Today we’ve got Asha Ramakrishna and Aycee Brown, co-authors of Your Soul Map: Liberation, Human Design, and the BIPOC Experience on the show chatting about Human Design and how this framework shows up for BIPOC folks.
In our conversation, Asha and Aycee get into how spiritual tools can help us gain a better understanding of human behavior instead of being used as a crutch to bypass responsibility. They highlight how Human Design is a story that we get to evolve and make peace with, while also recognizing the different experiences that Black and Brown people have when they engage in this modality. Asha and Aycee also elaborate on the parts that make up Human Design, including astrology, quantum mechanics, Hindu yogic philosophy, Chinese I Ching teachings, and Judaic Kabbalah.
In episode 424 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(2:38) What you can expect from the Wild Soul Sacred Body membership
(6:21) Seasonal shifts that we’re going through right now
(10:54) Asha and Aycee’s favorite parts of Your Soul Map
(17:44) How Human Design informs Asha and Aycee’s relationships with themselves and others
(27:40) Human Design as a tool to navigate the world, particularly for the BIPOC community
(34:48) How Asha and Aycee define the Human Design gates
(42:49) Recognizing why you slow down or speed up
(50:26) How Aycee and Asha like to learn and teach about Human Design
(55:10) Using Human Design in the workplace
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Get Asha’s first book, The Priestess Code: ashaisnow.com/priestesscode
Download Asha’s free Dharama guide: ashaisnow.com/dharma
Follow Asha on Instagram: @ashaisnow
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Follow Aycee on Instagram: @ayceebrown
Follow Aycee on Twitter: @ayceeb
Subscribe to Aycee’s Youtube channel: Aycee Brown
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Now that I’ve wrapped up my Sacred Slut Experiment, I want to fill you in on some details and unpack my experience of intentional non-monogamy. In this episode, I look back on how dating in my 20s and 30s has changed and what I want to take with me (and leave behind) during this next chapter of my life.
Ultimately, I’ve come to the conclusion that a partnership would be a nice-to-have if it’s going to add extraordinary value to my life, but otherwise, I’m gonna keep it moving. Join me as I reflect on the past nine months of this experiment and look ahead to what’s next.
In episode 423 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(2:22) Monogamous dating in my 20s and early 30s
(8:15) Why love isn’t enough to keep a relationship going
(12:34) What inspired me to try out intentional polyamory
(16:50) The challenges with dating culture in Miami
(21:08) Getting my relational needs met in friendships
(23:18) Re-channeling my energy and focus into creative projects
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This week I’m joined by Shereen Sun, an artist, author, and acclaimed mentor who specializes in creativity and self-actualization. In our conversation, Shereen describes how creativity can be used as a powerful tool for healing and stepping into your innate power.
We discuss ways to make time for art – whether it’s painting, drawing, singing, dancing, or whatever else helps you express yourself – and the ripple effect that those outlets have on how you show up in the world. Plus, Shereen gives us a peek inside their recently released book, Radiant Wildheart, and shares what they hope readers will take away from it.
In episode 422 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(6:53) Shereen’s journey to feeling comfortable identifying as an artist
(10:47) How to break through the fear of being seen in your creative expression
(17:17) Healing your experience of failure through a creative practice
(22:18) Art as a form of self-empowerment
(32:45) Shereen’s response to people who say they don’t have time for a creative practice
(37:22) Where the name ‘Radiant Wildheart’ comes from
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Follow Shereen on Instagram: @radiantwildheart
Get your copy of Radiant Wildheart: radiantwildheart.com/book
Subscribe to Wildheart Radio: radiantwildheart.com/podcast
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I've been teaching people healthy and do-able ways to let things go for almost 10 years now. I say healthy and do-able because a lot of approaches are just too intense. As much as we might want to snap our fingers and let go of habits, behaviors, relationships, or things that happened in the past, the process of release is usually ongoing.
So many of us get wrapped up in the all-or-nothing mindset, but what if there was a way to evaluate what’s actually possible to let go of so that it doesn’t take up as much space in our lives? In this episode, I highlight how to determine when it’s time to move on completely, take a pause, or simply deprioritize things.
I hope the examples that I share illustrate ways that you can let go with more ease and compassion for whatever you have going on in your life.
