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Mother of the Sword PodcastGrief Slapped Scorpio SistersOur cat Habibi brought a bloody head of a rodent to the door for the Scorpio Full Moon. So of course, I'm sharing a story about lineage, shadow, and the wild magic that runs through my blood—from addiction to the adoration of all things embodied and occult.Imagine this:We’re in Rome, near the ruins of the cult of Isis where they worshipped the Great Mother of fertility, and the sacredness of our sexuality. But today, we’re in a café. You’ve got your drink, I’ve got a frothy cappuccino.Press play. Receive. Let it stir...2025-05-1219 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastMy Ancestral Lands Bleed with DevotionI am here in Paris, on a journey of exploration… a new birth this month for my 43rd solar return, and the 18th anniversary of my father’s death. In today's Mother of the Sword, we speak of listening while speaking, moving while sharing—this is the embodiment of the feminine mystery. Not linear, but spiral. Not fixed, but flowing. It’s how the Oracle spoke. It’s how dancers pray. It’s how healers channel.This Mother of the Sword podcast explores about what to do with the birth that’s wanting to come through us, even in the mi...2025-04-1624 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastWitch Wounds Welcome New WorldsWe all need ways to empty the story that we are carrying in order to be able to perform what is most soul nourishing, liberating and authentic.Some people water fast; I write—not to impress, but to anchor myself, to locate where I am, alive. To return to the body from the suffocating fog of fear that inevitably rolls in while navigating this beautiful, tragic world.The witch wound welcomes us to root our worth within, as opposed to what we can get. It’s fed by giving, by the generosity of Spirit. (Lay down...2025-03-3008 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastAn Unspoken Weight: Pisces never endsIn today's episode of Mother of the Sword, we offer you some guidance on ancestral connections that support you in creating and getting in touch with all that sustains and connects us to liberation. Special thanks to Jeff Hinshaw from Cosmic Cousins for putting together this podcast for us! and to all my wild Italian Volcanic ancestors for showing me what is possible beyond the shame and blame I grew up around.In light of new beginnings for Aries season and the Persian New Year (I have %7 Persian blood apparently), I am going to create today from...2025-03-2122 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastGoddess existed before religion.In today’s episode of Mother of the Sword, I speak with one of my dearest friends—also a Leo (in Western astrology), a psychologist and spiritual counselor, and a lifelong yogini, Dr. Varsha Choudhari. We dive deep into how India was once a matriarchal society—and still is in some places—where the rivers themselves are worshipped as goddesses, and how the awakening of Kundalini holds a sacred, embodied purpose in our lives as women.Let’s face it, things are ending. Ouch. And thank Goddess. The more we merge with the truth of our lives, the more w...2025-02-1227 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastVenus in Pisces: actually, don't surrender.Blessings for the new moon and lunar new year in Aquarius! I’m offering a free defiant meditation and writing class-Thursday at 10am PST. Join us here.And! listen to this new episode of Mother of theSword with our friend and Body Temple Community member Sydney Paige - who was just on our Goddess Pilgrimage in India. We are celebrating them for taking this intense and wild journey with us! S/o to our sibling Jeff from Cosmic Cousins for the support putting this episode together!“I don’t write poetry that has punchlines. I write...2025-01-3043 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastCapricorn-Cradled in Fertile DarknessEnjoy this episode on writing, the womb and community healing. Special thanks to our friend Jeff Hinshaw for editing and putting this podcast together! Let us know what comes up in the comments.We see Capricorn energy as an expression of earthly, sacred sexuality—a devotion to our deepest desires. It is the wild woman dancing with Saturn, Father Time, embodying the structure that allows creation to flourish. (I can already feel the swoon of meeting Saturn in the temples of India…)The contraction necessary for the seeds of our heart’s desires to germinate within...2024-12-3038 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastTaurus Full Moon MadnessAnytime I meet another woman with Italian ancestry and a wild fire in her heart for liberation and revolutionary love, I know we’re going to light it up when we connect. In today’s episode of Mother of the Sword (perfect) for the full moon in Taurus, we discuss all things decolonization, creating curiosity and community care with Rev. Briana Lynn (rbl) studies, teaches & facilitates experiences on the intersection of ancient earth-based sacred healing, revolution, liberation & social justice, AND nature, eros, & magic.It was a re-finding of old kin as we chatted on the day of the...2024-11-1547 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastInanna and Underworld MedicineAs the great Toni Morrison says:“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”Today on Mother of the Sword podcast, we have a chat with my friend Greg who I met on a Southern Italian ritual drum and dance retreat where we studied in worship to the Black Madonna in Hawaii last April.Our lineage is rooted in Earth based wors...2024-11-081h 05
