Erotic Devotion (formerly home-body podcast)

Dip your toe into February’s astrology with a forecast looking at the New Moon in Aquarius, Mercury stationing direct + the first half of the month. We’ll also take a look at the Two of Pentacles in the Tarot as an energetic guide for our journey.

we discuss —

• New Moon in Aquarius
• Mercury stationing Direct
• Mars sextile Jupiter
• Mercury entering Aquarius (again)
• the Two of Pentacles
• invitations to practice joy, levity, surrender, even funny, so we can keep up with the movement + the balance asked of us

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

KINtalks episode w— Amelia Hruby

Imbolc episode from 2021

Mentioned in the episode—

The Gentle Tarot

I Love Lucy chocolate factory skit

Thich Nhat Hanh

Ten Love Letters to the Earth, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Zen + the Art of Saving the Planet, book by Thich Nhat Hanh

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free —more about the Houses in your Birth Chart

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Can service be pleasurable? How do I take care of myself while caring for others? These questions often take center stage in our conversations about self-care, providing services, creating businesses and making change. In today’s episode, Amelia Hruby + Mary Grace unpack the relationship between our connections + service — how they inform one other + how they help us envision lives that are more in alignment with who we are.

Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, speaker & founder of podcast studio Softer Sounds. Over the past decade, she’s been a a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Now she helps babes get their voices off social media & onto the airwaves.

we discuss —

• reframing our life as an ecosystem
• how connection is essential to our full expression
• is service something “extra” that we do?
• the relationship to between service to ourselves + service to others
• why taking care of ourselves doesn’t always happen first
• how to be of service without being codependent, a martyr or a “savior”
• the Star card in the Tarot + how it holds a vision of service

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Your Deep Alignment is a Portal
• Episode w— Amelia Hruby

More about our guest —

Amelia’s website

Softer Sounds studio

Mentioned in the episode—

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, edited by Roxane Gay

“The Uses of the Erotic : The Erotic as Power”, by Audre Lorde

the Star card in the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck

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8 Resources to Improve your Tarot Readings

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This episode guides you through the astrology for the second half of January 2022, including: the Full Moon in Cancer, Mercury stationing retrograde, Venus stationing direct + Mars entering Capricorn. 

we discuss —

• Mercury stationing Rx
• Full Moon in Cancer
• Uranus stationing Direct
• The Nodes changing signs
• the Sun entering Aquarius
• Mars enters Capricorn
• Venus stations Direct

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• the New Moon in Capricorn — Astrology + Energy Forecast for January 2022
• Align With Your Body. Align with Nature. w— Alyssa Benjamin
• Plant Wisdom, Humanity + the Microbiome w— Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs

Mentioned in the episode—

Learn more about 1:1 Astrology Sessions

Hormone Intelligence, book by Aviva Romm, M.D.

“Praise the Rain,” poem by Joy Harjo

Free Resources —

Your free Houses Cheat Sheet — Learn what topics will get activated with this month’s astrology

a free article all about this Venus retrograde

how to work with the Nodes in Taurus + Scorpio (+ this year's Eclipse dates)

Sign up for the Threshold event on Ecology, Art + the Erotic

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

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Back-to-nature guide Alyssa Benjamin tells us how re-aligning with our bodies is re-aligning with nature, the value of winter seasons of life, + what she’s learned from a healing journey with her digestion.

Alyssa Benjamin is a writer, intuitive coach, back to nature guide and founder of the Our Nature Studio, which explores the methods, systems and practices that bring us into harmony and alignment with the natural world. On behalf of Our Nature, she hosts workshops, retreats, courses and a podcast where she speaks with experts from a variety of fields about how reconnecting to the nature around us helps us reconnect to the nature within us.

we discuss —

• How we can relate more holistically to the idea of Winter — both in nature and in the inner seasons of life
• Digestion difficulties — all the ways our life and our body is digesting the world around us
• Alyssa’s personal healing journey around digestion and what it has taught her about relating to the world, to her body, and her food
• The importance of finding JOY in our food and what we take in. Joy is an essential ingredient.
• How nature’s definition of well-being may differ from our contemporary, societal definition

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Episode w— Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs

Episode w— Langston Kahn

Episode w— Miranda Aponte of Mariposa Journal

More about our guest —

Listen to the Our Nature podcast

Follow Alyssa on IG @ournaturealways

Alyssa’s website

Mentioned in the episode—

Divya Alter, Ayurveda practitioner

Wintering, book by Katherine May

The Body Keeps the Score, book by Bessel Van der Kolk

Call of the Wild, book by Kimberly Ann Johnson

Free Resources —

Blog post all about Venus Retrograde in Capricorn

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Mary Grace's website + newsletter sign up

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Check out KIN: our online membership + learning center

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Meet the upcoming astrology transits for January 2022, including : the New Moon in Capricorn, Venus retrograde updates + Mercury moving into Aquarius. This episode also contains an energy forecast about how we can approach this moment + what might be holding us back.

we discuss —

• Sun trine Uranus
• the New Moon in Capricorn
• Mercury entering Aquarius
• Venus conjunct the Sun
• Mars square Neptune
• the importance of transitions to arrive whole
• how we go further together
• what happens when we over-stabilize our lives

Book your personalized 1:1 session by January 6 to get lower pricing + a $25 rebate.

