Ceremony of Love

In today's podcast episode Rebecca discusses the incredible healing plant medicine known as St. Johns Wort or Saint Johns Wort. This plant has powerful healing properties and has been used to treat mild to moderate depression, seasonal depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, neuralgia, nerve pain, sunburns and trauma to the skin. There are also spiritual benefits to using St. Johns Wort - it is used for protection, to connect it's users with the sun or light and for cleansing. It awakens prana life force energy and vitality, igniting your body and allowing you to connect with your inner light or fire.

In this podcast episode Rebecca introduces her new Ebook which will be gifted to her community - do not forget to rate and review the podcast. In this episode Rebecca goes through the different inner seasons and how they correlate to the menstrual cycle. Moreover, how we can begin living cyclically and in tune with our own cycles, hormones, and emotions during our menstruation. While this podcast is rooted in cyclical living in relation to menstruation - anyone who identifies as a womxn whether they bleed physically or energetically can listen and find value. For the Ebook: https://www.instagram.com/becca.is.love/  

In this episode Manon sits down with Rebecca to discuss the magical creation story of Happy Culture. After traveling through South America in a camper van, Manon and Mark returned to South Africa, which subsequently lead them on the path of creating a business rooted in bringing vitality back into people's everyday lives. This entrepreneurial duo created the brand we know and love, Happy Culture, with the profound vision to spread happiness and healing through Kombucha along with the recent addition of Water Kefir. Manon, the beautiful mother of Happy Culture, reflects on her journey and the series of synchronistic events which lead her on this path, as well as the evolution of her soul and the expansion of the business. We dive into Manon's personal journey along with that of Happy Culture's, what exactly Kombucha and Water Kefir is, as well as the brands unique spiritual and ethereal essence. Socials: https://www.instagram.com/happyculture_kombucha/ https://www.instagram.com/becca.is.love/ Website: https://happyculture.co.za/our-story/ www.becca-is-love.com

Rebecca and Peter sit down to discuss Harmonic Mycology - a business + collective producing a number of different sustainable products in Cape Town, South Africa. Harmonic Mycology focuses on sustainability, human-fungal relations and utilising the medicinal benefits of mycelial technologies. Harmonic Mycology has a range of different products including Lions Mane, Cordyceps, Turkey Tail and Reishi - all of which are ethically and locally produced in Cape Town. Harmonic Mycology: https://harmonicmycology.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonic_mycology/ Rebecca: https://www.instagram.com/becca.is.love/ Website: http://www.becca-is-love.com  

Linnea Segerstedt and Rebecca connect and speak about Human Design. Linnea goes into all five energy types - the manifestor, generator, manifesting generator, projector and the reflector, explaining their unique characteristics and how you can live your life more in alignment with your design. Linnea speaks about plant medicine, her journey with spirituality, cacao and how she discovered human design. Moreover, Linnea shares about her beautiful journey living in alignment with her intuition, trusting the flow of the universe and always honouring inner wisdom above all else.   Book a Human Design reading with Linnea: @linneasegerstedt and @iamlinneastella as well as follow her on Instagram to learn more about her magical offerings   Connect with Rebecca @becca.is.love 

In this podcast episode Rebecca shares about her experience with healing from trauma, and shares tips for healing the pain body. Rebecca encourages you to listen to your own intuition as a way to open dialogue with your body and the pain that may reside there. She goes into all her healing tips for releasing pain or numbness from your genitals, and how you can begin to incorporate these techniques into your own life. Rebecca reminds you of the power that lies within our own ability to heal ourselves, and the way in which we have everything we need within us in order to move beyond pain and step into our healing. Instagram: @becca.is.love Website: www.becca-is-love.com

In this podcast episode, Rebecca connects with Shanti Bluebird Cacao to discuss the deep work that Shanti is guiding others through, as well as her own journey with Cacao. Shanti is a Cacao Kuchina and Medicine Woman, she guides others through 13 Moon initiations with the 13 Original Clan Mothers, a book by Jamie Sams. This book discusses various feminine teachings and is, "Your sacred path to discovering the gifts, talents and abilities of the feminine through the ancient teachings of the sisterhood." Cacao becomes the way in which those Shanti guides have the ability to embody the energy of the teachings, as well as create altars and use special ingredients as a form of physical manifestation and integration of the essences of the feminine energy they are working with. Shanti also discusses her journey into Womb Awakening, as well as her life as a mother, living in communion with nature, and how she balances conscious relationships, as well as her family life. Connect with us: @shanti_bluebird_cacao @becca.is.love  

In this podcast episode Rebecca of @becca.is.love has a conversation with Olivia from New Earth Sisterhood, where they discuss Olivia's spiritual journey and her inspiration to begin her membership. Olivia's membership is a place where sisters can unite together in a held and supportive online community, where they can feel empowered to share their medicine with the world, and receive ample spiritual tools to help support them on their journey. Olivia is passionate about uniting women, and reclaiming the Feminine as a way into the new paradigm and new earth.