Mother of the Sword PodcastScorpio Shame SlayPersephone 3BY MARIE HOWEMy mother knows all about the under-dark.She needn't have pretended to be appalled.The seed must break open and rise;put too deep the rot sets in.My mother is a god; she wanted to spare me.But my nature is nature.Like everything alive I was meant to be split open,to blossom, to be sucked, to be eaten,to lean, to bend, to wither,to die and die and die...2024-11-0113 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastSome "gifts" smell terrible...This Mother of the Sword podcast unveils the gift of dissociation, a realm where many become ensnared in shame. As a shame slayer, I’m here to illuminate the value of embracing dissociation and how we can harness it.Scorpio season heightens our ability to alchemize our shit into our service. My friend Nora (double Scorpio bb,) also says it is the frustration of Scorpio too. It’s not always what you want, it’s what your soul wants….”Big gifts/service equals big struggles too, don’t let white colonial capitalism and patriarchy fool you. Vulnerability is our stren...2024-10-2521 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastTrauma robs us of our ability to choose...What if there is no quick fix?I recorded this talk on cultivating choice as a way to learn how to grieve, how to pray with potency and how to channel our rage into creative solutions and offerings that give back, as opposed to take while in India. Please enjoy and let us know wha you think! Ty to Jeff from Cosmic Cousins for putting together this episode, we love you.We have one space left for our Goddess Pilgrimage happening January 2025 so please read this page and apply if you want to...2024-10-1024 min
The Art of RelatingEp. 12: Healing Through Performance with AdrianaMe and my teacher Adriana Rizzolo, founder of Body Temple Dance, nerd out about the importance of right-brain focused therapy and healing the frozen parts of us through performance, dance, song, poetry, and art. I share about my vulnerable experience singing on stage to reclaim my sacred sexuality as a pivotal part of healing from sexual trauma. Join my 6-month program Awakening the Wild Woman: Awakening the Wild Woman Work with me 1:1: Somatic Spirit Journey Song: Ayla Nereo “Seeds" 2024-10-0945 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastPain that has outlived it's time.In this episode of Mother of the Sword, we chat with my longtime soul family friend and mentor Heidi Rose Robbins.My beloved Harshada Wagner and I explore the realms of shadow and light, dance in the art of being seen and the spiritual gifts that permission and shifting our self perception can give.Heidi also shares about being both a Mother and an artist, and you'll just get a big dose of much needed love here. Wait for the poem at the end that is going to shatter your heart even more open. Go...2024-10-0438 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastFuneral for our False Self - finding beauty in what is...In today's episode of Mother of the Sword - cutting through illusions with love - we explore having a 'Funeral for the False Self.'Libra carries all the conditioned appeasement and people pleasing tendencies and attempts at control, alongside it's immense gift for creating connection through beauty and love.Libra is all about the destructive and creative force and sustainability-wise, this force of beauty,like everything in nature carries.Our nervous systems need one another these wounds were made in relationship to these fucked up systems of domination and it's...2024-10-0220 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastIntimacy with body and death: destruction as a catalyst for creativity w Nora LoganIn today’s episode we speak with Nora Logan, a long time friend who is a writer, healer and host of the podcast ‘So Life Wants You Dead”(listen tot the latest episode with my beloved partner Harshada) and Serenity Never Substack.We get into aging and destruction as a catalyst for creativity (she is also teaching on this in our online Body Temple School Friday you can join it here.) It’s so good have a listen and let us know what stands out.Special shout out to Jeff from Cosmic Cousins for putting this epi...2024-09-1940 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastThe Doorways of Grief + Goddess as my DomEnjoy this gift all your Virgo lovers of the body and articulate beauty - it is a way to soften (a little at a time,) into the river of love only the Divine Mother can provide us with.Bridging the gap between Spirit and matter, our lower energy centers and our middle spiritual heart, is our specialty. We love to help folks feel safe and trust themselves to be able to take the risks necessary when loving in this wild world full of well, everything. Where the only true safety and refuge we encounter is within, and...2024-09-0216 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastLone Wolves, Ego Deaths + Collective LoveShout out to my Aquarian sibling Jeff from Cosmic Cousins for always expanding me and my heart and for editing our podcast, go check them out for astrology downloads and to explore more of your chart, and to my teacher Alessandra Belloni for being one of the most unhinged and undomesticated healers I have ever met.Today we are exploring the potent energy of the Black Madonna - who carries the pre Christian, pre patriarchal spirituality medicine of the feminine path of relatedness and reparenting. We all need a safe space to lean into in our extremes...2024-08-1926 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastLeo New moon: playing, performing, longing and living with a fiery soulLeo–the great activator and inner child liberation assumes we are willing to grow in our capacity to love.If you have ever experienced psychedelics, you know that there is more to us than just our perceived identities. Our life force cannot be confined to our current state.In the trance states we explore in Body Temple through meditation, dance and sounding, we constantly discover new aspects of ourselves as we grow.Read more and subscribe to our Mother of the Sword Substack post here and special thanks to our friend Jeff for editing our ep...2024-08-0427 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastHot mess magic + the healing power of honesty, realness and ritual"Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed."