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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 fall, we enter our 20th year of The Sage Apprenticeship. This is Tantra Yoga and Dharmic Living in practice—and the professional certification you receive, with training registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level.

The Wild Temple is a school of sacred technologies, rooted in tantric lineage. Visit www.thewildtemple.com/sage-apprenticeship

Discover Your Elemental Archetype Within the Wheel of Tantric Time

Take the quiz at https://www.thewildtemple.com/ 

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.

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This fall, we enter our 20th year of The Sage Apprenticeship. This is Tantra Yoga and Dharmic Living in practice—and the professional certification you receive, with training registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level.

The Wild Temple is a school of sacred technologies, rooted in tantric lineage. Visit www.thewildtemple.com/sage-apprenticeship

Discover Your Elemental Archetype Within the Wheel of Tantric Time

Take the quiz at https://www.thewildtemple.com/ 

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

 

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

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 

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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Explore the incredible potential of nature and our inner strength to foster healing and connection to the divine. In this episode of the Wild Temple podcast Brooke dives deeply into the world of holistic healing and wellness with Dr. Carrie Demers. Lsiten in as the two explore the potent synergy between traditional medicine, yoga, and herbal wisdom. Their conversation spans the benefits of integrating practices like Ayurveda, homeopathy, and the mindful use of plants and flower essences into our lives for greater health and spiritual growth. They also touch on the transformative power of breathwork and meditation in healing and personal development.


About our guest:

Dr. Carrie Demers is the medical director at the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy.  She's practiced integrative medicine for 22 years. After earning her medical degree and becoming board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Demers went on to study massage, homeopathy, yoga, meditation, nutrition, herbal medicine and Ayurveda.  Dr. Demers uses all of these modalities together, integrates them in a beautiful fashion that supports her patient's inherent ability to heal. Dr. Demers not only sees patients, but she writes articles, she offers lectures nationally on integrative medicine.

Connect with Dr. Carrie Demers:

• Events at The Himalayan Institute https://himalayaninstitute.org/presenter/carrie-demers/ 

Trainings and Apprenticeships with Brooke https://www.thewildtemple.com/yogacertification 

What is the commonality between eclipses, Mercury retrogrades, and tantra in teaching individuals how to evolve and grow? This episode explores what it means to align with nature, find steadiness amidst changes, practice sacred technologies like Dharmic, Ayurvedic, and tantric approaches, and the importance of cleansing and releasing old habits to lead a purposeful life with greater impact.

Joining the conversation is Ayurvedic physician and teacher at the Wild Temple School, Michael Van Sciver. Listen in as Michael and Brooke talk about cleansing and preparation for this time of year centered around the Vernal Navaratri. Also included are discussions on historical shifts post-agricultural revolution, personal transformation through indigenous village experiences, and the significance of living in harmony with nature for self-awareness and societal well-being.

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Myths, Battles and Awe of Seasonal Equinoxes: A Cultural Inoculation https://www.buzzsprout.com/1882323/11388000 
• Was Santa an Alchemist? The Still Currents of Solstice + Mythology of Christmas https://www.buzzsprout.com/1882323/14180469 
• Himalayan Black Salt (Kala Namak) 
• Sign up for The Wild Temple newsletter https://www.thewildtemple.com/ 

Connect with Michael:

• Email [email protected] 

Trainings and Apprenticeships with Brooke https://www.thewildtemple.com/yogacertification 

Let this episode nourish YOU during this Eclipse season..

Discover the profound nourishment Tantra offers the world in this episode of the Wild Temple Podcast, featuring Brooke Sullivan's interview on the radio show Women Thriving Unapologetically. Delve into the depths of Tantra's wisdom as Brooke explores how it feeds analytical minds, mystic souls, and nature enthusiasts alike, offering nourishment on multiple levels:

• The Practical Mystic: A Multifaceted Appeal: Tantra caters to diverse inclinations, nurturing not only our analytical minds but also our mystical and spiritual yearnings, as well as our deep connection to nature.
• 3 Pillars of Deep Nourishment 
• Tantric Systems (aka Methodologies): Uncover the transformative power of Kundalini Yoga and Sandhya Yoga, unlocking our dormant potential and bridging the mundane with the mystical.
• The Honeyed Wave: Sounds so juicy yes??? It IS! This will have to be a title for something Brooke offers next... a book or program (stay tuned!)
• Empowerment in Eclipse Energy: Learn how Tantra empowers us to navigate eclipse energy with grace, guiding us toward our fullest expression and potential.

Embark on a journey of deep nourishment and self-discovery as Brooke Sullivan sheds light on the profound wisdom of Tantra. Tune in now to explore the boundless possibilities of this ancient science!

You can find Lynsie Mckeown at https://www.lynsiemckeown.com/ and all the socials!

In this episode of The Wild Temple Podcast, Brooke speaks with Sandy Anderson, a senior faculty member at the Himalayan Institute, about the Tantric worldview and its spiritual and physical benefits. They delve into the relationship between mind, body, and soul, discussing how a person's dharma, or purpose, can manifest through natural inclinations and skills combined with the circumstances in which they find themselves. They further explore the transformative and alchemical aspects of Tantra, its practical applications, and the importance of body-centered practices. The conversation also sheds light on how the practice of yoga fits into this worldview. 

Connect with Sandy Anderson:

• Email [email protected]
• Himalayan Institute courses https://himalayaninstitute.org/online/teachers/sandra-anderson/ 

Trainings and Apprenticeships with Brooke https://www.thewildtemple.com/yogacertification