This episode invites you into a living memoir. Christine Marie Mason sits down with Vonetta E. Taylor (Vonetta Rain)- a revered shaman and healing expert—whose true-life memoir The Shaman’s Apprentice traces her journey from a challenging upbringing to an award winning career, through a toxic marriage and spiritual disconnection to profound remembrance of purpose.

Guided by a renowned Peruvian shaman, Vonetta steps onto a path of deep healing, ancestral reconciliation, and spiritual initiation. In this episode, she shares how apprenticeship differs from merely “studying” spirituality, what it means to live as an ongoing student of mystery, and how her work now helps others heal from disease, childhood and ancestral trauma, relationship and financial struggles, psycho-somatic disorders, and more.

This episode is an invitation to soften, to listen, and to trust that your own path of healing and purpose is already unfolding beneath your feet.

In this episode, we cover so many topics, including:

• Her new book
• The Journey of Self-Realization
• Cultural and Spiritual Awakening in Kenya
• The Difference between Studying Shamanism and Becoming an Apprentice
• The Importance of Presence and the Heart
• Black Identity
• Community and Sisterhood
• Vonetta Taylor's Current Work and Future Plans

Helpful links:

• Vonetta E. Taylor author of The Shaman's Apprentice: A Memoir, available on Amazon
• Join upcoming Retreats and Connect with Vonetta
• Vitality Reset Program
• To stay updated for the Upcoming Shamanic Practitioner Certification Course, follow @vonettaetaylor on Instagram and Facebook

Your host:

• NEW Book by Christine: The Mystic Heart of Easter: A Four-Day Journey Through Love, Death, and Rebirth. Available on Amazon
• Easter Intensive: A Holy Week Journey with Christine Mason and Elizabeth Arolyn Walsh, April 2-5, 2025
• Bhakti House Immersion with Christine Mason and Adam Bauer, with Special Guests Christopher “Hareesh” Wallis and Peter and Sarah Dawkins on May 17–27, 2026
• 2026 Living Tantra Online Course: An Introduction to Tantra, Neo Tantra and Sacred Sexuality, Starts March 10, 2026.

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The poetic and deep Samantha Sweetwater joins us to talk about her substantial new work “True Human.” We explore how our a human obsession with power over life (control, separation, and abstraction) has pulled us away from harmony with the power of life itself—and what becomes possible when we return to integrity, sovereignty, and kinship with the living world. This is an invitation to re-enchant your perception, tend your own soul’s role in the web of life, and step into your future‑ancestor self with courage, wonder, and devotion.

Samantha Sweetwater is a master facilitator, executive mentor, and wisdom guide who has spent three decades helping thousands navigate personal and collective transformation. Founder of Dancing Freedom, Peacebody Japan, and One Life Circle, she has trained hundreds of facilitators worldwide. She partners with leaders in business, health, and technology to navigate awakening and align impact with regenerative futures. Her work invites you to come fully alive and to remember your soul’s collaboration with the living world. Samantha lives on the fog-kissed slopes of Mt. Tamalpais in Northern California.

She carries a certain frequency of transmission in this work and in her words.

In this episode, we cover so many topics including:

• This moment in the human relationship to planet
• Bio spirituality
• Rites of Passage, Integrity and Sovereignty
• Wonder, Joy and Grief 
• Power Over Life vs Power of Life
• Enlifenment
• Kinship Consciousness
• Protopia
• Her Sophia Transmissions
• Future Visions
• Ceremonies for a Small Planet

Helpful links:

• Samantha Sweetwater - Author of True Human: Reimagining Ourselves at the End of Our World. Get your copy now on Amazon
• Join upcoming Retreats and Events with Samantha
• NEW Book by Christine: The Mystic Heart of Easter: A Four-Day Journey Through Love, Death, and Rebirth. Available on Amazon
• Easter Intensive: A Holy Week Journey with Christine Mason and Elizabeth Arolyn Walsh on April 2-5, 2025
• Bhakti House Immersion with Christine Mason and Adam Bauer, with Special Guest Christopher “Hareesh” Wallis on May 17–27, 2026
• 2026 Living Tantra Online Course: An Introduction to Tantra, Neo Tantra and Sacred Sexuality, Starts March 10, 2026.

