Dream Freedom Beauty with Natalie Ross

This week we welcome a new member to the Dream Freedom Beauty team! Meditation coach and akashic reader Gavin O’Neill shares his experience with an unexpected psychic and spiritual awakening that completely changed his life. We dive into what it’s like to be contacted by ETs, finding validation that you aren’t crazy when your psychic senses open, and the role fear has played in mass consciousness in the past few thousand years. At the end of the episode, Gavin leads a guided meditation to transform and heal fears. We’ve teamed up with Gavin to offer y’all some really cool stuff on Patreon. If you want to learn how to get in touch with and work with your spirit guides OR learn how to improve your relationship with your body through chakra toning meditations OR dive into the akashic records and discover the deeper meaning and purpose of your life, then head on over to www.Patreon.com/dreamfreedombeauty. In this week’s episode we also talk about: Seeing glowing blue cats with your inner sight Feeling like electric molasses in sleep and dreams Having your life turned upside-down by spiritual awakening Finding validation that you aren’t crazy when your psychic senses open Getting a better understanding of the cycles you participate in “The road to awakening was fast and furious, frustrating and terrifying, jarring but helpful, and all together a magical experience.” -Gavin O’Neill Links: Learn more about people who were mentioned in this episode: * Charis Melina Brown – http://www.charismelina.com/ * Gigi Young – http://moonbirdblog.com/ * Tonya Sink – http://www.onlyskyhealing.com/ More Info About Our New Patreon Offerings for the month of October. Lizzy is leading a chakra toning meditation. This meditation is a quick, simple way to get in touch with your body! Learn how to use your voice to connect with your chakras and release tension in your physical and emotional bodies. This meditation will help you find your voice, relax, and receive your body’s wisdom. This meditation is beneficial for people of all ages and stages of life, and especially fun for anyone who’s curious about singing. If you want to get grounded, check in with your body, and explore your voice, this meditation is for you! Natalie is teaching an intro course on how to get in touch with and work with your spirit guides. Did you know that there are benevolent beings in other realms who are here to help you achieve your purpose and goals? The thing is, you have to ask them to help you. Learn how to meet your guides, ask them for help and see signs that they’re around. If you’re ready to get that extra boost of help to manifest your dreams and purpose or just make your life easier, then this is definitely for you. Gavin is leading a meditation through the akashic records. You’ll step into the collection of memories, information, feelings, and experiences that you’ve collected throughout this life and others. The meditation is a perfect way to integrate deeper knowledge about the cycles you participate in. A predetermined theme is picked for each monthly class. It could be hope, wisdom, truth, change, etc. Gavin will help you look at what you’ve told yourself is true about each topic and he’ll guide you through the records to reveal the deeper truths of each one. This can be a powerful experience for anyone thirsting for deep self connection.

This week we are speaking with Dr. Tarik Bel-Bahar from the Center for Consciousness Science at the University of Michigan Medical School. At the Center they are studying consciousness via looking at anesthesia, altered states, near death experiences, psychedelics, kundalini yoga and other experiences that affect awareness. They are asking questions such as: What is the nature of consciousness? How does the brain maintain a coherent sense of self over time? We cover some broad strokes about consciousness science for the layperson, and we also talk about: The pillars of consciousness science The impact of psychedelic experiences and altered states of consciousness on mental health Effects of kundalini yoga on physical health – a study in progress Psychological and brain changes during shamanic journeying The differences between the academic and more new age views of consciousness Links: Center for Consciousness Science at the University of Michigan  Questionnaire: Psychometric Evaluation of the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale (OAV) by Erich Studerus , Alex Gamma, Franz X. Vollenweider Interesting article about 8 questions consciousness science must answer Human Connectome Project mapping the complete structural and functional neural connections in vivo within and across individuals. The Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia Institute for Noetic Sciences Tucson Science of Consciousness Conferences Consciousness researcher Katherine Maclean Trailer for the Yogananda Documentary Film International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Neurosynth is a platform for large-scale, automated synthesis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data Mickey Hart’s (Grateful Dead drummer) Brain on Music for examining which rhythms could be used to treat the brain as medicine  Foundation for Shamanic Studies from Harner Psychedelic Science Conference Horizons Psychedelic Conference

Bloom Post is a shaman with many plant allies. In this episode we talk about shamanism as an inclusive and expansive spiritual path. Bloom shares the difference between healing and curing and whether we can have both. We dig into working with essences for doing accessible, gentle transformational work. We also talk about: Reframing a mental illness diagnosis as the birth of a healer Releasing vs integrating for wholeness, healing and letting go Chopping wood and carrying water as ceremony Sacred imagination as a channel for spirit to speak Shifting focus from fear and drama to awareness, healing & love What to ask the plant spirits when you’re beginning to work with them “The answers are in the plants. The plants carry the answers.” -Bloom Post Links: Learn more about Bloom and her offerings at www.BloomPost.com Watch Bloom’s talk at TedX in Asheville, NC on Oct 4, 2016 http://tedxasheville.com/ (will be updated with online version when it’s ready) Connect with Bloom on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/BloomPostHealing/ Follow Bloom on Instagram @BloomPost

