The Gris Alves’ Podcast Tales of Recovery

This episode explores why inner self-compassion is one of the hardest mindfulness practices—rooted in survival wiring, childhood adaptation, and trauma—and offers practical ways to begin softening the heart.

Listen for a guided visualization exercise using four people (a loved one, a stranger, someone you dislike, and yourself), somatic cues to notice in the body, and reminders that other's emotional intelligence or lack thereof  is not your fault nor your responsibility.  

The host also highlights the role of practice, integration, and supportive spaces in opening toward compassion.

En este episodio, Gris conversa con Azul Tania, psicóloga y consejera espiritual, sobre su trabajo guiando círculos de mujeres y sanando la salud sexual a través de prácticas como el vapor vaginal, el masaje de senos y los rituales de temazcal. Exploran cómo el condicionamiento social, el patriarcado y el trauma moldean la sexualidad de las mujeres y la presión de estar constantemente disponibles o ser performativas.

La conversación aborda la violencia sexual en sus múltiples formas —abuso en línea, pornografía y explotación sistémica—, al tiempo que resalta la importancia de la comunidad, los ciclos de la vida y la recuperación de la voz y los límites. Azul también comparte su próxima formación para mujeres que desean guiar círculos de sanación desde una perspectiva gestáltica y feminista.

Si quieres más información del contenido y programa de formacionobline Guías de Círculos de Mujeres solicitalo al 777 4968624.

Un abrazo

Azul Tania🐺 Y Gris Alves 

Austin Durant, founder of the Fermentors Club and author of Fearless Fermenting, joins us at the Tales of Recovery Studio to talk about fermentation as a pathway to reconnecting with the body, the gut as intuition, and food as medicine! 

Austin has been fermenting food for fifteen years. In 2011 he founded Fermenters Club, whose mission is to improve people’s lives by teaching them why and how to make and enjoy fermented foods; and to create communities that are connected through their guts.

Austin has taught hundreds of fermented food workshops such as sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, kombucha, miso, and sourdough bread. 

He leads public workshops and private team-building workshops for corporations and other small groups, and hosts multi-day fermentation intensive workshops. Austin has spoken at numerous conferences in the U.S. and Europe.

In 2024, he published his first book, Fearless Fermenting.

When not stuffing things into jars, Austin enjoys gardening, practicing permaculture, cooking, yoga, writing, and studying cosmology, new physics and the natural world.

In this episode of Tales of Recovery, Gris Alves explores what it means to be human in stressful times and emphasizes the importance of managing our energy through mindfulness, embodiment, and trauma-aware practices.

She introduces a 12-week "Mindfulness Magic" journey focused on self-regulation, compassion, community, and practical tools to cultivate presence, resilience, and inner sovereignty.

Feeling heavy after the holidays is normal — this episode normalizes post-party burnout, winter sadness, and the resurfacing of family trauma. Grief, shame, and exhaustion are explored with compassion and practical reminders.

You’ll hear about somatic practices, simple daily rituals, breathing, movement, and community support that help you come back to your body, plus the mantra “I deserve to be here.” The episode closes with a reflection on taking turns in relationships and an invitation to a March Mindfulness Magic program.

In this episode Mason Mustajo shares his path from an athletic identity and chronic pain into deep somatic work, breathwork, and conscious plant medicine. He describes how a difficult breakup, mentorship, and powerful initiations led him to choose life, embrace responsibility, and become a facilitator and community builder.

Mason discusses Sacred Sons, the Brotherhood of the Roots, and The Way of We — practices that combine ceremony, breathwork, and relational healing to reclaim embodiment, sovereignty, and ancestral wisdom. He also speaks about the importance of clean food, water, and community in supporting long-term transformation.

The conversation offers practical guidance for finding the others, integrating trauma into the body, and stepping into committed, generational healing. Mason invites listeners to connect for breath, coaching, and community work.

A concise episode exploring ongoing grief and how Compassionate Inquiry and Family Constellations support somatic healing. Gris Alves discusses how childhood loyalties, ancestral patterns, and epigenetics shape our nervous systems, and offers practical encouragement for slow, embodied grief work and integration.

Host Gris Alves sits down with Nick TNT, author of Breath of Life Recovery. We  explore his recovery journey, his book Breath of Life, and how breath-work and step-work can release trauma and support long-term sobriety.

The episode covers practical techniques (like 4-7-8 breathing), the science and spirituality of breathing, integrating breath-work with 12-step programs, the Honu House residential program, retreats, and where to find resources.

www.breathofliferecovery.org

En este episodio, Gris Alves conversa con Sandra Santa Cruz sobre dejar una vida citadina de alta presión para vivir y guiar retiros en Valle Paralelo, una reserva forestal de 60 hectáreas en el sur de México. Sandra relata una crisis existencial, su recuperación y cómo la rutina, la naturaleza y la comunidad le ayudaron a reconectar con su cuerpo y propósito.

La conversación explora el trabajo de retiro en Valle Paralelo —incluyendo experiencias asistidas con caballos, sanación con sonido, prácticas somáticas y frecuencias musicales experimentales— y cómo estos enfoques apoyan la integración emocional y somática.

Los oyentes escucharán ideas prácticas e historias personales sobre el cuidado de la tierra y los animales, el poder de la presencia y las posibilidades de regeneración a través de prácticas basadas en la naturaleza.

Listeners will hear practical insights and personal stories about caretaking the land and animals, the power of presence, and the possibilities of regeneration through nature-based practices.

In this episode of Tales of Recovery, the host explores the pressures of fast modern life and the choice to live more slowly, grounded in nature and spiritual practice.

She discusses practical tools—meditation, yoga, music—and ancestral medicines like psilocybin used within held, guided ceremonies to cultivate compassion, healing, and reconnection.

The episode invites listeners to a December 6th community ceremony by the fire, emphasizing integration, accompaniment, and a collective shift toward calm, gratitude, and groundedness.