Free Your Soma with Aimee Takaya

In today’s episode, I’m excited to host Tricia Takvorian, a women's trauma-informed life coach who guides women beyond mindset tools to reconnect with their bodies through the transformative practice of somatic yoga.

Tricia Takvorian takes us through: 

• The importance of accessing the hidden world beneath our mindset through yoga to return to our true selves.

• Her personal journey with yoga, starting in her early 20s after a breakup. 

• The importance of embracing somatic healing alongside mindset tools to fully address the root causes of our issues.

• The power of somatic yoga and how it helps access the hidden world and reconnect with one's true self.

• Trauma, as defined from a somatic perspective and it’s impact on our bodies and patterns in life.

• The importance of integrating mindset tools with somatic healing for a deeper and more holistic approach to healing and personal growth.

Tricia Takvorian is a certified trauma-informed life coach, embodiment leader, and somatic healer. She has spent the last decade dedicated to doing her own inner work of healing limiting beliefs, emotional blocks, and conditioned patterns, as well as studying the tools/modalities to help support her clients through their own journey of healing and transformation. She helps women go beyond mindset tools, reconnect with their body’s innate wisdom + power, and experience freedom from within. Get free with T and follow her on Instagram at @triciatakvorian. DM Tricia the word “FREEDOM” to set up a FREE clarity call to see if working together feels like a right fit. Website: Triciatakvorian.com

Email: Triciatakvorian@gmail.com

Water therapy can really help with healing from past traumas or old hurts by helping your body let go of built-up stress and tension, both physically and emotionally. 

It typically involves immersion in warm water, allowing individuals to experience a profound sense of relaxation and safety. 

Kim Yureta's journey exemplifies how this therapeutic approach helped her overcome past traumas and addiction. Through her experience with water release therapy, Kim found a pathway to self-compassion and love, leading to a transformative experience.

In today’s podcast episode, Kim takes us through:

• Her holistic approach to recovery and how it focuses on somatic works.

• Her journey as a massage therapist, where she discovered her passion for bodywork. 

• Her path of personal healing and growth through her transformative and holistic work.

• Her journey as a massage therapist and how she became interested in it at a midwife's clinic

• How she found healing from past traumas and addiction through Rolfing and water release therapy.

• How water release therapy became a catalyst for her journey towards self-compassion and love.

• Her experience with ADHD and how working out can help with mental health.

• How she set boundaries and channeled her energy toward helping others despite challenges such as scoliosis and familial influences.

• The importance of experiencing joy and nourishment in the body and shifting the focus from external appearance to internal well-being.

And so much more!

Kim Ureta is a Certified Rolfer ® LMT, WRT Water Release Therapy® Practitioner Author, and Yoga & the 12 steps leader who is dedicated to helping people overcome addiction naturally.

Drawing from her own recovery journey, she aims to free individuals from "Escape-alcoholism," or the cycle of escaping feelings. Kim believes in safe emotional processing using holistic tools to support brain chemistry, stress resilience, and the ability to feel without fear.

Her expertise in bodywork adds a physical dimension to her holistic approach, aligning both body and mind in the recovery process. Her mission is to help others find comfort inside themselves, relieving physical and emotional pain so that each person can feel whole and can have purpose.

Come, let's discuss holistic tools to support your clients to identify emotions, relieve physical discomforts, and find spiritual connection in their lives.

Connect with Kim on her website

www.kimureta.com

Many women feel disconnected from their bodies, especially their vulva and vagina. This disconnection can stem from societal taboos, lack of comprehensive education, or even medical experiences that prioritize diagnosis over holistic well-being.

Carly Beaudry, a womb continuum midwife and manual therapist, explains how developing a "felt sense" experience involves cultivating awareness and understanding of bodily sensations, emotions, and needs.

This practice empowers women to tune into their reproductive organs, fostering a deeper connection and promoting overall well-being.

In today’s episode, Carly Beaudry takes us through:
-The disconnection women feel in their bodies.
-How to develop a felt sense experience in their body through touch
-Her journey to specializing in female pelvic work and birth
-How she serves women's bodies by educating them on taking care of their intimate areas and internal organs.
-The rise in C-section rates and the lack of trust in women's bodies during childbirth and its significance.
-Why women should focus on their, somatic, intellectual and physical education to prepare for childbirth and tend to their physiology.

