Erotic Devotion (formerly home-body podcast)

Somatic + shamanic practitioner Langston Kahn weaves us through our mutual accountabilities to our constellation of selves + collective healing. 

Join us as we talk about the difference between happiness + joy, the spiritual roots of burn-out and how we can re-frame triggers as gifts towards our healing.

we discuss—

• The difference between joy and happiness
• How we can cultivate coherence between our different layers of self + expression
• What it looks like to be (fiercely) accountable to the soul
• Contextualizing our spirituality as part of the whole cultural context
• Moving in and out of collective and individual healing
• What accountability can look like as it relates to burn-out, over-giving, codependence, and perfectionism
• What it looks like to be accountable to the soul
• How to make more coherent choices by recognizing our multiplicity of selves
• The value of being triggered + how we can use triggers as gifts
• On collaborating with apocalypse instead of being victims of it

LINKS —

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode w— Andréa Ranae
• Episode on the Power of Deep Alignment for Beautiful Futures

More about our guest —

• Langston's website
• Langston's IG
• Deep Liberation, book by Langston Kahn
• Langston's Energy Body Mastery Course

Mentioned in the episode—

• Kimberlé Crenshaw's TEDtalk on intersectionality
• Focusing, book by Eugene Gendlin
• Inner Relationship Focusing, Ann Weiser Cornell
• The Invisibles, a book series by Grant Morrison

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Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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Are technology + nature separate? At odds? Climate activist + ecosomatics educator Kalpana Arias joins the podcast to talk about embodied regeneration and ways to think more openly at the intersection of tech and climate. She asks us to remember our body as an ecosystem and to see ourselves as a part of the environment we’re in whether we live in the city or not.

Kalpana is a tech-anthropologist, climate activist, and ecosomatics educator currently working at the intersection between technology, nature, and urban design. In 2020 they founded Nowadays On Earth; a platform advocating for contact with nature in the digital age and growing environmental justice for individual and planetary wellbeing.

we discuss —

• what is ecosomatics?
• why is regeneration so important and how does it become something we embody?
• her simple practices for connecting to our earthliness
• how do we navigate the world as it is right now as opposed to just thinking about the world as a mental concept
• if our body is an ecology, what are the implications of that?
• what is a wider view of technology?
• our current crisis of imagination + lack of dreaming
• how to critically and sovereignly engage with technology
• where does tech serve climate activism or where could it + where does it not?

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Episode w— Alyssa Benjamin

Episode w— Miranda Aponte

Episode w— Langston Kahn

More about our guest —

Kalpana’s IG @nowadaysonearth

Check out Kalpana’s upcoming events here!

Mentioned in the episode—

• Nature in the Digital Age, article by Kalpana Arias + illustrations by Le.BLUE
• Stolen Focus, book by Johann Hari

Free Resources —

free info pamphlet for No Pesticides!

free Expand Your Intuition mini-course

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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Seeing, making + trusting the world. These are 3 themes that stood out to me the most while reading Annie Dillard’s essay collection, The Abundance. I will walk you through my summary of some of the most compelling quotes, ideas and prompts from this stunning compilation.

we discuss —

• the structure of the Abundance by Annie Dillard
• Theme #1 — Seeing, sensing or paying attention to the world
• Theme #2 — Embodying that attention by creating
• Theme #3 — the World is beautiful… trust the world

NOTE : for the first theme I discuss “seeing” a lot, and the kind of “seeing” i’m talking about is more of an awareness, attention and a presence. This kind of “seeing” is not dependent on actual, physical sight.

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Episode on Healthy Attachment to Creative Callings

Burn Out + Water Medicine

Beauty is Everything

The Abundance, book by Annie Dillard

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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Sewing as a way of holding grief and mending our hearts. Join artist + facilitator Melissa Word as we dive into embodied ways of reconciling and creativity as a powerful way to be together and move through grief.

