Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast

"You will never believe or surrender to any thought that is not equal to the way your body feels." This is a powerful truth, and the thing that makes mindset work really hard. Sometimes we genuinely can't shift our mindset because our body is stuck in a totally different vibe. In this episode, I talk about how to work with our experience of embodiment and take the body along with us on our inner journey. This includes both the science and the meditation advice on how we can feel the inner body and learn what the body is saying. This is how movement can also be a method of meditation and a doorway to our inner selves and the experience of our own luminous Being.   Want to check out Luminous Movement and try practicing with me. Here's all the details https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/luminousmovement with special offer price through the end of 2023! xx s

The benefits of mindfulness and meditation are promoted everywhere. So why aren't we all sitting? In this episode, I talk with mindfulness teacher Aiko Smith about the invisible standards we're all trying to live up to and the political and cultural reasons why we can't sit in stillness. We also discuss the forgotten power of community practice and how Aiko's own life experience made her look in the mirror and say "I'm going to save myself". Join Messy Luminous Being's 'Inward November' month of meditation practice. Live meditation sessions every Monday, all the lovely audio meditations & breathing practices, plus extra meditation tips & practical ways of weaving stillness into busy real life. It's all happening in the Luminous Mind membership, and right now you can jump in at the Founding Members Price of £18.99. Tap here for all the details https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/luminousmind   Connect with Aiko on IG at https://www.instagram.com/aiko.means.love for mindfulness teachings, inspiration and upcoming courses.

Heading out on a walk, I started thinking about the many ways I practice mind-calming and all the ups-and-downs-and sideways realities of having a long term meditation practice when you live in messy real life. So this episode is a chat, along a woodland walk and with a few startled pheasants, about how I'm thinking about meditation now after many years of weaving it in alongside life with kids, work and a constantly changing schedule.  Join me every week through Messy Luminous messages (they're free!) Just tell me where to send them... https://messyluminousbeing.mn.co/share/5KashZscKEu8X75g?utm_source=manual   And this episode of the mLb podcast comes in collaboration with CacaoAmor. If you've wanted to try cacao as a drink, would love a new chocolate-y ritual to create intentions for the day, or want to switch to a brand of cacao that really supports ancient trees in diverse & fair growing conditions for the planet and local farmers...this is where you need to go --> https://cacaoamor.com/  

Softening our self-critical voice, feeling love for ourselves when we have a human moment, and the evolving journey of meditation practice in messy real life...these are just a few of the illuminating moments in my conversation with Elena Brower, poet, Zen practitioner, mother and creative soul. Elena shares a gorgeous reframe on what life can be as a woman beyond the age of 50, and profoundly important wisdom on parenting and when we are not responsible for the course of another person's life.  You can find all the beautiful courses, mentorships and meditations Elena offers at elenabrower.com. Follow Elena on IG @elenabrower This episode of the MLB Podcast comes in collaboration with EkotexYoga, a woman-founded and family-based company for sustainable yoga mats and props. Our practice should align with our ethos. Products contain zero plastic, mats are made from plant-based natural rubber or reclaimed PVC, meditation cushions are made with organic cotton and filled with buckwheat or spelt.  Find all their beautiful products at ekotexyoga.co.uk and use code MESSYLUMINOUS at checkout for 10% off. What a weekly dose of Messy Luminous Being? Just tell me where to send it! https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Imagine your future self, a person you are moving towards through the landscape of time. Our tendency can often be to get caught up in this week, this day, just getting through. But what would happen if we adopted a radical new mindset, one that goes against our culture of reacting only when something has gone wrong? What if we cultivated a mindset and lifestyle that focused on how we are taking care of our future self? What would this look like in the way we approach of health? What we put into our minds? How we direct and organise our time?   This episode comes to you in collaboration with the beautiful CacaoAmor, pure ceremonial-grade cacao from the ancient trees of Ecuador. This is a beautiful caffeine-free way to bring the ritual of creating Intentions into your messy luminous day! Try it for yourself and get 10% off using discount code MESSYLUMINOUS at checkout. https://cacaoamor.com/ And follow Deya, such a goddess of intention & creation on IG @cacaoamor. Want a weekly dose of Messy Luminous Being? Just tell me where to send it... https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

The energy of plants and the living world is reflected within us. In this beautiful conversation with the wise and wonderful Lucy Jones, we talk about the meaning of self-sufficiency and personal sovereignty, plant medicine, intuition and the health journey we are all on with our bodies. Growing herbs in a small patch in her garden from the age of 8, Lucy trained in both Western herbal medicine and Tibetan medicine, so she brings a unique perspective to the ways we can call on herbs for healing. You are going to love this one! Follow and connect with Lucy Jones on IG @myrobalanclinic, online at www.myrobalanclinic.com, and check out her books Self-sufficient Herbalism, and A Working Herbal Dispensary.  And step into the flow of the Messy Luminous Being community with weekly inspiration straight to your email. Just tap here and tell me where to send it. https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

We are evolving beings, meant to grow and learn and change. This episode is about the gritty, non-linear process of our efforts to step into the next version of ourselves and what we have to overcome in the process. Overcoming old versions of ourselves is something we have to do physically, but also emotionally and spiritually. Yet sometimes along our life journey a portal opens and the call to step through it is too strong to ignore.   To find out more details of the Higher Ground movement challenge 2-6 October 2023 tap here. https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/higher-ground-week To join the Messy Luminous Being newsletter tap here https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Our physical bodies are the lens through which we experience life. So how we take care of our health can completely change the life we think we are experiencing! In this episode, I wanted to share my latest adventures in wellness...from a summer of eating oreos to few new shifts that are making me feel a thousand times better both physically and mentally.  If you enjoy this episode, give it wings by sending it on to a friend. And if you'd like more Messy Luminous Being in your world, come join our weekly Messy Luminous Letters that will light up your inbox. 💗 Just tell me where to send them... https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Journeying into unseen places, spirit guides and imagination as the driver of spiritual practice. What a beautiful conversation in this episode with Rhonda McCrimmon who talks with me about Celtic Shamanism, the power of listening and her own everyday efforts to embody spiritual practice in messy real life. You can connect with Rhonda on IG @centreforshamanism and online at centreforshamanism.com

We all have a face that we show to the world. An avatar of ourselves that we present outward. But the secret we all share without really acknowledging it, is that we are all also carrying so much behind the scenes. And our experience of our inner self doesn't always match the outward self everyone sees. This episode is a wandering conversation with me about the messy realities of our search for integrity and inner alignment. A matching of our outer self with what we feel is true for us on the inside. I also wanted to share what's been going on for me this year, what I've learned, & the theme for this coming season...the re-wilding of the self. Re-wilding...what that might mean? Could a return to our essential nature and inner truths be a return home to who we truly are? Welcome to season 5 lovelies! I'm so glad to be in conversation with you! xx s   Want to join the Messy Luminous DreamTeam and get access to a monthly zoom call of Mindful Time Planning session (aka DreamTime)? Jump into the Messy Luminous Being newsletter and find out how easy it is to join me each month, step into a moment of Higher Ground and plan the next month of life! https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing