By Maddy Herie
The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.
Let’s talk about the spiritual lifestyle aesthetic often portrayed on social media and main stream culture. The portrayal paints the picture of a perfect life : living in harmony with nature in an eco lodge in the rain forest. Spending your days practicing yoga, meditation, eating fresh fruit picked right from the tree... Cliff jumping into the pristine waters of a sacred lake…
The reality of this instagramable “spiritual” lifestyle is that it is not a true reflection of how the local indigenous people of this land and ancestry live their daily lives at all… and so we get into unpacking the issue behind this in today's episode.
Today Lizzy Torres Dockstader is on the podcast to share her mothers story of having to leave her home town in Guatemala and flee for her safety to America when she was just 16 years old. Lizzy enlightens us on the stark contrast of how privileged and tone deaf these sort of “woke spiritual” communities can be because they portray a privileged lifestyle selling the instagramamable spiritual aesthetic, when in reality this way of living in unrealistic and unattainable for most Guatemalan people living there.
Lizzy shares with us the corruption of the MS 13 Gang occupation in Guatemala and how that effects the local people and their business’s. She talks about the racial hierarchy and how the local people view these developments of foreigners coming in to buy up land. And we get into talking about the problem of modern day colonization in countries like Guatemala.
I understand this a complex and controversial topic with many different aspects to consider, and we’re obviously not covering everything there is to say in a 90 minute podcast episode, but Lizzy and I share about our personal connection to this sort of topic and what we are talking about today is centred around spiritual elitism, and exploring the darker underbelly of spirituality and our own experiences of cultivating a more ethical spiritual practice.
We also talk about :
Connect with Lizzy @lizzy_lunas
Follow Lizzy’s art accounts @casalunaarte and subscribe to her youtube channel for more art content!
Watch : Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia
https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/hamiltons-pharmacopeia
Resources for practicing ethical spirituality :
https://www.embodyinclusivity.com
https://snehasacred.com/
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Ps. I will be treeplanting for the summer and will be taking a break from uploading for a few months! Sending you so much love and see you soon xx
Female Alchemy is the perfect name for what ceramics artist Tatiana Cardona's art represents: an embodiment of the magical process of creation held by female creators.
Tatiana's pottery is known for the iconic luscious lips that she sculpts to create beautiful, yet functional ceramic art pieces that enliven and up-level any space in which they are on display. The lips are an ode to the 60’s and 70’s feminist movement where women would wear bright red lipstick as a symbol of protest and empowerment.
Today Tatiana is on the podcast to talk about how she turned her love for ceramic art into her successful business known as Female Alchemy, her mission as a female artist, and to share her advice on trusting your vision and committing to your artistic practice.
We talk about :
Connect with Tatiana:
@female.alchemy
www.femalealchemy.com
Tik tok :@female.alchemy
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Aria Z Young is a radiant healer, yoga and meditation teacher and divine channel for light language transmissions, and just an overall absolute beam of light and love. Aria embodies many different healing modalities to assist you in reconnecting with your soul’s authentic essence and expression.
Today Aria is on the podcast to share her many gems of insight and divine channelled wisdom. In conversation Maddy speaks with Aria about finding “the magic in between” when we are going through times of uncomfortable transitions in our lives, the two discuss the aesthetic of spirituality on social media vs what being spiritual actually looks like IRL. Aria shares how she connects with Source by cultivating her relationship with Mama Gaia, the healing magic of Yin Yoga and meditation, and how she embodies her true self through sharing the messages of divine guidance she receives through light language transmissions.
We talk about:
Connect with Aria
@ariazyoung
Aria's YouTube channel
Visit Area's website to book a Healing Light Journey session, 50% off until the end of April : https://www.ariazyoung.com/
Read : The Great Mother Bible Or I'd Rather Be Gardening by Mare Cromwell
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Meg Webster and Dominique Di Libero are veteran tree planters who have had many a summer’s experience tree planting up in BC Canada.
However, it doesn’t take a well-seasoned vet to see the incidences of sexual assault and harassment that is, sadly, a prevalent issue within the tree planting industry…
Well aware of this issue, Meg and Dom began having conversations about how they could go about creating change within the sexual harassment policies and procedures in the industry and started to have solution focused conversations about how they could make camp life a safer and more inclusive environment for everyone.
Meg and Dom expanded these conversations outside of their personal zoom calls, and began hosting meetings with the Womxn In Silviculture Facebook group community to hear what many other planters had to say about this issue. They eventually gathered this collective information together to speak at the 2021 Western Forestry Contractors Association Conference (WFCA) this past February!
Today Meg and Dom are on the podcast to talk about what they discussed in their presentation on solutions for creating safer community within the tree planting industry and to share their ideas on how to create actionable change within the Tree Planting industry when it comes to harm reduction, camp party culture, and creating policy that not only includes insuring the physical safety of planters, but for the mental wellbeing of workers as well.
