

Soul Salon with Ayandastood
Ayandastood
pov: you're obsessed with paradigm shifts, aha moments, expanding your consciousness, de-colonizing, and seeing beyond the current paradigm. you believe love, community, interdependence, joy, rest & creativity are our birthright, and you are seeking more ways to find y(our) way home. you are the Wise Friend who listens deeply, but often feels unheard or unseen. i am here to walk beside you. let's paradigm shift together, guided by your host, Ayanda, also known as @ayandastood on TikTok and IG.
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Dec 22, 2025 • 1h 23min
86: Dance your way to Freedom Ft. Tamara Josephine
Tap into the profound wisdom of your body in today's Soul Session. Today, we welcome special guest Tamara Josephine, a dance wellness teacher and celebrant, for an intimate and poetic exploration of dance, movement, and the soul. Tamara shares her wisdom on the deep connection between body and spirit, the importance of joy and vitality, and the power of allowing oneself to take up space. From the challenges of childhood bullying to the beauty of spiritual awakening, this conversation delves into healing, self-expression, and the transformative power of dance. Tamara also offers practical tips for integrating dance into daily life, emphasizing the importance of presence and curiosity. This is a rich, inspiring discussion filled with love, grace, and profound insights.👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide00:00 Welcome & What is the Soul?03:42 Dance as a Path to Healing15:11 Challenges in Dance19:21 Tamara's 4 C's of Dance 35:52 Joy in Public and Cultural Expressions46:27 Daily Practices for Body and Soul53:12 Living Sensually and Deep Presence01:05:36 Tamara's Spiritual Awakening01:10:55 Closing Reflections and Gratitude01:20:46 Final Thoughts and Farewell✨ Tamara's SocialsFollow Tamara on IG and TikTok : @tamara.josephine_Work with Tamara & visit her website: www.tamarajosephine.com✨ Learn more about South Africa's rich dance history and cultures:South African dance culture overviewHistory of gumboot dancingThe History of PantsulaDancing the Other in South AfricaSouth Africa's iconic dance stylesThis is Amapiano: Documentary#manifestation #spiritualawakening #energyshift ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com

Dec 15, 2025 • 1h 46min
85: From Pain to Purpose Ft. Virginie Audrey
♥️ Please note that this episode includes brief discussion of suicide from minute 12:10 until 15:18. Please do listen with care and we are sending so much love and healing to you, soul sibling ♥️👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get my FREE Soulful Visibility Guide now and step into the visibility you KNOW you deserve ✨.Join us in this heart-opening Soul Session of The Soul Salon Podcast where we delve into the world of self-love, healing, and spiritual practices with the magical soul, Virginie Audrey.Virginie is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Spiritual Speaker, Energy healer and Life Coach (MSc), specializing in Relationship Attachment Styles, Inner-Child Healing, Transgenerational Trauma, Plant Medicine and Spiritual Awakening integration.In today's Soul Session, Virginie discusses the essence of the soul, navigating through pain, and the importance of embodying self-love. She shares personal stories and offers insightful wisdom on how to connect deeply with your inner child and deepest self-love. This Soul Session explores the power of slowing down, understanding and balancing feminine and masculine energies, and the transformative impact of nonviolent communication. Tune in for a soul-nourishing conversation that encourages you to embrace your worthiness, set healthy boundaries, and listen to the whispers of your soul.Follow Virginie on Social Media: ✨ Website: https://virginieaudrey.com/ ✨ IG: https://www.instagram.com/_virginieaudrey_/ 00:00 Welcoming Virginie00:59 Defining the Soul04:35 Facing Pain and Triggers11:09 Childhood Trauma and Healing22:31 Self-Love and Subconscious Mind47:30 Generational Gifts and Trauma53:20 Self-Love and Presence57:39 Connecting with Feminine Energy01:06:04 Boundaries and Self-Love01:35:54 Nonviolent Communication01:43:31 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsSources Mentioned: ✨ Quote: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― Carl Jung✨ Book: No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz ✨ Song: Trust in the Process of Life by Beautiful Chorus ✨ Book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B Rosenburg#manifestation #spiritualawakening #energyshift ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com #healingjourney #selflove #spiritualawakening #feminineenergy #innerchildhealing #traumarecovery #soulsalonpodcast #ayandastood #divinepurpose #soulalignment #selfworth

