When you hear the word "shamanic," what do you think of? Maybe you think of plant medicines, psychedelic drugs, or transcendental experiences. Maybe you think of energy, and the world of the immaterial and spiritual. In this episode, ISTA Facilitator, Juan Es Alzate Mejia, talks about what shamanism means to him and how he discovered that he had access to subtle layers of reality that shaman are known to have access to. Most importantly, he explains how to stay connected to these magical abilities once you know how to access them. 

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Do you struggle with navigating multiple relationships while staying committed, to yourself and to your partner? Do you want to explore surrendering to the essence of love while staying authentically true to yourself? 
In this episode of The Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Podcast, Ria Yoshida (who usually asks the questions!) answers on leaning into partnership as a growth opportunity and spiritual practice. Ria is an author and relationship coach, supporting people around the globe with their sex lives and intimate relationships.

Listen in to hear Ria on:
• polyamorous open relating and marriage
• clearing distortions through sacred relating
• meeting extraordinary growth and spirituality in the mundane 
• marriage and sovereignty
• 'infinite chances' as a practice of forgiveness

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In this fascinating episode, Javi Martinez shares about her journey as a shapeshifter, not falling into any of the conventions. Javi is a bridge between the worlds, and embodies a direct transmission of what it means to transcend massive barriers, courageously exploring gender with full guidance from Spirit. Javi is a LGBTQI Educator and Trainer, a Mental Health Counsellor, a Sex and Sensuality Educator for the Trans-Feminine and their lovers, and a bridge that connects all within the spectrum of Gender through understanding and compassion.

Listen in to hear Javi on:
• living in the mystery of gender transcendence
• transitioning and the deep medicine of self-love
• living with a male brain while developing a feminine brain 
• going through female adolescence in your 40's!
• living in full devotion to Spirit
• WET - World Empowerment Trust, ISTA's program for diversity and inclusion

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Most of us have been brought up in a culture that is traumatized around sex... Ellie Wilde is deeply interested in redefining sexuality so that being in the experience and enjoying is more important than performing. In this episode, Ellie shares about her exploration of how relaxed states of arousal can foster profound restorative Eros, and bring about more connection with oneself and with the partner.

Listen in to hear Ellie on:

•  redefining the linear and goal driven narrative around sexuality that we most grow up with
• the beauty and pleasure of more down regulated states of being
• the massive realm of subtle exploration, much more internal and passive, when we learn to deeply relax the body
• letting go of the agenda for arousal, and exploring the organic flow that is present  
• how to cultivate yin sexuality, so that we can be energised and deeply relaxed at the same time 

You can reach Ellie at www.yinsexuality.com
Yinsexuality or Ellie Wilde on fb
Yinsexuality on Instagram

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Do you sometimes feel yourself accelerating in ways that aren't the most supportive to your authentic being? Do you long for respecting the pace of your heart, of your body, of all your emotions and hidden places where your true power and beauty reside? Avishag aims deep, and shares here with us her research on slowing down in order to feel more. 

Listen in to hear Avishag on:
- daring the intimacy of the deep waters
- moving slower and doing less, in order to feel more
- discovering that feeling more doesn't need more stimulation
- taking the time to visit some of the hidden parts in ourselves
- changing patterns in sexuality, taking a different turn at the usual junctions

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Are you interested in increasing your focus, energy and motivation by tapping into the immense possibilities of your sexual energy? Do you want to live in a way that you can embody your full potential and manifest your deepest desires? Buddhi Dana is welcoming you to come closer and explore... Buddhi is a man of the heart who is walking the Tantric path for the last 20 years. A spiritual leader, skillful Temple priest, ISTA facilitator, yoga teacher, DJ, and a vessel for divine energy. 

Listen for Buddhi's inspired wisdom on…

• How to climb to orgasmic heights without losing your energy
• How dopamine, oxytocin & serotonin are working together during orgasm
• How to work with these hormones so that they work for you
• Growing up as men and manifesting our deep desires in the world
• The difference between orgasm and ejaculation
• Breathing exercises to move from sympathetic to parasympathetic nervous system
• Generating DMT in your body with breathing!
• Harnessing the potential available from your libido

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Regardless of your sex, you embody masculine and feminine energy. The question is, how are these energies showing up? Are they in harmony or dominating each other? Are they in service to your life, or sabotaging it? Clara Gomez Santos, ISTA facilitator, shares with Ria how females can bring forward ‘The Man Within’. 
Listen in to dive into…

• Cultivating and embodying the mature aspects of your masculine energy
• How to develop the inner masculine so that there is inner balance
• How your inner man can show up for you in your daily life
• Developing non-judgement & compassion towards the masculine
• Inner masculine initiation & the inner marriage
• Committing the inner gaze to looking at the undeveloped parts, and to loving them
• Growing and maturing the inner masculine

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Jasmeen Hana, ISTA Faculty and shamanic guide between worlds, our guest in this delightful episode, takes us on a journey of sex & spirit, soul & animal, dark & light, to remember our primal and innocent nature, through the ancient and recorded wisdom of the Egyptian Temple Arts.

In this episode, dive with Jasmeen into…

• Finding our place in the Tree of Life, getting to know the anatomy of our Spirit
• What is a Temple Art?
• Egyptian cosmology and working with the intelligence of the different Gods and Goddesses in daily life
• Life as a Temple Art, choosing to live in the sacredness of Life itself
• The Lotus flower medicine, beauty rising from the muck
• The journey into the Underworld and the gateways to keep lightening the heart
• Vibrational and sound work

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Have you ever felt like you’ve been pressed into a mould, and asked yourself if you can live a bigger life than this? 
Patrik Oltermann, a radical Christian pastor, ISTA facilitator, Bhakti Yogi and queer pirate, shares wisdom from a lifetime of not fitting in, happy and humorously following the path of Freedom. 

Hear Patrik on...

• Navigating the tension between the ordinary and the extra-ordinary
• Innocently ignoring cultural and spiritual norms, when society tells you to stay small
• Navigating and being ok with being the crazy one 
• Embodying and vibrating who you truly are
• Why we need more pirates!

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Rituals can be small or elaborate, but when done with intentionality, they all hold creative and spiritual power. But what makes something a ritual vs a habit? How does one 'do' ritual? What are the keys for deep and transformative group rituals?

Dawn Cherie Ezrahi, Lead ISTA Facilitator and initiatress of SSSTar (Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Ritual Theatre) speaks with us about the anatomy of ritual and what happens when theatre meets this sacred art.

Dawn shares...

• How to know when the mundane has transformed into ritual space
• The role of presence and intention
• Keys for holding a container in a group ritual
• The importance of releasing expectation in ritual
• The role of gratitude in ritual
• When art meets ritual: Ritual Theatre
• Ritual as an antidote to materialistic busyness
• Death and ritual
• Intentional prayer vs worry

A must-listen for any priestees, practitioners, facilitators or artists who work with groups.

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