We Are Power Crystals Podcast

This episode is coming to you on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden, on the last day of the Trump presidency, and a week after a failed coup in the capitol.  It might feel like the hard part is over, but movements are slow, and the legacy of resistance is a long burning fire. In this episode with Dana Balicki, she and Leah talk about the unsustainable nature of social justice activism, the turn toward soulful movement work, and what it means to slow down when everything is telling us to outpace urgency.    This is a time for sustainable action. This episode was recorded in on 12/1/20, but today feels like the exact right moment to release. Keep your fire lit, we need you.  Connect with Dana! She does incredible transformation work with clients, group work, classes, and has an incredible instagram.  Check out her offerings on her website, and read her latest article! + + SPONSOR ALERT!  We are so excited to be partnering with Open Apothecary by Magic Mama Co. We use her CBD products and highly recommend you do too! Support women of color makers and small business owners! A portion of all sales go back into communities of color. WIN-WIN!  

What does the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head have to do with the fate of the United States? What does Satan have to do with God? And what did all three power crystals learn about Bayo Akomolafe when they communed in the virtual zoomiverse recently? Turn on this episode to find out!    Leah, Jaison and Katie talk with celebrated writer, speaker and philosopher Bayo Akomolafe about how the pandemic has made stable identity impossible, about navigating different versions of reality, and about how our ideas of justice must stay fluid.   Connect with Bayo's work - http://bayoakomolafe.net Connect with We Are Power Crystals - @wearepowercrystals

What does the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head have to do with the fate of the United States? What does Satan have to do with God? And what did all three power crystals learn about Bayo Akomolafe when they communed in the virtual zoomiverse recently? Turn on this episode to find out!    Leah, Jaison and Katie talk with celebrated writer, speaker and philosopher Bayo Akomolafe about how the pandemic has made stable identity impossible, about navigating different versions of reality, and about how our ideas of justice must stay fluid.   Connect with Bayo's work - http://bayoakomolafe.net Connect with We Are Power Crystals - @wearepowercrystals   

"How much is sustainability staving off the inevitable?" In this gorgeous episode, Leah Garza and Diana Rose Harper, @ddamascenaa explore the difference between sustainability and tending toward your vitality.    Diana is a writer, juicer, pastel goth, reiki master, tarot reader, and astrologer, and she may not recognize it yet, but a Power Crystal. In the depths of this conversation we slip between the worlds of pandemic, astrology, accepting death, tending toward vitality, and choosing yourself above all else.  She is a magician of words and anyone that sits in session with her will feel the balm of her wisdom and lyricism. If you would like to engage with her work you can find her on Instagram at @ddamascenaa or at ddamascenaa.com. * * * Follow us on Instagram! Don't forget to rate us 5 stars and subscribe!  

We want you to meet Angela Mary Magick. She's a witch, a poetic alchemist, and an Orange County mom. In this conversation, Jaison and Leah are bewitched by her effortless and enchanting storytelling. Like all superheros, she has an origin story to beat the band.  She is also the creator of the Moon bb Magick Tarot, that is arriving Earthside shortly. This special oracle needs your help to be born. Preorder the deck and support her kickstarter. You can find Angela on her YouTube Channel, Instagram, and at the upcoming Witches Confluence on Halloween! * * Connect with the Power Crystals on Instagram @wearepowercrystals    

Who are we in quarantine?  What do we do when we can't leave the house, go to work, see people, or engage in any of our old distractions, while news of the world shifting, melting, protesting, and burning continues to pour into our lives through social media and the news? We are unsoothable. In this episode we talk about the phenomena of intolerable unsoothability in the time of covid and the uprisings.  Check out this episode and let us know how you are unsoothable and what you do for relief. + + + Follow us on IG at @wearepowercrystals

Power Crystals are spread all over the planet. We live in every country on every continent. If you are listening to this podcast, there is a chance you are a cute, critical, and metaphysical power crystal.  We have an exciting announcement. We have a new Power Crystal joining the WAPC podcast! You met Katie Robinson (she/they) in the first season of WAPC on the Divination Episode and now she is joining us a co-creator! We know you will love Katie as much as we do! + + + Follow us on IG @wearepowercrystals

The second installment in our special get-to-know-us series leading up to a very big announcement! Who is the one they call Jaison? What does he do? What's he really like? Listen to this cute little interview of Jaison by Leah to find out what's behind that mysterious voice.  Want to work with Jaison or take one of his classes?  Get in touch with Jaison on Instagram, her website, or at Mostly Angels LA! STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE IN THE SERIES! * * * Follow We Are Power Crystals on Instagram!