And so much more!

Carly Rae is a female physiology sage, a ceremonial bodyworker since 2005, specializing in hands-on, hands-on pelvic work. Now, half of Carly’s life has been devoted to learning hands-on hands-on in healing arts. With training in Rolfing Structural Integration, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Somatic Sex Education, Visceral Therapy, Full Spectrum Birthwork, and numerous continuing education courses in scar tissue work, trauma-informed somatic therapy, organ + pelvic specific therapy, Carly has weaved her 18 years of education and experienced into her unique expression of this work.

Carly is a guide into the depths of the female terrain, anatomy, and physiology. She walks with women from womb to tomb, exploring the layers of their flesh, feminine nature, and primal bodies. Walking with women back home to their bodies' truth.

Follow her on Instagram @carlyraebeaudry

Somatic education guides us toward differentiation, integration, and transcendence. All these integrated are key to discerning and distinguishing different aspects of oneself, paving the way for deeper self-awareness and understanding. Today, I'm excited to explore the transformative world of somatic education alongside Lawrence Gold. He takes us through his unique approach, where he integrates somatic principles into psychological states and creative capacities, providing a holistic framework for personal growth and self-discovery. In this particular episode, Lawrence takes us through: - His unique perspective on somatic education and its applications. - Key Stages in his approach: Differentiation, integration, and transcendence. - How differentiation through discerning and distinguishing different aspects of oneself, paves the way for deeper self-awareness and understanding. - Integration and how it leads to unexpected outcomes and novel perspectives. - How transcendence leads to a process of awakening and growth. - How to explore the uncomfortable space of facing the unknown, the "zone of incomprehensibility."  - Embracing change and growth And so much more!  Trained in 1990 by the originator of Hanna Somatic Education, Thomas Hanna, Lawrence Gold worked on-staff in the movement rehab department of the Wellness & Rehabilitation Center of Watsonville Community Hospital in California from 1997 - 1999. He began his discipline of personal development at age 16 when he participated in the human potential movement by attending workshops at Esalen Institute, followed by the practice of yoga, rolfing, the best training, and other developmental influences, training, and coursework. As a writer in the field of somatics, he integrates multiple disciplines such as healthcare, spiritual development, human development, the social sciences, politics, and other areas of interest, showcased in the blog Full-Spectrum Somatics , and in his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/Lawrence9Gold).

So much of what we experience culturally and what is happening in the larger scope of the world today can feel indigestible. Especially if we seek to handle it mentally. Being able to metabolize the suffering, dysfunction, and pain of the world is better attempted through our whole body and beingness.

Today, I’m incredibly excited to host Toni Nagy, a comedian, and dancer who harnesses the playful power of interpretive dance to navigate deep and often heavy topics with both sincerity and humor. 

In this fun and casual conversation, Toni Nagy takes us through:

- Her innovative artistic expression through the comedy of interpretive dance.

- How she discovered the power of movement in a countercultural environment, contrasting with her sports-oriented upbringing.

-How starting dance later in life and being “bad” offered its own benefits

- How she marries interpretive dance with political and social commentary in her comedy routines to create a unique and engaging form of artistic expression.

- How she views the realm of somatics from her unique perspective.

- Her “inner masculinity” and how she channels that into her comedy and as a helpful tool in her personal life...

-parenting tips, astrology snacks, and so much more!

Toni Nagy is a stand-up comedian and content creator most known for her viral videos where she interpretive dances her philosophies while pontificating, gyrating, and questioning culture.

She has 600,000 followers across her social media platforms, not that she's counting or anything. Her comedy is quasi–radical, pseudo-philosophical, somewhat existential, and mostly funny.

Observing Toni’s work is like micro-dosing shrooms, but then an hour later, wondering, "wait... was that actually a macro-dose!?" She's directed and acted in numerous films and written multiple award-winning screenplays, and is the founder of Cavelight Productions. Nagy has performed stand-up at the Comedy Store in LA, Flappers LA, Elysian Theater LA, Greenwich Village Comedy Club NY, the Improv Boston, Laugh Boston, Next Stage Theater Vermont, the Palm Springs Comedy Festival, and the infamous "Sweet" show at the Chelsea Music Hall in NYC.

