Living Open | Modern Magick and Spirituality for Mystics and Seekers

Roshni (they/them) is a self-worth coach and tarot reader for South-Asian women, LGBTQ+ folks, and people who identify as the black sheep of their family.  In this episode, Eryn and Roshni talk about: Roshni’s journey with healing, self-worth, and religious trauma  How struggling with self-worth is connected to religious trauma Connecting back to their family’s spiritual & folk practices and rituals before Christianity Learning how to engage with spiritual and religious practices in different ways than we did in dogmatic religion Witchcraft as something that connects us to personal power Playing the role of “black sheep” in your family in the context of queerness & religion specifically Complicated family relationships & setting boundaries Letting go of the inner critic Not waiting to feel free Healing around self-worth & shame Making patterns in our healing work Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/roshni-patel  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Check out the Religious Trauma workbook and Religious Trauma meditation album. Email Eryn eryn@living-open.com to be added to the waitlist for winter HOLY. Connect with Roshni on their website and Instagram. My interview with Samara Kasai on tarot to break oppressive systems + bridging justice and tarot.  

Mona Eshaiker, LMFT (she, her) is a licensed therapist and mental health consultant. She specializes in burnout recovery and prevention on the individual and systemic levels. She is passionate about work-life balance and psychological safety for historically underrepresented folks. In this episode, Eryn and Mona talk about: Mona’s journey with burnout and mental health How rest makes space to figure out what you actually want The power of pause What’s happening with burnout emotionally, physically, and spiritually What to do when you know you need to rest but you’re required to keep producing! Rewriting stories around rest, “laziness,” and productivity Centering community care without burning out Becoming a stranger to yourself when you repress your feelings Losing touch with your yeses and no’s when you burn out Honoring and feeling your feelings Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/mona-eshaiker  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Check out the Religious Trauma workbook and Religious Trauma meditation album. You can connect with Mona on her website and Instagram.

This episode is a soft collective tarot reading to sink into for the winter solstice + winter season ahead, plus some reflections on grief and wintertime. In the reading we talk surrender, expanding into the full spectrum of our wholeness, being with pain + more. Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/winter-solstice-medicine  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Join us for the Virtual Solstice Breathwork for Grief gathering on Wednesday, Dec 22nd (recording included for all who register).  Get the Religious Trauma Meditation Album, on special launch price until December 23rd.

Luna Dietrich (she/they) is also known as the P*ssy Witch! They help feminist witches and exhausted activists disrupt pleasure oppression and root into fierce self love…all while fighting for more. In this episode, Eryn and Luna talk about: How Luna has changed and evolved over the past couple of years and over pandemic time Not getting addicted to heightened, unsustainable energy Figuring out what’s sustainable and enough for you Expanding capacity in a more titrated way Learning to base everything in pleasure and safety Creating a deep well of safety and resource How changing relationship with money has changed their relationship with safety Understanding how we really want to feel and how to bring that into our everyday Fluid relationships with money & healing relationships with money Working with the archetype of money Separating anger at systems of oppression from anger at money Building somatic capacity for abundance and pleasure Finding safety even when things aren’t totally harmonious Taking shame out of the equation when it comes to our feelings Fierce self love! What has really impacted her from being raised Catholic Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/luna-dietrich-2 Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Get the Religious Trauma Meditation Album, on special launch price until December 23rd. Check out the Virtual Solstice Breathwork for Grief gathering. Connect with Luna on Instagram and their website. Register for their free mini course, Pleasure Witch Practice. Mentioned in this episode: My first interview with Luna: Luna Dietrich on Following Pleasure, Taking Up Space, Sex Magick and Sex as a Radical Act Laziness Does Not Exist by Dr. Devon Price

Christi Johnson's (she/her) art combines cosmic visions and botanical beauties, a hypnotic dance of symbols stitched slowly and methodically into fabric. In this episode, Eryn and Christi talk about: Christi’s journey with magic & creativity & art Why she loves working with textiles Femininity & working with textiles Magic, ritual and symbolism as part of the embroidery process What it looks like to make embroidery with ritual and magic Creating more spaciousness to receive inspiration and ideas Dreams inspiring embroidery! Leaning into the slowness & seasonality of the embroidery process Crafting talismans from textiles Not forcing creative work & untangling productivity addiction Cultivating creative skills How to get started with embroidery if you’re new to it Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/christi-johnson  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Get the Religious Trauma Meditation Album, on special launch price until December 23rd — a collection of 17 meditations intended to support your healing from dogmatic religion through your body, your subconscious, and your feelings. Check out Christi’s book, Mystical Stitches. Follower her on Instagram. Check out her website and podcast, Stitch Wish Radio.

