Shows
Mostly FolkMostly Folk Episode 704Send us a textOld Crow Medicine Show/Pray for AmericaEric Lindquist/The Golden Son/Between The Earth And SkyTekla Waterfield/Love Comes Along (Featuring Luke Abbott)/New SkiesChicks With Dip/Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution/Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)/singleMarch to August/Only The River (feat. Jade Ayers)/Songs Inspired by WitnessSteven Gellman/The Road to Hana/singleBothy Band/The Ballintore Fancy/Old Hag You Have Killed MeDean Mueller/I Don't Live There Anymore...
2024-11-2300 min
Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityHealing Fear + Birth Loss Through Storytelling, Awareness + Practices w/ Emily Souder- Author, Social Worker + Reiki PractitionerEmily Souder, LCSW-C, PMH-C is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland (www.emilysouder.com), as well as a writer, intuitive guide, and Reiki Master practitioner. She writes books to help readers find space to explore personal stories. She wrote Birth Story Brave in 2017 to walk parents through reflecting on their birth experiences, and published an updated version of this called Birth Story Brave, Reimagined in 2021. Her book Sparks is a self-help/memoir blend designed to inspire readers to intentionally step away from fear-based actions and move toward amusement, inner knowing, and trust. Emily's newest book, Birth Story Held...
2024-10-281h 09Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityWhite Women Doing Antiracism Work - Unpacking Bias + Internal Awareness with Miranda McDaniel, Social Media Manager + EducatorMiranda McDaniel is no stranger to diverse groups of people, progressive minds and inclusive ways of being. Born and raised in the California Bay Area, she grew up rooted in communities that embraced these values, which served as the catalyst in wanting to create similar spaces and experiences for others. Miranda has received and led training in Restorative Practices, has served as an adult trainer in Be the Change Youth Development curriculum, and later went on to work as a CalSAC trainer and Chapter Representative. Now living in the Tampa Bay Area, Miranda works to create community and sisterhood...
2024-10-171h 00Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityConnecting Spiritually to Ancestral Heritage + Healing in Ireland with Tonja Reichley, Herbalist + TeacherTonja Reichley shares her journey of her pull to Ireland as a teenager, and how when she finally visited Ireland in her 30s, she knew she had to return. Her journey of returning, of learning and becoming an herbalist and teacher. She now lives in western Ireland and leads pilgrimages with people who want to connect with the land in a spiritual and ancestral way, to heal and connect to the ancestors before there was the label and construct of whiteness. Tekla will be leading a retreat/pilgrimage to Ireland September 15-22, 2025 with Tonja - details coming soon at...
2024-09-301h 06Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communitySomatic Awareness, Reiki, Healing Trauma + Holding Space- a Solo EpisodeThe Be Rooted podcast returns from a brief break with Tekla sharing a solo podcast about how she learned to do the work that she does, because it can be challenging to say in just a few words what work she does. She shares the highlights of her education of the past 15 years and how she brings her own healing and education to her students and 1:1 clients. She explains how Reiki isn't "just an energetic healing practice" and how she integrates somatic awareness and healing, and how intuitive work supports to release trauma from the body. She shares how...
2024-09-2318 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityReiki Healing from a Skeptic Turned Reiki Practitioner & Teacher & Sound Healer, Crystal ChinnCrystal Chinn is a Japanese American raised in Honolulu, HI, and who found Reiki to support her grief from 3 miscarriages. Through this conversation, Crystal shares her journey discovering Reiki and the Reiki lifestyle, including meditation, trust in her intuition, and letting go of the corporate grind culture. She is one of Tekla's students who has moved into sharing distance Reiki and teaching Reiki. She discovered Crystal Singing Bowl Healing by following her intuition, which she learned to listen to and trust, through her years of practicing daily self-Reiki, receiving Reiki and sharing Reiki with others. Listen for stories of...
2024-07-181h 11Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityConnections: Finding New Healing Paths with Carin Huebner, Artist & CreatorTekla's incredibly talented podcast producer and friend, Carin Huebner, joins Be Rooted today to share her stories and her journey of healing. There is a lot of reflecting on the past and growing up in the grind culture, how it affects mental, physical and spiritual health. Carin also shares her journey with healing religious trauma, and her wisdom from being a spiritual director for 8 years. Listen with the amusement and laughter that Carin brings to the conversation, and how an open mind to different ways of healing can bring even more healing!
Specifically they discuss:
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2024-06-211h 06Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityAncestral Healing with the Creator of The Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, Dr. Giavanni Washington (Dr. G.)Dr. G (Dr. Giavanni Washington) joins Tekla to share her wisdom and knowledge, and her process of creating The Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck. Dr. G is on an ancestral mission to make the world safer for Black bodied people, and she is doing it through building community, her oracle deck, educating others, and one-on-one ancestral healing sessions. Listen to learn about her Oracle deck as we discuss:
The power of using oracle decks and how they can be a guiding message in life- to validate what is happening or invite a new perspective.
