In this deeply human and tender episode of This Cosmic Life, I sit in sacred conversation with Svetlana, a luminous facilitator, celebrator, and lover of the human experience.

This episode is a quiet initiation.

We speak of grief not as something to fix, transcend, or rush through, but as a living teacher. A river. A force that strips us bare and invites us into a fuller, truer celebration of life.

Svetlana shares the unimaginable loss of her mother and sister in a tragic accident, the near death experience that followed, and the way grief became an unexpected guide back into the body, back into community, and back into what it truly means to be human.

Together we explore the intimate relationship between grief and joy, why celebration is not bypassing but presence, how grief makes us naked and why that nakedness is sacred, what it means to be witnessed in sorrow, why grief longs for community rather than isolation, and how collaboration and shared dreaming can become medicine.

We also dive into Svetlana’s work with Dragon Dreaming, a heart centered approach to collaboration rooted in Indigenous wisdom, where projects are tended like living beings and community becomes love in action.

This conversation is for those who have loved deeply, lost deeply, and are learning how to stay. For those who feel the ache of grief alongside the longing for joy. For those who know that healing does not happen alone.

This is an episode about slowing down, listening, celebrating what is here, and remembering that grief and joy live in the same body, the same heart, the same breath.

About Svetlana

Svetlana is a facilitator, celebrator, and devoted student of the human experience. She is committed to exploring how humans can live, work, and dream together with honesty, compassion, and presence.

Her work weaves compassionate communication, evolutionary astrology, family constellation therapy, evolutionary relating, circle facilitation, and Dragon Dreaming, a collaborative project design process rooted in Indigenous Australian wisdom and collective dreaming.

Born in Moldova and shaped by a life of travel and cultural immersion, Svetlana considers herself a world citizen. Community, collaboration, communication, connection, and celebration form the core pillars of her life and work.

In this season of her life, grief has become one of her greatest teachers. Through personal loss, near death experience, and profound transformation, she is devoted to normalizing grief as a shared human experience and creating spaces where people can be witnessed in both sorrow and joy.

Svetlana facilitates individual and group family constellation sessions, grief and connection circles, Dragon Dreaming collaborations, and community based gatherings that invite people back into relationship with themselves and one another.

At heart, she is a celebrator. One who believes that to truly celebrate life, we must make room for all of it.

You can reach her at [email protected] or on Instagram, @zabolotnaia949. 

About the Host

I’m Tara Samadhi, and it is my joy to welcome you into This Cosmic Life. I walk a path as a mystic, a spiritual friend, an oracle, and a lover of the sacred. My journey has been shaped by devotion and radical healing.

This podcast weaves these threads not as concepts but as living practices. Through mantra, sound, and soul filled conversation, we remember that we are divine beings having a human experience.

Here, nothing is outside of the sacred. We gather to explore the pathless path, the unfolding of transformation, devotion, and awakening. My prayer is that this space becomes a sanctuary where you feel seen, inspired, and invited to walk deeper into the truth of who you are.

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In this tender and intimate episode of This Cosmic Life, I sit with one of my dearest friends and long time teachers, the storyteller and nature keeper Jill Olesker. Together we wander through the wild terrain of folktales, lived experience, and the way stories move through our bodies like rivers remembering their source. Jill speaks about the art of gathering stories from the land, from people, and from the quiet hidden places where truth rests. Her presence brings a grounded mysticism, inviting us to listen in a slower and more reverent way. This conversation is for anyone who feels called to remember the stories that shaped them, the stories that shape the earth, and the stories waiting to be spoken again.

About Jill Olesker

Jill Olesker is a storyteller of the land and of the lived heart. She gathers folktales, nature tales, and the real stories people carry in their bones. Rooted in the Hudson Valley, she is one of the quiet keepers of its nature based storytelling traditions. Jill is a mother to a beautiful grown son, and she offers her stories as an act of reciprocal care for community and earth. She is currently creating a living body of work called The Waterstories, inviting people to remember, honor, and share their own water born memories. You can connect with her at [email protected] to learn more about her offerings or to share your water story.

I’m Tara Samadhi, and it is my joy to welcome you into This Cosmic Life. I walk a path as a mystic, a spiritual friend, an oracle, and a lover of the sacred. My own journey has been shaped by deep devotion and radical healing, and along the way I have gathered wisdom from Umbandaime, Sacred Medicines, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Hindu Traditions, Non Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and the ancient mystery schools.