Marika Heinrichs (she/her) is a cis queer femme of (Soviet) German, British, and Irish ancestry who believes that reconnecting with the wisdom of our bodies is vital to ending systems of domination and supremacy. She has practiced as a somatic therapist and educator within social movement spaces for over a decade, trained in the lineages of generative somatics (gs), Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST), Focusing, and NeuroAffective Touch and is currently a PhD candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies.  In this episode, Eryn and Marika talk about: Marika’s journey with healing & somatics coming from a community organizing background Trauma, justice and somatics as inherently in relationship Accessing states of liberation, imagination and possibility through the body What happens when we drop into connection and spaciousness Trauma responses to systems of oppression and domination Finding spaces where there is the opportunity to access some safety so we can soften and connect Safety as shades of gray and not as a binary and the absence of discomfort Respecting and honoring the ways bodies and nervous systems are designed Christian supremacy culture infusing and shaping radical spaces and organizing communities A practice of being in deep reverence and relationship with lineage Somatics as inherently politicized and radical Appropriating our own lineages Holding grief when it’s pathologized and we’re disconnected from our cultural practices and ritual around grief Doing what we don’t know how to do Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/marika-heinrichs  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Get a copy of the Religious Trauma Workbook. Connect with Marika on her website and on Instagram. Mentioned in this episode:  A Language Older than Words by Derrick Jensen Generative Somatics Paul Kivel Lisa Fazio @therootcircle  Mary Oliver grief poetry Michael J. Morris

In this episode, Eryn shares a meditation for grief from their upcoming Religious Trauma Support Meditation Album, coming out on December 1st. Blog for this episode: https://www.living-open.com/blog/grief-meditation  Access the Religious Trauma Meditation Album! Register for Virtual Solstice Breathwork for Grief, a gathering of breathwork, journaling, sharing & ritual intended to support anyone who is working with grief during this time. 

Nadia Payan (she/they) is an educator, speaker, artist, third culture human and Montessorian whose life is filled with reverence towards creativity as a pathway to healing and power. Nadia explores and cross pollinates her own creative expression with her experiences as an early childhood educator, a spiritual practitioner and artist. In this episode, Eryn and Nadia talk about: Cycles of death and rebirth Being held through the decay Asking for support The interconnectedness of all things Moving through life more slowly & in more spacious ways What Nadia has learned about life and creativity from working with and spending time with children Seeing the world in different ways Being in devotion to creativity The power of creativity Being indoctrinated into thinking creativity isn’t part of us and it’s something that we gain versus be Embracing creativity as reclaiming power from capitalism and other systems of domination Expanding what creativity means Witnessing art-making Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/nadia-payan  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Get a copy of the Religious Trauma Workbook. Register for the virtual erotic poetry writing class. Connect with Nadia on Instagram, her website, or over email at nadia@nadiapayan.com. Check out Aligned Visionaries.

Rasia (she/her) is a Priestess in the tradition of Palo Kimbisa, an ancient practice that has its roots in the Congo Basin. Rasia has been a practitioner for 20 years. In addition to this, she utilizes quantum healing, crystal energetics, tarot, astrology, and her Clair abilities in her practice. Rasia provides services to her clients as a Certified Intuitive Life Coach, Spiritual mentor and holds a Masters degree in mental health counseling. In this episode, Rasia and Eryn talk about: Rasia’s journey with healing and spirituality Being initiated by her dad into Palo Kimbisa and becoming a priestess in this path Pushing away her spiritual gifts Plant medicine as a support for trauma healing and connecting to yourself Ethics of plant medicine & deciding what plant medicine is right for you The plant medicine Rasia recommends for folks who are just beginning their plant medicine journey Choosing a practitioner to support your plant medicine journey Integration processes after plant medicine or any spiritual experience Moving through transformation cycles of death and rebirth The energetics of fall and winter Resisting the process of death Healing our lineages How being a mother to six kids has changed her and her spiritual practice The messiness of change and growth Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/rasia-pouncie  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Get a copy of the Religious Trauma Workbook. Register for the virtual erotic poetry writing class. Connect with Rasia on Instagram and on her website. Mentioned in this episode: Living Open podcast interview with Aja Daashuur on communicating with your spirit guides and embracing your magic.

Chaune Schafer (she/her) is a queer non-denominational follower of Christ, which is a product of being a part of several denominations, heavy deconstruction, continued therapy, much study, and constant reconstruction. In this episode, Eryn and Chaune talk about: Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/chaune-schafer  Chaune’s journey with religion & healing Repressing sexuality in christianity Finding wholeness Doubt in religion Not reaching for black and white answers What it would mean to live like Jesus today Finding authentic community Moving towards what is life-giving Setting boundaries with non-affirming family Grappling with accountability for folks who caused harm around queerness within religion Who we are at our core Worthiness & moving at our own timelines Trusting ourselves Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Get a copy of the Religious Trauma Workbook. Register for Breathwork for Ex-Religious and Deconstructing Folks. Book a peer support session with Chaune over on Shrimpteeth for support processing religious-based harm and moving towards sensual embodiment. Mentioned in this episode: Untamed by Glennon Doyle Ep. #235: Choosing Your Life + Queerness, Polyamory + Kink with Sam of Shrimpteeth Julie Rodgers’ interview on the Coming Out Podcast Pray Away documentary