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Rio CosmicoThe Winding Path of the Self Taught Intuitive Herbalist with Veladya ChapmanIn this episode, we are joined by Veladya Chapman, Goddess guide, herbalist, homesteader, womb wisdom keeper, and so much more. I smiled and laughed a lot during this conversation and in the editing process and hope you will too in the listening. In this episode we explore:
• Veladya’s multicultural heritage
• What Goddesses inform Veladya’s path and work, including how Kali comes to guide women who work with other women, and Oshun’s connection to our deep emotions
• Her childhood making herbal perfumes and potions to sell instead of lemonade, and the path of the intuitive self taught herbalist
• Overcoming bul...2024-07-251h 06Rio CosmicoMusic is Everywhere, and We are All the Hummingbirds of These Times w/ Artist, Therapist, and Educator Claudia CuentasWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Yaya Erin Rivera & Río Cósmico Homestead. In this short and sweet episode we are joined once again by Peruvian born, bilingual and bicultural artist, licensed marriage and family therapist, researcher and educator, Claudia Cuentas. Claudia is currently in private practice in Portland Oregon, and specializes in the intersectionality of art, trauma recovery, cultural identity, indigenous knowledge and the decolonization of healing. In this episode we share a personal update on where we are at on our own healing journey as it relates to what we s...2024-04-1532 minRio CosmicoSolidarity is Our Second Nature with Peruvian Born Artist, Therapist & Educator Claudia CuentasWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Yaya Erin Rivera & Río Cósmico Homestead. In this episode we are joined by Peruvian born, bilingual and bicultural artist, licensed marriage and family therapist, researcher and educator, Claudia Cuentas. Claudia is currently in private practice in Portland Oregon, and specializes in the intersectionality of art, trauma recovery, cultural identity, indigenous knowledge and the decolonization of healing. In this episode we explore:
• The mixture of food, music, and political activity Claudia was raised with
• Learning about life, commitment to family, and indigenous movements for social justice...2023-09-2055 minRio CosmicoThe Genius of Reflexive People Pleasing, Trauma as Goddess, and Other Strangely Liberating Truths with Somatic Therapist Luis MojicaWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. In this episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined once again by somatic therapist, life coach, whole food nutritional counselor, father, and musician Luis Mojica for part 2 of a 2 part conversation.
In this episode we explore:
• Luis’s personal definition of trauma, informed by his own healing journey and his experiences as a professional Somatic Therapist
• How trauma is not tied to the event
• Somatic Therapy as indigenous wisdom that invites us to reorient ourselves back to the land
• Familiarizing ourselves with...2023-01-2747 minRio CosmicoThe Endless Trail of Cosmos Unfurling: Exploring Surgery, Songwriting & The Tools of Somatic Therapy with Luis MojicaWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. In this episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined by somatic therapist, life coach, whole food nutritional counselor, father, and musician Luis Mojica.
In this episode we explore:
• Being born with an intersex expression and the road to acceptance of both the body we are born into and the culture(s) we are born into
• The lawlessness of our own inner mythological landscape
• Experiencing the self as an endless trail of cosmos unfurling
• The healing power of sound, songwriting & surgery
• People we meet...2022-11-301h 22Rio CosmicoFrom Fiery Roots to Clouds Under Water & Sliding to the Side to Find Our Path with Jaguar WombanWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined by multidimensional healing artist, intuitive herbalist, ancestral channel, poet and teacher Jaguar Woman. Her work shares ways to connect with Mother Earth using plant medicine and ceremony.
Today’s episode is part two of a 2 part conversation where we dive deeper into a profound near death experience which initiated Jaguar into her current healing gifts.
Topics covered in today’s conversation:
The relationship between the absolute and the relative.
How art and cr...2022-10-1744 minRio CosmicoRebooted by Death with Jaguar WomanWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined by multidimensional healing artist, intuitive herbalist, ancestral channel, poet and teacher Jaguar Woman. Her work shares ways to connect with Mother Earth using plant medicine and ceremony.
Topics covered in today’s conversation:
Growing up as a ministers daughter and the process by which these early experiences has integrated into her path asa medicine woman.
How Coco (Coronavirus) affected our adaptability and evolution.
The ways that Mother Earth maintains balance and the...2022-10-1755 minRio CosmicoDecolonizing Our Creative Process, Seeking Refuge and Creating Home with Zena Carlota PearlWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, seed keeper and story teller Zena Carlota Pearl returns for part 2 of a 2 part conversation. Zena is a practicing expressive arts therapist and associate marriage and family therapist working with individuals, couples and groups to uncover and navigate archetypal stories and familial patterns in relationships. Together we explore:
• How Zena’s work of creating today focuses on story.