@christinemariemason

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Co-Founder, Radiant Farms, Sundari Gardens

NEW BOOK: The Mystic Heart of Easter: A Four-Day Journey Through Love, Death, and Rebirth. Available on Amazon

The Nine Lives of Woman: Sensual, Sexual and Reproductive Stages from Birth to 100, Order in Print or on Kindle

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What if the secret to changing the world isn’t solving problems—but unleashing new possibilities? Join us today for a transformative conversation with visionary consciousness facilitator Forrest Wilson. ​Forrest is the CEO of Luminous Labs + Founder of Luminous Capital, lead facilitator of Light In Action, and host of The Forrest Wilson Experience. 

After his father passed away in his early twenties, Forrest decided to let go of the idea he had for his life based on the expectations, conditioning, and cultural constructs he took on as a young person and dive deep into healing, developmental, and awakening journeys. After nearly a decade of playing in the unseen world, Forrest has found connection to a tremendous passion for supporting humanity to live life more fully. By embodying a way of being that is palpably alive, clear, penetrative, and illuminating, Forrest invites folks around him to play all out. The experience of being around Forrest is often described as intense. Intensely loving, clear, challenging, and sometimes confronting.

Settle in with your favorite drink, open your mind, and join us on a journey into what’s possible when we stop trying to fix the world—and start embodying the world we want to live in.

Listen now and step into a new way of being!

In this episode, we cover:

• Exploring How to Heal as Individuals and as a Civilization
• The Problem-Solving Mindset vs. Possibility Mindset
• The Role of Source Consciousness and Emerging Probabilities
• The “deep, deep, deep” Technique for Grounding and Well-being
• The Difference between Excitement and Enthusiasm
• The Unified Field of Coherence 
• The Transition of Homo Luminous
• The Role of Money and Essential Currency
• The Future of Money: from Pain-Based to Wellbeing economies
• Navigating Shadow and Vision

Helpful links:

• Forrest Wilson - Connect with him on Instagram @forrestbwilson and Linkedin
• Emerging Probabilities
• UN Sustainable Goals
• Living Tantra: Six Tuesdays, September 16- October 21, 2025. Register Now
• Upcoming Events with Christine
• Embodied Renewal: September Detox and Rest Weeks
• November Embodied Renewal: Detox and Rest Week
• Bhakti & Tantra Retreat

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If you’ve ever wondered what it really means to tap into the power of the Divine Feminine, you’re going to love today’s episode. We’re joined by a truly special guest—Laura Swan. If you haven’t heard of Laura yet, she’s a healer, coach, ceremonialist, and the heart behind the Rise of the Rose movement. She spent years helping women reconnect with their power, creativity, and one another.

In our conversation, Laura opens up about her own journey—what it means to answer the call of the Divine Feminine, how she’s built communities of support and healing, and why sisterhood and creativity are so important right now. We discuss practical ways to bring more meaning, connection, and joy into your life, and how you can contribute to this growing movement.

So, if you’re looking for some inspiration or just want to hear from someone who’s walking the walk, you’re in the right place. Grab a cup of tea, get comfy, and join us for this beautiful conversation with Laura.