In episode 421 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(2:55) Why I created the REAL Uplevel Interview Series
(5:15) The deeper nuances and complexities of letting go
(9:37) How I let people in my life know when our connection feels energetically complete for me
(11:30) Why endings don’t always have to be bitter or hurtful
(13:16) Letting go for a time without certainty if you’ll be back
(16:34) Practicing healthy and intentional decompartmentalization
(18:34) Honoring the the seasonal and cyclical nature of life
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There’s a lot of fresh, new beginning energy swirling around as we step into the spring equinox. Coming out of this cocoon season has opened me up to receive intentions from my ancestors and divine support squad, and I’ve been really sitting with the messages they’ve been sending me lately.
The first is one is around the multiplicity of connection, intimacy, and creativity. Where can I find more joy in the rewards of being who I truly am, especially when there’s a hefty tax to living an alternative lifestyle? I’ve been thinking a lot about community, demonstrating ethics of care, and both knowing what’s enough and being okay with it rather than always striving for more.
The other intention that I’ve been playing around with is inviting next-level/renewed power and strength in my physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. I’m experimenting with how I can set my life up to be as enjoyable and pain-free as possible, which requires me to reintegrate movement and nutrition in a new way.
I hope these intentions can illuminate something relevant, important, or relatable for you, too!
In episode 420 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(1:39) Reflecting on the spring equinox and Pisces season
(6:26) One of the biggest takeaways that I got out of the Real Uplevel series
(8:53) Discovering your contribution and doing what’s yours to do
(14:29) Receiving the intention for multiplicity of connection, intimacy, and creativity
(18:41) Taking an honest audit of my habits of consumption and accumulation
(21:37) Next level/renewed power and strength (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual)
(25:02) Insights from a recent cleanse that I did
(30:42) Recognizing that alignment requires effort
(35:26) Connecting to the real power of your soul
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Grief and sadness are important emotions to be honest about, pay attention to, and process as they come up. Today I’m sharing some things that make me sad and that I tend to be grieving on a pretty regular basis. As a person who embodies a lot of joy, passion, fire, and humor, I don't know if people realize that I grieve all the time. And I bet some of you can relate to this ー much of what makes me sad or has me grieve comes from systemic oppression and the myriad of delusions humans live under that cause us to do harm to ourselves and each other.
In this episode, I share two recent experiences that reminded me of how these systems can show up in our daily lives, sometimes in really sneaky ways that are hard to detect. When we start to peel back all the layers that we've acquired since coming into these bodies, we can remember that we are so much more than our parts.
In episode 419 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(1:21) Grieving over the systemic oppression that causes us to do harm to ourselves and each other
(2:46) How I reframe emotions like sadness, grief, and anger
(4:48) Recognizing why so many of us struggle with self-love and self-respect
(9:30) My eye-opening experience at a breast reduction consultation
(13:55) Honoring the unlearning, unpacking, and deconstructing of liberation work
(15:30) The truth about everyone’s purpose
(18:11) Why you can’t rush the healing timeline
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When you proclaim something and put some intention on it, life tends to put it in your path to ask you if you’re really sure. In this episode, I unpack a couple of things related to healing and my words for this year that have been coming up for me lately.
Join me as I explore popular online messaging around nervous system regulation and finding what resonates with my wild soul. I also touch on the divine timing of some scrubby and bothering behavior that I’ve been inundated with and what that means for my words of the year.
In episode 418 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(1:22) What The REAL Uplevel Interview Series is all about
(3:19) Healing in the age of social media
(6:05) Why it’s unrealistic to strive for a perfectly regulated nervous system all the time
(8:51) Cultivating a flexible, resilient, and adaptable nervous system
(12:35) The two reasons why I’m releasing the word ‘unbothered’ as one of my words for the year
(17:27) What I’m realizing about my boundary with #NoScrubs
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In the Wild Soul Sacred Body Membership, I host monthly community Q&A calls to go deeper on themes of self love, healing, wholeness, and liberation. To give you an idea of what it’s like to be on those calls, I asked for questions on Instagram and pulled out the top three submissions:
How can I navigate injury, illness, chronic pain, or the changes in my body as I age?
How can I heal from my anxious attachment style?
How can I start feeling my feelings when I’ve avoided doing so for a long time?
As I work through these topics, I Iook back on a range of personal and professional experiences and offer up resources that my clients and students find to be useful. I also share what you can expect from the membership, including access to workshops and meditations that explore each of these questions in a richer, more nuanced way.