• The work of dreaming ourselves outside of white supremacy, colonialism, and capitalism.
• The importance of every creative having the choice in thei...2022-08-1043 minRio CosmicoElements of Culture as Vessels for Memory Zena Carlota PearlWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, we are joined by seed keeper and story teller Zena Carlota Pearl for part 1 or our 2 part conversation. Zena is a practicing expressive arts therapist and associate marriage and family therapist working with individuals, couples and groups to uncover and navigate archetypal stories and familial patterns in relationships. Together we explore:
• Zena’s upbringing, ancestral roots and the challenges she faced early in life which served to help shape who she is today.
• Zena’s discovery of the kora.
• V...2022-08-0232 minRio CosmicoHonoring Our Roots Part 2 with Grandmother Irka MateoWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead.
Today Dominican Taino folk healer, researcher, singer, songwriter, and community builder Akutu (grandmother) Irka Mateo returns for part two of a two part conversation. Together we explore:
• The geography and timeframe of major migrations from the Orinoco River, populating Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba.
• Bringing ceramics back into the hands of women.
• Exploring the distinction between reclaiming, respectful cultural exchange, and cultural appropriation.
• The sounds and rhythms of the Taino people which inspire Irka’s music.
•Popu...2022-06-0741 minRio CosmicoHonoring Our Roots Part 1 with Grandmother Irka MateoWelcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. For season two of the podcast, we are exploring the relationship between creativity and resilience. Today we are joined by Dominican Taino folk healer, researcher, singer, songwriter, and community builder Akutu (grandmother) Irka Mateo.
Together we explore:
• Irka Mateo’s family roots and her connection to the animist traditions and local cultural heroes of Quisqueya (Dominican Republic), and some challenges these traditions have endured to remain intact and support her in guiding and nurturing the community today.
• The beginning of young Irka Mateo...2022-06-0755 min
Earth Speak with Natalie Ross and FriendsFolk Medicine Practitioner Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman on the Role of the Dreamer and Visions for a Community [episode 61]Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman shares about embodying your archetypes and creating the freedom to express and explore who you truly are. You’ll also hear about: Visions of a community, inspired by a dream On relating and healthy intimacy Reconnecting with your intuitive self On finding healthy male role models ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop fee...2021-10-291h 35
Belonging: Conversations about rites of passage, meaningful community, and seasonal living73. Braided Blood with Yaya Erin Rivera MerrimanYaya Erin Rivera Merriman is a Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner specializing in sacred plant medicines for communication and relationship. Believing strongly in the necessity of hybrid medicine to meet the unique challenges of modern life, Yaya is engaged in the continued study of Plant Medicine, Active Dreaming, and Goddess Traditions from around the world as gateways into the richness of direct personal experience of uncurated reality. A Devotee, Artist, and Mother of primarily Taino and Irish descent, Yaya offers multi-dimensional, plant medicine assisted, sex-positive prayer spaces, and healing experiences designed to help you integrate all that you have encountered on...2020-11-3050 min
The Priestess PodcastYaya Erin Rivera Merriman on The Medicine Priestess (E77)Medicine Priestess. Even just saying those words feels so gentle and healing to me and I think gentle and healing is a perfect way to describe my guest on The Priestess Podcast today Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman. Erin has been a true plant medicine woman since she was a child and as she explains to us in this episode she comes from a long cultural line of family who have done the same. Erin is particularly passionate about plant medicine as a healing tool for those who have experienced bullying or emotional trauma, and she shares with us the sp...2018-08-2231 min
Medicine Stories22. You Are Magic & Fear is Never the Truth - Yaya Erin Rivera MerrimanIn the Intro:Books to live byMitochondrial meanderingsThe deep ancestry of all humansIn the interview:The sound of the thing you are called by, and choosing a name with multilayered meaningFrom outcast to leaderWhat being the daughter of an immigrant taught Yaya about communication & self expressionWhen you realize you're magicMaking the radical choice to express the way you really feel (that way, if people hate you, at least they hate the real you and...2018-07-3100 min
Medicine Stories22. You Are Magic & Fear is Never the Truth - Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman In the Intro: Books to live by Mitochondrial meanderings The deep ancestry of all humans In the interview: The sound of the thing you are called by, and choosing a name with multilayered meaning From outcast to leader What being the daughter of an immigrant taught Yaya about communication & self expression When you realize you're magic Making the radical choice to express the way you really feel (that way, if people hate you, at least they hate the real you and not a false impression of who they assume you are) (also, that way, you attract t...2018-07-311h 42
