Pillow Talk with Kara-Leah

This is the FINAL episode of Pillow Talk.

 

Over the last 3 years, I've explored awakening, liberation, relationship, tantra, parenting, money, career, and more on this podcast, but now... this particular expression is done.

 

It's been an extraordinary ride, through many samskaras, traumas, and triggers.  That kind of content has been the mainstay of this podcast, however, a shift appears to been happening in my experience of reality where there's less need or desire to go to those places. In that way, Pillow Talk has been an extraordinary success - I'm experiencing a delightful romantic relationship grounded in a degree of awakeness and liberation never before available to me, and I found my way to it through this journey. 

 

If you haven't yet listened to all of the Pillow Talk episodes, I invite you to go back and join me on the journey that I've been on for the last 3 years. Notice how I show up on each podcast, and feel into the quality of beingness available on each episode. Treat it like an experiment!

 

For those of you who have been with me since the start, sending so much love and gratitude your way. May unexpected blessings shower your path.

This episode reveals how I now know that I need to stay in my relationship - that it's my defence mechanisms that keep making me want to run like hell, and look for reasons to leave him. I share the Tantrik tools that I use to navigate these relationship challenges without being sucked into the drama. This is the embodied work of liberation, revealed through relationship.

Oh relationship, relationship, relationship... thou are my greatest teacher. In this episode I examine the teacher/student relationship, share the challenges I'm navigating in my romantic relationship around commitment and wanting to run, and the ups and downs of parenting. This is the essence of Tantra - relating and intimacy beyond drama, story and self-image.

Since I last spoke to you there's been a real ease and deepening in my romantic relationship after navigating a time of intense challenge.From that space, I share my reflections on why our everyday relationships can be a crucible for Awakening, the simple moments of connection and beauty that I'm treasuring in my life right now and why Heaven is right here in this moment, whatever challenges and suffering we may be facing.• More with Kara-Leah •Find my online and in person events at KaraLeah.comAnd join me on Patreon for as little as $4 per month to recieve teachings.• Credits •Audio • Russel Walder • https://www.russelwalder.comMusic • Matiu Te Huki • https://bit.ly/2y32khxPhoto • Pete Longworth • http://petelongworth.com/Graphic Design • Tara Spice • https://www.taraspice.com/

When Death comes knocking, can you open the door and welcome it in?This week, the death of my beloved grandmother became an opportunity for me to meet life fully and to burn through that which I no longer needed.I share a small taste of my experiences navigating Nana's death, and my own grief, whilst simultaneously working with a period of tension and conflict in my romantic relationship. There's been days and days of deep processing, many intense, late-night conversation with my partner, and bringing awareness to my interactions with my wider family who gathered together for the funeral.Through it all, I've been showing up and leaning in...This is what matters. This is the process as it unfolds.• More with Kara-Leah •Find my online and in person events at KaraLeah.comAnd join me on Patreon for as little as $4 per month to recieve teachings.• Credits •Audio • Russel Walder • https://www.russelwalder.comMusic • Matiu Te Huki • https://bit.ly/2y32khxPhoto • Pete Longworth • http://petelongworth.com/Graphic Design • Tara Spice • https://www.taraspice.com/

If you perfect the action of one thing... just one thing... that can awaken you in all things. This is true. Listen to stories of the delights that unfolded on Training, of encounters with the mysterious Nik Robson, of gated communities, of the path disappearing, of awakening now, and the power of inquiry to shift your experience.

It feels like every day brings fresh news of sexual assault, or abuse, evidence that our relationship to sexual energy is highly warped in this society.In this episode of Pillowtalk, join me as I discuss the prevalence of this in society. I will share a small part of my personal journey around sexual assault and abuse, and the adaptive strategy I developed as a means of survival. I close out the episode with a call to responsibility and compassion. If perpetrators, both male and female, were able to take responsibility for their actions, to heal the wrongs, then what would society look like then?Trigger warning: Please be advised that this episode contains discussion of sexual assault including rape and child abuse. Be kind to yourself and check in with whether you are in a space to receive this.

After a short hiatus, I'm very excited to bring you the latest episode of Pillowtalk. This episode, Showing Up, is about the magic that unfolds when we can skilfully work with resistance and mind-fuckery and show up, no matter what.I'm currently doing a Forty Day practice of an ancestral karma prostration as part of a commitment made to deliver a masterclass at a local studio. In this episode I share the impact on me, and potentially my son, of visualising the ancestral line and welcoming in my ancestral karma. And, I talk about the huge resistance I experienced to even doing this practice.Please do like and subscribe to this podcast on whichever platform you are listening from, it helps others find the teachings, musings, rants and raves that I enjoy sharing with you. Much love.• Patreon •If you love the podcast and want to donate, or if you want to connect with me and access exclusive teachings and resources, join me on Patreon.• Credits •Audio • Russel Walder • https://www.russelwalder.comMusic • Matiu Te Huki • https://bit.ly/2y32khxPhoto • Pete Longworth • http://petelongworth.com/Design • Tara Spice • https://www.taraspice.com/

What is your idea of the spiritual path? Do you think of it as something to achieve, attain or accomplish? Do you think it's about becoming a better person? More peaceful? More calm perhaps? This episode reveals what waking up is actually about; stages, orientation, and the tools, all told through the lens of my personal experiences.At the end of this episode, I guide the listener through the questions they need to be asking as part of a spiritual stock check.• Patreon•If you love the podcast and want to donate, or if you want to connect with me and access exclusive teachings and resources, join me on Patreon.• Credits •Audio • Russel Walder • https://www.russelwalder.comMusic • Matiu Te Huki • https://bit.ly/2y32khxPhoto • Pete Longworth • http://petelongworth.com/Design • Tara Spice • http://taraspice.com/

For years I wanted a teacher; I felt like I needed a teacher to guide my path and to help me as I journeyed. I never found the kind of teacher I wanted though - accessible, available and dedicated to living the path. So I become one. Now, I'm feeling more and more called to teach in person, and intimately online.Being on social media doesn't feel like it fits with that, so I am exploring leaving Facebook and Instagram. I have already left these platforms personally but still have a business presence. In this episode, listen as I share the fears, the justifications, and the journey that has led me to this place; a place where I have been able to recognise that these platforms do not offer the depth of interaction and intention that is necessary for the student/teacher relationship to flourish.Is there fear about leaving? Yes, but there is also an awareness that sometimes we must let go of the known to allow space for the unknown to reveal itself. And being willing to face the fear of leaving the known is part of the spiritual path.Write a review, leave comments, feedback, and share your experience through your preferred podcast platform. Those that write a review before July 12th will go into a draw to win a one-on-one session with me.• Patreon•If you love the podcast and want to donate, or if you want to connect with me and access exclusive teachings and resources, join me on Patreon.• Credits •Audio • Russel Walder • https://www.russelwalder.comMusic • Matiu Te Huki • https://bit.ly/2y32khxPhoto • Pete Longworth • http://petelongworth.com/Graphic Design • Tara Spice • https://www.taraspice.com/