The Heart of the Soul with Amana

Catharine is a Beautiful Crone, dear friend and former Coworker.

She currently practices as a Music Thanatologist and recently published her first book!

Watch this podcast on Youtube:@AmanaBeLove

We chat about the following:

~ What is music thanatology

~ We speak about how we would work together with Dying

~ People: Catharine Playing the Harp and myself practicing Reiki 

~ She shares the exquisite story of her Mother’s Death that she was present for. Catharine describes anointing her with essential oils, crawling into bed with her. 

~ Describes the mystery of the soul leaving the body

~ Shares how the ways she feels her mother’s presence

~ What she knows of her own birth story

~ Her experiences playing the harp for people near the end of her life

~ Her Birth stories, both at home, one prior to the midwife arriving

~ Consuming her placenta

~ Her Journey through Menopause which occurred along the same time that her marriage ended

~ The Story of writing a Story of her own: The Secret of the Nail: A

~ Fait Demeter Adventure

~ Her Life Long Journey of Playing Music

~ More about the Harp and its use in Music Thanatology

~ The option of her body being composted after death

Link to Catharine’s Book:The Secret of The Nail: A Faith Demeter Adventure:https://a.co/d/eR2vwa5 

The Path to the Mountain:https://a.co/d/8TTfau4

Connect with me Amana: 

Follow along on my new & growing Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @amanabelove ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with me 1:1 for support in Pregnancy, Birth or Grief:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.BirthingNova.Love⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Until next time, remember Be brave, Be wild, Be love, Be you & Be the change that you seek for yourself & for the generations to come

Amana Be Love

Aiko is a dear friend of mine.

She is a trained Yoga Instructor, Lymph Drainage Practitioner, Mother, Photographer, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Outdoor Enthusiast, Creator of Ritual & much more! 

Aiko took the photo of me for this Podcast!

Aiko Shares:The history of her Grandmother being a Prisoner of War. 

How she experiences life in Spokane as a Chinese/Japanese/Hawaiian Lady living in Spokane

3 Home Birth Stories as well as her first pregnancy that ended in an Early Birth/Misscariage 

Her Journey to becoming SoberNavigating the recent Death of her Sister and her unique path of grieving

Ritual & The Beauty of Death

Know you are Loved, Important and Needed

Get in Touch with Aiko via Face Book

Aiko provides several services through her business ELEMENTAL CONNECTIONS 

~ Fireside Photography: Family, Professional, Pregnancy, Events 

~  Earthbound Yoga: Private In Home & Zoom Yoga (Aiko Specializes in Prenatal Yoga)

~ Open Air Adventures: Couples Dates & Small Group Privately Led Individualized Outdoor Adventures that Incorporate Herbalism, Yoga & Photography

~ Aquatic Touch- Lymph Drainage

TherapistDharma Recovery with Julia Hayes: https://www.soulscenter.com/recovery-dharma.html 

Connect with me Amana: 

Follow along on my new & growing Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @amanabelove ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with me 1:1 for support in Pregnancy, Birth or Grief:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.BirthingNova.Love⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Schedule Your Intuitive Mediumship Reading⁠⁠:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.birthingnova.love/mediumship⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Until next time, remember Be brave, Be wild, Be love, Be you & Be the change that you seek for yourself & for the generations to come

Amana Be Love

Judith Brownhawk is a Wise Elder, a Member of the Chaktaw Nation of Oklahoma & Missisipi

She has a Masters in Psychology

Watch this episode on Youtube@AmanaBeLove Judith Shares today about:

~ Her Smudge Combination, the meaning of the 4 ingredients & how to 

~ The MAGIC of the Number 4

~ Being forcibly removed from her parents in Oklahoma when she was 2.

~ Judith was shipped to Washington State on a Train to be adopted into a

~ White family, all in the name of Assimilation. 

~ Finding her family after running away at 13 years old. 

~ Making all of Life a Ceremony

~ A few notes on a Cedar Flute her Partner made

~ Sweat Lodge Ceremonies

~ Our Cultural disconnect with food, specifically meat 

~ Her reflections on this year of COVID

~ Standing up to Racism

~ How the World might be different with More Women in Charge

~ How Counseling & Hypnotherapy have positively affected her life

~ The Spirit vs The Soul 

~ Moccasins, Dreamcatchers, Necklaces, Medicine Pouches & Artwork that She Creates

Find Judith on Facebook 

Judith's email: [email protected]

For Unique Hand Crafted Moccasins by JudithTrace your feet & measure around your ankle. Write it down on a piece of paper along with your phone number

Mail this to Judith at P.O. 273 Valley WA 99181

~  Judith will Call you to discuss the details of your Moccasins & take your payment. 

(Judith does NOT have a website)

Connect with me, Amana:

Check out my Sistership Offerings for Women:www.BirthingNova.Love

A Free Flow Share of my Experiences Witnessing Death & Dying

~ Commonalities I witnessed across many deaths 

~ The culture of death

~The slowing of the Breathe before it stops

~ Nonverbal signs of discomfort or pain

~ When the Soul leaves the Body

~ What happens to the Body after

Hear me share the story of my daughter's death in episode 19

Listen to me share the experience of Bjorn's death on episode 5, my first love and the first death I witnessed: Bjorn

Connect with me, Amana:

Instagram:@AmanaBeLove

www.BirthingNova.Love

Watch interview Videos & More on YouTube@AmanaBeLove

Use the Acronym B.R.A.I.N to help you ask the right questions when engaging with the medical system. 

B: Benefits: What are the Benefits?

R: Risks: What are the Risks?

A: Alternatives: What are the Alternatives?

I: Intuition/Information: What does my Intuition say? Do I Want/Need More Information?

N: Now: Must this be done NOW? Or Can it Wait?

I share why I use this tool when interacting with Medical Providers of all kinds

How it might be helpful to you in multiple settings. 

Remember YOU make your own decisions. 

I am NOT giving medical advice in this episode. 

Connect with me, Amana:

Instagram: @amanabelove

www.BirthingNova.Love

~ Jami shares stories of working in the medical system while not completely trusting it. 

~ When Jami had ovarian torsion she was told by an OBGYN that she didn't and was sent home in pain. 

~ Weeks later she underwent exploratory surgery that revealed she did indeed have ovarian torsion. By then her ovary was necrotic and had to be removed. 

~ Jami highlights ways she advocated for herself. 

~ Hear Jami's journey of conceiving and birthing her baby after years of thinking she did not want children. 

~ We also touch on topics of:

~ Reiki

~ Conscious conception

~ Death Doula

~ Intuition

~ Spirits

Connect with me, Amana:

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The End of Life Doula Training Jami is doing: