Podcasts about Sensuous

Today, I'm honored to share a conversation with Minna Salami—author, social critic, and senior fellow at The New Institute.This exchange was recorded during the Fugitive Futures Summit I co-hosted in February 2025. I'm sharing it here because of the powerful resonance between Minna's work and the questions we hold on this podcast.Her book Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone proposes a liberatory way of knowing that's embodied, relational, and rooted in both thought and feeling. Drawing on African cosmologies and feminist philosophy, Minna challenges the dominance of Euro-patriarchal systems and invites us toward a more holistic worldview.We explore this sensuous way of knowing—and its deep relevance to masculinity. We speak to the adolescent forms of masculine power so common in leadership today, and ask how a more mature, rooted masculinity might emerge through depth and inner listening.UPCOMING OFFERINGSSpeaking of pathways of mature masculinity, men are invited to check out my online trainings and in-person events. The Deep Masculine - 12 week online journey to repattern your relationship to sex, soul and purpose. Begin anytime. Awakening The Wild Erotic - A men's ritual initiation into the archetype of The Lover. We have two upcoming weekends: * July 25-27 - Montreal, Canada* Aug 22-24 - Vancouver IslandAll folks are invited to explore Iron John: A Mythic Story about Men.Would love to hear your comments on my conversation with Minna! Leave you thoughts below. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themythicmasculine.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, we welcome Maile Kalokura, a Somatic Educator, Shamanic & Evolutionary Astrologer and founder of Kalokura Astrology & the Golden Rose Temple.  With a passion for deepening self-awareness and activating a sense of aliveness in the body, Maile guides us through the art of softening - into presence, authenticity and embodied truth.She shares her personal journey of confronting power dynamics and radical initiations that led her to rediscover the strength in vulnerability, the power of boundaries and the beauty of slowing down, sensuously.  Through her studies in somatic healing, mystical traditions and sacred arts, she has cultivated a path of attunement to life's deeper rhythms, where sensuous presence becomes a gateway to freedom.Receive our free workshop in Embodied Deep Ecology.Join us at Earth Medicine.Listen to more of Maebird's music.Support the show

Watch the best scene script reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_ztVSLtb0 Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? This is the tale of the immortal Vampire Goddess Lilitu of ancient lore and her near human lover Dougal, their three identical red haired daughters and an oblivious species known as humanity. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Science Fiction/Fantasy Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Since I first took up the pen to write this story I have watched as rewrites of successful films and sequels and prequels have graced our screens, some enhanced by more seasoned writing and special effects while others show little imagination or creativity and relying on the name of it's original. This story has no comparison. How would you describe this script in two words? Sensuous thriller What movie have you seen the most times in your life? Hard to answer. I had a mother, have a wife and daughter. Now grandchildren, so you're looking at Sound of Music verses Willie Wonka (the original), or numerous episodes of Bluey. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

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What do you want?What do you really want?The cyber Monday sales have been flashing items, workshops, experiences that we could possibly want, that we should want, that we somehow need.In one of my Sanghas we are exploring a text called The Eight Realizations of Great Beings. This past week we have been exploring the nature of desire.The invitation to explore is part of what I love about the Zen Buddhist tradition. What is it like to bring a non-judgmental attention to the ordinary and natural experience of desire? To your relationship to desire?Sometimes desire carries a lot of shame, I want things that aren't good for me or that I was told I shouldn't want.Or confusion, I was told that my wanting was wrong, selfish, sinful.Some of us may have distanced ourselves from desire. Others may feel that our desires drive our lives in unhelpful ways.If we look closely we see that desire animates us. Desire fuels our life, seeds our dreams, feeds us, motivates many actions and can open the gate to actual pleasure, satisfaction, gratitude, compassion and connection.This podcast is a meditation on desire. It's an invitation to reflect on your relationship to desire and to explore how the energy of desire is linked to compassion and interconnection.As I was reflecting on desire I listened to an interview with Bayo Akomolafe called From the Skin of Things to the Bone of Things, the interview was moving and spanned many topics at some point he posited.I wonder what a sensuous solidarity looks like, maybe it lives somewhere between the cracks of problems and solutions. I wonder what a sensuous becoming monstrous looks like—I wonder what it means to shape-shift. I wonder what the humpless camel said as it approached the desert. It wasn't how do I solve this desert, maybe the solution for the desert is to shape-shift, to grow humps—to become the desert.I heard him say that and I felt a yes well up inside me. This is how desire becomes compassion, this is how longing opens to non-separation, this is how our vows intertwine with the vows of each other and the great earth. A sensuous solidarity is another name for bodhicitta.Deep love for all beings and this world.To close, I'd like to share a poem by Mary Oliver. I consider this a capping phrase to this meditation on desire. An offering and a gift to a heart that is learning to love one's self and this beautiful, heart-breaking world.To Begin With, the Sweet Grassby Mary OliverI.Will the hungry ox stand in the field and not eatof the sweet grass?Will the owl bite off its own wings?Will the lark forget to lift its body in the air orforget to sing?Will the rivers run upstream?Behold, I say—beholdthe reliability and the finery and the teachingsof this gritty earth gift.II.Eat bread and understand comfort.Drink water, and understand delight.Visit the garden where the scarlet trumpetsare opening their bodies for the hummingbirdswho are drinking the sweetness, who arethrillingly gluttonous.For one thing leads to another.Soon you will notice how stones shine underfoot.Eventually tides will be the only calendar you believe in.And someone's face, whom you love, will be as a starboth intimate and ultimate,and you will be both heart-shaken and respectful.And you will hear the air itself, like a beloved, whisper:oh, let me, for a while longer, enter the twobeautiful bodies of your lungs.III.The witchery of livingis my whole conversationwith you, my darlings.All I can tell you is what I know.Look, and look again.This world is not just a little thrill for the eyes.It's more than bones.It's more than the delicate wrist with its personal pulse.It's more than the beating of the single heart.It's praising.It's giving until the giving feels like receiving.You have a life—just imagine that!You have this day, and maybe another, and maybestill another.IV.Someday I am going to ask my friend Paulus,the dancer, the potter,to make me a begging bowlwhich I believemy soul needs.And if I come to you,to the door of your comfortable housewith unwashed clothes and unclean fingernails,will you put something into it?I would like to take this chance.I would like to give you this chance.V.We do one thing or another; we stay the same, or wechange.Congratulations, ifyou have changed.VI.Let me ask you this.Do you also think that beauty exists for somefabulous reason?And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure—your life—what would do for you?VII.What I loved in the beginning, I think, was mostly myself.Never mind that I had to, since somebody had to.That was many years ago.Since then I have gone out from my confinements,though with difficulty.I mean the ones that thought to rule my heart.I cast them out, I put them on the mush pile.They will be nourishment somehow (everything is nourishmentsomehow or another).And I have become the child of the clouds, and of hope.I have become the friend of the enemy, whoever that is.I have become older and, cherishing what I have learned,I have become younger.And what do I risk to tell you this, which is all I know?Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world.…Thanks for reading friends! This dharma talk was given during Monday Night Meditation. You can find out more below.I'm Amy Kisei. I am a Zen Buddhist Teacher, Spiritual Counselor, budding Astrologer and Artist. I currently live in Columbus, Ohio with my partner Patrick Kennyo Dunn, we facilitate an in-person meditation gathering every Wednesday from 7P - 8:30P at ILLIO in Clintonville through Mud Lotus Sangha. If you happen to be in Columbus, feel free to stop by. We have weekly meditation gatherings and monthly Saturday offerings as well.Current OfferingsSpiritual Counseling — IFS informed, mindful somatic therapyAstrology— I am starting to offer astrology readings. I have found astrology to be a helpful map for connecting to the more mythic unfolding of life. It can help us honor our gifts, navigate challenges, get perspective and connect with planetary allies. It can also offer guidance on the questions that arise in our lives and aid us in stepping more fully into our wholeness. I am currently offering the following types of readingsNatal Chart ReadingsAstro Counseling PackageTransit ReadingsGreat Work of Your Life ReadingAstrology Gift Card — give the gift of an astrology readingArt Shop — I sell my original paintings and printsMonday Night Meditation + DharmaEvery Monday 6P PT / 9P ETJoin me on zoom for 40 minutes of meditation and a dharma talk. We are currently exploring a text called The Eight Realizations of Great Beings, which gives us an opportunity to practice inquiry and embodying love as we discover our Awakened Nature together.This event is hosted by the Zen Community of Oregon. All are welcome to join. Drop in any time.Zoom Link for Monday NightSky + Rose: An Emergent Online Contemplative Community Braiding Spirit and SoulSunday Jan 510:30A PT - 12:30P PT / 1:30P ET - 3:30P ETWhat is it? An experiment in the impossible task of excluding nothing and loving everything. An alchemy of play, presence and wandering into the shadows, you could say.Sky & Rose is a practice container that will:* Center group parts work practices to explore the fluidity, span and dream of who we are - somebody, nobody, everybody. You will be invited to express yourself vocally and physically, engage your imagination and play outside habituation.* Do interpersonal and group meditation practices of seeing, being and awakening.* Directly explore emotional embodiment & shadow work* Include Beauty, Art & Wonderment as core practice elementsThrough rituals of imagination, meditation technologies and co-created fields of intentional play, we can slip out, for a time, of confining identities defined by our histories, culture and comfort. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amykisei.substack.com/subscribe