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Episode on Saturn square Uranus

Episode with more on Venus Rx

Episode on how it is (+ isn’t) safe to be human

Mentioned in the episode—

“Encouraging Nature through Farming with Author James Rebanks” blog post

Emergent Strategy, book by Adrienne Maree Brown

“Kiss of the Sun,” poem by Mary Ruefle

Free Resources —

Blog post all about this Venus retrograde

Stay Connected —

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Mary Grace’s website

Learn more about 1:1 sessions

Check out KIN : our online membership platform + learning center

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.

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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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Artist, writer + publisher Alkistis Dimech highlights the daimonic space and what it means to interact with what she calls "the occulted body." She muses on how the body holds magic and is an ever-unfolding landscape in the dance that is life. We discuss the goddess Babalon, the pleasures of this world and the flesh, and orienting to different narratives about time. It sparkles.

Alkistis Dimech is a writer + artist – working principally with dance and the body. Her practice is grounded in butô (dark dance). Her work explores the occulted dimensions of the body and its subtle anatomy as an archaeology of the flesh. With Peter Grey, she is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, an independent press which publishes practitioner-oriented works on the occult, esotericism + magic.

we discuss —

• The “occulted body” + rejecting dualism 
• The body as a way to re-learn and re-create language
• Why witchcraft needs to be re-wilded
• The role of the daimon and connecting with the sacred in-between
• Connective tissue + divination
• Embracing an erotic eschatology
• Cyclical time as a rejection of finality
• The (im)permanency of a creative act

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —
Episode w— Michael J Morris
Episode w— Zaneta Sykes

More about our guest —
Alkistis Dimech's website
Scarlet Imprint website

Mentioned in the episode—
The Brazen Vessel, book by Peter Grey + Alkistis Dimech
The Red Goddess, book by Scarlet Imprint
The Brazen Vessel, digital version
Antonin Artaud, A Theatre and its Double
Butoh
Tatsumi Hijikata**
Marie-Gabrielle Rotie

Free Resources —
free article + class on Venus Retrograde

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Herbalist + podcaster Miranda Aponte joins us today to talk about how plants invite us to take our power back and remember how to listen to our bodies. In this conversation, we talk about go-to herbs for the skin + the magical simplicity of a facial steam. We also talk about the complexity of plants and how they show up differently for different people; and we go on a meta journey into some of the core differences between contemporary Western medicine and plant medicine. No either/or conversations here, but Miranda shares about why it's important to take our power back when it comes to our bodies and how plants can help us learn to listen to ourselves, the natural world and build that bridge towards healing and trust.

Miranda Aponte is a boriqua curandera and the founder of Mariposa. Mariposa was created with the purpose of sharing and uplifting the intersections of healing, eco and social co liberation with reverence. She is studying to be an herbalist and carries the ancestral lineage of her Grandmother's medicine woman ways.

we discuss —

• how healing is a process of remembering our relationship to the Earth
• how the natural world invites us to become who we were meant to be
• examples of working regeneratively within the fashion industry
• four go-to herbs for skin healing + beautification
• the magical simplicity (+ effectiveness) of a facial steam
• how plants can show up differently for different people
• how plant medicine approaches healing differently than pharmaceuticals
• bringing all of ourselves, our listening and discernment to a healing journey

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode w— Felicia Ruiz
• Episode w— Gina Badger
• Episode w— Asia Suler

More about our guest —

• Miranda's website
• Miranda's podcast
• Miranda's IG

Mentioned in the episode—

• Christy Dawn
• Nowadays on Earth, founder Kalpana Arias

Free Resources —

• free guide to the upcoming Venus Retrograde in Capricorn
• interested in KIN? learn more here

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Join us for a mutual interview + conversation on courage, surviving life's compost piles and what the word "kin" means to us. Ponder how you approach the decisions that make up the ecosystem of your life and the relationship between your beliefs + actions (spoiler alert: it's not about changing your thoughts).

we discuss —

• what we relate to our calling — how it alchemizes + changes over time
• the role of trust in self-actualization
• what the word "KIN" means to us and how it holds our desires/dreams for the world
• undoing the idea that we have to be exceptional, best or unique in the right ways
• what we’ve learned from times we’ve missed the mark and ended up in the compost pile
• our ideas of courage and how it influences how we live
• the relationship between beliefs and actions
• how we can orient to what feels good and noting whether or not we are satisfiable
• honoring the body as a compass and it’s adipose tissue ;)
• how we approach living systems, our tools for big picture thinking + making decisions
• what we are excited about + how we are showing up to KIN

LINKS

Interested in KIN? Get more info.