In this episode, we cover:

• On Creating her own Support Systems by Gathering Women 
• Early Women's Empowerment and Spiritual Awakening
• Thoughts on including the Masculine
• Understanding the Deeper Spiritual Components of Eating Disorders
• Discovering the Divine Feminine Lineage
• The Concept of Indigeneity and Connection to the Earth
• The Rise of the Rose Movement - a Feminine-led Non-Profit Spiritual Organization
• The Importance of mutual upliftment and Creating Safe Spaces for Women to Heal
• Women as a Caretaker to Creator
• Laura shares her Personal Rituals and Devotional Practices
• The Importance of Fluidity in movement and dance in her yoga practice 
• Impact of Women's Circles on Society
• The Importance of Collaboration and Networking in the Movement

Helpful links:

• Laura Swan - Contact Laura for coaching, speaking, or events.  Follow her on Facebook and Instagram @laura_j_swan,
• Goodpods Top 100 Relationship Podcasts
• Episode # 170: Walking Home: The Return of Pilgrimage with Christine and Guests
• Motherless Mothers
• Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey to Herself
• Eating in the Light of the Moon
• Girl Power Movement Uganda
• Episode # 163: Building Power from The Bottom Up- Impact Circles

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There’s something timeless about setting out on foot and letting the rhythm of walking open up new ways of seeing the world—and ourselves. In this episode, Christine is joined by pilgrimage leaders Adam Bauer, Kyle Buckley, Renee Blodgett and Lisa Kalfus to explore the meaning and magic of pilgrimage, from the sacred caves of southern France to the vibrant trails of India and beyond.

You’ll hear personal stories, reflections on the power of walking with intention, and insights into how these journeys can bring us closer to the land and with each other.

Press play and join us on the path.

In this episode, we cover:

• Pilgrimage in the South of France and India
• Embodied Thinking and Devotion
• Reconnection to the Earth
• Rupert Sheldrake and the Historical Context of Pilgrimage in England
• Modern Pilgrimage and Its Renaissance
• The Importance of Place and the Personal Mood 
• Gratitude and Acceptance
• The Importance of Walking
• The Stages of a Pilgrimage
• Transformative Impact of the Camino 
• Preparation and Integration in Pilgrimage
• Rest and Integration
• Local Landscapes
• The Concept of Becoming Indigenous to a Bio-Region
• The Role of Rituals and Seasonal Shifts in Pilgrimage
• The Antidote to a Culture of Constant Departure
• Invitation to Resacralization and Walking as Prayer

Helpful links:

• British Pilgrimage Trust
• Adam Bauer - Return to the Sacred: An Indian Pilgrimage with Adam Bauer on January 24-February 5, 2026
• Lisa Kalfus
• Kyle Buckley
• Renee Blodgett - Author of Magdalene’s Journey. Join Blue Soul Retreat in Southern France with Mary Magdalene on Sept 16-24, 2025

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Join us today for an extraordinary conversation with William Ury, one of the world's most respected voices in negotiation and conflict transformation. In this powerful episode, William shares insights from decades of peacemaking work, exploring how imagination, deep listening, and inner peace can transform seemingly intractable conflicts.

A founding member of the Harvard Negotiation Project, William has served as a negotiation advisor to corporations, governments, and international organizations. He has mediated complex conflicts from family disputes to high-stakes international conflicts, including work in the Middle East, Russia, and other challenging global contexts.

William holds a B.A. in industrial engineering from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University. He is a sought-after speaker and consultant who has dedicated his career to helping people and organizations transform conflict into cooperation. Through his work, he continues to inspire individuals and leaders to find innovative paths to peace and understanding.

He is the author of several groundbreaking books, including the international bestseller "Getting to Yes" and his latest work "Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict".

Listen now and expand your vision of what's possible.

In this episode, we cover:

• Conflict  Resolution and Peacemaking
• Inner Negotiation:  the Role of Personal Transformation in Achieving Outer Peace
• The Power of Listening 
• Story time: Working with former Venezualan President Hugo Chavez
• Polarization and the Role of Media
• Walking and Pilgrimage
• The Essence of Humanity is Hospitality
• The Abraham Path Initiative 
• The Benefits of Walking and Pilgrimage 
• How to Be and What to Do in the Middle of a Crisis 
• The Role of Imagination in Overcoming Conflict and Envisioning a Better Future
• The Role of Poetry in Peace

Helpful links:

