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The darkest night can be the clearest mirror. We step into solstice energy to explore what it really means to shed, integrate, and choose sovereignty—moving from the snake’s inward season to the horse’s bold momentum. We show how simple ceremonies become a powerful container for release and renewal. Drawing on Inanna’s descent, we pass seven gates of letting go—judgment, rejection, persecution, betrayal, abandonment, fear, and doubt—until we meet the part of ourselves we’ve exiled. From there, integration is possible. We talk about becoming the observer in your healing so the body stops bracing, and how blacked-out memories can surface when capacity grows. 

In this episode, we explore:

🌕 Solstice rituals as containers for release and renewal
🌖 Snake to horse energetic shift and what it unlocks
🌗 Inanna’s descent as a map for shadow integration
🌘 Becoming the observer to regulate and heal 
🌑 Blacked-out memories, capacity, and consent with self
🌒 Holding space versus trauma dumping with clear asks
🌓 Simple embodiment tools to fill your own cup
🌔 New offerings: She Who Rises, Through The Veil, The Art of Holding Space Facilitator Training

This conversation is also a preview of what we’re building next: She Who Rises, a women’s tantra masterclass to awaken kundalini, balance inner masculine and feminine, and reclaim pleasure as a devotional practice; Through The Veil, a conscious grieving coaching circle that alchemizes loss into forward motion; and The Art of Holding Space, a multi-part facilitator training that centers communication, group dynamics, and somatic presence so you can blend your modalities and lead with confidence. The thread through it all is self-sourced wisdom—tools that help you root into Earth, love on our shadowy parts, and make clear choices from sovereignty, not urgency.

If this resonates, follow and subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find the show. Tell us: what are you ready to shed, and what light are you calling back?

Starting January 6th, She Who Rises: A 5-week Tantric Journey into Feminine Awakening 

Starting January 12th, Through the Veil, Conscious Grieving Group 

Starting January 18th, The Art of Holding Space Facilitator Training

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The holidays can be a beautiful strain on the heart—full of memories, expectations, and a thousand quiet reminders of what’s changed. We sit down to unpack conscious grieving with open hands: how to honor what hurts, make space for what heals, and choose traditions that actually support your nervous system. This isn’t a tidy list of stages; it’s a living practice that meets you where you are, whether you’re grieving a loved one, a marriage, a job, or an old identity that no longer fits.

In this episode, we explore:

🌕 Grief showing up as physical signals in the body
🌖 Boundaries for parties, family plans, and social energy
🌗 Honoring grief beyond death including divorce and identity loss
🌘 Cyclical grief via chakras and the medicine wheel, not linear stages
🌑 The hero’s journey as a frame for separation, initiation, and return
🌒 Preparing for hard dates with planned support and self-care
🌓 Permission to be imperfect parents and simplify routines
🌔 Moving anger safely with rage rooms, breath, and movement
🌕 Letting small moments of joy coexist with sorrow

You’ll get practical holiday tools: set clean boundaries for social events, create rituals of remembrance (an empty chair, a candle, a favorite dish), and plan for hard dates with therapy, movement, or extra rest. We share scripts for loved ones who want to help and specifics that lift the load—meals, childcare, dishes—without adding decision fatigue. We talk rage rooms and why moving anger can unlock the sadness beneath it. And we normalize small glimmers of joy: they don’t betray your grief; they remind you that your heart still works.

Join Shantel Ochoa in a twice monthly online conscious grieving support group, Through The Veil-Conscious Grieving Group, in a compassionate space to heal through the many layers of grief that touch all areas of life—loss of a loved one, relationships, identity, health, opportunities, or life transitions.

The group will offer an empathetic, supportive environment to explore emotions, build resilience, and reconnect with yourself at a deeper level. You will learn tools to honor your grief, regulate your emotional and energetic body, and cultivate healing that extends beyond the sessions into everyday life.

Group sessions will be held every month on the 2nd and 4th Monday 3-5pm PT/ 6-8pm ET. Our first call will be January 12th.  Join us for this monthly membership by clicking below at just $144/month: 

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A winter squall hit the moment we sat down to record—perfect timing for a conversation about meeting the storm without losing yourself. We welcome Lacee Gengenbacher, a licensed mental health counselor turned shadow witch, to explore how shadow alchemy transforms fear, shame, and reactivity into clarity, choice, and real power. Together we unpack a grounded path from talk therapy to parts work, somatic intelligence, and sacred journeying—practices that turn “I don’t know” from a roadblock into a guide.

