In this intimate and powerfully alive conversation, I’m joined by returning guest, beloved sister, and sacred cyclical guide Disa Mineur, newly emerged from the cocoon of postpartum with her second child, and radiant with the wisdom of one who has walked through fire and returned to the temple of her own womb.

Together, we explore orgasmic freebirth, decolonizing the body, and what it means to be a woman who can hold both the grief of the world and the bliss of creation.

Disa shares how she unschooled herself from colonized, medicalized narratives of birth…peeling back layers of fear, shame, and separation to remember birth as a sacred, sovereign, psychedelic rite of passage.

Through devotion, self-touch, and cyclical intimacy, she prepared her body as altar.

We trace her journey from The Diamond Mentorship into the depths of her freebirth, what she calls “birth like a bear".

A mammalian descent.

A mystical opening.

She speaks of DMT waves, divine communion, and the fluorescent light of life moving through her womb.

This is also a story of sacred support…of being held by both feminine and masculine presence. And the grace that arrives when a woman is tenderly met by sisters, and deeply witnessed by her beloved.

Her story is a transmission. A remembering.

how a cervix can be a stargate.

how pleasure is prayer, and prayer is power.

how a woman, fully with herself, changes the world.

Whether you are a mother or not, this is for you…if you are curious about what it means to live from your body’s truth, birth your projects from devotion, and remember that you belong to the sacred.

It is also a sacred prelude to what’s to come: Disa now joins the faculty of The Muse: The Golden Womb—a trauma-informed sacred sexuality and Devi Coaching Certification beginning after Navarātri. Her lived wisdom will guide women into cyclical awareness, womb reclamation, and full-spectrum embodiment.

If you’ve longed to return to your womb as temple… your body as sacred… this is your call.

Enter the web.

Feel the wave.

And remember.

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Keynotes:

-Disa reemerges from her postpartum cocoon
-The feminine capacity to feel it all
-The Serenity Prayer
-Disa’s journey through pregnancy
-She joined The Diamond mentorship and committed to exploring pleasure as a way of life, not just sexually, but in everyday being.
-Disa speaks of unschooling herself from the colonized, medicalized narratives of birth.
-Birth Like a Bear
-Orgasmic Waves & Divine Communion
-The power of having both sacred masculine and feminine support
-Disa announces part two of her journey: Blood, Milk, and Tears—a tribute to postpartum life, surrender, and Yin.
-Disa joins the faculty of The Muse: The Golden Womb

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ABOUT Disa Mineur:

Disa is a Wild Woman who lives with one foot in the primitive and untamed, her hands in the invisible web, and the other foot firmly anchored and rooted in being a cyclical influence in a linear culture. She awakens those who seek the cyclical in a culture that has forgotten its origins.

For the past 10 years, Disa has been exploring the Cyclic, both within and without, to help herself and others reclaim the power inherent in the ebb and flow of the lunar cycle.

Disa has journeyed from sick to healthy, from infertile to fertile, and from domesticated to wild.

She works daily to help others heal and find their way to a life of hormonal and cyclical harmony through courses, retreats, and one-on-one sessions.

She is a trained Fertility Awareness Educator, Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner (HRHP), Vaginal Steam Facilitator, and Earthing Guide. Her everyday life is about exploring and understanding her body's vitality and place in the ecosystem we call planet Earth through ceremony and commitment to her calling.

Follow Disa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disamineur/

Website: https://disamineur.com/

Previous Born to Be Free Episode with Disa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYYGEcs44rI

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This episode is an invitation into the quiet, often overlooked space where burnout lives, where our service to others begins to cost us our connection to ourselves.

In this intimate and heart-opening conversation, I sit with my beloved sister, Elisa Maran: Ayurveda practitioner, herbalist, mother, and former humanitarian aid worker.

We met seven years ago in Sicily during a Vedānta immersion with my revered teacher. She offered me one of the most soul-soothing massages I’ve ever received. Her presence, her hands, her touch... I knew in that moment she was carrying something sacred. Since then, we’ve walked side by side through many seasons, through cycles of grief, joy, birth, and becoming.

Elisa’s path has not been linear.

She’s worked in child protection across Nepal, India, and Thailand. She’s lived in tribal villages, studied Sanskrit, practiced permaculture, and walked barefoot back into the embrace of Mother Earth.