When Dr. G was...
2024-06-111h 02Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityTo Be A Healing Presence with Cynthia Taylor, Owner of South Coast Organics & Bulk FoodsCynthia Taylor is in her second phase of life, with her grown children and husband supporting her as she is the new business owner of South Coast Organics & Bulk Foods in Wakefield, RI. She shares her journey of being a Child Life Specialist, while finding her own healing journey through the Applied Healing Arts program at the Tai Sophia Institute. She was Tekla's accountability buddy in graduate school and they share stories of learning how to be a healing presence. You can feel Cynthia's healing presence by listening to this conversation- be inspired by her experiences and storytelling as...
2024-05-241h 06Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityReal Life Yoga + Authenticity with Michele Bickley of Love Life YogaMichele Bickley has practicing and teaching yoga and dance for over 20 years. She is an entrepreneur who continues to hold a kind and loving space for her students, in person, on zoom, on retreats, and in the public school classroom. She is a teacher with her own inspiring story of recovery, healing and growth through meditation, yoga and 12 step work. We dive into all these topics together. Join us as Michele holds an authentic and kind space with Tekla as they discuss:
Michele's journey of first teaching dance in classrooms in LA to learning yoga from some of...
2024-05-1052 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityEarth Wisdom, Mothering & Living Outside the "Norm" with Acupuncturist & Herbalist Robyn YoungRobyn Young shares deep wisdom through storytelling, to connect the listener with the philosophy and wisdom of 5 Element Acupuncture, which shows our human connection to the cycles of the seasons and the earth. She shares her experience being a mom, being a lifelong learner and someone who is in practice. She shares inspirational stories about the transformational practices she learned at the Tai Sophia Institute studying Applied Healing Arts, Acupuncture and Herbalism, and is where Tekla and Robyn met.
Topics that Robyn shares:
Self compassion- doing the best you can- how to live with more self-compassion.
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2024-04-251h 05Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityStories of Healing w/ Crystals, Reiki, Yoga, Psychic Classes + Community with Artist + Teacher Jocelyn HunterJocelyn Hunter joins Tekla and shares many wise stories of her journey of healing through her life, which started with an interest in crystals and stones, and has evolved into her teaching classes on How to Heal Yourself and guiding Healing Circles at Psychic Horizons Center in Boulder, Colorado.
Jocelyn shares how her doorway to healing work and energy work was crystals and silversmithing. Tekla has known Jocelyn for 8 years, as she was in her first Reiki class she taught here in Colorado. It is a joy to speak with Jocelyn and hear her storytelling of her...
2024-04-1151 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityIt's All Energy- Psychic + Body Awareness + Healing w/ Rt. Reverend Stacia SynnestvedtTekla is honored to welcome Stacia Synnestvedt of wooversity.com to the show, to share with you some of the wisdom, knowledge and tools that she has learned from Stacia over the past decade. Stacia was Tekla's Intuitive Teacher for 2 full years when Tekla first moved to Colorado. Stacia is a gifted and compassionate teacher + psychic, and we hope you enjoy the conversation.
Tekla and Stacia dive into many topics that Stacia teaches:
Growth periods- what are they and are they worth it? Growth periods are those times during healing and growth that might not feel...
2024-03-2845 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityLiving the Practices of Reiki + Yoga with Bonnie Tarantino, Tekla's Reiki Teacher + MentorBonnie Tarantino, Tekla's Reiki and yoga teacher and mentor, shares her wisdom and experiences with living the practice of Reiki, and how she weaves Reiki into all aspects of her life, from parenting to teaching, writing, and creating art and music.
Bonnie has been practicing Reiki for over 20 years, and she has brought the practice of Reiki and yoga to over 1,000 students over her career. Bonnie created and directed Healing Pathways program at The University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine, which is where Tekla met Bonnie, as she was her...
2024-03-141h 11Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communitySharing Energy Awareness Tools with Children + Professionally with Sally Pelto-Wheeler, Leadership Coach + Reiki PractitionerWelcoming Sally Pelto-Wheeler to the podcast was a treat for Tekla, as Sally holds so much wisdom and is always a student and in practice, generously sharing her practices with others. Sally and Tekla talk about practices like Reiki, breathwork, language and mind/body awareness.
Topics are rich with great examples you can bring to your everyday life, including your children and professional life. Topics include:
Receiving Reiki and learning Reiki over the phone and Zoom during the pandemic.
Learning new tools for energy awareness and sharing them with our children.
Simple practices and language shifts...
2024-02-2949 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityOwl Stories + Connecting with Nature + IntuitionA solo podcast with Tekla, she shares her and her daughter's connection with owls, the barred owl in Baltimore, and the great horned owl in Colorado. Her experiences with focusing on quiet self-care and practice leads to more connection with her own intuition, and with the natural world, particularly owls! Enjoy and be inspired to connect with nature!
