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In this episode of The Wild Temple Podcast, Brooke Sullivan shares her profound journey and insights on blending ancient wisdom with modern crises through personal anecdotes and community efforts. From working with frankincense in meditation to organizing extensive community support during a climate disaster (Hurricane Helene 2024) in Asheville, North Carolina, Brooke discusses the importance of grounding practices and plant allies in building resilience. She details how communities can come together, leveraging individual strengths and collective resources, to navigate and rise above crises. The episode closes with a beautful conversation with Amy Cantrell from BeLoved Asheville and song that was written by Asheville area musicians as part of a benefit album for BeLoved Asheville. 

Learn More About BeLoved Asheville: https://www.belovedasheville.com/ 

Wild Temple Sage Apprenticeship: https://www.thewildtemple.com/sageapprenticeship 

Included In This Episode: 

• Personal Journey with Plant Allies
• Lessons from Climate Disasters
• The Power of Community and Connection
• Tantra and Dharmic Revolution
• Navigating Crisis with Ancient Wisdom
• Navigating Safety in Crisis
• Organizing Relief Efforts
• Recognizing Community Heroes
• The Importance of Mental Health

Podcast host Brooke Sullivan BA, c-IAYT, e-RYT 500 is the founder and director of The Wild Temple, as well as an educator, dharma igniter, and rebellious paradigm shifter who rests on the shoulders of tradition.

Brooke’s dedication to yoga and the healing arts has been cultivated with over 23 years of experience in tantra, yoga, ayurveda, herbalism, vitalism, vibrational healing, and holistic woman care as well as cultivating the art of self-care while traveling internationally.

The Wild Temple mystery school offers professional healing courses on Flower Essence Therapy, Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as an in-depth apprenticeship to midwife you into becoming a revolutionary force of healing + inspiration with time tested tools of Tantric alchemy, yoga + herbal wisdom.

Learn more about Brooke and The Wild Temple mystery school on our website, by subscribing to our newsletter, or by following along on Instagram or

This autumn, claim your space in our annual course that is only offered once per year, during the Vedic time period called: Pitru Paksha. In Bone Deep, you will learn 3 different ways to work with the ancestors, based on Tantric, Psychological and Nature-focused methodologies. 

For two weeks, you receive guided meditations, inspirational teachings and healing mantras to aid your journey. Expect magic, awe and a deeper connection to your own empowerment.

The Sage Apprenticeship, A Self-Mastery Course Begins Oct. 16
More than a teacher training, this is a path of self-mastery and dharmic living. In a year of guided study, you’ll root into timeless practices, restore vitality, and rise with the confidence to share your medicine. This living tradition of Tantra, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda is for those ready to align to purpose, shed what dims one's light, and become skillful in the profession of Tantra Yoga Therapy.

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Today marks a rare convergence—both All Hallows’ Eve and Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated in the East. As we honor Halloween, a tradition rooted in my own ancestral ties to Scotland and Ireland, I’m reminded of the shared theme between these days: a reverence for what lies beyond, whether in the shadows or in the warmth of light. It’s a powerful reminder of memory, the cycles of release and renewal, and how time itself can be a gift—a current that both flows from the past and guides us forward.​

This episode explores these themes further, reflecting on memory, resilience, and the ways we’re called to tend to the deep waters of our past through a recent Natural disaster called "Helene." I’ll share thoughts on honoring our ancestors, navigating emotional currents, and the strength we find in community care during times of crisis.

Hurricane Helene:

Hurricane Helene, large, catastrophic tropical cyclone notable for its rapid intensification that ultimately produced a wide swath of damage and loss of life that extended from northwestern Florida, where the storm made landfall on September 26, 2024, in the mountain ranges of Western North Carolina.

Helene’s high winds and flooding killed more than 230 people, making it the deadliest hurricane to strike the U.S.

Some estimates put the economic impact of the storm, including property and infrastructure damage, as high as $200 billion, which would make Helene the costliest storm in U.S. history.

Helene’s metamorphosis from an area of scattered thunderstorms and rain to a category 4 hurricane in the span of a little more than two days was fueled by abnormally warm waters in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, which meteorologists have attributed to global warming.

