Have the words, “Look on the bright side!” ever helped you? Advice like this can be more damaging than helpful. The journey towards healing has never been straightforward. Although it's useful to maintain an optimistic outlook, you also have to allow yourself to feel negativity, seek acceptance, and find the strength to come home to your true self with kindness.
In today's episode, Christine Gutierrez will share the importance of understanding the two facets of healing and why feeling your negative emotions is much better than ignoring it altogether. She will also discuss her spiritual journey, the value of kindness and healthy love, working with women of color, and using tools to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Christine will also talk to us about her new book, I Am Diosa, and how it can help people from different walks of life.
If you're on your journey back to your true self, especially in these crucial times, this episode is for you.
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[04:13] “Working with the goddess, working with Diosa, for me was a moment of realizing that there was a divine face of God. That there was a feminine divine face.”
[06:06] “It was a coming to of my own cultural confidence of being like, it doesn't matter what anyone says, this is my work. And this is going to resonate with who it's meant to resonate with.”
[08:53] “There is no bad or good emotion. There are more difficult emotions to process, of course, and it's about giving ourselves the space to say, ‘Hey, I'm feeling bad. I'm having a shitty day.’”
[17:52] “This is not a simple before and after, right? I'm a living, breathing woman with a sea of emotions, right? I rise and fall like the tide. So therefore that means that I'm allowing myself to constantly look at the places where I can deepen both my healing and my joy.”
[26:02] “I think one of the biggest pieces that we can give ourselves is allowing ourselves to accept and acknowledge that these are some crazy times and that you're not alone.”
Christine Gutierrez is a licensed therapist, self-esteem coach, and inspirational speaker. She has recently written a book called I Am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to Soul.
If you want to connect with Christina, you may visit her website and Instagram page.
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Traveling is a joyful exercise when you need inspiration and a break from your routine. Your ability or inability to move impacts your creativity. With the current travel restrictions and civil unrest around the world, no one is immune from getting feelings of uncertainty and anxiety during these trying times.
In today’s episode, Meera Lee Patel gives us a glimpse into her creative process when writing her book, My Friend Fear. She tells us how the pandemic and her pregnancy affected her creative flow. She also shares her stories of overcoming fear by feeling at home with herself, no matter where she is.
If you feel stuck physically, emotionally, and mentally, this episode is for you!
[04:55] “When I open myself up to the world, when I'd let somebody see me for who I was, not for who I thought they wanted me to be, I was welcomed.”
[16:55] “In order to be creative and make the work, you need time alone. So much of being a creative is solitude.”
[19:13] “Whatever was cycling in your head and giving you such anxiety, maybe that is a very small part of life and your life and a very small part of what is affecting you in this grander scheme.”
[26:51] “Something that helps me always with my anxiety is remembering that the way I feel right now is temporary. Just like everything else in life, this moment is temporary, and it’s going to pass, and it won’t be like this forever.”
[29:14] “Losing control, and letting go of control, and learning to be okay with that has been really freeing. Instead of making me more anxious that anything can go wrong, instead it makes me feel like, ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen. And that means that there is a lot of possibility.’”
Meera Lee Patel is an illustrator and writer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Coming from Brooklyn, she began working as an editor at a publishing company after graduating with degrees in English and Journalism & Media Studies. A self-taught artist, her stationery and gift line are inspired by nature and her home country, India.
She published three journals, namely, Start Where You Are, Made Out of Stars, and Create Your Own Calm. Her works encourage self-exploration and help build a practice of introspection through art. Her book My Friend Fear features Meera’s reflections about her fears, thoughtful questions on creativity, and beautiful watercolor paintings.
If you want to connect with Meera, follow her on Instagram and Twitter or visit her website.
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Ancient teachings still exist today because the wisdom they carry is timeless. Modern interpretations are made by philosophers and teachers so that we can understand the books better using familiar language and context. In this unprecedented time of COVID-19, life goes on, and these lessons are more relevant than ever to apply to our daily practices.
In today's episode, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor will provide insights on the Bhagavad Gita—a text widely considered to have influenced yoga, especially in Eastern philosophy. Richard and Mary are eminent yogic teachers who will discuss what it means to wake up to your intelligence to live a balanced life. They will also share their travel experiences as a manifestation of how it feels to be radically loved.
If you feel stuck in your mindfulness practice and want to bring wisdom into it, this episode is for you!
[14:07] “It’s a way of learning to look at context. You see things and to look at all the different religious manifestations and to see through them, to what they’re actually trying to accomplish rather than let your ego buy into some formula that makes you superior to others.”
