The Karmic Warrior

Part of the pain and the beauty of life is that we will experience the inevitable times of crisis. We can’t avoid the unavoidable, but we can harness the power of our spiritual practice to navigate our way through personal and collective crises with grace and ease.

In this episode of the Karmic Warrior podcast, I have a conversation with my dear friend, renowned trauma healing expert, and creator of the Grace Process, Dr. Lori Leyden.

Dr. Leyden has worked worldwide to help communities in crisis– from working with genocide survivors in Rwanda to the survivors of school shootings in Sandy Hook, New England, and Parkland, Florida to working with the aboriginal communities of Australia to heal transgenerational trauma. In our conversation, we look at crisis from a spiritual perspective and discuss the different ways we can find our way through personal as well as collective crises while staying centered in our spiritual practice. Enjoy!

In Yoga tradition it’s said that the mantra or sound Aum is the building block of reality. So when I met Kristin Hoffman, Julliard trained vocalist, composer, and creator of Sol-Aum sound healing (as in Om), I knew I had to have her on the Karmic Warrior Podcast. In this engaging conversation, Kristin and I talk about her unique work as a conscious musician and sonic guide who uses sound and melody to inspire awareness and awaken humanity to it’s highest potential. We also talk about a project that she’s spear-heading as part of the Evolutionary Leaders circle called Artists Catalyzying Evolution and how she hopes it can be a vehicle for people to realize the power of art as the master healer and integrator.

Many law of attraction experts say that one of the secrets to manifesting whatever you want in life is to access the power of desire-- in other words, when you elicit enough DESIRE for whatever it is that you want, then you will manifest it. But unfortunately, this is a very simplistic and frankly, dangerous approach to manifesting. In this episode of the Karmic Warriror Podcast, I'll be examining desire and manifestation from the perspective of Yoga Wisdom and sharing with you a more grounded and reliable way to manifest a life of ease, flow and fulfillment... enjoy!

How do you know if you're spiritually awakened? You can find a lot of articles and videos about this topic online, but unfortunately, many of them can be misleading or only partially correct because they're based on a new-age view of spirituality, versus being grounded in time-proven and tested tradition. In this episode of the Karmic Warrior Podcast, we'll see go straight to an ancient text that's been used by yogis for thousands of years to guide them on their journey of spiritual awakening.

What do you think about when you hear the word "power"? Do you associate it with authority, control, or maybe ‘abuse of power’ comes to mind? Or do you associate it with feeling powerful or maybe powerless? One thing that hasn’t changed over the span of time is the fact that as human beings, we all have to face challenges in life that can leave us feeling powerless. But luckily, the great wisdom teachers of non-dual tantra showed us how yoga is a practice of invoking and embodying our innate power. We all have the powers of the Divine within us… and we’re invited to realize these powers… In this episode of the Karmic Warrior Podcast, we’ll be talking about five powers of the Divine that are inherent (and hidden) within YOU, and how you can access those powers to express the fullness of who you really are.

It's inevitable that we will encounter difficult people in life. Whether it is a snarky barista, an inconsiderate friend or sibling, or a passive-aggressive co-worker, dealing with these kinds of people can be exhausting and leave us feeling irritated and angry. If you add of top of it, the holiday season-- all the excitement and joy you’d expect to feel can be overshadowed and even ruined!  In this episode of the Karmic Warrior,  I'm going to look at a powerful teaching from a text that's nearly 1000 years old that can help you stay centered and calm when dealing with difficult people... anytime, anywhere.

As a yogini and a karmic-warrior, I see the beauty and the power in giving and being generous... and there’s so much out there about how important GIVING is on the spiritual path. But there’s a darker side to generosity that’s a lot less talked about- so in this episode I’m going to address a common misconception that we should always be generous.

Relationships are a cauldron of consciousness. In other words, all the ‘stuff’ that makes up our relationships: the good, the bad, and the ugly, offers us the opportunity to gain knowledge about ourselves. In today's episode, we’re going to look at how we can deepen our awareness of our own karmic patterns by looking at how we relate and interrelate in our relationships.

The Law of Karma tells us that everything we're experiencing right now is a result of our past actions. But hidden within this law is something deeper for spiritual seekers to explore-- that the more fundamental cause of all pain and suffering we experience on a personal and collective level is a result of not knowing who we are- I call it a case of mistaken identity. In this episode of The Karmic Warrior Podcast, I unpack The Law of Karma piece by piece so that you can begin to see how to live a more fulfilling, joyful life.