In episode 417 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(5:06) My life as a relatively able-bodied person who has dealt with invisible injuries
(6:51) Why inclusivity around the topic of bodies and illnesses is so important to me
(10:31) Discovering invitations for deeper liberation, embodiment, acceptance, and self love
(13:23) Approaching your body from a place of acceptance instead of resistance
(20:05) What has helped me get to the root of my anxious responses or reactions
(24:00) Being unavailable for avoidant behavior and setting boundaries around that
(28:20) Practices that can help get you out of your head and into your body
(33:02) Different embodiment and movement classes we offer for Wild Soul Sacred Body members
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Quotes from this Week’s Episode of the Embodied Podcast:
Whether it's injury, illness, body pain, weight gain, weight loss, or various conditions and disorders, I look at all of it as invitations for deeper liberation, embodiment, acceptance, respect, and love for the self.
Acceptance is not approval. You can accept something and have immense compassion for it, and also want to change it.
As you get in your senses you can notice patterns.
Doing practices that don’t require you to mentally process feelings and emotions helps to resensitize you.
Terri Cole has these three questions, which are: Who does this remind me of? When have I felt this way before? And why does this feel familiar? Those three questions get to the root of what's going on.
I didn't deny myself a friggin’ thing because I gained weight. There are a lot of people who withhold and deny themselves things and experiences because they don't feel comfortable or confident in how they look. I refuse to do that.
I’ve been engaging in conversations around liberation in business for the REAL Uplevel Interview Series, and it’s been illuminating the consistent incongruences in the coaching, wellness, and healing industries.
There are very real consequences when people with any kind of authority in these spaces view vast and global topics through their own micro-experiences. In this episode, I break down what some of those outcomes are, including upholding systems of supremacy and oppression and engaging in manipulative sales tactics.
Join me as I break down my creation process for this series and share what topics we’ll be exploring with my guest speakers.
In episode 416 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(1:33) Updates about the REAL Uplevel Interview Series: who you’ll hear from and what we discuss
(7:29) How I plan to create the container and the agreements for this series
(9:13) Concepts and quotes that really stood out for me from Alok Vaid-Menon's episode on The Man Enough Podcast
(14:08) A big area that I'm learning more about right now
(19:19) Alok’s deeper perspective on self-love
(23:45) Overlapping themes I’ve noticed in my interviews for the series
(26:32) My experience of the ‘integrity effect’ as a coach
(30:57) What inspired me to finally create this series
(35:15) Practicing humility
(38:54) One of the most expansive parts of the series so far
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Episode 369. Sacred Commerce and Generational Impact with Asha Ramakrishna
Alok Vaid-Menon: The Urgent Need for Compassion on The Man Enough Podcast
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Learn more about the Relationship Inventory Workshop on February 26th
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Since recording episode 399 where I introduced my ‘Sacred Slut Summer’ experiment, I’ve discovered that I'm loving the intimacy, connection, and companionship that's available in the solo polyamorous lifestyle.
From my early 20s to early 30s, I was essentially a serial monogamist. After taking about a year and a half to deeply reconnect with myself and heal after my last long-term partnership, I realized that I love dating, but not necessarily with the intention of merging my life with someone else’s.
In this episode, I describe how nourishing it’s been to create what I call a “constellation of companions” and highlight what I’m currently navigating. Whether you're interested in this lifestyle or not, I hope you hear something that resonates or sparks curiosity about where you can invite more joy into your life.
In episode 415 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(1:55) Recapping my ‘Sacred Slut Summer’ experiment
(4:30) Getting back into dating in 2018
(7:51) Defense mechanisms that I’m noticing on social media and IRL
(16:13) Realizing what I actually enjoy about relationships: sex, affection, intimacy, companionship, being able to do fun things, and also having different energy in my life
(23:13) What no one tells women in their 30s and 40s about pleasure and intimacy
(24:54) What I'm loving about this lifestyle
(29:26) The biggest thing that I'm still navigating
(33:23) Staying open and available for what’s out there
(35:04) A humbling epiphany I had recently
(37:34) What you can expect from our upcoming workshop
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Episode 288. Advice For The Sex and Love You Crave with Eva Clay
Episode 259. If He’s So Great Why Do I Feel So Bad With Avery Neal
Episode 233. Overcoming Narcissistic Abuse and Codependency with Lisa Romano
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Learn more about the Relationship Inventory Workshop on February 26th
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Continuing with the theme of liberatory practices, one of the most potent places to free yourself is within your relationships. When it comes to the people in your personal, familial, romantic, and professional circles, it’s important to check in with how they’re either nourishing or depleting you.