But the turning point came when she realized she could no longer live in a way that disregarded her body’s truth.

Even with her knowledge of Ayurveda, she was still treating herself like a machine…something to fix, to keep going.

And it was in the breakdown that the breakthrough came.

In this conversation, we speak about the cost of giving from an empty cup.

About the nervous system on constant alert.

About the guilt that follows pleasure.

And about the sacred disarmament that begins when we finally start mothering ourselves.

Ayurveda, here, is not a lifestyle trend.

It is a return to the original temple. It’s about listening. Slowing down. Feeling again. It’s the language of oil, earth, ritual, and repair.

And I’m so honored to share that Elisa is one of the guest teachers in The Muse: The Golden Womb, our trauma-informed sacred sexuality coaching certification. In this upcoming cycle, she returns to offer what we lovingly call the “Witch’s Corner,” a deep dive into the sacred art of herbalism, embodied Ayurveda, plant rituals, and pleasure-based nourishment. She’ll guide us in making tinctures, oils, and ancestral medicine that awaken our hands and our hearts.

It’s the kind of education I wish every woman received…

how to remember your power through your senses, your cycle, and your touch.

This episode is a blessing for the woman who is tired of being the strong one. For the ones whose systems are whispering slow down. For the healers, the givers, the quiet warriors who’ve been holding so much for so long.

If you’re longing to feel whole again, to melt the armor, to come back into joy…

not as performance but as prayer, this is for you.

Come sit with us.

Something tender is waiting to be remembered.

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KEYNOTES:

-Elisa's Background and Journey, humanitarian works

-Early interest in healing and nature & studied Oriental Languages

-Ayurveda: "science of life" from Vedic tradition

-Holistic approach to optimal living through diet, lifestyle, and understanding body-mind connection

-Individual constitution and seasonal practices

-Elisa experienced burnout from constant crisis response

-Shifted focus to more sustainable, nature-connected lifestyle

-Importance of honoring cyclical nature of women's bodies and lives

-Upcoming Muse to Golden Womb Program : trauma-informed coaching certification

-"Witch Corner"

-Safe container crucial for healing shame and trauma

-Melting "armor" to experience pleasure and joy again

-Reconnecting with nature and plant medicines as empowerment

-Choosing wholeness over societal programming towards failure

-Elisa developing small retreat center in Sicily

-Devi School Free Offerings & many more..

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ABOUT Elisa Maran

Elisa is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Deep Ecology Facilitator, Yin Yoga Teacher and Permaculture lover.

Elisa is an intuitive and self-educated herbalist. She loves to grow herbs and pick wild medical plants to prepare medicated oils for her Ayurvedic Treatments, herbal teas and other natural remedies. She is a Vedanta student. The search for truth within has been a golden thread in her life since a very young age.

She met Be Woman Project in 2018 when she started her journey of discovery of the sacred feminine, falling in love with it. She loves to apply a nature based approach in her facilitation work, Devi Circles and personal practices. Elisa has a background in human rights protection in post-conflict situations, Environmental protection, Trauma Release, Languages and Cultures of South Asia. She studied and lived in Europe and South Asia.

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“I grew up knowing that pleasure was something incredible… but I couldn’t find anyone who could say, ‘Yes. Yes, it’s sacred.’” - Maca

In this deeply intimate episode of Born to Be Free, I’m joined by my beloved sister, student, pleasure coach, and fellow priestess Macarena “Maca” Knop. She is a medical doctor, a specialist in Dermatology and Venereology (Sexual Health). Her path is not a split between intellect and embodiment, it is a sacred fusion of both modern medicine with ancient wisdom, bringing together the nervous system, female anatomy, and the mystery of Shakti.

What unfolds is a powerful conversation about reclamation of pleasure, of wholeness, of the sacred body.

Maca shares how she moved from the rigid frameworks of modern medicine into a trauma-informed, spirit-rooted way of practicing and living. From her medical studies in Santiago to her specialization in Munich, and into the sacred circles of the Heroine’s Journey and Priestess Initiation in Bali, she has been on a journey of remembering: that our bodies are not clinical problems to fix, but radiant vessels of power and intelligence.

