Bettina Roth is a leadership coach and conscious dance teacher who brings people together to discover the joy and the power of being fully embodied. Here she defines the term ‘Embodiment’ and speaks to the intelligence of our intuition and describes how sensing into our body influences the way we think, feel and act in the world and how it connects to one’s capacity to live and lead with greater clarity, presence and impact.

It was such a pleasure and an honour to have this conversation with my teacher and the author of some of my favourite books! She is a modern day priestess, author, feminist and a kind and skillful leader in the art of holding women’s circles. In addition to writing her underground classic ‘Aphrodite’s Daughters’, and many other powerful books, she’s known for travelling to the Middle East to hold healing circles in Gaza with Jewish and Palestinian Women.

As an artist, coach and tantric explorer, Julia Goudkova offers a unique, in-depth perspective on how to approach sexuality, sensuality and embodiment as an avenue for healing grief, growing in self-understanding and moving towards more self-acceptance and love.

In this third episode of Shakti Stories, Melissa shares how the secret to healing lies in sexual energy. She is bold and unapologetic in making her point that pleasure is our birthright. The episode does have explicit content so feel free to move on if it’s not resonating with you... alternatively, stay with it and see if you might harvest some real gems. She speaks about Sacred Sexuality, Womb Wellness, exploring The Law of Attraction in love making and putting our personal pleasure first! The views expressed are that of the guest.

In this second episode of Shakti Stories, Jade is such a great example of a woman who leads from The Feminine. She shares in this episode how to map your menstrual cycle, release the shame around our moon time and embrace the rhythms of deep BEING. She teaches us the wisdom of our "magical menstruation" by walking us through the 4 archetypal patterns in our monthly cycles. Content warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault.

Welcome! This first episode of Shakti Stories will open the door to the idea of Shakti and invite you to consider what it may mean to you in your life! Do you give yourself permission to be honest about what you most deeply desire?  The first session of Shakti Stories is a conversation with life coach & yoga teacher Mahan Khalsa who shares her inspiring insights around how to live into more happiness, joy, health and honesty.