For the last episode of the year, I'm taking you behind the scenes of my 2022 year-end review. I share a key practice I do, as well as some revelations about what has passed and how I'll move forward in 2023. Throughout the month of December on my podcast, I'm doing a holiday giveaway, in partnership with Shambhala Publications. Enter to win one of two beautiful "Wild and Sacred Feminine" card decks (it's gorgeous!).  To enter: 1) Leave me a review on Apple Podcasts. 2) Comment on the Instagram post related to this podcast episode (@saraavantstover) Then, I'll announce the two winners in January! Women's Solstice Retreat: www.womensyogateachertraining.com/solsticeretreat Women's New Year's Retreat:https://www.dralamountain.org/program/ymnrw123-replenishing-revisioning-for-2023-a-yoga-meditation-nature-retreat-for-women Join the Becoming Whole waitlist: www.becomingwholeifs.com Subscribe to Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#newsletter Sara on Instagram: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on Facebook: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthor Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.comMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

As I support more and more women with Internal Family Systems (IFS), both in 1-1 and group work, one of the most common questions I get is: how do I stay connected with this work, and with my parts, in between our sessions? In response to this, one of the books I most often recommend to help do this is written by today’s guest. Michelle Glass is a Certified Level 3 IFS Practitioner and author of the Daily Parts Meditation Practice™: A Journey of Embodied Integration for Clients and Therapists. She first came to IFS to help her heal from a childhood of abuse and complex PTSD and she now uses it to support many others. In our conversation today, Michelle and I speak about: - What her personal journey with IFS was like when she was healing from childhood abuse and complex PTSD - Ways that a daily parts meditation practice can support us in our healing journeys - What her process was like of writing her book - And, Michelle also leads us through an in-depth parts meditation, which I know many of you will want to bookmark and return to again and again. If you’re curious about IFS, want to learn some more potent and practical tools to connect with the various parts of yourself more regularly, and are needing an infusion of some new wisdom and inspiration into your healing journey, my conversation with Michelle will give you all of these. Enjoy! Michelle's website: www.thelistenerllc.com MIchelle's DPMP Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/670447663138656/?mibextid=HsNCOg Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Free healing guide: www.womensyogateachertraining.com/7obstacles Sara on Instagram: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on Facebook: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthorMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

In this dharma talk, an excerpt from one I gave the other week in my online IFS & Feminine Spirituality community, Women's House of Wisdom, I share the three essential things every woman needs in her life. Free healing guide: www.womensyogateachertraining.com/7obstacles Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Subscribe to my newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#newsletterMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

This month's guest, Daniel Foor, has been a companion on my healing journey over the past several years, through his teachings. His work on ancestral healing has been especially impactful for me, making him one of the teachers I most refer my own students to when they’re in need of excavating this layer in their own healing journeys. Daniel is a teacher and practitioner of practical animism who specializes in ancestral and family healing and in helping folks learn to relate well with the rest of life. He is a doctor of psychology, marriage and family therapist, founder and director at Ancestral Medicine, and author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. Daniel is a life-long student of earth-honoring traditions and an initiate in West African Orisha traditions in the lineage of Olúwo Fálolú Adésànyà Awoyadé of Òdè Rẹ́mọ. His recent ancestors are settler-colonialists to North America from England, Germany, and Ireland, and he now lives with his wife and two daughters in Andalusia near the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Granada, Spain. In our conversation we talk about: - The ways that western healing and psychotherapy traditions limit our process by solely focusing on the individual - Why opening up the ancestral real (including our blood ancestors and beyond) can really accelerate and catalyze so much in our own healing and experience of wellness - What made daniel pack up his family of 4 and move them from the U.S. to Spain recently, as well as how that transition is going for them - Why grief is a sacred practice, and how we can embrace it as such. - As well as the Next steps we can all take to begin to feel more connected to our ancestors, the land we live on, and life at large I really value Daniel’s teachings and it warms my heart to be able to share them with you today. Enjoy. Daniel's website: www.ancestralmedicine.org Daniel on IG: www.instagram.com/danielfoor Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Free healing guide: www.womensyogateachertraining.com/7obstacles Sara on IG: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on FB: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthor Subscribe to Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#newsletterMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

