A proud and unyielding advocate for the unheard voices of Elbert County, Ally shines a light on the injustices, especially of race and gender, still very prevalent in rural communities. In episode 11, we dive into her work in social justice with the Methodist Church, the Non-profit BFG and her 15 years as a choral director and educator in a Title 1 school. She takes us through the challenges of facing fierce resistance from parents, school administrators and community members to incorporate cultural awareness and social-emotional learning in her classroom to the point of violent threats. Despite that, Ally continues to support the underserved, both financially and culturally, in Elbert County making direct impact through education, ministry and philanthropy. See the links below to learn more:

https://open.spotify.com/show/5CTX26hbB75yET1TvhqN2w?si=l9hnern4TuWA-HLe1SGjPA

To take the Implicit Bias test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Steeped in the scientific arena of Veterinary Medicine, Lauren takes us through her journey into the intuitive nature of her gift for Animal Communications. From childhood, she always had a gift to connect with animals, both wild and domestic. After transitioning to an end-of-life care Vet, her gift to communicate with the animals evolved into a sharp tool for understanding their direct messages. Lauren now has a practice dedicated to the link between animal and human with profound clarity and insight. Through this episode, she takes us through the challenges and grace that has been bestowed along the way both from the animals she has been in service to and her own pets.

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In episode 9, Chuck takes us on along his edition of the Hero's Journey. Breaking away from the well trodden path of engineering, Chuck jumped on his bike into the great Unknown to follow a passion for West African Drumming and Family Constellations. Tied into both seemingly unrelated practices is a multidimensionality that allows an experience of oneself on multiple levels or rhythms simultaneously in a coherent manner. In this way, we can work through our Entanglements, Soul Agreements and Conflicts through a powerful alchemical process in relation to our family systems. Through this healing mechanism, we can discover the origin of the patterns that held love and life force from being disseminated through our lineage, thus enabling us to hold our family members in our hearts in a different way.

https://www.constellationjourneys.com/

In part 2, we unfold the catharsis and wisdom of Steve's exploration into the Sufi tradition and the nervous system. In this episode we uncover the unique challenges posed by those with neurodivergence. In forming his own model of Polyvagal Theory, Steve provides a deep insight into how our nervous system responds to stimulus and threat from the outside world. Steve integrates the knowledge of the nervous system with the spiritual journey to show how we can be with our sympathetic state responses with loving presence. This remembering is the fundamental tool we have to help us regulate the swings life's challenging circumstances.

In episode 7, Amy and I interview our special guest and dear friend Steve Mattus. Known for his loving presence and kindness, Steve is a pioneer in merging the scientific understanding of the nervous system with the spiritual path. In this episode, Steve takes us through his tremendous journey through unimaginable circumstances of abuse & betrayal. Despite overwhelming odds and stripped of his own agency, Steve has emerged through his path with an immense understanding and embodiment of love. An often slippery and overused term, Steve cuts right to the heart of the matter teaching us how to embrace more love, not less, in All-Ways.

To connect with Steve: https://actualinfinity.com

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In episode 6, Amy & Dan shine a light on the roles of nourishment and play in the context of emotional well being. Uncovering key dynamics and tools for nourishing, Amy and Dan lean on a few decades experience of processing & integrating emotional experiences. Then they turn the page to the concept of play and how it can be a powerful tool for achieving the "flow state" and facilitate healing. Amy and Dan offer their perspectives of its importance for adults in the modern landscape and the relationship between our intention to play and the results we then might experience.

In episode 5, Amy introduces the process of how to connect to the heart system in order to process challenging experiences, ground our bodies to work through emotional dissonance. We discuss some challenges posed by the structure of modern society to connect to our heart system, but explain the electromagnetic power it contains and reasons for doing so regularly. In closing, Amy takes us through a guided meditation exercise to connect to our heart center in order to feel grounded and centered, setting the stage for us to receive nourishment and embrace playfulness. This is part 1 of 2.

Links: Amy's Guided Meditation https://youtu.be/PSfP8dXZmHI?si=O0Ii-FJoZVLcdHSR

Heart Math Institute https://www.heartmath.org/

Join us on the 4th episode for a beautiful love story between Tripp and his mother Susan. A wise, devoted and compassionate mother, she left behind a her most important gift for Tripp posthumously. This gift helped him to be able to work through the grief of her loss and manage the plethora of administration, planning and decision-making required after a loved-one's passing. For the first time ever, Tripp tells us the story behind the Deadbook, a wonderful tool to help us plan for our inevitable transition from the Earth.

In this episode, Dan takes us on a journey through the eight limbs of yoga. Referencing the book, The Yoga Sutras, we explore the teaching and invitation of each limb in context of modern day society. Through this exploration, we uncover the goal of yoga and the ways that it challenges us to purify, refine and reshape aspects of our lives. By doing so, the yoga teaching suggests we can reach a state of being that reflects our true nature.

In episode 2 we dive into a primary channel of subtle sense awareness: the empathic ability. In our view, the empathic ability is one who is aware of the sensations and emotions of others. We discuss how this skill can be a useful tool for sensitive people and also the challenges it can pose. We also discuss the role of emotions and how we can use the information that emotions bring us for growth, maturation and transformation.