Joining me in this episode is wellness advocate and wilderness guide Sydney Williams. Sydney beckons to all those burdened with unspoken trauma, offering the wilderness as both metaphor and remedy for the soul in her new book, Hiking Your Feelings: Blazing a Trail to Self-Love.

This transformational book reveals how we can turn our pain into power. It's part inspirational memoir, part practical guide, Hiking Your Feelings offers a toolkit for unpacking your “trauma pack” the best version of yourself. 

I love this episode so much, and I enjoyed reading Sydney's book. I hope you do, too.

Please visit the show website at The Conscious Diva.com, ep 68, for more information about Sydney and her work as an author, speaker, and founder of Hiking My Feelings, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the healing power of nature. You can also follow me on Instagram at The Conscious Diva. Thank you for listening.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Sydney reflects on her own journey from buried traumas and poor body image to acceptance, healthy coping mechanisms, and self-love.
• She talks about her struggle with grief and loss, sexual assault, poor body image, career stress, and the stigma of diabetes.
• 
  chooses love over fear and lift the invisible weight from your shoulders.

ABOUT SYDNEY:

Sydney Williams is an author, speaker, and the founder of Hiking My Feelings, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the healing power of nature. Her fifteen-year (and counting) career in communications has run the gamut from launching Oscar Mayer's social media channels and working with Fortune 500 brands to educating the public about the importance of stewardship and equitable access to recreational opportunities. Through it all, she centers empathetic storytelling and allows her curiosity and enthusiasm to lead the way.

Sydney has been featured on FOX5 San Diego, KPBS, San Diego Magazine, Huff Post, Psychology Today, U.S. News & World Report, and on the SXSW stage. She is also a certified Wilderness First Responder, an instructor at the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park, an instructor at the Field Institute at Sequoia National Park, and a founding member of the Outdoorist Oath. Sydney has been nominated for Woman of the Year by San Diego Magazine.

LINKS:

https://hikingmyfeelings.org

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hikingmyfeelings/

Upgrade your breathing toolkit! Have you ever considered whether you are a mouth or nose breather? I know I didn't.

Joining me is my friend, breathwork guide, and meditation teacher Matteo Pistono. Matteo is the author of several books on meditation and spirituality. In his latest book, Breathe How You Want to Feel: Your Breathing Tool Kit for Better Health, Restorative Sleep, and Deeper Connection we discuss how "keeping it nasal" literally upgrades your nervous system so you can live your optimal life physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why we aren’t taught how to breathe correctly.
• Mouth breathing vs nose breathing 
• Nasal breathing and the vagus nerve 
• Tips to become a conscious breather. 
• We also discuss various pranayama practices as well as the Whim Hoff method and Holotropic breathing.
• And Matteo explains why thinking about our mortality allows us to live fully and die without regrets.

I hope you enjoy this episode and don’t forget to write a review and follow me on Instagram @The_Conscious_Diva

About Matteo:

https://www.matteopistono.com

IG: @matteopistono

Matteo Pistono is a writer, meditation teacher, and conscious breathing guide. He has authored numerous books including Meditation: Coming To Know Your Mind, Fearless in Tibet, and In The Shadow of the Buddha. He teaches concsious breathing and meditation to individuals and groups in-person as well as online. 

Matteo began his spiritual journey over 30 years ago while living in Nepal and Tibet. Informed by his study of Buddhism, Vedanta, and Hatha Yoga, extensive periods of solitary meditation, and pilgrimages across sacred Himalayan landscapes, Matteo offers an engaged approach to ancient wisdom traditions. Matteo maintains a daily yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation practice. Matteo earned a Masters in Indian Philosophy from the University of London, and his writings have appeared in The Washington Post, BBC, Buddhadharma, Tricycle, Men's Journal, Kyoto Journal, and HIMAL South Asia. Matteo and his wife surf and ride mountain bikes from their home in Southern California. 

Renowned Death Doula Anne-Marie Keppel joins me in this episode to discuss her new book, Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered Practices of a Death Doula.

Anne-Marie brings new-age spiritual aspects and practices to support the modern death doula. She founded Village Deathcare, whose inspiration and purpose is incorporating deathcare into the community.

Her book contains advice and experiences from various spiritual and religious traditions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Paganism, and Catholicism. It also includes support for people working as, or thinking about becoming a death doula, plus invaluable advice and mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality.

Anne-Marie explains:

• What exactly does a death doula do? Anne-Marie explains what the word doula means.
• Why talking about death is essential for vital people.
• Differences between Ancient and Modern Death Doulas.

• Mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality. And why it is important to do this.

• Death douling for our animals and pets.

 

If you loved this episode, please subscribe to my podcast, write a review and follow me on Instagram. You can find me online at tatyannawright.com and theconsciousdiva.com 

You can also find everything we discuss in this episode on the show page notes. 

Thank you very much for listening. Let me know what you think. I’d love to hear from you.  

More about Anne-Marie Keppel:

https://www.annemariekeppel.com

BIO:

Anne-Marie Keppel is the founder of Village Deathcare 501c3 whose inspiration and purpose is incorporating deathcare into the community. Of Irish Celtic and Finnish Sámi (indigenous Finno-Ugric) roots, she draws from her work as a death doula, a nurse assistant, a life-long meditator, Reiki Master Teacher and mother of three. She is a certified Feeding Your Demons facilitator, Life Cycle Celebrant (certificate in funerals) and trained Home Funeral Guide. Anne-Marie has passed the National Home Funeral Alliance proficiency test and regularly supports families through Family Directed funerals, home burial and green burial. 

Back on my show is the profound wisdom teacher Tracee Stanley. Tracee is gifted in weaving devotion and practice into daily life. Her latest book, The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices and Rituals to Remember Who You Are, guides the reader on a journey of inner exploration. There is so much yumminess in this radiant book. I mean, the book cover is glowing! 

In her latest book, Tracee offers meditations and rituals to self-inquiry practices designed to tap into a deeper understanding of yourself. All the spiritual tools in this book have been experienced by Tracee and helped her reclaim her own inherent power and wisdom, and they can do the same for you. 

And for a limited time, listeners can take 30% off the book when you preorder at ⁠Shambhala.com⁠ with the code LUM30. - When you purchase the book, you can sign up for a free special live event with Tracee - called The Luminous Self Book Club.  

Practicing with Tracee is a not to be missed opportunity to amplify the transformative tools in this book. This 4-week live virtual experience begins on Tuesday, October 10. Find out more about this experience in the episode. I’ve signed up for it.

You can also listen to my interview with Tracee about her best-selling book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity. It is Ep.23.

MORE ABOUT TRACEE

⁠https://www.traceestanley.com/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracee_stanley/⁠

⁠https://www.shambhala.com/the-luminous-self.html⁠t.

Erik Jampa Andresson and I discuss our mystical experiences and practices in this mini-bonus episode. We rant about mantras and how specific mantras can be used as spells and, in fact have been used as spells in history. We also discuss the importance of ritual.

Enjoy! Please let me know if liked this episode by subscribing and writing a review. Thank you.

Follow me on IG @The_Conscious_Diva

For more info visit:

https://www.theconsciousdiva.com/

This is part 2 of my interview with Erik Jampa Andersson. In this fascinating interview, we continue to discuss his new book Unseen Beings: How We Forgot the World Is More Than Human.

In this episode, we get way more esoteric. Erik explains exactly who unseen beings are, and why we need to understand that we share the world with more than humans.

We talk about the Nagas - find out who these serpentine beings are. We discuss spirits and mantras, particularly how certain mantras are spells used in literal combat.

We both share a ton of Naga stories and experiences from the one Prashant Iyengar shared with about Patanjali to how the Nagas became guardians of the Chod founder’s tradition and many more.

Plus there’s a bonus episode right after this one on the importance of ritual and we dive much deeper into mantras are spells. 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE INCLUDE:

• Find out who the unseen beings are and why it matters that we learn to identify them.  

• The importance of Nature spirits and learning to understand who the serpentine Naga beings are.

• Critical connections between human health and environmental health.

• Erik shares the story of Machig Labdrön, the founder of the practice of chöd: Tibetan Buddhist Mahamudrā chöd lineages.

• Erik draws on traditional eco-philosophies and Buddhist wisdom, asking us to rethink the very nature of our existence on this incredible that we share planet.

If you loved this episode, please subscribe to my podcast, write a review, and follow me on Instagram. You can find me online at tatyannawright.com and theconsciousdiva.com

MORE ABOUT ERIK:

Erik Jampa Andersson, founder and director of Shrimala, is a London-based practitioner, teacher, and scholar of Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa), Tibetan Buddhism, and Environmental History.  He is a graduate of the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine and is currently finishing an MA in History at Goldsmiths University. He is the author of Unseen Beings: How We Forgot the World is More than Human (Hay House, May 2023).

A Buddhist practitioner since 2005 (at the age of 14), Erik found an early home in the Tibetan tradition under the close guidance of Lama Tsultrim Allione, founder of Tara Mandala retreat center in Colorado, and has studied with an array of teachers from Tibet and the Himalayas. While pursuing a degree in religious studies at Naropa University, he was inspired to change course and enrol in a five-year Tibetan Medicine program at the Shang Shung Institute, in which he was trained extensively under notable senior physicians including Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo, Dr. Namgyal Tsering, Dr. Nyima Tsering, and other Sowa Rigpa experts in America and Asia.

RELATED LINKS:

https://www.shrimala.com/about

https://www.erikjampa.com

https://www.taramandala.org/blog/erik-jampa-dec-2022

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/erikjampa/

Joining me in this episode is Tibetan Buddhist practitioner Erik Jampa Andersson. I’m talking to him about his new inspiring book, Unseen Beings: How We Forgot the World Is More Than Human.

 

Combining his extensive knowledge of spiritual traditions with his passion for ecology and environmentalism, his new book offers a revolutionary perspective on the climate catastrophe bridging history, philosophy, science, and religion. This is a phenomenal discussion on how we can apply the practices and perspectives of animism and mythology offering up new ways of seeing and thinking to learn to become more sensitive towards our beautiful, endangered planet. 

