Ceremony Circle
Alyson Charles
Hosted by shaman and author, Alyson Charles, Ceremony Circle Podcast (CCP) takes you on an experiential, mystical voyage that returns you to your full power, further activates your own spiritual awakening, and teaches you how to experience life as a massive miracle (aka, ceremony), all while remembering to have fun.
CCP brings you diverse spiritual rituals, real-life mystical stories, million-dollar mindsets and life-changing immersive practices from the biggest, most respected and transformational spiritual leaders from all over the world.
CCP also uniquely immerses you in a different, potent ceremonial experience at the end of every episode.
Alyson shares her own powerful shamanic medicine and embodied spiritual gifts to honor our planet’s sacred truths and awaken your soul to the forgotten mysticism inside you.
You’ll hear from master hypnotherapists, energy healers, astrologers, Akashic records readers, mediums, best-selling spiritual authors, plant medicine and soul shamans, multi-million-dollar spiritual business owners, good witches and more. With every episode, you’ll be sitting in a ceremony circle with fully activated and highest energetic transmissions, and you’ll receive blessings from the most epic and embodied, spiritual teachers walking the Earth.
Prepare to leave each episode feeling more connected, energized and empowered than ever before and with a new, super-charged ceremonial practice to implement in your own life.
About Ceremony Circle host, Alyson Charles:
Alyson is a world-leading author, teacher, medium and shaman who is called to bring sacred rituals and shamanic teachings to the mainstream in powerfully unique ways. Forbes magazine named Alyson a “Full-fledged Guide into Your Psyche” and a “Leading Shaman and Author for Expanding Others into Their Full Power and Gifts.” Oprah Magazine recommends Alyson’s work as a “Top Meditation to Try.” Dazed Magazine says Alyson has, “One of the Top Seven Wellness Accounts on Instagram” and Marie Claire calls her, “The Next Big Thing.” Her work has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, and many other publications. Alyson has shared shamanic journeys for audiences larger than 15,000 and was the resident energy guru for the world’s top wellness platform. Her book and card deck, Animal Power, will be published in the fall of 2021 by Chronicle Books.
Please visit https://www.alysoncharles.com and https://www.instagram.com/iamalysoncharles for more information
Due to the powerful energies shared on the show, it is highly recommended that you listen to Ceremony Circle in a comfortable space where you can fully receive all the benefits of this podcast experience.
CCP brings you diverse spiritual rituals, real-life mystical stories, million-dollar mindsets and life-changing immersive practices from the biggest, most respected and transformational spiritual leaders from all over the world.
CCP also uniquely immerses you in a different, potent ceremonial experience at the end of every episode.
Alyson shares her own powerful shamanic medicine and embodied spiritual gifts to honor our planet’s sacred truths and awaken your soul to the forgotten mysticism inside you.
You’ll hear from master hypnotherapists, energy healers, astrologers, Akashic records readers, mediums, best-selling spiritual authors, plant medicine and soul shamans, multi-million-dollar spiritual business owners, good witches and more. With every episode, you’ll be sitting in a ceremony circle with fully activated and highest energetic transmissions, and you’ll receive blessings from the most epic and embodied, spiritual teachers walking the Earth.
Prepare to leave each episode feeling more connected, energized and empowered than ever before and with a new, super-charged ceremonial practice to implement in your own life.
About Ceremony Circle host, Alyson Charles:
Alyson is a world-leading author, teacher, medium and shaman who is called to bring sacred rituals and shamanic teachings to the mainstream in powerfully unique ways. Forbes magazine named Alyson a “Full-fledged Guide into Your Psyche” and a “Leading Shaman and Author for Expanding Others into Their Full Power and Gifts.” Oprah Magazine recommends Alyson’s work as a “Top Meditation to Try.” Dazed Magazine says Alyson has, “One of the Top Seven Wellness Accounts on Instagram” and Marie Claire calls her, “The Next Big Thing.” Her work has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, and many other publications. Alyson has shared shamanic journeys for audiences larger than 15,000 and was the resident energy guru for the world’s top wellness platform. Her book and card deck, Animal Power, will be published in the fall of 2021 by Chronicle Books.
