In this week's episode, Leslie Draffin shares one of her favorite new moon rituals for the upcoming new moon in Leo as well as a 15-minute manifestation meditation.
 
This new moon takes place on August 7-8 but you can do this ritual with any new moon. It's also not necessary to do this ritual exactly on the new moon, as the energy will still be present a few days before and a few days after the new moon occurs.

For this ritual, you'll need a piece of paper, pen or pencil, and either a potted plant or a plot of grass to plant your intention in after the ritual is complete.

This manifestation meditation is roughly 15 minutes long. You'll want to do it after completing your new moon ritual, as you'll be working on manifesting the intention you set for this new moon. The meditation begins at the 7:20 mark.

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In this week's episode, Rachel Pringle talks about embodying the wild woman within and how we can be "whole and healing at the same time."

Rachel is an actor, writer and creator whose Wild Woman Experience opened Leslie's eyes to the realm of embodiment last year when she took the class online. Leslie & her husband Micah went on to take a relationship course with Rachel and her husband Johann Urb (who was a guest on the podcast in episode 13), so it's very exciting to have Rachel on as a guest this week.

In this episode we discuss:
-dance as a way to feel free and express your feelings
- meeting emotions & channeling them
- Rachel's start as a model & how she had to move past thinking of her body as a commodity and into the mindset where she felt at home in her body
- healing the relationship with our bodies & living in union with them
- embodying the wild woman within
- sacred rage
-creating safe sacred space
- her wild rituals program
- spiritual bypassing

Rachel's newest course "Wild Erotic: The Art of Being Turned On By Life" starts August 8th.
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In this week's episode, Buddhist teacher, spiritual mentor, and artist Moun D'Simone talks about the power of forgiveness and why we all need connection now more than ever.
 
Moun says "our stories shape us but they don't define us. Our traumas shape us, but they don't define us." And in this chat, she discusses why we should all "upcycle our past" rather than try to forget it or hide it.

Moun D’Simone is a spiritual teacher, mentor, and meditation guide. She is everyone's Spiritual Godmother, known for her big sister's warmth and real-talk style. Deeply rooted in Tibetan Buddhism, contemplative psychotherapy, breathwork, and Hatha Yoga, Moun’s tangible and no-BS methods remind us our stories matter, and we are all innately compassionate badass people. She has studied and spent extended time in retreats in India, Nepal, and Indonesia, with highly esteemed masters of our time, like His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Venerable Robina Courtin, and the oracle Khadro-la. Her Practice Club womxn group programs are renowned, transformational, and empowering. Moun has taught at Kripalu Center, Maha Rose, Havas Media, and worked with MindBodyGreen and Well+Good.

Moun's 5-week Modern Dakini course is a roadmap to a life of beauty, connection, and creative expression. The next session begins in September and you can join the course or learn more here.

Find Moun on Instagram @MounDSimone and moundsimone.com.

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In this week's episode, Leslie Draffin discusses getting a reading with professional astrologer Luna Brooke of The Chakra Oracle. In her 90-minute reading, Leslie & Luna touched on everything from love & relationships to work & career choices. 

Luna Brooke is a professional astrologer and certified spiritual life coach. She is a member of the American Federation of Astrologers and holds a bachelor of science from RPI with dual majors in Design, Innovation, & Society and Mechanical Engineering. Luna hosts Sacred Sister Circles in Burlington, Vermont on each new and full moon. She also offers astrology readings, tarot readings, and spiritual life coaching programs online ~ with a 100% satisfaction and recommendation rate!

Use the coupon code FREEHUGS to drop the price for a 1 hr Astrology Reading with Luna to $50. You can also sign up for Luna's email newsletter to received astrology updates and guidance for your life.

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In this week's episode, professional astrologer Luna Brooke, of the Chakra Oracle, discusses astrology as a self-empowerment tool. 

Luna Brooke is a professional astrologer and certified spiritual life coach. She is a member of the American Federation of Astrologers and holds a bachelor of science from RPI with dual majors in Design, Innovation, & Society and Mechanical Engineering. Luna hosts Sacred Sister Circles in Burlington, Vermont on each new and full moon. She also offers astrology readings, tarot readings, and spiritual life coaching programs online ~ with a 100% satisfaction and recommendation rate!

Use the coupon code FREEHUGS to drop the price for a 1 hr Astrology Reading with Luna to $50. You can also sign up for Luna's email newsletter to received astrology updates and guidance for your life.

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In this week's episode, we're talking about the connection between sensual dance, witchcraft, and personal power with Crimson Minx.