- Alice WalkerBlessings on this beautiful Magdalene feast day, new moon magic. Harshada Wagner and I are having a conversation here in this episode of Mother of the Sword to spre...2024-07-2337 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastThe Cancerian CallingCancer season calls us home to the waters. Underneath all our protective mechanisms and conditioning, what we are all avoiding most of the time, is grief.What supports us in our unraveling and unlearning are the elements and humans with hearts that are already broken, open. The waters of our emotional being, our interconnectedness, the waters of God’s Grace, the waves of grief and the waters of this Earth. Love making with awareness, alone or with another/others, can become a worship of reality when we wake up out of the slumber of control we inherited....2024-07-0218 min
Mother of the Sword PodcastCALL ME MOTHAH! New Body Temple Podcast is here.“If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can.Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move…”— Anthony BourdainBow down bitches….it’s time for the Mother of the Sword to enter your…heart!Welcome back to Mother of the Sword - cutting through illusio...2024-06-2116 min
Little GiftsRitual Work, but instead of doing “The Work” can we make it “The Play”?Maybe all the work doesn’t have to be so much work and instead could be seen as play time to just get curious and connect? Join us as we discuss Savanna’s recent weekend of ritual play and hear the story of how Sue Ellen was first introduced to playful ritual practices as well. If you’re interested in bringing more ritual and ceremony into your life here are a few incredible people holding space and keeping the magic of ritual practices alive and well… Adriana Rizzolo https://www.bodytemple.church/Willow Brook and Mirabai...2024-06-0341 minThe Art of RelatingEp. 07: Ancestral Healing and Loving Beyond Co-dependency with AdrianaI chat with my teacher Adriana Rizzolo, founder of Body Temple Church, about healing co-dependency by taking the shame out of it and learning how to alchemize this energy through the power of story, ancestral healing, and spiritual practice. Episode Highlights08:20 - Stop shaming your co-dependency 26:43 - Healing is not about doing it “right”54:06 - The dark night of the soul many women experienceTemple of Shakti Retreat May 16-20: Temple of Shakti Work with me 1:1Somatic Spirit JourneyJoin my 6-month pro...2024-03-181h 06
Solving the Riddle of Being HumanGrief, God, and the G-Spot - with Adriana RizzoloReady to visit the intersection of sexuality and spirituality? Sah is joined by spiritual mentor, speaker, somatic healer, and adult sex educator Adriana Rizzolo, the founder of Body Temple Church, to discuss the deep connections between grief and sexuality.They get into…The transcendental opportunities available from conscious sexualityModern sex education for adultsThe sexual unconscious that we inherit from our familiesDealing with sexual shame and finding a home in your bodyIntegrating sexuality into spiritualityHow sexual healing can he...2023-10-101h 33
Sex, Psychics, & PsychedelicsSelf-Love Yoni MagicAdriana Rizzolo is the founder of Body Temple, OJAI. Adriana is also a sex educator for women, trans and nonbinary folks, a grief and aliveness doula, a Tantric meditation teacher, and an embodied movement facilitator.In today's episode, Adriana invites us to look at the disconnection between the body and traditional spirituality, invites us to meditate in a way that’s connected to our body and sexuality, and gives women specific tips for self-love Yoni work, along with tapping into the incredible power of the tantric goddesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...2023-03-0950 min
Conscious ConversionFilling the God-Sized Hole with True Love w/ Adriana RizzoloThe word "Love" is used so ubiquitously, it almost feels flippant when we go deep and feel what it truly means. I mean, there are 96 words for "Love" in Sanskrit, and only one in English. That's 96 flavors of Love! And really, there's as many types of love as there are things and people to love. Its infinite. And yet, at the root of all of it... no matter how many words there are or are not... for me, Love is always an embodiment of the Divine, of Source, of God. It is presence with whatever...2022-12-0846 min
WAYS OF LIFE with Christa WellsChrista with Matthew Dwyer On Being With People In GriefChrista talks with Death Doula, Yoga Teacher and Kirtan Wallah, Matthew Dwyer about his compassionate work with people in grief. Matthew hosts Death Cafe with Adriana Rizzolo. Connect with Matthew:WebsiteInstagramBeing Held Newsletter + MoreConnect with Christa:WebsitePatreonInstagramSpotify2022-11-2956 min