Power Crystals we have missed you!   We are bringing you a special get-to-know-us series leading up to a very big announcement! Who is Leah? What does she do? What are her super powers? Listen to this cute little interview of Leah by Jaison to find out some deep dark secret secrets! Want to work with Leah or take one of her classes?  Get in touch with Leah on Instagram, her website, or at Mostly Angels LA! STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE IN THE SERIES! * * * Follow We Are Power Crystals on Instagram!

Everyone is fatphobic.   In this episode of We Are Power Crystals, we explore the systemic oppression of fatphobia and its roots in colonialism. This conversation goes very deep and we ground it in our own experiences in our bodies in a fatphobic society.  Content Warning- If you are experiencing eating disorders, body image dysmorphia, or other sensitivities that could make you feel triggered, you may want to skip this episode. We speak very frankly about our bodies and experiences, but we ground the conversation in love and compassion for all of us. * * RESOURCES Some of our fave Instagram accounts that offer critical perspectives on fatphobia: Nalgona Positivity Pride Virgie Tovar Fat Women of Color Some Articles Referenced in the Episode White Supremacy, Colonialism, and Fatphobia Are Inherently Tied To Each Other, Hess Love, 2018.  The Racist Origins of Fatphobia, by Sabrina Strings, Bust Magazine Some Book Recommendations Fearing the Black Body, Sabrina Strings You Have the Right To Remain Fat, Virgie Tovar * * * Email us at wearepowercrystals@gmail.com, or get at us on IG @wearepowercrystals   Reach Jaison at bluerosebotanics.com or @bluerosebotanics Reach Leah at crystalsofaltamira.com or @crystalsofaltamira

Are you ok? Are we ok? In this mini episode with our friend Julian Sambrano, owner of Mostly Angels LA, we just want to check with you. We are in a new timeline, a new world, and its easy to lose ourselves in the midst of the panic of the Coronavirus outbreak.  Here, we share our own experiences and some things that have helped us get through.  Power Crystals, we are here for you. We're here for each other. You were meant for these times. Don't forget this when times get tough! All the things you need to weather this storm are within you! Keep in touch! Julian Sambrano - @sambrano, @mostlyangelsla Leah - @crystalsofaltamira Jaison- @bluerosebotanics WE ARE POWER CRYSTALS  

The Power Crystal network is strong!  In this episode we answer some listener questions! And you all brought some good ones! We talk about everything from how we met each other to the upcoming presidential election to how to navigate emotions when you are an activist!   If you want us to answer some of your questions, email us at wearepowercrystals@gmail.com, or get at us on IG @wearepowercrystals * * * Reach Jaison at bluerosebotanics.com or @bluerosebotanics Reach Leah at crystalsofaltamira.com or @crystalsofaltamira

We are right in the midst of the holidays, which can be a difficult time. We want to introduce you to some folks that have been really important to us during our most difficult times. In this episode you will meet Richard, Julian, Tina, Jennii, and Ana, the healers and practitioners at Mostly Angels LA, our home away from home.  All of these magical people have some tips, tools, practices and wisdom to assist you during this holiday season. If you fall in love with them, which is not hard to do, you can reach out and work with them through Mostly Angels LA.    We wish you some peace this time of year, some warmth and comfort, some delicious food. You're going to need it, because your 2020 is going to blow your mind