She speaks with raw honesty about realizing that her textbooks never included the full anatomy of the clitoris. About what it felt like to be told she was too much—too joyful, too sensual, too alive. About the sacred shift that happened when she found herself held by sisters who didn’t try to shrink her, but celebrated her.

We talk about what it means to carry trauma in the nervous system…not just from violence or crisis, but from the subtle ways we’ve been shamed out of our radiance. The unspoken rules around pleasure. And how the body remembers all of it…until we listen, gently and with reverence, and choose to come back.

Maca now offers her medicine from a different place…one rooted in Shakti, in truth, in the full yes of her being. And she will be joining the faculty of The Muse: The Golden Womb to teach sacred female anatomy and the intricate, beautiful relationship between sexuality and the nervous system.

This episode is an offering for the part of you that’s been silenced. For the woman who wonders if her joy is too much. For the sacred being in you that already knows: you were never broken.

If your pleasure has ever felt unsafe…

if your body has carried both wonder and confusion…

if you’re ready to come home to yourself, this is for you.

Come, let your body hear what it always knew.

Keynotes

-Maca’s journey bridges Western medicine with sacred feminine teachings

-Maca entered the Devi lineage through The Heroine’s Journey, then the Devi Temple and the Priestess Initiation

-Reclaiming the Devi and the Sanskrit word “Devi”

-Sisterhood and community (Sangha)

-The body as an integrated system, not fragmented parts

-Sacred Sexuality as Medicine

-Learning true female anatomy as an act of reclamation

-Trauma-Informed Healing

-Choosing healing doesn’t mean rejecting medicine

-Combining sacred practice with medical support

-Maca envisions collaborative care where doctors and patients co-create healing

-True empowerment is rooted in trust

-Our society being stuck in sympathetic overdrive

-Healing the Feminine-Masculine Divide

-The Muse: The Golden Womb program is a portal for reclaiming this sacred power in community

ABOUT Maca:

Chilean with German roots, Macarena Devi is a medical doctor and a specialist in Dermatology and Venereology/Sexual Health. She is also a certified Women Circle Facilitator and Priestess of Vedic Rituals from Devi School, a Yoga Teacher from Sama Yoga, and a Pleasure Coach from the School of Womanly Arts by Mama Gena.

In her mid-twenties Maca started to practice Yoga and dove deep into taking care of the body and mind from an integrative approach. In 2020 she met Sharada Devi and began to study Vedanta, which has brought precious tools to her life. Her purpose as a physician is to empower her patients with knowledge and a pleasure-filled healthy lifestyle to heal and prevent diseases. In her work she integrates Western Medicine with the jewels of Vedanta and Ayurveda, inviting you to see your body as Whole.

Maca has a deep reverence for Mother Nature and loves animals and music. Currently she works as a dermatologist and therapist in Tromsø, Norway.

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The Permission (Free Mistress Class aka Master Class): https://www.devischool.info/the-permission

Join the Devi Temple Membership, a one of a kind journey to the sanctuary of your magnificent being where you discover that all you have ever wanted is already here: https://www.devischool.info/devi-temple

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What happens when a woman tells the truth about her pleasure?

When she speaks aloud what most have learned to hide—clitoris, orgasm, sacred birth—on a TEDx stage, in a viral article, and on national television?

In this episode of Born to be Free, I welcome back Lovisa Dahl, sacred sexuality guide, biodynamic healer, mother of three, and radiant voice for the reclamation of birth as a sacred rite. Lovisa is not only a dear sister on this path, she is also one of the guest teachers inside the upcoming ‘The Muse: The Golden Womb’ program. Her story carries the fire of lived experience. She has walked through the gates of orgasmic birth, publicly shared her truth with the world, and met both reverence and resistance.

Lovisa reveals what unfolded after choosing to speak her truth, out loud, into a world still afraid of feminine power.

Yes, there was celebration…but also criticism, projection, and the quiet sting of cultural discomfort. Because when a woman claims pleasure, when she names birth as sacred and sexual, she becomes a mirror for everything society has tried to repress.

Together, we explore the layers of shame that still surround birth, sex, and feminine power—and why the world often punishes women who dare to live and speak freely.

Lovisa brings this depth of remembrance into her offering within The Muse which is a trauma-informed sacred sexuality program that I am opening again this Autumn.