Rising Women LeadersPlant Spirits, Starseeds & Priestess Studies with Erin Rivera MerrimanSpecial Announcement! Rising Women Leaders is now on Patreon. Pledging $1, $3, $5, $25 per episode allows us to continue creating new content and fully devote ourselves to the mission of women rising in their unique brilliance. Become a Patron Today. One of the things I loved most about sitting down to talk with Erin was when we touched on the topic of comparing ourselves to other women. I think one of the deepest wounds that can really be a challenge when stepping into true sisterhood and community is when we get stuck comparing ourselves to other people. It brings us r...2018-03-091h 19
Earth Speak with Natalie Ross and FriendsSelf Care Club Podcast Pilot Episode feat. Erin Rivera Merriman of Active Culture Family and the Starseed Survival Guide [episode 91]This is the pilot episode for a whole new show called the Self Care Club podcast. The Self Care Club is an inclusive space where we’re sharing diverse approaches to self-care in the modern world. Not only does the Self Care Club include a podcast that comes out three times a week, but it also […]2017-11-3040 min
Earth Speak with Natalie Ross and FriendsPlant Priestess Erin Rivera Merriman with the MOST Boring Conversation You’ll Ever Hear (That’s Totally Not About Sex or Anything Like That) [Episode 72]Plant priestess and founder of Active Culture Family, Erin Rivera Merriman, shares from the depths of her complex and beautiful being. In this conversation we talk about: The yumminess of listening to your chakras Is there a place for you here on Earth? Will you be able to do what you came to do here? Moving […]2017-06-231h 18
Psychedelic SalonPodcast 543 – “Working With Medicinal Plants”Guest speaker: Erin Rivera Merriman & Shonagh Home
PROGRAM NOTES:
Date this lecture was recorded: May 2017
Today's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Erin Rivera Merriman who is an Esoteric Women's Health Practitioner, Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Priestess, Oracle, Artist, and Mother.
Erin has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security New York City prison, led women’s ceremonial circles and organized retreats with indigenous teachers since 2007.
Erin’s study as an Herbalist in the Wise Woman Tradition, combined with her training as a Zen hospice and prison chaplain, and recent studies in Kaul...2017-06-191h 20Psychedelic SalonPodcast 543 – “Working With Medicinal Plants”Guest speaker: Erin Rivera Merriman & Shonagh Home
PROGRAM NOTES:
Date this lecture was recorded: May 2017
Today's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Erin Rivera Merriman who is an Esoteric Women's Health Practitioner, Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Priestess, Oracle, Artist, and Mother.
Erin has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security New York City prison, led women’s ceremonial circles and organized retreats with indigenous teachers since 2007.
Erin’s study as an Herbalist in the Wise Woman Tradition, combined with her training as a Zen hospice and prison chaplain, and recent studies in Kaul...2017-06-191h 20Psychedelic SalonPodcast 543 – “Working With Medicinal Plants”Guest speaker: Erin Rivera Merriman & Shonagh Home
PROGRAM NOTES:
Date this lecture was recorded: May 2017
Today's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Erin Rivera Merriman who is an Esoteric Women's Health Practitioner, Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Priestess, Oracle, Artist, and Mother.
Erin has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security New York City prison, led women’s ceremonial circles and organized retreats with indigenous teachers since 2007.
Erin’s study as an Herbalist in the Wise Woman Tradition, combined with her training as a Zen hospice and prison chaplain, and recent studies in Kaul...2017-06-191h 20Psychedelic SalonPodcast 543 – “Working With Medicinal Plants”Guest speaker: Erin Rivera Merriman & Shonagh Home
PROGRAM NOTES:
Date this lecture was recorded: May 2017
Today's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Erin Rivera Merriman who is an Esoteric Women's Health Practitioner, Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Priestess, Oracle, Artist, and Mother.
Erin has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security New York City prison, led women’s ceremonial circles and organized retreats with indigenous teachers since 2007.
Erin’s study as an Herbalist in the Wise Woman Tradition, combined with her training as a Zen hospice and prison chaplain, and recent studies in Kaul...2017-06-191h 20
Radical Remembrance: Conversations on Being Human (formerly Ladies Who Lead)E041 Erin Rivera Merriman – Ancestors, Aligned Purpose, Deep ListeningOn today’s episode we welcome Erin Rivera Merriman, (www.activeculturefamily.com) estoeric women’s health practitioner, paradigm incubator, oracle, bridge and creator of Active Culture Family. Together we invoke our ancestors and how we are lead, guided and brought forth through them to serve our lineages healing. We speak of the wisdom gained from plant medicine teachers, as well as allowing your path to call us in, rather than creating what we think we should do or how we serve. To subscribe to future podcasts or learn more about how we can support you on your leadership journey, head...2016-11-071h 07