🌟Join Rachelle + Grace this Sunday 12/12 for a free, 45-minute class on  Somatic Strategies for Overwhelm. Sign up here!

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —
Episode on The Power of Deep Alignment for Beautiful Futures

More about our guest —
Rachelle's website

Mentioned in the episode—
the Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual Cannibalism, book by Rudi
Regeneration, book by Paul Hawken
The Huberman Lab podcast
Emergent Strategy + Pleasure Activism, books by Adrienne Maree Brown
Braiding Sweetgrass, book by Robin Wall Kimmerer Malidoma Somé

Free Resources —
free article + tips for Venus retrograde

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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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This episode is a map to the major astrological transits for this last month of 2021, including : the upcoming eclipse in Sagittarius, Venus stationing retrograde, the final Saturn-Uranus square and Jupiter returning to Pisces. So much movement happening this month! But this episode walks you through the major themes in a way that gives you context without confusion so you can move mindfully through your holiday season.

This episode is brought to you by Tracee Stanley's bestselling book Radiant Rest. Radiant Rest is a comprehensive and exquisite guide to the ancient, accessible practice of yoga nidra — a deep relaxation technique that allows you to rest in spacious awareness while you connect to your innate power and wisdom. Order your copies at RadiantRest.com and learn more about Tracee's work on her website www.traceeyoga.com and on Instagram @tracee_stanley.

we discuss —

• Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius
• Venus conjunct Pluto
• Venus stationing retrograde
• the landscape of the Underworld + how it shapes us
• the Sun's entrance into Capricorn
• Saturn square Uranus
• Jupiter entering Pisces

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode on Saturn square Uranus
• Episode w— Tracee Stanley
• Episode w— Rachelle Knowles

Mentioned in the episode—

• Blog Post on Venus Retrograde
• Interested in joining KIN? Click here + sign up to learn more.
• "Did It Ever Occur to you That Maybe You're Falling in Love?", poem by Ailish Hopper
• "Truth Serum," poem by Naomi Shihab Nye
• "Do Not be Ashamed," poem by Wendell Berry
• Underland, book by Robert MacFarlane

Free Resources —

a comprehensive article on Venus Rx

a free guide to the 12 Houses

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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.

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In this episode, curandera + indigenous foods activist Felicia Ruiz shares with us the importance of connecting to your ancestry and how to begin working with your ancestors. She shares with us what holds people back from connecting to their roots and what belonging + transformation can unfold when we undertake this healing invitation.

Felicia is a curandera, indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef whose work is deeply rooted in the healing properties of all earth medicines. Her business name came to be after friends lovingly called her "the kitchen curandera", as she was often creating healing foods and remedies in her tiny adobe kitchen.

Her work has been featured in Food & Wine, Spirituality & Health, and on "Padma Lakshmi's Taste The Nation" among many other platforms. Felicia lives in the Sonoran Desert with her husband, and she has a book coming out this month called Earth Medicines. We have a link below where you can order or pre-order your copy.

It is with great honor, that with permission from her elders and earning the title of Curandera in ceremony, Felicia carries on the lineage of natural healing ways through private consultations, medicine workshops, and ceremony.

we discuss —

• The perspective of plants + plant memory
• Centralizing ancestral relationships in both everyday life + ceremony
• The importance of connecting to your own medicine from your own land first
• The harm of appropriating and capitalizing on Native culture
• The healing she witnesses when people connect to their own ancestry
• How to begin your own ancestral healing journey
• How our individual healing is our responsibility and our gift
• What often holds people back from ancestral work
• Why shadow work is an important, valuable component to a spiritual path
• How food can help us reconnect to our heritage
• Personal insights + boundaries learned from her daily ancestor practice

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode w— Gina Badger
• Episode w— Daniel Foor

More about our guest —

• Felicia's website
• Felicia's IG
• Order Earth Medicines, book by Felicia Ruiz

Mentioned in the episode—

• Resma Menakem on On Being podcast

Free Resources —

• free class — the Moon in your Natal Chart

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