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EP102: Astrology Update: Mars Retrograde, Generational Patterns, and WTF is happening for the rest of 2020 with Shannon Aganza Sep 28, 2020

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What Shannon Shares:

How astrological cycles affect our everyday lives
Directing our understanding of astrology into personal growth
The significance of Mars in retrograde and what we can expect in the coming months

What You'll Hear:

2020 forward from an astrological standpoint
What is a retrograde? What does Mars represent?
How do our actions, as well as the actions of others, exemplify the current solar alignment?
Innovation, positivity, and renewal during times of social and political strife
Is Mars encouraging us to behave more passionately?
Being aware of how you're directing your own personal energy
What astrology can tell us about other generations
How Pluto returns map onto what we name generations- Boomers, GenX, Millennials and GenZ
What can we expect in the coming months?
Where does money and economic structure factor into astrology?
The importance of writing down our dreams

Summary:

Shannon Aganza re-joins the Magamama Podcast to talk about retrograde, generational behaviors, and what we can expect to see unfold astrologically over the coming months.

It's been a while since Shannon was last on the podcast, so we had plenty to discuss regarding what has happened both politically and socially this year.

Bio:

Shannon Aganza is an astrologer, a pundit, and a counselor for many based out of San Diego. Shannon has spent over 20 years within the field of astrology, searching and helping others to understand how we are shaped by the universe around us. Shannon specializes in astrological readings, moon circles, and spiritual hygiene amongst many beneficial services.

Resources:

https://fourmoonsspa.com/shannon-aganza/

EP101: Feminism, Sex Positivity, and Finding Joy in the Pandemic with Pam Samuelson Sep 24, 2020

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What Pam Shares:

The importance of understanding our bodies and why self-exploration is crucial
Feminism as it relates to social empowerment and education
Embodied sex education- Take Back the Speculum

What You'll Hear:

What feminism is right now
How to overcome being disempowered sexually
Understanding what sex positivity really means
"Take Back the Speculum"
How understanding your body can change your life
Self-pelvic mapping
Menstrual extraction- what is it and who does it?
2nd wave of Feminism
Depictions of clitoral anatomy in textbooks
Sex education in schools, and the switch from reproductive education to whole human education
The importance of touch, and learning to cope during quarantine
Finding joy in the opportunities this pandemic has provided

Summary: Pam Samuelson, a close friend and educator/bodyworker at Embodywork, joins us to talk about feminism, understanding your sexual body, and how to make the steps towards knowing yourself more intimately. Pam discusses the importance of carrying on the feminist conversations started by the founders of the movement, and how we as a whole can improve the status quo.

Bio: Pam Samuelson is a practitioner and advocate of somatic therapy, exploratory bodywork, and meditation. Founder of Embodywork, Pam finds joy in helping others understand their bodies and teaching that transformation is possible if you know how to find it. Pam is an outspoken advocate for female empowerment, still actively in conversations with some of the leaders of feminist movements dating back to the 60's.

Resources:

https://embodyworkla.com/

EP100: Matthew Stillman on the Age of COVID-19, Zach Bush, and Conspirituality Sep 17, 2020

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What Matthew Shares:

The impetus to ensure the information we intake pertaining to disease is factual
Understanding the conflation between science and hope
Why hope and hopeless are two sides of the same coin
Why being "hope-free" is an important skill to learn

What You'll Hear:

Germ Theory versus Terrain Theory
Why have masks become political?
Impact of Coronavirus
The danger in the political divide of mask wearers
Politicization of Coronavirus amongst society and academia
Republicans and New Age spiritual Nazis
Racial impacts of how we frame these conversations
The problem of hope
Vaccinations in this context
Relationship to death and to children
How our world viewpoint effects pandemic response
Is it ok to speak metaphorically about the disease? To personify it?

Matthew Stillman has spent years studying both Eastern and Western spiritual practices. Currently working as a creative approach consultant in New York, Matt applies the skills he's learned over his many years of seeking to help others overcome the obstacles they face. Though his ability to listen to others and have nuanced conversation, Stillman has become a liaison amongst academics and the spiritual world.

Bio: Matthew Stillman is a writer, consultant, and co-founder of Primal Derma. Matt has worked one-on-one with thousands of people to help them understand, transform, shift, and sometimes solve their problems. From poverty to religion, Stillman has contributed to a wide range of projects with the goal of raising awareness and understanding towards these issues and practices.

Resources:

https://primalderma.com/

https://stillmansays.com/

Twitter - @stillmansays

EP99: Katie Friedman on Understanding Whiteness & the Relationship between Personal and Collective Healing Sep 02, 2020

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What She Shares:

The historical foundations of the consolidation of whiteness
Collective Healing vs. Personal Healing-- How Are They Related-- are they automatic?
The timeline of the emergence of the new wave of identity politics and its impact

What You'll Hear:

The role of collective and individual healing in race relations
Beginning of "whiteness" as a concept
How whiteness has manifested into what is seen throughout the world today
Societal role of immigrants within early America
How other groups view whiteness
Acknowledging white privilege
Differentiating between white guilt and white privilege, and how to use it for change
Understanding why identity politics are so strong today
The role of white people within minority studies
How to turn understanding and solidarity into change
How racism is institutionalized and indoctrinated
The power shift of White = Good to White = Bad

Resources:

How Jews Became White Folks by Karen Brodkin Sacks

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness by George Lipsitz

EP98: Fascia & Immunity, CBD, Alcohol and the Nervous System with Alicia Fajardo Jul 30, 2020