Lacee shares how Internal Family Systems helped her listen to protectors instead of battling them, and how curiosity plus love creates room for the shadow to reveal its gifts. We discuss the difference between ego advice and channeled guidance, what it means to be the “hollow bone,” and why triggers are invitations to alignment rather than proof of failure. A powerful story about her son on the basketball court shows compassion in action, while a raw account of neighbor conflict becomes a lesson in boundaries, cords, and redirecting energy back to source.

In this episode we explore:

• living the storm metaphor with intention

• moving from licensed counselor to shadow witch identity

• IFS parts work reframed as alchemy

• somatic cues as truth signals in the body

• journeywork as a container for the “I don’t know”

• triggers as invitations to alignment not shame

• cords, protection, and redirecting energy to source

• compassion in conflict and community dynamics

• shop as portal: tools, tarot, spell bar, and sessions

• practical ways to witness and release shadow

We also step inside Mountain Witch, Lacee’s Bozeman shop—a portal for practical magic. From tarot for direction to shadow alchemy sessions and a hands-on spell bar, the space is designed to help you slow down, hear your body, and anchor new beliefs with ritual. If “positive vibes only” has ever felt hollow, this conversation offers another way: receive the energy, learn its message, alchemize what’s heavy, and decide what stays. Subscribe now, share this with a friend who’s ready to meet their shadow, and leave a review telling us which part of you is asking to be seen next.

Visit https://www.mountainwitchmt.com/ for more information! 

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On today’s episode, we share stories of kitchens loud with laughter, tamale days that turn work into ritual, and the healing power of nostalgia when it’s used as a compass rather than a cage. You’ll hear how legacy recipes, cookie plates, and craft swaps become more than things; they become carriers of memory and belonging. We also name the hard parts: control, isolation, and the fawn response that can make celebrations feel unsafe. Healing begins with safety, capacity, and one brave yes at a time—and we model how to create that with clear boundaries, small experiments, and support.

In this episode, we explore:

• Balancing giving and receiving during the holiday season
• Gratitude as a doorway to safe connection
• Redefining holiday meaning through sensation and values
• Homemade gifts, craft swaps, and cookie exchanges
• Healing past harm and the fawn response around holidays
• Nostalgia as medicine and micro-traditions that stick
• At the 35 minute mark, we offer a distance Reiki blast as a gift to you! 

For our Reiki blast, we invite you to breathe, feel your feet, and let the current alchemize what’s heavy.  Then, integrate with a simple journal prompt: Which joyful memories want to return as living rituals this season? By the end, you’ll leave with practical ways to give from center, receive without guilt, and design micro-traditions—craft exchanges, cookie trades, communal meals—that make the holidays yours again.

If this conversation nourished you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a softer season, and leave a review to help more listeners find us. Your stories shape this community—what small yes will you choose next?

If you'd like to treat yourself to a Shamanic Reiki session this season, Christine is offering 90 minutes sessions for $100 (normally $250) if you mention this episode - let's get through the holiday season together! Book your session today: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minute-shamanicreiki-chakracoaching?back=1&month=2025-12

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What if pain isn’t a problem to erase but a message asking to be heard? We sit down with medical intuitive and psychic medium Lauren Sietzema to explore how chronic pain, trauma, and nervous system patterns can transform when we choose integration over fixing. Lauren shares her journey through fibromyalgia, the moment exquisite pain became a gateway, and the practices that helped her reclaim sovereignty without abandoning sensitivity.

In this episode, we’ll explore: 

• Moving from fibromyalgia to self-sourced sovereignty
• Integration of shadow and light 
• The Venn diagram as a way to interpret partnership overlap and the creation of a third thing
• Boundaries over people-pleasing for nervous system safety
• Ethics in psychic work and informed autonomy
• Structured intuitive training and safe foundations
• Empaths on equal footing with self-compassion
• Neurodivergence, sensitivity, and grounded practice

Together we unpack the yin and yang of healing: light without shadow is stasis; shadow without light is collapse. When they hold hands, movement happens. We talk practical mechanics—the nervous system as messenger, beliefs as signals, and why attention can amplify or ease symptoms. We also get real about boundaries, people-pleasing, and the cultural habit of separation that keeps so many empaths stuck. Lauren offers a clear path for ethical intuitive development: start with the body, add emotional literacy, examine thought patterns, and stabilize beliefs before reaching for high-voltage spiritual states.

