Ep. 46 - Awakening The Hero Within - An Interview With Christian de la Huerta
May 22, 2021
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Christian de la Huerta, a sought-after spiritual teacher, discusses his journey in the breathwork community and shares insights on healing through breathwork. Explore the power of breath, emotions, and the soul level of purpose. Discover the importance of women's empowerment and embracing both masculine and feminine energies. Delve into the power of love, inner knowing, and revolutionizing consciousness.
Breathwork is a transformative practice that heals emotional, psychological, and even physical trauma by clearing suppressed emotional energy trapped in the body.
Reclaiming power involves letting go of fear and ambivalence, embracing authenticity, and empowering women to bring positive change to the world.
Deep dives
Christian Deloerta's Personal Journey of Transformation
In this podcast episode, Christian Deloerta, a spiritual teacher, shares his personal journey of transformation and how it led him to become a sought-after spiritual teacher and breathwork expert. He discusses growing up in a communist regime in Cuba and a hierarchical Catholic environment, which shaped his relationship with power. Christian also talks about his struggles with identity, including being gay and feeling disconnected from his spirituality. Eventually, he had a profound realization about the power of love and embarked on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Through breathwork, he found a tool that heals at multiple levels, addressing emotional, psychological, and even physical trauma.
The Power of Breathwork and its Healing Effects
Christian highlights the power of breathwork as a transformative practice that helps release trapped emotions, heal trauma, and bring about mental, emotional, and spiritual healing. He explains that breathwork, which is a circular breathing technique, clears layers of suppressed emotional energy that get stuck in the body. By consciously breathing, individuals can prevent emotions from getting lodged in their tissues and allow them to flow freely. Christian emphasizes the importance of breathwork in calming the nervous system, reducing anxiety and stress, and bringing about a deeper sense of calm and centeredness. He believes that breathwork is a powerful tool for personal transformation and healing.
Embracing Soulful Power and Stepping into Authenticity
Christian delves into the concept of power and its relationship to authenticity. He challenges the common perception of power as hierarchical, dominance-based, and external, instead emphasizing soulful power as an innate and humble force within each individual. Christian believes that reclaiming power is essential for both men and women, and he particularly highlights the significance of empowering women to bring about positive change in the world. His book, 'Awakening the Soul of Power,' explores the need to let go of fear and ambivalence around power and step into our true selves, honoring our authenticity and embracing our own unique power.
The Path to Soulful Power and Revolutionizing Consciousness
Christian discusses the path to soulful power, which involves resolving ambivalence around power and realizing the different kinds of power that exist. He distinguishes between egoic power, which is external and based on hierarchies, and soulful power, which is innate and centered within us. Christian advises that stepping into soulful power requires strengthening our sense of self, valuing our own worth, and freeing ourselves from the need for external validation. He believes that a revolution in consciousness is necessary for positive change in the world, with each individual taking responsibility for their own power and contributing to the collective awakening and empowerment.
With 30 years of experience, Christian de la Huerta is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach, author, and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerous universities, conferences, and the TEDx stage. His new book, Awakening the Soul of Power, was described by multiple Grammy Award–winner Gloria Estefan as “a balm for the soul of anyone searching for truth and answers to life’s difficult questions.”