Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking

How might energetic medicine assist us to be with grief? How might exploring our internal and external landscapes assist us with the process of walking alongside grief?Grief is a primal, integral part of the human experience. And yet, many of us find it challenging to be with, to process, and to understand our experiences with grief.In this potently alive conversation, Marika Clymer and I discussed Marika's experiences with grief and how it led to her upcoming offering, The Cartography of Grief.This is the first conversation I recorded with Marika since completing a year-long apprenticeship with her in 2022. We also discussed the evolution of Marika's practice, how I've integrated her teachings into my path, and our unique experiences with the structural shifts that death and grief can bring.Learn more about The Cartography of Grief here.Cartography of Grief is a 2-month online journey to explore the landscape of grief in an intimate community that will meet every other Saturday from February 3rd through March 16th, 2024. Registration will close on Friday, February 2nd, 2024 or when all spots are filled. There is also an optional, in-person retreat in March, where participants will gather in the forests of Washington state for an opportunity to integrate the journey through an embodied relationship with the land.Marika's bio: Marika Clymer was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and spent her childhood hunting and fishing alongside her dad throughout Snohomish County and the greater Puget Sound area. Marika feels that her upbringing gifted her the framework of Energetic Ecology, where she blends energetic medicine with ecological perspectives. She has dedicated her life to this endeavor, with over a decade as a healing practitioner, 7 years in agriculture, a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies, and a lifetime of galavanting through the woods. Her knowledge and expertise is woven throughout many subjects, including Reiki and energy cultivation practices, agricultural mycology, wilderness survival, sustainability, wild plants & fungi, and much more. Marika provides personal healing sessions, mentorships, and opportunities that help bridge the modern divide between body & land.You can find Marika on the Energetic Ecology website as well as on their Instagram.You may also enjoy a conversation with Marika I recorded and shared on the podcast in 2022, Episode 15. The Ecology of Healing If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