This podcast is a space where we weave those threads together, not as concepts but as living practices that open our hearts and awaken the Shakti within us. Through mantra, through sound, and through soul filled conversation, we remember that we are divine beings having a human experience.

Here, nothing is outside of the sacred. We come together to explore the pathless path, the wild and mysterious unfolding of transformation, devotion, and awakening. My prayer is that this space becomes a sanctuary where you feel seen, inspired, and invited to walk deeper into the truth of who you are.

Website: https://tarasamadhi.com/

Instagram:⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tarasamadhi/⁠⁠

🎙 If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom , you are warmly invited to reach out:

Email: ⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠

✨ If you want to support Tara and be part of the This Cosmic Life Patron Community, you can join here:⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/tarasamadhi

In this luminous and wildly alive conversation, I welcome back priestess and temple guide Nickie Jean for a journey into the mystery, where miraculous conception, the astral light, and the sacred frequencies of Mother Mary weave together in living remembrance and conscious conversation.

This episode is for the mystical explorer and dreamer, for the ones who have touched the unseen, who know that spirit speaks in nonlinear, extraordinary ways. Together we open a space for wonder, for those who have experienced supernatural contact or communion with other realms of being.

Through the lens of Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso’s revelatory works, The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception and The Secret Life of Mother Mary, we explore the ancient priestess arts of parthenogenesis, the alchemy of the womb, and the awakening of the Virgin lineage within us now.

Nickie shares her personal and deeply insightful experiences with astral babies, visionary contact, and the living light that moves through all creation.

This conversation is devotional, daring, and an offering for the ones remembering that the body itself is a holy temple of light

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My Guest Nickie Jean is a modern day priestess and creator of Askanda Natha Mystery School located in the Los Angeles area. She specializes in holding space for healing through ceremonies ranging from reiki, to tantra, and sacred medicines such as kambo. She also offers priestess apprenticeships to allow others to come and learn the temple arts, and to assist them in feeling comfortable and confident to share their gifts with the community. Through temple initiations and Mystery School teachings she provides an outlet to help re awaken ancient traditions integrated into modern society. One of her passion is helping to shed shame around sacred sexuality and help people understand the power that lies within our sexual essence, and helping other women to feel safe to be embodied in the divine feminine power of sensuality done in an honorable manner. Through kundalini energetics and quantum bodywork she teaches others unique ways to awaken the endocrine alchemy that the ancients used to revere. Among her many Mystery School offerings she also provides womb healing, yoni mapping, and kundalini awakening done through your own spiritual experience, not relying on another to access and rise this sacred life force. Her greatest joy is learning new wisdoms and sharing it with others. 

Website: ⁠www.ebetantra.com⁠

Insta: ⁠www.instagram.com/nickiejean⁠

I’m Tara Samadhi, and it is my joy to welcome you into This Cosmic Life. I walk a path as a mystic, a spiritual friend, an oracle, and a lover of the sacred. My own journey has been shaped by deep devotion and radical healing, and along the way I have gathered wisdom from Umbandaime, Sacred Medicines, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Hindu Traditions, Non Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and the ancient mystery schools.

This podcast is a space where we weave those threads together, not as concepts but as living practices that open our hearts and awaken the Shakti within us. Through mantra, through sound, and through soul filled conversation, we remember that we are divine beings having a human experience.

Here, nothing is outside of the sacred. We come together to explore the pathless path, the wild and mysterious unfolding of transformation, devotion, and awakening. My prayer is that this space becomes a sanctuary where you feel seen, inspired, and invited to walk deeper into the truth of who you are.

Website: https://tarasamadhi.com/

Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tarasamadhi/⁠

🎙 If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom , you are warmly invited to reach out:

Email: ⁠[email protected] ⁠

✨ If you want to support Tara and be part of the This Cosmic Life Patron Community, you can join here:⁠ https://www.patreon.com/c/tarasamadhi

Today I welcome my dear sister Ju Brunnquell back to This Cosmic Life. We open a living conversation on the language of the Orishas, the art of offerings as mandala, and how mediumship, music, and movement become bridges between worlds. Ju shares her path through Santo Daime to Umbanda, what it meant to be “caught” by mediumship, and how archetypal forces like Eshu and the Boiadeiros teach protection, surrender, and right timing.

This is a tender invitation to feel first, understand later, and let devotion become the way we walk, speak, and listen.