The occult side of Helene:

• My dreams, most nights for 11 years (after I had my daughter): Were of floods, devastating flooding waters tearing through our towns, people trying to get away with roads crumbling all around them, landslides, tsunamis, etc.. As soon as we moved to California- I stopped dreaming.
• Ardra: Ardra Nakshatra is in the Gemini zodiac sign and is characterized by a Teardrop. Ardra Nakshatra means moist or wet and stands for transformation and destruction! The nakshatra also depicts unmet desires of the past life being carried forward to the present life embodied in our subconscious. The female gender Ardra nakshatra is governed by Rahu, whereas Rudra- the lord of storms is the Hindu deity of the nakshatra. 
• The 1,000 year or 30,000 year (depending on who you talk to) storm that is unprecedented in our modern history books, came during a time in the Vedic calendar kn

This autumn, claim your space in our annual course that is only offered once per year, during the Vedic time period called: Pitru Paksha. In Bone Deep, you will learn 3 different ways to work with the ancestors, based on Tantric, Psychological and Nature-focused methodologies. 

For two weeks, you receive guided meditations, inspirational teachings and healing mantras to aid your journey. Expect magic, awe and a deeper connection to your own empowerment.

The Sage Apprenticeship, A Self-Mastery Course Begins Oct. 16
More than a teacher training, this is a path of self-mastery and dharmic living. In a year of guided study, you’ll root into timeless practices, restore vitality, and rise with the confidence to share your medicine. This living tradition of Tantra, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda is for those ready to align to purpose, shed what dims one's light, and become skillful in the profession of Tantra Yoga Therapy.

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In this episode of the Wild Temple podcast, Brooke Sullivan and guest Kennea Miller explore the profound connections between ancestry, land, and healing through yogic practices. Listen in as they share personal journeys of reconnecting with their heritage, including Kennea’s ties to the Gullah Geechee people and her decolonial healing work. Their deep and insightful conversation covers the impacts of colonialism and slavery, and highlights the importance of rituals and nature in reclaiming cultural heritage. The episode also discusses the Wild Temple’s 'Bone Deep' course, which integrates dharma and ancestral healing through practical methods. 

*** Bone Deep: Land & Lineage Healing

Course https://www.thewildtemple.com/ancestral-land-lineage-healing 

Topics Include: 

• Kennea Miller's Background and Ancestral Connection
• Discovering Ancestral Practices and Yoga
• Family Rituals and Cultural Practices
• Blessings and Burdens of Ancestral Inheritance
• Embracing the Power of Ancestral Lineage
• The Importance of Land and Ancestral Healing
• The Disconnect and Healing Through Elements
• Facing Ancestral Inheritance and Personal Healing
• Confronting Historical Trauma and Racism
• Navigating Entitlement and Healing
• Introducing the Bone Deep Course

Connect with Kennae Miller: 

• Website https://kennae.com/ 
• Instagram @kenneamiller https://www.instagram.com/kennaemiller 

Podcast host Brooke Sullivan BA, c-IAYT, e-RYT 500 is the founder and director of The Wild Temple, as well as an educator, dharma igniter, and rebellious paradigm shifter who rests on the shoulders of tradition.

Brooke’s dedication to yoga and the healing arts has been cultivated with over 23 years of experience in tantra, yoga, ayurveda, herbalism, vitalism, vibrational healing, and holistic woman care as well as cultivating the art of self-care while traveling internationally.

The Wild Temple mystery school offers professional healing courses on Flower Essence Therapy, Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as an in-depth apprenticeship to midwife you into becoming a revolutionary force of healing + inspiration with time tested tools of Tantric alchemy, yoga + herbal wisdom.

Learn more about Brooke and The Wild Temp

This autumn, claim your space in our annual course that is only offered once per year, during the Vedic time period called: Pitru Paksha. In Bone Deep, you will learn 3 different ways to work with the ancestors, based on Tantric, Psychological and Nature-focused methodologies. 

For two weeks, you receive guided meditations, inspirational teachings and healing mantras to aid your journey. Expect magic, awe and a deeper connection to your own empowerment.