Then we move into discussion on relationships that become the catalyst. Two whole people can meet in an overlap that creates a “third thing”—a shared field where growth accelerates without self-abandonment. We discuss how to protect that space, spot projections, and honor autonomy so healing doesn’t turn into dependency. If you’re neurodivergent or highly sensitive, you’ll find grounded practices that respect both science and spirit, bridging somatics with intuition in a way that’s safe, ethical, and sustainable.

Come for the insights on chronic pain and medical intuition; stay for the blueprint on sovereignty, ethics, and community. If this resonated, subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and leave a review telling us one boundary you’re ready to honor this week. Your voice helps others find the courage to integrate, not separate.

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As Fall season arrives, it is time to lean into Bear Medicine—hibernation, nourishment, and quiet, embodied power—to map a practical path for this liminal time between fall and winter. From soup and soft pajamas to breathwork and silent integration, we explore why slowing down isn’t avoidance; it’s intelligent design. Rest becomes the ritual that metabolizes emotion, integrates spiritual upgrades, and prepares you for a spring that arrives through you, not to you.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

• Seasonal shift toward introspection and hibernation
• Weather discord and the body’s energetic pull inward
• Fall gardening as metaphor for composting and release
• Community needs for quiet, soft gatherings, and integration
• Discerning yes and no to prevent burnout
• Calling in guides and protection for shadow work
• •Writing and creative projects suited to winter’s pace

We talk about composting as a way of life: clearing gardens and closets, retiring spent talismans, and returning used-up tools to the soil. Shadow work takes a seat at the table, but fear doesn’t lead. Call in your heavy lifters—guides, ancestors, archangels—so your container is strong enough for what rises. We differentiate battling inner demons from tending shadow with care, and we offer simple practices that turn integration into a daily rhythm: protected space, timed silence after breathwork or sound bath, and living altars that actually live.

There’s also a candid look at burnout and boundaries during the holidays. Not every invitation deserves a yes; your den needs you more than your calendar does. We share why leaving space invites inspiration, how to spot a real yes in your body, and why winter is ideal for deeper writing, curriculum building, and intimate creative work. No five-step enlightenment here—just grounded tools, personal pacing, and the courage to meet the season as it is. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs permission to rest, and leave a review to help others find their way to Bear’s quiet wisdom. What small yes will you give yourself today?

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Join us for a interview by Shantel to discuss what it truly means to walk the shamanic path with the global awakening and shifts in consciousness happening today, and how to honor our own spiritual journeys with patience and authenticity. Our guest shares messages from ancestral and spirit guides, offering insight on how ancient teachings can guide us toward meaning, connection, and balance in the modern world.

Kathryn Leeman, Ph.D. is a seasoned Spiritual Guide and Director who has spent over 40 years in the metaphysical and healing arts. Recognized for her intuitive gifts from a young age, Kathryn began formal training at the Church of Psychic Science in Scotland, developing her abilities as a clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient reader.

In this episode we explore: 

• The braided way bridging shamanism, psychology, and energy work
• Mentorship as protection against fear and confusion
• Seasonal archetypes for timing growth and rest
• Transmission experiences with the Divine Mother
• Rites of passage and the rigor behind true initiation
• Holding peace and clearing psychic free radicals
• Daily practices for presence and grace

Blending her background in Transpersonal Psychology—a field that bridges spirituality and modern psychology—with decades of study under shamans, healers, and teachers from around the world, Kathryn brings a deeply grounded and holistic approach to spiritual growth.

Through her work, she helps people find clarity, healing, and purpose—whether in relationships, career paths, or their soul’s deeper journey. Known for her compassionate insight and practical wisdom, Kathryn guides others in awakening to who they truly are and living from a place of authenticity and connection.

To learn more about Dr. Kathryn Leeman visit: http://konsciouskonnection.com/

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Pleasure feels different when it’s allowed to rise from root to crown. We take you inside sacred sexuality through a clear, no-dogma tour of the seven chakras and show how breath, sound, and movement unlock whole-body arousal, deeper consent, and a more creative, connected sex life. Christine Renee and Jim Macdonald share personal stories from years of Reiki, chakra facilitation, and tantra training, then map sacred sexuality across the body’s energy centers: root safety, sacral sensuality, solar plexus confidence and boundaries, heart connection, throat honesty and listening, third eye perception and imagination, and crown-level awareness and oneness.