The Broadway Comedy NYC club twice voted her “Best New Comedian.” She is currently on a national tour performing a two-person multi-disciplinary comedy show with her 13-year-old daughter entitled “Go To Your Womb!” It’s like a PG-13 acid trip you’ll later want to process with your therapist.

She is also on tour with her one-person show “Men, Come Inside of Me,” a comedy show during which she embodies all the men that have come inside of her, both metaphorically and literally. Toni relates to the men that have come inside of her and connects to them on a heart, soul, and genital level. Her effort to uncover these men is entwined with her desire to understand them, as well as herself. Social Media https://www.tiktok.com/@toni.nagy https://www.instagram.com/toninagy/ https://www.facebook.com/toninagycomedy Websites https://www.toninagy.com/ https://cavelightproductions.com/

Navigating the dating world can feel awkward. Often, both men and women are filled with uncertainty, confusion, and sometimes heartache.

We live in an era dominated by digital communication and fleeting connections, making the quest for genuine intimacy and meaningful relationships challenging. 

Today, I host Kevin Chinn, a digital entrepreneur, problem solver, and dating coach who offers insight and powerful solutions to men grappling with the complexities of modern dating.

In this insightful episode, Kevin Chinn takes us through: -His journey of growth, transformation, and learning to be a human being. -Importance of basic social skills and the fundamentals of human interaction and emotional connection in today's dating landscape. -How his interest in spirituality was sparked by his mother's battle with breast cancer. -His early experiences with heavy, existential concepts and how they shaped his young mind -The ways in which he overcame his struggles with depression, addiction, and anxiety. -The practice of conscious dating, self-awareness, and understanding others to foster deeper connections. -Insights into his various niches, all rooted in his desire to help people overcome challenges and grow. And so much more! Kevin Chinn is a Social Scientist × Modern Day "Hitch" - Dating Was Awkward, I Made It Simple.

Take the Masculinity Quiz: Find Out How Attractive You Are To Women: https://datescience.mykajabi.com/signup)

Follow on IG @date.science

In our human experience, we get to uncover universal truths about resilience, self-compassion, and the enduring quest for meaning in life. Whether it’s childhood trauma, PTSD, alcoholic addiction, or going on a seeking path wondering why you feel so different in this world, seeking somatic awakening and connecting with your inner self can help you find liberation. I’m excited to host Brad Wetzler who emphasizes finding beauty and peace amidst the struggle of internal healing.  In this episode, we explore: -Brad's journey back to his body after being overmedicated and struggling with CPTSD -His book "Into the Soul of the World" as a memoir about his journey -Complexities of addiction and the impact of medications on an individual -Use of somatic practices for overcoming trauma and PTSD -Reconnecting with oneself and finding a path toward source, spirit, and God And much more! Brad Wetzler is an author, journalist, and teacher. He began his writing and publishing career serving as an editor at Outside magazine, where he worked with some of America’s finest nonfiction writers.

He later turned in his editor’s pen for a writer’s and traveled the world writing about adventure and exploration, business, politics, the environment, sports, and wellness. 

In midlife, after recovering from a long, debilitating depression, he became a certified yoga teacher and began exploring and writing about our inner landscape: psychology, spirituality, meditation, and yoga. He coaches writers to tell the story of their lives in a memoir.  Website: bradwetzler.com Instagram: @bradwetzler   Twitter: @bradwetzler    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bradwetzlerwriter/

In the typical busy life, where stress and anxiety often reign supreme, the quest for inner peace and healing has become a profound necessity for many. As we navigate the complexities of our minds and bodies, the search for effective healing modalities has led to the forefront of somatic practices and holistic approaches to mental health. Through insightful conversations and personal stories, we explore how somatic experiences can unlock the keys to emotional regulation, resilience, and profound healing. In this insightful episode, we discuss: -Her journey through mental health issues and substance abuse into self-healing somatics -Somatic attachment therapy and trauma-informed breathwork -The integration of mind, body, and spirit in healing -How childhood experiences influence adult behaviors and relationships -Bottom-up approach to healing -Building safety and emotional release and so much more! After getting her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, Meleah decided to pursue her own path where she could bridge the worlds of holistic health, psychology & somatics. Her mission is to give the world the tools they need to self-heal so they can experience more peace, freedom & life transformation. Come follow along on Instagram. For a FREE Transformational Breathwork session, send Meleah a DM on Instagram with the word “BREATHWORK,” and she’ll send you a link to a breathwork session inside of her Somatic Self-Healers membership! You can reach Meleah on IG at: www.instagram.com/meleah.rose

Flower essences and botanical energies are somatic in nature and often offer a variety of benefits for our human soma!