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Freelance curator Joanne Rosenthal joins Jana Byars to talk about Sex: Jewish Positions (Hirmer, 2024) and its concomitant exhibition at the Jewish museums in Berlin and Amsterdam. This book is also available in German with the same publisher as Sex. Judisches Positionen. An exploration of sexuality in Judaism, from ultra-Orthodox to secular. Sensuous, bold, and topical, this volume studies the entire spectrum of Jewish attitudes to sexuality. In doing so it examines widely held and contradictory stereotypes, according to which Judaism encounters sexuality either in a highly positive manner or with exceptionally strict rules and restrictions. This significant volume takes up central aspects of sexuality in Judaism and provides a comprehensive insight on topics such as Rabbinic regulations and the history of sexuality in Judaism; how ultra-Orthodox women deal with the strict regulations relating to intimacy; sexuality in films and art; and the experience of a Jewish couple and sexual therapist. Accompanied by eighty images, this interdisciplinary overview informs and offers surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This strange thing called ‘knowledge' has always been a battleground in educational conversations - for example, in lots of loud calls for “knowledge-rich” curricula! Personally I'm very much in favour of knowledge and knowing, part of the buzz of following curiosity and inquiries! It's just the KIND of knowledge and knowing that we have been conditioned to value over others that I have an issue with! Minna Salami has been deeply challenging this hierarchy of knowing through her extensive work and amazing concept and book of the same title, Sensuous Knowledge. Her work coming from the tradition of African Feminism is to trouble the hierarchies, not simply invert them. Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish feminist author, social critic and currently Program Chair at THE NEW INSTITUTE. She is the author of Can Feminism Be African? (forthcoming Harper Collins) and Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone (Bloomsbury 2020) which has been translated into multiple languages.  Minna has also co-authored children's books and written content on feminism for numerous anthologies as well as educational textbooks. A leading voice of contemporary feminism, she has drawn over a million readers to her multiple award-winning blog MsAfropolitan.com. Her writing can be found in the Guardian, Project Syndicate, Al Jazeera, and The Philosopher, and many others. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer including at some of the world's most prominent institutions such as the UN, EU, Oxford Union, Cambridge Union, Yale University, and the Singularity University at NASA. She has worked as a Research Associate and Editor at Perspectiva, consulted governments on gender equality, written school curricula, and curated cultural events at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Minna is a Full Member of the Club of Rome, a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader and sits on the council of The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the boards of The African Feminist Initiative at Pennsylvania State University, The Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Sahel, and is an associate with Perspectiva. She has served as chair for the House of Beautiful Business, a judge for the One World Media Awards, a nominator for the Prince Claus Foundation and the Princess of Asturias Foundation. An alumni of Lund University and SOAS University, Minna has lived in Nigeria, Sweden, Spain, and New York and now lives between London and Hamburg. Social Links: Minna's blog: https://msafropolitan.com/ Linkedin: @minnasalami - https://www.linkedin.com/in/minnasalami/ Instagram: @minnasalami_ https://www.instagram.com/minnasalami_/

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 22:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/focused/209 http://relay.fm/focused/209 David Sparks and Mike Schmitz Writer Bob Doto joins us to discuss creative systems, connecting ideas, and why you really should care about zettlekasten. Writer Bob Doto joins us to discuss creative systems, connecting ideas, and why you really should care about zettlekasten. clean 5177 Writer Bob Doto joins us to discuss creative systems, connecting ideas, and why you really should care about zettlekasten. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Indeed: Join more than 3.5 million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Guest Starring: Bob Doto Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. A System for Writing by Bob Doto Bob Doto How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens Getting Things Done by David Allen Obsidian Field Guide (Plus Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo | YouTube Zettelkasten Forum Read Between the Lynes | Your Hometown Bookstore The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew Crawford The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism by Todd May

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 22:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/focused/209 http://relay.fm/focused/209 A System for Writing, with Bob Doto 209 David Sparks and Mike Schmitz Writer Bob Doto joins us to discuss creative systems, connecting ideas, and why you really should care about zettlekasten. Writer Bob Doto joins us to discuss creative systems, connecting ideas, and why you really should care about zettlekasten. clean 5177 Writer Bob Doto joins us to discuss creative systems, connecting ideas, and why you really should care about zettlekasten. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Indeed: Join more than 3.5 million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Guest Starring: Bob Doto Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. A System for Writing by Bob Doto Bob Doto How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens Getting Things Done by David Allen Obsidian Field Guide (Plus Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo | YouTube Zettelkasten Forum Read Between the Lynes | Your Hometown Bookstore The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew Crawford The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism by Todd May

Show highlights[04:42] A mythological story about the significance of understanding and connecting with nature[09:40] On Robert Moore's 4 archetypes for men[14:45] Balance between masculine and feminine energies[20:03] Authority without authenticity is abdication[31:23] Tyrone's relationship with God[42:33] Discerning divine guidance through inner knowing, peace, and coherence[51:59] Glimmers as the positive counterpart to triggers Links and resourcesFind Tyrone MoralesWebsite - msha.ke/tyronemoralesLinkedIn - ca.linkedin.com/in/tyrone-morales-5b325b54Spotify - open.spotify.com/user/12178341439Instagram - instagram.com/its.tyronemoralesYouTube - youtube.com/@tyronemorales2831Books MentionedKing, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore, Douglas GilletteWomen Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésThe Way of the Superior Man by David DeidaThe Other Within by Daniel DeardorffRadical Honesty by Brad BlantonMorphic Resonance by Rupert SheldrakeFingerprints of the Gods by Graham HancockThe Spell of the Sensuous by David AbramFind Graham WardleLinks - grahamwardle.komi.io/Facebook - facebook.com/GrahamWardleOnline/Instagram - instagram.com/grahamwardle/Twitter - twitter.com/GrahamWardle

Join me on our upcoming Iceland yoga and meditation retreat!Akureyri, North Iceland | October 4-11, 2025The city of Akureyri was voted the #1 destination in Europe by Lonely Planet. Located on the longest fjord in the country, its mild climate and proximity to the Arctic Circle make it a bucket list, must-see destination. Join us for yoga, meditation, stunning views, breathtaking hikes, frozen waterfalls, Icelandic horseback rides, whale watching, soaking in starlit nature baths, and under the right conditions - chasing the northern lights.Payment plans are available! Learn more about this offering at shawnparell.com/iceland.Register TodayIn this episode, I am thrilled to introduce Rachel Rossitto, a dedicated practitioner of Earth-based feminine wisdom, women's holistic health, womb healing, and much more. For more than 15 years, Rachel has immersed herself in diverse spiritual and healing practices. Today, she offers courses, mentorship, and guidance to help women reclaim their divine feminine energy. Our discussion delves into the vital work of redefining and reclaiming the feminine in our lives.In this conversation, we delve into misconceptions about the divine feminine, the importance of balance, and how Rachel's own journey informs her work with others. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of feminine spirituality, sexuality, and the power of collective healing.Episode HighlightsRachel Rossitto's Background: Exploring Rachel's 15-year journey studying Earth-based feminine wisdom, holistic health, womb healing, and spiritual practices.Reconnecting with the Divine Feminine: The importance of reclaiming the divine feminine energy and its role in achieving balance in our lives.Principles of Balance in Nature: How nature's inherent balance offers insights into gender norms and the integration of masculine and feminine energies.Misconceptions about the Divine Feminine: Addressing common misunderstandings and emphasizing that divine feminine energy transcends gender.The Role of Sensuality and Sexuality: How Rachel's work helps women reconnect with their sensuality and sexuality as integral parts of their spiritual and personal growth.Rachel's Personal Journey: From her unique birth story to her rebellious teenage years and her eventual path into the healing arts.Collective Healing and Community: The power of women gathering in circles, amplifying each other's growth, and creating safe, nurturing spaces for healing and transformation.Resource Links• Learn more about Rachel and how to engage in her offerings, courses, and retreats at rachelrossitto.com.• Follow Rachel on Instagram @RachelRossitto• Subscribe to The Guest House on Substack for regular essays, podcast episodes, and more• shawnparell.com - Check out Shawn's website to sign up for 5 free meditations, join Shawn's email list for monthly field notes and music alchemy, and learn more about her work and upcoming events• Stay connected with Shawn on Instagram @ShawnParell for live weekly meditations and prompts for practice Get full access to The Guest House at shawnparell.substack.com/subscribe

