Moonbeaming

By Sarah Faith GottesdienerHealth & Fitness Mental Health Religion & Spirituality Arts Spirituality Visual Arts

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Moonbeaming episodes

January 29, 2025Why Is It So Hard To Rest?
Are you scared to slow down? Do you feel guilty when you take a break? Do you know how to rest? In this overstimulating time of incessant calamities, our collective energy is palpable, and rest is needed more than ever. In this episode, Sarah breaks down three reasons why it is so hard to rest in our dominant culture. She shares methods for finding your own restful rituals and resisting the demands of urgency and self-extraction. Sarah also shares more from her mini-sabbatical last year, what happened, and what she found out.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why it is so hard to rest
What happens when we rest
How to retrain your nervous system
How to avoid shame and guilt when resting
How the foundation the U.S. is built on impacts rest
Different methods of rest
If you feel overwhelmed, overworked or overstimulated, if you are desperate for rest but simply don’t know where to start, this episode is for you.
For more on the originator, Tricia Hersey, of the Rest as Resistance Movement, go here, and read her book here.
Listen to Moonbeaming episode 160 with Aidan Wachter here
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Ritual for Remembering: A Return to Self.
Future Self Workshop.
Our Hermit Year.
Mystic Vision Workshop.
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Find Sarah on Instagram.
57 min
January 22, 2025Chronically Ill Friendships, the Power of Vulnerability, and the Gifts of Death with Brooke Manning, Poet and Death Doula
How do you support a friend with a chronic illness? Do you have a chronic illness and are wondering how to create more support and transparency? In this episode, Sarah meets with close friend Brooke Manning to discuss the ingredients of a nurturing, long-lasting friendship. Brooke explores the crossover between death and friendships, and how both require vulnerability, curiosity, and acceptance. This conversation will help support you in navigating relationships and change.
In this episode you’ll learn
How to authentically nurture your friendships
Ways to support chronically ill friends
How to identify your boundaries in friendships
What accepting death can gift us
How to begin a death practice
If you want to invest in relationships and community more in 2025, while still taking care of yourself, and open to the gifts of change and endings, this intimate conversation is for you.
We’ll be creating a special in-person event together in Los Angeles February 15th, sign up here.
About Brooke: Based in Toronto, Brooke is a queer, polyamorous, polytheistic pagan, artist, musician, poet, clinical hypnotherapist and death doula. Brooke facilitates monthly death-positive workshops and is currently studying Psychotherapy at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.
Check out Brooke’s website here.
Follow Brooke’s Instagram here.
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Ritual for Remembering: A Return to Self.
Future Self Workshop.
Our Hermit Year.
Mystic Vision Workshop.
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
1 hr 8 min
January 15, 2025To the Omniaudience and Beyond with Laraaji
How can laughter enhance our meditative practice? What can non-linear sensations teach us? How is minding our own business a spiritual practice? Today, we are joined by the one and only Laraaji to take a deep dive into the omniverse. Get ready to embrace the non-linear and understand the power of this moment!
In this episode you’ll learn
How laughter can enhance your practice
What the non-linear can teach us about ourselves
How to find safety in the omniverse
Why minding your own business is spiritual
Don’t miss out on this enlightening and joyful conversation.
About Laraaji: Ambient experimental musician & Laughter Playshop Guide lives in Harlem NYC. Has recorded over 50 Solo and collab albums of original music for inspirational and healing listening since 1978. List includes Ambient #3 (Day of Radiance) produced by Brian Eno, Flow Goes the Universe, Vision Songs Vol 1, Unicorns in Paradise, Segue to Infinity. LARAAJI currently tours as a solo and collaborative musician/Laughter Playshop guide internationally. With a vision of deep listening sound baths and therapeutic laughter releasing.
Check our Laraaji’s website here.
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Ritual for Remembering: A Return to Self.
Future Self Workshop.
Our Hermit Year.
Mystic Vision Workshop.
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
1 hr 15 min
January 08, 2025The Shadows of the Hermit with Maria Minnis
What are we discussing when we talk about the shadow? What are the shadows of the Hermit? What do you do when you get the Hermit reversed? We are joined to today by tarot scholar, author, and all-around genius Maria Minnis to discuss all things shadow Hermit. By the end of this episode, your mind will be blown, your practice will be enhanced, and you'll never think of the Hermit the same way again.
In this episode, you’ll learn
What the shadow is
What the Hermit reversed means, and what to do about it
What the Hermit's shadow can help us with
This is a masterclass in the Tarot, and a don't miss episode.