Saewon Oh shares about the intimate connection with plants that is possible and offers a path to healing, self-discovery, and profound transformation.

In this episode, we explore:

-a larger definition of Soma and Plant Medicine

-human connection with the earth

-the subtle bodies of plants and how they interact with our human Soma

-flower essences and vibrational medicine

-the somatic and psychic experience of working with plants

-connecting with oneself before connecting with plants

and so much more!!

Saewon is an essence maker, subtle energy worker, healing artist, and founder of Sun Song, an embodied research lab for plant collaboration, earth-based healing, and vibrational flower essence therapy.

Follow her on:

Instagram: @_sunsong_

Website: ⁠shop-sunsong.com

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Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education and The Radiance Program at

www.freeyoursoma.com

Most people, including doctors, physical therapists and even yoga teachers don't actually know HOW to get tight contracted muscles to effortlessly lengthen.

When Beth and I lived and worked together as Bikram Yoga Teacher in Indonesia back in 2014, we didn't know this was neurophysiologically possible. As a yoga teacher, Beth was versed in anatomical challenges such as hyper mobility because of her own personal experience with it. When we met in 2014, I was in the throws of a identity crisis that stemmed from living in chronic pain that my yoga practice did not seem to resolve. Coming to terms with my hyper-mobility and the fact that I had continuously been injuring myself for the sake of "the fetishization of flexibility" was a huge ego blow that I was contending with on a daily basis. Beth was a great mentor and support to me during this time.

Flash forward to 2022 when Beth and I began to recconnect over social media because I had actually found a POWERFUL answer to my bendy, injury prone and painful body.

When Beth joined the winter 2022 round of Radiance I was pleased to be able to give back to her in a rich and lifelong way with this incredible somatics practice.

Now Beth uses the incredible skills that she learned in my program every day with her clients. She has used the method to resolve her chronic neck and shoulder pain and SO MUCH MORE.

In this fun, and thoughtful interview we explore:

-Our careers as former Bikram Yoga Teachers and the problem with yoga that isn't adequately personalized.

-Hyper-mobility in Yoga. Is it a problem if it doesn't hurt?

-Hanna Somatics as a practical, evidence-based, neuroscience-explained nervous system tool

-Some fascinating case studies of applying somatic principles at her physiotherapy practice

-Guru Culture and dogmatic tendencies in the world of body practices

-Her personal experience in the Radiance Program and appreciation for experiential learning

And MORE...

Beth Warner is an Australian Physiotherapist and Senior Professional Yoga Teacher. She applies Hanna Somatics and Somatic Principles with her clients to educate them and help them understand why they have been experiencing pain and how they can come out of it. For inquiries or to reach Beth for comments, contact her at betswarner@gmail.com.

To learn more about acquiring the lifelong skill of lengthening your tight, contracted and painful muscles visit www.freeyoursoma.com to learn about the Radiance Program. Podcast listeners will get $500 off!

After a moped accident Kylie found herself living in fear of her back going out. She became dependent on chiropractors and bodyworker to "put her back together". She spent ten years feeling like a victim of her back tension and pain. She was cconfused and frustrated and looking to many different therapists and modalities for relief. When she met me and learned about somatics, she was curious and intrigued. And would soon discover WHY she had come to be in so much pain and exactly HOW to reverse and prevent this issue she once feared would be life-long.

In this interview Kylie shares:

-How her back, her body, was holding her life history

-The ways in which she created her own back tension and pain

-What happened as her body started to release and let go

-Unexpected benefits of this practice beyond her physical tension and pain

-What it was like to somatically awakening and how it is an endless process

-How somatics has helped her with her pregnancy and given her the capacity to take on motherhood

-Her sense of empowerment and the blessing of being able to address her own suffering

And MORE!

Kylie has been sharing this somatic work through her RADIANCE and the effects that her family and friends notice in her. She is truly transforming from the helpless/anxious person she used to be and into a new version of herself that is actively being discovered and living confidence and inner strength.