His book ponders the question: What will it truly take for humanity to change? This is a powerful episode. 

 

TOPICS INCLUDE: 

 

·       How and why we constructed a human-centric worldview 

·       The Anthropocene as a chronic disease

·       How humans are the center of everything. 

·       Amazing recent discoveries around non-human intelligence

·       How religious traditions have dealt with questions of nature, sentience, and ecology. 

·       Critical connections between human health and environmental health

 

And this jam-packed episode is only part 1! Unseen Beings is a seriously brilliant and well-researched book. I hope you love this episode and go read Erik’s book.

Visit the episode show page at www.TheConsciousDiva.com  for more information on everything we discuss.

LEARN ABOUT ERIK:

https://www.shrimala.com/about

https://www.taramandala.org/blog/erik-jampa-dec-2022

https://www.sorig.net

In this episode, the inspiring Mara Branscome returns to share her latest book Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen: Access Your Power and Creativity through Sacred Female Archetypes.

The archetypes are the Maiden, Mother, Sage, Huntress, Lover, Mystic, and Queen. Mara explains each archetype’s beneficial qualities, its connections to the physical-emotional-mental body, and its shadow aspects. And she shares why connecting with these aspects can be an important tool for self-healing. 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Archetypes are not stereotypes; they are codes, formulas, and patterns.
• Why it's important to identify with them or one.
• Mara breaks down the seven sacred female archetypes.
• She explains how journeying through the seven feminine archetypes helps us to rediscover our essential self.

• How can we use these key archetypes to understand shadow and light?
• Mara compares this new book to her previous book, Ritual as Remedy. 

ABOUT MARA:

Mara Branscombe is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is the author of “Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care.” Mara is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind–body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, and she has been leading community ceremony since 2000.

Mara's website:

https://marabranscombe.com

https://www.femininearchetypesbook.com

Have you ever thought about the healing power of birds? I love watching birds, but I had never thought of them as healing medicine until I met Tammah Watts.

Tammah is a licensed therapist, birding enthusiast, and the author of the new book from Hay House - Keep Looking Up! Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching. In her new book, Tammah shares not only the healing power birds offer us when we give ourselves permission to observe them as a source of wisdom, but she weaves her personal story of overcoming her physical, neurological, and mental health challenges. She also offers practical information, and journal prompts that activate connection to ourselves.

Tammah knew that she needed to seek and accept hope, love, and support to overcome her chronic pain and cultivate resilience. But she could not have predicted that a little yellow bird would put her on the path to healing by fostering a powerful connection with birds and the experience of birding.

We begin our conversation with the question: How is birding a spiritual practice? 

WE CHAT ABOUT:

• What makes birding a spiritual practice? 
• How Tammah won the Hay House writers competition with this beautiful book.
• Exploring the practice of birdwatching from the comfort of your own home and community 
• How birding increases your self-awareness, mindfulness, and concentration.
• Birds teach us acceptance and alignment with spirit.
• The conscious aspects of birding as humans and birds.

ABOUT TAMMAH WATTS:

Tammah Watts has served the community for over 35 years in managerial, clinical, and consulting roles for private, non-profit, community college, and public sectors. After suffering a neurological injury following a routine surgical procedure, she found herself unable to return to the work she loved. Yet her experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist, mother, wife, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend has helped her to her book chronicles her own personal struggles to overcome physical, neurological, and mental health challenges through the powerful healing of birdwatching.

Website: https://www.tammahwatts.com/

Resources: https://www.tammahwatts.com/resources

Renowned menstrual educator Sinu Joseph joins me in this episode to discuss her fascinating book - Rtu Vidyā: Ancient Science behind Menstrual Practices. 

You might be wondering how menstruation is a spiritual topic? Sinu’s book takes a deep dive into explaining the scientific and logical reasons behind how spiritual practices impact female physiology. An understanding of the science behind menstrual practices can help women prevent menstrual difficulties, develop a positive attitude towards menstruation, and learn how to work in sync with nature’s cycles. This book was an eye-opening read, and I encourage you to listen with an open mind.  

In this episode we specifically talk about:

• Prana, and why entering temples and chanting mantras is a no, no during menstruation. 
• Sinu explains why there are no mantras women can chant during menstruation. I was very surprised by the answers, particularly on the breakdown on the chanting of Om 🕉, and the very specific ways women of menstruating age should pronounce Om: A-U-M vs O-M.
• The word Rtu is a Sankrit word that’s means both seasons and menstruation. Sinu explains how this is not a coincidence. 
• How prana (upward energetic force) and apana (downward energetic force) affects the female body when we practice mantra, yoga and athletic activities engaging against gravity like gymnastics, swimming or if you happen to be a female fighter pilot. These practices can lead to endometriosis.
• Interesting fact: Men have to spend many, many years practicing yoga and meditation to attain an equivalent amount of spiritual energy as a woman. What comes energetically and spiritually naturally to women simply by virtue of menstruating. 
• How your Ayurvedic dosha (the body’s constitution) affects the way you menstruate. And how lifestyle and diet also affect our periods.
• How a Western women might apply this ancient wisdom to living a modern life, particularly sportswomen.

This episode mentions several Sankrit words that may not be familiar. Please visit the episode show page at TheConsciousDiva.com for a mini glossary of words, explanations and information on everything discussed. Ep. #51 Sinu Joseph.

About Sinu: Sinu Joseph is a menstrual educator, an author, a three-time TEDx speaker and one of the pioneers of the menstrual health movement in India. Her work on menstruation has been unique in its efforts of unearthing the ancient science behind native menstrual practices and bringing forth a narrative which is the Bharatiya perspective (an important dharma, and collective action, culture, or faith) on menstruation. She is the cofounder and Managing Trustee of Mythri Speaks, and also works with The Forward Foundation.

She started her work in the developmental space as a part time volunteer in 2009, and gradually took up leadership roles on various issues such as healthcare, women’s health & safety, action-research on native sciences and culture, rural development and urban civic issues such as waste management and lake rejuvenation. She completed B.E. Instrumentation Technology, from M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in the year 2005

Website:

https://www.mythrispeaks.org

https://cisindus.org/course/rtu-vidya/ - Rtu Vidya course

This is a powerful episode with a lot of take away for living your purpose. Joining me in this episode is author and gifted channel, Sara Landon. Sara is an incredible conduit, and her new book - The Wisdom of the Council: Channeled Messages for Living Our Purpose - is filled with loving channeled information – messages of unconditional love, abundance, and reminders that we All have the power to be the creator of our own life. As The Council says, “If you are listening to this, you yourself are a channel”.  For more information on this episode, visit the show notes page at TheConsciousDiva.com ep # 50. 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 

• Sara shares who The Council is and where their wisdom comes from. Ultimately, all the Council messages are about living your fullest potential.

• What does the Truth of Who You Are mean? Sara reminds us to ask ourselves: Who Am I? She explains how this statement invites in our personal remembrance of the truth of who we are.

• She also explains the difference between motivated action and inspired action.
• And what it means to be a Wayshower. 
• I ask Sara to explain the differences between the 3rd, 4th and 5th dimensions of consciousness that we humans are experiencing right now living on this Earthly plane. 
• And we talk about the different kinds of channeled messages and forms of communication coming to us from the non-physical world – be it cosmic consciousness, star beings, Angelic communication or light language. 

  

REFERENCES & LINKS:

https://saralandon.com 

Free Resources

Master Class Programs  

Sara's Podcast: Next Level Soul podcast  

Sara's Life YouTube Channel

Sara's Instagram

When we live a mystical life anything is possible, especially being able to receive communication from spirits regardless of when they were in a living human form. In this episode of The Conscious Diva, I am talking to Spring Washam. Spring is a well-known spiritual teacher who was spontaneously contacted by Harriet Tubman to share her wisdom of living from the heart. I asked Spring who Harriet Tubman the mystic is, and why she is relevant today?

This conversation with acclaimed Buddhist teacher Spring Washam was profound. I am so thankful to Spring for her beautiful new book, “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman - AWAKENING FROM THE UNDERGROUND” - which is not a scholarly work or historical account of Harriet Tubman's life, but rather a work explaining a transmission of divine wisdom as a true awakened being. 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Spring shares a historical snapshot of Harriet Tubmans' incredible achievements. 
• The Dharma of Harriet Taubman and the Underground railroad.
• Spring shares how Harriet is the right kind of Deity for our collective wound of racism.
• Harriet's message of living from our heart is shared as a practice of learning how to heal our ancestors by asking: Who am I, Who, am I really? 
• Freedom through consciousness – freeing ourselves from our mental prison and conditioning that shapes our lives and program us to believe non-truths about ourselves.
• I share how I felt this book was written by both Harriet and Spring, as well as a personal experience I had from reading “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman - AWAKENING FROM THE UNDERGROUND”. 
• Spring reads her "Prayer of Recognition and Gratitude" from her new book. 

For more information on this episode, you can visit the show page, episode #49 at www.theconsciousdiva.com

ABOUT SPRING:

Considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities; Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California.

She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. Spring is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an organization that offers Buddhist teachings with attention to social action and multiculturalism. She is a member of the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, offering teachings on Buddhist philosophy, Insight meditation and loving-kindness practices. Spring is also the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America. 

https://www.springwasham.com

https://www.lotusvinejourneys.com

Thank you so much for listening to The Conscious Diva podcast. Diana Cooper joins me to discuss her latest book, The Golden Future, and its accompanying oracle deck of the same name.

In this powerful new book, she describes how an entirely new age – the golden future – is being birthed. Diana reveals a glimpse into 2032 and offers the reader tools and practices along the transformational path to the fifth-dimensional golden future.

This is a timely and critical book for all Light Workers, healers, and anyone seeking to ascend into loving awareness. The book itself transmits the energy to the reader, so you literally experience the energetic shifts and up-leveling Diana describes. All of her practices are easy to follow and incredibly uplifting.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode and may it inspire and guide you along our collective transformational journey towards a better future. 

Some highlights include:

·       Preparing for the Fifth Dimension.