On today's show.... How to smell sensuous and inviting… Are you in your Keanu Reeves phase?  Personal boundaries and their danger- according to Psychology…..  This one word message is officially the worst text to send or receive  Top First-Date Questions ……. Cont'd  Holly + Nira family meeting: why wouldn't you want to know that you saved a life?  Do you want bigger portions? It's time to Camera Shame! How many can you check off Oprah's new 50/50 list?? Part 3

And Jehovah saw that he went aside to see, and God called unto him out of the midst of the bramble, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Behold me! And He said, Draw not nigh hither; pull off thy shoes from upon thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest a ground of holiness is this. And He said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses covered his faces, because he was afraid to look upon God. And Jehovah said, Seeing I have seen the affliction of My people, which is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry from before their taskmasters; for I have known their sorrows; and I am come down to liberate them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to make them come up out of that land unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Exodus 3: 4-8 The saving of the spiritual states in us... Arcana Coelestia 6858... Before the coming of the Lord into the world, evil genii and spirits occupied all that region of heaven to which the spiritual were afterward taken up; for before the coming of the Lord many such roamed at large and infested the good, especially the spiritual who were in the lower earth; but after the coming of the Lord they were all thrust down into their hells, and that region was set free, and was given for an inheritance to those who were of the spiritual church. It has been frequently observed that as soon as any place is left by good spirits it is occupied by evil ones; and that the evil are driven out of it, and as soon as this is done it again passes to those who are in good. AC 6854(2)...They who are called “the spiritual” (who are such as can be regenerated only as to the intellectual part, but not as to the will part, and in whose intellectual part therefore a new will is implanted by the Lord, which will is according to the doctrinal things of faith pertaining to their church); these, namely such spiritual men, were saved only by the Lord's coming into the world. The reason is that the Divine passing through heaven, which was the Divine Human before the Lord's coming, could not reach them, because the doctrinal things of their church were for the most part not true, and consequently the good which is of the will was not good (see n. 6427). As these could be saved only by the coming of the Lord, and thus could not before be raised into heaven, therefore they were meanwhile kept in the lower earth, in places there which in the Word are called “pits;” which earth was beset about by the hells where are falsities, by which they were then much infested, and yet were guarded by the Lord. But after the Lord came into the world, and made the Human in Himself Divine, then He delivered those who were there in “pits,” and raised them to heaven; and out of them He also formed the spiritual heaven, which is the second heaven. This is meant by the descent of the Lord to the lower regions, and by the deliverance of those who were bound. AC 6826... “and the angel of Jehovah was seen by him,” signifies the Lord as to the Divine Human; “in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bramble,” signifies love Divine in the truth of memory-knowledge; “and he saw, and behold the bramble burned with fire,” signifies a noticing that the truth of memory-knowledge was full of the good of love Divine; “and the bramble was in no wise consumed,” signifies Divine truth united to Divine good in the natural 6816. The spirits of Mercury are quite different from the spirits of our earth, for the spirits of our earth care not so much for real things as for material, worldly, bodily, and earthly things. Therefore the spirits of Mercury cannot be together with the spirits of our earth, and so whenever they meet them they flee away; for the spiritual spheres which exhale from the two are almost opposite.

Have you ever stepped beyond the surface of your daily experiences to touch something deeper, something more profound? That's exactly the invitation you'll receive from my enthralling exchange with Krista Nova, a master in the realms of tantra, ritual, and coaching. Together, we unravel the ancient tapestry of tantra, guiding you beyond the common misperceptions of it being purely sexual, and into its true potential as a practice of presence, empowerment, and the celebration of love.This episode is a feast for the soul, as we traverse the landscape of honest communication, the healing of generational trauma, and the reclaiming of sexual power. Discover the transformative influence of orgasmic energy and the courage required to express your deepest desires. Krista and I discuss the importance of being true to your pleasures and the impact it has on liberating your sexuality, promoting honesty and presence as the pillars of intimacy over mere performance. Join us on this journey, and let's inspire a more sensuous appreciation of the extraordinary in our everyday moments.Let's dive in... 

"Take me on vacation, take me to anywhere, take me to the lakes!" After our Show & Tell on Ecocriticism, we're ready to Deep Dive head-first into “the lakes,” bonus track 17 on “folklore (deluxe version).” Join us as we walk through Taylor Swift's nature imagery and consider the lyrics in some historical context. We'll also unpack the speaker's relationship with nature as we consider what the speaker is escaping from, where she is going, and why she is running away. And, we introduce a word of the day (“P-A-L-I-M-P-S-E-S-T”) and pull in references from the dictionary, textbooks, classic novels, and poetry for this one, with hopes of understanding the “waves of hurt” that are packed into this song. Mentioned in the episode:  Palimpsest: something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface Town & Country - Emily Doherty 2023 Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf Victorian Flower Symbolism Lady Chatterley's Lover, DH Lawrence Douglass Livingstone “symbiosis or death” The Spell of the Sensuous, by David Abram   *** Episode Highlights:  [01:16] A quick recap of ecocriticism [03:29] Palimpsest: Heart-stopping waves of hurt [06:56] The cause of grief: Some name-dropping sleaze [10:32] Why does she want to escape: Hunters with cell phones [12:14] Seeking refuge: Not without my muse [16:59] The speaker and nature: I don't belong [21:49] Nod to Romantics: Is it romantic? [26:17] Final thoughts: What do we think this song is about?   Subscribe to get new episode updates: aptaylorswift.substack.com/subscribe   Follow us on social!  TikTok → tiktok.com/@APTaylorSwift Instagram → instagram.com/APTaylorSwift YouTube → youtube.com/@APTaylorSwift Link Tree → linktr.ee/aptaylorswift Bookshop.org → bookshop.org/shop/apts This podcast is neither related to nor endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels. All opinions are our own. Intro music produced by Scott Zadig aka Scotty Z.

Learn how to tell if a woman sexually desires you. In today's video we're going to be discussing 16 very subtle and hidden signs that reveal if a woman sexually desires you. If you've ever wanted to know if a woman thought you were very attractive, this will be perfect for you! Curious about the subtle hints a woman gives when she's secretly yearning for you? Buckle up! I'm about to guide you through the most important signs. You might be surprised at what you've missed! 0:00 Intro  0:05 Signs a woman sexually desires you 0:17 Body Show-off 0:59 Sensuous touch 1:27 Husky whisper 1:51 Playful challenges 2:17 Lips don't lie 2:38 Subtle scent seduction 3:07 Close encounters 3:50 The art of suggestion 4:30 The lingering look 4:59 Dressed to kill 5:22 Digital desires 5:44 Breathing patterns 6:07 Drawing attention 6:29 Innuendos and double entendres  6:57 Receptive responses 7:22 Prolonged goodbyes  #Joyanima #Dating #attraction #flirting #crush #facts #psychology #datingtips #datingadvice #relationship

I write to you this morning from the comfort of an oversized white oxford shirt that is half buttoned/half tied at the waist. Black booty shorts adorn my derriere, and cozy slippers kiss my feet with every step. The casual elegance of this ensemble gives me a sense of authority and elegance, and this is the essence of today's episode my friend: Style is a somatic experience.  Authentic, expressive, sensuous style can change your energy from dismal to diva in no time at all. Feeling sensually radiant and alive in what you wear changes how you think, how you feel,  how you show up, and who you think you are. In today's episode you'll discover gems on: How to engage with your body in a more intimate, expressive way through styleHow to engage the pleasure of the senses in how you dressHow to make an unmistakable, unforgettable impression with your styleStyle can feel intimidating, but at its essence, style is simply devotion to beauty made visible. Let's swap the self help books for a bespoke beaded necklace and see what happens…LINKS FROM THE SHOWSHOWGIRL CHARM SCHOOL - Click here to sign up Tziporah Salamon on InstagramFierce: The History of Leopard Print by Jo WeldonCombyne Fashion AppLeave a review of the podcastShare a desire for a future episodeLearn more about working with Mary one-on-oneFollow Mary on Instagram

Aurora Sunu is one of the most powerful healers I have ever had the gift of meeting. She is known as the Pelvic Priestess and is a Somatic Sex Coach, Holistic Pelvic Care Guide, and Bodywork Therapist. In this conversation we explore the path of healing as a mythic, poetic, and never ending adventure, wet with wild aliveness. We also explore the ecstasy of intertwining sex magick with your monthly cycle as a tool for deep, fruitful self-knowing. This episode is absolutely dripping with enchantment. Ready for an Orgasmic Life? Apply here to become a Sex, Love and Relationship Coach:  APPLY TO VITAYearning to learn more about becoming a Sex, Love and Relationship Coach? Learn all about the VITA Coaching Certification here: LEARN ABOUT VITAExplore all of Aurora's delicious work here:www.pelvicpriestess.co.ukFollow Aurora on Instagram: @pelvic.priestessAurora's groundbreaking alchemical container, The Spell of The Sensuous: www.pelvicpriestess.co.uk/the-spell-of-the-sensuous