Inside the Muse, we weave a rich and integrative temple path that includes somatic trauma healing and nervous system restoration; family constellation and ancestral lineage work; Ayurveda, herbal medicine, and sacred womb care; gender inclusivity and decolonized sexuality; anatomy of arousal, birth reclamation, and sex magic; as well as myth rewriting, dharmic purpose, and the Heroine’s Journey.

Each part of the journey is designed to return us to our sovereign wholeness.

Not through force, but through embodied grace.

Lovisa’s Love Birth Method, rooted in embodiment, pleasure, relaxation, visualization, and surrender - is a powerful part of this. Whether you're preparing for motherhood or simply longing to feel safe in your body again, her wisdom meets you where you are. It is a reminder that pleasure is not a luxury. It is a birthright.

This episode is for anyone who has felt the pain of being too much…or not enough.

Anyone who has feared their truth would be rejected.

Anyone who is ready to let shame fall away and step into embodied radiance.

If you’ve ever felt punished for your joy, if you’ve longed to feel safe in your truth, if you’re ready to remember who you are underneath the silence, this is for you.

✨ You are not too much.

✨ You are not wrong.

✨ You are not alone.

The Muse begins soon. But the remembering can start now.

Come. Listen. Be held.

You were born for this.

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KEYNOTES:

-The Sacred Naming of Lovisa’s Children

-Names as reminders of divine qualities and inner potential

-When Lovisa joined The Diamond Mentorship: A pivotal six-month mentorship exploring Sex, Money, and Power

-Lovisa worked through deep shame, especially around speaking about orgasmic birth

-The “111 Desires” practice seeded her future TEDx talk and global exposure

-Orgasmic Birth & Love Birth (5 Foundational Pillars)

-Lovisa’s unexpected TEDx audition became a turning point

-Followed by a viral article and TV appearance in the UK about orgasmic birth

-Mainstream media exposure sparked both celebration and backlash

-Lovisa stayed rooted in love and purpose despite public criticism

-Global Intimacy Disorder

-The Muse: Golden Womb Program

-Rewriting one's sexual narrative is possible—and powerful.

-Spiritual Contribution over Competition

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ABOUT Lovisa Dahl

Lovisa Dahl is a birth mentor and Orgasmic Birth Practitioner dedicated to healing earth through birth. By empowering women to embrace pleasure, sacred sexuality and ritual she offers a unique way to prepare for birth. With three home births of her own and studies in feminine embodiment, she guides pregnant women to their most empowered, positive and pleasurable birth experiences. For a decade Lovisa has also had the blessing to study the ancient vedic wisdom, Advaita Vedanta, and incorporates spirituality as a natural part of all her offerings.

Follow Lovisa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredmumlove/

Website: https://www.sacredmumlove.com/

TEDx Talk: The Power of Pleasure in Birth: https://youtu.be/IG0WN79Q0Nk?si=vrIXuNwTky8Ju08f

ITV’s ’This Morning’ Interview: https://youtu.be/amzCTaqQAOA?si=Xk69xoU3hE7pmEn6

The Sun, Fabulous Magazine — Labour of Love: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/33018526/orgasm-while-giving-birth-help/

Previous Born to Be Free Episode with Lovisa: https://youtu.be/K9mOPhXnhfI

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In this solo episode of Born to Be Free, recorded in Davos, the birthplace of this podcast...I share one of the most vulnerable chapters of my life.

Earlier this year in Bali, I found myself navigating a health crisis that brought me face-to-face with long-buried shame and deeper layers of healing I hadn’t yet met. What you’ll witness are raw clips I recorded just days after undergoing surgery. They are unfiltered, bloody, and real..an offering of truth, not perfection.

For most of my life, I’ve walked the path of alternative healing—Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, plant medicine, holistic therapies. And I still honor those traditions deeply. But sometimes, we must also receive the grace of Western medicine. I’m grateful for that system too, for the support it offered when I needed it most. So I made the choice to undergo bone graft surgery. Not because it aligned with how I usually do things, but because it was necessary.

Because...

'’In the worst-case scenario, you will lose your teeth.”

That was the diagnosis my dentist in Bali gave me after a checkup I scheduled—because of a dream.

In the dream, I lost all my teeth. It wasn’t the first time.