We talk about:
Resources :
Master Resource List compiled by Meg and Dom: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qz-WiSk9q6NpAp44jtSVITF8gad_TQnwm8SKIcWDxnU/edit
Join the Womxn In Silviculture Facebook Group
To join the Sexual Harassement/Assault & Mental Health Policy Meetings Facebook group
Meg's email : [email protected]
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Megan and Dan have been together in relationship for over 10 years now. Megan and Dan’s enduring relationship rooted in love, faith, respect, patience, creativity and this sacred union of the masculine and feminine energies is all that they have poured into this conscious brand that is Soulstice Steam.
They have combined their skills of artistic expression, entrepreneurship, carpentry and the ritual of ceremony to create wooded stools, made from beautiful sturdy pine or cedar, that act as sauna's to be used for yoni steaming.
Soulstice Steam offers you support and guidance throughout your yoni steaming experience in order for you to leverage this ancient healing modality to cleanse and connect deeper to your womb. Their services include herbal mixes for yoni steaming, womb reiki sessions, and guided yoni steaming offerings.
I met Megan a year ago in Guatemala when we crossed path in the powerful vortex that is lake Atilan, and Megan has been such a powerful and graceful expander in my life for all things holistic health and self love…. Like yoni steaming.
We talk about:
Resources:
Connect with Megan @meganlendmanphoto on insta
soulsticesteam.com
@soulsticesteam
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Clothes are omnipresent in our lives. We spend our lives living in clothes, waking up each morning to dress our body in fabric and garments that help us to outwardly express who we are, or create a fabricated identity.
This idea inspired Sole to write her university thesis on the concept of adornment as a way to add beauty to our (already beautiful) bodies. She was fascinated by the magical and mystical textile practices of the indigenous Shipibo tribe in Peru. For the Shipibo people, their textile and weaving practices embody a sacred connection to the divine Mama Pacha (Mother Earth).
Today Sole is on the podcast to share with us her wisdom and knowledge on this beautiful and magical topic.
We talk about :
Connect with Sole on instagram @s_ole_m
Resources :
Hitomi's instagram post that connected Sole and I
Sole's pinterest board of the Shipibo tribe's textiles
Documentary on the Shipibo peoples
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This week on the podcast I am talking with Jordan of Bright Side Blondie. Jordan is a beautiful beam of light who assists you in activating your divine feminine essence and remembering your souls powerful truth.
She was at school studying to get her degree in social work when she realized that she was looking for something more profound to fill her cup…. And soon after she discovered the power of working with crystals and that lead her to the beginning of cultivating her relationship to her spiritual practice.
We talk about:
Connect with Jordan on instagram @brightsideblondie to stay up to date with all her magical offerings.
Meditate with Jordan here
Visit Jordan's online store @thebrightside.shop to purchase her unique handmade crystal jewelry. 50% off everything until February 28th.
Read : Mysteries of the Dark Moon by Demetra George
Image of the Hindu Goddess Kali
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Today on the podcast I interview my dear friend Ian. I met Ian two summers ago tree planting, and I truly feel so lucky to have met Ian in this lifetime.
Ian shares his childhood dream of wanting to become a porn star when he grew up. He talks about his experience attending a Sacred Sexual Awakening retreat, and the lessons about sex he learned there. He also shares insights about his evolving relationship with his sexuality.
We also talk about:
- Reconnecting with his masculine energy
- The importance of living in balance with our masculine and feminine energy
- Ian’s experience with starting a men’s circle
- Exploring touch beyond the reason for sexual purpose
Connect with Ian on facebook : ianfdb
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Thank you so much for tuning in!
Hi Babes,
This week's episode is a solo one. It’s just me, your host Maddy. This one is short but sweet, where I clarify my intention for starting this podcast and I share news of starting my training to become a Red Tent Facilitator with Laura from @priestessingtheparadigmshift.
Stay tuned for next weeks episode as it will be back to regular scheduled programming. Thank you for tuning in!
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Today’s episode is the menstruation lesson you never learned in high school sex ed class. I sit down with Grace as she walks us through the biology of our menstrual cycle and discusses the social stigma surrounding our periods.
Grace is a nurse studying at the University of Ottawa. She is on the pod today to share her passion and knowledge of women’s health and sexual education. Grace enlightens us on:
-the different phases of the menstrual cycle
-period misconceptions
-gender inclusive terminology when talking about menstruation
-alternative menstrual products
Connect with Grace on Instagram @grace__poland
Sexual education resources as recommended by Grace:
-period tracker app @clueapp
-get the facts about menstruation from Canada's experts at yourperiod.ca
-check out @dame on instagram and their blog Swell by Dame for all things sex and wellness
-shame free products for periods and sex @sustain on instagram
Make sure to follow @thisiswomenpodcast on instagram for more updates about the pod!
Submit a 15-30 second voice memo sharing what being women means to you at [email protected] to be featured in the show.
The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.