The Apprenticing Jedi

The Apprenticing Jedi

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The Apprenticing Jedi episodes

  • Carolina Wilke - Bioenergetics & yoga, healing migraines with the body

    Carolina Wilke is a healer practicing bioenergetics and yoga - you can find her work (newsletter, Radiant Flow subscription, in-person appointments ,etc.) at https://www.carolinawilke.com/

    (0:00:00) - Intros

    (0:05:47) - First path: business management

    (0:12:50) - Beginning a journey into bioenergetics

    (0:18:06) - What does healing look like?

    (0:22:48) - Yoga as a spiritual journey

    (0:28:43) - Becoming a yoga instructor

    (0:33:23) - Craziest transformation she's ever seen

    (0:41:38) - Crisis of feeling like you're not enough

    (0:50:22) - Breathing in and out of your core (easiest place to begin healing)

    (0:54:24) - The importance of flexibility in the body

    (1:00:03) - The power of saying "YES" to life

    (1:05:37) - Finding the source of life

    (1:12:17) - Living your life in service vs. enjoyment

    (1:19:31) - How to let the universe be your guide without a plan

    1 hr 29 min
  • Derya - Healer, Singer, from Kurdistan to Costa Rica

    (0:00:00) - intros

    (0:00:50) - Derya's origin story

    (0:11:21) - Family's relationship to religion & spirituality

    (0:13:24) - Retreats & ceremonies in Costa Rica

    (0:16:37) - Ancestral trauma and epigenetics

    (0:20:47) - Having no religion in Iran

    (0:22:27) - We are God

    (0:26:37) - Grandmother Ayahuasca

    (0:33:33) - What happens during psychedelic trips

    (0:35:36) - Waking up from The Matrix

    (0:43:53) - Business stories

    (0:51:18) - Matras and prayers

    (0:52:59) - The power and magic of water

    (0:57:35) - Current musings (inner work, music)

    (1:02:50) - TikTok, fame and managing purpose vs. ego

    (1:06:38) - Kurdish vs. Islam

    (1:14:59) - Courage & authenticity

    (1:18:22) - Capstone on ancestral trauma, healing stuck ways

    (1:23:58) - Advice for where to get started




    1 hr 29 min
  • Amber Eros - Sexual Alchemist, Healer, Coven Leader

    Amber Eros is a somatic sex coach and skilled shadow worker.

    She supports her clients both 1:1 and through her online community Coven - you can find all her details here: https://www.ambereros.com/

    She also recently launched a podcast of her own "The Sexual Alchemist"

    (:00:00) Greetings

    (0:01:25) Introduction & what is sexual alchemy

    (0:04:15) Origin story

    (0:10:55) Focus as a tool to find your blockages

    (0:13:43) Spiritual background

    (0:16:57) Buried under shame

    (0:19:20) Society's collective trauma around sex

    (0:25:10) Esther Perel

    (0:28:14) We're all having less sex

    (0:34:50) Porn

    (0:46:19) The path is not shame, but to love all parts of you

    (0:51:46) Theory on the origin of toxic masculinity

    (1:00:34) Cosmic comedy

    (1:04:32) Children as unintentional healers

    (1:09:12) The Coven

    (1:13:04) What is Sex Magick?

    (1:16:46) Quantum physics as portal to manifesting

    Double Slit Experiment

    (1:24:32) Bowing to the spiritual requires humility

    (1:28:12) Where should one start on this journey?

    Come as you are (book)

    1 hr 32 min
  • Ed Zaydelman - retreat development advisor, healing community leader

    Edward's website and newsletter

    Leap Forward community

    (0:00:00) - Welcome and grounding

    (0:02:48) - Background

    (0:10:22) - Costa Rica in contrast to New York City

    (0:11:31) - Growing up as a child of jewish Soviet immigrants in NYC

    (0:13:23) - Psychedelics

    (0:17:40) - Dark Night of the Soul - when it doesn't go according to plan

    (0:22:47) - Feeling like a fraud

    (0:24:59) - Narcissism veiled as doing good

    (0:26:54) - Growing up: Hard Work = Personal Value

    (0:29:56) - Self forgiveness = the first step to healing

    (0:35:42) - Key to a long life is community

    (0:39:56) - Going on an Ed-passana :)

    (0:47:37) - Surrendering to the universe and getting what we truly need

    (0:51:43) - What is going on around the world right now?!