In this podcast episode Rebecca Shain of @becca.is.love speaks about inclusivity, sexual liberation, being free of sexual shame, and how to cultivate this sexual energy within you. Rebecca removes the stigma around these conversations, creates an inclusive space, and encourages others to embrace their own sacred sexuality and sacred sensuality. This energy is our birthright, and Rebecca speaks about the healing power of certain practices, how you can create this practice yourself, and why it is important. Moreover, Rebecca speaks about how owning her body has been an important part of her own journey healing from sexual trauma. This is a podcast episode free of judgement, and Rebecca encourages you to move beyond judgment, into sexual liberation for your own life.This podcast is also inclusive toward those who are not sexual, nor want to be sexual. Rebecca speaks about how sacred sexuality and sacred sensuality is BEYOND sex - there are many ways we can access this energy.Connect:Instagram: @becca.is.loveWebsite: www.becca-is-love.com 

In this episode Rebecca Shain of @becca.is.love discusses Dhyana. Dhyana is the seventh limb of Patanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga, and this limb looks at awareness and meditation. This internal limb allows the practitioner to merge with their breath, to become the breath, to become awareness, to become one with the whole universe and to simply BE. Thus, this limb is meditation. Meditation allows for deeper concentration, and deeper surrendering into all of existence. Instagram: @becca.is.loveWebsite: www.becca-is-love.com

In this podcast episode Rebecca Shain of @becca.is.love speaks about moving through emotional pain, coming back into a space of Love and Balance through various Healing Practices. Rebecca shares all her tips on healing, and the different practices you can incorporate in your own life. From journaling, to meditation, to orienting and trauma informed healing tips, to ceremony and ritual. This podcast episode is jam-packed with shares to help you come back into a space of alignment, and let go of your emotional pain.

In this episode Rebecca of @becca.is.love interviews the incredible Chelsee Stewart @chelseeestewart . They speak about how Chelsee began her embodiment practice, why embodiment is important, the impact dance has made on her life, intentional living, conscious relationship and social media. Chelsee is an empowering woman who shares authentic content, aimed to inspire and help others align with their heart centre. Rebecca and Chelsee speak about how sacred sensuality plays a role in Chelsee's life, why conscious relationship is a powerful form of self-development, and how social media can be used as a tool for self reflection. You can find Chelsee on instagram @chelseeestewart

In this episode Rebecca of @becca.is.love speaks about the sixth limb of the eight limbs of yoga: Dharana. This limb uses one pointed focus, as a way to merge with the divine, release the ego and your identity, in order to expand your consciousness and remember your connection to all. Dharana allows you to step into oneness and union through your awareness.

In this podcast episode Rebecca of @becca.is.love discusses the fifth limb of the eight limbs of yoga: Pratyahara. This episode looks at returning within, the mudra associated with this limb, and why our senses are often seen as a distraction from our inner world. Moreover, this episode looks at the importance of returning to your centre, and cultivating a relationship with your inner world.

Rebecca of @becca.is.love interviews Ashley Malone @ashleyy_malone about Coaching, moving through trauma from an embodied place, and her experience with overcoming trauma. Ashley shares an array of incredible practices to incorporate into your life to move through your own pain and triggers.  

In this episode Rebecca of @becca.is.love looks at Pranayama, the fourth limb of the eight limbs of Yoga as highlighted by Patanjali. Rebecca shows how Pranayama is related to "Prana," which is Vital Life Force Energy, or Intelligent Life Force Energy. Pranayama is not necessarily just the breath, however breathing is one of the ways in which we can access, control, and work with this Life Force Energy. It is important that we learn how to breathe because it is our breath which has a profound ability to affect us and our spiritual practice. Breathing has an impact on our health, as well as our energetic body (the chakras and nadis).Instagram: @becca.is.loveWebsite: www.becca-is-love.com

In this Podcast Episode Rebecca of @becca.is.love discussed the Third Limb of Yoga: Asana. The Third Limb of the Eight Limbs of Yoga looks at the idea of Sthira and Sukham: that which is steady and that which is comfortable. Asana is an embodiment of sthira and sukham, and Rebecca discusses that you should bring this to your physical practice on the mat. Patanjali describes asana as a pose in which you are steady, and comfortable - thus this idea forms the basis of the physical asana practice. Asana is the only physical practice discussed in the Eight Limbs of Yoga, and even so it is to prepare the body and mind for meditation, or communion with the divine. Thus, Asana is an important part of the Eight Limbs of Yoga. Find Rebecca on her website @becca-is-love.com or follow her on instagram: @becca.is.love

In this episode Rebecca discusses the second limb of yoga, the Niyamas. The Niyamas include five different components, and serve as what one should incorporate into their life if following the eight fold yogic path. 

