What makes us spiritually awakened and self-aware? What is the difference between awake and woke? Once we’re woke, do we stay up? Or are we susceptible to falling back asleep?

Haley Robertson and Jennifer Martin open the conversation of the great awakening as it pertains to the individual and collective consciousness. They define popular spiritual slang, diving deep into a few terms often heard in Western yoga classes. Both yoga teachers, Haley and Jenny share stories of the start of their spiritual awareness, and how they view spirituality today.

Haley Robertson is a Sound Practitioner and PsychoSynthesis Life Coach. She creates intentional spaces with instrumental sound meditations. Haley’s sessions coax participants into a state of deep relaxation which helps them tap into their soul aliveness. 

The show discusses the theory of oneness, seeing spirit in everything. Haley told Jenny that “everything is medicine” prior to recording, which sparked the spirit of this episode. The hosts comment on commonly used substances which are synonymous with medicine, providing perspective on what is healing, what is addictive, and what is a deadly commodity.

Everything is medicine yet everything comes down to mindfulness with what we consume, call medicine, and say in conversation or in a yoga class. Everything can sometimes seem like it’s happening all at once, which is a wonderful opportunity to sit down, stay still and drop in. What does it mean to drop in? Among other cues in a yoga class, it’s the start of meditation.

Yoga Brain
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Host: Jennifer Martin
 @jenny.eats.the.world

Special Guest: Haley Robertson
instagram: @thecosmicartichoke
email: haley@thecosmicartichoke.com

Mentions and Resources:
SipSteady Sober Marketing
ig: @sipsteady_

Psychedelic Water
ig: @psychedelic_water

PBS Article: A Social History of America's Most Popular Drugs

NPR Article: How 'Namaste' Flew Away From Us

Instagram Accounts:
@flynnskidmore
@fucking_sober
@medicine_mami

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Welcome to Yoga Brain
 
A community that’s normalizing meditation and a podcast that’s asking the question:

What is yoga?

Today on the show we have spiritual healer Chris Douglas, a yoga teacher and reiki master with a Pisces placement in his sun and moon. With such empathic, sensitive signs in his astrology, he has been able to navitage his emotions by utilizing the road map of his birth chart.

Chris helps to explain characteristics of being a water sign and a feminine man. He describes how he’s blended the masculine and feminine as a digital creator and entrepreneur, after leaving healthcare as a nurse. 

He also shares traumas of SSRI withdrawals and what he’s learned through extreme stress. Though through meditation, reiki, yoga and stepping into his purpose of showcasing others, Chris has paved a path of healing for himself and his students. 

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Special Guest
Chris Douglas
@big_fish_kc

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Editor
Matt Thomas
@matteglossymedia

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj

Wren Quinn is a mother, an herbalist, a teacher of yoga therapy, and the creator of Trauma Alchemy, a trauma-informed somatic program. Wren’s latest offerings include Herbal Communion, a course exploring the intricacies of the herbal allies that can be used to support your health, helping clients to prepare and grow with their chosen medicine.

So much of our conversation stems from trauma resolution: working through trauma, opposed to working past it. We talk about the importance of seeing and making due with the hardest parts of ourselves and our past, alchemizing awareness into behaviors that are aligned with our highest self.

We ask Wren about narcissists, how to spot them and protect yourself from them. We ask her about herbs and the lessons she's learned as a mother. As Wren has a nurturing heart and a wise soul.

Special Guest
Wren Quinn
@wrennquinn
Website
wrenvquinn.com

Host & Producer
Jenny Martin
@jenny.eats.the.world

Executive Editor
Matt Thomas
@matteglossymedia

"Kismet" Song
Connor Yeager
@trippysippycj