The Sage Apprenticeship, A Self-Mastery Course Begins Oct. 16
More than a teacher training, this is a path of self-mastery and dharmic living. In a year of guided study, you’ll root into timeless practices, restore vitality, and rise with the confidence to share your medicine. This living tradition of Tantra, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda is for those ready to align to purpose, shed what dims one's light, and become skillful in the profession of Tantra Yoga Therapy.

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In this extraordinary episode, Brooke shares story upon story of both the blissful and pathological states of kundalini awakening necessary for yoga teachers and mental professionals to understand.

Topics include: 

• Spiritual crisis that cause pyschotic episodes
• The spiritual phenomenon that leads to bliss
• The profound positive effects of kundalini awakening from systematic practices
• How tantra yoga traditions show a higher level of prevalence of heightened, blissful states 
• How when our yoga practices are held by its sister science of ayurveda, we have grounded, fertile and healthy lives that can support a gentle and yet thorough awakening of your highest potential. 
• How Kundalini practices can be healing! when there is proper guidance and preparation, kundalini experiences can have profound healing and transformational shifts that are benefical and extremely positive
• How when we align our practices to the seasons and understand the alchemy of Tantra Yoga (as in the year long programs offered in The Wild Temple School) this awakening to our Divinity and potential is easy, graceful and powerful. (This is the Dharmic Revolution)

Science Articles Referred to:

1. Kundalini-like experience as psychopathology: A case series and brief review LINK
2. Investigation of the phenomenology, physiology and impact of spiritually transformative experiences – kundalini awakening LINK
3. Characteristics of Kundalini-Related Sensory, Motor, and Affective Experiences During Tantric Yoga Meditation LINK

Brooke Sullivan, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Shakta Tantra Teacher runs 3 Year Apprenticeships called The Sage Apprenticeship: A Dharmic Revolution out of The Wild Temple School in Asheville, NC. Her programs are both in person and hybrid, running since 2007. Her student body and Wild Temple Community is International. www.thewildtemple.com and on IG @thewildtemple.

This autumn, claim your space in our annual course that is only offered once per year, during the Vedic time period called: Pitru Paksha. In Bone Deep, you will learn 3 different ways to work with the ancestors, based on Tantric, Psychological and Nature-focused methodologies. 

For two weeks, you receive guided meditations, inspirational teachings and healing mantras to aid your journey. Expect magic, awe and a deeper connection to your own empowerment.

The Sage Apprenticeship, A Self-Mastery Course Begins Oct. 16
More than a teacher training, this is a path of self-mastery and dharmic living. In a year of guided study, you’ll root into timeless practices, restore vitality, and rise with the confidence to share your medicine. This living tradition of Tantra, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda is for those ready to align to purpose, shed what dims one's light, and become skillful in the profession of Tantra Yoga Therapy.

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*:* inside this episode

brooke and clare discuss dharmic living, and unveil some key aspects that may go against the grain of how in modern culture we are taught, or programmed to be.

some topics include:

*cleansing as a regenerative, nourishing practice
*rewiring the mind, habits and sacred practices from masculine dominant views
*the kind of yoga and life that empowers dharma
*being a voice for the feminine and empowering women
*our sensorial awakening when we live aligned with (and imbibe in) the seasons
*the magic of tantra and making sh*t happen 

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clare is a seasoned practitioner of tantra, yoga and ayurveda that works in IT. beyond her own dedicated decades of practice, clare is a mentor and guide, that has learned to live a life of pleasure and aligned to dharma while unwinding from deep patterns of "masculine" work spaces. clare is also in a moment of life actively tuning in to what this new chapter has in store for her, while living this dharmic revolution. as a seeker, she is dedicated and patient, doing the work while awaiting for what is next as  an inspired (not retired), life in her native land of scotland.

This autumn, claim your space in our annual course that is only offered once per year, during the Vedic time period called: Pitru Paksha. In Bone Deep, you will learn 3 different ways to work with the ancestors, based on Tantric, Psychological and Nature-focused methodologies. 

For two weeks, you receive guided meditations, inspirational teachings and healing mantras to aid your journey. Expect magic, awe and a deeper connection to your own empowerment.