Dec 8, 2025 • 39min
84: discomfort is the portal
Discomfort is a powerful catalyst for transformation and creativity. The host reveals how embracing discomfort can unlock our full potential. They challenge fears of judgment and the paralyzing effects of perfectionism, encouraging listeners to celebrate small victories along their journey. Drawing wisdom from nature, they illustrate how growth often involves shedding old layers. Ultimately, the conversation inspires taking bold, slightly uncomfortable steps toward fulfilling creative dreams.

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Nov 17, 2025 • 35min
83: creative fear as a womb — not a wall
🥳🎉 This was my FIRST YouTube LIVE 🥳🎉 I will be writing about this experience on my newsletter — learn about it when you sign up to get the Soulful Visibility Guide: https://ayandastood.com/Whether it's the fear of being seen, judged, criticized — the fear of starting, the fear of failing — we all carry immense fears that hold us back from being in our fullest power, purpose, and alignment. Today's LIVE Soul Session is all about Fear as portal, fear as womb, fear as invitation.In today's LIVE Soul Session, we delve into the transformative power of fear, reimagining it not as a WALL but as a WOMB: A birthing place full of potential, aliveness, and possibilities. We cover various types of fear including the fear of being seen, judged, and failing, and how they can actually be invitations to deeper emotional and creative aliveness and possibility. Together we explore the concept of fear as a guardian of our emotional and creative lives, and how leaning into fear can bring us closer to our dreams — and each other's. 00:00 Introduction to Fear as a Portal04:38 Embracing Creative Fear05:52 The Desire to Be Seen09:16 Choosing Discomfort for Growth12:13 Facing the Fear of Not Being Good Enough15:52 Internal Family Systems and Self-Compassion20:01 The Law of Polarity in Achieving Dreams24:00 The Trap of Proving Self-Worth25:39 Facing the Fear of Being Seen27:28 Permission to Show Up Imperfectly33:32 Collective Dreams and Closing Thoughts#fearofbeingseen #manifestation #healingjourney ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com

Nov 14, 2025 • 18min
82: why is it taking so long?
In this Soul Session, we are in the void. We reflect on waiting for dreams and healing to materialize, and emphasize the importance of patience, divine timing, and embracing the uncertainty rooted in our ancestral resilience. Our discussion spans societal conditioning, colonial influences on our relationship with time, and the need to trust a larger cosmic rhythm. Ending with a message of unconditional worthiness and collective healing, this Soul Session invites you to deepen their trust in the unfolding of your unique, divine path.👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide00:00 Unique Manifestations01:22 The Challenge of Waiting04:18 Historical Perspectives on Uncertainty06:42 Ancestral Gifts and Resilience10:35 The Rhythm of Manifestation15:45 Unconditional Worthiness16:27 Conclusion and Final Thoughts16:58 Gift: Soulful Visibility Guide#manifestation #healingjourney #spiritualawakening #ayandastood ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com Soul Session No. 82

Oct 28, 2025 • 14min
81: your visibility is destiny
😍🫂 If you are seeking a soul-led creative community to take aligned action on your creative dreams with, join SoulCraft now. Join before November 1 🎨💜 Hello, soul sibling! Welcome back to the Soul Salon 😍🥰🫂 In today's Soul Session, we confront the power of soulful visibility. By exploring the interconnectedness of individual and collective desires, we tap into the importance of being seen and sharing your unique gifts with the world. I share my personal journey with the fear of being seen, and the magical ripple effects of embracing one's creative purpose. This Soul Session was recorded in around March/April 2025. 👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide00:39 Visibility and Collective Desire04:53 Overcoming Personal Struggles08:30 Embracing Fear and Choosing Love13:15 Final Thoughts and Free Gift#manifestation #fearofbeingseen #spiritualawakening #energyshift #creativelife #multipassionate ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com