·       Diana's fascinating journey with Angels and their work.

·       What is the monad, and how to tap into it?

·       How to shift negative dark energies. 

·      The journey to the golden future of Earth 

ABOUT DIANA:

Diana has been working with the angelic realms since her guardian angel appeared to her 40 years ago. Her mission is to connect people to angels, dragons, unicorns, and Atlantis for personal and planetary ascension. She has written over 30 books translated into 28 languages and produced many oracle card decks. 

https://dianacooper.com

www.dianacooperschool.com

Welcome back to Part 2 of Crystals with Nicholas Pearson. In this continuation of the previous episode, we dive into the properties of crystals, crystal grids, and Nicholas explains otherworldly crystals like moldavite, tektites, and amber.  Because who doesn’t love crystals and want to know more!? 

In this episode crystal expert and award winning author, Nicholas Pearson, chats about his latest book - Crystal Basics Pocket Encyclopedia: The Energetic, Healing, and Spiritual Power of 450 Gemstones. His book offers a quick-start guide for working with crystals and stones as well as a full-color A-to-Z compendium of 450 crystals, rocks, minerals, and fossils. Each entry features a color photo of the stone and defines its physical, psychological, and spiritual healing properties and its corresponding chakra, element, planet, and zodiac sign.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Why is amber considered a crystal when it is a resin?
• Crystal formation type: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic - And how formation effects the way a crystal can be used for healing.
• We totally nerd out on otherworldly crystals – moldavite, tektites, and meteorites. 
• Nicholas shares his favourite stones and crystals. Emerald is one of them. He shares how Emerald has been a meaningful ally. 

RELATED LINKS:

Nicholas Pearson: wwwtheluminouspearl.com 

Visit author's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theluminouspearl

Author's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theluminouspearl/

Author's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheLuminousPearl

Upcoming event in the UK with Ashley Leavy; Love and light School of Crystal Therapy: https://loveandlightschool.com

Who doesn’t love crystals? I’ve personally never met a person that doesn’t like crystals. They are mesmerizing and attracting, but why? What is it about these crystalline creations that fascinate us? 

In this episode I speak to crystal expert and award winning author, Nicholas Pearson, about his latest book - Crystal Basics Pocket Encyclopedia: The Energetic, Healing, and Spiritual Power of 450 Gemstones. 

In this interview, Nicholas offers connections between mineral science and the metaphysics of crystal healing. Nicholas generously shares an incredible amount of information about crystals, so much so that it has been edited into two episodes. This is part one. 

In this extensive interview, we cover the basics of what crystals are, why crystals work, how to select stones, plus safe and effective methods for cleansing, charging and programing crystals. Whether you’re a seasoned crystal practitioner, a collector, a beginner or simply want to understand more about these sparkly beauties, this is the crystal episode for you.

If you love listening to the Conscious Diva podcast, please leave a review and don’t forget to check out the show page at www.theconsciousdiva.com for links to everything discussed in these two episodes on Crystals with Nicholas Pearson. 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What is a crystal? Rocks vs minerals. How we Humans are made up of crystalline structures. 
• Does the size of the crystal matter?
• Crystal attraction – selecting the right crystal for you and working with it.
• Marcel Vogel/Vogel crystals.
• How to cleanse crystals and is charging and programming a crystal the same? 

RELATED LINKS:

Nicholas Pearson: wwwtheluminouspearl.com  

Visit author's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theluminouspearl

Author's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theluminouspearl/

Author's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheLuminousPearl

This episode is about leveling up by figuring out what your missing element is. WTF? Yup, missing element. I love learning about different healing modalities, and I don’t know a lot about the Chinese Daoist/Taoist system, let alone what the five elements cycle is.  Which is why I spoke to Tisha Morris. Tisha is an entertainment attorney, feng shui expert, and the author of five books on the healing arts. Tisha explains how we each embody a primary element —water, wood, fire, earth, or metal - that defines our strengths. But what about our weaknesses? In this episode, we dive into her latest book: Missing Element Hidden Strength, to understand how we can activate our creative potential by improving our most challenging element. 

 Find out more at www.TheConsciousDiva.com

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How To understand and the use of the Five Element cycle.
• Her brand new book - Missing Element Hidden Strength.
• The roots of the I Ching and how this philosophy relates to Taoism, Chinese astrology, feng shui and acupuncture. 
• Tisha explains how the five elements in the Chinese Taoist system are similar and different to Vedic philosophy and principals.
• Tisha breaks down how the elemental cycle can be applied to any creative process and relationships.
• She shares how we can level up once we understand what our missing element is in order to integrate our shadow. AND SO MUCH MORE! 

ABOUT TISHA MORRIS:

https://tishamorris.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/tishalmorris

I love talking about energy specifically about how it works and why. In this episode Oliver Niño, also known as “The Spiritual Activator,” explains how energy relates to manifestation and alignment. 

Visit www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

- How we’re constantly manifesting whether we realize or not. Manifestation is isn’t just about getting a new car or dream job.

- We also talk about signs and how to recognize them. When we recognize signs it accelerates what we want to manifest, energetically placing us in alignment. 

- And I ask Oliver about his upbringing in Manila, The Philippines, I wondered if being exposed to healers influenced his real world, no-nonsense approach to teaching people how to awaken to their own spiritual gifts.

- Oliver also shares his unique way of seeing Sacred Geometry, which is very cool. 

- And we talk about his awesome first book through Hay House - Spiritual Activator: 5 Steps to Clearing, Unblocking, and Protecting Your Energy to Attract More Love, Joy, and Purpose is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be available in March 2023. His book is already a #1 in new releases.

ABOUT OLIVER: Oliver is a Sacred Geometry and Energy Activation expert, thought leader, and celebrity spiritual advisor. His work Oliver has profoundly impacted the lives of public figures like Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Nina Dobrev and Gerard Butler. Even personal development coach Tony Robbins has personally worked with Oliver as well as numerous CEOs, thought leaders, leading motivational speakers and everyday people.

He is the founder and creator of the Geo Love Healing Methodology and is on a mission to teach others how to clear, protect, and unblock their energy so they can attract more abundance, love, and purpose in their lives. Through his teaching platform he has trained and certified close to 2 million people from over 60+ countries.  

For more information about Oliver or to access his very generous free offers:

Website: https://www.thespiritualactivator.com/homepage

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thespiritualactivator

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spiritualactivator?lang=en

Certified healing program: https://www.geolovehealing.com

New book:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Activator-Clearing-Unblocking-Protecting/dp/140196771X

Do you know your Human Design? You might want to after listening. Joining me in this is episode is Human Design coach and money educator, Kelsey Abbott. We are chatting about - you guessed it - human design. Kelsey has a remarkable understanding of this system, as a result, she is able to see magic in someones chart and guide her clients to fulfillment. 

Her ability to explain the often complex Human Design system literary rolls off her tongue like she's describing the most amazing meal she's ever had, and why you should try it too! Kelsey seriously knows her stuff and can help lead you to your life purpose, and ultimately bring you joy. 

Visit www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

- In this episode we chat about the different energy types, and other variables, like where in the body you might feel and experience messages that are guiding you in the right direction, or preventing you from moving in the wrong direction. 

- Kelsey shares how this experiment, as it known, transformed her life once she discovered her own design map. 

- Kelsey believes that joy is our natural state and the universe wants us to be as sparklyAF! Through using science, spirituality, play and financial education, Kelseys reveals how she teaches people to tap into their true essence so they can experience more ease, joy and abundance. And isn't that what we all want? 

- We also talk about the polyvagal theory (the science of feeling safe), and why that's important. 

- And I share a little about my experiences with Human Design. 

MORE ABOUT KELSEY:

Kelsey studied at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC) where she earned certifications as a Certified Professional Coach, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner and Cor.E Performance coach. She also studied at the Applied Nueroscience Institute, earning her NeuroPositive Certificate in using neuroscience to change how the brain processes challenges. Before becoming a Certified Professional Coach, Kelsey earned her Masters in Marine Biology and graduate certificate in non-fiction writing. She worked as a nationally-recognized science writer, as a marine biologist studying dolphins and killer whales, as a personal trainer, a group fitness instructor, a swim coach, a triathlon coach and a food blogger. She also was (and still is) a triathlete who races both nationally and internationally. After a decade in Maine and 16 months of traveling around the U.S. in a small camper, Kelsey now lives in Sarasota, Florida with her husband Pete and doberman Zumi.

Kelsey is also the host of the: The Find Your Awesome Podcast

You can learn more about her work, book a session or an online course:  https://www.kelseyabbott.com

In this episode I chat to ceremonialist and spiritual coach, Mara Branscombe. You might be familiar with Mara from her yoga teacher offerings, but she’s also known for her ritual work which is what we talk about from her beautiful new book - Ritual as Remedy: Embodied Practices for Soul Care.

What I enjoyed about her book is how Mara invites us to explore our inner mystic through esoteric self-care practices. One of my personal favourite practices is working with the elements, so I wanted Mara to share why the elements are important to acknowledge inwardly and out. We also discuss how and why people are affected by the wind, and how we can use wind as an ally for inspiration.

Mara shares the difference between a ritual, a habit and a superstition, like when someone wears a good luck charm. You don’t have to be into dancing in the moonlight, or bathing in it for that matter to love this book, all you need is an open heart. I hope you love Mara as much as I do!

HIGHLIGHTS: 

- Mara talks about her background as an adventurer, Waldorf Education school teacher and dancer - all these combined experiences shine through in her new book. Mara also expands on the varied traditions she has experienced that allowed her to create a unique manual of practices.

- We talk about spiritual longing, what it is and what longing feels like, and what it means to ritualize healthy habits, and how do we do this?

- We discuss becoming the witness. A practice that is not as easy as it sounds.

ABOUT MARA:

Mara Branscombe is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is the author of “Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care.”  Mara is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind–body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, and she has been leading community ceremony since 2000.

website: https://marabranscombe.com 

What exactly are Spirit Babies and why, or how do they relate to infertility? 