2024-02-2917 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityAwe, Vulnerability + Practice with Leadership Coach & Energy Healer Maren J. MillerTekla welcomes Maren J. Miller to the Be Rooted Podcast for conversations about learning from each other, learning in community, the power of healing through somatics and energy work- is there really a difference or is it all connected?
Maren Miller (she/her/hers) is an Anti Racist & Inclusive Leadership Development, DEI Coach, Trainer, Facilitator
Maren is a multifaceted leadership coach & energy healer. She teaches energy tools, holds space for change makers healing and coaches anti racist spiritual practitioners to unravel towards their authentic and energetic purpose and unique way to contribute sustainably.
Ma...
2024-02-1548 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityLuz de la Luna- the story behind Tekla's WHY- solo episodeTekla tells the story of her inspiration for the work that she does, starting from being a birth doula, to being a full-time Reiki teacher and practitioner, and the name Luz de la Luna, which is the name of her LLC. Though Be Rooted more simply describes her work and her programs, Luz de la Luna (light of the moon) still deeply describes her WHY.
She tells the story of how her WHY was reignited at the retreat she attended with Valarie Kaur, author of See No Stranger.
2024-02-1514 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityThe Power of Language + Daily Practices w/ Business Consultant Katie HelmsThe sound quality of Tekla's voice is not great on this first interview with Katie Helms. Katie sounds great- so thank you for your patience. Listen to the I am a Beginner episode to learn why Tekla's sound is a little wonky (it will probably bring some laughter to your day).
Tekla is honored to interview Katie Helms, business consultant, as her debut interview at Be Rooted. Katie is a teacher turned healer turned entrepreneur who now works as a business consultant supporting service-providers in transition. She provides small group and 1:1 consulting for business owners looking to...
2024-02-0148 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityWho is Tekla and Why is She Creating a Podcast? Carin Huebner Interviews TeklaTo learn about Tekla, her podcast producer Carin Huebner interviews her, to give an overview of what brought Tekla to creating a podcast, how she started her healing journey, why she practices Reiki and a bit about her spiritual journey. This is a great way to meet Tekla and learn about her work, while being in conversation with Carin. This episode covers the topics of:
Science teacher turned Reiki teacher- how did that happen?
Spiritual background and Tekla's early connection to the Earth and how to be an observer.
Healing and being supported in community- Tekla's journey and...
2024-02-0156 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityI Am a Beginner, Finding Amusement + The Seasons- Solo PodTekla's first solo pod, she shares with you the story of being a beginner and her journey of getting the podcast started, and finding amusement while being a beginner. She also shares about the practice of staying connected to the cycles of the earth, and to take time to let go and grieve when things do not work out as anticipated. Letting go of expectations, and finding laughter- she hopes to remind and inspire you of daily practices of life. She also shares a bit of why she said YES to creating a podcast.
2024-02-0117 minBe Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and communityThis is Be RootedWelcome to the Be Rooted Podcast, Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and community. This is the brave space where we explore the power of Reiki energy healing, the mind-body connection, boundaries and the power of healing in community. Join your guide, Tekla Ayers, an intuitive reiki practitioner, teacher, space-holder and community builder, as she educates and inspires listeners through discussions on various topics. Explore the power of language and practice, and the possibilities of healing trauma through Reiki and mindfulness practices. Discover the magic of connecting with natural cycles of the earth, and ho...
2024-01-1902 min
Heal + Go Public w/ Carin HuebnerEp. 75 How You Can Move Energy + Heal through Reiki w/ Intuitive Reiki Teacher, Tekla AyersIntuitive Reiki healing sessions, self-Reiki, and Reiki sharing in community are all options on your healing journey. Tekla and I discuss what Reiki is, what it looks like to see a Reiki healer, and how Reiki in community can change your life and the world. So many of us were told that energy work was off-limits and to spiritually beware, but this practice is a beautiful and healing add to anyone’s healing regimen. If you get anxiety in your body when energy work conversations come up, we’re gentle here. If you’re SO interested and have been wonder...
2023-08-011h 01Heal + Go Public w/ Carin HuebnerEp. 75 How You Can Move Energy + Heal through Reiki w/ Intuitive Reiki Teacher, Tekla AyersIntuitive Reiki healing sessions, self-Reiki, and Reiki sharing in community are all options on your healing journey. Tekla and I discuss what Reiki is, what it looks like to see a Reiki healer, and how Reiki in community can change your life and the world. So many of us were told that energy work was off-limits and to spiritually beware, but this practice is a beautiful and healing add to anyone’s healing regimen. If you get anxiety in your body when energy work conversations come up, we’re gentle here. If you’re SO interested and have been wonder...
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