Embodied Curiosity

This episode is just what it sounds like: a life update! I've been through a deep shadowy transition and I'm coming out the other side with a new path and a new perspective! It all makes sense now! As you can probably tell, I made this video/episode for YouTube, but I've had a few requests to put my musings up on this podcast too, it's sometimes easier to listen to on the go! Life is wild, thank you for being here! ~ M --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

SLOW FLOW YOGA // 30 Minute Beginner Yoga Class To Relax & Connect With Your Body Welcome beautiful friends! Today I am sharing with you a 30 minute slow flow yoga sequence. This is my go to flow, for whenever I need a quick movement break. I really enjoyed the beautiful sunshine outside on this chilly February day, watching the birds fly overhead, and going inward to connect with my body. This is my first time sharing a full yoga class on here, so in honor of that I have made the theme: *** Beginner's Mind *** Shoshin - Beginners Mind "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." - Shunryu Suzuki Thank you for joining me on your mat, and let me know in the comments if you would like me to continue sharing videos like this! ~ Micheala --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

I felt inspired this morning to record a solo episode! Something big is on my mind, something I've been fired up about for as long as I can remember: * PASSION PROJECTS * And I'm not even sure that's the correct name for it, perhaps "Creative Projects" "Interest Project" or even just "Follow Your Curiosity" The call to follow these impulses, these desires, has been a guiding light in my journey through life, and I am very passionate about encouraging others to do the same. I hope to be talking more about this on my website, https://www.michealaranz.com/ so go check out what I'm up to there if this sparked your curiosity. Thanks for being here! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

In this episode, I have a conversation with my good friend Angela Grace all about Lunar Nodes and their astrological significance! To find out what your north and south node are, you can look up your birth chart at astro.com To hear more from Angela, you can check out her YouTube Channel, where she shares even more in depth about astrology and also plays beautiful ukulele covers: https://www.youtube.com/user/ang48137 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 16 // The Wolf's Eyelash This final chapter of the book is a story called The Wolf's Eyelash, in this episode I simply read the story aloud. Let the story sink in to your soul, and hear what you need to hear to grow and heal from it. This is the final episode in my series on Women Who Run with the Wolves. YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/hQvbudDhmJI Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 15 // Shadowing: Canto Hondo YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/TovexDqIxdI Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode: 1. How can you take all that you've learned from the wild woman and share that with the people in your life, and with the world? 2. What part of this book, or this video series, really spoke to you? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 14 // La Selva Subterranea: Initiation in the Underground Forest YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/Aj1hc6T_Xk0 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode: 1. How does one live in the topside world and the underworld at the same time and on a day-to-day basis? 2. What does one have to do to come down into the underworld on one's own? 3. What spontaneous help have you received from the instinctive nature during such a time? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 13 // Battle Scars: Membership in the Scar Clan YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/Q94CE6o4cvA Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here is the prompt I mentioned in the episode, this time, feel free to keep your response private! 1. Do you have a secret, or many secrets, that you wish to share publicly? Let this be a safe place to hold and witness your secret so you can release it. If not, you can find someone you really trust to share it with. Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 12 // Marking Territory: The Boundaries of Rage and Forgiveness YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/jOxkS-d_CME Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, this time, feel free to keep your responses private! 1. Which of the three trauma or trigger responses do you tend to have, fight, flight, or freeze? 2. Think of something you are angry about, and what is keeping you from forgiving? 3. If you were to create your Descansos, your life timeline, and mark all of the traumas and deaths that have occurred in your life, what would that include? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 11 // Heat: Retrieving Sacred Sexuality YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/DwCFqcVkKSo Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, this time, feel free to keep your responses private! 1. Write down a belly laugh story, or share it with the women in your life 2. Reflect on your relationship to the words: obscene, vulgar, and dirty Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 10 // Clear Water: Nourishing the Creative Life YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/WykE1FSIgro Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. If you are feeling stuck creatively (or have in the past) what do you think has poisoned your river? 2. How can you tell the difference between going through a natural low in creative energy, and a poisoning of the river? 3. What are some things you can throw out or let go of (like the three golden hairs) to bring back your creative flow? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 9 // Homing: Returning to Oneself YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/9unOh_0g4uI Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. Can you think of a time when you were burnt out and heard the call to go home? 2. How did it feel when you had to return to the topside world? 3. What are your go-to practices for finding your soul home, your sealskin, or your solitude? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 8 // Self-Preservation: Identifying Leg Traps, Cages, and Poisoned Bait YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/6LrgIoTIczs Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/michealaranz Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. What gives you that feeling of JOY the author describes in this chapter? 2. Which of the Traps in the chapter have you noticed happening in your life? Which are happening now? 3. What Shadow Aspects in your psyche might contain hidden gifts? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 7 // Joyous Body: The Wild Flesh YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/qKCSQq7BLUY Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. In what ways have you been made to feel like your body is not good enough? 2. What are the biggest insecurities you have about your body? 3. What about your body makes you feel proud? 4. How can you deepen your connection with your body? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 6 // Finding One's Pack: Belonging as Blessing YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/kkQ66wgSLjg Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. How does the story of the Ugly Duckling relate to your life? 2. In what ways can you bring more Nature and Creativity into your life? 3. What Creative Pursuits are calling to you recently? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 5 // Hunting: When the Heart is a Lonely Hunter YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/PnNP5g0suYU Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. What must I give more death to today in order to generate more life? 2. What do I know should die, but am hesitant to allow to do so? 3. What must die in order for me to love? 4. What not-beauty do I fear? 5. Of what use is the power of the not-beautiful to me today? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