UnabashedEP 25 Worshipping the Body & G-Spot Magic with Adriana RizzoloJoin the Self-Love Mastery Program and get the tools needed to master your love life in just 8 weeks! https://www.josefinabashout.com/digital-courses/p/self-love-mastery-program Adriana Rizzolo is a somatic healer, adult sex educator, and a grief and aliveness doula. She is the founder of Body Temple Church, a resource for women to learn to transmute their understanding of suffering and embrace it as a necessary part of physical existence. Pain is capable of expanding your outlook and bringing you into transformative acceptance of reality. Initiations are happening during each phase of...2022-11-231h 09
WAYS OF LIFE with Christa WellsChrista with Adriana Rizzolo on Embodiment, Expansion & Feeling It AllConnect with Christa:WebsitePatreonInstagramSpotifyChrista speaks with Adriana Rizzolo about embodiment, expansion and the beauty and freedom that comes through embracing the full spectrum of human experience and emotion. They talked at Adriana's home in Ojai, California, several months after meeting on the island of Molokai.Adriana is a spiritual mentor, somatic healer, sex educator for women, trans* and non binary folks, speaker, grief and aliveness doula, and more. She helps people heal trauma and patterns of helplessness, awaken their power and feel at...2022-11-0136 min
DARE TO FEELSex, Drugs, and Spirituality with Adriana RizzoloIn today’s episode, Alexandra speaks with Adriana Rizzolo for what we have deemed the “Sex, Drugs, and Spirituality” episode!As the founder of Body Temple, spiritual mentor, somatic healer, sex educator for women, trans* and non binary folks, speaker, grief and aliveness doula, Tantric meditation, energy healing and embodied movement facilitator, Adriana helps people heal trauma and patterns of helplessness, awaken their power and feel at home in their bodies to start living life in alignment with their souls offerings and sexy, secure relationships.In this episode, you’ll discover:Adriana’s transition from worki...2022-09-191h 28
The Sensuous28. Experiencing Your Humanness as Divine with Adriana Marie RizzoloThis episode is a big fat permission slip to be a human. Emotions, perceived flaws, mess, and all.
Tune in to hear one of my teachers, Adriana Marie Rizzolo, and I explore how we can experience our own divinity THROUGH our human experiences, rather than despite them.
Discussed in the episode:
Adriana’s journey from disconnection & unconsciousness to body worship and experiencing herself as an expression of the Divine
The medicine of grief & acceptance of death
Liberating your creative expression
Making peace with the fact that you will trigger others
The importance of creating SP...2022-08-311h 07
Empowered Connection PodcastEmpowerment through Embodiment: Body Temple Church with Adriana Marie RizzoloThemes: Embodiment, Somatics, Empowerment, Trauma, Sex, Divine Feminine, Women's Work, Spirituality, Religion, Relationships, Awakening, Self Healing, Dance, MovementAdriana Marie Rizzolo is a Somatic Healer, sex educator for women and non binary folks, speaker, meditation, energy healer and embodied movement facilitator, Adriana helps people heal trauma and patterns of helplessness, awaken their power and feel at home in their bodies to start living life in alignment with their souls offerings and within sexy, secure relationships.Adriana created the Power of Love School after a massive awakening initiating her into the mystical transmission of the Divine F...2022-08-161h 12Solving the Riddle of Being HumanThe Pain Of True Joy - with Adriana RizzoloThis week, Sah welcomes Adriana Rizzolo. Adriana is a badass writer, teacher and healer who trains and mentors people in sharing their authentic creative and healing offerings, as well as open up to full bodied orgasm. She is the founder of Body Temple Church, a trauma informed community of dancers, singers and energy healers exploring embodiment through God, sex and death and the Power of Love School—a home for all things yoga, mantra, meditation, ritual and relationship. She is the creative and business director of LoveSeva — a collective and soon to be nonprofit with a few friends in the...2022-04-101h 37
Chart Your CareerEp 53 The Power of LoveIn this episode, Heidi and Ellen engage in a deep and beautiful conversation with Adriana Rizzolo. Adriana is a spiritual guide and mentor, somatic healing, meditation teacher, sex and pleasure educator, embodiment and intimacy coach, transformational speaker, podcast host, and soon-to-be author. She has ignited a body and heart-based healing movement called Body Temple, that supports people worldwide in cultivating and spreading authenticity through tapping in with their passion, pleasure, and purpose. Highlighting the importance of both relationship and ritual, as a natural part of living a fulfilling life. Seven years ago Adriana founded 'The Power of Love School‘ which teaches everyt...2022-01-2657 min
Saved by the SpellSpecial Guest Adriana RizzoloTrigger Warning this episode covers personal experiences with eating disorders, quarantine weight gain, addiction, emotional abuse, and self-harm.Special guest Adriana Rizzolo Adriana Rizzolo is an intuitive healer, spiritual guide, somatic coach, mantra meditation teacher, embodiment and intimacy coach, transformational speaker, podcast host and author. Follow Adriana Instagram: @artoflovingWebsite: www.BodyTemple.ChurchSoul Crush Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-crush/id1372879807Books Mentioned:The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf https://en.wikipedia.org...2021-07-161h 13
Mind, Body, Soul stuffLive with Adriana Rizzolo: Decolonisation and its pertinence in the wellness spaceLast week I jumped on instagram to join Adriana (@artofloving / www.instagram.com/artofloving) for a live discussion on the topics of Decolonisation and its importance and pertinence in the wellness space.
