Awaken and Align

Shannon Kenny is a sustainability consultant. She helps eco-conscious individuals and businesses grow and thrive with integrity. Shannon is the founder of Mama Eco, a website that helps you put the second-guessing, the eco-guilt, and the overwhelming confusion to bed. On her site, Shannon provides a plethora of resources that make sustainability easy and approachable.    In This Episode We Talk About:

• Shannon's origins story of how she grew up in Trinidad to coming to New York and starting Mama Eco.

• What does it really mean to be sustainable? 
  

• Why recycling is really not a thing. What she says about black plastic will blow your mind! 
  

• What can we do now? Is it too late? 
  

• Shannon’s sustainable practices. Hint one of them deals with toilet paper. 
  

• We talk about poop and periods! 
  

• The steps I've taken so far to be sustainable and eco-conscious. 
  

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Erica Jago is a yoga teacher and graphic designer. She is fearless in her love for yoga and passionate about communication design. Through her signature illustrations of yoga poses, called Asanaglyphs, she found a union between the two. With over 18 years of experience in designing books, she self-published her first book, Art of Attention, ranked #1 on Amazon for design, now translated into six languages, and graphically designed Oprah Winfrey’s The Wisdom of Sundays.    After the making of Art of Attention, chakra studies helped her heal an addiction she had been battling for 25 years. Since then, 
she started helping others embrace their beauty to impact those they love. For the pasts ten years, Erica gathered over 300 women and men from more than 42 countries for week-long retreats to study one chakra at a time.   In these retreats, Erica uses her background as a kundalini and vinyasa trained teacher, as well as her experience as a designer to introduce a new methodology—combining storytelling with emotionally connected yoga, visionary art, and nature—to inspire inner knowing, spiritual care and interconnectedness.   For Angelus, her second book, Erica developed 21 yoga sequences, all illustrated with Asanaglyphs. Not only is she the spiritual mastermind behind the book; she also designed the book graphically.    In This Episode We Talk About:

• Erica's personal journey that led her to find yoga.
• How Erica teaches ancient wisdom in a modern and personal way.
• How she received the download for her book Angelus.
• Kundalini yoga and how it can be beneficial for your life.
• The chakra system and how this energetic technology helps us to bring our visions into reality.
• The spiritual practices she used to manifest her book and her non-spiritual practices.
• Angelus, an experiential chakra workbook.

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Practicing and studying all things holistic health & spirituality for over 20 years, Millana has built an energy healing business that serves 1000’s of clients worldwide. Millana is the CEO & Founder of  Wellness Official – an online marketplace of practitioners & brands for the global wellness community.   In This Episode We Talk About: 

• Millana's spiritual journey started at a young age. Her grandmother played a pivotal role.
• Her reflections about the first company she started and how she gave her power away. What she learned from that experience. 
• Her opinion on how to practice and offer ancient healing modalities if you're White or White-facing. 
• What is wellness actually?
• Why is democratizing wellness is so important and what's the first step to do it?
• Her one tip to creating a healing business that lasts. 

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Hello you beautiful souls! This week is a solo episode from me. I'm creating space for myself to do things differently.     In This Episode I Talk About:

• The Full Moon in Aquarius and how I'm using this energy for my own life. 
• The Lion's Gate portal. 
• Manifestation vs Alignment
• How I've navigated pandemic times and the biggest lessons I've learned.
• Why I believe developing our intuition is the most important thing we can do. 
• My beliefs around our soul's blueprint, our purpose, and life as a fun adventure. 

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Rachel grew up in Morrison, Colorado. She came across the world of healing after years of struggling with her personal health. Determined to heal, Rachel began studying holistic health and nutrition which opened a pathway of exploration. She followed a calling to Guatemala where she thought she was going to pursue herbalism, only to find she had a deep connection to the sacred Mayan calendar and the subtle medicine of cacao. Taken aback by the familiarity in what she was learning in Guatemala, it became clear that her healing path had led her to deepen her spirituality. When Rachel returned back to Colorado she was able to access another level of health and understanding that was unknown in the past. She has pursued working with the energies in the calendar system, ceremonial cacao, and together has created a devoted practice.

Currently, Rachel lives in Wheat Ridge, Colorado with her husband, baby boy and dog Wrigley. She holds workshops throughout Colorado, focusing on the creation of sacred, safe space. Rachel leads cacao ceremonies, and a variety of workshops, all made up of radiant moments.

  In This Episode We Talk About:

• How Rachel's health issues led her to Guatemala.
• Her realization of the power of the mind and body connection that changed her life. 
• The Mayan Cosmovision. Rachel gives me a short reading of my energies.
• The difference between the trecenas, the 20 day signs, and the numbers. How they work together to express the energetic frequency that is you. 
• How she personally uses the Mayan Cosmovision as a roadmap for her life.  