The Sage Apprenticeship, A Self-Mastery Course Begins Oct. 16
More than a teacher training, this is a path of self-mastery and dharmic living. In a year of guided study, you’ll root into timeless practices, restore vitality, and rise with the confidence to share your medicine. This living tradition of Tantra, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda is for those ready to align to purpose, shed what dims one's light, and become skillful in the profession of Tantra Yoga Therapy.

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In this episode of the Wild Temple podcast, Streaming from Mallorca, Spain, esteemed yoga practitioner Kia Miller shares her insights with Brooke on the significance of Guru Purnima in various traditions and the importance of honoring the teacher within.

Together they explore the spiritual journey, including Kia’s first teacher and influential experiences in psychodrama and Kundalini yoga.

The discussion highlights the role of deep emotional healing, the potency of immersive practices, and the significance of finding one’s authentic voice.

Kia also reflects on the evolving role of teachers in spiritual practice, emphasizing self-initiation and the importance of community support.”

Episode Highlights: 🔻

•Emotional Healing and Kundalini Yoga
•Spiritual Mentors and Practices
•Meditation Techniques and Personal Growth
•Daily and Immersive Practices
•Following the Trail of Opportunities
•The Changing Role of Teachers
•The Role of Community in Spiritual Growth
•Integrating Different Yoga Traditions
•Empowering Women in Yoga

We hope you enjoy, subscribe and leave a review, and that you can take time today (and perhaps a moment everyday) to honor the teacher within you and those around you that have shaped who you are. 🌝

Connect with Kia Miller: 

• Website: kiamiller.com
• @kiamilleryoga on social media

Podcast host Brooke Sullivan BA, c-IAYT, e-RYT 500 is the founder and director of The Wild Temple, as well as an educator, dharma igniter, and rebellious paradigm shifter who rests on the shoulders of tradition.

Brooke’s dedication to yoga and the healing arts has been cultivated with over 23 years of experience in tantra, yoga, ayurveda, herbalism, vitalism, vibrational healing, and holistic woman care as well as cultivating the art of self-care while traveling internationally.

The Wild Temple mystery school offers professional healing courses on Flower Essence Therapy, Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as an in-depth apprenticeship to midwife you into becoming a revolutionary force of healing + inspiration with time tested tools of Tantric alchemy, yoga + herbal wisdom.

Learn more about Brooke and The Wild Temple mystery school on our website, by subscribing to our newsletter, or by following along on Instagram or Facebook.

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This autumn, claim your space in our annual course that is only offered once per year, during the Vedic time period called: Pitru Paksha. In Bone Deep, you will learn 3 different ways to work with the ancestors, based on Tantric, Psychological and Nature-focused methodologies. 

For two weeks, you receive guided meditations, inspirational teachings and healing mantras to aid your journey. Expect magic, awe and a deeper connection to your own empowerment.

The Sage Apprenticeship, A Self-Mastery Course Begins Oct. 16
More than a teacher training, this is a path of self-mastery and dharmic living. In a year of guided study, you’ll root into timeless practices, restore vitality, and rise with the confidence to share your medicine. This living tradition of Tantra, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda is for those ready to align to purpose, shed what dims one's light, and become skillful in the profession of Tantra Yoga Therapy.

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In this episode Brooke shares her views on this time of year and  Independence Day through the lens of Jyotish ज्योतिष (Vedic Astrology) and key myths from India.

Topics mentioned are:

Saturn in Retrograde 
Ashaada (Vedic Month)
Ardra (Lunar Mansion) 
Rudra (Deity older than Shiva); Life Force Energy (Prana Shakti)
Bhumi Devi (Bhudevi) 
Dalit: a self-applied concept for those called the "untouchables" and others that were outside of the traditional Hindu caste hierarchy

 

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From Passion to Purpose: How Confusion  May Be Lacing Your Path

We are in a potent time right now where Solar and Lunar energies are heightened. During this time we have Nature's guidance in having more inspiration, passion, enlivened, more aware even, juicy living.....and its assistance in waking up the "Sage within," which are clearer levels of seeing and being.