• William Ury - Author, Mediator, and Co-Founder, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. 
• Follow on LinkedIn 
• Instagram @williamlury
• Facebook @williamurygty
• Subscribe to Newsletter
• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
• POSSIBLE: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict
• The Abraham Path Initiative
• Outwitted by Edwin Markham
• Episode # 130: Being the Love that You Are with Patrick Connor

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Dear Rosies,

In this week’s episode of the Rose Woman, we explore the foundations of human flourishing with Dr. Darcia Narvaez, a groundbreaking researcher who bridges neuroscience, anthropology, and evolutionary wisdom. Dr. Narvaez is an explorer of human potential, asking profound questions about how early experiences shape our moral development, well-being, and connection to the world around us.

Dr. Narvaez examines how early life experiences (the evolved nest) influence moral functioning and well-being in children and adults. Questions that interest her include: How does early experience shape human nature? What can sustainable indigenous societies teach the modern world? What types of moral orientations do individuals develop in species-typical and atypical environments? What is indigenous ecological wisdom, and how do we cultivate it? How can educators and parents foster optimal development, well-being, and communal imagination? 

Her 2014 book won the 2015 William James Book Award from the APA and the 2017 Expanded Reason Award for research. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the American Educational Research Association. She hosts the website EvolvedNest.org and is president of KindredMedia.org.

In this episode, we cover:

• How to Raise a Baby in Line with Natural Human Biology
• How to Bond Like a Wise Parent
• Exploring Moral Development and Trauma
• What to Do if you Missed Out on This
• The Concept of Evolved Nest and its Key Components
• Modern Applications and Cultural Obstacles
• The Role of Nature and Play in Healing
• Indigenous Wisdom and Evolutionary Insights

Helpful links:

• Darcia Narvaez, PhD - Professor of Psychology Emerita, Psychology Department
• The Evolved Nest (Evolved Developmental Niche) (academic papers)
• Co-Founder, EvolvedNest.Org (podcasts, info, and monthly newsletter)
• The Evolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities
• Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
• Restoring Human Nature article by Darcia on Substack The Nested Pathway

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In this extraordinary episode, Zach Leary, Author of "Your Extraordinary Mind - Psychedelics in the 21st Century and How to Use Them" and Host of the Psychedelics Then and Now podcast, offers a deeply personal and revolutionary perspective on consciousness, healing, and the human growth potential. He opens up about his extraordinary journey through the psychedelic landscape, sharing intimate insights from growing up to finding his path of healing and transformation.

Over the last 30 years, Zach has found himself in the center of the psychedelic movement with a front row seat for the modern renaissance while also having first-hand knowledge of the historical legacy of the counterculture's influence on psychedelic exploration.

After spending many years as a digital marketing expert for some of the world's largest brands, Zach had a wake-up call 13 years ago that thrust him back into the center of the psychedelic cyclone thanks to the influence of his primary teacher and mentor, Ram Dass. Since then, he has found his unique voice and method in being able to contribute to the revolutionary new psychedelic movement of the 21st Century.

Join us for a deeply moving conversation that bridges personal narrative with collective transformation, offering listeners a rare glimpse into the heart of the psychedelic movement and the potential for individual and societal healing.

In this Episode, we cover:

• Zach on finding his path
• Transformation and Connection with Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Neem Karoli Baba
• On writing “Your Extraordinary Mind”
• The Role of Love and Psychedelics
• The Concept of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine within each individual
• What makes a good Integration?
• The Idea of Surrender
• Collective consciousness and the Current State of Human Evolution
• The Impact of Psychedelics on Collective Consciousness
• Zach's Current Work and Future Plans

Helpful links:

• Zach Leary - Author of Your Extraordinary Mind: Psychedelics In the 21st Century and How to Use Them on Amazon.
• Follow on Instagram @zachlearydrome, Facebook @zachleary and Linkedin @zachleary
• The Psychedelic Studies Intensive Program is an 8 week course with Zach
• The Psychedelics Then and Now podcast (formerly the MAPS Podcast)
• Psychedelics Alter Belief, Not Just Perception

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Ever wondered what happens when we stop trying to explain away the mysterious and start truly listening to the extraordinary? Join us for a mind-expanding conversation with Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal, a pioneering scholar who's not afraid to explore the weird, wonderful, and unexplainable.