How do you know when you are experiencing abundance? Does abundance exist outside of money????   In this episode, we get into the beliefs we hold about ourselves that prevent us from feeling the natural flow of abundance.  We unpack our personal experiences and share some cute, critical, and metaphysical tips and tools for accessing abundance. Remember- you are inherently worthy, no matter what you do or who you are.  XOXOXO Power Crystals!   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Bayo Akomalafe Bashar   GET IN TOUCH WITH US! Instagram- @wearepowercrystals   Email- wearepowercrystals@gmail.com Leah's IG- @crystalsofaltamira   Website- crystalsofaltamira.com Jaison's IG- @bluerosebotanics  Website- bluerosebotanics.com  

What do you do when you feel like your weirdness separates you from the world? Where do you hide? Recharge? Gain strength? Our friend and beautiful kaleidoscopic artist and radical decolonial visionary, Edgar Fabian Frias, joins us for a radiant conversation on what it means to be a mutant.  From this conversation, emerges radical gentleness for all that we are and all that we do, when we feel so far out there, that no one could possibly understand and care for us.    If you are in Los Angeles, go see Edgar's art show, still up at The Vincent Price Art Museum! Follow them on Instagram and Facebook! --------------------------------- Power Crystals of Orange County! Come and sit a while with Jaison and Leah at the Witch Walk on July 20th! get all the info at @witchwalkdtsa!!!!! Connect with us at @wearepowercrystals or wearepowercrystals@gmail.com Leah- @crystalsofaltamira Jaison- @bluerosebotanics We love you Power Crystals!!!! PS- Giveaway coming up and your entry is a podcast review on iTunes! Give us a review and those 5 Star ratings!!!!

LOVE IS A TIME TRAVELER! In this episode, we start a conversation about Love, its vastness, its ability to move through space and time, it sheer universal force.  How do we know what love is? We start from that familiar place of feeling unloved, and try to move through those murky waters up into the light. Join us for a conversation on loving plants, our dads, colonialism robbed us of the ability to be loving, the Akashic records, and what it feels like to be brimming with love! We hope you are finding ways to love yourself, your life, and your body, despite the challenges and density of this colonial society. We love you. We don't have to know you personally to know that we love you.    Things we reference in this episode: Books: All About Love: New Visions, by bell hooks On Decoloniality by Walter D. Mignolo & Catherine E. Walsh How To Read The Akashic Records: Accessing the archive of the soul and its journey, by Linda Howe   Artists: Judy Baca, her work Las Tres Marias Laura Aguilar and the work Grounded Shooglet and there work photographing bodies in water   Connect with Us! IG: @wearepowercrystals, @crystalsofaltamira (Leah), @bluerosebotanics (Jaison) Web: crystalsofaltamira.com, bluerosebotanics.com

HELLO AGAIN POWER CRYSTALS! In this cute conversation we go deep on divination! How do you divine? What do you do when you need the guidance of wisdom outside of you? In this episode, we get to do our first interview with the incredible Katie Robinson! (she/them). Katie is a poet, educator, writer, diviner, and we are so lucky to have them on the podcast! In this rich conversation you will hear about:  Katie Robinson IG- @softbutchdiaries  The book M Archive and the work of sage Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs Marcella Kroll's Nature Nurture Deck The Divine Guidance Deck by Cheryl Lee Harnish And so so much more.    Please stay in touch with us and follow us at @wearepowercrystals on IG Leah is @crystalsofaltamira Jaison is @bluerosebotanics   Thank you Power Crystals! We love you!

Do you struggle to feel safe? Are you always looking for ways to protect yourself?  In this episode, we explore ways to protect ourselves, physically, emotionally, and psychically, as well as the beliefs we carry and systems that disempower us from feeling safe.  Feel safe and protected out there Power Crystals! ___ ___ ___ Lets Keep In Touch! wearepowercrystals@gmail.com & @wearepowercrystals Leah Garza- crystalsofaltamira.com @crystalsofaltamira Jaison Perez- bluerosebotanics.com @thevictoryson   We Are Power Crystals Podcast is Leah Garza and Jason Perez Music by Jordan Heyser

In this pre-episode, meet Jaison and Leah, two politicized cuties doing healing work in Los Angeles.  Connect with Us! Check out @wearepowercrystals on Instagram. Leah's IG: @crystalsofaltamira   Website: crystalsofaltamira.com Jaison's IG: @thevictoryson   Website: https://bluerosebotanics.com/