The time is now.

Overcome the Vision Gap and Live On Purpose

The earth is calling us to unleash our talents, such as with our voices or our "seeing powers" (Visionary potentials), to know what Medicine lies within us that needs a bit of a nudge or activation. To understand there is a Relational Field that connects us all, and to wake up our ability to sense/see/smell/taste/feel....this Field of connectedness

What medicine do you have that is right at your fingertips?

What superpower do you have to help support and heal you? To become the empowered badass you are meant to become? 

In this episode, Brooke shares her timeline of adharmic living (doing it all wrong), and the confusion of conflicting passions and cloudy "visions." She also shares with you how little steps at a time advanced her in big ways to rise from the ashes of the streets and poverty, to Grammy winning band and running year long Sage Apprenticeships that are empowering other women to find their superpowers and live their dream-lives.

Take aways from this episode:

What can feel like a big, daunting task can be made more accessible and fun when we recognize that we were made for {this/our} Medicine, and we just need to know ourselves and get the support to help us bring it forward.

The Dharmic Revolution, is a methodology of living in alignment with Sacred Law, for empowering ourselves and others. A method that is aligned with seasons and cycles, it weaves in Tantra, Yoga, Meditation, Herbalism and Seasonal Rituals for joyful and impactful living
 
Aligning with the Power of Nature, such as  with this Solstice and Full Moon, we can be aided in the envisioning needed, to craft or do the right practices that will aid us in birthing a beautiful new world that we are all ready and waiting for...

Happy Summer Solstice, 2024

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In this episode, Brooke is joined by Wild Tantrika, Luchele Mendes, to talk about her transformative journey and experience with the wisdom of Tantra and plant medicine. Listen in as they delve into themes of ancient knowledge, spiritual awakening, and the integration of feminine and masculine energies in the path of Tantra and plant wisdom. Luchele shares about her Indian lineage and early encounters with Tantra, her move to England and the subsequent disconnection from her roots, and her profound awakening through plant medicine in her 30’s that led to her rediscovering her connection to Tantra. The discussion also explores the impact of colonization on cultural disconnection and how Brooke's mentorship, especially the Plants Drop Wisdom course, helped Luchele reconnect with her authentic self. 

Connect with Luchele:

Website: https://wildtantrika.com/ 

Instagram: @wildtantrika  https://www.instagram.com/wildtantrika 

Links and Resources: 

• Plants Drop Wisdom: Flower Essence Certification Online or in Person https://www.thewildtemple.com/plants-drop-wisdom-flower-essence-certification 
• More trainings and Apprenticeships with Brooke https://www.thewildtemple.com/yogacertification 

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Beltaine Celebration + Plant Medicine Journey

with Brooke Shannon Sullivan

Bel Tane in Gaelic means Fires of Bel. Bel is a Celtic Sun God that means Shining and is representative of the healing powers of both the sun and the waters. 

This fire ceremony and Maypole festival symbolizes the passion, vitality and fertility of the season. Food is offered to the sidhe’ (the good folk, the Fae, the fairies) and one can make offerings to the base of flowering Hawthorne or Elder trees to bestow gifts to the Otherworld.

Beltaine is a both a celebration of of the Divine Feminine, represented as the May Queen or Flora (The Flowering of the Earth) and the Divine Masculine, represented by the May King or Green Man of Earth. It is a celebration of the union of the two, which make the One and is the life force that pulses through all beings on the planet. We celebrate the passionate renewal of vital energy bathing our bodies with health, our minds with hope and revitalization, our hearts with the deep understanding of the power of love, compassion, healing, forgiveness and the wonder of the Great Mysteries. 

How can we allow and encourage the passion of life force energy move through us in ways that does not separate, but instead, connects us? 

Enjoy this Plant Spirit Journey to find out...AND

We are announcing our registration for our Plant Journey, Flower Essence Course! PLANTS DROP WISDOM is a next-level, progressive study of plants, transformational healing, tantric alchemy and connection to Nature.

Save $50 if paid in full by May 15th using coupon code FLOWERPOWER50  (Normally $650) 

More about the course HERE:

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