The Gris Alves’ Podcast Tales of Recovery

Any Corella, a beautiful yogi soul, tells us her experience on walking her sister Blanca home. After an aggressive cancer diagnosis, all the love and alternative healing circles, the breath of yoga and how her sister and family danced the journey of goodbyes all the while staying serene~ 

This is our first time recording in SPANISH... si, para tod@s aquellos que les llega mas en nuestro rico idioma, aquí esta.  Disfruten, y demos gracias por cada respiración que se nos da. 

Ajo!

G

After January's episode of Walking my Mother Home...I find myself a few months later with a new widow (my dad) living in our granny flat.  The plan to care for our elders and the opportunity to heal and love our parents as they age is set in place. The longing for wisdom keepers is real, but times have changed and when the 'wisdom keepers' don't realize this; they are robbed of their opportunity.  

In this deep pool of grief we're swimming in, the sensation of anger seeping in as realizations of deep patriarchal (and colonialism, and religious oppression) patterns are swimming to the surface is real.  Childhood trauma can be swept under the rug and lightened up as we grow and build resilience, but nevertheless, it is real and raw and it WILL rear its ugly head left unattended.  My understanding of my mom's perspective is growing.  I get you Ma.... whew!

The separation we create as we grow up with 'character' roles established by the bullshit system of patriarchal government needs to end.  It gets in the way of love, authenticity and true connection.  

This week on Tales of Recovery, I process some of these newly fresh awarenesses that are crawling in my body.  The experience of knowing something in your mind, to then feeling it in your bones is the way of healing.  The only way is THROUGH. 

And here we go....

Speaking heals, being heard heals even more.  This feeling of Breathing Under Water is near, it is REAL and as tangible as ever. - I explore grief, anger and being alive and awake during this time.  Tales of Recovery thanks you deeply for listening....as we Recover together may we know we can always always ask for help.

May you know you are not alone in this. May we become better humans through it all. Resist always. 

Peace,

G

My friend Luis Illades and I were neighbors in Tijuana when we were kids and were both finding our way in our early twenties in the music and arts as well as working at Cafe 101 with other Tijuana greats, a wakeful fork in the road which we talk about during this podcast as we were all working on moving on to liberation from 'general' Tijuana societal structures. 

Luis is currently a New York City based interventionist and substance abuse counselor. With specific ties to the LGBTQ community, Luis has spent decades involved with a variety of outreach organizations ranging from San Francisco's Stop AIDS project in the 1990's to touring with rock bands and promoting outreach on the road. With his own story of addiction and recovery, Illades has dedicated his mission to helping others in recovery.  In recent years, as founder of Human Condition Consulting, Luis has been working with families and institutions in focusing an invitational approach to interventions for getting loved ones into treatment. Recent years have found Illades at eating disorder treatment facility Monte Nido and Affiliates, substance use outpatient facility The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in the West Village of Manhattan, as well as consulting and mentoring at sober living facilities and within the community in the NYC area.

Listen in and enjoy this conversation on love, resilience and REcovering our birthright to BE who we want to be. In liberation, power and healing. 

May this episode be of benefit to the world. 

Peace, 

G

This week on the TOR podcast my guest is a Mental Health Essential worker~  An in depth, real and raw conversation with San Diego based Marriage and Family Therapist Matt Bishop. Matt is one of the coolest guys in the therapy world that I know.  He has a therapy wolf dog, a great story, is funny, he helps so many people in recovery, meditates and really just GETS it. He shares his own personal journey of healing and how this led to the discovery of his deep innate wisdom and empathy to choose to become a healer himself.  Matt and I met several years ago as he led a marriage workshop that I attended with my husband Julio and I instantly LOVED his energy.  Listen in because there are so many insights about mental health, forgiveness, mindfulness and, of course, a few laughs.  Did I mention he has a therapy wolf dog?!  Matt has also recently launched a super cool podcast called "People I Love and you Should Too" where he talks to Interesting People Full of Life and Wisdom and Creativity and Beauty~  You can follow Matt on Instagram and Twitter at @itsmattbishop and to work with him go check out his webpage www.mattbishoptherapy.com

May this conversation be of benefit to all who listen to it~

I hope you are able to remain calm during this season~

Peace, 

Gris

The love we allow to flow into healing is not always made of soft and gentle caresses.   It takes courage and deep work, boundaries AF, dreams, traveling into the subconscious to RE-member and then allow our true worth and intuition’s guide into breaking free from ancestral trauma and codependency.   

Tales of Recovery, by Gris Alves. 

Kirti Srivastava, my fierce friend from diLSe Movement Medicine and Spirit School and I have a conversation about all the feels, but especially about what Safety can mean during this season of Fear.  What is happening in the planet and also WHO we need to quarantine with and does that feel safe?  We talk about the work and time it takes to DE-program from social conditioning and coding, especially as women of traditional cultural backgrounds.   Like always, Kirti blows my mind with her wisdom, humor and practical insight on navigating uncertainty while staying present with 'what is'.  Listen in and enjoy. You can follow her on IG @dilse.kirtidance 

May you be safe~

May you have health~

May this episode be of benefit to those listening~ 

WTF is happening with this pandemic? Life is at a BIG PAUSE right now; and as we are faced with the reality of the fact that this life can end ... (and one day it will) who have we been up to now and how can we choose to live in gratitude and in the present moment?  

How difficult is it for us to stay still at home in enclosed quarters either by ourselves, a few roommates or our families?

This could be the grand opportunity we are being granted by Great Spirit to evaluate and notice what we are really here for: to Love, Learn, Evolve and Serve. 

My soul's perspective on this situation and an offering to grow roots in the Present moment. 

May we kindly have the compassion to allow all emotions and feelings to travel through our bodies as we choose a journey of self-discovery and a collective and conscious well being~

My friend and guest RommelRomo had a recent and unexpected diagnosis with Stage 4 Cancer last month.  I drove up to his home in Northern California we sat together as he shared with us his experience in a real and unedited conversation.  He asked that we record this because he wants to raise awareness and continues to be generous with his life.

Thank you Rommel~ May our life experience be of a beneficial presence to others. This conversation is published with great gratitude to you, for your courage and openness to share so that others may know your journey and awaken to life just as it is, in  this moment.  

Rommel Romo, my Tijuana friend, and brother from another mother sit and reflect on 30+ (yes 30+) years of friendship and his journey of recovery through the process of creation, painting, music and art.  We chat about our perspective on societal constructs, good times and hard times growing up and the TJ 90's music and drug cartel scene that set off the intuition compass to get the heck out of town. His life experience in San Francisco and Oakland has impacted many with his talent, resilient human spirit, laughter and most of all: loyal friendship.  It was, as always, a pleasure and so much fun hanging out with you Rommel.  Grab a cup of coffee or tea, or whatever you prefer and listen in~  

You can follow him on IG @rommelromo to check out his paintings and visual art.