The Makaranda Podcast

"Morning Breaths" is a meditation to help you bring forward a calm presence within yourself. Eleanor Evans Medina invites you to settle on the Earth and breathe deeply, grounding yourself with mindful awareness. The meditation gently guides you to notice your surroundings, open your awareness, and let go of any tension with each exhale. Focused breathing in and out cultivates relaxation, anchoring you fully in the body for a calm, centered morning.

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Music | Sleep for Wellness by Humans Win

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

This meditation, "Awaken Your Light," is dedicated to a dear friend, Scarlett. Eleanor Evans Medina leads you through grounding breaths and visualizations to awaken your fullest, most radiant self, even during life’s challenging moments. Ground into the Earth’s wisdom, release limiting beliefs, and connect with your inner light. Each breath becomes a choice to embrace the beautiful, powerful being you are.

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Music | The Warmth Of Home (Even Cozier) by The Turquoise Moon

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

In this episode of The Makaranda Podcast, Eleanor welcomes the insightful Dr. Elise Sulser for an eye-opening conversation. 

Dr. Elise explores the profound intersection of life and death, discussing how our culture often numbs both physical and emotional pain, robbing us of the spiritual depth that comes with fully experiencing discomfort. Together, they examine how numbing—whether through medications or avoidance—prevents true healing and personal growth.

As they delve into these themes, intuition emerges as a key element in navigating life’s greatest thresholds, from birth to death. They explore how bypassing pain can block us from integrating the lessons that come from heartbreak and loss. Eleanor shares powerful insights from her work with hospice care patients, highlighting the importance of confronting and embracing pain instead of running from it.

For anyone curious about the wisdom that comes from embracing the full spectrum of the human experience, this conversation will be thought-provoking and transformative. Tune in to explore how embracing discomfort can lead to true healing and spiritual expansion.

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

In this episode of The Makaranda Podcast, Eleanor invites a very special guest, her maternal grandmother, Barbara LaPorte Ipsaro, affectionately known as "MaMere." Together, they dive into the topic of intuition. 

Eleanor shares how many of her clients struggle with the question, "How do I listen to myself and my intuition?" In response, MaMere shares her personal journey of learning to trust her inner voice, beginning in her teenage years. She reflects on her early experiences of self-awareness and intuition, offering wisdom and heartfelt stories that resonate with anyone seeking to deepen their own self-trust.

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

This meditation focuses on trusting ourselves. Eleanor Evans Medina guides deep, mindful breathing, centering on the womb space. You can gently rock forward to back or sit still as you ground yourself. It is best to sit outside in nature. Tune into trust and love.

The practice encourages releasing stress, connecting with the nurturing energy of the Divine Feminine, and cultivating gratitude.

We pray you can carry this sense of trust and calm into your daily life.

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Music | Deep Sleep by Amber Waldron

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

Join Eleanor Medina, daughter of Henry Hooper, in a meditation for the Loyola Blake Field class of 1972, guiding them into eldership with a focus on health, wisdom, and spirituality.

This is an opportunity for this class to reflect on how to share their wisdom and honor classmates who have passed. They are able to embrace their role as an elder, guided by the Holy Spirit, and carry this sense of peace and purpose forward to younger generations.

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Music | Falling Up by Bzur

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

This is a meditation called "To Be Magnetic." Here Eleanor offers this short morning practice to help you start your day. In this meditation, Eleanor guides you to visualize the sun filling every cell of your body with light. This is one way to tune into the electromagnetic field.

Imagine your heart as a magnet, attracting the most aligned people, places, ideas, and experiences to you. Focus on what you desire and let yourself dream, feeling the magnetic energy radiating through your body. Breathe deeply, hold the energy, and release it, doubling its magnitude with each exhale.

Embrace the feeling of being a powerful magnet of light, attracting what is right for you in your life to come to you. Share your magnetic energy and carry it into the world.

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Music | Joyful Mind (Meditation Music) by Giuseppe Rizzo

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

Infuse Pain with Light - This ten-minute meditation focuses on infusing areas of the body in pain with light. Ideally, perform this practice outside in natural light—whether from the sun, moon, or stars—but it can be done anywhere.

Eleanor invites you to pay attention to any areas of stuck or tight energy. Direct your inhales to infuse these areas with light and use your exhales to release tension, visualizing spaciousness around the painful parts. This meditation encourages you to let your body move if needed, following your natural rhythm and pace.

Focus on the breath and allow the light to heal every cell, organ, bone, and ligament. Trust in your body's natural intelligence and healing capabilities.

May this meditation enhance your own well-being while also contributing to collective healing.

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Music | Multitudes by Humans Win

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

This one-minute reset designed to quickly refresh and refocus your energy. Stand up and shake out your hands and feet, allowing your body to move freely. Take a deep breath and find stillness. As you breathe in, visualize spiraling energy upwards, and as you breathe out, anchor this energy through your feet into the earth.

Continue this breathing pattern to reset and relax, culminating in a final breath that refocuses your energy and grounds you in the present moment. This quick exercise aims to leave you feeling rejuvenated and ready to take on the day.

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Music | Meditation Peaceful Sleep by Boris Skalsky

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.

Welcome to a meditation that focuses on healing the physical body through visualization and mindful breathing. Dedicated to Eleanor's parents Henry and Tracy Hooper, who are recovering from injuries, the practice invites participants to visualize their bodies as fully healed, here and now. As listeners, you are encouraged to sit or stand comfortably, engage in deep breathing, and perform a body scan to identify areas needing attention.

The meditation emphasizes the power of the mind-body connection, guiding you to imagine the healing process in vivid detail. Through breath and visualization, the session aims to cultivate a sense of inner harmony, sending healing energy within and extending it outward to the collective. You are reminded of their body's natural ability to heal and are encouraged to practice self-compassion.

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Music | Ambient Meditation Relaxation by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

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About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor Evans Medina is a nature-based therapist, death doula, and beekeeper who calls herself a daughter of the Earth. She started The Makaranda Method in 2018, and her work brings people back into relationship with the Earth and with themselves through somatics and earth-based ceremony. Whether she is with someone one-on-one, in a group, or on retreat, what she is really after is helping people feel free, settled, and at home in their own lives.