No Mud, No Lotus: Embracing the Dark and the Divine

Can you meet your darkness with the same reverence you offer your light?

In this raw and liberating transmission from our Fundamentals of Tantra event Chantelle Raven invites us into the heart of Tantra — where awakening is not about rising above, but about descending into the body and welcoming all that we are.

Through stories, practice, and embodied wisdom, she guides us to see Kundalini not as something to control or “achieve,” but as life force itself — the pulse of creation, destruction, and renewal that moves through every breath. What happens when you stop resisting your contractions and start trusting your body’s intelligence? When you let the mud be mud — and find the lotus blooming right through it?

This episode is a fierce reclamation of the dark feminine — the part of us that feels deeply, speaks truth, and refuses to hide behind spiritual perfection. It’s an invitation to bring compassion to your shadow, reverence to your rage, and love to the parts of you that were once deemed “too much.”

If you’re a practitioner, space holder, or simply a human who feels deeply, this one will move you — and remind you that the divine isn’t separate from your humanity.

Inside This Episode:

• What Kundalini truly is and how to work with life force energy in the body

• The difference between contraction and resistance

• Dark Feminine vs. wounded feminine — how to know the difference

• Turning shame into self-acceptance through the “So f*cking what” mantra

• How spiritual conditioning can suppress our authentic expression

• Practicing radical acceptance before creating change

• The daily devotion of embodying your future self

There’s something holy that happens when we stop performing “high vibe” and start honoring what’s real. When we let rage move through love, and tears become our prayer.

This is the Tantra - where shadow and light, human and divine, are finally allowed to dance.

Top Quotes:

“Discomfort is only discomfort when we resist it.”

“There’s an ecstatic current available in every feeling.”

“Dark feminine isn’t chaos — it’s truth with compassion.”

“Accept first. From that place, change becomes devotion.”

And when you’re ready to walk deeper, come find us in the trainings, the retreats, the spaces where the lotus keeps blooming.

Resources + Links:

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Can you let yourself be nourished by life — without needing to earn it?

In this replay of the Nectar of Tantra Masterclass, Chantelle and Tara invite us into the art of receiving — of softening control, dissolving effort, and allowing life to move through us.

So many of us have learned to give more than we receive. To measure our worth through doing. But what happens when your soul asks you to stop striving and start listening? When pleasure becomes not something you chase, but something you remember?

This conversation explores what it truly means to rest in your body, trust your timing, and open to the beauty that wants to meet you. It’s a transmission for anyone learning that ease isn’t weakness, that rest isn’t avoidance, and that the body’s joy is not separate from awakening — it is awakening.

Whether you’re a practitioner, partner, parent, or leader — this episode invites you to return to the simplicity of presence and the deep intelligence of pleasure.

Inside This Episode:

• How to shift from overgiving to overflow

• Why rest is the foundation of creation

• The nervous system’s role in receiving pleasure

• How to recognise when service becomes self-abandonment

• The link between the caretaker wound and self-worth

• Why pleasure is the pathway to spiritual power

There’s something sacred that happens when you stop performing love and start feeling it.

When you stop trying to be the light, and realise you already are.

This is Tantra as nectar — the sweetness that arrives when you finally let yourself be filled.

Top Quotes:

“Pleasure is your body’s way of saying: you’re safe to receive.”

“Ease is not the absence of devotion — it’s the presence of trust.”

“You don’t magnetise through effort. You magnetise through openness.”

And when you’re ready to walk deeper, come find us: at the retreats, the trainings, the spaces where pleasure becomes prayer.

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

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Can you let yourself feel good? Like, really good... in your body, in your life, in your truth?

In this live recording from the Body Transformation Retreat in Bali, Chantelle Raven invites us into a deeper reckoning with what it truly means to expand our capacity for pleasure. So often on the healing path we focus on pain, shadows, trauma, but what happens when life offers you joy, love, beauty, and Eros? Can your nervous system hold that too?

This isn’t just about bliss. It’s about reparenting your body to trust the goodness. It’s about staying present when shame rises. And it’s about recognizing that our ability to hold others: clients, children, lovers, is always mirrored by how gently, how powerfully, we’re holding ourselves.

If you’re a practitioner, coach, parent, or partner… this is the episode that will open you to a new depth.

Inside This Episode:

• Why pleasure is just as transformational as pain
• The real reason shame is the gatekeeper emotion
• How your inner parent shows up in your space-holding
• What most people misunderstand about Eros and embodiment
• Why deep presence matters more than any technique
• How to be with a loved one or client’s breakdown without rescuing or retreating

There’s something sacred that happens when we stop trying to fix and start choosing to feel. When we stop holding back our pleasure or running from our shame. This is what it means to live and lead from the body. 

To guide not from perfection, but from presence. If this episode touched something in you, let it take root. 

And when you're ready to walk deeper, come find us: at the retreats, the trainings, the moments that change everything.

Top Quotes:
“Pleasure can burn you into truth just as deeply as pain.”

 “Shame is the guardian of every other emotion. If you can’t feel it, you’ll keep denying the rest.”

 “Don’t expect your clients to go anywhere you haven’t gone yourself.”

