Spiral Deeper

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Melanie Esperon. Melanie is the founder and creator of Reiki Room San Diego, established in 2011. 

Melanie Esperon was born and raised in San Diego, California. She tapped into her clairvoyancy at the early age of 6 but remained quiet amongst the crowd. She eventually grew out of her cancerian shell with the influence of her loving closeknit family. In her 20's, she lived through a foreseen tragedy of her significant other passing away where she was brought to a place of deep heartache and surrender. She immersed herself whole heartedly into her own innerchild work to rediscover the gifts of prophetic intuition, the angelic realm, reiki energy, sound healing, filipino & hawaiian grounding practices and more. She believes that true healing can only occur with the continuous work of understanding, letting go and replenishing with the highest light.

In 2021 I participated in a program with Frances Naude called The Alignment Academy, and during that program, which I loved, Melanie was a guest teacher. All of our minds and hearts were BLOWN. She is one of the only true clairvoyants who I trust and recommend. I love how rooted in LOVE she is. 

In our episode today, we talk about Melanie’s journey, spiritual teams, intuition and clairvoyance, spiritual business, signs from your Spiritual team, and the responsibility of being a healer. 

I hope you take away tools for aligning with your highest timeline, connecting with your spiritual team, and shining your light. At the end of the episode, Melanie channels Archangel Michael, and they come through with beautiful, heartfelt guidance. Enjoy ~ 

Thank you Melanie for your radiance and heart!

Connect ~

With our guest Melanie Esperon | Website and IG @reikiroomsd

With out host Gaby Azorsky | Website and IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Jessica Angima. Jessica is a first generation, Kenyan-American meditation instructor and social practice artist and organizer. Jessica is a writer and shares her Substack, Slowly, Slowly. She currently teaches Heart-Mind Meditation at Heal Haus, works at Arena, and is often found at the 462 Halsey Community Garden in Bed-Stuy. 

I met Jessica at MNDFL in New York City where I was part of their work-study program and she was studying and teaching. We spent many weeks together at the front desk silently enjoying each others company, and I really loved being part of a sangha (Dharma community) with her. 

Jessica and I talk about her path to dharma, Lovingkindness, wisdom for starting your practice, home, ecology, interdependence, community, and what she calls “McMindfullness”. 

Our slow, meditative, conversation opens the doors for you to start a meditation practice with the permission that it can look many different ways, but promises a happier life.

Here is the quote that I read during the episode ~ 

Being naturalized to place means to live as if this is the land that feeds you, as if these are the streams from which you drink, that build your body and fill your spirit. To become naturalized is to know that your ancestors lie in this ground. Here you will give your gifts and meet your responsibilities. To become naturalized is to live as if your children’s future matters, to take care of the land as if our lives and the lives of all our relatives depend on it. Because they do.

-Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Thank you Jessica for your openness and gentle perspective on dharma! Enjoy ~

Connect ~

With our guest Jessica | Substack and IG @jessicaangima

Meditate with Jessica at  Heal Haus

With out host Gaby Azorsky | Website and IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Kristen Cassie. Kristen is a Trauma trained Somatic Practitioner and Clinical Herbalist. In her sessions, we re-member what it is like to be connected to our bodies, to the Earth and to the wisdom that flows through all. Though trauma-informed somatic healing, parts work and inner child work, herbal therapies, and embodiment practice, she can HOLD SPACE. 

Kristen is the founder of the herbal medicine line, Moon Canyon, with her dear friend and business partner, Sarah Dolan. Moon Canyon is rooted in the belief that all healing is relational and reciprocal in nature. Kristen and Sarah are herbalists, who have come together to remember what it is to heal in community. As practitioners in the healing arts, they tend the relationship between self and the natural world. Co-creatively they formulate herbal medicines and practice healing modalities that awaken the body and spirit into a place of aliveness. I love their products and the intentionally depth and beauty they create, especially their seasonal medicine boxes. 

While working with her and Moon Canyon last year, I got to witness her speak continuously about herbs, the earth, and somatic healing. Hearing Kristen speak on these topics is soothing, safe, and mesmerizing. Kristen and I talk about her story, somatic healing, herbalism, plant allies, integration, parts work, grounding, our nervous systems, and at the end, Kristen shares tactical tips for regulating our bodies along with a yummy grounding practice. 