What can the Strength card teach us about authenticity and fear? How might being with our shadows and unmet needs open up space for courageous communications?Join Mallory Dowd and I for an illuminating, alive conversation on the tarot card of 2024: Strength.We explored the themes of fear, authenticity, our relationship with identity, how authenticity interacts with time, shadow work, and what it means to communicate with courage, honesty, openness, and thoughtfulness.We also reflected on 2023, which was a Chariot year, and what that year brought up for us, some of the challenges and the lessons.Mallory is a tarot reader and writer whose perspectives inspire deeper engagement with life. Mallory is also a dear friend. I admire Mallory's portal-opening questions and her genuine curiosity about the responses these questions bring up. Throughout this conversation you'll hear us both challenging, clarifying, and adding to each other's ideas, and freely sharing personal anecdotes from our lives about the Strength card.Mallory's bio:Mallory Dowd (she/they) is a professional intuitive tarot reader, artist, mystic, teacher, and psychotherapist. As a perennial student and Mercurial being, Mallory’s work shapeshifts and interweaves the gifts of divination, self-compassion, oracular magic, earth-based spirituality, loving presence, creativity, laughter, co-regulation, and play. Mallory is interested in how we cultivate curiosity and the courage to live and express truthfully. She resides in Seoul and offers tarot readings and spiritual guidance globally online and as recorded divinations.Find Mallory on instagram or visit her website.People & resources mentioned:Pema Chödron's When Things Fall ApartLindsay MackDavid Bedrick's work on unshaming  If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How might our astrology practice serve as a sacred portal of remembering? How might our unique perspectives as humans living in these times shift the trajectory of astrology? In this conversation, I'm joined by astrologer, channel, and healer Martha Alter Hines for a conversation about her unique perspective and relationship with astrology. Martha is currently preparing to teach the first round of her year-long astrology course and sacred journey, which you can learn more about here. Recorded in late October 2023, we discussed how astrology has helped Martha remember herself as an ancient being and a unique conduit of divine wisdom on a personal level as well as her process of stepping into the role of facilitating this remembering for others. We also spoke about Martha's background as clinical social worker, a psychotherapist, and a body worker inform her current astrology and healing practice, as well as how she teaches astrology.Martha's Infinite Soul Wisdom Astrology 101 Course & Sacred Journey begins on January 25, 2024. Sign up here. In the past few years, Martha and I have had the opportunity to collaborate - most notably on Re-Becoming The One 2023, a free online symposium that aims to promote healing of gender, sexuality, and our relationship to Love and Life itself. I deeply appreciate and admire the ways that Martha stewarded significant projects and containers with integrity, groundedness, and devotion. If you enjoy this episode, you may also want to listen to a previous conversation I recorded with Martha on Episode 34 of this podcast. Martha mentioned this video with Heather Ensworth and Kristina Lea during our conversation.Here’s Martha’s bio: First and foremost, I am a mom of two amazing kids, ages ten and fifteen. We live in BEAUTIFUL coastal California and feel so lucky to be here.I come from a big, international family.  I was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and grew up in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kenya, and northern Virginia.  I received my Masters in Social Work from Smith College in Massachusetts in 2001.  I then worked as a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and body worker for most of the past twenty years. I specialized in prevention, treatment, and investigation of child abuse, attachment, and trauma.In 2018, the spirit world made it very clear that it was time for me to move on from that very important work to the calling of my soul – assisting people to navigate the beautiful and often challenging experience of awakening to their ultimate, cosmic selves and souls.For many years, since I was 21 years old, I have had an ability to see many things beyond the physical world – spirits of all kinds, past lives, the structure of people’s bodies and cells, and so on.In the work I do now, I bridge both the Earthly world and that of the spiritual and cosmic worlds to support us in coming into our personal and collective relationship with the spirit world and our own ways of living as conscious beings of both the Earth and the divine.I feel strongly that the world needs our wisdom, not only of our minds, but of our whole beings - our minds, hearts, bodies, spirits, and selves as beings of the Earth, cosmos, and infinity.I love this work that I do now and am honored and full of joy holding space for others to recognize their own beautiful, literally divine selves and to live the full life they are here to live.You can find Martha’s offerings on her website. She’s available for 1:1 sessions and has a beautiful membership community which hosts monthly gatherings. If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How might creating more space in our lives heal our relationship with structures and with dreams? What do our unconscious patterns teach us about bridging our visions and our realities?Recorded for the week of 01.15.24, I contemplate the role of creating space to notice our patterns in the context of larger textural shifts in the astrology, namely to Pluto's shift into Aquarius on 01.20.2024. I mentioned the work of Xenia Viray of @mythscreation. If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How might we easefully and joyfully build our dreamworld? What do the planetary ancestors teach us about worldbuilding? What does being at the center of our experience have to do with worldbuilding?What a joy to weave this psychedelic conversation with Ari Felix aka. The Dream Mami. Ari's work has profoundly inspired me, deepened my relationship to my creator self, and shifted my orientation this past year. We discussed Ari's worldbuilding journey as well as the connection between astrology, the planetary game, and worldbuilding. We also talked about what it means to facilitate inner enthusiasm for worldbuilders, examples of worldbuilders in pop culture, and transforming fears of being selfish. May this conversation nourish and support our inner dreamers. The next cohort of Worldbuilding School begins January 20th, 2024. Learn more about it here.Ari's bio:Ari Felix aka the Dream Mami (papi if you nasty) specializes in crafting dreamworld language and worldbuilding frameworks that emanate from the heart. As a writer, astrologer, and worldbuilding coach, their mission is to empower mystics, artists, and creators to unlock their world-creating potential. Ari believes that one's clearest desires are prophecies capable of materializing, drawing inspiration from ancient Sun delineations. Through experimental containers and transmutational experiences, Ari leaves individuals feeling radiant and prepared to embrace creative risks. With over a decade of experience, they have collaborated with spiritual practitioners, radical leaders, healers, and artists of all kinds.LinksAri's website: thedreammami.comLearn about Worldbuilding School: https://www.thedreammami.com/worldbuildingschoolThe Dream Realm, Ari's Substack: https://arifelix.substack.com/ If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

What questions and explorations are most relevant to us in 2024, given its astrology and energetic flavors? How do we hold the complexity of liminal times? This year, I invited the brilliant and thoughtful Erin Tack Shipley to discuss the astrology of 2024. We ended up creating a rich two-part conversation that weaves our contemplations, delineations, and predictions of each month from the lens of astrology. This is Part 2 of our conversation, which covers the second half of 2024. Part 1 can be found here.Working with and alongside Erin, I'm consistently inspired by how the depth of her reflections often lead our conversations to surprising revelations. These conversations are no exception.Timestamps for our discussion: [02:04] Further thoughts on Jupiter in Gemini[11:11] July 2024[22:53] August 2024[47:08] September 2024[1:10:05] October 2024[1:22:04] November 2024[1:40:06] December 2024Resources & people mentioned: Zoë Schlanger's work for The Atlantic, specifically this articleUrsula K. LeGuin's The Tombs of AtuanHere's Erin's bio:Erin Tack Shipley is a professional consulting astrologer, writer, and teacher supporting folx in staying with the challenge of being in right relationship within and beyond oppressive systems. Working with astrology, ritual strategy and collective liberatory ideologies, Erin helps people reconcile the gap between how they are in the reality of their present conditions and who they perceive themselves to be in their ideal world. Erin lives, works and tends community on the traditional unceded and occupied lands of the Awaswas, Cotoni, Uypi, Sayanta and Aptos speaking Peoples.Connect with Erin through her newsletter, her website, and her Instagram. Read about her offerings here. If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