Crimson Minx is a dirty dancer, witchy woman, and owner of Minx + Muse in Austin, Texas. Minx + Muse is a fiercely feminine playhouse that empowers folx to awaken their innate magick through sensual dance and witchcraft.

In our chat we discuss the magick of sensual dance, how Crimson discovered sensual dance and why she decided to open Minx + Muse, why she feels witchcraft and sensual movement go hand in hand, shame, and the patriarchy, how to start feeling more pleasure in your body and the importance of self-touch.

You can find out more about Crimson via the Minx + Muse podcast and check out their Spotify playlists for AMAZING mood-setting music.


Follow Crimson on Instagram @crimson.minx
Follow Minx + Muse on Instagram @minx.muse
Visit their website at www.minxandmuse.com
That's also where you can find Crimson's Baby Witch course and Intro to Eso-erotic movement.

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This week we have a full moon in Gemini happening on June 24th. So in this episode, Leslie Draffin talks about the power of the full moon and shares her full moon rituals including a fire ceremony for releasing negative thoughts, feelings, or patterns in your life.

What you'll need for the full moon fire ritual:
pencil or pen
paper
lighter or matches
fireproof bowl or bowl of water

Other full moon rituals:
Charge your crystals
Make moon water
Create a gratitude list
Meditate!

Books mentioned:
Moon Spells by Diane Ahlquist
Lunar Alchemy by Shaheen Miro

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In this week's episode, we're talking with Lily Shepard about using dance to feel empowered and connect with pleasure.

Lily is a dancer, personal coach, sensual embodiment specialist and creator of the S.A.S.S. Method. In this chat she breaks down her history as a dancer, how she morphed into a sensual embodiment practitioner, stigmas around pleasure in communities of color, body positivity, setting boundaries, using dance as a self turn-on tool and the difference between shadow work and shadow integration.

Lily also shares about why she feels pleasure is the pathway to power and how she makes it a foundation in her life. We also discuss self-love vs. self-acceptance and why she feels one isn't possible without the other.

Dance along with Lily no matter where you are through her BRAND NEW offering, Lily's Movement Playground. It's an on-demand dance and embodiment studio with everything from twerk classes to journal prompts and even cardio dance workouts. You can also join her course, the S.A.S.S. method, a 6-week program to help illuminate your path to becoming a sovereign woman, anytime.

Connect with Lily on Instagram: @lilyshepardmoves
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In this week's episode we're talking to Allegra West about a self-empowerment tool many have never heard about, Human Design. Allegra is a Shadow Work Coach & Corporate Culture Consultant who integrates neuroscience with traditional coaching, embodiment practices, NLP, Human Design, and other esoteric practices.

She breaks down what human design really is, how it was created, the way she found it and how it's changed her lift.  She also talks about using shadow work to shift the collective and how we can create our own reality.

In this episode, Allegra goes through Leslie's chart and breaks down some of the main areas and what they mean. We do suggest getting your own Human Design chart and having it with you as you listen to this podcast. You can find it at any one of these sites. You'll need to know your birth date, birth time and place of birth.

www.jovianarchive.com
www.mybodygraph.com
www.myhumandesign.com

Book a reading with Allegra on her website, Celestial Reckonings, and if you're in the corporate world looking for a coach, reach out to her at Estel Consulting.  You can also listen to her new podcast, Reframing Reality on your favorite podcast app!

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In this week's episode, morning news anchor and yoga teacher Leslie Rangel opens up about mental health and how she's working to help journalists manage the stress of their very tough jobs. We talk about her spiritual journey and her path to becoming a yoga teacher, wellness, spirituality and the news industry, how many journalists cope with their jobs via alcohol, beating burnout during a pandemic and tools to create a healing space.

Leslie also speaks about her business, The News Yogi, where she's combining her years of experience on TV with her years as a yogi to build a community journalists can rely on for help with their mental health. She's on a mission to help bring  yogic tools to journalists of color and journalists of conscience. Leslie teaches journalists how to understand what trauma, stress, depression and anxiety look like and how to begin using yoga on the mat to take it into their lives off the mat. Leslie says it's time to end the journalism stigma of “getting over” stress and anxiety because it’s “part of the job” or we need to “pay our dues.” Journalists are resilient, but also human. 

Leslie has been featured presenter for journalism conferences including RTDNA, IRE, and ONA. Her yoga for journalists work has been featured in Yoga Journal and the Journalism Institute National Press Club.  Leslie is a 500 hour registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She's trained in trauma-informed yoga and meditation. She’s also currently studying Advanced Yoga Psychology with a licensed psychotherapist and yoga/meditation teacher.

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