I hope you feel held and expanded while listening ~

Thank you Kristen for your beautiful energy, guidance, wisdom, and story!

Connect ~

With our guest Kristen Cassie | Website and IG @mooncanyon

With out host Gaby Azorsky | Website and IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Jannie and James Brown, creators of The Sacred Web Tarot. If you are a nerd for the expansion, contraction, and beauty of life, this episode is for you. You do not have to know Tarot to enjoy or learn, and if you love Tarot like I do, this provides so many beautiful perspectives on how to work with this ancient system of knowing/unknowing. 

The Sacred Web Tarot is a gender-neutral, hallowed space for all beings where everything is connected and everything is sacred. It is one of the decks that I turn to with sacred reverence, for deep healing and guidance, and that I love to share with the ones I love. 

Jannie, the author of The Sacred Web Tarot, is an artist, yoga teacher, devoted mother of three and partner in life with her beloved. She considers herself to be a life-long student of all things spiritual and liberating and finds herself most at home on a trail by a stream, under a tree or on a couch reading a good book. James, the illustrator of The Sacred Web Tarot, is an artist whose mediums range from film making to digital drawing. He is the founder of the small production company Spontaneous Productions and has spent the last few years drawing this deck, reading tarot, writing scripts, and creating original comic content.

Jannie is the mother of one of my closet friends, Daisy, and James is her brother. Daisy gifted me their deck when it came out, and I was in awe at the profound support, guidance, and unconditional love that it offered me. I turn to this deck often, and am so grateful for the gift of this conversation. 

Jannie, James, and I talk about the origin story of the deck, their creative process, mental illness, peace, gratitude, miracles, and nerd out on the many elements that make this guidebook and deck SO special. 

Thank you Jannie and James for your magnificent hearts and your collaboration!

Connect ~

With our guests The Sacred Web Tarot | Website and IG @thesacredwebtarot

With out host Gaby Azorsky | Website and IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Christy Dawn Baskauskas. 

I had the pleasure and privilege of working with Christy at her company, Christy Dawn, last year as the social media manager. Christy and I got to spend countless hours together creating content, and in between each shot we were usually talking about spirituality, god, signs from loved ones, talking to trees, angel numbers, kirtan, motherhood, and relationships.  

Christy calls her self a Mother, Creator, and Earth-worshipper. She is the creator and founder of Christy Dawn, a very special fashion line that is the only company ACTUALLY HEALING THE EARTH through their regenerative farm-to-closet program. 

Christy and I talk about her origin story and moving to Los Angeles, her spiritual path in her early 20’s, the early days of dating her now husband Aras, regeneration, starting Christy Dawn, motherhood, and walking her mother through transitioning off this earth-plane. 

It’s special when one of your expanders becomes a friend, and I’m grateful to get to share this conversation between us today. 

Thank you Christy for your sweetness, grace, vulnerability, and heart!

And congratulations to our giveaway winner, Honey Ivy Health! 

Connect ~

With our guest Christy | IG @crittycat00

With Christy Dawn | Website and IG @christydawn

With out host Gaby Azorsky | Website and IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s monthly newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

Today on the podcast is Lyssandra Guerra. Lyssandra is a certified holistic nutritionist and women’s health coach, and founder of of her practice Native Palms Nutrition. Lyssandra is also an herbalism apprentice in the School of the Sacred Wild, which is how we met! Lyssandra specializes in digestion, cycle syncing + Menstrual health, gentle detoxification, blood sugar levels, increased energy levels, and plant-based cooking for healing and pleasure. 

Today we talk about her path to becoming a Holistic Nutritionist, the brain/gut connection, digestion issues and gut health, menstrual health, her work with clients, learning to listen to our bodies and build relationships with ourselves, pleasure and food, kitchen essentials, and tons of golden nuggets of advice of where to align more deeply with nourishing your body.

I hope you come away with some tangible resources for nourishing yourself, feeling less alone in your health journey, and enjoy listening in on this conversation between two friends ~ 

Lyssandra’s free hormone balancing workbook here. Thank you Lyssandra for your sweetness, knowledge, and advice! 