Please visit https://www.alysoncharles.com and https://www.instagram.com/iamalysoncharles for more information
Due to the powerful energies shared on the show, it is highly recommended that you listen to Ceremony Circle in a comfortable space where you can fully receive all the benefits of this podcast experience.
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Dec 20, 2022 • 1h 36min
Music as Medicine & the Gifts of Loss With Music and Transformational Guide Mellisa Reeves
Today's episode brings with it such a unique and beautiful texture, as you'll get to meet a personal friend and my guitar teacher, Mellisa Reeves.Apart from teaching guitar, piano and many other instruments, Mellisa is also a transformational facilitator, lifelong musician, doula, and gatherer. Her passion is to create space for people to heal through reclaiming the communal practices of song and ceremony.Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:tips for some first steps to take if singing and playing instruments has been calling to you her take on what embodiment really is and how to experience itwhy it's so important that she felt the call to become an embodiment facilitatorMellisa shares about a pivotal life experience and spiritual awakeningsher “origin story” being the oldest of 10 kids who were homeschooled on a farm in Northern Canada, and how it shaped her.Being a student of Mellisa is really incredible and along those lines, we talk about music as medicine—and how you can create it too.Make sure to join us in our closing practice: Mellisa immerses us in a closing practice of embodiment that also weaves in her playing the shruti box, that can open up some life-changing realizations for you.Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Discover more about what Mellisa offers (and potentially work with her) on her website, mellisareeves.com.This episode was made possible by my bestselling Animal Power Book and Card Deck. Order from my website to get a free guided shamanic journey where you can meet your power animal!
Dec 13, 2022 • 1h 25min
How Anger Can Guide Your Liberation with Medicine Man Samson Odusanya
Samson Odusanya is a lot of things—a husband, father guide, facilitator, medicine man, and whoever else he’s needed to be in the moment. He helps people to remember their own power, create harmony and wholeness within themselves. In today’s chat, the energies flowed us right into the topic of healthily learning how to unlock and transmute stuck anger or rage energies (a topic I've been in a process of learning for a while). On today’s episode we share with you examples of how we were guided and let ourselves lean into this work, as well as some key takeaways from our personal experiences that can hopefully be of service for you. Top 5 Things You’ll Learn From This Episode:benefits of breathwork vivid details of Samson's recent trip to the Amazon jungleSamson vulnerably shares about his connection with Great Spirit / Father Sky & what he had been noticing about his gap in that connectionexploration and curiosity, and why we both value these as main themes of lifewhat his time in the jungles profoundly revealed to him about that that's forever changed his lifeMake sure to join us in our closing Ceremony Circle practice: Samson guides us in a practice called “What's Alive For Me?” Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Follow Samson on IG at @samsons_strengthThis episode was made possible by the bestselling Animal Power Book and Card Deck. Order from my website to get a free guided shamanic journey where you can meet your power animal!
Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 5min
The Life-Changing Power of the Rose with Mystic and Author Rebecca Campbell
Rebecca Campbell is an Australian author and mystic who has written six books and created numerous courses and workshops on spirituality and self-development. She has been featured in Vogue, the Times, Oprah, Psychologies Magazine, and more.In 2010 she began noticing that The Rose kept popping up in her life in a variety of ways. People she knew would tell her to surround herself with roses, and she started seeing the flower everywhere she went. The Rose became her muse, and she started to write poetry inspired by it. This poetry turned into her first book, which she wrote without any prior understanding of how to write a book. A few years ago, The Rose called to her again, this time inspiring her to create her Rose Oracle Card Deck.Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:1. How The Rose called so strongly to Rebecca 2. What the sacred Mysteries of The Rose are 3. Examples of some of the things The Rose can activate and teach4. How The Rose can also be used as a tool for creativity5. How The Rose is also a very potent symbol of feminine energy, and can be used to connect with goddesses like Isis, Mother Mary, and Flora.Make sure to join us in our closing Ceremony Circle practice: a water blessing ritual of prayers (so make sure to get a glass of water ready!)Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.comVisit Rebecca’s website or order her Rose Oracle Deck. This episode was made possible by Lotus Wei. Make sure to use the code MYSTIC at checkout for your Soul Fam discount!