Together we explore the negative consequences of colonisation throughout history and how it shows up now, what it means for us and why it is important that we make an effort to encourage and support decolonisation throughout our personal, individual, daily and work lives.
I speak through my experience of what brought me to recognise the need to address this ongoing current issue and how we can take...2021-05-2351 min
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 28 Ram Dass & Embodying LoveHello Soul-healers!
Adriana is back for the first episode of Soul Crush in 2021-Ram Dass and Embodying Love.
Join Adriana as she shares her account and relationship to Ram Dass and how her recent travels to Hawaii and the Ram Dass House have stirred up reminders of the life’s work and purpose she has dedicated herself towards.
Things that are asked in this episode:
What is Embodiment?
How do we Embody & Express the Love that We Are?
The legacy that Ram Dass left
How facing Grief can open us to Love
Learning to take chances and trust ourselves
Following our...2021-05-1132 min
On DeathAdriana Rizzolo - Good Grief...No, Really!The wound is the way! Adriana has been working with her grief and her wounds as a means to living full power 24 hour. Once Adriana starts she just oozes wisdom. This episode is not for the timid, as we get right into Adrianas work, which is the opposite of avoidance. And at the same time, Adriana has a beautiful way to catch us(you), like a lover about to fall over after a wild dance party, and be with us(you) just as you are; broken, beautiful, complete, and a work in progress. This episode is not to be...2021-02-2600 minSOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 27 Shakti + Healing through the Performative Arts with Faith Shakti HeyligerJoin along with Soul Crush this week in sitting down with poetess and artist, Faith Shakti Heyliger.
Faith is a Harlem-born poetess that was able to take her childhood of growing up in an ashram-community and navigate how the world treated her when this lifestyle wasn’t accepted.
In being given the name of the goddess Shakti, Faith has taken her life to explore and live the duality of what it means to be divine and human; and Faith shares this through her performative arts and poems that she curates.
Adriana and Faith discuss the power of performing, how chanting and me...2020-10-1259 minSOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep.26 The Good Fight on the Full Moon with David Harshada WagnerJoin us this week with spiritual teacher, author & artist David Harshada Wagner.
In this episode, David and Adriana Rizzolo celebrate and relate this Full Moon in Aries season to today's overwhelmed society, the f**kery of leadership seen today, and how this all can actually relate and be addressed in learning and delving deeper into the Bhagavad Gita.
Things that are brought up in this conversation:
Why the Bhagavad Gita is the most "seminal texts" of the Indian-Hindu traditions and how it relates and shines light on today's climate.
Leadership & F**kery. How these times of watching our leade...2020-10-0546 minSOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 25 Climate, Politics + Art as Activism with Angel Del SolJoin us this week with artivist (artist/activist) Angel Del Sol.
In this episode, Angela and Adriana Rizzolo unpack climate crisis, queerness, the Wounded Healer, social change and how art can be a way of bringing to light what has been denied and the true heart of spirituality.
Things that are brought up in this conversation:
How the act of service can bring us to a truer sense of who we actually are-in purpose, spirituality + passion.
Angela's journey of discovering how to create cultural bridges as a Latina, Columbia-born immigrant in the U.S.
How art has become an...2020-09-2758 minSOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 24 Embodied Spirituality, Social Justice + Soul MedicineJoin us this week with embodiment and social justice healers, Reuben + Nyasha from the Ascension Seed and Adriana as they talk about the Ascension Seed's recent work of Racism: Reveal to Heal (ending for this 2020 year...but more from them soon to come!) and why NOW is still the time to continue standing up and speaking up about racism, social separation, and white supremacy.
Things that are brought up in this conversation:
Bravely facing the hard conversations and asking the questions of why we have allowed silence, passiveness, ignorance and avoidance into our lives & how these barriers are holding us...2020-09-211h 07SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 23 Death + Grace with Matthew DwyerJoin us this week with death doula, Matthew Dwyer, as he and Adriana talk about death and grief, and how Matthew’s journey took him on the path as a death doula.
Things that are brought up in this conversation:
Exploring grief and our fear of death on the spiritual path of healing and awakening to living more fully.
Why we would welcome our own relationship to death and dying and how it can help us find more meaning in life and challenging times.
How to use our own suffering or grief to be able to sit with someone else's in our...2020-09-131h 12SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 22 Singing your Highest Note with Heidi Rose RobbinsJoin us this week with astrologer and poet, Heidi Rose Robbins, as she visits the Soul Crush podcast once again to discuss and explore the realm of the soul’s purpose with Adriana Rizzolo.
In this episode Heidi and Adriana discuss:
How astrology can underline and pinpoint what each of our soul’s purpose + habitual patterns in this life are.
How to be generous in our services in our soul's purpose AND also generous to ourselves within the moon-patterned moments.