In this enlightening episode I talk to world renown hypnotherapist and pioneer in the field on hypnofertility, Lynsi Eastburn. You might be wondering – what has hypnosis got to do with spirit babies? Lynsi isn’t just a hypnotherapist, she has a unique gift. Lynsi helps prospective parents struggling with infertility connect with their spirit babies and then through her work as a hypnotherapist she assists in bringing the babies through. 

Lynsi has been helping women become pregnant for more than 20 years with an extremely high success rate. Through her innovative approach, Lynsi  blends the worlds of science and spirit to help parents not only connect with, but bring through their babies. Lynsi is also the author of three books on the subject. In this episode we talk about her third and newest book - Waiting in the Wings: Introducing the Pink Starlights. 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPSIODE INCLUDE:

• Understanding who these little celestial light workers are, and why they are called the Pink Starlights.
• The Pink Starlights have a purpose and are choosing very specific parents - Lynsi shares who they are and why.
• Lynsi explains what exactly hypnosis is and how it works.
• She demystifies the stage performance aspect of how hypnosis can sometimes be perceived.
• We talk about therapeutic hypnosis which is what Lynsi practices and how her technique is being guided by this new generation of babies. 
• Lynsi explains who the Pink Starlights predecessors are: The Indigo's, Crystal and Starseed children.
• We also chat about the Kali Yuga (in Hindu Cosmology, it is considered the fourth and worst of the four yugas - time/life cycles - it is believed that we are half way through it). 
• Lynsi's new book also offers meditations to connect to the energy of the Pink Starlights. 

About Lynsi: Lynsi is a Board Certified Hypnotherapist and Instructor. She is the creator of 3Keys® HypnoFertility. Lynsi has been helping women connect with their spirit babies and for over 20yrs garnering global attention with her Denver Colorado based clinic.

WEBSITE: 

https://hypnofertility.com/about/ 

https://www.hypnodenver.com/about-lynsi 

My guest in this episode is Mitch Horowitz, a PEN Award-winning historian considered an expert of alternative spirituality, he’s also known widely as the voice of esoterica ideas. Mitch and I first met when a few years ago I was producing a TV series called Open Minds. Mitch was a guest on the show and at the time he was coming on to discuss his book Occult America. Since then he’s written at least 20 more books! And has two news ones coming out this year - Day Dream Believer out this July, and Uncertain Places available in October. We chat about those books plus…Mitches film The Kybalion, which breaks down the 7 Hermetic principals. 

This episode is a thought-provoking discussion of the spiritual, the occult, the magickal, and the extra-sensory world with mentions of many, many people from Neville Goddard, a continued influence on Mitch as well as Émile Coué and, of all people, The Amazing Randi.

All the links to everything we talk about in this episode from books to people and more about Mitch his books and work, can be found at TheConsciousDiva.com episode 41.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

- Kybalion and the seven Hermetic principals.

- Where did the Hermetic tradition and experience evolve from (Greek and Egyptian traditions). I ask Mitch why the Indus Valley, an almost equally ancient civilization and the Vedic tradition are not considered a part of the Hermetic tradition?

- How Mitches journey through his interests as a Seeker lead him to become a wisdom school educator of transformation and manifestation.

- Who is Neville Goddard and how/why does Mitch continue to be influenced by him? And we chat about Neville’s interesting childhood influences growing up in Barbados.

- Mitch shares insights from his two new books: Dream Believer out in July and, Uncertain Places, available in October 2022.

- Mitch shares his own personal practice with influences from Émile Coué, the French mind theorist. 

- And we rant on about The Amazing Randi (James Randi), the stage magician and skeptic of the paranormal and ESP and the content of the book by Rhonda Byrne, The Secret. 

- Plus so much more! 

About Mitch:

Mitch is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library, lecturer-in-residence at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, and the PEN Award-winning historian and author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life; The Miracle Club; The Miracle Habits. And so many more. He is widely known as a voice of esoteric ideas with bylines in The New York Times, Time, Politico, and The Wall Street Journal. His work is censored in China. Through his research and books he illuminates and explains the relevance of alternative spirituality to comtemporary life.  

LINKS: mitchhorowitz.com

In this follow up episode of The Conscious Diva Podcast, my guest renowned Akashic Records practitioner, Rohini Moradi Sweeny continues to demystify the idea of Akashic records gatekeepers. Then we explore Rohini’s Persian Magi lineage, the Zoroastrian practice and discuss modern magic. And, Rohini and I get witchy as we share our own esoteric experiences when we explored our own records to learn about our spiritual lineage. 

TRIGGER WARNING! Please note there is a section of the interview where we talk about Magophonia, the practice of killing the Magi and how the slaughter was celebrated for many years as an annual holiday. 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Rohini’s spiritual lineage and connection to the Persian Magi.
• We discuss the work of author Stephen Flowers and his books – Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi and The Origins of the Tarot in the Mithraic and Hermetic Traditions.
• Consciousness and the forms it takes (good and bad).
• Zoroastrianism
• Witches, past life experiences and embodying spiritual memory in this life.
• Trees and reincarnation. 

TOPICS MENTIONED:

• The Mahabharata epic battle.
• Anandamayi Ma, her Haridwar ashram.
• Sorcery vs Magic 

Educational References: 

The Slaughter of the Magi

Magophonia

Ancient Media

Books by Stephen Flowers

ABOUT ROHINI:

Rohini Moradi Sweeny attunes spiritually curious individuals to expansion and amazement through her intuitively led business Magic Inclined. She is a mystic, entrepreneur, and Akashic Records practitioner. Rohini offers access to a free online community created for the magically inclined who seek to connect and explore the Akashic Records in a safe and held space. Download Rohini's free resource on How to Read Your Akashic Records on her business page!

https://www.magicinclined.com 

In this episode of The Conscious Diva, my guest Akashic Records practitioner Rohini Moradi Sweeny and I talk about so much - from the Akashic records to growing up in a Hare Krishna Ashram to how the tools of her Bhakti yoga upbringing came into their own when her baby daughter passed away from SIDS. This profound loss brought her back to her connection to Spirit and a remembrance awakened Rohini to her ability to access the Akashic records for healing, leading her to teacher people to do the same. Today, Rohini is internationally recognized as a teacher of the Akasha and spiritual explorer. Through her revolutionary approach to empowering spiritually curious individuals, Rohini guides her community through a wondrous journey inward so they can experience the awe of a limitless reality.

WE DISCUSS IN DETAIL:

• Growing up in a Hare Krishna community Rohini learned the lifelong tools of Bhakti. Her days were filled with meditation, chanting, yoga, and cleansing the body in an effort to grow as a spiritual being.
• She shares how she became anchored in the magic of life, rather than the fear of external circumstances despite the political turmoil caused by the Iran-Iraq war and the simultaneous Muslim revolution. Rohini remembers living in a state of joy and playfulness, even as bombs fell outside her father’s temple.
• Rohini shares how she tried ignoring her spiritual gifts, only later having the profound experience and loss of her baby daughter leading to the discovery of the Akash and her life’s purpose.
• Learning to trust. How this evolved from her lifelong practice. Magic really exists and that when we learn to trust so much in our lives can open up.

ABOUT ROHINI:

Rohini Moradi was born into a spiritually-driven life in Tehran, Iran where her father ran the only Hindu temple in the city during the Muslim revolution. During her childhood, her family traveled throughout India, devoted to a colorful yogic life.

In early 1989, a massive religious-military upheaval in Iran altered her life path. Her father’s temple was seized, and her family fled to the United States as refugees. This uprooting caused a massive personal shift in Rohini’s reality.

Where her life used to center on personal growth, Rohini’s transition to America caused a massive personal shift from a spiritually-oriented existence to a material-oriented one.

Read more about Rohini’s fascinating transformation process, and learn what Rohini offers on her website listed below.

REFERENCES/LINKS:

https://www.magicinclined.com

https://www.anandamayi.org

https://www.iskcon.org 

Dr. Giavanni Washington joins me to discuss the often-overlooked goddesses from across the African continent. Dr. G, as she is affectionately known, created the Black Goddess Within Oracle card deck to awaken liberation, healing, and remembrance. She shares not only how we can use the deck but also why it is vital to change the way the world sees the Black body, Black women, and Black people through the images of Goddesses from all over Africa.

This was an empowering conversation, teaching a new way to learn about the powerful African Goddesses and their history. I hope you enjoy this episode and learn something new. Thank you for listening and following my podcast. You can also follow me on Instagram at The Conscious Diva. HIGHLIGHTS: - Dr. G talks about how the images came into being – A profoundly transformative experience for the women photographed representing the Goddesses. - She shares her own personal experience and inspiration for creating this stunning deck. - How you can learn to support and uplift Black voices and perspectives by discovering lost histories and igniting hidden ancestral wisdom.

More about Dr. G:

Dr. Giavanni Washington, creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is an intuitive healer, mother, speaker and spiritual guide who holds a doctorate from UCLA’s department of World Arts and Cultures and was recently selected for the California Creative Corps Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship by the California Arts Council. 

Called to the medicine of ancestral restoration, Dr. Giavanni creates healing opportunities for other Black diasporans to reconnect with lost histories and ignite hidden ancestral wisdom. Dedicated to amplifying Black Beauty, reconnecting to the deep roots of Black Divinity and encouraging the full expression of Black Joy, her latest creative expression, the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is a 44-card deck and guidebook featuring photographs of real Black Women embodying Goddesses from Africa. When she isn’t talking to ancestors or helping Black women connect to their divinity within, Dr. Washington enjoys hiking with her husband, son and her pup called Pumpkin.

WHERE TO FIND DR. G:

https://www.drgiavanniwashington.com

https://www.instagram.com/blackgoddesswithin/

Have you heard of the Hara Dimension? Internationally respected energy medicine practitioner Amelia Vogler explains what the heck the Hara Dimension is and how it carries the wisdom of your soul between and through our lifetimes. Oooohhh. So cool. 