Nov 29, 2022 • 1h 30min
From Escapism to All-In Sacred Sex & Sacred Union with Stefanos Sifandos
Many people deal with trauma in less-than-healthy ways. Nobody knows this better than Stefanos Sifandos. After escaping his traumas through travel, pornography, food, and even suicidal thoughts, he realized something needed to change.Fast forward to today, Stefanos is a relationship coach and somatics and trauma guide. He merges the best of Eastern and Western methodologies and philosophies to promote balanced sacredness in power, life, and love. Utilizes integrative techniques and methods such as neural empowerment. shamanic practice, breath work, Western psychology, Eastern mysticism, and so much more.Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:Stefanos’s experience traversing the depths of his own pain and his coping mechanismshis aim is to be a voice for the voiceless to assist individuals in actualizing the fullness of their potentialhe vulnerably shares about some his latest discoveries via his growing familysome of the ways Stefanos escaped his traumasome actionable advice we can take ourselves to lean fully in to sacred union and sexWe also add in one of my favorite components of Ceremony Circle today: listener questions! A big thank you to those who submitted a question to @IAMALYSONCHARLES.Today’s questions include “how can we reconnect sexually when we're both stressed?”, “how do I create polarity with my male partner If he is passive?”, or “how can you evaluate trying again with someone from your past?” and many more.Make sure to join us in our closing practice, where Stefanos has us healthily tend to the needs of our inner child.Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Follow Stefanos on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook: @stefanossifandos and his website, stefanossifandos.comThis episode was made possible by the bestselling Animal Power Book and Card Deck. Order from my website to get a free guided shamonic journey where you can meet your power animal!
Nov 22, 2022 • 46min
Make Your Meaningful Mark in Media with Carmina Becerra
Today we are joined by a dear friend of mine, Carmina Becerra. Carmina is a TV host, speaker, and coach. She has roots in Mexico, and currently makes it her home. Carmina is also a breakthrough guide and co-founder of Camera Ready—a media training from the inside out to make a lasting impact.She originally moved to Hollywood and got her break on Latin television as a TV host on Telemundo, Univision, and Fox Sports en Espanol. Her interviewees include David Beckham, Coldplay, Sofia Vergara, and so many more!Carmina’s intentions are to create a world where the media is mindful and empowering. She is driven to amplify the voices of other purpose-driven leaders in the industry, across the board and planet. In fact, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx has said, “Carmina has the Midas touch. Everyone she works with turns to gold.” (and she certainly does share a ton of gems today!)Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:how media has changed throughout the years and how to deal with the pressures of feeling like you have to be a social media starhow you can unearth and share your unique message,if you have any kind of brand or business, how best to share it to be of service with the worldhow public speaking is many people's greatest fear and how she guides people in rewiring your limiting beliefs we also dive into why doing work to improve your media presence will most likely end up being deeper work than you could have imaginedOh, and one last little gem I particularly loved diving deep with —how to healthily integrate your gremlin. Make sure to join us in our closing practice: Carmina leads us in a colorful exercise in self expression.Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Find Carmina on her website, CoachCarmina.com. Check out Camera Ready, her coaching program to help you find and share your voice. You can also follow Carmina on Instagram: @coachcarminaThis episode was made possible by Lotus Wei. Make sure to use the code MYSTIC at checkout to get a Soul Fam discount!