A continuation of my earlier episode in which Trevien Stanger - instructor of environmental studies at St. Michael's College in Vermont - and I discuss Abram's book, which, I think it's fair to say, has had a profound effect on both of us. This time, we focus on Abram's argument about the impact of the invention of the alphabet on our relationship with the natural world. If you'd like to listen to part 1 of this discussion - https://www.buzzsprout.com/356774/11992722If you'd like to listen to my conversation with Johanna Drucker about the invention of the alphabet - https://www.buzzsprout.com/356774/11826284

To access our full conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com Imagination has a valued place in psychotherapy. The images found in memories, relationship entanglements and future fantasies are the raw material of therapeutic work. And yet, faced with a significant dream or transference projection it can be difficult to resist the temptation of a clever interpretation. In this way, imagining is often eclipsed by thinking and the transformative potential of imaginative experience itself is neglected. This talk by Allan Frater will be of interest to therapists who want to work more holistically with images as images. Instead of treating images as symbols pointing to meaning elsewhere, the talk presents an image-centric approach, including: — A broad understanding of imagination as present in all perceptions, actions and relationships (not just as pictures ‘inside the mind'). — A ‘waking dream' method applicable to generic work with memories, the transference and future fantasies as well as art-therapy and active-imagination approaches. — Imaginal dialogues. — A non-interpretative patterning which links image work in the consulting room to the on-going story of self and world in everyday life. The result is an appreciation of imagination, not just as a means to rational insight but as an embodied imaginal sensibility at the heart of human potential and creativity. If you enjoy this, you can learn more about Allan's work by visiting: www.wildimagination.uk. --- This session was recorded as part of our Holistic Psychotherapy Summit in January 2023. To access the full conference package, as well as supporting materials, quizzes, and certification, please visit: https://theweekenduniversity.com/membership --- Allan Frater is a psychotherapist and teacher with Psychosynthesis Trust. Inspired by Jack Kerouac and Herman Hesse, he spent his twenties living and working in Buddhist communities where he came across the east-meets-west fusion of transpersonal psychology, eventually training to become a psychotherapist. His psychotherapy practice and teaching career have intersected at the meeting place between transpersonal psychology and an image-based approach to ecotherapy, the results of which will be presented in this talk. The introduction and first chapter of ‘Waking Dreams' can be sampled here: https://wildimagination.uk/book/ Further information and background here: https://wildimagination.uk 3 Books Allan Recommends Every Therapist Should Read: — Revisioning Psychology by James Hillman: https://amzn.to/3zgzeeh — The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram: https://amzn.to/3FmfkSS — The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: https://amzn.to/3TFAbFd

“You cannot say how many cubic metres make up courage, or what kind of wires you need to construct freedom. What kind of lab do you go into to measure relationships between people?” ~ Minna SalamiWhen Minna, my guest today, said this, I got shivers up and down my spine (as I did many times, reading her brilliant book, Sensuous Knowledge) as a deeply intuitive woman raised in a hyper-rational world… or as Minna calls it, a world rooted in euro-patriarchal knowledge. Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish, and Swedish feminist author and social critic. Her research focuses on Black feminist theory, contemporary African thought, and the politics of knowledge production, and today we're exploring Sensuous Knowledge is a model of knowledge rooted in the dynamic landscape of Black feminist thought - one that empowers, enlivens, and liberates, through embodied insight.We explore:How the menstrual cycle is a source of profound, disruptive different ways of knowing. What happens in a world which only values that which can be quantified, measured and put into hierarchies, rather than honouring the knowledge that emerges from within our bodies and ourselves. The “kaleidoscopic method” and what rivers, trees and placentas can teach us about power and the nature of reality. ---Receive our free video training: Love Your Cycle, Discover the Power of Menstrual Cycle Awareness to Revolutionise Your Life - www.redschool.net/love---The Menstruality Podcast is hosted by Red School. We love hearing from you. To contact us, email info@redschool.net---Social media:Red School: @redschool - https://www.instagram.com/red.schoolSophie Jane Hardy: @sophie.jane.hardy - https://www.instagram.com/sophie.jane.hardyMinna Salami: @minnasalami_ - https://www.instagram.com/minnasalami_

During World War I the World Famous exotic dancer Mata Hari was entangled in a international web of espionage. Visit ExpressVPN.com/DANK, and get three extra months for free! Go to DADGRASS.COM/DANK for 20% off your first order.  @Hug.Your.Bros.  patreon.com/striderwilson Sources: cia.gov, goodreads.com, britannica.com, briography.com, theguardian.com, Intellectual Devotional by David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim

David Grusch, whistleblowers, UAAAAAPs, public disclosure. I'm triggered. Let's talk about it. Excerpt from ⁠The Spell of the Sensuous⁠ by David Abram The first 15 episodes are a complete audiobook, with Robin Lassiter reading her book ‘Earth: A Love Story', and then transitions to conversations with wild and wise and weird folks, along with solo shows. We talk about anomalous experiences, addiction & recovery, paranormal, UFO, UAP, near death (NDE), astral travel, out of body, ghosts & poltergeist activity, spirituality, New Age, spiritual bypassing, embodiment and somatics, evolution of consciousness, death, Tantric Buddhism, experiencers, contactees, abductees, and how the Divine Feminine and Goddesses unexpectedly arrive into the center of it all. Soundscapes by Morgan Jenks. You can support his new album on bandcamp, or find out more at morganjenks.com learn more at www.earthalovestory.com book a 1:1 session with me at www.honeyheart.org/services find me on instagram @robin_lassiter_honeyheart and @earth_a_love_story or send an email: honeyheartLLC@gmail.com

In the middle of the night, you find yourself caught between dream and wakefulness, unable to move, unable to scream, with the feeling that someone's sitting on your chest. There are many names for this condition. Sleep paralysis. The Old Hag. The Nightmare. Mara. With returning guest, performance storyteller Dominic Kelly, we delve into this fascinating phenomenon that is deeply entrenched in the borderlands of folklore and belief. Dominic Kelly's website http://dominickelly.net/ See MARA at Stealing Thunder storytelling festival in England on 3rd june 2023 https://stealingthunder.co.uk/ Helgoya Fortellerfestival in Norway on 5th august 2023 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092327174348 Bird sounds recorded by Ulf Elman https://xeno-canto.org/762155 Jelmer Poelstra https://xeno-canto.org/235198 CONNECT WITH US https://www.intheborderlands.com/ SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.brittle.one/ https://smarturl.it/inanna REFERENCES Mara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore) Sleep paralysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis Sleep Paralysis på Shelley R Adler (book) https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/sleep-paralysis/9780813548869 Hmong people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people Nocebo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo The Old Hag of Newfoundland https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/canadian-urban-legends-newfoundlanders-can-tell-you-all-about-the-old-hag The Nightmare (film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/?ref_=vp_close The Terror That Comes in the Night by David J. Hufford (book) https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Terror_That_Comes_in_the_Night.html?id=Qsd0CAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Hälsingland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4lsingland Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker (book) https://books.google.se/books/about/Why_We_Sleep.html?id=mIh4swEACAAJ&redir_esc=y Granskogsfolk by David Thurfjell (book) https://www.norstedts.se/bok/9789113102771/granskogsfolk The Dreaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreaming Avebury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury West Kennet Long Barrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kennet_Long_Barrow Hallucinations by Oliver Sachs (book) https://www.oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-books/hallucinations/ The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram (book) https://www.davidabram.org/books The Encounter by Simon McBurney/Complicité (performance) http://www.complicite.org/productions/TheEncounter Reservoir 13 by John McGregor (book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34146665-reservoir-13 Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich (book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_in_Winter

What does it mean to go back to the ground and learn the fading skills necessary to work the forest with our hands? To read the land assisted by tools we sight with our own eyes? To create new visions of old roles, such as a land steward or cottager? I explore those thoughts and more with my guest today, Hazel, who some of you may know as Tom Ward. You can find out more about Hazel and his work at siskiyoupermaculture.com. Resources Hazel's Collected Videos and Recordings Heartwood Institute Brock Dolman - Occidental Arts & Ecology Traditional Aboriginal Burning (Cool Burning) Recommended Reading Beyond the War on Invasive Species by Tao Orion Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Daughters of Copper Woman by Anne Cameron Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Brown Keeping it Living by Nancy Turner The Shallows by Nicholas Carr The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram Tending the Wild by Kat Anderson World Without Mind by Franklin Foer