WE DISCUSS IN DETAIL:

• Amelia shares what exactly the Hara Dimension is and how to connect to it.
• What is the main objective of her Hara work.
• How the hara energy dimension holds the keys to our spiritual grounding and our soul’s freedom from trauma – in this lifetime and past ones. It is a core power-source that resides beneath the auric field of the human body, and is housed inside the tan tien, existing on the level of intentionality. 
• Rediscovering the truth of who we are – learning how to look inside to ground in your truth. 
• The architecture of our Soul.
• Amelia explains that when you are in your flow you can feel it coming through the hara.
• The Core Stars connection to the Hara.
• We talk about grounding, not to be confused with Earthing. Amelia explains how Grounding is a practice of being in awe and coming home to yourself. It is anchoring into our core light. - It is a practice to support you re-anchoring your soul here on Earth and in your body and an integral part of connecting to the Hara. 

ABOUT AMELIA:

Amelia is an internationally respected energy medicine practitioner and Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, Certified Instructor and a specialist in Energy Medicine who incorporates a variety of energy methods and vibrational modalities in her work. Some of these include the use of craniosacral therapy, reflexology, intuitive sciences, color, gemstones, aromatherapy, ancient shamanic teachings, sound, sacred geometry, guided imagery, and affirmations. 

She is a grounding and energy medicine specialist, an internationally respected teacher and a meditation guide. Amelia embeds essential energetic practices in her meditations and teachings to support the betterment of humanity. In addition to her teaching and guided meditation offerings, she has an international private practice. In her 15-year career, she has helped over 7,000 individuals re-pattern self-limiting negative beliefs through grounding practices, intuitive insight, and advanced energy medicine. Amelia's 500-hour yoga teacher training was in the classical Raja yogic tradition with Chandra Om, an initiate of Sri Dharma Mitra.

LINKS: https://ameliavogler.com

Have you ever thought it might be possible to dream the life you want into existence? Meet Candice Rose Eastman, founder and Editor-in-Queen of the recently launched She Rose magazine. Candice knows a thing or two about making your dreams come true. She shares how she visioned her magazine into a reality during the pandemic through the use of psychedelics and intentional plant medicine. 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

·  How She Rose Magazine was born as a direct result of going deep during the Pandemic.

·  Her honest sharing about her use of psychedelics and how through using intentional plant medicine, she has dreamed everything into being.

·  Her magical epiphany in Tulum about what to call herself for her magazine as Editor-in-Queen, instead of Editor-in-Chief.

·  Candice was originally a hair stylist, then became a life coach. She retired from hair after 21years to launch her own digital magazine - She Rose – for women to create the life of their dreams, women rising up and congratulating each other on their wins.

·  We talk about making dreams come true and how trust opens you up to the true flow of life.

·  Candice explains her mission statement - ‘SHE ROSE’ is an answer, a declaration and a power statement! And what it means to be a conscious publication. 

About She Rose - 'She Rose’ is a metaphorical reflection of a woman’s beauty and resilience. The magazine’s mission is to provide a platform that offers creative freedom, connection, growth and inspiration for all women. It collaborates with women from all places, backgrounds, creeds, political views, income levels, colors, religions, sexual orientations, ages, and more. Each issue offers breathtaking artwork, inspiration, heart-warming stories, profound advice, captivating gifts, and ancient wisdom to its readers. The women featured are purposefully chosen to remind the world to keep going in the direction of one's visions and that we are all connected.

More info:

:https://www.sherosemagazine.com

https://issuu.com

In this episode we talk about past lives and how by tapping into our previous lifetimes, we can learn to forgive, live from a place of compassion and heal ourselves to truly step into the life we want to design. Joining me to explain all of this is Spiritual Teacher and Lifestyle Design Coach Elizabeth Tripp. 

Visit www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

·  Elizabeth shares how she developed a childhood eating disorder as a way to hide her pain and her spiritual gifts. 

·  Meeting her spiritual teacher whose gentle but powerful coaching helped her understand the deeper why to all the hopelessness she was feeling. Thus began her journey of realizing how bright and beautiful we all truly are. 

·  Learning to release the past so you can love and transform your life.

·  How can we use a past life experience to expand what is in existence at the present.

·  What if you were born into a life of abuse? We explore both perspectives as the receiver and perpetrator and how these actions can connect to past life experiences through soul contracts. 

·  Elizabeth also shares a personal past life story as a beggar on the streets in London and sheds light on how this connected to her lack of self worth in this life. 

·  Elizabeth gives me a mini past life reading. 

ABOUT ELIZABETH:

Elizabeth’s mission is to awaken you to the beauty of your soul's journey by helping you see the true beauty of your life. As a lifestyle design coach she guides clients to break through old patterns to learn their soul’s lessons. Clients dissolve their limitations and bridge their minds to their soul’s desires believing in themselves and manifesting a life you love. 

Elizabeth uses her practice, her gifts and the lessons she has learned from her own soul’s journey to shine a bright light on your life lessons and align you with your Soul/Self, so you can let go of what holds you back, and create a life where you do what you love and love what you do everyday. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and holds a masters degree in Nutritional Sciences. She is certified in Usui Reiki Practitioner, Past Life Regressionist and a Transcendental Meditation Coach, and an apprentice of Alex Then, a Master Coach, since 2016 studying Light Body Healing and the soul.

Website: https://elizabethtripp.com 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethmtripp/ 

In this episode Chef Amber shares how her approach to food wasn’t always holistic. Amber was in a constant race to lose weight, leading to over 30 years of disordered eating and a very exhausting, unhappy life. Amber was also as a professional chef. Her body could no longer tolerate this way of being. 

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting to Chef Amber Caudle for this episode, and I love her no-nonsense approach to wholesome eating. Chef Amber openly shares her challenging journey with food, and how through her restaurant, The Source Café, which opened in 2012, Amber has been able to create a sumptuous take on natural, wholesome foods, infusing spirituality into her beautiful, rejuvenating and restorative, nutritious dishes.

Visit www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

·  Ambers own spiritual transformation, which includes a profound epiphany in Albania, and she shares the deep work involved in detoxifying her old patterns gaining life changing perspective.

·  What qualifies as “healthy” and what are “fake healthy foods”?

·  What is a holistic way of living.

·  How Chef Amber nourishes her mind, body and soul and how self-love techniques inspire the food she prepares for her restaurants. 

·  Chef shares how she became honest with food, her body and herself and stopped using food to avoid all feelings and to cope with the anxiety, stress, and depression, she was feeling in her body. 

·  The amazing action steps and practices she does on a daily basis to keep her in her worth and power, like dancing naked, meditation, fueling your body with the right foods and letting go of trying to have the “perfect” body or diet. 

·  Learning to listen and tune into your body to hear what your body wants you to put in it, and what it doesn't. And how you feel after you've eaten over processed, fried, heavy foods. 

·  And we chat about her new Holicious TV series, guests and upcoming books. 

About Chef Amber & The Source Café:

Chef Amber is an entrepreneur and spiritually-led chef. She is an author, and owner of The Source Café in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, California. She opened The Source Café in 2012. Her second location opened during the pandemic. The Source Café joyfully embraces the true essence of thoughtful food. Believing that food should be vibrant, beautiful, sexy, and prepared with love. Each item on the menu is created with intention to heal and nourish your mind, body, and soul. Significant thought is given to every simple, local, organic and non GMO ingredient.

Her forthcoming book HUNGRY: Why I F*ucking Eat, will be released May 2022. Chef Amber also has a new cookbook, Sexy Nourishing Food, featuring a combination of favourite The Source Café dishes and her go-to staples, releasing later this year.

More info:  

Personal website: https://chefamber.com 

The Source Cafe: https://thesourcecafe.com

In this episode we chat about how the fear of rest is the fear of meeting the higher Self. Sit with that statement for a moment. Meet Octavia Raheem, a beautiful storyteller and a profound guide teaching the importance of rest. For when we give ourselves permission to rest an opportunity to discover ourselves arises.  

Joining me in this episode is author, mentor, and yoga teacher Octavia Raheem. We talk about her new book: Pause Rest Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change. A work of wisdom guiding us to rest. Octavia was living her everyday life like she was an ultra-marathon runner. Her desire to constantly be better and better, to do more, and never ask for help lead to life threatening burnout which revealed an awakening to the importance of rest. Her beautiful book honors the changes and spaces in life with purposeful rest and reflection. 

Visit www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

- How maintaining a commitment to the ritual of rest and writing is transformative, and how transformation is a process and process is a circular nature of beginnings and endings.

- What vows are we making to ourselves that are rooted in unhealthy relationships that only silence can reveal.

- Burnout. How this leads to the failure of the body functioning optimally. 

- We talk about how the original fear of rest is the fear of the pause, from which awkward silence arises.

- The difference between a restorative class and yoga nidra.

- Restoring your body, mind, and spirit amid change is an act of courage, empowerment, and hope. 

ABOUT OCTAVIA:

She has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. Trained and mentored by exemplary teachers, Dr.Gail Parker, Tracee Stanley, Chanti Tacoronte- Perez, Octavia’s work as a yoga professional focuses on practical tools to teach individuals how to manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue through restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and meditation in a way that is accessible to all levels/abilities, and restorative to the nervous system. Her work has been featured on Yoga Journal, Mantra Magazine, Well+ Good CNN, WXIA, and Atlanta Magazine. 

Octavia is a yoga teacher with 14 years of experience and nearly 10,000 hours of leading yoga classes, immersions, and trainings in various settings and online. In September 2019, she was named one of four Yoga and Wellness luminaries who have transformed yoga in Atlanta by Natural Awakening Magazine. A legacy lululemon ambassador and current KiraGrace Warrior, she has led life changing restorative yoga experiences at national and local festivals: Wanderlust, Love. Play. Shine (formally Asheville Yoga), Essence Wellness House {Atlanta}, and Dirty South.

LEARN MORE:

https://octaviaraheem.com 

https://www.pauserestbe.com 

Human Design Coach Lindsey Means chats The Science of Your Uniqueness! 