Giveaway Details ~ 

To celebrate the launch of Spiral Deeper, I am hosting a giveaway with some of my favorite brands. The winner will receive: 1 jar of honey from Activist Manuka, 3 of my favorite products from Moon Juice, a Sacred Web Tarot deck, Sacred Web Altar Scarf, the 2024 Sacred Web Moon Phase Calendar which has beautiful new art work and a channeled tarot card and mantra for each New and Full Moon, and a complimentary distance Reiki session with me. The giveaway will be open to enter through the end of February, and the winner will be announced the first week of March. 

How to enter: 

Connect ~

With our guest Lyssandra | Website and IG @lyssandra_nativepalms

Lyssandra’s free hormone balancing workbook here

With out host Gaby Azorsky | IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s monthly newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

Today on the podcast is Sierra McDaniel. Sierra is a student of many systems, some of which include the way of tea, human design, bio decoding, German new medicine, tarot, and the art of self discovery. She is a magnificently ever evolving human, giving the rest of us the permission that it is okay to shift and change every single day. Sierra is the beautiful voice behind her Instagram account and Substack, subliminal shift, which I highly recommend following along. 

I loved this episode with Sierra so much. We talk about an array of topics that seamlessly weave together: her story, fractals, the Big Bang theory, human design, imposter syndrome, not putting yourself in a box, our voice. In the last ~30 minutes of our episode, Sierra so graciously walks us through her take on each Human Design energy type. Her perspective on HD is refreshing compared to ways I’ve heard people talk about human design, so stay tuned, save it for later. This is a juicy one. 

Thank you Sierra for sharing your wisdom, your heart, and your delicious sense of humor!

Giveaway Details ~ 

To celebrate the launch of Spiral Deeper, I am hosting a giveaway with some of my favorite brands. The winner will receive: 1 jar of honey from Activist Manuka, 3 of my favorite products from Moon Juice, a Sacred Web Tarot deck, Sacred Web Altar Scarf, the 2024 Sacred Web Moon Phase Calendar which has beautiful new art work and a channeled tarot card and mantra for each New and Full Moon, and a complimentary distance Reiki session with me. The giveaway will be open to enter through the end of February, and the winner will be announced the first week of March. 

How to enter: 

Connect ~

With our guest Sierra | IG @subliminal.shift 

With out host Gaby Azorsky | IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s monthly newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

Today on the podcast, Gaby speaks with one of her mentors, Ali Ofstedal. 

Ali is an intuitive and quantum healer, evolutionary astrologer and mentor. Her passion lies in guiding women back into alignment. Ali is trained in Shamanism, Intuitive and Quantum Healing, Evolutionary Astrology, Internal Family Systems, and Somatic Attachment Theory.  She offers tailored 1:1 sessions based upon the needs of her clients and the current energy climate. She also has her podcast, Soul Archaeology, a space for connection, resonance, witnessing and learning. With weekly astrological energy updates, embodied conversation, and channeled teachings, I look forward to taking intentional time each week to listen. 

I first came to Ali in Summer 2021 for her womb healing offering. I felt so bright and warm and myself the following weeks after our session, and so seen. Later that Fall, after having a traumatic experience with a powerful psychic, I was in need for deep support. I signed up for Ali’s 3 month mentorship container, and to this day work with her on pretty much a monthly basis. From energetic tune ups, to navigating difficult family and ancestral healing, to calling in Connor, she is one of my go-to’s for support, mentorship, and healing. I am so grateful for Ali and her work. 

Thank you Ali for sharing your wisdom and your heart!

Giveaway Details ~ 

To celebrate the launch of Spiral Deeper, I am hosting a giveaway with some of my favorite brands. The winner will receive: 1 jar of honey from Activist Manuka, 3 of my favorite products from Moon Juice, a Sacred Web Tarot deck, Sacred Web Altar Scarf, the 2024 Sacred Web Moon Phase Calendar which has beautiful new art work and a channeled tarot card and mantra for each New and Full Moon, and a complimentary distance Reiki session with me. The giveaway will be open to enter through the end of February, and the winner will be announced the first week of March. 