Frasier was a decrepit old circus lion whose best days were far behind him, or at least that was what his caregivers believed. While he wasn't much to look at, he proved popular with the lionesses. Frasier showed the world that it was better to be a lover than a fighter by surprisingly fathering 35 cubs during the last 18 months of his life. His virility made him famous worldwide. Fan clubs, Frasier merchandise, songs, and a movie soon followed. Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/frasier-the-sensuous-lion-podcast-196 The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Kevan is reading The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram; drinking the Ardbeg.Jessica is reading All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes; drinking New Deal Distillery Bootstrap Whiskey.Damien is reading Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is reading The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud; drinking Auchentoshan 12yr single malt.If you liked this week's interview, read ecofiction, tell stories in the Bardic tradition, and acknowledge the neurochemical storm in every person's brain. Also, check out Kevan Manwaring's other works in Panorama Journal and his latest collection, Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold.Up next: Season 5! Join us as we investigate... The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection, edited by Mike Ashley.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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In the five episode series, Kosha Countdown to Earth Day, today is Manomayakosha, the thinking, feeling, sensing, earth body. It's poetic that both hosts arrived, ready to record, after not having enough sleep and feeling a bit off in the mind. Since these are casual conversations and perfection is not the aspiration, they showed up as they were, playing with language and memory as aspects of Manomayakosha. Nature is a complete system that reflects our own experiences. When looked at through various filters, the view becomes fuller. The limitations of language yield to other forms of communication, new maps lead to deeper understanding.Following are sources and quotes used in the show:Book: The Spell of the SensuousReview of The Spell of the Sensuous by Thomas Berry, author of “The Dream of the Earth”“The outer world of nature is what awakens our inner world in all its capacities for understanding, affection and aesthetic appreciation. The wind, the rain, the mountains and rivers, the woodlands and meadows and all their inhabitants; we need these perhaps even more for our psyche than for our physical survival. No one that I know of has presented all this with the literary skill as well as the understanding that we find in this work of David Abram. It should be one of the most widely read and discussed books of these times.”Because it was very briefly mentioned, here's one of many links to the Lost Colony of Roanoke.Quotes:According to the yoga philosophy, Manomayakosha is the seat of memory and emotions. –- Yoga JournalThe practice of yoga and meditation is believed to help clear the blockages in the Moanomayakosha and improve memory retention. -- The Art of LivingThe practice of pranayama, or breathing exercises, is believed to help balance the Manomayakosha and improve memory function. -- The Chopra CenterThe Manomayakosha is also associated with the senses, which play a role in the process of memory retrieval. -- The Yoga InstituteThe beauty of nature can inspire artists to create works that reflect their inner thoughts and emotions. -- The Artistic and Creative Power of Mother Nature” by A. SicilianoSpending time in nature can have a healing effect on the mind and body, helping us to feel refreshed and renewed. – The Healing Power of Mother Nature by S. GuptaSeeing the beauty of the Earth can inspire us to take action to protect it and preserve it for future generations. -- The Beauty of the Earth: A Call to Action for Environmental Protection by R. GonzalezMemories can serve as a map, guiding us through life's challenges, much like how maps help us navigate the earth's terrain. -- ForbesJust as the earth goes through cycles of growth and decay, memories can be seen a part of a cycle of remembering and forgetting. -- The Atlantic ***YOGAFEST: Information & Registration. [Early Bird Registration is now closed]Anecdotal Anatomy's workshop, Kosha Yoga, will be held at the Indoor auditorium space from...

These states of hell are present for all of us Arcana Coelestia 6310. The interiors of man are distinct according to degrees by means of derivations, and according to these degrees are also the lights. The internal sensuous, which is nearest the sensuous things of the body, has the most gross light. This light it has been given me to discern by much experience, and I have noticed that whenever I sank into this light, falsities and evils of many kinds presented themselves, and even things scandalous against heavenly and Divine things, besides things filthy and foul. The reason is that this light rules in the hells, and by means of it chiefly do the hells flow into man. When a man is in this light, his thought is in nearly the same light as that in which is his external sight, and is then almost in the body. Men who are in this light are to be called the Sensuous, for they do not think beyond the sensuous things of the body. What is beyond these they neither perceive nor believe, believing only that which they see and touch. In this light are they who have not at all cultivated things interior, living in neglect and contempt of all things rational and spiritual; and in this light are especially the avaricious and adulterers, and they who have lived in mere pleasures and in disgraceful idleness, and who consequently think what is filthy, and often what is scandalous, about the holy things of the church. Heaven and Hell 362. But the lot of the rich that have not believed in the Divine, and have cast out of their minds the things pertaining to heaven and the church, is the opposite of this. Such are in hell, where filth, misery, and want exist; and into these riches that are loved as an end are changed; and not only riches, but also their very uses, which are either a wish to live as they like and indulge in pleasures, and to have opportunity to give the mind more fully and freely to shameful practices, or a wish to rise above others whom they despise. Such riches and such uses, because they have nothing spiritual, but only what is earthly in them, become filthy; for a spiritual purpose in riches and their uses is like a soul in the body, or like the light of heaven in moist ground; and such riches and uses become putrid as a body does without a soul, or as moist ground does without the light of heaven. Such are those that have been led and drawn away from heaven by riches.   Not owning or identifiying with what flows in from hell AC 6308...The order of the influx is that evil spirits first flow in, and the angels disperse their action. That there is such an influx the man does not perceive, because his thought is kept in freedom by means of the equilibration between these two influxes, and because he does not attend to such things; nor could the evil know if they did attend, because with them there is no equilibrium between evil and good. But they who are in good can know it; and they also know from the Word that there is something within which fights against the evil and falsity with them, and that the spiritual man fights against the natural; thus the angels, who are in man's interiors and in his spiritual things, against the evil spirits who are in his exteriors and in his natural things; and it is also from this that the church is called militant. But the evil which flows into the thought from the evil spirits, does the man no harm if he does not receive it; but if he receives it and transfers it from the thought into the will, he makes it his own; and he then goes over to the side of the infernal spirits, and withdraws from the angels of heaven. This is what the Lord teaches when He says that the things which enter into a man do not make him unclean; but the things which go out of him, because these go forth from the heart, that is, from the will (Mark 7:14-23).   Cast into hell 6321. That there is angelic influx, and that without it man cannot live, has been given to know by experience.

In this episode Dr. Allison is joined by Chani Jacobson owner of Sensuous Rhythms, trained in Sensuous Wisdom. Chani creates a space for women to connect and honor their womb and channel their feminine energy.