What we can discover in our rising sign + moon position in our birth charts, and how to use this to the ful...2020-09-0635 minSOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 22: Free Your Inner Voice with Nikki SladeThis episode is part of Power of Love School's Free Online Series, where we are learning about the roots of Yoga, how it can heal us and how we can open to more diversity and inclusivity into our practice, hearts, and lives.
Join Adriana Rizzolo with guest speaker, Nikki Slade in this discussion about chanting and Freeing Your Inner Voice.
In this episode, Adriana and Nikki share with our listeners:
Two offerings and examples of a mantra-chanting practice, for listeners to experience the art and practice of chanting.
T...2020-08-231h 01SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 21 Sex + Relationship with Olivia ClementineIn this 60 minute class Adriana + Olivia who are long time friends and dharma sisters, will discuss both practical and esoteric ways to connect to your sexuality as well as the spiritual path of relating.
In this recording of their virtual class, Adriana + Olivia discuss some topics such as:
Ways to open to greater pleasure during sex, and how to stay cultivate it when alone.
Common communication pitfalls and ways we can open to greater intimacy both to ourselves and another.
How to stay in connection to our worth with boundaries when relating to o...2020-08-091h 03SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 20 What is Tantra with Malcolm McQuirterThis episode is part of Power of Love School's Free Online Series, where we are learning about the roots of Yoga, how it can heal us and how we can open to more diversity and inclusivity into our practice, hearts, and lives.
Join Adriana Rizzolo with guest speaker, Malcolm McQuirter in this Real Talk about Tantra.
In this episode, Malcolm shares with our listeners:
What Tantra is and how we cause learn more to deepen both our yoga practice and take back out lives from societal conditional and suffering....2020-07-291h 29
Meditations: Adventures in the DeepSoul Kosha Meditation with Adriana RizzoloGuided meditations with Embodied Philosophy faculty and friends. Enroll in Sādhana School: Contemplative curriculum, community, and learning laboratory that harnesses the deeper principles and philosophies of the yoga tradition for sustainable change at the personal, professional, and community levels. Join the MANTRA or CHAKRA Sādhana: 30 days of practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life. Become a member of the Wisdom School: Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma stu...2019-12-1620 min
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep 19 The Power of Love w David H WagnerIn today's Episode we explore the traditional teachings of Tantra yoga and how we can embody them in our lives today. David H Wagner and I explore the context many spiritual teachings emerged from and how to apply them with more compassion to our lives today.
We have an online Power of Love Inner Yoga Teacher Training coming up this week for those interested in deepening their practice, learning mroe about mantra, meditation, yoga, the origins of it and SO MUCH MORE!
Find more about David here and stay connected to us...2019-10-1320 min
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep 18 Love + Intimacy w Olivia ClementineJoin us for this very special episode with Olivia Clementine. We discuss everything from navigating challenges in romantic partnership, to intimacy with all things, including practical ways to develop and nurture that in your own life.
What it means to be ALIVE and how to create and cultivate self-love. There is a meditation for you to practice at the end. Stay in touch with Olivia here and on Instagram @olivia_clementine and with us @artofloving.
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The Yoga Heart Mind Podcast#56 Adriana Marie Rizzolo On The Art LovingSend us a textAdriana Rizzolo is a spiritual, yoga and meditation teacher, podcast host (Soul Crush), writer, facilitator of contemplative and embodiment practices. Her school 'The Power of Love' is inspired by the Indian wisdom mystical tradition of non-dual Tantra and Bhakti Yoga, has devoted the last 15 years to constantly seeking what God is and means to her, and is most recently inspired by the true teachings of Christ and the path of radical compassion and living spirit. Her playful, fun approach to spirituality makes it easy for all people to connect to their b...2019-08-211h 06
Bianca Harris WIPPED CREAM RADIOWTF IS GRACE?DAVID H WAGNER + ADRIANA MARIE RIZZOLO SIT DOWN TO CHAT WITH US ABOUT GRACE IN OJAI CALIFORNIA.
Adriana: teacher training, retreats, healing through radical love,sexuality, voice, heart
David: Global healing minister. Alo yoga.
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@davidhwagner
@iambiancaharris
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SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 17 w Sara Avant Stover – Redemption + Radical RecognitionIn this One Year anniversary and closing of this season of Soul Crush we get down with teacher and author Sara Avant Stover.
We get all into healing, the voice, speaking up, abortion and how we heal shame through sharing. How we are being asked to not only work on ourselves, but to turn around and do something to contribute to the wider problems int he world. Thank you for tuning in and send us feedback, join us on retreat in Ojai and connect on instagram @artofloving.
"We cannot draw boundaries between our Dark Goddess...2019-04-301h 13
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 16 Aimee Cartier – A Rainbow of Intuition + Empathy
On todays show I am sharing the wisdom and inspiration of friend and founder of Intuition University, Aimee Cartier. I found our conversation to be so healing and feel into her energy as just a clear, colorful channel, a rainbow if you will, of practical tools to take you home into your own magic of your own intuition and empathy.