Known as Human Design, this fascinating system shows you how to access your body’s consciousness as a decision-making tool, and ultimately, how to live as your true self. I like to think of it as a divine blueprint for living this present life. And I find it to be profound, precise and illuminating.  It was awesome to chat with Lindsey and have her share her knowledge and the vastness of this system. 

IN THIS EPISODE WE EXPLORE:

- What is Human Design and where, what, or who created it?

- What are the Human Design types and how these types are divine blueprints for living our purpose. 

- What is a strategy, and what if yours is "Wait to respond"?

- We discuss how Human Design describes your personality and soul imprints (conscious and unconscious), so you can learn to uncover your strengths, weaknesses, motivation, super powers and what you are here to do.

- And so much more! 

ABOUT LINDSEY:

Lindsey Means specializes in helping people use the tools of Human Design to heal themselves. She also teaches how to apply what you’ve learned to grow your business more consciously. Learn more:

https://lindseymeans.podia.com

www.unlockyourdesign.com

Magic and transformation are two of my favourite topics! It was a pleasure talking with professional astrologer, healer, and psychic medium Rachel Lang about her new book, Modern Day Magic: 8 Simple Rules to Realize Your Power & Shape Your Life. Rachel combines the healing tools of energy work, clairvoyance, and her knowledge of astrology to enable readers to trust their own communion with Spirit, and magic, in a user-friendly manual. When we learn how to harness our own magic as a tool to transform ourselves, life opens up in a completely new way. Did I mention I love this book! 

Visit www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

- What is Spiritualism? Rachel explains what it is and how it relates to magic.

- How magic can be practiced by anyone and how it is a spiritual revolution that is happening now.

- How Colonialism controlled and dehumanized spiritual concepts which lead to a fear of witchcraft and magic. 

- How magic and astrology go hand in hand. And what is magical astrology?

- What is a magic dark and how can we embrace our dark side?

- The difference between belief, or believing and trust. 

ABOUT RACHEL:

Rachel Lang is a professional astrologer, psychic medium, and healer, she is a regular contributor to a variety of publications, including Bustle, Brit + Co, LVBX, Romper, PopSugar, and the Omega News. As an internationally recognized speaker, she enjoys sharing her astrological and spiritual knowledge with others and regularly offers presentations, classes, and workshops.

Lang began studying astrology and developing her spiritual gifts more than 20 years ago and has maintained a private practice working with individuals, celebrities and businesses since 2006. Rachel Lang holds a master's degree in theology from Loyola Marymount University, with an emphasis on feminist theology and ethics. She is certified by the American Federation of Astrologers and is a member of the International Society for Astrological Research. She is also certified as an advanced psychic medium through the Lisa Williams International School of Spiritual Development.

Follow her on Instagram at @rachellangastrologer and visit her online at http://rachellangastrologer.com

What does skateboarding have to do with spirituality? In this episode, the mystic and creative artist known as Deep compare the spiritual parallels of skateboarding, meditation and mysticism. 

Head to www.theconsciousdiva.com for more info and show notes.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• We talk about how the mystic traditions of Sikhism, Islam and Yoga influenced and inspired his own transformation.
• Deep explains what it means to be rooted in the practical and mystical. 
• We also talk about his new heart felt book Innocence, a gift to the Seeker who may not yet know this is what they are looking for. We of course, discuss the title of his book, how he defines innocence and how innocence is the essence of who we are. 

About the book: Innocence is a moving work filled with poems created to be experienced by the reader with their own emotions and thoughts. The book is heavily based on creating a space for feeling emotions and detachment. Deep is donating 50% of his book profits to Khalsa Aid & Islamic Relief.  

About Deep: Deep is a first generation American from Punjabi Ancestry. In Punjabi, the word 'deep' means 'A Beacon of Light'. In English, 'deep' means far below the surface. Mixing his Punjabi heritage and his American upbringing deep brings a new understanding of light to the world. Whether it be as a mystic, yogic, yoga therapist or through his new book Innocence, deep would like to help others look within and merge their light with darkness. 

Website: https://www.innocencebydeep.com/home 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/baldeeppooni 

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode contains descriptions of misconduct that may trigger friends and listeners who are victims and survivors of sexual and physical abuse. 

In this thought provoking interview with my childhood friend, yoga teacher Sat Siri Rachel, we talk about living in grace and the profound shifts to liberation that reveal what is hidden in plain sight. I ask Sat Siri what brings her home to herself, it doesn’t have to be kundalini yoga, that is just one tool. Sat Siri shares her own personal experience and growth that has allowed her to live in alignment with her own integrity. 

In this deep conversation, we talk about: 

- Collective trauma and shame.

- What does it mean to live from a place of truth and grace, and discovering a true reckoning of living your spiritual path? 

- How do we keep a yoga tradition sacred, and do we need to, when it (Kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan) is linked to sexual abuse and corruption allegations?

- We discuss the sexual abuse allegations surrounding yogi bhajan and learning to do deep self-inquiry.

- How do you become the authority of your own life?

About Sat Siri Rachel:

Sat Siri has been practicing Yoga and Meditation for over twenty years and teaching Kundalini Yoga for fourteen. She practiced Iyengar Yoga, Vipassna Meditation, and many other modalities before finding Kundalini Yoga. Sat Siri is a teacher of teachers, her classes are open to all levels – uplifting, challenging and healing. She has a unique ability to anchor the more esoteric qualities of this technology, bringing the tools into practical, everyday life. She believes it is everyone’s birthright to experience the peace, grace, and blessings that awaken with daily Yoga and Meditation.

A former ballet dancer with the Australian Ballet, Sat Siri found ballet meditation in motion, a creative expression that renewed her perspective with each step, turn or jump. “I fulfilled my childhood dream of dancing with the Australian Ballet. The truth that no matter how many times I practiced a step or a turn or a jump in the studio, once on stage everything was new and fresh, I was in the present moment. I had to be, sublimely so. Every breath mattered.” 

References:

https://satsiriyoga.com 

https://www.instagram.com/satsiri/ 

Facebook Support Group: Beyond the Cage https://www.facebook.com/groups/premka/ 

In this episode, my guest Drew Switz and I talk candidly about cannabis and yoga, specifically from the points of view from people that have used it recreationally and no longer do. We’re not talking about getting “high” and practicing yoga. We discuss communing with the Spirit of the Plant, to understand a on spiritual level how to work with it for a mutual-beneficial exchange. Drew is Co-Founder, and Research & Development Coordinator for RoPana Wellness, he holds a degree in Horticultural Sciences from the University of Connecticut, and has worked in academic research consulting medical cannabis patients. His passion is helping others through teaching and sharing knowledge about how yoga and cannabis can play a central role in daily life. Some of the points we discuss in this episode are: ·  Expanding consciousness through a spiritual practice vs using plants to expand awareness. ·  Respecting the plant and making offerings back.  ·  Using cannabis for yoga and why/how it could benefit you. ·  The reasons why experiences can be so varied from downright uncomfortable or psychedelic to relaxing and euphoric. ·  Drew talks about how the plant is out of balance due to the demands of recreational use. ·  The different strains of cannabis, THC, CBD. References:  Drew's company - RoPana Wellness Book by Will Johnson - Cannabis in Spiritual Practice: The Ecstasy of Shiva, the Calm of Buddha

Dr. Sweta Vikram is joining me in this episode of the Conscious Diva Podcast. Sweta is an Ayurvedic doctor and an international speaker. She has written multiple award-winning books and is a trusted source on health and wellness, frequently appearing on NBC. 

Today, we are chatting about her latest book, The Loss That Binds Us. It is the first book to use the principles of Ayurveda to heal grief. Sweta shares how Ayurveda and grief work together. She explains what grief is and how it shows up differently for everyone, which has a lot to do with our Ayurvedic constitution - our predisposed characteristics. 

Her book offers 108 practical tips to help navigate the multitude of emotions brought on by loss, as well as helping you identify what you are experiencing so you can acknowledge, understand, and accept.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone navigating the challenging journey of healing after the loss of a loved one, a beloved pet, job loss, or a breakup. I hope you enjoy this episode on conscious grieving. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Sweta explains what Ayurveda is and its purpose.
• Sweta explains the doshas, Ayurvedic constitution/body types made up of the five elements: water, air, space, fire, and earth. 
• How Ayurveda and grief work together.
• How grief shows up differently for people.
• How we can use her 108 tips to support the five stages of grief.

ABOUT Sweta Srivastava Vikram: Featured by Asian Fusion as “One of the most influential Asians of our time,” is a best-selling author of 14 books, a mindfulness writing coach, a headstand-devotee, and a certified yoga & Ayurveda counselor who helps people lead creative, productive, and healthier lives. Born in India, Sweta spent her formative years between the Indian Himalayas, North Africa, and the United States collecting and sharing stories. She writes about women, multiculturalism, wellness, and identity. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, amongst other publications, across nine countries on three continents, is an award-winning writer and graduate of Columbia University. She lives in New York City with her husband and in her spare time, teaches yoga to female survivors of rape and domestic violence.  

You can find her in these online spaces: X (@swetavikram), Instagram (@swetavikram), and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Words.By.Sweta

Best selling author-yogi David Richards joins me to chat about the parallels of yoga and poetry, and his latest book The Lighthouse Keeper. David is an ex-marine, who grew up in the military. He discovered yoga serendipitously leading him on a transformational journey of self-discovery. 

In this episode, we talk about:

- Awakening to his own awareness in his first yoga class.

- How Yoga and Poetry are similar.

- Realizing each one of us has a life purpose and surrendering to the life that awaits us. 

- His story of growing up in the military, and later transitioning from the military and being a Marine to living a yogic life.

- The importance of creating a sacred space. 

More about David:

David Richards is a firewalker, yoga teacher, life strategist, and corporate executive. He is the author of the No. 1 international bestselling book Whiskey and Yoga: Find Your Purpose. He spent his early childhood living in various parts of the United States and three years living on the island of Okinawa, Japan. After graduating university with a degree in English, he was commissioned an officer in the Marines. He served fifteen years on active duty before deciding to break out from the path his father and brother had followed in making the military a career and left the Marines to pursue life as a civilian.

