Getting Weird – Details, episodes & analysis

Kristine and Derya talk about the common concentration practices, what  it means to be enlightened, and why simple practices can feel so hard.

Kristine and Derya share stories of their experimentation with Wim Hof breathing exercises and cold exposure.

https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

In this episode, Kristine and Derya share stories of  weird interactions with people as society starts to "re-open." Derya  shares her experience with eating intuitively, and Kristine shares about  mindful eating. 

Kristine tells us about her spiritual experience with fasting during a 7 day liver cleanse. Derya shares how breathing "massages" the liver. We both go off on an astrology tangent to try to discern if our feelings are due to quarantine fatigue, low serotonin, or the full moon! 

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Getting Weird Episode 5: Earthing

In this episode, Derya shares her experience trying “earthing,” a method to reduce free radicals in the body by increasing one’s contact with the earth’s naturally occurring ions.

Kristine and Derya also chat about when to confront somebody who is doing something you perceive to be wrong, and when to “turn the other cheek” from a spiritual point of view.

You can learn more about earthing here, and this link also has good info on how to do it and the health benefits.

Here is a review of the research on earthing

https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/

On this episode, Kristine shares her experience with a regular Japa meditation practice (mantra & mala) and also "how-to" hints for beginners. Derya clarifies the difference between concentration, contemplation, and insight when it comes to sitting in your practice. And we both agree why these heady times call for a practice like this. 

Japa meditation tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWQtc4g3r0

Derya's "Healthy" Grain Free Cookies

Grain-free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

 Prep Time: 8 min

 Cook Time: 10 min

 Ready in: 18 min

 Yield: 14 1" cookies

Ingredients

 1 16 oz can can chickpeas, well-rinsed.

 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

 1/2 cup natural peanut butter, SunButter Natural or almond butter

 1/4 cup maple syrup

 1 teaspoon baking powder

 1/3 cup protein powder (I use unflavored pea protein)

 a pinch of salt if your peanut butter doesn't have salt in it

 1/2 cup chocolate chips (use vegan and dairy-free chocolate

chips, if needed)

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F / 175°C. Combine all the

ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, in a food processor

and process until it forms a giant ball. Make sure to scrape the

sides and the top to get the little chunks of chickpeas and

process again until they're combined.

2. Put in the chocolate chips and pulse it until the chips are

incorporated. You will probably have to break up the giant ball

with your hands a couple of times. The mixture will be very

thick and sticky.

3. With wet hands, form into 1 1/2" balls. Place onto a piece of

parchment paper. If you want them to look more like normal

cookies, press down slightly on the balls. They don't do much

rising.

4. Bake for about 10 minutes. The dough balls will still be very

soft when you take them out of the oven.

5. Store in an airtight container at room temperature (or in the

fridge) for up to 1 week.

Derya shares her experience with the Having no Head meditation. We get into how we do it, why you might want to try it, and why you might not.

Waking Up with Sam Harris

https://wakingup.com/

On Having No Head by Douglas Harding

https://www.amazon.com/Having-No-Head-Rediscovery-Obvious/dp/1878019198

Next week: Japa meditation - View the video tutorial and participate with us! Comment on your experience below the video and we'll share it on the show!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWQtc4g3r0

In this episode, Kristine talks about her money curse and what she's been doing to heal it. We get deep on money beliefs and blocks as Kristine recounts her experience taking "Unblocked Money" an online workshop by Lacy Phillips. 

Lacy Phillips tobemagnetic.com

On this episode, Derya talks about her experience with asking questions to her inner voice, Kristine talks about getting in touch with her shadow side, and we both talk about the upsides of quarantining.

Here are some links to topics we referenced during our episode:

NPR’s 1A Podcast Discusses the move “Contagion”

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/30/823868425/the-1a-movie-club-sees-contagion

Lacey Phillips “unblocked Money” course

https://tobemagnetic.com/

Tara Mohr’s Book “playing Big”

https://www.taramohr.com/the-playing-big-book/

Jess Lively’s Podcast “The Lively Show”

https://jesslively.com/livelyshow/

Kristine and Derya discuss their experiences with various  techniques to declutter your mind in order to clear unhelpful thought  patterns and create space for growth and manifestation.

Get Rich Lucky B*tch Book 

Outrageous Openness - Tosha Silver