Please enjoy and give us a rating on iTunes, reach out with any questions on instagram @artofloving or on our website TheLoveRecovery.com.
Aimée Cartier is a psychic guide who specializes in hel...2019-02-081h 13
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 15 Mark Whitwell – Unspeakable Beauty
On today's show of Soul Crush I get into all things God, sex, death and the true understanding of yoga of the heart as shared by Mark Whitwell. Mark is a refreshing voice of reason in a mostly otherwise mad yoga world, and proclaims repeatedly that there is a yoga for everyone while speaking to the many misunderstanding of the popularized yoga of our time.
He dismantles the ideas that we are winners or losers in our patriarchal power structures, including the spiritual world. And how we are going to restore hope in humanity by reclaiming the Mother Nature wildness th...2019-01-161h 05
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 14 Raïna Manuel-Paris – Yes and Hallelujah"When you move so fast, where do you find that still point where you can remember you have this incredible participation in life, that your essence is that of absolute inseparability from life, that is the heart of love, that is this incredible universe and planet we are a part of."
In today's show I had the great honor to see this amazing author, teacher, and guide Raïna Manuel-Paris. We cover what it means to truly listen and relate, the inherent truth of our being, I read one of my fave poems that she has written, lo...2018-12-071h 05
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 13 Susanna Harwood Rubin - My Body is a Forest
Today's show is a very special one, and I am super grateful for the fearlessness of this woman in sharing her story, wisdom and heart with us. Susanna is a longtime, devoted wild woman yogini, a Scorpio, and she shares with us poetry, wisdom about the goddess, her journey healing breast cancer and all the intensity that entails.
I read some of her deeply moving writing, have a few laughs and a good time with my friend, and now yours, Susanna.
Please enjoy the episode, learn more about Susanna's tea...2018-10-291h 06
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 12 Ike Ndolo - Finding Faith w Every Rising Sun
Our humanness is the path to this great acceptance that we don't have to become something or (someone else) to be connected, to live inside the experience of Grace and I know our suffering is a part of that.
Every road has its story.
"Music is so transcendant and can break down a lot of barriers and walls. Grace is huge bc you haven't even asked for it but it's available. Even the biggest sinner is never far from Grace. When it comes to your run of the mill mis...2018-10-091h 04
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 11 Kaypacha Lescher - Death + Resurrection
In episode 11 of Soul Crush we receive great wisdom and inspiration from esoteric astrologer and kundalini teacher Kaypacha. I attended one of his retreats and have been following his weekly reports for abour 4 or 5 years, and he has had a big influence on my life and heart! We get into the shadow and closing of this Jupiter in Scorpio season, how to share before you're "ready", and how to be such a fearless truth teller in a world full of illusions.
Find Kaypacha on his website to sign up for his weekly 'Pele Re...2018-09-261h 00
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 10 Alyson Charles - Humility as a HealerOn today's episode 10 of Soul Crush I have the good fortune to conenct with global thought leader, mystic keynote speaker, and tv host Alyson Charles. We talk everything form her main guru Jesus, channel in some sweet messages and mostly share a powerful time in the healing vortex with one another and now with YOU! It felt so good to receive this powerful woman's superpowers that stream from the supernatural into this very world we walk around.
Find Alyson here on her site and instagram @iamalysoncharles and please find us on iTunes, give us a rating and re...2018-09-011h 14
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 9 Kim Krans from The Wild Unknown - The Un-Smelled Scent of the Heart
Happy New Moon in Leo friends! Leo stands for the Radiant Self and the courage it takes to live from the heart. I could not have imagined a more perfect guest to help inspire and teach us ways to keep unleashing our gifts into the world.
In todays Episode of Soul Crush I have the good fortune to connect with Kim Krans. Kim is an artist, writer, musician and the creator of The Wild Unknown – a tarot deck, community and website featuring beautifully crafted handmade objects. We talk about everything from the creative proce...2018-08-111h 22
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 8 Jerome Braggs – A Return to InnocenceHappy Full Moon lunar Eclipse in Aquarius friends!
On today's episode I have the great good fortune to spend time with The Soul Medicine Man, Jerome Braggs. We had many laughs and he has SO MUCH good SOUL MEDICINE for you. We get into his whole journey with the voice, sexuality, shame, re-writing and healing ourselves and our stories, and returning to the innocence that we are as a way to transorm our lives. Ifn him @jerome_braggs on instagram and on his website and on Facebook here. He shares amazing work around Healing Race Re...2018-07-271h 01
SOUL CRUSHJupiter in Scorpio – Breathing Under Water + Saying Yes to HealingIn today's episode my soul crush is Jupiter in Scorpio and all the painful blessings in disguise we are asked to live through to learn the hard lessons in life.