Vicky Salcido-Cobbe is an herbalist living at an off-grid homestead in northern California. We talk about how she transformed her life from partying and being hospitalized for stomach pains to being a healthy, happy wild woman living in beautiful relationship with the earth. We also cover: How having a common cold changed her life Teaching herbal folk medicine making through community supported herbalism Working with and being present with the plant spirits Running a business in regenerative ways How to move out of overwhelm and guilt when you feel like your actions aren’t enough Why we need to speak our thoughts and feelings in our communities Consuming less, eating cleaner, and localizing as a paradigm shift “What would happen if we tuned into a deeper connection, an ancient wisdom, a deep understanding and knowing and trust in the vast everything? What then?” -Vicky Salcido-Cobbe Links: Learn more about Vicky and purchase her herbal offerings at http://www.grandmothers-medicine.com/ Send Vicky some love on her gorgeous Instagram @GrandmothersMedicine  Call of the Forests http://www.unlearnandrewild.org/alaska/ Call of the Forests on Instagram @CallOfTheForests  Crop mob in North Carolina Scrap Exchange in Durham, NC Possibility alliance and Ethan Hughes’s interview on The Permaculture Podcast

Amelia Vogler is a healer, intuitive and mentor with a strong base in Healing Touch, spiritual physics, and energetic and clinical anatomy and physiology. She climbed the ladder in corporate America and realized that her true heart’s desires were leading her in a different direction. In today’s conversation we discuss: * The energetic pattern of migraines and how to heal them  * Why she left her job in corporate America, even though it was a fun job * What to do when you are finally FREE and starting your new life * What Amelia learned from growing up in a funeral home * Working with animal spirits for teaching and healing * The creative power of being a mentor and mentee “Energy healing is about going deeper and learning more about yourself – learning what serves your spirit and what doesn’t; learning what supports and impassions you; and discovering your natural abilities to open the channels toward embracing your greatest potential; achieving your deepest heart’s goals; and reconnecting you to your own purposeful sacredness.” -Amelia Vogler Links: * Learn about Amelia’s healing work and offerings at http://www.ameliavogler.com/ * Connect with Amelia on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thehealingspacellc

This week’s guest is Virginia Rosenberg. She is an Intuitive Astrologer and Sacred Movement Artist by profession, with a background in social justice, service work, and expressive arts. In response to the shootings and violence that has happened this summer, Virginia wrote an article that went viral, titled “Converting Hidden Spiritual Racism Into Sacred Activism: An Open Letter To Spiritual White Folks.” This week we dig deeper into the message of this article, and we invite people of all backgrounds to get in touch with us and share their feelings and response to both the violence in our society and the points made in this article. We intend to start a bigger conversation with this episode, where we can expand and deepen the connections in all of our spiritual communities through becoming more aware and more present in engaging in spiritual practice as sacred activism. We talk about: How we can work together to heal the collectively unresolved trauma and wounds of racism and oppression in our society What is sacred activism and how are spirituality and activism connected? In what ways are escapism and avoidance masquerading as spirituality? Solutions and suggestions for possible ways to do better than what the status quo offers How groups and gatherings play a role in this collective healing transformation How you can make strides towards compassion and peace “I would certainly consider racism and oppression a collectively unresolved trauma and an unfinished developmental task for humanity… I have a longing for spirituality and activism to join together as one, rather than remaining separate and divided. Because to me, spirituality and activism go hand-in-hand. They are inseparable.” -Virginia Rosenberg Links Article by Virginia “Converting Hidden Spiritual Racism Into Sacred Activism: An Open Letter To Spiritual White Folks.” Read astrology monthly forecasts and learn more about Virginia’s offerings on her site at www.VirginiaRosenberg.com Instagram @VirginiaRosenberg