Along the way, we explore the “inner flute” (shushumna nadi) for moving energy through the body, and why tears or resistance can be signs of energetic release rather than failure.

In this episode we explore:

• Defining chakras without dogma and why multiple models exist
• Root safety and sacral sensuality as the base of desire
• Solar plexus confidence and boundaries shaping consent
• Heart connection, reciprocity and living life fully
• Throat honesty, listening and sound as energy movers
• Third eye perception, imagination and spontaneous flow
• Crown awareness, oneness and whole-body ecstasy
• Inner flute energy channel
• Breath, sound and movement as tantric keys
• Solo versus partnered practice and honoring your no
• Masterclass structure, bonuses and office hours

If you enjoy this, please check out our five-week Intro to Tantra masterclass starting November 5th, which is this Wednesday!

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What if six simple breaths could flip your system from scattered to centered and prime your body for real energetic change? Christine Renee explores how intentional breathing supports Shamanic Reiki—from using the exhale to help clients release stagnant energy to a full microcosmic orbit practice that “power washes” your chakras with focus and care. 

She then maps the microcosmic orbit: inhale up the back, exhale down the front, visualize a Reiki energy ball tracing the loop, and add gentle locks at the palate and root to concentrate flow. Layer in earth energy from below and source from above, and the circuit becomes a steady river rather than a trickle. Then bring in Tantra’s three keys—breath, movement, and sound—to soften rigid form into living practice. Undulate the spine to recruit the fascia, voice the exhale to free the throat, and let intention lead. Whether you’re working solo, with a client, or with a partner, this approach meets you where you are and moves what’s ready to move.

In this episode, we explore:

• Six-breath centering for release and tuning

• Matching breath with clients to invite participation

• Throat center as primary exit pathway

• Case study of hip pain and emotional release

• Microcosmic orbit explained with energy ball focus

• Adding movement and sound to deepen flow

• Transitioning from structured form to fluid tantra

• Masterclass details and free webinar invitation

Ready to take it deeper? Join our five-week Intro to Tantra masterclass, Awakening Aliveness through Breath, Movement, and Sound starting Wednesdays November 5th - December 10th, and catch the free webinar on Sacred Sexuality and the Chakras Sunday, Nov 2nd. 

If this resonated, subscribe, share with a friend who needs a breath-led reset, and leave a review so others can find the show.

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Imagine opening a conversation about sex that begins with safety, truth, and reverence. We invited our community into a live, guided experience of sacred space and the three keys of Tantra—breath, sound, and movement—to show how everyday intimacy can become a powerful energy practice. No jargon, no shock value, just clear tools you can try right away to feel more alive, connected, and grounded.

In this episode, we explore:

• Redefining tantra as experiential energy work
• Why sacred space creates feelings of security
• The sacred bubble ritual and heart salutation
• Desires, fears, boundaries and consent language
• Taoist breath loop for grounding and release
• Adding sound to free expression and move energy
• Adding movement to integrate root-to-crown flow
• Noticing states, regulating intensity, and integration
• Masterclass format, access, and expectations

We start by reframing Tantra as experiential: a path of expanding aliveness by integrating two inner qualities—steady presence and dynamic flow. From there, we build a sacred container. You’ll hear the language we use for desires, fears, and boundaries and how a simple “sacred bubble” ritual shifts the room from casual to consecrated. Then we move into practice. First, a Taoist breath loop that inhales up the back and exhales down the front to rinse the system and settle the mind. Next, we add sound to liberate expression and clear the throat center. Finally, we invite movement—spirals, undulations, subtle sways—to bridge sexual root and spiritual crown.

Throughout, we share what to notice: tingling hands, jaw tension, a wave of grief, or a bright, quiet calm. The aim isn’t to force fireworks; it’s to build capacity. With breath, sound, and movement working together, energy moves, emotions integrate, and intimacy feels safer and more honest. We also outline our five-week Intro to Tantra masterclass: one week each for sacred space, breath, sound, and movement, plus a full Q&A. It’s fully clothed, consent-forward, and designed for solo or partnered practice.

If you’re curious about turning connection into a spiritual practice without leaving your values at the door, this conversation is your on-ramp. Listen, follow the guided segments, and notice what shifts. If it resonates, subscribe, share with someone you trust, and leave a review telling us which key—breath, sound, or movement—opened the most for you.

Learn about our 🌹 5-Week Intro to Tantra Masterclass starting Nov. 5th!

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