In This Episode

• What the Orishas are as archetypal forces of nature and how they appear across traditions

• The African diaspora in Brazil and the weaving of Umbanda with Spiritism and Christianity

• Mediumship as a pedagogy of the body — vibration, sensation, vision, and discernment

• Eshu as opener of the roads and guardian at the crossroads

• Offerings as poetry and mandala — moving intention from the mental to the material

• The Boiadeiros (Wranglers) as humble guides of faith, simplicity, and steady action

• Parallels with Tibetan Buddhist offering practice and daily devotion

  Ju is an ordained Priestess of Sacred Umbanda, initiated by Alexandre Cumino at Colégio Pena Branca in São Paulo. She is also a Fire Alchemist through the same lineage and an Alchemist of Exú, initiated by Fátima Saraceni. Deeply rooted in the mysteries of Exú, Pombagira, and the healing forces of Obaluaê, Ju channels transformative teachings through ritual, voice, and presence.

  She is the founder of Escola do Pentagrama, a spiritual school dedicated to autonomy, oracular wisdom, and the living language of the Orixás offering e-books, courses, and meditations to seekers and make Afro-Brazilian spirituality accessible across the worlds.

  → Explore her work or join her next offering at: ⁠escoladopentagrama.com⁠

  Tara Samadhi, a sound mystic, astrologer, and devotional guide weaving together True Sidereal wisdom, plant medicine, and the sacred currents of sound. This Cosmic Life is my soul altar — a space for sacred dialogue, mystical study, and remembering ourselves as divine.

  More at: ⁠tarasamadhi.com⁠

  Ways to walk deeper with us:Share this episode with someone who is waking up to their spiritual force.Leave a review to support the temple of voice. Subscribe to This Cosmic Life for more transmissions.

You are invited to merge with this modern day priestess as she shares years of lived and embodied wisdom, weaving her initiations with the body, pleasure, and a supple yet fierce feminine power. Her intelligence, curiosity, and intuition make her an exquisite holder of the most tender places, guiding clients into sacred sexuality, the reclamation of true pleasure, and the remembrance of sovereignty.

In this episode of This Cosmic Life, what unfolds is more than a conversation. It is a deep coded transmission of sacred expression, a current of devotion that awakens unexpected blossoming.

My Guest Nickie Jean is a modern day priestess and creator of Askanda Natha Mystery School located in the Los Angeles area. She specializes in holding space for healing through ceremonies ranging from reiki, to tantra, and sacred medicines such as kambo. She also offers priestess apprenticeships to allow others to come and learn the temple arts, and to assist them in feeling comfortable and confident to share their gifts with the community. Through temple initiations and Mystery School teachings she provides an outlet to help re awaken ancient traditions integrated into modern society. One of her passion is helping to shed shame around sacred sexuality and help people understand the power that lies within our sexual essence, and helping other women to feel safe to be embodied in the divine feminine power of sensuality done in an honorable manner. Through kundalini energetics and quantum bodywork she teaches others unique ways to awaken the endocrine alchemy that the ancients used to revere. Among her many Mystery School offerings she also provides womb healing, yoni mapping, and kundalini awakening done through your own spiritual experience, not relying on another to access and rise this sacred life force. Her greatest joy is learning new wisdoms and sharing it with others. 

Website: www.ebetantra.com

Insta: www.instagram.com/nickiejean

I’m Tara Samadhi, and it is my joy to welcome you into This Cosmic Life. I walk a path as a mystic, a spiritual friend, an oracle, and a lover of the sacred. My own journey has been shaped by deep devotion and radical healing, and along the way I have gathered wisdom from Umbandaime, Sacred Medicines, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Hindu Traditions, Non Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and the ancient mystery schools.

This podcast is a space where we weave those threads together, not as concepts but as living practices that open our hearts and awaken the Shakti within us. Through mantra, through sound, and through soul filled conversation, we remember that we are divine beings having a human experience.

Here, nothing is outside of the sacred. We come together to explore the pathless path, the wild and mysterious unfolding of transformation, devotion, and awakening. My prayer is that this space becomes a sanctuary where you feel seen, inspired, and invited to walk deeper into the truth of who you are.

Website: https://tarasamadhi.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarasamadhi/

🎙 If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom , you are warmly invited to reach out:

Email: [email protected]

✨ If you want to support Tara and be part of the This Cosmic Life Patron Community, you can join here: https://www.patreon.com/c/tarasamadhi

In this first episode of a new series on Love & Friendship in the Spiritual Age, I talk with Dr. Serafina Ankhalla, my dear friend, mystic of relationships, medicine woman, and ceremonial guide who carries beautiful insight and wisdom for the seeker of authentic and lasting relationships.