I’ve had this dream a few times in my life.

For many years, I carried a strong, almost primal fear in my system: the fear that one day I would lose all my teeth.

I was raised with the belief that having beautiful teeth was essential—necessary—to attract a partner. And I know that may sound silly to you, but to me, it was deeply ingrained.

One part of me knew that belief wasn’t true. And another part of me truly believed that it was.

My self-image became tied to the beauty, the health, the well-being of my teeth. My gums are bigger than most, and for many years I was self-conscious about it. I didn’t like that part of my body.

But through many love rituals and deep personal work, I learned to accept it. Maybe I can’t yet say I love it—but I can accept it. I can appreciate it.

I can witness the wonder and infinite intelligence in that part of me. Then came the day when I had to face it all. I needed surgery. I had periodontitis, and I didn’t want to lose my teeth.

The doctor told me: You can do a bone graft surgery, and hopefully the bone will regenerate in the next four to eight months—and you’ll be able to keep your teeth.

So I did the surgery.

For two weeks, I was in bed with stitches in my mouth.

And in those quiet, tender days, I descended underground— I met the little girl who felt so ashamed of her teeth. Ashamed of having braces. Ashamed of being seen.

And in those two weeks, I released an incredible amount of shame—shame that had been buried at the bottom of the iceberg, also known as the unconscious.

I’m sharing this with you so you know: you’re not alone. Maybe there’s something in your life that you’re struggling with—your looks, your hair, your back, your skin… whatever it may be.

I know so many people who are suffering quietly with these things.

So please—hear me when I say:

You are not alone. Reach out for help. Get support. And remember: you are ever loved.

No matter what.

With love and sovereignty,

Sharada

KEYNOTES

-The “Bone Woman”

-Embraces rawness, transparency, and sacred vulnerability

-How societal programming can root deep shame

-The body’s decay becomes a portal to liberation

-Underwent bone graft surgery due to bone loss threatening her teeth

-Alternative Healing & Western medical interventions

-Symbolic & Emotional Layers on ‘teeth’ and ‘surgery’

-Vedanta as Medicine

-Every perceived loss is a gain when met through the lens of devotion, inquiry, and love

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Download Here: Sacred Teeth Journey PDF

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What if the true purpose of your relationship isn’t to complete you, but to free you?

This sharing arose within a sacred container inside the Devi Temple—a membership, a space where we come together in devotion, inquiry, and remembrance.

After returning from the Eros Mystery School immersion with Dr. Marc Gafni, Kristina Kincaid, Marcus & Vylana Aubrey, I felt the pulse to speak to what was stirring deeply in the field of relationship, marriage, separation, and the eternal path of wholeness.

Together, we explore the Vedic understanding that life itself is relationship…not just between people, but between self and the whole. In a world aching from what Dr. Gafni calls a global intimacy disorder, many of us are left reaching for connection from a place of not knowing who we are. This not-knowing becomes the root of so much pain, confusion, and grasping in love.

From the lens of Vedanta, relationships are not ends in themselves, but mirrors…sacred grounds for ego development, healing, and ultimately, liberation. We explore the nature of self-knowledge as freedom, the radical idea of relationship-less-ness, and the evolution from rolemates to soulmates to wholemates—those who walk together with a shared vision of truth.

We also speak to the very human experience of need: how we haven’t learned to ask, how we sometimes sever what still holds value, and how learning to articulate what we require, without shame, can itself be a spiritual practice.

✨ This is not a guide to fixing relationships. It’s an invitation to see through them—to the love that doesn’t leave, the presence that was never separate, and the infinite being we are, even in the mess, the longing, and the grace of it all.

Listen to the full episode when you're ready to sit with the beauty, the paradox, the freedom of sacred relating, and sit with the inquiry: What if every relationship, especially the difficult ones, were an invitation to return home to yourself?

Keynotes:

LINKS

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The Muse (The Golden Womb) Online Group Coaching : https://www.devischool.info/the-muse-online-group-coaching

The Permission (Free Mistress Class aka Master Class): https://www.devischool.info/the-permission

Join the Devi Temple Membership, a one of a kind journey to the sanctuary of your magnificent being where you discover that all you have ever wanted is already here: https://www.devischool.info/devi-temple

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We’ve been conditioned to chase the thrill…the butterflies, the intoxicating pull, the undeniable chemistry. We’re told it’s a sign, a cosmic green light that we’ve found the one. But what if that rush isn’t leading us to love at all? What if it’s keeping us in a cycle of heartbreak, confusion, and unmet expectations? What if the real secret to love isn’t in the sparks, but in something deeper—something we create rather than just feel?