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

Follow us on Instagram: @embodiedawakeningacademy

What does it take to guide others in deep emotional healing and embodied freedom?

If you’re ready to hold space for others in a way that is truly transformational, this episode is a return to the core of what it means to embody the work.

Live from the Body Transformation Retreat for Tantra Practitioners in Bali, Chantelle Raven invites you to go deeper than technique. This is a raw, unfiltered conversation about what it takes to become a vessel for healing, one that doesn’t just lead with methods, but with soul.

You’ll hear reflections on parenting, practitioner presence, emotional reparenting, and why so many healers unconsciously try to bypass their own inner child while holding space for others.

If you've ever felt the tension between being in service and feeling unseen... 

If you’ve wondered whether your own wounds disqualify you from the work... 

If you crave more depth in how you show up for your clients... this is for you.

Inside this episode:

• Why one-off sessions often create more disconnection than healing
• The truth about reparenting your own nervous system before guiding others
• What it actually means to become an intuitive, embodied space holder
• Why your client's addiction or pattern is not the problem
• The energetic thread that connects personal healing to global impact
• How to become the presence you wish your clients had growing up

This isn’t about fixing.
 It’s about remembering.
 And it starts in your own body.

🔥 3 Quotes That Land in the Body

“You can’t expect your client to go anywhere you haven’t been.”

“Addiction isn’t the problem. It’s the solution to the pain they’ve never been held in.”

“It’s not about how amazing you are. It’s about the love that moves through you when you get out of the way.”

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

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Why is embodied truth more magnetic than any strategy?

Here’s the truth no one tells you: people aren’t responding to your content. They’re responding to your frequency.

In this no-filter episode from our Body Transformation Retreat in Bali, Chantelle Raven calls out the spiritual performance trap and reminds us what really creates impact.

Highlights:

• Why your body is more powerful than your branding
• The unseen reason your posts aren’t landing
• What not to do with sexuality in content creation
• How embodiment creates real resonance
• The one thing she’s doing now that created more ease, money, and alignment than ever

If you’re tired of trying to “get it right” and ready to lead from truth instead, this episode is for you.

Let it strip away what doesn’t belong. Let it remind you why you’re here.
 Because this path isn’t about being seen… it’s about being real.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

Quotes from this Episode:

“People don’t respond to your content. They respond to your frequency.”

“Don’t speak about the fire. Be the fire.”

“When pleasure is truly running through your body, the last thing you're going to want to do is hold up a phone.”

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

Follow us on Instagram: @embodiedawakeningacademy

What happens when the body begins to unravel... not in theory, but in real time?

In this unfiltered moment from the Body Transformation Retreat, Chantelle Raven invites you into a deeply personal process. What began as physical pain became a gateway into grief, trauma, and the kind of somatic release most practitioners only read about.

You’ll hear what it looks like to stay present through discomfort, how collapse can become a sacred opening, and why healing isn’t always neat or graceful. It's messy, real, and often arrives through sensation not strategy.

This is a powerful teaching moment for anyone who holds space for others… or is learning how to hold space for themselves.

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What’s inside:

 • When physical symptoms are portals, not problems

• Why rage is often a familiar cover for grief

• The healing power of letting yourself collapse

• How trauma releases when we stop managing it

• Why true safety in the body is the foundation of real transformation

• The somatic difference between retraumatizing and integrating

• The role of parents, pain, and returning what’s not ours

• The sacred gold found in what feels most uncomfortable

If you're a practitioner, coach, or facilitator or simply someone learning to stay with the uncomfortable, this episode will meet you at your edges.

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Memorable quotes from this episode:

“It’s the layers underneath the reaction that hold the root cause.”

“The fear of re-traumatization comes from not understanding the power of integration.”

“Where you feel most uncomfortable — that’s where the gold is.”

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Resources + Links:

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When you step onto the path of service as a healer, space holder, or practitioner, there’s one truth that always returns:

You cannot hold others until you’ve learned to hold yourself.

This episode was recorded live at our Body Transformation Retreat in Bali, an integral part of the Tantra Practitioner Training. Inside this space, we don’t just teach tools. We break open. We feel. We remember. Because real service begins with what we are willing to face within ourselves.

In this intimate clip, Chantelle Raven shares her own unraveling. A lived experience of chronic inflammation, stored rage, dissociation, and trauma. She speaks to the parts of the healing journey that are rarely named. The ones that don’t look good on paper. The ones that bring us to our knees so we can finally stop performing and start embodying what we teach.

This is not about getting it all right.
 It’s about getting real.
 About learning to stay present in the discomfort you used to run from.
 About trusting your body enough to let it lead.

In this episode:

• How symptoms become teachers when we stop labeling them as blocks
• What it actually means to serve from soul instead of strategy
• Why spiritual tools can become bypass when truth is avoided
• Understanding the role of freeze, collapse, and dissociation
• The body as a temple of unresolved grief, ancestral rage, and power
• Gut and liver as storage sites for truth that never had permission
• Why being embodied is not a performance but a felt experience
• What qualifies someone to serve others from integrity, not image

This is for the woman who knows she’s here to guide others but still feels there’s something unfinished within her.