He is a champion of inclusion and diversity in the workplace and honorably served his country as an officer in the Marines during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Restore Hope. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Penn State University and earned two master's degrees from Marine Corps University.

Website: https://www.davidrichardsauthor.com/about 

Books: 

Whiskey & Yoga: Finding Your Purpose and The Lighthouse Keeper.

In this truly inspiring episode, #TravelCanHeal advocate Jackie Roby shares how she identified the missing piece in wellness & healing travel to create her company, Inspired Journey Consulting and use her superpowers for good as a gift to support transformational travel.

Jackie is dedicated to wellness, healing, and transformational tourism, and she shares how travel doesn’t become truly transformational until you have taken time for deep reflection. Having experienced trauma personally she looks for ways to thrive and live life without shame so others can start, or continue their healing journey supported by experts while rejuvenating in a space outside of your four walls.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• The difference between Transformational Travel and Medical Tourism.
  
• Her brands Inspired Journey Consulting and the message of #TravelCanHeal.
  
• The conscious evolution in travel and tourism.
  
• Meeting people where they are at in order to support healing.
  
• Pravassa, an in home and inward tailored experience.
  
• Personal revelations Jackie experienced while on her own transformational travel journey.
  

ABOUT JACKIE:

Jackie is truly living an authentic life of Seva dedicated to being of service so others can experience healing through the modality of a travel experience. Through her company Inspired Journey Consulting Jackie provides sales strategies and social media amplifying to wellness, healing, and transformational travel businesses. Working through a lens of inclusion to highlight the marginalized voices & create change within. Her companies vision is to create a world where marginalized people feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Where traveling is a tool for inclusion, and to grow emotional intelligence, healing, & self-care for a kinder humanity.

Through a message of #TravelCanHeal, IJC's vision is to empower marginalized people to be their authentic selves; make traveling a tool for inclusion; enhance cultural wellness in the travel industry; and grow emotional intelligence, healing, and self-care for a kinder humanity.

REFERENCES:

https://inspiredjourneyconsulting.com

https://www.transformational.travel

https://www.pravassa.com

http://www.well-beingtravel.com/news-landing?arttl=Travel-Can-Heal

In this totally expansive interview with one of my favorite people, Yogi Amandeep Singh - we talk about the sound of the Cosmos, Naad yoga and Amandeep explains his lineage dating back to the origin of the Solar Dynasty — the Mother of all Yogic traditions.

Through this tradition, Amandeep illuminates esoteric, powerful, secret teachings into revelation. He is an authority on yogic science and history and openly shares his deep, practical wisdom from the living traditions of Udasin & Nirmalley Sikh Sages. Delve deeply into rarely experienced esoteric yogic traditions and teachings. Wa He Gu Ru! 

In under an hour we manage to talk about:

·  The Solar Dynasty and the many great lineages that were born from this.

·  The history of Jap Ji (Meditation of the Soul/Self) and the journey of sound.

·  The story of Guru Nanak and the meaning of Ek Ong Kar

·  Naad yoga – the primordial sounds explained in the most Cosmic way.

·  The difference between Jap Ji Sahib (Guru Nanak) and Jaap Sahib (Guru Gobind Singh)

·  Hiraṇyagarbha: the unmanifested Cosmic Womb

-  A full explanation is given to the question: What is mantra?

·  The Elements – the amazing elements and their sounds. 

·  The significance of the mantra Aham Brahmasmi. 

·  A special Wa He Gu Ru practice is shared. The practice and mantra of the Five Elements.

About Yogi Amandeep Singh: Yogi Amandeep travels the world sharing ancient teachings from the Himalayan traditions.He is a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, a scholar with Kundalini Research Institute, Healer, Mystic & a teacher of Eastern Spirituality. He is a leading authority on philosophy & history of ancient yogic traditions, and he combines psycho-spiritual techniques with modern developments in the field of emotional and psychological transformation. Amandeep brings great depth, accuracy, joy and spontaneity to his teaching.

Leading the space on the conscious use of technology, he is an inspiring keynote speaker for technology conferences — especially on the topic of virtual reality. His current project aims to determine how mental health-related issues can be cured using virtual reality. Appointed by The European Union as a spiritual leader, he is advising projects on wellbeing tourism. In addition, he is part of a team of neurologists and neuroscientists working on pain management protocols for children who are receiving oncology treatment.

Yogi Amandeep shares the ancient yogic technology within a modern framework to make it accessible for our current times.

References:

Yogi Amandeep website: https://www.yogiamandeepsingh.com 

Mul Mantra and Jap Ji chanted by Yogi Amandeep: https://spiritvoyage.com/shop/music/jap-ji-meditation-of-the-self-004601/

Conscious Dating. How is that a thing? My guest Amy Nobile, founder of Love, Amy explains how she marries the technology of modern-day dating with a holistic view of human-to-human energy and connection. And it's brilliant. 

Conscious dating is dating with intentionality, self-love, self-awareness, and mindfulness - recognizing, who we are, what we need, and being aware of our thoughts and behavioral patterns throughout the dating process. Sound hard? Amy works with people to help them understand blocks, energy and what makes a lasting relationship. Her clients range in age from 25 to 75, and are of various genders and sexual orientations across the country. She founded her high-end dating concierge service out of the desire to help others find true authentic love. 

We talk about:

• Her unique process guided by her own trust in Spirit. 
• How Covid has affected dating.
• Teaching people how to sext and how to flirt. 
• Spiritually hacking the online dating apps

More about Amy: Amy is also a best-selling, Oprah featured co-author of four books, all designed to support and inspire women at various stages of their lives.  ASH + AMES, a luxury jewelry brand she co-founded, made by female artisans and sold by women ambassadors around the globe with the mission of giving back to developing countries and empowering women everywhere.

Amy’s website:

https://www.loveamy.co

Amy's books: I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids, I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper & Just When You're Comfortable in Your Own Skin, It Starts to Sag: Rewriting the Rules to Midlife

For more information and show notes, visit: www.theconsciousdiva.com 

Claim the path back to your authentic self. In this interview with Acharya Shunya, an award-winning author and internationally renowned spiritual teacher of Advaita, Yoga and Ayurveda, we talk about creating shifts in consciousness - releasing the tendencies and imprints that have become our value systems guiding us throughout our life. Shunya’s new book Sovereign Self teaches us how to become the Majesty of our own divine selves, offering steps we can take to release our conditioned value systems.

Some of the ancient Vedic concepts we discuss are:  

Vasanas – subconscious tendancies

Samskaras – psycological imprints

Samsara – the cycles of life repeating

We also explore:

·  The meaning of her name: Acharya Shunya.

·  What belonging to a spiritual lineage means and represents.

·  Shunya teaches how to connect with our truth and our light within.

·  Her new book Sovereign Self:

·  Exploring the truth of who we are.

More about Acharya Shunya: 

Acharya Shunya is an award-winning scholar of Advaita and a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda. She is also the first female head of her 2,000-year-old Indian spiritual lineage. She has dedicated her life to educating and sharing Vedic knowledge for the spiritual uplifting of all beings. She is the President of The Awakened Self Foundation with its international headquarters in California and founder of the spiritual and philanthropic non-profitVedika Global. Her top rated Shadow to Self podcast, award-winning Alchemy with Ayurveda program, and her signature offerings currently unfolding on the theme of Sovereign Life are creating shifts in consciousness and improving health. Acharya Shunya is the author of best-selling book Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom: A Complete Prescription to Optimize Your Health, Prevent Disease, Live with Vitality and Joy

Personal Site: www.acharyashunya.com 

Personal Podcast: Shadow to Self

Internationally renowned yoga Nidra teacher Tracee Stanley chats about her new book Radiant Rest, which I consider a toolbox of necessities for our time. Tracee explains what exactly yoga nidra is, the differences between restorative yoga and yoga nidra and how a Sankalpa can be “written” into the subconscious during the state of yoga nidra, and so much more. This is a jam-packed episode.

Yoga offers so many wonderful ways to transform our lives and live our fullest potential. The asana practice is one way, rituals another, but have you ever considered rest? Rest, through the practice of yoga Nidra offers personal insights buried deep in our subconscious. Profoundly beneficial, it can be experienced by anyone with no prior yoga knowledge. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

·  We break down the Sanskrit word Nidra.

·  Tracee was a high-level executive in the film industry and shares how she was able to bring balance and calm into her life with the practices talked about in this episode.

·  The hypnagogic and hypnapocic state – The transitional states of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep.

·  The Goddess Nidra and a wonderful mythology story as relevant today as ever.

·  How yoga nidra can help with Shadow work.

·  What is a Sankalpa?

RADIANT REST: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation & Awakened Clarity – published by Shambhala Publishing comes out March 9th 2021. Pre-order now. Listeners receive 30% off Tracee's new book from the publisher's site with the code RR30 until 3/31/21 Purchase at: https://www.shambhala.com/radiant-rest.html

Link also available on www.TheConsciousDiva.com show page Ep. 23

ABOUT TRACEE:

Tracee has over two decades of experience practicing and teaching in the Himalayan Tradition, Tantra and Sri Vidya. Her effortless way of sharing ancient teachings in accessible ways is her superpower. Tracee offers yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, teacher trainings and workshops.

Faculty Member: Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, Kripalu
Contributor: WOKE magazine 
Founder: Sankalpa Shakti Yoga School 
Co-Founder: Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra Training School

Intuitive medium and best-selling author Amy White joins Tatyanna to discuss tapping into the collective consciousness and share a message from what has made itself known to Amy as The Greater Consciousness.  This loving collective of energies asks us: "How do you want to participate in life? The possibility for movement resides in all of us, not in the waiting."  Each one of us is being presented with a "This AND That" - a positive AND a negative - an opportunity to grow or remain the same.  How will you show up in this time of transition? 

We also discuss the difference between a psychic and an intuitive medium, setting boundaries with Spirit and other forms of consciousness and Amy's free offerings on her social media platforms directed by The Greater Consciousness. 

