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Today's guest has been on my dream guest list since the origin of my podcast. If you have been listening for any length of time you would have heard me quote or reference Jane Hardwicke Collings.
Jane is a Grandmother, a Keeper of Sacred Knowledge. She carries the lineage of Shamanic Midwifery from her teacher, Jeannine Parvati Baker.
I did not let the opportunity to speak with her about all things sacred pass me by.
We dive in to her school of Shamanic Womancraft, The Shamanic Dimensions of Pregnancy, The Wisdom of the Cycles, Women's Mysteries or Blood Mysteries, Women's Rite of Passage & the key question to ask ourselves: How does this serve my transformation?
We save extra time towards the end for Jane to share the map of Perimenopause & Menopause or "Sagescence" as Jane has coined it, giving practical tips for new Mothers over the age of 35 that will experience perimenopause with young children in tow.
This is a profound episode that all women need to hear so please share it!
If what Jane has to teach you today resonates, I hope you will take the opportunity to attend her Siren Call Tour in Mexico and Canada this Summer!
@janehardwickecollings
janehardwickecollings.com
schoolofshamanicwomancraft.com
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Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Motherās intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.
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"I am a woman, badass home-birthing mother of 2 boys, sacred birth worker, yoga and pregnancy yoga teacher, motherās circle facilitator, daughter, sister, friendā¦! Born in Cape Town, I now live in Bristol, UK.
I have experienced one heavily medicalised and traumatic birth in hospital with my first born Huxley and one EPIC redemptive, empowering, physiological home birth with my second born Billy.
My own personal birthing journey has ignited a burning passion in me to serve women within the birth space and it is my mission to help women remain sovereign and empowered in their births.
I recognise birth as a sacred, life altering event worthy of honouring, safeguarding and celebrating. I believe the shift from Maiden to Mother through birth is a powerful Rite of Passage in desperate need of reclamation, and I walk alongside women to support her through this transformation.
To me, women supporting women isnāt just important, its crucial to the healing of this world."
Nix ElsworthUntamed Birth
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Motherās intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.
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Ruslana and I met at Miranda's birth. If you listened to last week's episode you would have heard that story. The synchronicity of that feels powerful to me. Ru is an amazing human.
We talk about so much in this episode!
From the conception of the soul to gematria to meaningful coincidences to psychedelic sound frequencies to quantum physics to chromesthesia to palindromes...
We cover the science of the soul.
I hope you stick around until the end to hear her precious last words.
She has written her first book which is being released this month of January, 2025!
'Activating Our 12-Stranded DNA
Secrets of Dodecahedral DNA for Completing Our Human Evolution'
In this vibrant guidebook, sound healer and former corporate scientist Ruslana Remennikova reveals how, through vibration and intention, you can shapeshift DNA from the standard double helix to its 12-stranded, dodecahedral formāunlocking your spiritual potential and opening the way for deep healing of the past, the present, and the future of your deeper self.
Examining the alchemy behind the 12 strands of our DNA, the author looks at the intimate relationship between water and DNA, showing how both respond to vibrational frequencies as well as consciousness. She also shows how, through similar energetic resonance, unresolved grief creates oxidative stress in the body that targets our cellular mitochondrial DNA, leading to psychological and physical illnesses. She explains how sound can stabilize the strands of our DNA, helping the body to detox, resolve grief and trauma, and address stress-induced imbalances at the cellular level.
Through her inspired studies of gematria, alpha-numerology, Solfeggio tones, and Pythagorean formulas, Remennikova details ten special sound frequencies, including the DNA-repairing vibration of 432 Hertz, which allow us to transform our DNA into an evolutionary activator and healing mechanism. She shares techniques and meditations to help you activate all 12 strands of your DNA, including sound healing, dream work, water practices, and ancestral and angelic communication.Revealing the revolutionary healing powers inherent in each of us, this book shows how to awaken your 12-stranded DNA for personal healing, spiritual transformation, and the completion of our human evolution.
Ruslana Remennikova is a former research scientist for the Fortune 100-ranked company ThermoFisher Scientific where she worked with vaccine sciences. In a 2016 leap of faith for a more meaningful life, she left the world of corporate science to later open a sound medicine practice while writing her first book. She is the founder of Songbird Science, a research and education enrichment provider exploring frequency and consciousness.
http://www.ruslanaremennikova.com
@ruslana.remennikova
Email her at [email protected]
ā Purchase Ruslana's Bookā
More Resources to dive deeper into some of the topics we covered:
Spark Of Life
Imagery from our conversation
Our DNA is a Palindrome
Platonic or Pythagorean Theorem around Gematria
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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Merry Christmas! I am gifting you our first birth story of Season 3.
Miranda and Chris were gracious enough to both come on and tell their version of this incredible birth story. So this is a two-parter - Mom's Version & Dad's Version.
The birth of Elek is extra special to me because I was present for it as Miranda's Sacred Birth Worker.