 For the practitioner who no longer wants to serve from performance but from presence.

 For the soul who is ready to let go of image and remember that the real work begins inside.

“You don’t get to bypass the parts of you you’re afraid to feel. Not if you want to hold others in theirs.”

“The body knows when you’re performing safety. The body knows when you’re faking presence.”

“You want to be of service? Start by feeling the thing you keep skipping.”

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

Follow us on Instagram: @embodiedawakeningacademy

What does it mean to live as a Priestess in today’s world?
Not in theory. Not in performance. But in breath. In choice. In the way you meet yourself.

In this episode, Sascha Martineau, a Certified Tantra Practitioner of the Embodied Awakening Academy and Vocal Alchemist, joins Sydelle Boscarello for a deep and real conversation on feminine embodiment, emotional truth, and the lived path of devotion.

This is not a how-to.
 It’s an invitation.
 To slow down.
 To feel more.
 To remember who you are beneath the masks.

In this episode they discuss:

• How the Priestess awakens through pain, presence, and pleasure
• Learning to listen to your womb, your breath, and your body
• Reclaiming sensuality without making it a performance
• What to do when people-pleasing pulls you out of your power
• The shadow side of the Priestess: superiority, avoidance, isolation
• How to return to your truth when the world feels loud
• Why embodiment is about feeling fully, not doing perfectly

This episode is for the woman who knows there’s something deeper calling her, even if she doesn’t have the words for it yet. For the one who has been carrying the weight of other people’s expectations, shrinking her truth, or performing what she thinks sacredness should look like. If you’ve felt numb in your body, disconnected from your sensuality, or unsure how to trust yourself again, this is your sign to pause and tune in. 

Let this conversation be a mirror, a remembering, a return. Press play and come home to what’s already inside you.

Quotes from the episode:

“The Priestess is not outside of you. She lives in your breath. In how you touch the world.”

“Your power isn’t in how much you do. It’s in how deeply you feel.”

“Sensuality isn’t performance. It’s presence.”

If you're feeling called to walk this path, here are some resources for you:

Join the Waitlist to our Guided Tantra Practitioner Training: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Or enroll in the Self Paced Tantra Practitioner Training: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

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Connect with Sascha:

Instagram: @saschamartineau

Website: https://www.saschamartineau.com

Connect with Sydelle:
Instagram: @sydelle.leora

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

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If you're pouring your heart into your work but still feel blocked when it comes to money...
 If part of you believes you have to struggle to be of service...
 If you're waiting for a bigger following, a better offer, or the perfect moment to finally receive what you're worth...

This episode is here to shift that.

In this conversation, Tara and Chantelle speak on the real stories and beliefs that keep coaches, practitioners, and space-holders stuck in lack. What comes up is not just mindset. It's nervous system patterning. It's ancestral. It's spiritual programming. And it’s ready to be seen.

This is for you if:

- You’ve been holding back from charging what you know your work is worth

- You feel shame or stress every time you spend money

- You have inconsistent clients or income, even though you're doing everything "right"

- You want to grow your business in a way that feels rooted, not performative

- You’re ready to feel safe receiving love, money and support in your body

Excerpts from this episode:

“The more I spent on what nourished me, the more money came in. Not because I forced it. Because I felt safe to receive.”

“Your beliefs don’t live in your mind. They live in your body. You shift them by feeling them, not thinking about them.”

“Fifty followers is still fifty people. The numbers are not the problem. Hiding is.”

Resources:

👉 Self-Paced Practitioner Training: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/
🌀 Guided Practitioner Training Waitlist  – Join Here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/pt-2026-waitlist-page/
 

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

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Are you longing to feel more alive, authentic, and connected to your purpose?

 In this episode, Sydelle Boscarello and Tara Meegan share their real-life journeys of letting go of what no longer fits and stepping into lives that truly reflect who they are.

Tara opens up about leaving a 17-year career in marine ecology after chronic pain and burnout forced her to listen to her body and heart. She reveals how Tantra and practitioner training helped her heal, trust her intuition, and find a new path filled with meaning and flow. Sydelle reflects on the power of growing up in a conscious, embodied environment and how wisdom can naturally unfold when you’re fully supported.

They also talk about:

• How to recognize when your life is out of alignment-like ongoing pain, lack of motivation, or emotional exhaustion
• Practical tools from Tantra and practitioner training for healing, growth, and reconnecting with your truth
• The power of shadow work and aspecting to process emotions, break through fear, and create real change
• Why trusting your intuition and surrendering to something greater is essential for transformation
• Honest stories of moving from fear and uncertainty to confidence, fulfillment, and joy

If you’re ready to stop settling and start living a life that feels true to you, this episode is your invitation. Tune in for honest conversation, practical wisdom, and inspiration to take your next brave step.

Quotes from this Episode:

• “The more you trust your intuition and let go of fear, the more life opens up in ways you never imagined.”
• “Real change begins the moment you stop ignoring your truth and start listening to what your heart and body are telling you.”

Ready to align your life with your truth? Listen now and begin your own journey of transformation.

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