~ Skeleton Woman ~ The story from Chapter 5 - Hunting: When the Heart is a Lonely Hunter YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/QBuHNJqw3Qo Stay tuned for my thoughts and insights from Chapter 5 Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

In this episode I share about an Intuitive Movement Practice I call Embodied Curiosity. First I explain the practice, then I guide you through a moving body scan. I have already been using my own recording to guide my movement sessions and it feels so good.   2:20 - Guided Practice Begins To see the video version: https://youtu.be/QzBGvOfY7Qg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 4 // The Mate: Union with the Other YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/x_wdZYCMxp4 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. What do you want? 2. What does your deeper self desire? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

In this episode, I have a conversation with my good friend Angela Grace all about Astrology! We printed out our birth charts from https://www.astro.com/ and we discuss the similarities and differences in our charts, as well as the different archetypes of the signs. She breaks down some of the basics for me, and does a beautiful job of explaining the overarching themes in astrology and how they're related to astronomy. We can nerd out on all the sciencey aspects of this topic, so if you’re into that, you’ll love this episode! To see the charts we talked about, check out the YouTube version of this Episode: https://youtu.be/Q5Uhq7RdVpg To hear more from Angela, you can check out her YouTube Channel, where she shares even more in depth about astrology and also plays beautiful ukulele covers: https://www.youtube.com/user/ang48137 Here is the Astrology Channel Angela mentions in the episode: Debra Silverman Astrology - https://www.youtube.com/user/silvermanastrology --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 3 Nosing Out the Facts: The Retrieval of Intuition as Initiation YouTube Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1RKxTZi-yY Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. What is something you knew had to die, but you had a hard time letting it die? 2. What are you hungry for? What are you craving? What are you longing for? 3. How would you define "Intuition"? How do you experience intuition in your life? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 2 Stalking the Intruder: The Beginning Initiation YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/bL64fSv_b7Y Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment with your thoughts! 1. What is your experience with dark man dreams? 2. What’s stands behind? 3. What is not as it appears? 4. What do I know that I wish I did not know? 5. What of me has been killed or lays dying? Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX Chapter 1 The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman Here are the prompts I mentioned in the episode, please leave a comment below with your thoughts! 1. Share a story when you identified with one of the four rabbi. 2. What has happened to your soul voice? 3. What are the buried bones of your life? YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/vse7n-XIl_c Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/yNwkdJeIfyw Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Get a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/2YJ1bcX YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/m0oyA6Au84c Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gemi4ever22 Here are my other videos on Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxN4r58fTKNveYcbSolGGv9hiZpOMVCK2 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/embodiedcuriosity/support