Together we explore the paradox of sacred selfishness , the courage to tend ourselves as holy ground, to honor our needs, boundaries, and inner longings as the very soil from which authentic love can grow. We speak to the art of holding space for the parts of ourselves we tend to turn away from, the wounds, the unmet places still aching for attention.

This conversation is an invocation into remembering that our relationships are not simply about giving and receiving, but about awakening. To love one another, we must first learn to love ourselves, especially in a time when loving is a radical act.

Dr. Serafina Ankhalla, DNP is a Medicine Woman, Relationship and Personal Transformation Guide, Somatic Healer, and Psychedelic Integration Practitioner.  She also does healing and transformation work as a Tantrika and Shamanatrix.

Drawing from her extensive experience in Western medicine and comprehensive training in relationship psychology, trauma-informed practices, sacred sexuality, and the shamanic arts, Dr. Ankhalla  assists clients to heal their body, mind and spirit and reach their fullest potential as creators of their desired life. 

In her healing ceremonies, she integrates various ancient tools such as plant medicines, breathwork, movement, sound therapy, song circles, intuitive touch healing practices, as well as intimate communication exercises and pleasure-based methods to guide people through powerful inner journeys. She provides a ceremonial space where clients can work on aligning their physicality with their emotions, psychology and spirituality, and gain a profound understanding of themselves and their relationships with others.

Website: https://www.serafinaankhalla.com/relationship-design

Tara Samadhi, a sound mystic, astrologer, and devotional guide weaving together True Sidereal wisdom, plant medicine, and the sacred currents of sound. This Cosmic Life is my soul altar — a space for sacred dialogue, mystical study, and remembering ourselves as divine.

More at: ⁠tarasamadhi.com

Insta: @tarasamadhi

“Spirituality is the art of relaxation.”
These are the words of Ju of Obaluaê, and they set the tone for this first step into The Language of the Orixás a living, ongoing series within This Cosmic Life.

In this tender and powerful transmission, Ju shares from over 15 years of practice as a medium, priestess, and translator between worlds. We speak of mediumship not as performance, but as a path of deep listening where the body becomes an offering to something more vast than the self.

We explore:

• Spiritual autonomy as the ability to soften into trust

• The role of the medium as a bridge — not a container

• Umbanda and the reverence for the natural forces that live through the Orixás

• How connecting to the spirit requires surrender, humility, and love

This is a conversation for those who feel spirit move through them in breath, in silence, in tremble.
For those learning to trust their own access.
For those returning home to the earth, and to their own sacred speech.

Ju is an ordained Priestess of Sacred Umbanda, initiated by Alexandre Cumino at Colégio Pena Branca in São Paulo. She is also a Fire Alchemist through the same lineage and an Alchemist of Exú, initiated by Fátima Saraceni. Deeply rooted in the mysteries of Exú, Pombagira, and the healing forces of Obaluaê, Ju channels transformative teachings through ritual, voice, and presence.

She is the founder of Escola do Pentagrama, a spiritual school dedicated to autonomy, oracular wisdom, and the living language of the Orixás offering e-books, courses, and meditations to seekers and make Afro-Brazilian spirituality accessible across the worlds.

→ Explore her work or join her next offering at: escoladopentagrama.com

Tara Samadhi, a sound mystic, astrologer, and devotional guide weaving together True Sidereal wisdom, plant medicine, and the sacred currents of sound. This Cosmic Life is my soul altar — a space for sacred dialogue, mystical study, and remembering ourselves as divine.

More at: tarasamadhi.com

Ways to walk deeper with us:
— Share this episode with someone who is waking up to their spiritual force.
— Leave a review to support the temple of voice.
— Subscribe to This Cosmic Life for more transmissions.
— Connect with Ju and her offerings at escoladopentagrama.com

“You don’t need to sit with this medicine to be working with this frequency. If you’re listening to this, you already are.” In this Mystical Series of This Cosmic Life, Tara Samadhi sits with her partner and co-facilitator, Geoff, to explore the profound realms of Bufo Alvarius 5-MeO-DMT. Together, they share personal stories, insights, and some sacred reflections on working with this potent medicine.