Episode 164 Notes and Links to Yasmin Ramirez's Work      On Episode 164 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Yasmin Ramirez, and the two discuss, among other things, her early reading and music loves, her unique and powerful relationship with her beloved “Ita,” her family dynamics, teenage rebellion, the power of Nirvana, the power of her classes at UTEP, and issues and themes revolving around her magnificent memoir.      Yasmin Ramirez is a 2021 Martha's Institute of Creative Writing Author Fellow as well as a 2020 recipient of the Woody and Gayle Hunt-Aspen Institute Fellowship Award. Her fiction/CNF works have appeared in Cream City Review and Huizache among others. She is an Associate Professor of English, Creative Writing, and Chicanx Literature at El Paso Community College. She stays active in the Borderplex arts community and serves on the advisory board of BorderSenses, a literary non-profit. Her memoir ¡Ándale, Prieta!, by Lee and Low Books, is now available.              Buy ¡Ándale, Prieta!: A Love Letter to My Family   Yasmin Ramirez's Website   Hip Latina Article about ¡Ándale, Prieta!: A Love Letter to My Family At about 6:50, Yasmin describes the multiple meanings of “Andale, Prieta” in context of her book    At about 7:50, Yasmin shouts out upcoming virtual and in-person Washington Library and Él Paso (UTEP) events, as well as a book club with Las Comadres    At about 8:30, Yasmin highlights her contact and social media info as well as bookstores that she recommends for buying her book   At about 9:55, Yasmin and Pete discuss her early relationships with language and reading   At about 11:55, Yasmin references formative and transformative reading, including some Anne Rice works   At about 14:30, Yasmin responds to Pete's questions about her ideas of representation in being able to read borderland-inspired books; she cites “The Danger of a S   At about 17:35, Pete and Yasmin discuss cliques from their adolescent years and Yasmin's love of Nirvana and music's role in that part of her life   At about 20:00, Yasmin lists some writers she has taught at the college level, like José Olivarez, Luis Alberto Urrea, Maria Hinojosa, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, and Black Flamingo by Dean Atta   At about 22:00, Yasmin notes how a reliance on the unchanging “canon” dissuades students from reading   At about 22:55, Yasmin shouts out memoirists, like Sonya Livingston, Joy Castro, and Nick Flynn, who inspire and thrill her   At about 25:05, Yasmin talks about seeds for the book and how it seemingly had a mind of its own in directing her    At about 26:20, Pete asks Yasmin about the role of Dr. Abarca's UTEP class on food and writing and some of her takeaways from the class and the feedback she received from Lex Wiliford   At about 28:15, Pete notes Yasmin's skill in making her child's POV “authentic” and how her book starts in the “middle” with a resonant line regarding breast cancer and her grandma (“Ita”)   At about 29:30, Yasmin discusses meanings of “prieta,” both in the outside world and in her life   At about 31:50, Pete cites Yasmin as her Ita's “sombra,” and talks about time spent with her as her mom worked “at the bridge”-Yasmin talks about how it “clicked” that her mom had a dangerous job   At about 34:10, Pete asks about what made Yasmin's mom and Ita clash at times   At about 37:10, Pete reads a moving quote from the book that relates to the significance of scars, and Yasmin talks about the genesis of a part of the book that catalogs her Ita's scars    At about 40:00, Yasmin thinks of who might play her Ita in a movie version    At about 40:40, Pete references a particularly personal memory from Yasmin and a beautiful passage about her relationship with her Ita   At about 42:20, Pete notes the power and writerly skill that makes up the last part of the book's Part I; Yasmin gives background on this part and her rationale   At about 45:00, Pete and Yasmin discuss the beginning of the book's Part II and Yasmin describes her “distancing” from her father and “feeding the wrong wolf”   At about 48:15, Yasmin talks about awkward teenage visits to see her father to try to rekindle something    At about 50:00, Yasmin describes her time working in retail in Dallas and the resulting events in El Paso; she describes how everything was “muted” upon her Ita's death   At about 53:40, Yasmin talks about the “hambre de Dios” in context of the book   At about 55:25, Yasmin discusses the “rejuvenation” that came with her return to El Paso   At about 59:25, Yasmin describes the true enthusiasm shown by Lex Wiliford and the ways in which    At about 1:02:50, Yasmin and Pete discuss the “heaviness” from a powerful dream and the significance of Yasmin's mammogram and this revelatory dream   At about 1:06:40, Yasmin describes a future project-YA!-that plays with ideas of music's influence in an adolescent's life    At about 1:08:05, Pete compliments the book's allusions to music that reminds Yasmin of her grandma    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl          Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. 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I've mentioned this book numerous times on the pod. It's fair to say that David Abram's The Spell of the Sensuous and Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass are the two books that really kicked off the idea for In the Weeds. And it feels like time to dig into Spell. All the more so since my current episodes are exploring the question “how did we get here?” Not only how did we materially arrive at our current environmental crisis but how did we, in the West, develop a culture that led to this mess, a culture that separates the human sphere from the natural world?Environmentalists have been debating this question for some time and, as Abram himself acknowledges, there is not just one answer, though he does propose an intriguing one in Spell that I talked about in our last episode:  that the invention of the alphabet might have had something to do with it. To discuss The Spell of the Sensuous, I reached out to Trevien Stanger, instructor of environmental studies and science at St. Michael's College in Vermont and all around smart and thoughtful guy.We examine the two influences that support Abram's shift from a mechanistic to an animist view of the world: phenomenology, a philosophical movement started by the German philosopher Edmund Husserl in the early 20th century, and the teachings of indigenous shamans that Abram encountered during his travels as an itinerant sleight-of-hand magician in Southeast Asia. Most of all, we try to understand what it would mean to experience the world the way that Abram would want us to, as a dynamic and relationally-rich encounter with the more-than-human.There's a lot to unpack and we take our time, so we only get about a third of the way into the book. We will continue our discussion in an upcoming episode.And, yes, I have a cold :)

Hello, Ni Hao, Namaste and Selamat siang (suh-lah-mat see-ahng), to our new listeners in Singapore! The first episode of 2023 brings us a DBG from January 2nd, 1993. This one shall be titled: Punny New Year! We're off to a bad start but Take 2 brings smooth sailing. The Members of the Panel: Mary in Somerville Christopher in Boston Addie Lisa from Topsfield Matt Phipps from Traffic, not working but on the phone Jack Harte working in Traffic And I’m producing and playing in studio Norm has to reach into the Birthday Bag and pull-out names from the week: ‘Jailbird’ Jim Bakker – and boy, do we ‘cook up’ all sorts of jokes Diahann Cannon and we have a ‘blast’ with this. Jane Wyman Tony Bennett Woody Allen Robert Duvall Bonnie Franklin Loretta Young – more pun with this one too! And Kenny Loggins Commercials: Baby Gold Bond – Robin McEntire from Tracey CA and her now comfy, less irritated daughter Lou Innis and his watch allergy for Gold Bond Terrific Thursday’s with WBZ and the NE Aquarium We’ve got a party package full of other silliness: Mary, can you hear me? Sensuous ear wax blowing and eye lash batting Miss Downey, one of Norm’s teachers whom he had lust in his heart for. Realizing we have 12 yr old playing Norm apologizes but Chris doesn’t mind at all. Jack Harte’s School of Cockamamie Touch the radio and be healed! Diahann Cannon’s daughter, Jennifer, is in the Teen Canteen audience There’s an interesting technique on how you can surmise a woman’s age. Religious incantations Liberries on toosday and get some noosepapers An important question is posed: Caledonia, Caldeonia what makes your big head so hard? Gasps and Lulls Christopher woke up from a bad dream three minutes before he called in but will not reveal the details to spare the audience from being frightened. We get a descriptive explanation of Addie’s Birthday Game outfit Selling Plumbing Supplies and Indian Blankets just outside of Fond du Lac, WI Phony affectionate laughs Lisa selling her previous prizes on the black market Norm filling requests for his picture by sending the one that appeared in a 1948 National Geographic. Hanging up on the host Lustful dreams And Norm closes with a very serious article from the California Avocado Media Bureau. However, those in Kansas City and Pittsburgh are not going to be happy about it. Ep 120, Punny New Year, drops to your ears in 3, 2 and 1. patreon.com/normnathanvos

Ron Wakkary is a professor of design at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology in Canada. He is also a professor, holding the Chair of Design for More Than Human-Centered Worlds, in the industrial design department at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.Ron is the founder of the design research studio Everyday Design Studio (EDS). At EDS, he works with Will Odom and an evolving cast of students to produce multi-disciplinary design research that is highly engaged with the practice and craft of design. For UX designers and industrial designers looking for ideas and inspiration from social sciences, humanities, and philosophy executed in design artifacts, the work from EDS is a fantastic resource.Ron recently published the book Things We Could Design: For More Than Human-Centered Worlds via MIT Press. The book packages his research focused on “post-humanist design” rather than human-centered design, bringing non-human stakeholders like nature, climate, and biological diversity into the focus of design methodology.Transcript: https://designdisciplin.com/ron:: Related Links+ Book: Design Research through Practice by Koskinen et al.: https://geni.us/design-research-thr+ Book: Discipline & Punish by Michel Foucault: https://geni.us/discipline-and-punish+ Everyday Design Studio: https://eds.siat.sfu.ca/+ Book: In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki: https://geni.us/in-praise-of-shadows+ Book: Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux: https://geni.us/reinventing-org+ Book: Staying with the Trouble by Donna Haraway: https://geni.us/staying-with-the-troub+ Book: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff: https://geni.us/age-of-surveillance+ Book: The Overstory by Richard Powers: https://geni.us/the-overstory+ Book: The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram: https://geni.us/spell-of-the-sensuous+ Book: Things We Could Design by Ron Wakkary: https://geni.us/things-we-could-design+ Book: Vibrant Matter by Jane Bennett: https://geni.us/vibrant-matter+ Book: What Things Do by Peter-Paul Verbeek: https://geni.us/what-things-doFull list of related links: https://designdisciplin.com/ron :: Connect with Design Disciplin+ Website: http://designdisciplin.com​+ Podcast: http://podcast.designdisciplin.com​+ Instagram: http://instagram.com/designdisciplin/​+ Twitter: http://twitter.com/designdisciplin/​+ YouTube: http://youtube.com/designdisciplin:: Connect with Ron+ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronwakkary+ Everyday Design Studio: http://eds.siat.sfu.ca/:: Episode Bookmarks00:00:00​ Intro00:01:26 Ron's Story00:13:35 Research through Design00:18:54 Ron's Practice00:22:26​ The Core Message in Ron's Book00:27:30 How To Put the Book in Practice00:34:45 "Designer as Biography / Force / Speaking Subject / Intensities and Origins"00:51:57 The Scope of Design vs. Other Disciplines00:58:50 "Nomadic Practice"01:21:55 Book Recommendations 01:27:00 What's Next for Ron01:33:00 Closing

“Letters have power,” Johanna Drucker tells me.  But what is the nature of this power and how did it all begin? Unlike writing, the alphabet was only invented once. Somewhere in Egypt or the Sinai Peninsula, about 4,000 years ago, speakers of a Semitic language adapted Egyptian hieroglyphics to represent the basic phonetic building blocks of their language.  All modern alphabets can be traced back to this origin.Johanna Drucker, Distinguished Professor and Breslauer Professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA, and author of numerous books, including her most recent, Inventing the Alphabet (University of Chicago Press, 2022), talks to me about this fascinating history, from what archeology has uncovered to the alphabet's central role in information technology. We also discuss a theory put forth by David Abram, in his book, The Spell of the Sensuous, that the alphabet opens “a new distance […] between human culture and the rest of nature,” as it turns our powers of perception inward and focuses our attention on human-made sounds and words. Links to some of the things we discuss: Two key archeological sites where inscriptions of the first alphabet have been found:  Serabit el-Khadim and Wadi el-Hol. Sandstone sphinx at the British Museum with Proto-Sinaitic letters. The Acrophonic principle. The Ahiram sarcophogus and shards found in Israel. Unicode. See also in-the-weeds.net.