What questions and explorations are most relevant to us in 2024, given its astrology and energetic flavors? How do we hold the complexity of liminal times? This year, I invited the brilliant and thoughtful Erin Tack Shipley to discuss the astrology of 2024. We ended up creating a rich two-part conversation that weaves our contemplations, delineations, and predictions of each month from the lens of astrology. Working with and alongside Erin, I'm consistently inspired by how the depth of her reflections often lead our conversations to surprising revelations. These conversations are no exception.Part 2 will be released in mid-January. Timestamps for our discussion: [00:26:29] January 2024[1:04:53] February 2024[1:20:04] March 2024[1:30:20] April 2024[1:58:00] May 2024[2:09:30] June 2024[2:18:03] Jupiter-Sun conjunction in May 2024Resources & people mentioned: Camelia Elias's 12 Days of OmensDonna Haraway A Cyborg ManifestoAmaya Rourke's work on Algol and Mater Medusa (unfortunately no longer publicly available at the time of this episode's release)Diana Rose HarperMaeg KeaneAustin CoppockHere's Erin's bio:Erin Tack Shipley is a professional consulting astrologer, writer, and teacher supporting folx in staying with the challenge of being in right relationship within and beyond oppressive systems. Working with astrology, ritual strategy and collective liberatory ideologies, Erin helps people reconcile the gap between how they are in the reality of their present conditions and who they perceive themselves to be in their ideal world. Erin lives, works and tends community on the traditional unceded and occupied lands of the Awaswas, Cotoni, Uypi, Sayanta and Aptos speaking Peoples.Connect with Erin through her newsletter, her website, and her Instagram. Read about her offerings here. If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

What does it mean to cultivate an Akashic practice? How might an Akashic practice help us listen better to our selves, to others, and to the seen and unseen world? What does it mean to lead from a place of deep listening?My guest, Helen Vonderheide, and I fell into what felt like a timeless void in this conversation.For a while, I've been inspired by the ways that Helen holds space for her communities. In her work, Helen exemplifies what it means to trust in the magic of space and spaciousness. That if we learn to listen with sincerity and openness, we are not merely led to answers, but towards an abundant flow of creativity.In this conversation, we explored the connection between our bodies, our omnidimensional selves, and the living systems that we belong to. We also discussed Helen's work with Pathways of The Heart and traversing beyond the realm of the Akashic Records.Helen's bio:Helen Vonderheide is a community educator whose teachings invite the expression and embodiment of interconnectedness, relationality, and reciprocity through the lens of the Akashic Records, Decoloniality, and Empirical Evidence. Links:Helen's website.Check out Helen's newest offering, Intergenerational Biofield Healing.Check out Helen's classes here. Book sessions with Helen here.Check out Helen's Instagram. If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

How might we answer the invitation to deeply align our lives and our paths to what we're devoted to? How do we tend to underlying beliefs beneath our actions, especially when we sense they're in conflict with our values?In this offering, I share my personal notes and contemplations about the week ahead. With the invitation of astrology as the portal and with the guidance from my sacred ancestors, I hope these messages will serve you as you walk your path.While this contemplation was inspired by the energy and the astrology of the week of 12.18.23, I also offer the possibility that the message here is relevant for you - even if you found the episode sometime in the future.  If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

What if we always belong? What if our belonging was something we never had to prove, to strive for, or to buy our way into? What might shift if we presuppose inherent goodness and if we get curious about unmet needs? To me, Leah Garza embodies what it means to be a devoted student of big questions. Working with Leah in the past couple years has helped me open doors to parts of self I didn't know exist and question the fabric of 'reality' as I was taught. In this conversation, we discussed her approach to teaching as a way of creating communities that foster intellectual intimacy, the connection between her decolonial and esoteric studies, and, most importantly, why Leah Garza does not exist. Leah's bio:Leah Garza is a student, teacher, and mystic based out of Los Angeles. She is the creator behind Crystals of Altamira and Living Systems. Currently she is writing her dissertation on topics in depth psychology, decoloniality and ontology. Her work, whether academic or spiritual, is focused on dissolving the illusion of fixed individualism, and reimagining relationality and belonging for all beings.Links:Read more about Living Systems.Apply for Living Systems 2024 here. Book a session with Leah.Check out Leah's website and Instagram. If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.