Awaken and Align

Shiri Perera, owner and founder of Aatmaya, is a certified crystal healer and self-taught jewellery artist. Armed with a deeper understanding of the metaphysical properties and benefits of crystals, she shares her learnings in the form of energy healing and delicate signature jewelry.

 

Having lived her life across the world in Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Canada, Shiri always found herself drawn to the path of a higher calling. Having experienced cosmic alignment during several mind-expanding moments in her journey, Shiri found herself on a quest for self-awakening. This pursuit for a spiritually empowered lifestyle is how Aatmaya came into being.   In This Episode We Talk About: 

 

• How Shiri found crystals and why crystals for healing?
• Crystal grids and how to use the energies for our benefit. 
• How she channels your specific energetic signature to create your own crystal grid. 
• Her favorite crystals for each Chakra. 
• Her suggestions for sourcing ethical crystals.
• To cleanse or not to cleanse your crystals?
• Her advice for channeling.

 

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Oge Udeogu is a professional football player who moonlights as a reiki healer and manifestation teacher. With over 107k followers on Tik Tok, his videos on spirituality and manifestation are becoming viral sensations. Oge shares his story of growing up first generation Nigerian American, playing football professionally, and 2020 being the catalyst of his spiritual awakening.     In This Episode We Talk About:

• His experience as a first-generation Nigerian American.

• How Oge learned to play football by playing a video game. 

• How 2020 was the catalyst for his awakening.
  

• The King of Pentacles Tik Tok, how it became viral and his process for content creation.
  

• How Oge moves through challenging times. 

• Oge’s favorite manifestation practices.
  

• How Oge found a Shaman and his tips for you to find a legit Shaman.

• His experiences with Astral projection. 
  

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In this solo episode, I talk about what I've learned through the quarantine with my parents. Spoiler alert: deep ancestral healing. The synchronicities that led me to come to Mexico for deeper healing and work. What I've learned post-Mercury in retrograde and Scorpio season. My experience living here in Tulum, Mexico. Just being honest here! Post-USA election thoughts.    For Full Show Notes   Connect with Awaken and Align:

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Niki Morrissette, aka VeNika-- is a yoga/meditation teacher, musician, and actress based in Los Angeles. Her classes are a blend of heart-centered grounding and playful curiosity.  Students are invited to both challenge and fiercely accept themselves. Niki's teaching is greatly influenced by Schuyler Grant and the Kula Yoga Project, Elena Brower, and Claudine and Honza Lafond of YogaBeyond.

A lifelong singer and performer, VeNika blends tools and wisdom acquired for a life on the stage, with practices that can be a vector for healing; She loves helping individuals find freedom in their bodies and authentic expression. As a member of the Brooklyn band Great Caesar, VeNika has toured the country sharing the stage with diverse acts from Indigo Girls to Allen Stone. Her latest musical project, VeNika, is a soulful exploration of heartbreak, authenticity, and resilience. Expect VeNika's EP in the Fall of 2020.

 

In This Episode We Talk About:

• VeNika talks about her dreams and how she started the inner work first before sharing herself with the world.
• How she started to heal her scarcity mindset.
• How the lockdown helped her to finally make the decision to live the life of her dreams and live with intention. 
• Trusting the unfolding of your life.
• How she found A Course in Miracles and how she applies it to her life. 
• Moving from fear to love. 

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My energy coach, Sheetal Rajan of The Sacred Being, is back with another episode about the fundamentals of the universe; energy, frequency, and vibration. I asked her to teach another workshop for our community amidst the uncertainty of 2020. I have been working with Sheetal since the Summer and have experienced expansion in all areas of my life. I was able to "see" things that were hidden in my subconscious mind.    In This Episode We Talk About:

• What is Sacred Geometry?
• How can understanding Sacred Geometry help us to create our own reality?
• More details about the November 14th workshop and what you will learn. 
• The keys to abundance are in you. 

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In this week's solo episode, I'm giving you all a life update! How I've moved through transformative times in my life, and other thoughts on this ever-winding spiritual journey.    For Full Show Notes Awaken + Align   Connect with Awaken and Align:

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Ellie Lee is a TV host, actress, social media influencer, and self-love guide. You’ve seen her on VH1 News, Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey, MTV, E! News, People Style, iHeartRadio, Complex, and iHeartRadio. She has appeared as an entertainment correspondent on E! News, E!'s Daily Pop, The Wendy Williams Show, and The Steve Harvey show.   Ellie has appeared in several independent films including the 2018 feature length drama “I Can I Will I Did”, which won her the Garden State Film Festival’s Rising Star Award and she just wrapped the indie horror film “Rick and Ruby”, and is currently starring in one of Snapchat's first original scripted shows, "The Daily Realness," a mockumentary series about a clickbait-driven website.   In This Episode We Talk About:

• What sparked Ellie's interest in TV hosting.
• How she got into acting and how she booked her first gig.
• KPop and KDrama 
• Her experience being in "the industry" and how that started her spiritual journey.
• How she stays true to who she is while pursuing her dreams in Hollywood. 
• How she cultivates self-love especially being from a culture that does not recognize the importance of it.
• Our experiences with Christianity and the Church.
• How she has the confidence to share her voice on TV, film, and social media.
• How Ellie deals with criticism. 

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Brittany Simone Anderson is a New York based sound practitioner, ceremonialist, and movement guide. Brittany believes that well-being is our birth right, and as such, it is our responsibility to take an active role in our own wellness. Brittany combines a variety of practices that include sound, breathwork, coaching, yoga, and mindful eating. Brittany works one on one or in groups to empower people to take their health in their own hands. Together we can reconnect the mind/body/soul.    In This Episode We Talk About:

• The course of events that led her to her wellness and spiritual journeys.
• She talks about her dissonance with her religious upbringing and how she's been able to make amends with it.
• Her experience being a Black woman in wellness and spirituality.
• How to be a healer and be receptive to money.
• Cultural appropriation of spiritual modalities.
• How's she's been moving through these times of racial injustice.
• Her views on mentorship and moving away from Guru culture.
• Her experiences with bi-racial relationships.

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Happy 100th episode! In this episode, my sister interviews me about my dream life, business, and spiritual journey. This was recorded in May of 2020 during the height of quarantine.   In This Episode We Talk About:

 

• What I do for a living and how I define myself.
• How I make money and do what I love.
• How I started the path of ancestral healing and how it related to my purpose and life.
• How I started meditating and the journey that led me to Kundalini Yoga.
• My views on energy vampires or negative people.
• What does it mean to be woke or awakened. 
• What to remember when you feel lost or alone.
• How to develop your supernatural gifts.
• How to meet new people when you are in life transitions. 

 

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Natalie Valle is a sound healer and energy worker. Natalie's divine purpose is to help you transmute any negative patterns that are holding you back from feeling light, aligned, and empowered. Using sound and meditation, along with other modalities such as, but not limited to, sound healing, and reiki which have helped her along her own journey, she helps people create and design a program and experience that fits their unique needs and styles. She is here to support you on your quest to discover authentic joy, love, and live your best life ever.   In This Episode We Talk About:

• Natalie's journey from her El Salvadorian roots, to growing up in Virginia and starting her spiritual journey. 

• How synchronicities led her to find sound healing. 

• How she distinguishes from a yes and a no in life. 

• Her thoughts on 3D jobs to spiritual business and how she dances between the two. 

• Natalie reveals why it took her some time to hold space. 

• The science behind sound healing. 

• The different brain wave states and how sound baths can help with the bodies' natural healing.

• Her experience with EMF and her practices to protect herself.

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