The Making & Mending Rituals Podcast

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#44 An audio movement and journaling workshop on embodiment Nov 02, 2018

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Hey friends, Fridays are now Daydreaming Wolves podcast days, hurray! Today I am sharing a movement + journaling audio workshop from the Magic of Embodiment program with you - people in the program really loved it and so I thought you might too. I will be sharing bits from the program on here occasionally because I love making things more accessible and want to offer you a peak behind the scenes. You might want to listen to this at home rather than on public transport or in the car, but all you need is pen and paper. I am sharing some very gentle movement practices you can do sitting or lying down and then there will be some journaling prompts to dive into. Enjoy!

//If you enjoy listening and would like some support for your practice please consider joining my Patreon. In the Practice // Space community you’ll get access to recorded workshops, ritual guides, journaling prompts and movement & creative practices to explore in your own time. I also host monthly intention setting sessions and quiet co-creating sessions on Zoom around each new moon. Join here: https://www.yarrowmagdalena.com/practice/

Thank you!//

#43 A minisode on how to make small rituals a part of your day when you're stressed AF Oct 26, 2018

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Hey beautiful beings, this question comes up a lot: How do we make space for self-care and ritual and magic if everything is falling apart and feels super hard? I don't have a perfect answer, but I gathered some ideas and questions for you in the hope that they feel comforting! Listen to me share about my morning and bed time routines as well as my love for self-massages and the wild art of infusing small things with big intentions. In this episode I mentioned the free tarot for beginners workshop I am running on the 18th of November, you can sign up here: https://yarrowdigital.com/free-webinars/

Thank you!//

#42 My interview with Krystal of Power Femme Tarot on tarot as an anti-gaslighting tool Oct 19, 2018

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Hey beautiful beings, you might have noticed that I am now able to be a bit more consistent with the podcast, which is amazing and mainly due to the increase in Patreon supporters - thank you so much!!! For this episode I have interviewed another instagram crush that I had a beautiful tarot reading with myself - Krystal of Power Femme Tarot! Here is what we talked about:

- Finding a unique way of reading for ourselves and others
- Tarot as an anti-gaslighting tool
- Learning to trust ourselves again
- Bringing a fierce queer, feminist and political lens to the tarot
- Tarot magic for sacred sexuality

Krystal also talked about her friend Nick of https://queerofcups.com/ who is queer_of_cups on instagram and made a note after the recording: "The only thing I’d say differently is omit the term “stalker card.” Since my convo with Yarrow, @pinewoodtarot shared an IG story about how this term glamorizes and trivializes assault. As someone who unabashedly brings a queer feminist anti-racist justice-centered lens to my Tarot practice, I’m profoundly grateful to be called in so pointedly and compassionately by @pinewoodtarot. Thank you for the wakeup call!" Krystal is a New Orleans-based queer femme witch, priestess of the Morrigan, crafter of sacred tools, and professional tarot reader and teacher. She holds a PhD in Gender Studies and her academic nature has led her to study tarot rigorously and joyfully since the age of 15. Krystal's lifelong personal and professorial commitment to feminism, queer politics, and social justice also shapes her approach to tarot. For Krystal, tarot bridges intuition and intellect as well as the spiritual and the political. Krystal uses tarot to crack open space for empowerment, individual and collective healing, and social change. Website: powerfemmetarot.com IG: @powerfemmetarot Patreon: patreon.com/powerfemmetarot

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# 41 A minisode with my best tips for tarot beginners Oct 13, 2018

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Hey friends, this is a sweet and simple episode in which I share my favorite tips for tarot beginners. Mainly its a pep talk for when you feel shy about approaching your deck!

Thank you!//

#40 My interview with Fay Johnstone on plant magic Oct 06, 2018

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Hey friends, happy almost new moon in libra! I have a really wonderful episode with my friend Fay for you today, which I think is perfect if you want to dream about the changing seasons and reconnect with plants. Here is what we talked about:

+ The creative process of Fay's book
+ Intimacy with the changing seasons
+ Understanding cycles and applying them to our own lives to take pressure off ourselves
+ Grounding practices out in nature
+ Working with found objects
+ What we can learn from plants

Fay Johnstone is a Shamanic Herbalist, Reiki Master and a Plant Spirit Guide who is the author of Plants that Speak Souls that Sing: transform you life with the spirit of plants. Following a beautiful awakening to the spirit of plants while running a flower farm, Fay's work helps clients open their own intuition to the forces of nature, meet plant spirit guides and restore their sacred relationship with the Earth to feel confident and connected on their path. Applying Shamanic techniques, the alchemy of nature and spirit inspired guidance to nourish your soul, Fay can help you remember your magic, release old patterns of shame and grief, reawaken ancient wisdom within you and reclaim your power to become fully aligned with the truth of who you are. Fay offers healing, workshops and programs across the UK, online and from her home in Scotland. Fay's website: www.fayjohnstone.com

Thank you!//

#39 A minisode on things to consider when you're looking for a tarot deck Oct 03, 2018

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Hey dreambabes, since it's officially the witchy season some of you have asked about tarot decks I use and love. It's a great time to fall in love with a new magical tool, so I wanted to share some tips for those who are on the lookout. This is a very short episode, a minisode if you will, and there will be more of these with practical advice coming your way soon! Here are the decks and the shop I mentioned: Little Red Tarot Shop - http://littleredtarot.com The Next World Tarot deck - https://cristyroad.bigcartel.com/category/next-world-tarot Fountain Tarot deck - http://www.fountaintarot.com/ The Divina deck - https://www.spirit-speak.com/ The Wild Unknown deck - https://www.thewildunknown.com/ The Anima Mundi deck - http://www.thecreepingmoon.com/tarot.html