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In January 2016, Florencia visited Lake Atitlan, Guatemala to study metaphysical practices. There, she was introduced to cacao during a ceremony led by a Mayan day-keeper, a guardian of Mayan wisdom. Florencia had a powerful and life-changing moment. She knew that she was the bridge between the Mayan elders and modern New Yorkers; and eventually the world.    With the guidance of Nana Marina Cruz, a Mayan wisdom keeper from the T'zutujil community in Guatemala, Florencia began her journey with cacao.    Florencia and her brother, Frederico, launched Cacao Laboratory with the intentions of community, connection, sustaining Mother Earth, and giving back to the farmers in South America.   In This Episode We Talk About:

• The course of events that led Florencia to Guatemala and finding the medicine of cacao.
• How she started offering cacao circles in NYC. 
• How cacao was a medicine that helped to heal her relationship with her brother, her co-founder, and family.
• What ceremony means to Florencia and why she wants you to have a ceremony in every moment of each day.
• The physical and spiritual benefits of ceremonial cacao. 
• How she was able to hold space for over 40+ people every day during shelter-in-place.

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Carolina Arevalo is a Brooklyn based artist. Her artwork resides in the visual embodiment of the “unveiled” in the various journeys throughout her psyche, all the cells that conform to our inner bodies and its connection to the outer worlds. From her Amazonian heritage, she embraces the importance of rituals and ancestral wisdom. She astutely observes nature and the symbiotic relationship of all living beings in the Universe. Caro's artwork is so unique; there are influences from pointillism, metallic appearances, and sacred geometry. Her artwork is a visual manifestation of meditative flow.   In This Episode We Talk About: 

• The art class that changed her career trajectory.
• The trip in the jungle and ceremony that changed her life. 
• How intuition and listening are the tenants of her creative process. 
• How her art is channeling spirit. 
• Caro's rituals around creativity. 
• How she works as a full-time artist while living in NYC.
• Using social media as a conscious tool. 

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Wen-Jay Ying is the founder and Boss at Local Roots NYC, a small business that has revolutionized the way New Yorkers shop for food. Subscribe online for 3 months of food that comes direct from a farm within 2 hours of NYC. Pick up at a neighborhood bar, cafe or opt for contact-less delivery. It's a customized farmers market brought right to you.

Wen-Jay believes the way we eat can change the world and is dedicated to healing our local food system. She was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by former Mayor Bloomberg, New Yorker of the Week by NY1, Ones To Watch by Cherry Bombe, and was a special guest invited to attend the 50th year anniversary UN Global Goals Gala due to her work in the field of sustainability and agriculture.    Ying has spoken on various panels and podcasts about regenerative agriculture, how to reduce food waste, and female entrepreneurship, and is a guest instructor at the International Culinary Center. Her social impact business journey can be seen in Viceland's show Hustle.   In This Episode We Talk About:

• Growing up Asian American and choosing a non-traditional career.
• How Wen-Jay got interested in agriculture and locally grown food.
• Is our food even real? Why it's so important to eat local.
• How she started Local Roots, a subscription service for organic vegetables and fruits. 
• How she was able to build an online subscription business in 2011 when this form of e-commerce was not mainstream yet. 

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Kiyoshi's rap style is a mix of poetry and spiritual affirmations. With his 20+ years of experience performing, Kiyoshi coaches people to reach their full potential. Kiyoshi’s rap coaching sessions are transformational, powerful, and incredibly healing on multiple levels. He infuses his knowledge of Hatha Yoga, Reiki, and other holistic practices into his coaching. His coaching sessions are more than just about rap. Kiyoshi's passion is to foster his clients' confidence and self-growth through the art of vocal expression.

In This Episode We Talk About: 

• Kiyoshi’s origins story of how this native Michigander got into poetry and spiritual rap.
• How Kiyoshi personally can tell the difference between fear and just nervous energy before performing.
• His rituals around creativity. 
• Freestyle rap as an art form. Kiyoshi gives me a short rap coaching session.
• How he was able to cultivate the confidence to rap and share his poetry.
• Rap coaching as a form of healing and activating confidence in others. 

Show Notes: 

• Kiyoshi Music Website
• Kiyoshi Music Instagram
• Kiyoshi's The Affirmation EP
• Cacao Laboratory
• Virtual Reiki 1

 

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Ksenia Avdulova is a public speaker, founder of the award-nominated digital platform Breakfast Criminals, and host of Woke & Wired podcast, focusing on expanded consciousness and entrepreneurship in the digital age. Named "35 Under 35 In Wellness" by Wanderlust and “The Fashion World’s Most In-Demand Breakfast Chef”, Ksenia shares the power of rituals, intuitive nourishment and conscious entrepreneurship through digital storytelling.   In This Episode We Talk About:

• Ksenia's origins story and how she arrived in America from Russia.
• All the jobs she's had and how finding self-love led her to create Breakfast Criminals. 
• Ksenia's special sauce in creating and maintaining multiple platforms in various niches. 
• How she takes risks and experiments with her social media platforms. 
• Social media as a manifestation tool. Ksenia shares her process!
• Why you should get on Tik Tok NOW!
• What is means to be 5D. 

Show Notes:

• Woke and Wired Podcast
• Woke and Wired Instagram
• Breakfast Criminals Website
• Where is Ksenia Instagram
• Tiny Cabin New York Instagram
• Ksenia's Her Earth Tik Tok 
• Woke and Wired Episode 108: Social Media As A Quantum Energy Exchange and How To Grow On Tik Tok
• 6/25 Soul Session: Art As A Tool For Reconnection 

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