To connect with Kylie and try her incredible skin products follow her @brda.skincare on Instagram

And to learn more about the Radiance Program and join the winter round visit www.freeyoursoma.com

Amanda spent most of her adolescence and adult life escaping the physical experience in her body. This took many forms, but ultimately looked like addiction of some kind:

-Alcohol and substance use

-Over-exercising (s very socially acceptable addiction!)

-Controlling her diet and disordered eating

And other small ways in which she would avoid the feelings, sensations, memories and pain that she held in her body.

As a gymnast, an athlete and beautiful young woman, this pain that she experienced (which was, simultaneously, mental, emotional and muscular) was not something anyone could see from the outside. This made it even easier to escape the truth, since her experience was mostly invisible to the world, sometimes even to those who knew her best.

This strategy to keep moving forward, despite the pain within was a intelligent strategy of her soma and even though it was painful, messy and unhealthy in so many way: it served a purpose: a twisted attempt to keep her safe by avoiding intimacy with her own body.

Back in 2018, Amanda and I met while training and teaching at the same Yoga studio. She had recently discovered the realm of somatics through the book "The Body Keeps The Score". The concept of holding your life experiences and emotions in your body and it having an impact made complete sense to her, although it felt monumentally huge to try to address. She got in touch with me and we did a series of hands on sessions and she became one of my on-again-off-again students. Over the years, I watched Amanda be simaltaeously drawn to and repelled by this subtle, powerful, movement practice.

When I began to develop the Radiance Program, she was one of my biggest cheerleaders. Finally in the winter of 2022, Amanda heeded the call of her soma and joined the 6 month program, feeling it was time to reorganize herself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually: SOMATICALLY.

In this intimate interview, Amanda shares:

-What kept her from fully embracing this practice

-Her addictive patterns and how they related to stress/trauma

-The way somatics has shifted her body and changed her relationship to exercise

-The little known way that Yoga and Exercise can become a mindless escape tool

-Her personal internal experiences as her body began to truly relax and open

-How relationships in her life have shifted since joining Radiance

-How she cultivated somatic safety in her body and how it feels to finally be connected

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Amanda Weiss is a Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher and an Operations Manager for a Start-Up Tech Company. She spends her time hiking and exploring the natural world with her two doggies and her long-time partner. She is a recent graduate of The Radiance Program and now incorporated somatic movement into her yoga classes as needed.

To find out more about the Radiance Program go to www.freeyoursoma.com

Next round starts Nov. 4th! Podcast listeners save $500!

Our conscious mind rules. And this isn't necesarily a bad thing. It's what allows for living in the flow and being adaptable without having to "think" about it or do everything consciously.

Our unconscious mind, our body intelligence, KEEPS THE SCORE. It remembers every event and attempt to keep us safe from past pain by influencing our behavior in the NOW.

When we want to grow and find ourselves stuck or limited by our perspective, habits and behaviors we may begin to wonder, "What's holding me back?"

Ana Robles shares her expertise in the realm NLP and ways in which we can reprogram our subconscious mind/body to live more freely, successfully and dynamically.

Together we explore:

-Her story and how she came to practice NLP

-The Intersection of Somatics and NLP

-What's timeline therapy?

-The Importance of Communication and Language

-Being Mentally Strong and Flexible

-Being able to LET GO

and so much more!

Connect with Ana on IG @yo_soy_amazing or on her website www.yosoyamazing.com

Ana is an expert in the science of mindset, success in business and in life. Coaching business

professionals, individuals to grow and maximize their strengths and reach their full potential

and achieve the results they have dreamed of. Working in group and individual one on one

settings she dives into finding the harmony of career, entrepreneurship and life. Improving

relationships, clarify their goals and dreams, work more effectively as well as increasing their

bottom line and profitability.

Ana knows first-hand what is like to be struggling and pretending everything is ok. She found

the courage to dream again and redefine herself. She knows what it takes to dig deep and

master the self-talk, shift her limitations to create and design the life she always dreamed of.

Through these experiences she found purpose in life and passion to help others to dream again

and give hope.

Ana is a highly trained and experienced NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer; Ana is able to do

just help one person at a time be the best version of themselves. She understands what you are

going through, where you are and how effortlessly YOU can shift into action to create your

AMAZING and step into your excellence

Devotional practices that involve music and singing are deeply somatic in nature and offer a myriad of miraculous benefits to our human bodies and therefore our human experience.