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#38 My grumpisode with Sarah Chappell all about embracing the whole range of human emotions Sep 13, 2018

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Friends, this is such a wonderful and special episode - in fact, it's a grumpisode! I have long admired Sarah Chappell's wonderful sense of humour and her ability to embrace the whole range of human emotions, which is exactly what we did for this episode. We grumped away about stuff that bothers us, got a bit snarky and let it all out - in the hope that you might feel less alone. We felt a bit shy in the end and felt a gentle urge to say that we are also happy, grateful people sometimes, which was really interesting and, in my humble opinion, shows that we all need more permission to grump sometimes. So if you needed a permission slip, this is it! Here is what we talked about:

- Embracing the whole range of human emotions
- Being grumpy about having no one as a sickness back up when you are working for yourself
- Being grumpy about diet culture - Being grumpy about social media changing all the time and loosing "exposure"
- Being grumpy about all the hard work we have to put in before creative work becomes sustainable
- Life being hard but amazing
- Wanting a stable, not overpriced forever home
Our favorite self-care practices for grumpy times
-"Work/Life Balance", scaling a small business and trying to not constantly work

Sarah M. Chappell is an intuitive counselor and herbalist based in Asheville, North Carolina specializing in addiction and mental health. She draws on her study of tarot, flower and stone essences, herbal medicine, and reiki to help clients unravel their stories, create lasting shifts, and heal themselves. Sarah is the host of So You Wanna Be A Witch, the podcast for soul-centered entrepreneurs and the people who love them. You can find Sarah on the internet at sarahmchappell.com, and follow her on Instagram http://instagram.com/sarahmchappell,

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#37 My interview with Desiree Cervantes on chaos magic, tarot and cultural appropriation Sep 02, 2018

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Hey dreambabes, I am incredibly honoured to bring you an episode with the wonderful Desiree Cervantes today! We first met online a few years ago and started to have really good chats about magic, cultural appropriation and identity this summer. Desiree is incredibly kind yet fierce, grounded, curious and magical and I am super happy she said yes to recording one of our conversations. This is some of what we talked about:

- Magic as a way to self-soothe
- Coming out later in life
- Cultural appropriation in spiritual communities
- Working with ancestral traditions
- Chaos magic and dealing with the unexpected
- Shedding the idea that our worth as a person is defined by how desirable we are to men

Desiree Cervantes is a shaman, intuitive healer and witch. An indigenous femme, modern medicine woman and mother of two. She is passionate about wild spirituality, radical honesty and creativity as a tools for spiritual healing. Desiree helps wild-hearted souls connect with and reclaim their personal magic through intuitive counselling, clairvoyant readings, practical magic and mediumship. Connect with her on Instagram @spiritfireshaman and visit www.spiritfireshaman.com.

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#36 My interview with Tess, the City Witch about urban magic and breaking the binary spell Aug 12, 2018

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Happy new moon in Leo, witches! Thanks so much for your patience, I feel it was worth it as today's episode is with Tess, the City Witch who is an absolute dream babe who makes incredible zines and offers beautiful tarot magic. I recently had an emergency reading with them, which was super helpful, and I read the zine I have from them often. I hope our conversations gives you some joy and maybe a sense of not being alone in your weird and wonderful witchcraft, at least that's how I felt after talking to Tess. Here is what we dreamed about:

- Working with willow to process grief
- How Tess was introduced to magic
- Being disillusioned by binary based approaches to magic
- Witchcraft on tumblr and sharing radical ideas through social media
- Hexing your local rapist - Using your phone charger for magic
- Working with the hermit card
- Generosity and abundance in our communities

tess is a collective tarot reader, city witch, and zinester based in Ottawa, Canada. they are a cancer sun and moon, aries rising. they studied history and political science at the University of Ottawa and are an alum of lindsay mack's wild soul tarot teachings. influenced by anarchist studies on gendered labour and bodily autonomy, tess approaches tarot as a spiralic, revolutionary tool to assist the collective. https://thecitywitch.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/cityxwitch/ https://www.patreon.com/citywitch/

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#35 My interview with Janelle Hardy on personal mythmaking and emotional body awareness Jul 20, 2018

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Hey daydreamers, I am really sorry for the delay with this episode - the last few weeks were a bit intense and hectic and I really missed podcasting! I think the wait was totally worth it though because I interviewed my friend Janelle Hardy, who was an absolutely dream to talk to! Here are some of the things we shared about:

- Weaving story telling, body work and visual art into transformative healing
- Personal Mythmaking as a tool for insight and empowerment
- Her group program and how she helps people write their own memoir with ease through looking at myths and fairy tales
- Podcasting as a way to build community and have meaningful conversations
- What embodiment means to Janelle (her words really touched me!)
- How we can unlearn body hate and restrictive movement patterns
- Emotional body awareness

Janelle Hardy is a healer, single mother and artist. Her work is driven by the belief that when we tap into the power of our creativity, our bodies and our vibrancy, we gain vitality, courage and strength. We reclaim our wholeness and sense of purpose and identity. She works with women who long to feel like enough, and know it's possible. She combines 12+ years as a hands-on bodyworker with a background in Anthropology, Dance and the visual arts to offer one-on-one sessions as well as leading private healing retreats and The Art of Personal Mythmaking (a transformational memoir-writing course that facilitates healing, growth and joy.) Here is Janelle's website: https://www.janellehardy.com/ The Art of Personal Mythmaking - a transformational memoir-writing course: http://www.janellehardy.com/personal-mythmaking/

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