Hailed as a “blistering new literary voice”, Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish writer and social critic, and the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. Traci talks with Minna following the publication of her new book, Sensuous Knowledge, which was described by Bernadine Evaristo as “intellectual soul food”. Their conversation is a deep, rich and wonderful romp through Minna's muti-faceted identity and how her experiences have shaped her writings on Black feminism, Minna's fresh cultural insights and the need to create space for growth and grappling in today's world.   Episode Timeline [00:09] Intro  [00:57] Meet Minna [2:38] The five(!) languages Minna speaks, and how they have shaped the way she thinks of Black feminism  [10:55] how Blackness is tied to the African American experience [14:50] the impact Minna wants to create through her writing [20:26] Making room for growth and grappling [26:00] Minna's intuitive writing process [43:12] Having ownership of your inner world [45:56] Closing [46:35] Outro Resources Mentioned Sensuous Knowledge (Minna's book)  Standout Quotes “Blackness right now is very much tied to the African American experience and the kind of definitions of Blackness as African Americans. It formulates them. And the way that Blackness would be formulated in a kind of Diasporic sensibility outside of America and in the African continent certainly overlaps and is connected. There would be context, sort of dialectic contexts that are siblings, but there are also differences.” (Minna) “I think the closest analogy to how I feel when I'm writing is a bit like an archaeologist might feel when they're trying to find some very specific object and they have to sort of excavate everything that's in the way and remove obstacles in order to gain the kind of clarity of how they might find their objects.” (Minna) “a personal process of growth is of course completely tied to a collective process of growth.” (Minna) “I also started the blog out of frustration and rage, maybe even because of the state of exclusion that Black women face, especially in the ideas world, which is a world that I very much see myself as contributing to, as well as the kind of feminist theory and feminist activism world.” (Minna) “I think there's this invitation that how we move from our unconscious bias is that we do have to begin to learn a different kind of knowledge and we have to make it a regular practice where we're listening to more stories, the land, people from different viewpoints, our own bodies.” (Traci) “...is wanting to think up or to conjure a way of knowing that is simultaneously utopian and pragmatic. There's a lot of radical ideas in the world, many of which I am really inspired by and thankful for but many that I also can feel are impractical and I sometimes approach more as poems or something to kind of plant a seed of something.” (Minna) “I will say that the inner world and the things that you choose to pay attention to, things that you choose to be preoccupied with. Those are the spaces which have not been taken over… And so it's very important, it's incredibly important that you cater to that space and that you have ownership of that space. And it's by no means a space that isn't full of complex feelings. It's that inner world where joy resides, but also sorrow and suffering. But it's the space you own.” (Minna)     Connect: Find | Sidewalk Talk  At sidewalk-talk.org On Instagram: @sidewalktalkorg On Twitter: @sidewalktalkorg   Find | Traci Ruble At Traciruble.com On Instagram: @TraciRubleMFT On Twitter: @TraciRubleMFT On Facebook: @TraciRubleMFT   Find | Minna Salami At https://msafropolitan.com/  On Instagram: @minnasalami_    SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST On Apple Podcasts On Google Podcasts On Spotify

Today's show is a real treat! It's a rich conversation about being grounded and using divination as a tool. We discuss those things and much more with our exciting guest. Join us! Téo Montoya is a human design analyst, metamodern myth mender, and indigenous futurist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is also an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas. His work focuses on synthesizing cosmological and spiritual systems, myths, archetypes, and modalities to find ways of supporting an emerging world in crisis through human development, ecological literacy, and reciprocity with our more-than-human kin. In today's conversation, Téo explains myth mending and the concept of meta-modernism, along with indigenous futurism, how he defines it, and why it's important in this day and age. His work is important because it is on the leading edge of where we go from this current time of ecological and social crisis.    Show Highlights: A brief overview of how Téo's spiritual path unfolded, thanks in part to his unusual mentor of ten years How understanding human design brought an understanding of the different ways of being human and conscious Why Téo's work and focus falls between the esoteric and the practical spaces Why the current “meaning crisis” is contributing to a psychological health crisis Why we need myths and systems that help us understand who we are and where we fit into the complexity of our world How we move through developmental stages of an intersubjective understanding of reality The difference in modernism, postmodernism, and meta-modernism The work of myth mending in helping people rebuild their meaning-making muscles The basics of human design, which is a synthesis of multiple modalities that helps people bring their fullness into the world A look at Téo's chart and what it shows for him The interesting space of being “in-between” spirituality and practicality How Téo explains indigenous futurism as a narrative blueprint for the future How we can remain hopeful and aware of the infinite possibilities for the future, even in the midst of the terrible things around us How the incarnation cross in human design is our energetic purpose in the world Hear Téo's answers to rapid-fire questions about helpful advice, grounding habits, favorite hot beverage, last meal on earth, morning routine, favorite books, and what's bringing him joy right now.   Resources:   Connect with Téo: https://archaicremnant.com/ ( Website) orhttps://www.instagram.com/arch.remnant/?hl=en ( Instagram)   Books mentioned: https://amzn.to/3RIMAay (The Spell of the Sensuous) by David Abram https://amzn.to/3AZnJcY (Dune )by Frank Herbert Walking the Clouds by Grace L. Dillon https://www.amazon.com/Building-Cathedral-Answering-Metamodern-Spirituality/dp/B0915PKWBY/ (Building the Cathedral) by Sadie Alwyn Moon  Connect with me: Are you an online business owner? Join my free Facebook group:https://streaklinks.com/BFaTM91w8CwJaq0TKg5JvfKU/https://m.facebook.com/groups/weaveyourbusinessbliss/ ( Weave Your Business Bliss). Learn more and book a call forhttps://streaklinks.com/BFaTM9529pznqZZhTwLnssU1/https://www.weaveyourbliss.com/work-with-me ( Vedic Business Coaching.) Limited spots are still available!https://streaklinks.com/BFaTM91FRcDAcJaAKwwTtPRH/https://weaveyourbliss.as.me/discoverycall ( Book a call.) Join my intimate high-touch container Your Magnetic Blueprint in September! https://streaklinks.com/BFaTM91FRcDAcJaAKwwTtPRH/https://weaveyourbliss.as.me/discoverycall (Book a call.) $200 off and a 6-part payment plan this month only.

