Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Podcast

Jasmeen Hana, ISTA Faculty and shamanic guide between worlds, our guest in this delightful episode, takes us on a journey of sex & spirit, soul & animal, dark & light, to remember our primal and innocent nature, through the ancient and recorded wisdom of the Egyptian Temple Arts.In this episode, dive with Jasmeen into…Finding our place in the Tree of Life, getting to know the anatomy of our SpiritWhat is a Temple Art?Egyptian cosmology and working with the intelligence of the different Gods and Goddesses in daily lifeLife as a Temple Art, choosing to live in the sacredness of Life itselfThe Lotus flower medicine, beauty rising from the muckThe journey into the Underworld and the gateways to keep lightening the heartVibrational and sound workIf you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

Have you ever felt like you’ve been pressed into a mould, and asked yourself if you can live a bigger life than this? Patrik Oltermann, a radical Christian pastor, ISTA facilitator, Bhakti Yogi and queer pirate, shares wisdom from a lifetime of not fitting in, happy and humorously following the path of Freedom. Hear Patrik on...Navigating the tension between the ordinary and the extra-ordinaryInnocently ignoring cultural and spiritual norms, when society tells you to stay smallNavigating and being ok with being the crazy one Embodying and vibrating who you truly areWhy we need more pirates!If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

Rituals can be small or elaborate, but when done with intentionality, they all hold creative and spiritual power. But what makes something a ritual vs a habit? How does one 'do' ritual? What are the keys for deep and transformative group rituals?Dawn Cherie Ezrahi, Lead ISTA Facilitator and initiatress of SSSTar (Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Ritual Theatre) speaks with us about the anatomy of ritual and what happens when theatre meets this sacred art.Dawn shares...How to know when the mundane has transformed into ritual spaceThe role of presence and intentionKeys for holding a container in a group ritualThe importance of releasing expectation in ritualThe role of gratitude in ritualWhen art meets ritual: Ritual TheatreRitual as an antidote to materialistic busynessDeath and ritualIntentional prayer vs worryA must-listen for any priestees, practitioners, facilitators or artists who work with groups.If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

Falling in love can bring up intense emotions and ecstatic experiences. With tsunamis of neurochemicals and exhilarating heart-opening, we can meet our own soul, taste unconditional love, and experience wholeness in deep ways. It's big stuff for our spiritual evolution.But what happens when the 'love potion' runs out? Lead Facilitator Aramina Barbour shares with us how modern society throws in the towel so easily in relationship and we risk becoming branch jumpers, searching for the next high.Hear Araminta's personal relationship and break up stories as she shares...How to navigate when 'things get hard'Knowing if you should break up or hunker downUnderstanding golden shadows in relationshipWhy expectations and projections make relationships a minefield and how to go beyond themHow to know if you're addicted to the high of falling in loveRelationship as an opportunity to explore God and Goddess within yourselfHow to navigate the intensity of break up emotionsGrief as a precious messengerRecognising where you seek outside ourselves for sustenance (it will never be fulfilled there!)If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

Tune in to hear Bruce Lyon (ISTA Pioneer/Wisdom Circle and Highden Founder) share truth bombs about...Living beyond instinctual herd life and finding your authentic coreHow to burst into flame and radiate who you really are regardless of what others thinkLiberating your sexual energy and your emotional energy to find your powerHow to go beyond being an 'individual' and wake up to your part as a cell in the Great organism of LifeConfronting the death-wish that's in the shadow, personally and collectivelyGoing beyond survival to live something far wilder and more adventurousWhen love has grows stronger than the desire to be likedReceiving projection as a way to water blast remnants of the egoTesting the 'friendly universe' and taking risks towards authenticity.If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

Trauma processing and trauma awareness has risen a lot in the healing fields. While trauma has been primarily boxed in a psychological model, shamanic perspectives can offer a wider lense.Janine Ma-Ree, ISTA Lead Facilitator, speaks with us about how an earth-based shamanic understanding of the body and trauma can support deep personal and collective healing, empowerment and community.  Janine shares on...What 'shamanic' means in the context of traumaHow the elements are essential to understand in the healing journeyWhat 'trauma' meansWhy the same experience may be traumatic for one person, but not for anotherShamanic perspectives of the FREEZE response and how to honour and support frozen parts of ourselves, friends, lovers or clientsHow to avoid looping in processing the emotional body (which can retraumatize you!)If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

"A daring life means following what's real for you. Sometimes it's crazy, sometimes it's boring, but it's real." In this episode, Komala Lyra, Lead ISTA Facilitator, shares wisdom gems from a daring life spent listening to her truth. Sharing deeply about how to surrender, listening and authenticity, Komala offers a potent transmission of how to be totally present, totally alive, and totally out of control.Hear Komala share about...How to trust what feels real to you ('right' and 'wrong' are irrelevant)Breath as the baseline on a spiritual journeySurrendering to the inner aliveness or boredom within without resistanceWhen you listen within, the world can't control youWhy 'protection' and 'consent' can do more harm than goodWhy trauma will become obsolete for humanityIf you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe

Elaine Yonge, an ISTA Lead Facilitator and tantra educator, dives into the profound intersections of sexuality and spirituality. She unveils the four erotic themes—longing, breaking boundaries, power dynamics, and ambivalence. Elaine emphasizes that these themes enhance sexual pleasure and personal growth. They discuss the importance of intention in intimacy, recognizing trauma's influence on sexual energy, and releasing shame surrounding emotions. With practical tips for practitioners, this conversation is a compelling guide to deeper sexual understanding.

Raffaello Manacorda, Lead ISTA Facilitator, shares how sex and the shadow (repressed parts of ourselves) are parts of life but are both hidden. To live and express ourselves fully, we need to dive into these parts with full transparency and radical honesty. Because of the cultural and societal nature of this repression, unravelling the hiddenness needs to be done in groups, not alone or with another therapist only...In this episode, hear Raffaello discuss:Rape fantasies which exist at the intersection of sex and the shadowHow bringing shadows into the light dissolves shame and restores joy and powerThe role of partners and close friends in identifying our shadows (and their limits for effective support)Why it's essential to do shadow work in the contexts of dedicated groupsHow leaving your shadow hidden makes you susceptible to influence and being controlledWhy the shadow is NOT a solely psychoanalytical beast — it has a physical, visceral natureThe powerful role of sexual energy and relationships in shadow workIf you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe 

If we are in a relationship and don't have strong self-love or we haven't done our healing work, we look to others to fulfil the lack within and to validate our worth.  Often, what we understand as love has more to do with fear and insecurity than with actual love (it can be mired with neediness, expectations and attachments).So, what is love, really? How can we truly love without limit in relationship? In this episode, hear ISTA Lead Frank Mondeose share his decades of wisdom on this.In this episode, discover...Expanded and empowered ways of understanding love in relationshipsWhat to do when your partner's desires clash with your ownUnderstanding why we get hooked in relationships and how to reclaim power, strength and loveHow to avoid the toxicity and suffering of relationships that simply won't dieLove and pain go hand in hand and how to dance with bothSelflessness and letting go of neediness to invest in the act of lovePlugging into the Universal energy of love (which is infinite and comes from many places) rather than solely requiring it from our one belovedEmotional hygiene and healing core wounds vs looking outward for the mother/father figure to caretakeWhat to do when we experience insecurity, fear, competition, or jealousy in relationshipsWhen boundaries do and don't truly serve your growthIf you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review! To find out more about ISTA trainings or to work with our faculty, see www.ista.life, or find us on social, FB: ista.life and IG:@ista_tribe