Prema Mayi has been a lifelong practitioner of Bhakti and is internationally renowned for her music and incredible facilitation of this ancient art.

On today's podcast we explore:

-Her story of how she came to know Bhakti and begin this practice

-What is Bhakti?

-The incredible health benefits and beauty that comes from embedding this practice into her life

-The surprising health problems that we masked for year because of her life-giving practices and how she has eventually healed

-A magical story of liberation as she faced a long held fear and opened herself more fully to trust

-The path of service and how it is the key to fulfillment and deep peace

And so much more!

Prema's music can be found on Spotify and other music platforms. Connect with her on social media @prema_mayi and look for her upcoming events at www.premamayi.com

Our thoughts and feelings effect our physiology and vice versa and when we talk about "the mind" its easy to mistakenly think that it's somehow separate from our body. In fact, the two are simultaneous and irrevocably immeshed. Change your mind, your body shifts. Change your body, your mind shifts.

As a board certified Hypnotherapist, Grant Offenberger helps anyone who wishes to strengthen their mind and experience transformation in their physical/material reality. He describes himself as a "Mental Personal Trainer" helping people reprogram the way they think through hypnotic states, suggestion and somatically integrating practices.

More than that, Grant is profoundly interested in what YOU think, feel and want, so that he can best guide you to getting it/making your dreams a reality.

In this episode we discuss:

-His origin story and ongoing fascination with hynopsis

-How hypnotic tools are utilized all the time for many reasons: from marketing to compelling storytelling

-The specific tools and practices that he utilizes to best serve his clients

-The somatic link between our movements and our mental state

-Returning to a child-like state of consciousness: open and imaginative

And so much more!

Grant Offenberger is a renowned name in the field of hypnotherapy, equipped with international certification and an impressive track record of success. With a passion for helping individuals unlock their full potential, Grant combines his expertise with a compassionate and client-centered approach to deliver life-changing results.

As a testament to his skill and expertise, Grant has been featured on television programs, establishing himself as a trusted authority in the realm of hypnotherapy. His captivating presence and deep understanding of the human mind have made him a sought-after guest on numerous podcasts, where he shares his insights and strategies to inspire personal growth and transformation.

Grant Offenberger is more than a hypnotherapist; he is a catalyst for personal transformation. With a wealth of experience, an international certification, and a dedication to his clients’ well-being, Grant continues to empower individuals to unlock their potential, achieve their goals, and live their best lives.

Connect with Grant on his website

www.grantmepeace.com

And join him at San Diego's International Comic Con

Friday, July 21st
 Room 11
 6:00pm-7:00pm

Valerie felt disconnected from her self and her body in a way that was unusual for her and disorienting.

In so many ways she felt like she "should" be able to create the safety and calm within her body she was seeking. After all, she's a gentle yoga teacher, an energyworker, an intuitive healing guide and she's done extensive gut healing in the past.

However, after the birth of her son, there was pain and discomfort in her lower back that had gradually become habitual.

The tools that she had previously utilized didn't seem to be making the shift she needed. She knew she needed not only a gentle but big push, but also some deep support to move through the challenges she had learned to live with.

When she reached out to apply for Radiance, she felt vulnerable and a little scared, but also excited.

She also had some fears and hesitations about how the somatic work might affect her yoga practice.

She had previously worked with me as a healing guide, supporting me over the last year. She knew me well and had trust that I could hold space for her in the way she needed.

In this episode we discuss:

-how she feels after 3 months of building a somatic movement practice

-what's felt resonate and exciting in experiencing a somatic approach to Yoga

-the somatic connection being key to creating safety in any experience

-Yoga as a commodity and the limitation of comparison

-Hanna Somatics as a specific system/modality that connects with many others

AND MORE!

Valerie is an incredible healing guide for new paradigm leaders who are seeking to create ceremony, rhythm and deep rest as foundations for their power and deep wisdom to emerge.

She is currently enrolled in the Mar. '23 round of Radiance.

Connect with her on Instagram @valerie.e.stanton

To learn more about the Radiance Program, go to www.freeyoursoma.com

Podcast Listeners can get $500 off the July '23 round!

Starting July 15th!