Joanna Colbert created the Gaian Tarot deck to embody a vision of how we can live more equitably with all skin colors, genders, stages and ages of life and with the earth. As a former born-again Christian, she touches on her story of how she left the church and came across the stories of the lost goddesses many moons ago. In the decades since then, she’s created a vibrant lifestyle as an artist and teacher. In today’s episode she talks about her journey to create the Gaian Tarot deck, and she also generously gives our listeners a tarot reading in the show! We also cover: * Joanna’s connection with Brigid as an archetype of the divine feminine * Changing the perceptions of ageing to honour elders and all stages of life * How the Gaian Tarot deck was created in response to the classic white, male-dominated decks * Joanna’s biggest fear as she was creating the Gaian Tarot deck * How tarot can be used for healing ourselves and our connection with the earth * How sitting in circle changes communication “Whatever your personal quest for wisdom or how you choose to apply it, my place here is to inspire you, to share the information with you that I have.” -Joanna Colbert Links: * Learn more about or purchase the Gaian Tarot on Amazon.com or at http://www.gaiantarot.com/ * Learn more about Joanna and read her delightful blog at http://www.gaiansoul.com/ * Connect with Joanna: * Instagram @JoannaPColbert * Facebook – Joanna’s artist page * Facebook – Gaian Tarot Deck page * See the cards we talk about in the show here: * Priestess * Eight of Air * Eight of Earth * Learn more about sitting in circle at http://www.thecircleway.net/

This week’s Dream Freedom Beauty podcast features naturalist pagan author and artist, Lupa! We talk about transforming the perceived disconnect between humans and nature. Lupa shares some of her deep knowledge about working with totems, and she highlights how to form your own relationships with the totems of the land where you live. We talk about some of her recent projects, including the Tarot of Bones and the still death art sessions. We also cover: The benefits of opening up to the sense of wonder nature has to offer What it’s like to receive communications from totems How plant, fungi and land totem relationships differ from those with animals Are totems real or just a figment of your imagination? What is skull scrying, and how can you ethically use and reuse animal remains? How to remedy the perceived disconnect between humans and the land How to begin to form a deep connection with the land where you live through totems “For it is not enough to merely rail about the tragedies. One must have hope, and must know that it is not too late to rebuild connections long lost.” -Lupa Links * Learn more about Lupa and her art, books, blogs and offerings at www.thegreenwolf.com * Shop Lupa’s shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/thegreenwolf * Follow Lupa on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheGreenWolfLupa * Check out Lupa on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/lupagreenwolf * Learn more about the Still Death art sessions in Portland, OR www.stilldeath.com * Learn more about the upcoming Tarot of Bones project http://www.thetarotofbones.com  

We welcome back Grandmother Kaariina Saarinen to the show with a special healing ceremony for women and water: And to HER we shall return. The healing of women is the healing of the world, and it is women who are leading the way into a world of wholeness and wellness and of love and peace. Today’s broadcast is dedicated to all women who are choosing to heal. Listen today as Grandmother guides you on a journey to heal the wombs and wounds of yourself, your mother and your mother’s mother. Go to the roots and remember we all came from one world tree. Grandmother shares: * Clearing through the mother-daughter-grandmother umbilici is what is needed to end war and allow peace * How a woman who is content and satisfied is the woman who leads the way in the new economy * How to move out of being stuck in patterns that take you closer to death than to life * That women are the ancient predecessors for all the major world religions * What are the 5 rounds of sweatlodges and what happens when you dream with the ancestors * What the tower in the tarot represents “We are dreaming a new life. A life of meaning.” -Grandmother Kaariina Saarinen Links: * Email Grandmother to be added to her newsletter, book a 1-to-1 session, and find out about her reiki level 3 training: kaariinatruth@hotmail.com * Listen to Kaariina’s other episodes, all featuring shamanic journeys, on the DFB show in episode 14, episode 44 and episode 45! * Get access to Kaariina’s monthly ebook newsletter and more over at https://www.patreon.com/cocreavatars/ * Connect with Grandmother Kaariina on Facebook * Learn more about the trips you can take with Grandmother to Bolivia and Peru at http://www.reviveolution.net/ * Listen to Grandmother Kaariina on the Dream Freedom Beauty podcast episode 14 * See Autumn Skye Morrison’s powerful artworks at http://www.autumnskyemorrison.com/ * Music by Natalie, a song called Frequensea (link coming soon) Featured image by Sonia Primerano Photography http://www.sonia-primerano.com/unifier-festival-2016/

Liv Wheeler didn’t expect to become a voice diviner who channels ancestors and Kontomble, AKA “little people”, elementals and nature spirits. Her journey from court stenographer to voice diviner and shamanic practitioner started when she listened to the whispers of her heart and intuition and took a yearlong shamanic training course many years ago. She and Natalie met this June at Spirit Weavers during a tree ceremony, where Liv was channeling the voices of the Kontomble and of a gorgeous old grandmother redwood tree. An article was published last week in Harper’s Bazaar that talks about Spirit Weavers and Liv’s tree ceremony in a very poor light. In our conversation today, Liv opens up about how it feels to be dissed in the national media and what effect it’s had on her. You might be surprised.  