Geoff offers his lived wisdom as a self-taught mystic, alchemist, and guide, reflecting on the non-conceptual nature of Bufo and how it works beyond the mind to create deep transformation. They speak on preparation, the importance of honoring the call, and the delicate art of serving this frequency—whether in ceremony or through self-guided paths.

This conversation is both an offering and an invitation—to surrender, to trust, and to remember that the medicine begins working the moment we hear its whisper.

In this episode, we explore what it means to move through life as a living prayer — to become a blessing machine. Aluna Rose shares about the beauty of simplicity in our practice, the importance of energetic protection, the sacred vibrancy of high-frequency oils, the path of Mary Magdalene, and the deeper mysteries of the Sacred Feminine.
We also dive into the deliciousness and joy of being alive — the sensual pleasures of an awakened life.
Come sit with us inside this rich, devotional conversation.

Aluna Rose is a Medicine Woman, ceremonialist, Senior Kambo Practitioner, Mesa carrier of the Andean 7 Rays lineage, Initiated Priestess of the Magdalene Rose Lineage, and a gifted intuitive channel. She guides others into deep healing and accelerated soul awakening, weaving together earthly shamanism with ancient mystery teachings.

She offers Kambo ceremonies in Southern California, virtual and live Plant Initiation Dietas, 1:1 shamanic mentorship, Magdalene womb healing work, and sacred anointing oils.

Website: ⁠www.kambokissedme.com⁠Instagram: ⁠@alunarose_⁠

About Tara Samadhi

Tara Samadhi is a spiritual friend, oracle, and cosmic guide, devoted to walking alongside others on their journey of awakening and self-discovery. With warmth, wisdom, and a deep love for the sacred, she blends her roles as a mystic and teacher with the art of creating welcoming spaces for transformation and connection.

Rooted in her own path of radical healing and devotion, Tara weaves together the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and ancient mystery school traditions. Through mantra, sacred sound, and her natural ability to channel cosmic wisdom, she creates spaces where hearts open, healing flows, and the Shakti within awakens.

As a keeper of sacred frequencies, Tara invites you to remember your divine essence and step into the limitless energy of who you truly are. Whether through her teachings, ceremonies, or sonic offerings, she welcomes you with an open heart to explore the magic of the pathless path together.

Website: ⁠www.tarasamadhi.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠@tarasamadhi⁠

If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life podcast—your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom—you are warmly invited to reach out:📧 ⁠[email protected]

“The soul is just crying to put feet on Mother Earth.”
This episode is a soul transmission for those hearing the quiet call of the plants—the ones who feel the Earth beneath their feet and know that true medicine begins with deep listening.

In this sacred conversation with the luminous Aluna Rose, we explore:

• The subtle whispers of Plant Dietas—their spirit, their call, and the gateways they open

• How to prepare for deep plant work, open the portal, and integrate the gifts that follow

• The magic of the dieta as a living prayer and pathway of remembrance

• Aluna’s ceremonial work with Kambo and her mission to midwife soul awakening

Aluna Rose is a Medicine Woman, ceremonialist, Senior Kambo Practitioner, Mesa carrier of the Andean 7 Rays lineage, Initiated Priestess of the Magdalene Rose Lineage, and a gifted intuitive channel. She guides others into deep healing and accelerated soul awakening, weaving together earthly shamanism with ancient mystery teachings.

She offers Kambo ceremonies in Southern California, virtual and live Plant Initiation Dietas, 1:1 shamanic mentorship, Magdalene womb healing work, and sacred anointing oils.

Website: www.kambokissedme.com
Instagram: @alunarose_

About Tara Samadhi

Tara Samadhi is a spiritual friend, oracle, and cosmic guide, devoted to walking alongside others on their journey of awakening and self-discovery. With warmth, wisdom, and a deep love for the sacred, she blends her roles as a mystic and teacher with the art of creating welcoming spaces for transformation and connection.

Rooted in her own path of radical healing and devotion, Tara weaves together the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and ancient mystery school traditions. Through mantra, sacred sound, and her natural ability to channel cosmic wisdom, she creates spaces where hearts open, healing flows, and the Shakti within awakens.

As a keeper of sacred frequencies, Tara invites you to remember your divine essence and step into the limitless energy of who you truly are. Whether through her teachings, ceremonies, or sonic offerings, she welcomes you with an open heart to explore the magic of the pathless path together.

Website: www.tarasamadhi.com
Instagram: @tarasamadhi

If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life podcast—your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom—you are warmly invited to reach out:
📧 [email protected]