In this episode, Paige and Tamsin reflect on this past 2022's Year of the Water Tiger. Tamsin discusses what the year was like for her as a monkey and what it meant for this Tiger year to be her "clash year." Paige shares about her experience as a Fire Tiger in the Water Tiger year and what exactly she feels got turned on its head and burned to the ground. Both Tamsin and Paige also share about their hopes and intentions for this upcoming Yin Water Rabbit Year. 

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Elemental Archetypes – Daoist self-cultivation practices Yang Face —  Chinese facial tool line honoring Chinese culture and tradition

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Claudia Soto is a London-born, Melbourne-based, Spanish/Chilean yoga and pilates teacher and the creator of Cloud Sways — a space to encourage people to move their bodies for all reasons excluding societal pressures and to dismantle the false narrative that size and abilities are a reflection of health. 

In the episode, Claudia shares about how her mother's battle with cancer and ongoing struggle with weight and body image, catalyzed her work as a yoga and pilates instructor.  She talks about her involvement with the youth inside of the disability sector, and shares a moment as a child at recess that really made an imprint on her body awareness. Paige also opens up about her background as a young gymnast and how this negatively impacted her sense of physical self-worth, while Tamsin expresses that her body growing up never felt like her own. 

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Learn more about Claudia's work and upcoming events here. Follow Claudia on Instagram @clouds.soto  Elemental Archetypes – Daoist self-cultivation practices Yang Face —  Chinese facial tool line honoring Chinese culture and tradition

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Jennifer Norman is a Korean-American adoptee, single mom, and the Founder & Chief Human Officer of The Human Beauty Movement (The HBM), a Certified B Corporation on a mission to instill every human with the beauty of self-love. She is passionate about diversity appreciation, humanitarianism and inspiring others to be their most exceptional self. 

In the episode, Jennifer talks about her beginnings in the beauty industry before going through a life-altering sequence of experiences once her son turned 2-years-old. She shares how her son has been her biggest inspiration when it comes to how she views beauty, and how he has been her greatest teacher in this lifetime. Hear about her book series that teaches about diversity and radial exclusivity, as well as some practices she has adopted to embrace her beauty and maturing journey.  

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Learn more about Jennifer's work and upcoming events here. Follow Jennifer on Instagram @iamjennnorman  Elemental Archetypes – Daoist self-cultivation practices Yang Face —  Chinese facial tool line honoring Chinese culture and tradition

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Sunaina Madhav Dasi is a multidimensional human that holds many identities. They immigrated from Bangalore, India in 1996 and identify as a mixed race person (Indo-Aryan and Dravidian) who speaks Tamil as their mother-tongue. Their yoga practice is deeply rooted in Hinduism, Bhakti and social justice in which they create a more community-centered world that focuses on individual healing by embracing one's unique purpose. They believe that the answer is already within us when we choose self-love, accountability and awareness. 

In the episode, we talk to Sunaina about their heritage and how it has directly impacted their identity. We also discuss body hair as self-love and self-expression, as well as what it means to give someone's heart to The Divine. Sunaina shares about a very powerful experience they had during a yoga practice, and how they aim to choose simplicity everyday. This episode is truly conscious expanding! 

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See all of Sunaina's offerings here Follow Sunaia on Instagram @su9nah  Elemental Archetypes – Daoist self-cultivation practices Yang Face —  Chinese facial tool line honoring Chinese culture and tradition

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Franchesca Isaac is the co-owner of Alma Acupuncture based in Philadelphia. She identifies as a multicultural Black and Puerto Rican, daughter of immigrant parents from the US Virgin Islands, and a passionate plant lover. In the episode, Franchesca shares about her ongoing journey with Crohn's disease and how it has influenced her health, weight, and perception of beauty. We also chat about her multi-cultural background, how she talks about race to her daughter and make up brands matching pigment. 

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Sign up for Franchesca's Acupuncture/Sound Bath on 10.26.22 Follow Franchesca on Instagram @acuwithfranchesca Elemental Archetypes – Daoist self-cultivation practices Yang Face —  Chinese facial tool line honoring Chinese culture and tradition

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Sandra is a Brooklyn based acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, and founder of Treatment by Lanshin dedicated to treating skin disorders and rejuvenating skin using the unique approach of Chinese medicine. She also has her own Lanshin line of beauty tools, and is passionate as a TCM educator, sharing online classes, YouTube video tutorials, and in person workshops teaching how to bring TCM into their daily lives as self-care practices.

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Facial Gua Sha   Gua Sha Expert   Traditional Chinese Medicine   Birth Name   Excluding Chinese from Chinese Medicine   Reclamation   Disordered Eating

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Subscribe to Sandra's YouTube Channel Follow Lanshin on Instagram @treatmentbylanshin  Elemental Archetypes – Daoist self-cultivation practices Yang Face —  Chinese facial tool line honoring Chinese culture and tradition

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In our last episode with Laura Morris (Ep 11 Is Beauty the Act of Surrender?), Laura shares how one of her first experiences with beauty was the message that beauty is painful. We also chatted about moving beauty into something that can be seen as easeful, and discuss some more hopes and fears around aging. In this episode, Tamsin and Paige talk about how they understand Feng Shui to be beautiful, plastic surgery and the progression of Virgos. Show Notes Elemental Archetypes offers Daoist facial analysis consultations and Yangsheng guidance to reclaim beauty through self-cultivation.  Yang Face is a line of undiluted, unappropriated luxurious Chinese Facial Tools from a direct source.  Thank you to Diana Ho for the pre-production research!   Follow us on @beautybirthrightpod on Instagram, and if you liked this episode please give us a 5-star rating and review!