If today’s guest, Noelani Love, is not a mermaid with legs, then we don’t know who is! Noelani lives in Hawaii and is guiding women to find their voices, speak their truth and activate the divine feminine within. In this episode we talk about how she ended up in Hawaii with a successful jewelry business, what happened when she took a chance and hosted a full-moon women’s circle, and about rebalancing the masculine and feminine energies of the world through love and peace. In a second you’ll hear one of her new mantra songs from the album she is crowdfunding. We hope you’ll enjoy it, and stay tuned for a virtual campfire singalong after the interview, where she’ll lead us in learning this song and singing together! We also talk about: * Mantra, the ancient chanting practice chanting that activates consciousness and the health and wealth that is already in us * The power of women gathering in conscious connection * Awakening the shakti force within * Connecting with the sea turtles, dolphins and the ocean * Underwater rock running for physical training “Through singing mantra, I’ve been able to find my voice and I realize that mantra music is a gift that wants to be shared with the world.” -Noelani Love Lyrics to the singalong, Dance Upon the Earth: We will dance upon the earth and fly across the stars And the light will pour right into our hearts Cause we are free Om namah shivaya Om Links: * Be part of the magic in crowdfunding Noelani’s Mantra album, Lakshmi Lullabies * Check out her GORGEOUS jewelry shop at www.NoelaniHawaii.com * Connect with her on Instagram * @NoelaniLove (personal) * @NoelaniHawaii (jewelry & business) * Find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noelani.love * Watch her enchanting videos on Youtube!

In the middle of the coastline between Monterey and Morro Bay, just off highway 1 in California, is a primitive homestead called Dabudage. I camped here for 4 days and had the chance to talk with the woman of the homestead, Bree Brewer. She was constantly on the move tending to plants, picking berries, climbing rocks and cooking, so I went on the move with her and recorded. We talked about the energy of the land and about her and her partner’s vision for this place that they are co-creating. There is a fuzzy sound like white noise in this recording. A rushing creek runs through the property, and honestly I just don’t know how to record clean audio next to a creek, so if you have tips, pleeease let us know through email or facebook. But in the meantime, you can allow yourself to be transported to this place next to this clean spring water as it rushes down through the valley into the Pacific in this pristine corner of California. “Along a wild and lonely coastline Where the mountains meet the sea A place to stop and spend some time Near the ocean by the creek…” -Dji of Dabudage  Links: * Learn more about staying at Dabudage in Big Sur, CA. * Donate money from their site or send them an item from their wish list. * Like Dabudage on Facebook.           Photos by Natalie Ross.

Rachel Halder and I (Natalie) met at a primitive homestead in Big Sur, California, and decided to record our conversation. Rachel grew up as a Mennonite and has been speaking out about sexual and spiritual abuse in the church. Her work has been driven by the desire to bring awareness to people who have been repressed or abused of the potential for experiencing intense sexual power. She talks very openly about healing from sexual trauma using breathwork combined with vaginal jade egg practices. We also talk about: * Experiencing a powerful spiritual connection with a place * Interspiritual frameworks for ceremonies * How women are constantly penetrated energetically from a young age * Re-envisioning God/Goddess * The effects of being disconnected at your solar plexus * How important it is to have a teacher when doing jade egg work “I love opening up the space for people to re-envision God.” -Rachel Halder Links: * Rachel’s new blog at https://heartofthought.wordpress.com/ * Rachel’s site about spiritual and sexual abuse in the Christian Church www.OurStoriesUntold.com * @Raenbowbrite on Instagram * Rachel’s Jade Egg teacher, Layla Martin at https://www.layla-martin.com/ * Claremont School of Theology in California

This week we talk with Kaitlin June, a vocalist and performer who helps people find their voice. Through her unique format for voice sessions, Kaitlin helps people express exactly what their hearts need to say. We talk about her journey and how quitting can sometimes be what leads you to your right livelihood. Kaitlin shares a powerful, sultry, sensual song she channeled. We also talk about: Creating a sense of safety where it’s ok to express anything Clearing blocks and shame via expressing sound Approaching plant medicines like ayahuasca and cannabis in a sacred way The one thing you should never tell a child What happens when her and her clients go outside to sing with the trees The key to being in deep relationship with your audience A short guided exercise for beginning to find your voice “I believe in the power of visual art and dance and music and poetry to be ways in which we discover and heal ourselves.” -Kaitlin June Links: * Learn more about Kaitlin and her voice sessions at www.kaitlinjune.com. * Support Kaitlin on Patreon. * Listen to Kaitlin’s original music at www.kaitlinjune.bandcamp.com/releases. * Follow Kaitlin on Instagram @IamKaitlinJune * Connect with Kaitlin on Facebook. * Check out the dance and movement community at the Flow Jo in Carrboro, NC. * The astrologer Kaitlin mentions, Lauren Jubelirer. * Learn more about Grounding and Chakras on Dream Freedom Beauty episode 13 * Sign up for the FREE 30-Day Manifesting Challenge led by podcast host, Natalie Ross. Sign up for the FREE 30-Day Manifesting Challenge that starts in July 2016

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