Melissa Word is an artist, dancer, writer and facilitator. Her work takes the form of live performance, workshops, textile collages, drawings and newsletters. She specializes in creating transformative group experiences for people who want to feel more creative and connected to themselves–quilting classes for grief, movement classes for anxiety relief and body image repair, voice work for expanding consciousness. Her workshops can be found on her website, and her writing can be read regularly on her substack publication, Trust Fall.

we discuss —

• embodied ways of reconciling differences
• creativity as medium for moving through grief
• embracing our personal complexity
• the value of a marginal perspective
• sewing as meditation
• working with textiles as a mode for connecting to the Earth, ancestors, one another and our selves

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Episode w— Rachelle Robinett

Episode w— Octavia Raheem

More about our guest —

Melissa’s website

Melissa’s IG @melissawordstudio

Melissa’s substack

Free Resources —

Expand Your Intuition — free mini course

Stay Connected —

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Mary Grace's website

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This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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In this episode, mary grace + Pao Rodelas walk you through the astrology forecast for August 2022, including : Mars conj Uranus, the Full Moon in Aquarius, the New Moon in Virgo + Venus entering Leo.

Pao Rodelas is an astrologer who recently moved to Queens, NY from Hawai’i. She practices traditional astrology, with a focus on natal, solar returns, electional, and horary. She co-hosts two astrology podcasts: Fixed Astrology Podcast and Pinaystrology. Her big 3 are: Leo Sun, Taurus Moon, and Taurus Rising. Pao is also a competitive powerlifter, community organizer, and communications director. Follow her on Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @paostrology, for content on astrology, cats, worker organizing, and more. Website: paostrology.com

we discuss —

• Mars conjunct Uranus + N. Node
• Mercury in Virgo
• Mars square Saturn
• Full Moon in Aquarius
• Venus in Leo
• Mars enters Gemini
• Mercury in Libra
• New Moon in Virgo
• more 💫

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

July 2022 Astro Forecast — the prequel to this month’s episode

More about our guest —

Paola’s website

Paola’s IG + Twitter @paostrology

Mentioned in the episode—

• Ministry of the Future, book by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Selected Poems, poems by James Schuyler
• Untitled poem by James Baldwin
• Learn more about the Cosmic Calendar — a done-for-you Notion meets Astrology monthly calendar

Free Resources —

Get a free Cheat Sheet for the 12 Houses

Stay Connected —

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Mary Grace's website

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This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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in today's episode, we explore the astrology of July 2022. this includes mars squaring pluto, mars + mercury leaving their home signs, the full moon in capricorn, venus entering cancer, the sun entering Leo, Jupiter stationing retrograde, and the new moon in leo.

we discuss —

• Mars squaring Pluto
• Mars entering Taurus with the North Node + Uranus
• Mercury entering Cancer
• Full moon in Capricorn
• Mercury cazimi
• Mercury + the Sun opposing Pluto
• Venus entering Cancer
• Mercury entering Leo
• Sun entering Leo
• Mercury squaring Mars
• Jupiter stationing retrograde
• New moon in Leo

LINKS

Mentioned in the episode—

Learn more about the Cosmic Calendar here!

home—body newsletter

We read the poem “Magnificat” by Mary Ruefle on today’s episode.

Share what you’d like to hear in our next podcast season! Email us at [email protected]

Free Resources —

Watch the ReWild Self Care replay

Get the 12 Houses of Astrology cheat sheet + learn more on the 12 Houses blog post here

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This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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in today's episode, we explore the astrology of June 2022. this includes mercury stationing direct, Saturn stationing retrograde, Venus’ journey through Taurus + Gemini, the full moon in Sagittarius, the solstice, and the upcoming new moon in Cancer.

we discuss —

• insights from my podcast break (which i’m extending through July)
• Mercury stationing direct + re-entering Gemini
• Saturn stationing retrograde
• Venus + Uranus conjunction in Taurus
• Venus squaring Saturn rx
• Full moon in Sagittarius
• Sun enters Cancer + solstice
• Venus entering Gemini
• New moon in Cancer
• Neptune stationing retrograde

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• May’s astrology + energy forecast
• Burn out + water medicine

Mentioned in the episode—

Learn more about the Cosmic Calendar here!