    (1:00:22) - Where/how do people start to heal?

    (1:10:28) - We're Human BEINGS not Human DOINGS

    (1:12:39) - When masculine/feminine are out of balance

    (1:21:46) - Intention vs. Surrender

    (1:29:40) - Letting go and self-acceptance

    (1:34:36) - How long does it take to heal? (buckle up lol)

    (1:38:51) - The cosmic joke of the spiritual path

    1 hr 46 min
  • Krystal Maldonis - Young Human, Old Soul Yogi - Season 2, Episode 2

    Krystal's Instagram

    (0:00:00) intro

    (0:02:25) about Krystal 

    (0:07:08) turning point in yoga (physical to spiritual) 

    (0:15:29) starting the spiritual journey 

    (0:19:48) Kundalini rising 

    (0:23:40) meditation practice 

    (0:29:25) The Matrix (blue pill, red pill) 

    (0:35:50) early trauma (middle school) 

    (0:39:30) where to get started with yoga? 

    (0:41:07) cold exposure 

    Rhode Island water journey 

    Wim Hof 

    Self immolating monk  

    (0:46:22) life changes since Bali 

    (0:48:33) "traditional" talk therapy 

    (0:53:52) current yoga journey 

    (0:58:24) how do others receive the "new you"? 

    (1:05:53) living through the veil of emotions 

    (1:12:50) reincarnation 

    (1:21:24) what would you say to young & hurt Krystal?

    1 hr 31 min
  • Mami Onami: Sage, Teacher, Cult-escapist - Season 2, episode 1
    • 0:00:46 - Growing up in a doomsday sex cult (Children of God) 
    • 0:03:15 - 27 years old, premonition (dream) predicting fiance's death 
    • 0:05:35 - Psychedelics (LOTS of mushrooms) 
    • 0:09:23 - Gratitude for alcoholism  
    • 0:10:49 - Integration, three levels of teaching 
    • Psalm Isadora 
    • Aleister Crowley 
    • Teal Swan
    • 0:19:50 - The Fourth Way 
    • George Gurdjieff
    • 0:27:56 - What if you're not yet at "rock bottom"? (exoteric vs. esoteric) 
    • 0:33:55 - What does it feel like to clear a spiritual block? (somatic release, crying) 
    • 0:36:52 - Sexual assault trauma 
    • 0:38:39 - How to say "I'm sorry..." when someone shares something hard 
    • 0:39:12 - Psychedelics, higher chakras and "meeting God": I AM 
    • 0:42:47 - The struggle between surrender and free will (desire/wish) 
    • Sadhguru
    • 0:48:00 - Difference between hedonistic desire and a divine wish 
    • Ram Dass
    • 0:51:56 - What is the point of life? 
    • 0:53:55 - Spiritual tripwires 
    • 0:59:11 - Potential dangers of manifesting 
    • Joan Didion 
    • 1:07:09 - Biggest fear: surrendering your children to God 
    • Jordan Peterson 
    • 1:14:16 - The Good, the True and the Beautiful (LOVE) 
    • 1:16:45 - Everyone, everywhere thinks they're right 
    • Joseph Campbell 
    • 1:21:55 - Do you ever fear death? 
    • 1:24:26 - Birth: the original trauma 
    • Hunter S. Thompson 
    • 1:38:00 - A piece of homework: enjoy life
    • 1 hr 42 min
    • Rudy Seber, girl dads - Episode 11

      Being a Dad is no small feat, being the Dad of a girl in 2022 is another thing entirely!

      In this episode I sit with a former colleague and good friend of mine to discuss the trials, tribulations, strategies, hopes and fears of being a father to females in modern times.

      1 hr 50 min

    About The Apprenticing Jedi

    From the publisher's feed

    A middle aged white guy transforming from Atheist to Jedi