I share some words of wisdom from my friend and astrologer Heidi Rose Robbins on Jupiter in Scorpio and how I have been working with this energy as it is in my natal chart. I also share words from my sister and collegue Susanna Harwood Rubin on her experience navigating breast cancer, some poetry on grief by Jan Richardson and musings on explore the darkness, th...2018-07-201h 03
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 6 Mirabai Starr - Mother of God Abiding in the MysteryOn this new moon in Cancer, my Soul Crush is spiritual teacher and author Mirabai Starr. We explore shame, the voice, being "too much" and "not enough", the marriage of contemplative work and social activism as well as how to keep showing up, even amidst our own pain and suffering. It was an honor and a joy to connect with Mirabai and I have a feeling you will LOVE her deep wisdom and years of devotion to the path of transformation through loss, writing and honoring the Divine Feminine. Find her on her website and Facebook and join her fo...2018-07-121h 08
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 5 w Lisa Levine – Magic of Motherhood, Amma Love + the Power of Laughter"The connection to Spirit, coming from a culture that is so totally traumatized by religion, just having a different kind of connection and sharing that with people is such a gift."
"That's part of life too, we fall apart. We die and then we are reborn again, these are the cycles. Same thing with sorrow to joy, joy to sorrow. This is the human experience, we're all having the same human experience and we can laugh about it too, and see how funny it is because it is quite ridiculous being a human. It's helpful to...2018-06-281h 02
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep.4 Spirit Weavers Gathering - Kundalini Shakti + the Path of the FeminineMy Soul Crush on episode 4 is a gathering called Spirit Weavers. I'll explore what it means to me to walk the path of the feminine, Kundalini Shakti, the father wound, addiction, death and the beauty and power of women coming together to create, command, heal and awaken to our innate gifts and ways of serving this world in reverence to the Earth we walk upon.
Spirit Weavers Gathering is a five day celebration of cultures past and present, a remembering and practicing of basic human skills to ensure the survival of the body and the soul. Farming pra...2018-06-141h 13
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 3 w Bob Doto - The Looking Will Make You BraveOn this Full Moon in Sag Bob and I discuss everything from the true meaning of sin to the difference between yoga spirituality and religion to the healing power of touch. Enjoy! Find us on iTunes and give us a rating and reach out to me on instagram @artofloving. 2018-05-291h 13
SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep. 2 Olivia Clementine – Divine Love, Death Party + Deep OrgasmsEpisode two explores so many juicy topics with relational guide, herbalist and yogini Olivia Clementine. Many laughs and ways of dismissing the shame we can hold around taboo topics such as death, sex and God. Enjoy this new moon full of all the joys and all the heartbreaks this life has to offer!
Follow us on instagram @artofloving and you can find Olivia @olivia_clementine and www.oliviaclementine.com.
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SOUL CRUSHSoul Crush Ep.1 Heidi Rose Robbins ~ The Birth of Love
Join us for a healing session on this Full Moon in Scorpio with soul crush of episode 1 – astrologer, poet, teacher and podcaster Heidi Rose Robbins. We explore poetry, how to use astology as a tool for self-knowledge, transformation, authentic compassion and self-acceptance, riding the waves of the divine feminine in a conscious way and using this time we are in entering the Age of Aquarius as a way to give the highest gift of our individual soul Self to empower the group Self. Heidi has a natural gift of connecting us to the light of the soul in a...2018-04-291h 06
The Radiance ProjectAdriana Rizzolo: It’s Probably Gonna Work OutHeidi and Adriana Rizzolo share their love of poetry and how it opens the heart to healing. As both Adriana and Heidi work in circles of women, there's a lot to discuss about why circles of women offer such a potent ground for growth, courage and intimacy.2017-10-1255 min
Rising Women LeadersGod, Love, Sobriety & Finding Your Voice with Adriana RizzoloThis week I've been feeling kind of messy. I went on a trip to Kauai last week, and coming home I'm finding myself a little lost at times and unsure of where to put my energy next. But I'm learning to love the mess. To love everything as it is arising. And this is something I love about today's podcast interview with Adriana Rizzolo. I've always admired how Adriana carries herself with love and respect, no matter what the circumstances. In the episode Adriana shares about some pretty difficult hardships she's faced, including her...2017-04-1554 min
Radical Remembrance: Conversations on Being Human (formerly Ladies Who Lead)E037 Adriana Rizzolo – The Art of LovingWoman who wears many hats: yoga + meditation teacher, kirtan leader, writer, hair stylist and soul beauty entrepreneur Adriana Rizzolo (www.adrianarizzolo.com), shares her real, raw self with us in this funny, heartwarming and deeply beautiful interview. A story of continual triumph through addiction and the many roadblocks we encounter on this road of life. To subscribe to future podcasts or learn more about how we can support you on your leadership journey, head over to www.ladieswholeadpodcast.com 2016-10-1056 min