Jeffrey J. Kripal holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University, where he served as the Associate Dean of the School of Humanities (2019-2023), chaired the Department of Religion for eight years, and also helped create the GEM Program, a doctoral concentration in the study of Gnosticism, Esotericism, and Mysticism that is the largest program of its kind in the world. He presently helps direct the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, where he served as Chair of the Board from 2015 to 2020.

Jeff is the author or co-author of thirteen books, nine of which are with The University of Chicago Press. He has also served as the Editor in Chief of the Macmillan Handbook Series on Religion (ten volumes, 2015-2016). He specializes in the study of extreme religious states and the re-visioning of a New Comparativism, particularly as both involve putting “the impossible” back on the academic table again. He is presently working on a three-volume study of paranormal currents in the history of religions and the sciences for The University of Chicago Press, collectively entitled The Super Story.

In this Episode, We Cover:

• Personal Background and Early Experiences
• The Role of Suffering and Religious Narratives
• The Concept of Superhuman Experiences and Erotic Experience
• The Importance of Experiences as Entry Points
• The Varying Degrees of Mystical Experiences
• The Role of Trauma and Suffering in Accessing the Extraordinary
• The Challenge of Integrating Extraordinary Experiences of the Impossible
• The Role of Imagination in Mediating Extraordinary Experiences
• The Sacred is Not Necessarily Good
• How to Think Impossibly: Get Weird
• The Importance of Visual and Symbolic Representations
• The Human Potential Movement at Esalen
• The X-Men and Evolutionary Potential
• The Importance of Reading and Storytelling

Helpful links:

• Dr. Jeffrey Kripal - J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University
• How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else
• The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities 

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In a world where loneliness has become an epidemic and healthcare often feels impersonal, Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Markle offers a revolutionary approach: prescribing community as medicine.

Dr. Elizabeth Markle, a licensed psychologist and co-founder of Open Source Wellness, challenges traditional healthcare approaches by introducing a revolutionary "Community As Medicine" model. She explores how social connection, movement, nutrition, and stress reduction can heal more than pharmaceuticals. Through Open Source Wellness, Liz has developed innovative group programs that prescribe community support, demonstrating significant improvements in participants' physical and mental health.  Join us as she shares with us how community can be the most powerful medicine.

In this episode, we cover:

• Benefits of Community-based peer support for Health
• The Concept of a Behavioral Pharmacy
• Shortcomings of the Healthcare System
• Training and Implementation of Community as Medicine
• Partnership with low-income Health clinics, YMCAs, and other Organizations to deliver the Community as Medicine Model
• Choice of Individual Coaching 
• Formation of Groups and Group Accountability 
• Helping people who are suffering from loneliness
• Creation of Open Source Wellness and collecting outcomes data
• Need for Structural changes to support Social Connection and Well-being in Modern Society
• Challenges and Future Directions
• Forming Lifelong Connections and Support Networks that Created Sustainable Structures
• How to join as a coach

Helpful links:

• Elizabeth Markle, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Executive Director of Open Souce Wellness a nonprofit devoted to equitable health and wellbeing. To donate, visit this LINK
• Full Service Health Coaching
• Food as Medicine Program Support
• Are you interested in being a Health Coach? Apply here
• Connect with Liz @dr.eliz.markle on Instagram and on LinkedIN
• David Whyte’s Poem - Everything is waiting for you
• Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American by David Putnam
• The Holomovement
• Living Tantra - A 6-week immersive journey into sacred embodiment, pleasure, presence, and energetic intimacy (virtual Course)

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