on the body and why understanding the energetics of plants is critical

• The body as an ecosystem, inherent bodily polarities and energetics to be aware of 

• How to address lung support with vitalist herbalism - Sajah does a wonderful breakdown of assessing the respiratory system and which herbs to bring in depending on the energetics

• Sajah’s perspective on lung support during COVID and why taking the wrong herb for you can make things worse

• How to identify which plants to use from a long list of herbs “good for ____ symptom”

• Which herbs are generally good for hypothyroidism

• The importance of assessing the person you are working with

• Sajah’s breaks down his Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program and how this was the program he wished he had when he first started

• How Sajah’s new baby son is feed his wild, and all the ways think about his child and what kind of person he’s going to be and how important it is to have new humans coming into this world who have reverence, respect and appreciation of the wildness of the world

• 4 of wands - homecoming, returning home, feeling supported, celebrating rights of passage

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Connect With Sajah Popham

Website | Instagram | Facebook

Sajah’s book Evolutionary Herbalism

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Feed Your Wild podcast ep 168 Coming Changes :: Getting Into Alignment For Future’s Sake With Penny Kelly

Plant Path podcast: Becoming a Self Sufficient Herbalist with Lucy Jones

How to access my FYW GUT Bonus:

Click the special link below (this is how I can track you!) + sign up for the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program. I will receive notice of your enrollment, and after a 30 day period, you will receive an email from me with access to the program!

FYW BONUS LINK: www.wildlyrooted.com/vitalistprogram  

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Ep. 170 {Encore} Evolutionary Herbalism :: Tending To The Inner Cosmos With Holistic Plant Medicine With Sajah Popham

This week we are rebroadcasting episode 72 with Sajah Popham, Evolutionary Herbalism :: Tending To The Inner Cosmos With Holistic Plant Medicine, which was our top listened to podcast episode of 2019! It's a wonderful compliment to the free trainings he's offering right now, which you can access right here and learn more below.

I also give you a sneak peek into a super special bonus I'm offering in partnership with Evolutionary Herbalism, plus we'll be continuing the conversation next week with a brand new episode where we cover the topics of Vitalism, herbal healing as an act of sovereignty, and supporting the immune system holistically!

In this encore episode, Sajah talks about his own plant path and how he went from being on track to becoming a doctor to then studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual.

Sajah walks us through what is evolutionary herbalism and the 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism. We talk about the importance of “learning by heart” and how to practice transformational medicine, working with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and breaking through conditionings.

Sajah shares how he uses medical astrology to translate patterns within a person’s life and the difference between a “hope herbalist” and a holistic herbalist, and how an evolutionary herbalist.

We cover how to tend to the inner cosmos and Sajah walks us through a fantastic case study to ground these principles into practice, including planetary patterns, plant medicine, and energetics for healing body, mind and spirit.

{FREE} VITALIST HERBALISM MINI-COURSE

My friends Sajah and Whitney Popham, founders of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, just released an amazing free mini-course outlining some of the core principles behind how to practice herbalism according to methods that have been used for thousands of years in medical traditions from around the world.

The teachings in these videos will give you some incredible insights and perspectives into how you use plants for healing, as well as how you can better be of service to those you help with herbal medicine. Not to mention they created an awesome workbook to help you on your plant path.

Click here to register for their totally free Vitalist Herbalism Mini-Course

They will only be offering it for a short period of time, so be sure to check it out while you can.

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Sign up to Wildly Rooted Nourishment Notes Email List (click here) - you’ll be the first to know about a special bonus available to those who sign up for Sajah’s upcoming Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Sajah knew he wanted to work in medicine as a kid and how the plant path pulled him from the track of becoming a surgeon

• Sajah’s realization that healing is so much more than fixing what’s broken

• How Sajah considers himself more of a spiritual seeker before an herbalist

• How Sajah began studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual

• How the current education system structures our way of thinking and the importance of “learning by heart” - gnosis cardiaca, and Sajah’s interest in the “perennial truth”

• The importance of the natural world and the light of nature being the core pillar of evolutionary herbalism

• The 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism

• 3 primary energetic patterns at the basis of herbal medical traditions and cosmic science: the 3 principles, 5 elements, and 7 planets

• Universal herbalism is understanding how these patterns are reflected in life and health, and traditions of herbalism throughout the world and ages

• Transformational medicine which addresses the mind, heart, body, and soul

• “The body is the most material aspect of the soul, and the soul is the most volatile aspect of the body - they’re not separate.”

• Pillar #5: Know thyself -

• The spiralic journey and the nonlinear energetic patterns of nature

• Sajah’s perspective on dogma and how we’re usually all saying the same thing in different words

• How we can work with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and breaking through conditionings

• How Sajah uses medical astrology to translate patterns within a person’s life

• The significance of archetypal forces and patterns within medicine, plants, and people as a bridge

• How to tend to the inner cosmos and Sajah walks us through a fantastic case study to ground these principles into practice, including planetary patterns, plant medicine, and energetics for healing body, mind and spirit

• How working with plant in an alchemical way helped to heal the expression of the pattern and archetype of the person

• How working with a single plant that is a “match” energetically to the patterns of the person can be profoundly powerful in the healing process

• The difference between a “hope herbalist” and a holistic herbalist, and how an evolutionary herbalist is looking at the spiritual and archetypal expression too

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Connect With Sajah Popham

Website | Instagram | Facebook

Sajah’s book Evolutionary Herbalism

Resources + Links Mentioned 

Walking the Plant Path: Evolutionary Herbalism + the Magnetic Power of Plants as Teachers + Healers with Whitney Popham

Stephen Harrod Buhner

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal PayPal Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like : https://paypal.me/wildlyrooted  

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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