Today we will be speaking with EWP adjunct faculty Sophia Reinders, about her academic and personal journey from phenomenology, to Jungian depth psychology, expressive arts and eco-arts therapy to ecopsychology and evolutionary cosmology. She shares with us the life changing experience of discovering her earth soul at the depth and as the depth of the psyche, embedded in earth. This led her to a deep and passionate exploration of the intricate intertwinement of the human community with the more than human earth and all its life forms. The felt-sense of this encompassing perspective now finds expression in her teaching and her pedagogy as a scholar-practitioner. Drawing on the ecological imagination and guiding students in multimodal practices of creative embodiment, she encourages a shift away from a human-centered towards an earth-cherishing consciousness within which to consider and experience the realm of the human, be this within or beyond academic pursuits. Sophia asks us to think about our senses as a “palette of embodied languages”. Multi-modal sensory awareness, she says, deepens our experience of aliveness and discloses perception as participation with the earth. She sees participatory perception as a form of holistic, embodied understanding in which feeling, intuiting, imagining, thinking and visioning come together and enrich both academic and non-academic pursuits. To end the podcast, Sophia guides Stephen and I through a sensory awareness practice, opening us to experience how every act of perception is a creative practice, and the transformative power of cultivating an alchemical reciprocity between psyche and nature, awakening to a deeper embodied knowing. Sophia Reinders PhD, MFT, REAT is the founding Director of the WisdomBody Institute for Creative Psychotherapy and Expressive Arts, http://www.wisdombody.com She is Adjunct Senior Lecturer in East-West Psychology, School of Consciousness and Transformation at CIIS and instructor at the Sky Mountain Institute of Expressive Arts and Eco-Arts Therapy in San Diego. https://www.skymountain.org Her research interests and teaching revolve around embodied ecopsychology, strengthening the awareness of the human-earth intertwinement; creative Eco-Arts dreamwork, and the felt-sense experience of evolutionary cosmology, evoked and deepened through embodied multimodal creative practices. Her recent publications include The Sensuous Kinship of Body and Earth. In Ecopsychology. VOL. 9 NO. 1 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/eco.2016.0035 Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP adjunct faculty, program manager) and Jonathan Kay (PhD student, EWP assistant) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Today we will be speaking with EWP adjunct faculty Sophia Reinders, about her academic and personal journey from phenomenology, to Jungian depth psychology, expressive arts and eco-arts therapy to ecopsychology and evolutionary cosmology. She shares with us the life changing experience of discovering her earth soul at the depth and as the depth of the psyche, embedded in earth. This led her to a deep and passionate exploration of the intricate intertwinement of the human community with the more than human earth and all its life forms. The felt-sense of this encompassing perspective now finds expression in her teaching and her pedagogy as a scholar-practitioner. Drawing on the ecological imagination and guiding students in multimodal practices of creative embodiment, she encourages a shift away from a human-centered towards an earth-cherishing consciousness within which to consider and experience the realm of the human, be this within or beyond academic pursuits. Sophia asks us to think about our senses as a “palette of embodied languages”. Multi-modal sensory awareness, she says, deepens our experience of aliveness and discloses perception as participation with the earth. She sees participatory perception as a form of holistic, embodied understanding in which feeling, intuiting, imagining, thinking and visioning come together and enrich both academic and non-academic pursuits. To end the podcast, Sophia guides Stephen and I through a sensory awareness practice, opening us to experience how every act of perception is a creative practice, and the transformative power of cultivating an alchemical reciprocity between psyche and nature, awakening to a deeper embodied knowing. Sophia Reinders PhD, MFT, REAT is the founding Director of the WisdomBody Institute for Creative Psychotherapy and Expressive Arts, http://www.wisdombody.com She is Adjunct Senior Lecturer in East-West Psychology, School of Consciousness and Transformation at CIIS and instructor at the Sky Mountain Institute of Expressive Arts and Eco-Arts Therapy in San Diego. https://www.skymountain.org Her research interests and teaching revolve around embodied ecopsychology, strengthening the awareness of the human-earth intertwinement; creative Eco-Arts dreamwork, and the felt-sense experience of evolutionary cosmology, evoked and deepened through embodied multimodal creative practices. Her recent publications include The Sensuous Kinship of Body and Earth. In Ecopsychology. VOL. 9 NO. 1 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/eco.2016.0035 Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP adjunct faculty, program manager) and Jonathan Kay (PhD student, EWP assistant) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we will be speaking with EWP adjunct faculty Sophia Reinders, about her academic and personal journey from phenomenology, to Jungian depth psychology, expressive arts and eco-arts therapy to ecopsychology and evolutionary cosmology. She shares with us the life changing experience of discovering her earth soul at the depth and as the depth of the psyche, embedded in earth. This led her to a deep and passionate exploration of the intricate intertwinement of the human community with the more than human earth and all its life forms. The felt-sense of this encompassing perspective now finds expression in her teaching and her pedagogy as a scholar-practitioner. Drawing on the ecological imagination and guiding students in multimodal practices of creative embodiment, she encourages a shift away from a human-centered towards an earth-cherishing consciousness within which to consider and experience the realm of the human, be this within or beyond academic pursuits. Sophia asks us to think about our senses as a “palette of embodied languages”. Multi-modal sensory awareness, she says, deepens our experience of aliveness and discloses perception as participation with the earth. She sees participatory perception as a form of holistic, embodied understanding in which feeling, intuiting, imagining, thinking and visioning come together and enrich both academic and non-academic pursuits. To end the podcast, Sophia guides Stephen and I through a sensory awareness practice, opening us to experience how every act of perception is a creative practice, and the transformative power of cultivating an alchemical reciprocity between psyche and nature, awakening to a deeper embodied knowing. Sophia Reinders PhD, MFT, REAT is the founding Director of the WisdomBody Institute for Creative Psychotherapy and Expressive Arts, http://www.wisdombody.com She is Adjunct Senior Lecturer in East-West Psychology, School of Consciousness and Transformation at CIIS and instructor at the Sky Mountain Institute of Expressive Arts and Eco-Arts Therapy in San Diego. https://www.skymountain.org Her research interests and teaching revolve around embodied ecopsychology, strengthening the awareness of the human-earth intertwinement; creative Eco-Arts dreamwork, and the felt-sense experience of evolutionary cosmology, evoked and deepened through embodied multimodal creative practices. Her recent publications include The Sensuous Kinship of Body and Earth. In Ecopsychology. VOL. 9 NO. 1 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/eco.2016.0035 Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP adjunct faculty, program manager) and Jonathan Kay (PhD student, EWP assistant) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Suzanne and Alexandra Stockwell talk about the deep sensuality that is possible in marriage and committed relationships. And how to keep it burning ever deeper! Today's show begins with a quick dive into some alarming but important statistics from my blog about the need to take vacation time. Because you deserve it! You deserve intimacy, too. In fact, we all do. But how often do we get true intimacy in life—especially if we're mostly focused on trying to get it all done? Dr. Alexandra Stockwell teaches us how to have ‘uncompromising intimacy' in relationships, and how to cultivate truly sensual intimate relationships.   NOTE: If you suffer from any kind of perfectionism or performance anxiety—this one's for you! Among other things, I learned:   Why extremely busy women in particular need and struggle with intimacy Where performance anxiety fits in to all of this Why does passion fade with time? How do we know if there is more passion available to us? What about using cannabis and alcohol around sex? How communication fits in with all of this   Whether your attached or single, there is much to learn here. It's a moving, useful conversation about living in deeper, richer, more delicious sensuality. Viva intimacy! Take care, Suzanne   LINKS Get your free gift from AG1—and power up your nutrition! athleticgreens.com/BUSYWOMEN Suzanne's essay, Some Shocking News About Why You Really Need That Vacation https://suzannefalter.com/self-care/some-shocking-news-about-why-you-really-need-that-vacation-2/ Alexandra's website https://www.alexandrastockwell.com/ Alexandra's Facebook group, called The Intimate Marriage https://www.facebook.com/groups/hotmarriage Alexandra's show: www.theintimatemarriagepodcast.com The You Are Not Broken podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-are-not-broken/id1495710329 BIO Known as “The Intimacy Doctor,” Dr. Alexandra is an Intimate Marriage Expert who specializes in coaching couples to build beautiful, long-lasting, passionate relationships. She is the bestselling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy” and host of The Intimate Marriage Podcast. Dr. Alexandra has been featured in the Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, USAToday, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider, thriveglobal, mindbodygreen, FOX NEWS NYC, and Disruptors Magazine recently named her one of “30 Inspiring Women to Watch in 2022.”  

We match up Ben Stein, a communications manager for a public policy think tank in Ohio. Ben's on the hunt for some smart nonfiction, and tells us a bit about how his MFA program changed him and what it's like to take up the ukelele. The guest: Ben Stein The picks: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Calamities by Renee Gladman Seek You by Kristen Radke The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib Musicophilia by Oliver Sachs Where to find us: Find our show online at blinddatewithabookpod.com and @bookmeetcute on Twitter and Instagram. You can sign up for our newsletter here, where we send out bonus recs for subscribers! Please follow and tell us all the books you've fallen in love with recently. This Episode's Featured Bookstores: Wild Geese Bookshop in Franklin, Indiana Fulton Street Books in Tulsa, OK The Dundee Book Company in Omaha, NE Where to find us: Twitter Instagram For More Information

Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer. Her book How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, was just released in paperback. Jenny and I speak about what "doing nothing" actually means and how we can work to resist capitalist value structures that demand we consume and produce in order to stay relevant and valuable in society. We also discuss how to carve out authentic and enjoyable ways to be creative without falling victim to the culture of productivity, and share our thoughts on social media & tips for navigating the realm of self-promotion in a way that honors our humanness and doesn't force us to become "a brand". Find Jenny at at jennyodell.com and on Twitter. Jenny's book recommendations: The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Songs featured: "I Can't Sleep" by Oliver Tank, "Shorty Don't Wait" by A Great Big World, "Chill or Be Chilled" by The Polish Ambassador feat. Nitty Scott and and off the cuff guitar lick by my dear Patron Axel, recorded in his new home. Interested in participating in the Lunar Circle? Visit anyakaats.com/lunarcircle for more information and to enroll.  How to support the show: Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Support my work on Patreon and get access to perks like an exclusive Discord Server, a book club just for patrons, shirts + stickers, playlists, and curated workshops led by myself, fellow Patrons and former guests of the podcast. Visit my website - AnyaKaats.com & Find me on Instagram Get full access to A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World at anyakaats.substack.com/subscribe