Oct 21, 2025 • 24min
80: you are the perfect gift
Soul sibling, I have missed you! 🥰🥺 In today's Soul Session, we delve deep into the importance of recognizing, honoring, and sharing your unique gifts and divine contribution with the world in the way you feel most called. What if you are a thoughtfully crafted gift, specifically designed to resonate with all those who are destined to receive you? Social conditioning, oppression, and trauma cause us to shrink and silence our selves and dim our own light. Yet embracing and expressing your inherent magic can profoundly impact others and facilitate your own healing through unapologetic creative expression. 👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide00:00 Introduction: Embracing Your Magic01:14 The Thoughtfulness of Gifts03:02 You Are a Unique Gift06:40 The Power of Resonance07:20 The Metaphor of the Moon10:03 Curating Your Soul Playlist15:29 The Meaning of Being Seen19:21 Conclusion and Soulful Visibility GuideFollow on socials:✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com

Jun 23, 2025 • 19min
79: (un)conditional love
💥 You're ready to align your daily actions to your HIGHEST visions. But how? Join my LIVE workshop, the Dream to Reality Portal, NEXT WEEK, on Wed, July 2 — where I'll share my Rise Rooted System and invite each of us to take action LIVE TOGETHER on the call. Early Bird ends this Friday.In today's Soul Session, we dive into the concept of unconditional love and its spiritual and healing powers, on both an individual and collective level. I reflect on my personal journey relating to health and healing, and we discuss the ways society programs us for conditional love towards ourselves and others. Grateful to be here, soul siblings! 00:00 Introduction: Conditional Love00:21 Personal Story: Voice Challenges03:26 Health and Purpose04:33 Unconditional Self-Love06:14 Embodied Wisdom11:12 Spiritual Revolution14:42 July 2 Workshop16:46 Conclusion: Unconditional Love and Reverence17:28 Bonus: Free Soulful Visibility Guide💥 JOIN THE WORKSHOP HERE💥 ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com Soul Session No. 79

Jun 18, 2025 • 18min
78: 👁️ the power of y(our) vision
Hello, soul sibling! 😍🥰 In today's Soul Session, we delve into the profound power of vision and its role in manifesting possibilities and bridging the spiritual and material realms. Explore how visions attract the wisdom, support, and people necessary to bring them to life, and reflect on the ways YOU are a vision for others. We explore how imagination challenges existing systems, leaning on the wonderful book, Imagination: A Manifesto by Dr. Ruha Benjamin. Tap into this Soul Session to reconnect with your divine vision — and with yourself as one.00:00 The Power of Vision00:22 Defining Vision00:44 You Are a Vision02:07 Collective Vision and Freedom02:59 Believing in Possibilities04:59 The Role of Imagination07:03 Collective Dreaming12:53 Embodiment of Vision17:17 Soulful Visibility👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get your FREE Soulful Visibility GuideSources Mentioned: Book: Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com follow on socials✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com

Jun 6, 2025 • 9min
77: cultivate y(our) gifts ✨
In today's Soul Session, we discuss the collectivist understanding of Soulful Visibility, and we tap into the vibration of who we, the collective, get to become through you being seen. You are a powerful alchemist, divinely held and supported. You have these gifts for a reason, and your desire to be lovingly witnessed is sacred. It's all unfolding for you and through you, soul sibling! 👉🏾 Your fear of being seen is DONE holding you back. Get your FREE Soulful Visibility GuideFollow: ✨ get your FREE Soulful Visibility Guide: ayandastood.com ✨ YouTube: @ayandastood ✨TikTok: @ayandastood✨ IG: @ayandastood✨ Website: ayandastood.com


