
Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast
How can we incorporate meditation and spiritual wisdom into the messy realities of our lives? How can we think of spiritual practice as something that happens within life, rather than in retreat?
Hi I'm Sarah, and for years I trained in yoga and a form of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, but found it incredibly difficult with two young children to train in traditional ways which required me to step out of my life to sit on my own. What I have discovered over these many years is that many of us need an adapted form of spiritual practice that fits in with our lives. Especially for women whose approach to spiritual practice may be different.
This podcast is a continuing conversation about how spiritual wisdom can illuminate our messy real lives as women. Sometimes you'll get me with some stuff I've been thinking about. Sometimes you'll get me in conversation with another woman about the realities of their spiritual practice — what it's actually like, how it helps the in practical real-life situations and what inspires them most.
We are Messy. We are Luminous. And just Being.
Latest episodes

May 25, 2022 • 37min
Episode 116 Small moments mean everything
We can so easily dismiss small moments, short practices, small habits. In our search for bigger changes in our lives and in the world, we assume we need big solutions and radical 180 degree shifts. In this episode I talk about why it's the small moments we need to pay most attention to, and the small practices that have the greatest transformative power. If this episode resonates with you, let's journey together each week with Messy Luminous Being. https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

May 11, 2022 • 1h 5min
Episode 115 Going Conscious w/ Nikki Trott
What does it mean to bring consciousness into our work? Can our working life be an essential part of our spiritual practice? In this episode, I talk to Nikki Trott, founder of the Conscious Accelerator and Going Conscious Podcast. She shares what it means to use more feminine energy in our working life, new ways to think about intentions, goals and growth, and the immense power of surrendering to the unknown. Find Nikki on IG @going.conscious or at www.goingconscious.com And if you haven't joined the Messy Luminous Being email list, you won't want to miss what's coming up! https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

May 3, 2022 • 38min
Episode 114: A simple phrase to calm the mind
The mind is the place of our own unlimited nature. It is the place of our deepest level of health. This episode is about a simple practice that will inspire you to weave meditation moments into everyday life. It is about finding the luminosity of our minds when we try new things & create new possibilities. It is a practice to bring the depth of you into the everyday.

Apr 12, 2022 • 1h 16min
Episode 113 Opening your heart with Cacao w/Deya
In this episode, I talk with Deya of CacaoAmor all about Cacao — hot drink, incredible plant medicine and opportunity for ceremony and deep inner connection. Deya shares her journey through South & Central America to learn the traditional cacao ceremony. We discuss the meaning of cacao, her thoughts on intention versus expectation, and ways to let life unfold rather than cling to control. Deya is the founder CacaoAmor. Connect with Deya on IG @cacaoamor & order yourself some delicious cacao to try at home! www.cacaoamor.com

Mar 29, 2022 • 30min
Episode 112 Freedom living beyond stress
Inner freedom is what we feel when stress is no longer draining our energy. When we learn to manage our stress response and train our minds into new, healthy pathways. In this episode I talk about the things you may not know about stress, and real ways to move beyond it so that you felt truly free. Get more Messy Luminous Being into your week by signing up for weekly emails. Inspiration + freebies + courses & deeper dives into mindful living in messy real life. TAP HERE: https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Mar 22, 2022 • 1h 23min
Episode 111: Where the yoga lives w/Erika Belanger
Our harsh judgement of ourselves stops our growth. And yet it's so hard to get out of the habit of bullying ourselves into make the changes we want to see in our lives. In this conversation I talk to Erika Belanger, yoga teacher and founder of On & Off the Mat Podcast about yoga as a method for working differently within ourselves. How can we put down our judgements and learn to love and trust ourselves? This is where the true yoga lives.

Mar 16, 2022 • 29min
Episode 110 The mindset of trusting the process
Frustration. Disappointment. Fear that it's not working. Whenever these feelings start to come up for me, it's because I'm having trouble trusting the process. My expectations are off...especially on "how long it should take". Whether it's in our working lives, our relationships, our health or our personal growth, learning to stick with the process and keep going is essential if we want to see the results we're after. Here's what I doing to keep myself in that trusting-the-process zone!

Mar 9, 2022 • 1h 17min
Episode 109 Work as the path to mindfulness w/Kiara Harper Ufomba
What does practicing yoga or meditation off the mat really mean? Can work be another path to mindfulness? In this episode I talk to Kiara Harper Ufomba of Squirhill, a mindful working space. We discuss the challenges of working in corporate, running your own business, and how she used the power of the breath and mindset to stop racing through life and begin to find balance. Connect with Kiara on IG @squirhill or www.squirhill.com For more details on my *new* Lit Up monthly membership head here: https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/litupmembership

Feb 24, 2022 • 30min
Episode 108 Blah! What to do when you don't feel like feeling better
Is it just me or is there a lot of "blah" feelings around? In this episode I talk about ways I'm working with myself in low energy. When I need to pause and feel it. When I need to intervene and shift that energy with some practices. And what I do when I just don't feel like making the effort to feel better! Sign up for a FREE week of energy, inspiration and renewal, just in time for Spring! Revitalise: https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/revitalise This has inspired me to teach some of the things I need to hear at the moment. So all next week I'm running a series of FREE mini-sessions called Revitalise, including things you probably still don't know about stress & how to get beyond it, ways to manage and tune our energy and the science behind the vast power of our mind. Access the free mini-series here: https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/revitalise

Feb 8, 2022 • 20min
Episode 107 You did not come into this life to get it right
You did not come into this life to finish that report, to write the perfect email, to run the shop, to finish the laundry. You did not come here to be like someone else, to be liked by everyone else, to do the right thing, to always know the right thing to do. You did not come here to do. You are a being of light.Your real work here in this life is to find the light inside of you. To know it, to be it. This is what you were really made for. (Be reminded of who you really are...every week. https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing)