The Dance to Oneness

Episode Description:

Why do women spend so much time criticizing their bodies, trying to make themselves smaller, younger, more attractive? And what does this have to do with the patriarchy?

In this episode, I explore the deep roots of body control in our society, tracing it back 30,000 years to the ancient goddess, through the Romans, the Madonna/Whore split, and the weaponization of female sexuality and reproduction.

We’re living with “internalized patriarchy” a system that doesn’t have to do anything to us because it lives in our minds. But there’s another way. This is about reclaiming your body as a source of pleasure and power, not control. About being fierce, sensual, tribal, wild and saying a big “fuck you” to the system that’s tried to dominate you.

Topics Covered:

The history of feminine body control (30,000 years back)

Venus of Willendorf vs. Roman ideals of beauty

The Madonna/Whore split and how it shaped women

Female virginity as commodity in patriarchal systems

Internalized patriarchy: the system that lives in our minds

Embodying power through bigger movement and voice

Reclaiming Eros — your life force energy and desire

Somatic movement as rebellion

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Join me with Dr. Melissa Mahon, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, as we explore why she left the burnout of the medical model and created an integrated, holistic approach to therapy.

We dive into her burnout from seeing too many clients with insufficient frequency, the shift to a sustainable private practice, and the game-changing modalities she discovered: including Matrix Reimprinting and EFT-Tapping.

We also discuss why deep trauma work requires individual therapy (not group settings), the importance of de-shaming therapy, and her innovative healing center in Chicago that integrates therapy with yoga, sound baths, meditation, and movement.

Listen until the end, Melissa does a live EFT-Tapping demo at the end.

Topics Covered:

~Burnout in the medical model: too many clients, not enough session frequency

~Matrix Reimprinting: how it works and why it's powerful

~EFT-Tapping: practical applications and live demo

~Why trauma requires individual therapy, not group work

~De-shaming the therapy process

~Creating sustainable, joyful therapeutic practices

~Building confidence and moving through anxiety with demo of EFT Tapping

Resources & Connect with Dr. Melissa Mahon: https://journeytopresent.com

Find Amy Shine here: www.amyshine.net

Explore Free Movement Class with Amy 'Dance with Earth Elements' here: https://www.amyshine.net/movement

Join me with Kristi Rogers, somatic educator and therapeutic sound practitioner, to explore why sound healing has exploded into the mainstream and why active voice work is so transformative especially for women.

We dive into entrainment, theta states, the science behind vibration, and the deep shame women carry around using their voice. Kristi shares how sound directly affects the female nervous system, the concept of "Remembered Voice," and why reclaiming our voice is an act of reclaiming our power.

Topics Covered:

~Why sound healing has become mainstream

~Passive sound baths vs. active voice work

~Entrainment and theta brainwave states

`~The "first wound of expression" and shame around women's voices

~How vibration affects the female body and nervous system

~Remembered voice vs. recalled memory (Gabor Maté)

~The power of drumming and rhythm for women

~Creating safe containers for voice exploration

Sources & Resources Mentioned:

When Women Were Drummers by Layne Redmond

VIBES: Interdisciplinary Therapeutic Sound Research Initiative (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal)

Connect with Kristi:

Website: tedesurastudio.com

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Join me as I sit down with Aisling Fraser, founder of Danu Wellness, to explore the ancient Celtic healing process of Core Cellular Healing - a mystical practice rooted in Ireland's pre-Celtic heritage and used over 6,000 years ago.

In this conversation, we dive into the Tuatha Dé Danann, Danu (the goddess of Ireland), the Fae, and what it means to work with ancient energies in our modern world. Aisling shares how she connects with ancestral wisdom, the importance of tribal energy versus hierarchy, and how incantations and sacred words can facilitate deep healing.

What You'll Learn:

~What Core Cellular Healing is and how it works

~The Tuatha Dé Danann and their significance to Irish heritage

~The difference between the Fae and Fairies

~How ancient Celtic wisdom applies to modern life

~The concept of imbas flow - channeling ancestral wisdom

~Why tribal energy and community are essential for healing

~How to work with incantations and sacred words for transformation

Resources & Connect with Aisling:

Website: https://oldwaysireland.ie

Instagram: @wellness_cork

Phone: 0877453925

Book: Voices From the Land (Amazon): https://amzn.eu/d/05PHUA2B

Find Amy Shine here: www.amyshine.net

Amy’s Book ‘’Dancing with the Fairies’’: https://amzn.eu/d/0fRtNqZt

Receive free Dancing with the Fairies Class and Audio Meditation here: https://www.amyshine.net/dancingwiththefairies

Song played: Burning Times by Christy Moore: https://open.spotify.com/track/7Aq9x6JVCwyGK4O2ZpCKe1?si=291f3db563604bce

EPISODE 61: WHY YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO HIM

Episode Description:

Why is it so hard to leave a relationship you know isn't right for you? In this episode, I explore the neurobiological and somatic reasons why women find themselves repeatedly drawn back to partners - even when their mind knows it's unhealthy.