Nov 15, 2022 • 1h 31min
Eradicating Shame & the Price of Fame with Ali Tate
I am so passionate about today’s subject matter—and you’ll definitely see that come out in my conversation with my long-time friend Ali Tate!Ali was Victoria's Secret's very first plus size model, the co-founder of an intimate skincare brand called Playdates, podcast host, mother, and (as you’ll hear in the episode), an embodied shame releaser. During the past decade, she’s walked the catwalks for some of the most prestigious brands, and she herself decided to walk through the fires of shame. Along the way she discovered practical somatic therapies that allowed her to forgive the deepest parts of herself and now share that wisdom with others. I've known Ali for quite a few years, so it was such an honor to finally sit down with her in this format. Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:we hear the full story, straight from her mouth on what it was like being thrown into the spotlight, dealing with cancel culture during the biggest moment of her careerdualityhow cancel culture is (in my opinion) like the modern-day witch huntreleasing shameunconditional loveFind more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Find Ali Tate Cutler on Instagram or check out Playdates, her intimate skincare line.This episode was made possible by Lotus Wei. Make sure to use the code MYSTIC at checkout for your Soul Fam discount!
Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 23min
A Vision Quest of Lineage Healing & Self-Love with Jose Alejandro
In today’s world, it’s as important as ever for men to accept themselves and express their truth. That’s why Jose Alejandro does what he does.Jose is an embodied leadership coach and impact driven business strategist. Along with being a men's work facilitator and breathwork guide, he is the founder of Intentional impact, a program focused on helping impact driven men increase their impact and initiate the next evolution of their gifts with integrity.Jose is also the co-founder of Modern Renaissance Man, a movement empowering modern men to find their edge so they can fully express their truth in their own power.Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:why embodiment and integrity are at the forefront of Jose’s teachingswhy he feels nobody can be in complete integrity 100% of the timedetails of his own hero’s journeyhow his ethnicity and places he lived were a driving force of his spiritual awakeningsa deeply vulnerable and healing personal story that Jose has never shared publiclyMake sure to join us in our closing practice: A story from American Indian Myths and Legends, called The Vision Quest. Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Learn more about Jose’s work on IG @jose_alejandro and with Modern Renaissance Man at mrmofficial.com/telegram.This episode was made possible by Lotus Wei. Make sure to use the code MYSTIC at checkout for your Soul Fam discount!Explore Jose’s Rewilding the Man Retreat:A transformative Amazon jungle experience for the purpose-driven man ready to embrace his inner wild and rekindle his connection to nature. By bridging indigeous cultural experiences, a complete nature immersion, men's leadership training and unshakable brotherhood, we take men through a self-transformational journey for the sake of themselves, their communities and the planet.Rewilding the Man
Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 39min
The Super Power of Seduction: Turning Yourself and Your Life On with Lee Noto
If you're an avid listener, you know how passionate I've been lately about learning more about sacred sex, intimacy and connection. And after meeting Lee and learning, she specializes in seduction. I knew I wanted to have her on. Today we get to explore seduction with Lee Noto—the go-to intimacy coach for powerful women. She is on a mission to revolutionize how we view love, sex, and relationships.through her work.She helps women access their seductive superpowers and full expression so they can attract love and create wildly fulfilling and passionate relationships. Her belief? Turned on women will change the world! Her area of specialty is in helping high achieving single women unleash their feminine power so they can attract emotionally available, masculine men.Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:what does seduction mean?how this work called to herwhat her family thinks about her work and personal life choices how to open yourself up to infinite possibilities and truly live outside the box.an unconventional choice that she and her committed partner have made We also dive into why seduction is important in life, how to explore seduction, does seduction look different when dating versus when you're married, and so, so much more! This one is juicy! Make sure to join us in our closing practice, as Lee guides us to explore our seductive side.Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Connect with Lee Noto on Instagram: @leenoto_. You can also find Lee on her website, at leenoto.com.This episode was made possible by Lotus Wei. Make sure to use the code MYSTIC at checkout for your Soul Fam discount!