In this episode, I’m sharing how I’ve determined which relationships are worth it for me and which ones aren't at the moment. I also touch on strategies that have been helpful for maintaining and/or deepening the connections I want to keep in my life, and explore some thoughts on letting go of ones that no longer serve me.
In episode 414 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(1:58) Details about my upcoming workshop, The Relationship Inventory
(4:16) Unpacking some internet rhetoric around ghosting
(8:19) My practice for sending love to someone when I feel like I’m spending a lot of emotional energy on them
(11:46) How accepting people for who they are has softened my heart and my hard edges
(13:55) Dealing with situations where you just don't like or vibe with someone that other people that you like and respect do
(16:15) Getting clear on your negotiables and non-negotiables in a relationship
(17:50) The groups of people that I’m no longer giving time and energy to the way that I used to, and why
(26:24) Examples of friendships that I’ve learned to step away from
(32:48) My experience with deepening family connections and upholding boundaries
(34:59) Knowing and honoring the scope of my professional practice
(38:18) Discovering what you need out of your romantic relationships
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As someone who used to bottle up all of their fiery feelings and struggle with emotional intelligence, I’ve experienced first-hand how verbally processing things is an extremely liberatory practice. It helps to create better, more satisfying experiences and prevents us from having to deal with things that are actually avoidable.
In this episode, I share a few stories to illuminate how, why, and where it's important to use your words to free yourself. I look at examples across a range of contexts, including dating, business, family, and community.
In episode 413 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(2:24) A few housekeeping items and ways to get involved with classes, workshops, and trainings
(4:04) My communication background from a Human Design and astrology perspective
(8:28) First things first: be honest with yourself when something is bothering you, and/or you desire collaboration
(9:57) How I vet potential lovers and the thought-process behind each question
(14:18) Why it’s so important to establish community agreements and guidelines in all of your spaces
(19:46) What I’m going to be exploring in my upcoming business interview series
(24:57) Why I believe the main reason for bad sex is actually bad communication
(28:19) If you have your own examples or want to join the conversation, reach out in via DM or email
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One of the most liberating elements of my life has been working through the fears that have been conditioned into me about needing to look a certain way in order to be desired, loved, and worthy. Gaining weight and embracing the tremendous amount of wisdom in my body has transformed every aspect of my life.
In this episode, I invite you to approach your body like it's the complex and miraculous thing it is. I unpack some of my thoughts on common body neutrality messaging, skewed beauty standards, and what I’ve learned on this journey to becoming my most joyful, voluptuous self.
In episode 412 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:
(2:41) Recapping what liberatory practices are and how we can use them to create a more expansive year (and life)
(5:19) Body positivity and body neutrality phrases that I deeply disagree with
(10:19) Examining the programming that makes you resent your body, or resist closeness with it, or judge other people's bodies
(12:43) Why we need to stop looking at exceptions and treating them like norms or ideals
(14:52) My stance on cosmetic surgery
(17:01) A look into my nearly decade-long experience gaining weight and dismantling my beliefs about my body
(20:28) Getting back into dating and realizing that we're all somebody's ideal
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To welcome in the new year, I’m covering some liberatory practices that you can incorporate into your routine life for a more expansive year. There are three words and a phrase that I’m using to guide my intentions and decisions in 2023 - unapologetic, unbothered, soft, and #ScrubFree. In this episode, I unpack what all of that means to me and how I plan on channeling that energy in all areas of my life.
As always, you’re invited to take what resonates for you and ditch anything that doesn’t!
In episode 411 of the Embodied Podcast, we discuss:
(2:00) The interconnected nature of expansion and acceptance
(3:47) How do we know if the work that we're doing on ourselves is really contributing to collective healing and liberation?
(6:58) Why I love the saying, “May this be for the benefit of all beings”
(12:58) Tapping into the expanded expression and embodiment of being unapologetic
(13:36) The different layers of unbothered and how it differs from triggerable
(16:58) Recognizing where I want to soften my edges and let go of things that aren’t mine to hold
(21:36) Applying a #ScrubFree policy to every area of my life
(24:32) Developing genuine self-awareness, especially around how you label yourself
(27:28) What to expect from the next couple of episodes
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