Who is the most important person in your life? You. However, from an early age we may get conditioned out of listening to our inner truth, trusting our bodies and our feelings and connecting to the power that we have.

Viviana Aiello has been a self-love and divine creation adventure. She has birthed her business Love's Gravity that centers around helping successful, strong women balance their masculine energy and experience self-love and trust in themselves on a whole new level.

Growing up in a Catholic Italian family and with a lot of internalized shame about her body and herself, she has transformed her life into one that is free, her body into wholeness and her wisdom into deep, palpable magic.

Today we discuss:

-her awakening into her body, the grief and pain that released

-healing her anxiety from within

-going from being very masculine, fierce, strong to developing softness and tenderness

-leaving her marriage and Catholicism and becoming her true self

-how the path self-healing and self-love leads to divine creation

-embodying feminine archetypes as a tool for self-discovery and mastery

-balancing masculine and feminine energies in our relationships

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Viviana goes live every Monday at 7pm PST to do a live reading, follow her on instagram @lovesgravity_

Or book a session with her on her website

https://www.lovesgravity.com/

10 years ago April Ruffner had to make a difficult and life-changing decision. It was ultimately the best choice she has ever made and has set her on the path to healing, inside and out.

She left her marriage and with it, the church she grew up in. However, she felt deep within, that this was the only way to be true to herself.

Since that time she has been become versed in energetics and built a new spiritual identity: one that feels authentic and individual.

In the last year, April has had a further awakening with the help of Hanna Somatic Education, which has enabled her to release patterns of avoidance, fear and pain from her body.

In the podcast today we explore:

-How growing up in Mormonism built a strong spiritual structure within her

-The difference between felt, experienced spiritually VS the institutional experience of religion

-What shifted in her when she learned about stored emotions, thoughts and feeling in the body

-How Somatics helped her balance her Yin and Yang, Masculine and Feminine energies.

-The importance of safety and shadow-work

And more!

April is the owner of Bourne Pilates and Fitness in Upland, California. She teaches Pilates, Yoga and practices Reiki.

She invites her students, friends and those around to experience higher planes of consciousness through their perception, energy and their bodies.

Connect with April on Instagram @aprilruffner

We can recover our ability to recieve. Being able to receive pleasure, joy and even our "unpleasant" emotions and experience is an essential ability that can get dampened through traumatic experiences.

In many ways, receptivity is the catalyst for creativity and as we will explore a bit on today's podcast: clairvoyance.

After a traumatic encounter in her own home, Laurie Marie was disconnected from her body, her self, her joy and her pleasure. She shares her journey back to self and sensuality, her methods and tools that she uses and teaches her clients.

We talk about:

-working with fear and somatically releasing anxiety

-the importance of pleasure and getting in touch with your body sensations

-her creative process and how somatics helped unlock her flow

-the way her somatic self-love and practices helped heal her relationship to food

-how being grounded in her body allows her to express her psychic abilities with clarity

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Laurie Marie is trauma-informed sex, love and relationship coach who invites you to become epically free and unapologetically you! She shares regularly on Tiktok @lauriemarieloves and you can connect with her on instagram @lauriemarieloves. Check out her podcast, The Luminous Life with Laurie Marie and feel free to contact her through her website www.lauriemarie.com

At the age of 30, Laurel Pear made a bold move to free herself and begin redefining herself.

After over a decade of being over-medicated and labeled by the her family and the medical field, she began to embrace her true self and her gifts. She began a path of self-healing, forgiveness and grounding into her physical body.

I’ve been lucky enough to work with Laurel somatically in my program last year and she shares her many insights as it relates to:

-how somatics has helped her BE in her body.

-forgiveness as a personal practice that leads to liberation

-what she really needed, instead of heavy medication

-her experience in energy healing -the way being a Human Design Projector impacts her life

and so much more!

Connect with Laurel on instagram @laurelpear to learn more about Ho’oponopono practice and her unique transmission.

Javant was facing health problems that are common and a "normal" part of getting older and yet, he knew inside there must be a way to heal these issues. So he started doing his research and learning about reversing heart disease and lowering blood pressure through dietary means.

This meant embracing a NEW way of living, preparing food and engaging in family celebrations. While many of his family find his new health kick “weird”, he was determined to eat his way to better health.