Welcome back to Embodied Curiosity! Today’s episode is with my friend Keith from Elements Embodied. Keith is on a quest to be more fully human. This quest led him from the Great Lakes to Germany and then to the pacific northwest, where he is now feeling at home on the West Coast. A certified yoga teacher, a trained wilderness guide, and seasoned musician, Keith combines his unique talents and interests into immersive experiences that bring people into their whole selves – more aware, more connected, and more alive. Keith is passionate about the movement arts and experiencing the full range of motion in this human form. Through the interdisciplinary arts of music, movement, and the medicine of nature connection, he believes we can heal ourselves, our communities, and the natural world. In this episode, we catch up and discuss the big topic on everyone’s mind, COVID 19. We are right in the middle of a global pandemic, and Keith and I discuss what has been coming up for us. We talk about our hopes for the future, homesteading, nature connection and education reform. Some of these topics are difficult  to discuss, and it’s a challenging time for many right now. I see this episode as a snapshot of a time we will never forget, as our world is rapidly evolving and shifting. You can find out more about Keith on his website: http://elementsembodied.org/ or follow along on his journey on Instagram: @elements.embodied https://www.instagram.com/elements.embodied/ Here are a few resources we mentioned in the episode: - White Lotus Farm & Inn https://whitelotusfarmandinn.com/ - Nutritious Movement with Katy Bowman https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/ - Mosaic Voices with Michael Meade - https://www.mosaicvoices.org/

Welcome back to Embodied Curiosity! Today’s episode is with my dear friend Marion Bouquet. Originally from France, she now lives in Bellingham Washington where she loves to visit her favorite nature spots! Marion has been a professional voiceover artist for the past 8 years and has more recently explored the path of herbalism, and it has become her new and deeper soul calling. In this episode, we discuss the topics she is feeling curious about lately, Herbalism, Plant Spirits, Nature Connection, and Shadow Work. Follow her herbalism and nature connection journey on Instagram: @mother_cedar https://www.instagram.com/mother_cedar/ You can find her newly launched products on Etsy at http://www.mothercedarherbal.etsy.com/ As a thank you for listening to this episode, use the discount code: CURIOSITY to get 10% off anything in her shop! In this episode, we mentioned Marion's Herbal Teacher, Leslie, from Wild Root Botanicals https://www.wildrootbotanicals.com/

Welcome to the Embodied Curiosity Podcast. In this show we will explore self compassion and holistic health through the lens of embodiment, intuition, nature connection, and neuroscience. I’m your host, Micheala, and I’m so excited for you to join me! The name for this show was inspired by my own personal healing journey and all of the amazing mind-body practices that I found useful. Throughout my process, new understandings led to new questions, questions like: What is embodiment? What does embodiment feel like? How can I really listen to my body and understand what it’s trying to tell me? How can I feel less shame and criticism towards my body and cultivate more compassion and curiosity? What does it feel like in my body to be curious? How can I cultivate more curiosity towards my body and it’s signals? How can I move my body in novel and indulgent ways? These are some of the guiding questions of my embodiment practice, a practice that incorporates many philosophies and modalities. On this show I will be interviewing big thinkers, changemakers, and story tellers in the fields of embodiment, movement, herbalism, nature based health practices, ancestry, trauma psychology and more! My hope is to share more of what I believe the world needs: embodiment, curiosity, and most importantly, self compassion. If you want to support me in this new endeavor, check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/embodiedcuriosity To follow along on my journey, follow me on Instagram @micheala.ranz https://www.instagram.com/micheala.ranz/