[28:01] “Life is a wave pattern. If you can ride those waves with the ability at any instant to engage, that would be amazing.”
[34:55] “It's an important time to be kind to yourself and to be really careful. And not to be so dogmatic that you become more tight or tuned out from the Other.”
[35:48] “When there’s this genuine sense of connectedness and a genuine concern for the world, the environment, etc, then that’s when it starts to stabilize enough that we take the context of what’s going on and we help see each other see what we can do.”
[38:07] “If you feel like you've been injured by someone else or by a situation and you respond, take the moment, even in just a flash, to really see if your motivation for your action is in line with bigger intentions in life, say, the intention to relieve suffering. Are your motivations self-serving more than they are truly in line with your intention?”
Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor are yoga teachers based in Boulder, Colorado. They teach public classes and frequently travel as guest instructors at studios worldwide.
Richard has produced many instructional videos on yoga asana, philosophy, breathing, and chanting. Mary has written three cookbooks. She also teaches within the caregiver and hospital setting as a member of the core faculty of the Being with Dying program at the Upaya Zen Center.
Richard and Mary have written two books together, namely The Art of Vinyasa and, most recently, When Love Comes to Light, both under Shambala Publications. They also appear in online communities that teach yoga, meditation, and wellness practice to help students navigate challenging life experiences.
If you want to connect with Richard and Mary, visit their website.
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For some people, grief can be paralyzing. Pain can affect our outlook in life and our ability to accomplish day-to-day tasks. In some instances, it takes months or years before people move on from it. However, for some, grief is an effective stepping stone to productivity and healing.
In today’s episode, Alicia “Ace” Easter talks about how she channeled her grief into yoga, a form of healing that worked for her. Ace shares how being a yoga instructor changed her life and is now something she has incorporated in her daily routine. Ace also talks about what she has learned during quarantine, things you can start doing while you are stuck at home, and how you can use your voice as a form of activism.
If you are in grief and finding it hard to be productive in these trying times, this episode is for you!
[10:23] “Each and every day, plant the seed of faith. And then just keep going. Plant the seed; trust the seed; don't worry about how it's going to happen, how it's all going to work out.”
[19:24] “Go with what you know right now. Go with what feels like breathing to you right now, and that is your form of activism.”
[24:23] “I can still be strong, and I can still be vulnerable, and I can still be brave at the same time when asking for help.”
[27:12] “I learned that my voice is powerful. My voice is beyond this realm, and my light and my gift is beyond. And I'm here to be a teacher and stop shying away from that, stop hiding from my gifts.”
[34:11] “I don't have it all figured out, and neither do you. And that's okay. There's beauty in not having it all figured out because, if you have it all figured out, then what else is there for you to do?”
Alicia “Ace” Easter was raised in Atlanta, traveled around the United States, and landed in Los Angeles as a yoga instructor. Ace teaches yoga and meditation classes and is also a Reiki healer. She also hosts the I AM FREE workshops throughout California.
If you want to connect with Ace, visit her website. You can also reach out to her on Twitter and Instagram.
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The road to spiritual healing can be difficult. There will be moments where giving up will seem like a more attractive option. But no matter the challenge, you must find things that would make you feel free. Finding and knowing your source of joy is the first step on the road to happiness. Through joy and healing, you can let go of things which destroy you.
Sah D’Simone joins us in this episode to help us understand the importance of choosing the right path for you. Every person's path to inner peace and finding themselves will be different. Some might find solace in science. Others discover joy through prayer, religion, or meditation.
Tune in and learn why you should commit to an outlet that makes you shine rather than suppresses your true self.
[15:53] “As we start to feel better, the natural impulse of the heart is to serve.”
[37:11] “Be consistent to what's unfamiliar.
[37:39] “To do something different, to go out of your way to choose to drink more water, to choose to sit down, to concentrate your mind, to breathe in a way that's healing, to eat in a way that supports your awakening— all the things that we talked about. It takes a little bit of devotional discipline. But I got to tell you guys, I'm sitting here today because of that devotional discipline.”
[46:37] “The problem is the sense of urgency that we want things to happen right in this moment. And if it doesn't, then I am miserable.”
[50:38] “Whatever you're wanting to do, just go to a path where your best qualities are developed, and your worst qualities are removed.”
Sah D’Simone is a spiritual guide, meditation teacher, and a transformational speaker. He is also known as an international best-selling author and the pioneer of the Spiritually Sassy healing movement. Sah continues to infect his audience with enthusiasm by incorporating ancient Tantric Buddhism, modern psychology, meditation, and nutrition to help people heal.
To learn more about Sah’s work, visit his website. You may also connect with him on Instagram and TikTok
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