This is exactly what we explore in my latest episode of Born to Be Free with the brilliant Alison Armstrong. She is not just a relationship expert, she’s a pioneer in understanding the intricate dynamics between men and women. With over two decades of research, her work, including The Queen’s Code, has transformed how people navigate love, dating, and commitment. In our conversation, she strips away the illusions we’ve been sold about love, revealing why we get stuck in destructive patterns, how we unconsciously sabotage intimacy, and how we can begin choosing relationships that truly nourish us.

Together, we dismantle the myth of chemistry, exposing how it blinds us, tricks us into seeing what we want instead of what is, and often keeps us chasing love that isn’t real. We uncover the difference between fleeting passion and deep connection, the illusion that we must deserve love versus simply receiving it, and the silent expectations that sabotage relationships before they even begin. This episode isn’t just a conversation…it’s an invitation to shift how we approach love, to move from chasing sparks to building something unshakable.

If you’ve ever felt pulled into love that fades too fast or wondered why attraction doesn’t always lead to fulfillment, this episode is for you. Listen now, and let’s rewrite the way we love—starting with the way we understand it.

KEY NOTES:

-Guest introduction: Alison Armstrong as a relationship expert who has studied men and women for over two decades

-Sharada discovered Alison through Layla Martin’s podcast and felt deeply drawn to her work

-Alison’s Approach & Teaching Philosophy

-Her Journey into Relationship Studies

-The Queen’s Code, a book that took over a decade to develop

-Chemistry vs. Connection in Relationships

-Alison’s upcoming YouTube series will cover Chemistry & Connection, explaining how to create, manage, and balance both.

-The Trap of Feeling ‘Deserving’ in Love

-The deserving equation leads to self-sabotage

-Role of Expectations in Relationships

-Restoration and healing require acknowledging both injuries and dishonors in relationships

-Importance of self-forgiveness and breaking out of destructive emotional cycles

-Alison’s future work & upcoming book sequel, The King’s Code

ABOUT Alison Armstrong

Alison Armstrong’s exploration of human behavior began in 1991, with her decision to study men:

"To find out how I was bringing out the worst in them. And hopefully, how to bring out the best." Her success in understanding men naturally led to studying women’s behavior and making vital connections between the two.

As her work evolved over decades, Alison now illuminates human characteristics that precede and express themselves regardless of gender, age, and upbringing. She distinguishes normal human instincts that compel both men and women to behave in ways that contradict and undermine our own purposes, goals, values, needs, and relationships.

Besides fulfilling the need to understand why people behave as they do, Alison offers practical, partnership-based alternatives. Through her seminars, books, online programs, and media contributions, she has been giving millions of people access to more fulfilling lives, loving relationships, stronger families, and productive organizations.

Alison is a sought-after speaker and thought leader among people with the desire to live empowered lives. Her philosophy and approach are referenced and taught by other authors, speakers, business consultants, and therapists.

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Website: https://www.alisonarmstrong.com/

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So much of our suffering comes from forgetting—forgetting our own light, our connection to the divine, the simplicity of happiness. We search for meaning, for healing, for something that will make us feel whole. But what if nothing was ever lost? What if purification is not just about cleansing, but about returning to the truth of our being?

This is the wisdom that flowed through my conversation with two of Bali's most beloved spiritual leaders..

In this episode of Born to Be Free, I am joined by Ida Rsi Wisesanatha and Mahā Devī, a High Priest and High Priestess of Bali—guides, healers, and keepers of sacred wisdom. Their devotion to spiritual service is profound, rooted in an ancient lineage where the art of energetic realignment is not just a ritual, but a profound energetic process—one that clears the past, dissolves unnecessary energy, and creates space for true awakening.

Ida Rsi explains that purification is about restoring balance—not just in this lifetime, but even through the unseen imprints of past experiences. It is a process of releasing, of un-skinning the soul, so that we may step closer to our true selves.