In this podcast episode Rebecca interviews Elsebe Cronje who is a writer, food stylist and trained chef. She has her own business and you can find her delicious creations on Instagram: @sweetdandeliondelights and connect with her personally on @merkabalight.Elsebe speaks about her incredible rituals with ixCacao - she explains the different ingredients you can use within your own ceremonial creation and why ritual is important in everyone's life.Elsebe walks us through how she overcame a traumatic incident in her life and how her healing journey has continued to unfold in beautiful ways. We discuss her transition into motherhood, her conscious relationship with her partner and her connection to the plant world and Holy Basil: Tulsi

In this podcast episode Rebecca interviews Sammy Saunders, Shamanic Practitioner and Energy Healer about Conscious Relationship and the different levels of relationships from relationship to the Universe, lovers, friends, and family members. Conscious Relationship is about intention and awareness, and extends to all that is in existence.

In this podcast episode Rebecca looks at the first limb of the eight limbs of yoga: the yamas. Rebecca goes into detail about each of the five ethical guidelines: 1. Ahimsa is non-violence, 2. Satya is truthfulness, 3. Asteya is non-stealing, 4. Brahmacharya is moderation of the senses, and 5. Aparigraha is non-possessiveness.  

In this episode Rebecca looks at the Triple Moon Goddess, and the three phases of life someone might find themselves in at different times in their own journey. These phases are the Maiden phase, the Mother phase, and the Crone phase. Rebecca urges you to work with these energies in your own life, making it unique to you - forget gender or the old way of thinking, if what is discussed resonates with you then you are free to make it your own. The Triple Moon Goddess embodies the moon in their different stages. The Maiden represents the waxing phase of the lunar cycle, the Mother represents the full moon, and as the moon begins to wane the Crone comes into power. 

The Aries New Moon happening on March 24th 2020 has many messages for us to pay attention to. Aries begins the zodiac cycle, bringing in a new energy, and a time for meeting everything around us anew. If you would like to follow the lunar cycles, now is a good time to start as you are right at the beginning of this lunation. Aries, much like The Fool in Tarot, is young, has childlike innocence, fresh ideas and spontaneity. We, like Aries, are on a continuous cycle of remembering, and moving towards our higher self. Listen to the podcast to find out more about what this means, how it applies to our lives, and how we can use this energy now until the end of the year. 

Atha Yoga Anushasanam - The First Yoga Sutra by Patanjali. Patanjali was a sage in India, who wrote the Yoga Sutras, which is a Yogic text that is being studied up until today. In this podcast episode the first sutra is discussed with a particular focus on the word "now," and "discipline," and how this translates into the path of Love, and ultimately the path of the Heart. By living in deep surrender to the now, great acceptance and great Love become the foundation of reality. Herein Yoga is seen as an expression of the wholeness of the Universe, non-separation and the path of surrendering to all that is. 

In this podcast episode Rebecca interviews Shamanic practitioner and energy healer Sammy Saunders of Love Fire (www.lovefire.co.za). They speak about Sammy's lineage, the Inca Shamans of the Andes. As well as, the different healing practices and archetypes of The Medicine Wheel. Sammy shares about her training, her teachers, what each healing entails, and the journey of the Shaman. Sammy reminds us that we choose Love in every moment, and the rising of the feminine is a fundamental aspect of this connection to the Divine. Sammy encourages the listeners to break away from the dramas we create in our healing process and to shed our past the way a serpent sheds her skin - all at once. You can get in touch with Sammy through her website, and email sammy@lovefire.co.za if you have any questions, or would like to know more about her work, as well as to book an energy healing. 

Rebecca Shain dives into the Scorpio New Moon, Uranus energy, 4 degrees magic number, what a New Moon and Full Moon entail, all things love, spirituality, and astrological mysticism. Connect on instagram @becca.is.love or email rebeccashain@hotmail.com for queries