Oct 25, 2022 • 1h 17min
Ancient Esoteric Fern Medicine: Codes of Consciousness & Emotional Maturity with Ke’oni Hanalei
I'm not exaggerating when I say this is truly one of my all time favorite episodes— I encourage you to make some space and really dig into this episode!Today we are taking you on an ancient esoteric—honoring Hawaiian voyage to immerse in the sacred wisdom teachings of these islands and its peoples with Ke'oni: the founder of Pōhala, esoteric Hawaiian botanical medicine.Ke'oni is a descendant of the Mū people, the inhabitants of Northwestern Hawaiian islands before the migration of the Polynesians. Ke'oni comes from a long line of medicine holders, makers, and mystics. A vast majority of what he knows regarding plant medicine and distillation comes from this direct lineage!His grandmother and female elders taught him the trade of plant extraction, and most of the methods he resources and medicine making remains loyal to these practices. Medicinals, including the oils, tinctures, hydrosols, and essences are gathered and honored in ceremony and thus extracted in small batches over a period of time—loyal to distinct moon phases, which place a botanicals specific house of power. Ke’oni is one of just a handful of people in the world with this ancient knowledge. I’ve been blown away by these esoteric botanicals, and just knew we had to have him on the podcast.Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:How working with ferns helps us and how they're the rarest living being in two particular waysWe learned what sorcerer’s wood isHow one oil that Ke’oni creates transported me to other worlds instantlyWhy working with hibiscus flower is important, especially now How to open your communication lines with natureHe gives beautiful examples of how you can speak to and receive answers from our plant and flower friends, details his long lineage of Hawaiian mystics and Kahunas, his wild awakening story and the very, very unique place that had happened.Make sure to join us in our closing Ceremony Circle practice: Ke'oni guides a brief, but potent Hawaiian ritual called Kulaki, which is the ancient Mū greeting.Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.Find out more about Pohala at pohala.net—use code CEREMONYCIRCLE for a discount!This episode was made possible by Wholy Mama. Visit alysoncharles.com/wholymama to be a part of the online program for ultimate guide to conscious pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Oct 18, 2022 • 1h 5min
The Ultimate Guide to Conscious, Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond with Melissa Ambrosini
In this enlightening new episode, we are joined by Melissa Ambrosini, the best-selling author of Mastering Your Mean Girl, Open Wide and Comparisonitis. She has also been named a self-help guru by Elle magazine. Melissa is also the host of a top-rated podcast, The Melissa Ambrosini Show (on which I have made an appearance) where she shares her wisdom and interviews the biggest thought leaders and experts in the world.Today on Ceremony Circle, however, she vulnerably and powerfully shares about an area of life that is now at the forefront for me and my husband Luke: conscious conception and having a healthy baby. Melissa generously shares today a bit about the whole ride—from conscious conception to pregnancy, to birth, to the “sacred 40 days” postpartum and conscious parenting. Top 5 Things You’ll Learn from This Episode:How to have a conscious conceptionHow to prepare your body for pregnancyThe keys to having a blissful pregnancyWhat the sacred 40 days are after you give birthThe best ways to come up with your dream birth plan and how to bring together your dream birth teamBecause there’s no way we could possibly fit all of the wonderful information on this topic into one episode, Melissa and I talked today about her brand new live program called Wholy Mama—which launches today! Wholy Mama features live training sessions and Q&A calls, all hosted by Melissa herself. You'll hear her personal insights and you can personally ask her your burning questions. In addition, you will also receive never-before-seen interviews with world-class pregnancy and birthing experts. This is an excellent program, because you can learn at home, go at your own pace and have ongoing access for the life of the Wholy Mama program. It's basically the ultimate guide to conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and parenting. Make sure to access that at alysoncharles.com/wholymama, and I will also send you some guided shamanic journeys, absolutely free!Make sure to join us in our closing practice: a centering closing prayer from Melissa.Learn more about Melissa on IG @MelissaAmbrosini Find more from me on IG at @IAMALYSONCHARLES or alysoncharles.com.