Mahā Devī shares how, as a High Priestess, she moves through this work intuitively—feeling the energy of those she guides, sensing where the body and soul are calling for release. Through deep connection, through water, through intention, she guides others back to themselves.

Because ultimately, purification is not about becoming something different. It is about returning to what has always been true. It is about dissolving the layers that have covered our light, the distractions that pull us away, the noise that makes us forget that happiness—real, unshakable happiness—is not something we need to chase. It is already here.

How often do we complicate what is actually simple? How often do we chase after something that was within us all along?

This conversation is an invitation—to purify, to remember, to return. If you have been feeling the pull to reconnect with yourself, to let go of the old and step into something lighter, this episode is for you.

And for those who feel called to deepen their journey, Ida Rsi will also be part of the upcoming Priestess Initiation here in Swasti—bringing their sacred knowledge and presence to this powerful rite of passage. To learn from him in this way, to experience the depth of his wisdom and healing firsthand, is a rare and profound gift.

KEYNOTES

ABOUT Ida Rsi Wisesanatha 

Ida Rsi Wisesanatha (Bali High Priest) is a sociable and modern priest. Ida Rsi became involved in the spiritual world through his work as a meditator in 1981. By 2000, he was deeply connected and guided by nature (the Great Spirit of Bali), holy spirits, and Gods.

Ida Rsi Wisesanatha is the High Priest, Leader and Spiritual Master of the ‘Forum Studi Majapahit’ since 2003. His guidance supports his students who are passionate in serving the people, restoring the spirit of Dharma, and helping people find their way to enlightenment.

Prior to his appointment as High Priest, Ida Rsi started his professional career in a junior role within the hospitality industry, successfully working his way to the top of his profession as President Director of a Hotel Management company.

He continues his role as mentor for several younger leaders of the next generation, inspiring them to be their best selves through growth and challenge.

Follow Ida Rsi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ida_rsi_wisesanatha/

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The Truth About Menopause: A New Era of Feminine Power with Gaiana 

In this episode of Born To Be Free, I have the honor of welcoming back my dear friend, Beta Gaiana Radha Lisboa—a trauma therapist, family constellation therapist, and author of Women’s Embodiment Guide.

Together, we dive into the topic of menopause and challenge the widespread narrative that it marks the decline of a woman’s radiance, libido, power, and status. In reality, it is the opposite.

Across various traditions, menopause is recognized as a time of wisdom and empowerment—whether as vrddha in the Vedic tradition, the Amazon woman, the māgā, or the healer.

This is a phase where women harness the fruits of their years of experience and step into their roles as wise elders, guiding the next generation. We also explore sacred sexuality and how, for Gaiana, menopause resurfaced unprocessed sexual trauma.

Through deep healing practices, she found her inner power, realizing that she is more alive and vibrant than ever. Instead of being an ending, this phase became her “second spring,” as it is called in Taoist tradition. Another powerful transformation emerged from this period: Kanika, Gaiana’s temple-wear clothing brand, which she devoted three years to creating.

This offering became an integral part of her journey, allowing her to honor this transition with grace and dignity—something many struggle with when menopause is not met with proper care, nourishment, and rest in earlier years.

We also discuss the importance of rituals and rites of passage, marking each phase of life with sacred intention. This conversation is a powerful reminder that menopause is not an end—it is an initiation into deeper wisdom, sensuality, and embodied power.

Key Notes

- Menopause as Empowerment: Contrary to societal beliefs, menopause is a time of strength, radiance, and wisdom

- Traditional Perspectives: The Vedic and other ancient traditions recognize this phase as entering the role of the wise woman, healer, or Amazon woman.

- Sacred Sexuality & Healing: Gaiana’s journey included healing past trauma and discovering deeper sensuality and vitality.

- “Second Spring”: In Taoist tradition, menopause is seen as a rebirth into new energy, rather than an end - Kanika

– A Sacred Offering: The creation of her temple-wear brand helped Gaiana move through this transition with grace and purpose.

- The Role of Ritual: Rites of passage and sacred ceremonies are essential for honoring life transitions.

- Preparation is Key: Menopause is easier when the years of bleeding are met with proper rest, nourishment, and self-care.


Tune in and join us for this intimate, transformative dialogue.