This is an excerpt from a dharma talk I gave during an online retreat called "Creating a Beautiful Life in Hard Times"(hosted by Shambhala Mountain Center in August 2021. In it, I share a few perspectives we can all try on to help us orient to our lives– when they're feeling unpredictable, or even if the things we're experiencing are unwanted. May this be of benefit! Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#subscribe Sara on Instagram: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on Facebook: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthorMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

I’m happy to welcome our guest Toko-pa Turner– a woman whose presence and work I deeply admire. Blending the mystical tradition of Sufism in which she was raised with a Jungian approach to dreamwork, Toko-pa founded the Dream School in 2001 from which thousands of students have since graduated. She is the author of the award-winning book, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, which explores the themes of exile and the search for belonging. Sometimes called a Midwife of the Psyche, Toko-pa’s work focuses on restoring the feminine, reconciling paradox, and facilitating grief & ritual practice. As I mentioned, in our conversation today we speak about the medicine of the equinox and the autumn season, living with autoimmune illness and creating necessary boundaries and structures in ones life to support this, dreamwork and simple steps we can all take to begin more actively relating to our inner, hidden dimensions, and how we can cultivate the skill of belonging in an increasingly lonely and disconnected world. Toko-pa is a fount of wisdom, and I’m honored to have her with us today. Enjoy. Toko-pa's website: www.toko-pa.com Toko-pa on Instagram: www.instagram.com/tokopa Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#newsletter Sara on Instagram: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on Facebook: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthorMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

Today I have two more wonderful women from our community to introduce you to: Cynthia and Jadi. Both women were part of last year's 200-hour online Women's Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training– and they're both in very different seasons of life, with very different levels of yoga and teaching experience. Women's Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training: wwww.womensyogateachertraining.com Sara's website: www.SaraAvantStover.com Sara's newsletter: www.SaraAvantStover.com/#newsletter Sara on FB: www.Facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthor Sara on IG: www.instagram.com/saraavantstoverMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

Today I'm once again highlighting the voices of a couple of women in our community. Meet Ann and Paige, two women who participated in last year’s online 200-hour yoga alliance women’s yoga & meditation teacher training. You’ll hear from them why they decided to say “yes” to joining the training, specific aspects that they loved about it and that are sticking with them to support them in their lives today, and what they would say to any of you listening who may also be considering joining us… Because, that’s right, regular registration for this year’s training opens tomorrow, September 12, but only for 10 days. Learn more and join us at www.womensyogateachertraining.com Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#subscribe Sara on Instagram: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on Facebook: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthorMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

A colleague recommended Kaira Jewel Lingo's book to me earlier this year: We Were Made for These Times: Skillfully Moving through Change, Loss and Disruption, and I have been wanting to have her on the podcast for a while to explore her work with meditation, Buddhism & social justice. Kaira Jewel is a dharma teacher who spent 15 years as a monastic in Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village. Today we speak about what led her to step away from monastic life-- and what that tumultuous transition was like, ways she integrates the dharma and social justice, things she misses most about monastic life, how to work with strong emotions and the uncertainty of the unknown, and what's next on her horizon. Kaira has a strong, gentle, clear presence, and I hope what we speak about today is of benefit to you. Kaira Jewel Lingo: www.kairajewel.com Women's Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training: www.womensyogateachertraining.com Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#subscribe Sara on IG: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on FB: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthorMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad

While I'm on vacation for these last few weeks of summer, rather than sharing my usual, monthly dharma talk here on the podcast, I'm sharing a conversation I had last summer with Sue Van Raes on her podcast, "Satiate." Sue is a functional nutritionist and founder of Boulder Nutrition and she invited me in for a conversation about my journey with women's yoga and meditation– and at large. Enjoy! Women's Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training: www.womensyogateachertraining.com Sue's website: www.boundernutrition.com Sara's website: www.saraavantstover.com Sara's newsletter: www.saraavantstover.com/#newsletter Sara on IG: www.instagram.com/saraavantstover Sara on FB: www.facebook.com/saraavantstoverauthorMentioned in this episode:Sorceress CEO Program Dynamic Ad