Yoga Magic

In this episode, Ashley is joined by Amy Dempster to go deeper into our connection with nature as humans as well as discuss ancestors and spirits. Amy brings her warm nature to taboo subjects such as death and afterlife and her seemingly “normal” background makes her approach easy to understand. Amy was led to the work of grid keeping and earth healing in 2008, when a series of strange encounters with hawks sent her off on a spiritual journey of healing and discovery that ultimately led her and her husband to quitting their jobs, selling their home, and moving to Montana. Shortly after moving, the pine trees in her neighborhood started speaking to her and teaching her how to work with their energy. She started meeting the Spirits of the Land who taught her to work with grids, portals, timelines and more and she quickly began to understand how our human bodies are inherently intertwined with the energies of the Earth.

Ashley switches things up and shares a birth chart reading with friend and client Gina Gaetz. In these readings, Ashley goes through Gina’s chart, pulls out specific placements and gives her a self-care game plan as she moves through some life transitions and is looking to get specific and committed to her self-care practices. Ashley looks at the placements of the sun, moon, and Mars within the birth chart to help come up with ideas for physical body, emotional nurturing, and motivation.

Ashley and Gina discuss Gina’s inconsistent schedule and what she would like to see in her routine, self-care barriers she’s working through, how to implement practices without getting overwhelmed, and so much more!

This week Ashley is joined by Jeff Lester to discuss the power of language and how we speak to ourselves. I’m sure you’ve heard cliche phrases like “what you think is what you become” and “your thoughts become your reality” and while these phrases aren’t wrong, we often leave out a big part of the equation beyond the mind and into the physical and that’s how we speak. To ourselves and to others. Jeff has been on a mission over the last several years to resolve the stories that have caused him pain and suffering and has seen first hand how language can help or hinder our manifestations. For the first 20 years of his life, he was a “victim” of the circumstances around him. He was morbidly overweight and allowed the  stress from family drug abuse, verbal abuse, and suicides surrounding him to manifest itself in the form of 120 pounds of extra fat on my body. Until enough was enough, and some much needed separation allowed him to step firmly into my own and say NO MORE! His fate completely changed the moment he chose strength from those adversities instead of self doubt and pity.

In this episode, Ashley is joined by Yamile Yemoonyah, otherwise known as The Spirit Guide Medium. Yamile’s first experience with a spirit guide was when one physically appeared in her bedroom in October 2000 and she felt she was left with no choice but to start believing in a reality that isn’t acknowledged by western science. Ever since, assisted by her own spirit guides, she’s been on a mission to learn as much about the unseen dimensions of the universe as possible, especially the myriad forms of conscious beings that inhabit it and their relationship to each other. Yamile has had alien encounters, communicated with wolves, performed mediumship with deceased animals and many other informative experiences.

Things get steamy as Ashley answers a variety of questions submitted by Yoga Magic listeners in this monthly Q+A episode! Once a month, Ashley asks for questions from the Yoga Magic community on self-care, astrology, and more and answers in a fun, solo format. This week, she shares some energy filling practices specifically for introverts, why and how emotional wellbeing is connected to your moon sign, how astrology works with twins (and why many twins don’t have the same chart), why self care can often be so challenging for women, and the power of pleasure - both with a partner and with oneself!

Before diving into this week’s topic and guest interview, Ashley gives a brief self care update and why she’s recently become sober curious as well as its recent impacts on her well being and manifestations. Then she speaks with Sydney Weiss, a lawyer and the creator, host, and producer of Seek The Joy Podcast, created to share heartfelt storytelling and conversations on all things self-love, joy, connection, wellness and spirituality. Sydney’s greatest mission is to uplift and empower others to find their authentic voice, encourage them to step into their vulnerability and courage, all to seek their joy and bring about a better world. Through her work, she’s been able to do just that.

Ashley and Sydney chat about how joy became a leading factor in living her life, different ways to cultivate joy, the power of storytelling and human connection to joy, throat chakra wounding and healing, community and creativity, what Sydney centers her own joy practices around, and her effervescent passion for nurturing joy.

When you think about fashion and style, many things may come to mind - maybe you love shopping and embracing different styles or maybe you loathe the idea of standing in front of a mirror trying something new. But fashion is so much more than choosing the right clothes. It's about curating your life’s preferences, needs and desires. This week, Ashley is joined by the creator of the Somatic Dressing Method, Carrie Montgomery. Carrie believes when women untether their beauty, they can change the world and the Somatic Dressing Method is a way of getting dressed that leaves you feeling empowered and ready to bring on whatever the day brings. It’s taking style beyond the layers of clothing and feeling empowered in your whole being.

This week Ashley sits down solo to explore the current Leo season, what a cusp is when it comes to astrology, and weaving discipline with self-care as well as gives a personal catch up in her own current self-care routine. Whether it be a changing of meteorological seasons or astrological seasons, there can be an upheaval of energy as we collectively shift which is why it’s equally important to self-reflect and evaluate our routines and habits during these changing times. Ashley dives into the current astrological happenings of the world, why you may or may not be feeling the collective energy, what to do if you’re feeling the summer scaries start to hit, and a few self-care bio-hacks.