Folk Medicine Practitioner Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman on the Role of the Dreamer and Visions for a Community [episode 61]

Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman shares about embodying your archetypes and creating the freedom to express and explore who you truly are. You’ll also hear about: Visions of a community, inspired by a dream On relating and healthy intimacy Reconnecting with your intuitive self On finding healthy male role models ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is a Taino-Irish-American folk medicine practitioner specializing in sacred plant medicines for communication and relationship. Raised on a 100 acre Christmas tree farm in rural Connecticut shared with 4 generations of family, she was taught from a young age the importance of community stewardship and living in harmony with the natural world.  Erin holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security NYC prison, facilitated women’s initiatory journeys and organized retreats with indigenous and emerging wisdom keepers since 2007. She currently resides at Rio Cosmico, a homestead, seasonal ceremonial micro village, and Library of Earth Magic located in Kumeyaay territory in Southern California where she provides multidimensional support to others on the green road to a responsible, creative, liberated embodiment. In this episode, we talk about: A dream that Yaya Erin had which inspired her to reconnect with Earth Speak Dreamwork and what can be revealed about ourselves How Yaya Erin was moved to join the Village On creating new structures of connection, outside mainstream social media  On creating empowered solutions Reconnecting with your intuitive self On the role of the dreamer Finding healthy male role models On embodying the masculine and being a goddess worshiper Embodying your archetypes On exploring and expressing the spectrum of who you are On healthy intimacy Love as karmic super-glue On autism and learning to fake being ‘normal’ Uncoupling from a 10-year marriage On knowing when it’s your time to talk and your time to listen Recognizing your triggers, traumas, and unhealthy patterns Creating connection in a disconnected and fragmented time On co-creating a safe container with your Spirit team The fractal nature of reality And so much more! Secret Episodes! 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Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Yaya Erin’s offerings at www.activeculturefamily.com Connect with Yaya Erin on Instagram @Activeculturefamily // https://www.instagram.com/Activeculturefamily/ Connect with Yaya Erin on Patreon @activeculturefamily Explore Yaya Erin’s other offerings at www.riocosmico.org Join the Earth Speak Village at https://www.earthspeak.love/village   Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret    References: Kristen Houser || episode 60 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/kristen-houser-60 Blendily https://www.blendily.com   Native Land https://native-land.ca   Yaya Erin on Dream Freedom Beauty || episode 72 https://tinyurl.com/fp7sw3ed Genetic Haplogroup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup Rio Cosmico www.riocosmico.org The Taino people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno Greek key motif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander_(art) Sex Education (TV series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_(TV_series) Werner Herzog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog Elon Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Archetype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype Lady of the Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Lake The red road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_red_road  Tantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra Saraswati https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati  Kali https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali Clairsentience  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clairsentience  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva Shakti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti Pigment || Shop https://www.shoppigment.com/ Peyote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote  Gaslighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting Clairvoyant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance Dreaming With the Ancestors || Workshop  https://www.riocosmico.org/courses/dreaming-with-the-ancestors     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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