How to enter: 

Connect ~

With our guest Ali | Website and IG @aliofstedal 

Soul Archaeology | Podcast and IG @soul__archaeology 

With out host Gaby Azorsky | IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s monthly newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Michaela d’Artois. I am so excited to have Michaela d’Artois, Writer, Certified Sexologist & Intimacy Coach on the podcast. Michaela and I met through an incredible group of women here in Los Angeles, and I immediately felt so safe and in love with her. Michaela is the creator of Inner.Eros - A private practice & community dialogue rooted in intimacy, connection + desire, and the author of Your Orgasm Blueprint: The Comprehensive Guide to Discovering Your Sexual Potential and Achieving Ultimate Pleasure. Her book provides a roadmap to achieving ultimate pleasure, while advocating for yourself along the way. From understanding the anatomy of female pleasure to exploring new techniques and positions, "Your Orgasm Blueprint" is the essential guide for anyone seeking to elevate their capacity for arousal and understand their unique orgasm. Michaela has also been featured in Goop, Poosh, Who What Wear, and Cosmopolitan. 

As a very sensual and sexual person myself, it’s rare that we can openly speak about these topics in a judgement-free and pleasurable way. Michaela exudes beauty, pleasure and joy, safety and self-acceptance. To connect with Michaela, listen through until the end and find the details in our show notes. 

Michaela has generously offered Spiral Deeper listeners a discount on the digital version of her book, Your Orgasm Blueprint: The Comprehensive Guide to Discovering Your Sexual Potential and Achieving Ultimate Pleasure. You can purchase her book here, and use the code SPIRALDEEPER10. You can also find all the details to her upcoming event on February 21 in Los Angeles, Connect with Compassion: Cultivate Deeper and More Meaningful Connections, here! 

Thank you Michaela for your knowledge, time, and heart!

Giveaway Details ~ 

To celebrate the launch of Spiral Deeper, I am hosting a giveaway with some of my favorite brands. The winner will receive: 1 jar of honey from Activist Manuka, 3 of my favorite products from Moon Juice, a Sacred Web Tarot deck, Sacred Web Altar Scarf, the 2024 Sacred Web Moon Phase Calendar which has beautiful new art work and a channeled tarot card and mantra for each New and Full Moon, and a complimentary distance Reiki session with me. The giveaway will be open to enter through the end of February, and the winner will be announced the first week of March. 

How to enter: 

Connect ~

With our guest Michaela d’Artois | IG @michaeladartois

With Inner.Eros | Website and IG @inner.eros

With her book, Your Orgasm Blueprint

With out host Gaby Azorsky | Website and IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s monthly newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support! 

In this episode, our host Gaby Azorsky speaks with Ash Rucker. This was the first episode that I’ve recorded for Spiral Deeper, and it felt incredibly potent and loving in the room. Ash is a movement and meditation teacher, and performance artist creating spaces to heal through movement and art. She is the founder of Therapart and the Inhabit Method. Therapart is a non-for-profit community that curates and facilitates art therapy initiatives across New York City. Therapart allows individuals to heal by discovering healthy emotional expression through movement and sound. Inhabit Method is a spiritually guided workout, a multidisciplinary movement practice, grounded in the pursuit to train and connect the body, mind and soul. I loved this conversation with Ash so much. We shared so many beautiful moments through this connection, and I hope you enjoy the episode. 

Thank you Ash for your rawness and beauty!

Drink ~

1 scoop of Cacao

1 scoop Maca

1 scoop Honey (Activist Manuka) 

Sprinkle Cinnamon

1 scoop Cashew Butter 

Add hot water and blend 

Giveaway Details ~ 

To celebrate the launch of Spiral Deeper, I am hosting a giveaway with some of my favorite brands. The winner will receive: 1 jar of honey from Activist Manuka, 3 of my favorite products from Moon Juice, a Sacred Web Tarot deck, Sacred Web Altar Scarf, the 2024 Sacred Web Moon Phase Calendar which has beautiful new art work and a channeled tarot card and mantra for each New and Full Moon, and a complimentary distance Reiki session with me. The giveaway will be open to enter through the end of February, and the winner will be announced the first week of March. 

How to enter: 

Connect ~

With our guest Ash Rucker | IG @a_rucker 

Therapart | Website and IG @therapart

Watch the Therapart Film 

InHabit Method

With out host Gaby Azorsky | IG @gaby.azorsky

With Spiral Deeper | Website and IG @spiral.deeper

Sign up for Gaby’s monthly newsletter here

Partners ~

Moon Juice - Code ‘GABY.AZORSKY’

Activist Manuka Honey - Code ‘GABY15’ 

The Retreat Newspaper - Code ‘GABY100’ for your first issue free 

Music by incredible partner, Connor Hayes. 

Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen ~ it means so much. Thank you for your support!