About Maria: Maria Minnis is an unapologetically Black and queer tarot reader of 20+ years who teaches people about blending their spirituality with magic, liberation work, and eroticism in their everyday lives. She believes that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more equitable and empathetic planet. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their naked kitty. She is the author of Tarot for the Hard Work. Find Maria here and on Instagram here.
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Ritual for Remembering: A Return to Self.
Future Self Workshop.
Our Hermit Year.
Mystic Vision Workshop.
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
1 hr 7 min
January 01, 2025Our Hermit Year
Are you ready for 2025? After this episode, you'll be!
In this episode, Sarah discusses the energetic signature of our archetype of the year: The Hermit.
In this episode, you’ll learn
The key meanings of the Hermit
Why we are in a "Hermit Year"
Ways to make the most of 2025
For the very best outcome for 2025, use this episode as a primer, and then join us for the Hermit Workshop!
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Ritual for Remembering: A Return to Self.
Future Self Workshop.
Our Hermit Year.
Mystic Vision Workshop.
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
1 hr 19 min
December 25, 2024 Open Your Heart: A Meditation To Close Out the Year
And just like that, the end of 2024 is upon us. Say goodbye to The Strength Year with a supportive practice.
This week, Sarah leads a heart-opening and heart-strengthening meditation.
Use it any time you need to connect to yourself, open your heart, clear your heart center, and strengthen your heart intuition.
Thank you for a beautiful year, and we will see you soon in our January workshop series!
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Our Hermit Year
Mystic Vision
Future Self Workshop
January Jumpstart
MOONBEAMING LINKS
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
17 min
December 18, 2024The Gifts of the Dark: A Winter Solstice Special
Feeling daunted by the thought of shorter, darker days? Want to know how to embrace the magic of the solstice?
We’ve got you! Sarah is here to give you the tools to reflect on the year and encourage your practice. She shares her reflections on the power of the winter solstice and provides tips for getting back into your practice, incrementally, bit by bit, mirroring the sun’s incremental shift of light. Winter is the time to dream…

In this episode, you’ll learn
How the Solstice can be worked with in your practice
How darkness can be a gift
Solstice ritual suggestions
It’s time to wrap up the year, and Sarah shows you how.
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Our Hermit Year
Mystic Vision
Future Self Workshop
January Jumpstart
MOONBEAMING LINKS
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
18 min
December 11, 2024Stop Repeating the Same Patterns Next Year: Welcoming in the Energies of 2025
Did you find yourself repeating old patterns this year? Feel like you didn’t achieve enough?
If you’re feeling ready to change for good, our host, Sarah, is primed to tell you how. Using Tarot archetypes as guides, Sarah poses transformative, reflective questions that lead to long-lasting change. With practical tools and suggestions, this episode will give you the insight to recognize how to elevate your spiritual practice and embrace the progress you have made on your journey so far.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to utilize Tarot archetypes
How to know what problems are worth expanding your energy to solve
What impact honesty can have on your relationship with yourself
How to shift loneliness to solitude
Say goodbye to destructive cycles and welcome in the new year ready to thrive!
STRENGTH YEAR EPISODES
Listen to S6 E132 Our Strength Year
Listen to S6 E133 The Shadows of Strength With Theresa Reed
Listen to S6 E151 The Strength Card Demystified
MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS
Our Hermit Year
Mystic Vision
Future Self Workshop
January Jumpstart
MOONBEAMING LINKS
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
52 min
December 04, 2024Get Prepared for Next Year: Avoid Manipulation and Burnout plus Practical Focus Tips
Do you need help to prioritize your practice? Are other people’s emotions getting the better of you?
In her first recording since the US election, Sarah shares her thoughts on preparing for the upcoming year and harnessing the courage to move forward. She highlights how to recognize the toxicity pervasive in mainstream culture and how to ensure you stay grounded amongst the noise. Learn how to control and effectively process your emotions at this heightened time could be just the ticket to avoid burnout…
In this episode, you’ll learn
How to refine your energy
How to nourish your life force
When a conversation is a projection rather than a dialogue
How to get back to focusing on personal dreams

If you’re ready to utilize your strength from this year and launch into the next prepared and grounded, this episode is for you!
MOONBEAMING LINKS
The Solstice gathering links will be sent to Many Moons purchasers and Patrons by December 5th.
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37 min
November 27, 2024How to Make Prolific Art: Becoming the Bridge, Communing with the Muse, and Tuning into Earth’s Rhythms with Poet Jacqueline Suskin
Do you want to make more art or dissolve your writer’s block? How do prolific artists find the time, energy, and passion to compose art? Have you wondered how to weave your creative practice and the natural world together?
In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and Jacqueline Suskin, a poet who’s written over 40 thousand poems uncover Jacqueline’s creative process for on-demand poetry writing by way of improvisation, muses, and channeling energy.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to become the bridge to channel messages from the macro to the micro
Life as practice through patience and observation
How to tune into Earth’s rhythms and the impact of seasonal cycles of creative work
Examples of how to create a simple ritual when receiving creative, intuitive gifts
If you want to renew inspiration and revive curiosity, translate energy transmission into creative projects and collaborate with Earth’s cycles, this episode is for you.
About Guest: Jacqueline Suskin is a poet and educator who has composed over forty thousand improvisational poems with her ongoing writing project, Poem Store. Suskin is the author of 8 books, including The Edge of The Continent Volumes 1-3, Help in the Dark Season, Every Day is a Poem, and A Year in Practice, with work featured in various publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Times. An ecstatic earth-worshiper, she lives in Detroit where she works as a teaching artist with InsideOut Literary Arts, bringing nature poetry into classrooms with her Poem Forest curriculum.
Jacqueline’s Links:
Book: A Year in Practice
Website
Instagram

MOONBEAMING LINKS
Join the Moon Studio Patreon.
Buy the 2025 Many Moons Lunar Planner.
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Find Sarah on Instagram.
1 hr 4 min

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Moonbeaming helps creatives, intuitives, mystics, visionaries, practitioners, and small business owners navigate change and cycles. We explore spiritual concepts, consciousness and energy, archetypes, visual culture, psychology, and effective practices that will help you expand, learn, and grow.