We dive into how dopamine floods your system in early dating (shutting down critical thinking) and how oxytocin bonds you through touch and co-regulation.

For women with complex trauma and multiple losses, breaking these patterns is even harder. Through my own personal journey, I share how self-touch practices became the key to resourcing myself instead of outsourcing my regulation to another person.

What You'll Learn:

~Why your critical thinking goes offline in early dating

~The neurobiology of oxytocin bonding and why women experience withdrawal harder than men

~How complex trauma makes breaking attachment patterns exponentially harder

~Why somatic practices work when talk therapy doesn't

~The power of self-touch to stabilize your nervous system and create your own oxytocin

~How reparenting your younger self through body-based work breaks unhealthy cycles

~Why you can't receive from another what you first cannot give yourself

Resources:

Free 10-Minute Self-Touch Practice: https://www.amyshine.net/offers/CFaNE4y5

Private Somatic Coaching: www.amyshine.net/somatic

The Dance to Oneness Podcast presents Episode 60 ‘’Grief from a Nervous System Perspective’'.

This episode we cover:

-What happens the body and your nervous system, when there is a loss of a loved one.

-The neurobiology of loss

-Somatic practices to deal with grief

-How grief shows up in the body

-Grief rituals

Some things mentioned on the show:

Somatic Sessions with Amy: https://www.amyshine.net/somatic

Free 15 minute Somatic Practices: https://youtu.be/XvXc1fyRi7Y?si=NFuuupIiEck3_5LZ

Somatic Movement Membership: https://www.amyshine.net/somaticmembership

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The Dance to Oneness Podcast presents Episode 59 “A Grief Observed: A Shaman Perspective’’.

Shamans believed grief left unhealed lead to depression, mental illness, addiction, violence & wars in communities.

We are not our grief.

Our grief is so deep because it’s been inherited generation after generation.

We must be the generation that breaks the curse.

That holds it, feels it, sees it, transforms & transmutes it.

In this episode, I highlight the key points about Grief from the book: The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martin Prechtel.

Find the book here: https://tinyurl.com/yc7v57hr

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The Dance to Oneness Podcast presents Beyond the Mind: The Embodied Path to Effortless Transformation with special guest Emily Evans Russell.

This Episode covers:

~The Transformation Complexity Trap

~Why the mind loves complexity (and how it keeps us stuck)

~Feeling exhausted by your growth journey

~How the body processes information differently than the mind

~How breath work bypasses mental resistance

~Movement practices that unlock stagnant energy

~How bodily sensation creates faster neural rewiring

Mentioned on the show:

The Embodied Woman 7 Day Retreat in Bali September 2025. Read more here: https://www.emilyevansrussell.com/retreat

~Find Emily here:

www.emilyevansrussell.com

~Find Amy here: www.amyshine.net

~Find Free Breathwork with Emily here: https://www.emilyevansrussell.com/experience

~Find Emily Breathwork membership here: https://www.emilyevansrussell.com/breathe

~Find Free Online Movement 3 Day Online Chakra Reset here: www.amyshine.net/chakrareset

~Find Online Movement Series with Amy here: www.amyshine.net/chakraflow

Episode 57 Connecting with your Guardian Angels.

This episode is a replay of a free webinar that I offered on How to Connect with your Guardian Angel.

Would you like greater guidance in your life?

Your Guardian Angels can help, support, guide & provide healing in ways your mind cannot understand.

In this episode learn:

~Who are your Guardian Angels?

~How your Guardian Angels can assist you?

~15 minute Meditation to Connect with your Guardian Angel.

If you’d like to go deeper: 7 Days of Talking with your Guardian Angels Online starts this Monday.

Read more Here: https://www.amyshine.net/guardianangels

Find more with Amy here: www.amyshine.net

Episode 56 Leaving an Addict: Breaking up with Addiction.

This is a second part to episode 54 ''Living with an Addict''.

If you have ever found in relationship with someone in addiction, the hardest part is leaving.

Why is leaving so hard? Why is there so much internal emotional trauma after you leave?

I cover some of these aspects in this episode and talk about breaking up with addiction in your life.

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