About Amy: Amy White is an International Best-Selling Author, highly sought after speaker, and Intuitive Medium on a mission to help individuals heal the past and discover personal truths, and thrive. Amy's one-on-one coaching, digital courses, and public talks allow audiences to gain a deeper understanding of the beliefs that are blocking their most authentic lives. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 

* How Amy came to embrace her innate intuitive gifts and the life changing challenges that moved her into trusting Spirit. 

* Becoming the Truth Bomb Dropper! A scroll through her Instagram account will reveal powerful messages shared from The Greater Consciousness communicated by Amy. Spirit is so darn direct.

* And, can anyone learn how to channel their own inner wisdom and that of the collective? 

REFERENCES: 

Website/Blog:    www.amywhite.co

Coaching Web-link:   www.amywhite.co/coaching-services

Closer to Paradise: www.closertoparadisebook.com

Energetic Healing Jewelry: http://www.etsy.com/shop/prescriptsjewelry 

Email: AskAmyWhite@amywhite.co

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mzamywhite

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/amywhitemedium 

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mzamywhite

In this jam packed awesome episode, Tatyanna talks to Tantric scholar Laura Amazzone about the classic Hindu text, the Chandi Path. Specifically focusing on chapter eleven to understand and apply the teachings to our modern times, particularly living through a pandemic. And we dive into the spiritual understanding of the phrase “She Who Tears Apart Thought”.  But first, in order to understand the themes presented in the Chandi Path, one must know Durga. Laura gives a wonderful explanation on the Goddess Durga, her manifestations and how one can connect with her. 

We also talk about: 

·  The differences and similarities between the Saptamatrikas, Ashtamatrikas and the Mahavidyas.

·  What and who is Chandi and the Chandi Path?

·  How Tantra is a path of paradox, and a path of understanding “things” are always Both and And.

More about Laura Amazzone: Laura is an initiated Tantric practitioner, teacher and scholar specializing in Shakta Tantra Goddesses, Mythology, History & Philosophy & Kaula & Shri Vidya Rituals, Sadhanas & Teachings. Her highly regarded book,  "Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power" shows how Durga and Her myriad expressions in ancient myth and contemporary ritual are a living, transformative power that is completely relevant to our daily lives—and a much-needed guide in these shifting times. 

Laura's website: https://www.lauraamazzone.com 

LA based public relations powerhouse Mona Loring has guided and developed some of Hollywood’s hottest stars through her firm MLC PR, to award nominations and wins for the Emmys, Golden Globes, and Oscars, yet with all her successes she felt something was missing.

Mona tuned into her connection to Spirit, something she had rejected for a long time. Her openness to listen to this guidance resulted in launching a second PR firm called Conscious Living PR, working with clients to raise awareness for a better world. It also put her on the path as energy healer and psychic medium.

In this episode Mona shares how her connection to Spirit brought more meaning into her professional and personal life, and how she is able to run two successful firms while also working as a healer, lead workshops and host her own podcast. 

Some episode highlights include:

·  What is conscious Hollywood? 

·  Living a spiritually conscious life while running a mainstream business

·  Balancing careers - as healer and trailblazing PR powerhouse

·  Allowing Spirit to enter

Links:

http://www.consciouslivingpr.com

https://www.conscioushealingco.com

https://monaloring.com

https://mlcpragency.com 

Anne Biging is co-founder and CEO of Healing Hotels of the World. Growing up in post war Germany Anne developed a strong sense that healing can indeed happen, and that life should not be filled with fear and depression. Drawing on her past, Anne uses the current pandemic as a facilitator for the shifting of things. For in the collective turmoil lies a chance for new learnings and new beginnings. If we accept the challenge of adapting to the new circumstances instead of giving into the fear of the unknown, there is so much potential for growth and new-found strength. Strength you never knew you had.

Naturally curious and with the consciousness that there is more in this world that meets the eye, Anne learned about health and well-being through the study of yoga, meditation, ancient Indian scriptures and several healing modalities.
After traveling the world as a journalist and book author, she successfully established her career in international tourism destination marketing and hotel consulting and is now the co-founder of Healing Hotels of the World and the Healing Summit.

Healing Hotels of the World is the only global preeminent brand uniting the best and most advanced hotels and resorts in the field of holistic health under one umbrella. In 2019 Anne was been named ‘Woman of the Decade in Business & Leadership’ at the Women’s Economic Forum (WEF).

For more information: https://healinghotelsoftheworld.com and https://healingsummit.org 

Renowned Dream expert Theresa Cheung joins me in this episode of The Conscious Diva podcast.

We talk about…dreams! In her newly revised and updated The Dream Dictionary: Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams, you will discover the secrets of your dreamlife. 

This is the best reference book on dream interpretation I have read in years. Her book helps you decipher what's possibly going on in your unconscious and offers insights to cross-reference how your dreams might impact your waking life.  

Theresa Cheung gives you everything you need to dream bigger and better. Whatever your dream symbol or experience, you will find a treasure trove of thousands of interpretations in her new Dream Dictionary.

Theresa has written over 150 books, and she is a regular media commentator on dream decoding, spirituality, the afterlife, astrology, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this deep dive into dream interpretation. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Learn how to discover the secrets of your dream life. And find out what dreamscaping is.

• What kind of dreamer are you? A daydreamer, an adventurer, or another type?

• How dream work can heal trauma by rescripting our past into a positive experience.

• How waking life might be a dream and our sleeping world reality. In the Hindu tradition, this is known as Lila, the play of life and Maya, the illusion.

• The classic teeth falling our dream - Why has this been a symbol for death?

• And I share one of my epic dreams.

About Theresa:

Theresa Cheung is a modern mystic and Sunday Times bestselling dreams, spiritual, and paranormal author. Since leaving King’s College, Cambridge University, with a degree in Theology and English, she has written numerous bestselling books and encyclopedias which have been translated into dozens of different languages. She has appeared regularly on ITV This Morning as their Dreams and spiritual expert as well as BBC Radio 2 with Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief, BBC Radio 5 Live Sounds podcast Different with Nicky Campbell, Capital Radio with Ronan Kemp, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Gaia TV with Regina Meredith as well as appearances on Channel 4, ITV GMB, Today extra, Good Day Chicago, KTLA, This Morning Virginia, among others. She has appeared on celebrity podcasts such as Megan Trainer's Workin On It, Top 100 podcasts such as Sean Mike Kelly's Digital Social Hour and written many features or been quoted in publications such as Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, Heat, Refinery 29. Her mission and passion are to make spirituality and the paranormal more credible, engaging, and mainstream.

LINKS:

https://www.theresacheung.com

https://www.instagram.com/thetheresacheung/

Music is considered a universal language that can open the doors to personal growth. So how does music have the power to heal and help us move through our emotional suffering? In this in-depth interview, Tatyanna talks with renown composer and music pioneer, Murray Hidary about the power of music as a tool and technology for transformation.

Murray also talks about his own profound personal loss and how he was able to transform his grief into a musical practice that inspires others as an immersive music experience called MindTravel.

Through MindTravel, Murray takes audiences on an evolutionary inner journey, awakening participants to a deeper sense of themselves. His experiential performances fuse Eastern wisdom traditions with theoretical physics and nature via his signature live-to-headphones ‘Silent’ Piano, SilentHike and aquatic Floating Meditations.

Photo credit: MindTravel. 

Websites: https://www.mindtravel.com and https://www.murrayhidary.com 

From the luxury of The Ritz Hotel, Paris to an Ashram in a magical forest in India, Claudia Roth talks about her roller coaster journey to the ultimate luxury destination: The Self - revealing how human consciousness craves soulful luxury. 

At the height of her career, Claudia was a luxury hotel powerhouse.  On a business trip to India Claudia found herself unexpectedly at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. Armed at the time with the skills to sell luxury, she was perplexed by a life changing question: What is Your Purpose? 

Claudia talks about how transformation is a slow process that deeply challenges us at the core of our existence. And shares how she transformed from ego warrior deeply gratified by her outer luxurious lifestyle, to pioneering International speaker acting as a bridge between the corporate and the spiritual spheres recognizing that inner luxury reveals the joy and beauty of life hidden beneath our conditioning. 

Through her company, Soul Luxury, Claudia works with brands dedicated to the conscious evolution of luxury, wellbeing and hospitality. She is also the Co-Founder of the Healing Summit - an International holistic forum and retreat, and a Quantum Energy Coach.

Website: https://soul-luxury.com 

Driven by the mission to expand new conscious conversations in the world Cynthia Sciberras, founder and editor-in-chief of Yoke Magazine Australia talks about the struggles and epiphanies that lead to creating her vision – YOKE® Magazine.

Cynthia explains what it means to fully live an integrated yogic life off the mat. She shares how Seva - selfless service, brings us closer together, rewards and ultimately creates social goodness and change. Her publication explores living joyfully in the small moments, conscious leadership, with stories of difference and the modern relevance of ancient ideas. Yoke is available in the US, Singapore, Japan, India and Australia in select stores.

Cynthia lives between Sydney, Australia and Bengaluru, India. She is a passionate storyteller, photographer and founding editor-in-chief of YOKE®. Her personal photography work seeks to investigate and explore themes around identity and community.

Hi, - I’m Tatyanna Wright, thank you for listening to The Conscious Diva Podcast trailer! I’m a TV producer specializing in conscious media. Over the years my productions have aired on A&E, MTV, Food Network & Fine Living Channel and most recently at Gaia TV and Conscious Good where I had the privilege of executive producing some of the biggest names in the yoga and transformational space. The Conscious Diva Podcast is an extension of my conscious media work providing a platform to further conversations I’ve had with some of the world’s most influencial conscious tastemakers. The Conscious Diva Podcast is a weekly interview show, featuring interviews with celebrities, thought leaders and innovators about change, spirituality, growth and how they found motivation to transform their lives into empowering inspiration.   You can listen and subscribe to The Conscious Diva podcast on itunes, Spotify, googleplay, stitcher, and many more.  To learn more about my podcast you can visit theconsciousdiva.com and follow me on twitter, IG and get in in touch with my on the conscious diva FB page. Thanks for listing to The Conscious Diva.