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Alicia Fajardo is the owner of Transformations Studio in Portland, Oregon and creator of The Fajardo Method of Holistic Biomechanics®. This modality focuses on nervous system health and biomechanics, which include body structure, alignment, and healthy, supported movement. Because biomechanics are dictated by the nervous system state, understanding basic nervous system function and how the nervous system responds to stress is necessary for understanding the modality. What you'll hear: - The influences and modalities that helped Alicia create her method, Holistic Biomechanics - What is motor learning? - How Alicia played with motor learning to influence her brain and help her body heal something that nothing else would - Understanding mirror neurons - How our biomechanics influence our thoughts - An example from a client session - The original design of yoga and how it impacts us today - optimal location of the diaphragm - What is the valve system - The Valve System and how yoga influences it- digestion, rate of activity, ANS functions - Yoga is designed to slow the valve system, to abate hunger and bodily needs for long periods of time. - What speeds up the Valve System? - How Kimberly went against the grain to address her prolapse with compression - People's first instincts are often the best - How the Valve System relates to fascia - Fascia and immunity - How diet and nutrition affect nerve regeneration - Positive impacts of cholesterol - CBD, THC and the nervous system- neurotoxicity - How synthetically engineered CBD and THC differs from the organic, wild marijuana plant - Alcohol also affects the fascia and the nervous system, but in a very different way; what can be metabolized - The regenerative process and the typical rate of recovery for the myelination of nerves Find more at www.transformationspdx.com.

EP97: Roundtable: Jaguar in the Q Jul 05, 2020

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In this roundtable episode, Jaguar alumni Meryl Yecies speaks about her experience with Jaguar and interviews 3 women who recently participated in the most recent Jaguar offering Jaguar in the Time of Cholera a course created to provide somatic tools and support during the quarantine.. Tune in to hear from Meryl, Leilani, Alissa, and Chessa as they share their unique experiences with the jaguar work.

EP96: Activate Your Inner Jaguar Roundtable 3 Jul 05, 2020

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Three women share their stories of how Activate Your Inner Jaguar changed their lives, business, sex, and relationships.

EP95: Finding Pleasure and Healing Through Food with Sarah Pachelli May 14, 2020

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What Sarah Shares:

Her own history with an auto-immune disease and how she healed herself through dietary changes
Pleasure as the antidote to stress
Working from her creative center
How to expand your meal repertoire

What You'll Hear:

How our food cravings are often not what our bodies need
Being attentive to what you might be needing from the foods you crave
Understanding that food allergies are not static
Changing your health by reducing stress
Building in ways to slow down your day
Finding a shopping and cooking system that supports you and your needs
Having flexibility in your diet to support your body's current needs
Increasing the quality of the foods you eat to reduce inflammatory responses
Understanding that losing weight is not always about exercising more and eating less
Basing your dietary choices on how you feel, not how you look
Why removing sugars is so important for solving health mysteries
Checking in with your diet as you age and change
Why meat consumption can be important for menstruating and postpartum individuals
Cleaning your diet by removing chemicals
Learning more about health effects of alternative sugars common in 'health' foods
Finding dietary balance with kids
Using batch cooking to keep your weekly food options open
Understanding how some cravings show you where you may be deficient
Using cleansing properly
Thinking of food as nourishment rather than numbers and nutrition
Making decisions from wanting to feel good not necessarily to feel good
Accepting and enjoying your body

EP94: Sheila Kamara Hay on Pleasure in Birth and the Importance of Doulas Apr 19, 2020

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What She Shares:

How the birth of her three children set her on her path
Discovering ways to connect to your pleasurable sensations
Practicing one minute of self-pleasure as a meditation

What You'll Hear:

Healing birth trauma and changing the narrative
Listening to the body and hearing its message
Reclaiming your connection with your body through birth
Being present and available for the ecstasy of birth
Letting go of the checklist mentality and having a full system experience
Opening yourself to pleasure to consciously use it during birth
Expanding your capacity to hold energy through mindful self pleasure
Integrating trauma as much as possible before birth
Working to expand pleasurable sensation in the body
Practicing pleasure in a calm and relaxed state so that it is available in charged situations
Sourcing energy from a distant source when you feel stuck
Doulas as energy holders in birth spaces
Taking care of yourself through connection to your body
How presence and connecting to Source is helpful in the first 6 weeks of postpartum
Knowing that birth workers are as important to moms as moms are to babies
Finding ways to build pleasure and support into your system
Learning to rest when you need

EP93: Rachelle Garcia Seliga on Birth, Postpartum, Death and Life Principles in These Times Apr 10, 2020

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What Rachelle Shares:

Stepping into our next maturation level as adults
How our experiences being gestated and born impact us through life
Why the physiological birth requires safety and protection

What You'll Hear:

Returning to personal authority and innate wisdom
The long-ranging impacts of gestation and birth on an infant
Creating healthy, high-functioning adults in the future by prioritizing the care and health of mothers
Making decisions during pregnancy and birth to support your child's capacity in life
Aligning ourselves with Thriving Life Principles instead of Death Principles
Understanding how separating a mother and baby at birth may impact the baby's attachment patternings
Knowing how the use of Pitocin during birth effects postpartum depression rates
Attending to our family's health and wellness by respecting our physiology
Working through fear so that we can align with Thriving Life
Understanding that intense experiences are not automatically traumatic
Heading the radical call to re-center our power and authority as women
Connecting to our food and water sources
Birthing in safe and protected environments
Protecting the hormonal blueprint of labor and birth
The difference between a mental idea of safety and a physical understanding of safety
Why interacting while wearing masks feels incoherent to our systems
How the imprinting of being born impacts us in every single decision we make
Bringing implicit patterns into conscious awareness to begin changing them
Looking at this choice point of humanity through the 7 Fires Prophecy

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