The Unspoken Medicine: Death, Rebirth, and the Space Between (Ft Hannah Blake)

What if death wasn’t something to fear, but a catalyst for your greatest transformation?

Somatic practitioner, dancer, and poet Hannah Blake reunites with Marc to explore how we heal, evolve, and reconnect to the heartbeat of nature. They unpack the journey from performance to purpose, discuss the intelligence of the body, and the importance of death—physical, emotional, and egoic—as a portal to rebirth.

Hannah shares her personal journey through burnout, Crohn’s disease, plant medicine, and community building in the Oregon forest. This episode dives into the intersection of somatic psychology, sacred ceremony, and the need for collective healing in a fractured world.

Our first conversation can be found here. 

 

Show Notes

• 00:00 – Opening: Who is Hannah today?

• 02:00 – Revisiting their first conversation and Hannah’s core identity

• 05:00 – How a cultural dance trip changed her life path

• 07:00 – Healing Crohn’s and creating the SOM Maya method

• 10:00 – Dance as spiritual expression, not performance

• 12:00 – How Hannah blends somatics, plant medicine, and neuroplasticity

• 14:00 – Her 3-day healing format and care-first approach

• 16:00 – What burnout taught her about congruence and boundaries

• 18:00 – Using the body as a compass for truth and discernment

• 22:00 – Interoception: Noticing what the body knows

• 26:00 – “So much of our life is dying to our past”

• 28:00 – Ego death as a fertilizer for new life

• 31:00 – DMT, surrender, and being ready to die

• 34:00 – Rebuilding community and regenerative living

• 36:00 – A beautiful analogy from the Baha’i faith on life and rebirth

• 42:00 – The medicine of communal healing

• 45:00 – Closing reflections on questions, community, and legacy

 

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Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud

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