Now, he shares amazing, delicious and healthy recipes to help others do the same.

In today’s podcast he tells his story of awakening to his food choices and how they affect his health and longevity.

We also explore:

-his inclusive approach to sharing vegan recipes

-why there’s a comparatively high percentage of African Americans going plant-based

-the unexpected shifts he experienced after changing his diet

-his love of food that still persists but has taken a radical new form.

And more!

He encourages you to get educated, get cooking and be willing to be “weird”.

Javant shares healthy vegan recipes at @heathlyveganeating on Instagram. Connect with him there to learn his delicious and nutritious way of eating and keep a look out for a full length cooking show that may be in the works!

Self-development and entrepreneurship tend to go hand in hand. This is because it takes a lot to be self-directed, self-motivated and consistently put yourself out there in the world.

When we take an even bigger leap, like starting a healing or coaching business, there is even more personal work that we are called to do.

Entrepreneurship then becomes a powerful journey in your own self-healing. Guides and mentors along the way are invaluable and worth the investment: you are not only investing in your financial freedom, but your personal, soul liberation as well!

Christina Gomes spent years "free". Traveling the world as a yoga teacher, musician and entrepreneur. It worked for a while, but when she ran up against health challenges and the reality of her finances she realized that something needed to shift: she was being called into the next level of her growth and development.

From living in a van to her mom's couch to becoming a sought after guide for soul-led entreprenuers, Christina shares her story of facing her reality head on, creating a vision for her life and getting the support and resources to truly make her dreams a reality.

We discuss:

-selling as a service

-finding freedom and facing limitations

-transforming your relationship to money

-the power of subtle practice VS big "peak" experiences

-handling triggers and boundaries as a coach/healer

-fulfillment beyond a dollar sign

and so much more!

Christina Gomes is a business coach for visionary leaders who are ready to raise their rates with integrity and sell high-value offers that raise the vibration of the planet. Connect with her on instagram @the.mystical.muse or check out her offerings at www.freeyourcreativity.org

"Mr. Darcy lived a short distance from his body"

-James Joyce

From a young age, many of us are conditioned to focus on ourselves and our bodies from the outside. We might focus on our appearance, how we look or seem to others. We might focus on what we can get from life by seeking sensation and experience by consuming rather than consciously creating.

There is nothing inherently wrong with this way of living, however it is not the full picture of what it means to be a human.

Aden Ascher spent many years "externalized". This showed up in the way he practiced bodybuilding. In the way he navigated his closest relationships. In the way he sought intense experiences and sensation through substances. It was a way being towards himself and his body that was ultimately unsustainable.

On today's podcast he shares his story of awakening to and the journey to honor his internal experience, out of the necessity of a near-death experience/health crisis.

We explore: childhood experiences that drew him to bodybuilding, notions of masculinity and cultural expectations, how the experience of dying opened him to living, the HOW you do something being as vital as the WHAT and so much more!

Aden B. Ascher is a Life and Nutrition Coach, Entrepreneur and a former competitive bodybuilder who advocates for nourishing and sustainable lifestyle practices. He serves clients locally in Santa Monica California and remotely online.

You can connect with him on instagram @adenascherofficial

What does the new paradigm of parenting look like? Is gentle parenting a "soft approach"? What about consequences? What if you have an especially "spicy" or difficult child? How does your childhood experience impact the way you parent your kid? “ Mary and I explore all this as well as the importance of being able to regulate yourself as a parent. Mary brings her humor, insight and wealth of knowledge on the subject of conscious parenting. Plus she shares her personal story of discovery and how she came to be a thought leader in this arena. Just for 10 of my Free Your Soma listeners: join Moms of Spicy Ones™️ for $50 off with the Promo code: SOMA http://www.maryvangeffen.com/moso Mary Van Geffen is an international parenting coach and parent educator for overwhelmed moms of strong-willed & Spicy Children™. She teaches monthly workshops to help moms gain confidence to choose gentle, respectful parenting especially if they weren’t raised that way. Mary has a ministry on Instagram where she posts an inspiring parenting tip every single day. Just reading her social media will help you delight in your child and remember that you are enough. Mary believes that when a mom realizes how hard she is on herself and cracks the door open for some self-compassion, her entire family is bathed in light! To learn more about Spicy Ones™️: http://www.maryvangeffen.com/spicyones