Notion Nerd Nights Sign up — next one is June 8th!

home—body newsletter

“Envelopes of Air” a correspondence between Ada Limon + Natalie Diaz

Free Resources —

Take the Water Medicine quiz + be the first to know about the next life offering

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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In today's episode, we look ahead to the astrology for May 2022. This includes Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Aries, Mercury retrograde in Gemini & Taurus, the Lunar eclipse in Scorpio, Sun in Gemini, and the new moon in Gemini. We also talk about permission to rest, a podcast pause for spring, and a few exciting announcements.

we discuss —

• the new home—body website!
• a podcast pause in May & June
• Notion Nerd Night is back! on May 11
• the Cosmic Weather waitlist
• Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Aries
• Sun conjunct Uranus
• Mercury retrograde in Gemini & Taurus
• Lunar eclipse in Scorpio
• Mars conjunct Neptune
• Sun in Gemini
• Venus in Taurus
• Mars conjunct Jupiter
• New moon in Gemini

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Finding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia Raheem
• Burn Out + Water Medicine

Mentioned in the episode—

Get the Cosmic Calendar here!

Notion Nerd Nights Sign up

home—body newsletter

My Body, The Buddhist, book by Deborah Hay

“The Ocean”, poem by Hannah Emerson

Free Resources —

Houses Cheat Sheet

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Mary Grace’s website

home—body website

This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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Clinical Herbalist + founder of Pharmakon Supernatural joins us to talk about herbalism as a lifestyle, adaptogens, common protein myths + how small, simple acts with plants can open up transformation for us. 

Rachelle Robinett, RH (AHG) is a Registered Clinical Herbalist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Founder of Pharmakon Supernatural — a plant-based real-world wellness initiative. Rachelle combines her knowledge of herbal and traditional medicine, plant–based nutrition, and habit remodeling into holistic solutions for busy individuals seeking best-being in their bodies and minds. Rachelle maintains a private coaching practice in New York, founded and manages Pharmakon Supernatural, and is the creator of HRBLS — herbal remedy gummies for stress-anxiety relief, energy-endurance, and digestive health. Her passions include writing, educating, functional wellness, travel, and the exploration of the human experience.

we discuss —

• how the word pharmakon helps add more nuance to our understanding of medicine
• how plants invite us into more connection with science, magic and our own yearning
• unlocking more of our potential to feel good or feel better
• Rachelle’s favorite herbs for stress, anxiety + burn out
• common dietary myths about protein
• current trends in the herbal market that she is (+ isn’t) excited about

Use the code HOMEBODY for 15% off your one-time purchase at ursupernatural.com.

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode w— Lauren Haynes of WSH
• Episode w— Miranda Aponte
• Episode w— Tami + Selima Lust of iWilla Remedy

More about our guest —

Rachelle’s website

Rachelle’s IG

Mentioned in the episode—

“Protein, all there is to know...,” article

Stay Connected —

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This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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Today’s episode carries you through the second half of this very full astrological month, including the Full Moon in Libra + the upcoming eclipse at the end of the month, coinciding with one of the most positive aspects of the year.

we discuss —

• Mars enters Pisces
• Full Moon in Libra
• Mercury conjunct Uranus
• Sun square Pluto
• Sun enters Taurus
• Venus conjunct Neptune
• Solar eclipse in Taurus
• Venus conjunct Jupiter in Pisces

LINKS

Mentioned in the episode—

Tantra Illuminated, book by Christopher Wallis

“This is what was bequeathed us,” poem by Gregory Orr

Free Resources —

Sign up for Notion Nerd Nights

take the free Water Medicine quiz

Stay Connected —

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Mary Grace’s website

Learn more about 1:1 sessions

This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨

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Candlefire — a private fireside chat for this Equinox season 🕯️ Tune in.

Underworld MAven — Learn the ropes, recipes, and symbols from the guides, guardians, lovers and pussy powerhouses. Turns out, something that you really need is hidden down here (but if you come and get it) 🌑 Learn more & join now.

Free resources —

Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerful

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