Follow Gaiana on Instagram

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Beta Gaiana Lisboa is a passionate Brazilian spiritual seeker, founder of Dynamic Spiral Yin Fascial Yoga, a fascia awareness yoga system. She offers  and a Yoga Mentoring Program and is a Women's Embodiment Coach, a Somatic Experiencing Trauma Therapist, a Myofascial Release Bodywork Healer, and Author. She has over 25 years of research and study in Women’s Embodiment and Trauma Healing Integration. Her School of Yoga advocated over more than 500 graduates in 20 different countries with over 5000 hours of teaching experience. 

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Have you ever felt life gently nudging you in a certain direction, through a chance encounter, a perfectly timed moment, or an unexplained pull in your heart? These moments, however subtle, carry the potential to reshape our lives when we learn to trust them—whispering ancient wisdom that our souls somehow recognize.

In this week's episode of Born to Be Free, I am honored to welcome the luminous Vivien, a sister, a student, and a radiant soul whose story is a testament to resilience, self-love, and the sacred dance of surrender. Her journey unfolds like a masterpiece of human spirit, where heartbreak and challenges transformed into the very foundation of a life overflowing with abundance and sovereignty.

At just 24 years old, Vivien faced an ectopic pregnancy—a devastating experience that not only threatened her physical existence but left her with the heartbreaking prognosis that she might never conceive naturally. This news could have shattered her world into irreparable pieces, but instead, it marked the beginning of a profound transformation. She turned inward, seeking healing through the ancient wisdom of yoga, purifying detox practices, and sacred rituals, which eventually led her to defy medical odds and become the mother of two beautiful boys.

But her story isn't only about overcoming physical challenges; it's about reclaiming her inner power in its most raw and authentic form. Vivien shares how she once lost herself in the labyrinth of relationships, pouring all her love and energy into others while suppressing her own wild, creative essence. A pivotal moment came when she chose to embrace celibacy—not as a rejection of connection, but as a radical act of self-love that would reshape her entire understanding of relationships. It wasn't just about abstaining. It was about bringing all the love and attention you had been giving to others back to yourself. It was about reclaiming sovereignty.

This decision allowed her to heal deeply ingrained patterns of overgiving and set boundaries, especially within relationships that didn't align with her highest self. Vivien shares how she often suppressed her wild woman and lover archetypes to maintain harmony, only to realize that doing so stifled her creativity, joy, and the very essence of who she was meant to be.

Along the way, Vivien found herself guided by synchronicities and sacred encounters that reflected the inner work she needed to embrace —like meeting a German engineer on a plane who spoke of cosmic love or crossing paths with a woman whose story mirrored her own struggles with self-worth and boundaries. These chance encounters became divine messages, reminding her of the wisdom and courage she already held within.

Her transformation reached a profound depth during The Nectar of You immersion I recently hosted in Portugal. Surrounded by sisters and held in the embrace of sacred rituals, Vivien shed old fears and limiting beliefs that had weighed her down for years. She describes the experience as a reclamation of her wild, creative essence and a return to her own inner nectar—a wellspring of joy, power, and self-worth that had always been within her, waiting to be remembered.

But there's so much more to this story than words can capture. How does one describe the moment when a woman realizes she's been living in the shallow waters of life when an ocean of possibility awaits? What really happens when we stop dimming our light to make others comfortable?

Join us for this raw, unfiltered conversation that dares to ask: What becomes possible when we finally trust the whispers of our soul?

Let Vivien's journey be your invitation to dive deeper into your own mystery—to reclaim your power, trust your intuition, and remember that sometimes, the most profound healing begins with a simple act of coming home to yourself.

KEYNOTES:

ABOUT Vivien Ji

Vivien Ji is a leader in holistic detox healing arts and the founder of Lifeblooms. With over 15 years of experience and more than 10,000 hours of coaching as an ICF Professional Certified Coach, she empowers individuals through personal growth and transformation. A certified yoga teacher with 19 years of practice, Vivien is also a certified vegan raw food chef, juice detox practitioner, and Ayurvedic naturopath trainer.

Currently living in Bali, she has traveled to Spain and Costa Rica to co-facilitate retreats committed to the development of holistic healing arts, coaching, and feminine power awakening courses.

Follow Vivien on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jivivien/

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