I had the privilege of walking alongside this family in pregnancy and she totally humbled me. She gave me the gift of witnessing unwavering trust and surrender in her ability to birth this baby, her first baby, free of any medical supervision or intervention.
That's right, Miranda free birthed her first born - like a pro!
I will be sharing the birth video and photos on instagram so be sure to check them out after you listen to both Mom and Dad's version of this precious, mysterious, and total mundane and normal event: Elek's birth story.
Find Miranda @ā mirandaapaigeeā
and Chris @ā galiffamusic
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Motherās intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.
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Merry Christmas! I am gifting you our first birth story of Season 3.
Miranda and Chris were gracious enough to both come on and tell their version of this incredible birth story. So this is a two-parter - Mom's Version & Dad's Version.
The birth of Elek is extra special to me because I was present for it as Miranda's Sacred Birth Worker.
I had the privilege of walking alongside this family in pregnancy and she totally humbled me. She gave me the gift of witnessing unwavering trust and surrender in her ability to birth this baby, her first baby, free of any medical supervision or intervention.
That's right, Miranda free birthed her first born - like a pro!
I will be sharing the birth video and photo's on instagram so be sure to check them out after you listen to both Mom and Dad's version of this precious, mysterious, and total mundane and normal event: Elek's birth story.
Find Miranda @mirandaapaigee
and Chris @galiffamusic
Find me on instagram @ā ā ā birth.advocateā ā ā and all of my offerings on my websiteā ā ā www.birthadvocate.meā ā ā
You can donate to support this podcast HERE
Check out my course 'So You Want a Home Birth?' ā HEREā
Save 33% - thatās over 70$ - with code
IWANTAHOMEBIRTH
through 1/31/25
Join my monthly Virtual Village Circle ā HEREā
Your FREE resources ā ā HEREā ā .
To book a FREE discovery call for my Beyond a Doula services, to interview on the show, or to join my Womenās Circle clickā ā ā HERE.
To find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship by Anna, The Spiritual Midwitch and for a special discount on her offerings use code EMILYā ā ā hereā ā ā .
Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Motherās intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.
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It has been a deeply transformational and rich break between seasons here on Soul Evolution. I finished my course!! I am delighted to offer you a COMPLETE guide to an empowering, physiological birth: So You Want a Home Birth?
I have included Module 1 Lesson 1 of my course 'So You Want a Home Birth?' in this episode.
Use discount code IWANTAHOMEBIRTH until 1/31/25 to save over 70$ at www.birthadvocate.me/course
A few new offerings I have include:
A monthly Virtual Village Circle for families seeking a natural, instinctual and deeply spiritual conception, pregnancy, birth & postpartum experience. This is just 10$/month or FREE when you purchase my online course 'So You Want a Home Birth?'
A FREE in-person monthly Perinatal Women's Circle for anyone trying to conceive, pregnant, or postpartum. There will be a focus on preparing for a natural birth and healing from birth trauma. Children are welcome!
As always, I host an in-person monthly Women's Circle.
All women are welcome.
I hope you get a lot of value out of this episode and that it encourages your own Soul Evolution!
Coming up in Season 3, I am bringing you embodied wise women covering topics like spirit babies, tending to your spiritual health, the power of slowing down, the science and soul of our DNA, sound and frequency, sacred sexuality, fertility, grief, real for for pregnancy, and of course rebelling against the system!
I have birth stories coming at you- VBAC, home birth, free birth, and of course, a few dad's versions.
Soul Evolution is evolving just as I predicted! Thank you for being a part of this journey with me.
Please reach out and let me know what you think.
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Motherās intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.
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Gina Mundy is an attorney that specializes in childbirth cases. For over two decades, she has analyzed the mistakes that are made during labor and delivery.
Drawing on this knowledge, she has authored the book "A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth" to help parents prevent these mistakes and have a healthy baby.
Rather than merely getting involved after an unfortunate mistake was made, Gina has taken a proactive approach by getting involved before childbirth.
In this episode we talk about the importance of individualized care, continuity of care, and the crucial key to a safer childbirth: Prepare and educate yourself about the labor experience.
The two most important decisions you will make are who you choose to birth with and where you choose to birth.
Gina's has only ever had a handful of cases that were natural, spontaneous labors and did not involve the drug Pitocin or artificial rupture of membranes (breaking mom's bag of waters).
We hone in on what informed consent really means, how protocols do not always serve the individual woman and are not law. Different providers will have different opinions but ultimately the decision is up to the mother.
It is crucial to interview your providers and doulas and pick the team that shares your vision.
Lastly, we highlight how important it is for someone to document (written, audio, video) on behalf of the mother and baby.
In her capacity as legal counsel, Gina has closely worked with delivery teams whose care has been questioned following adverse outcomes. She has spent thousands of hours meticulously scrutinizing cases, conducting interviews with delivery teams, and thoroughly examining medical records to gain an in-depth understanding of every decision made during labor and delivery.
This is an episode you won't want to miss!
@ginamundy
https://ginamundy.com/
https://midwifethinking.com/2016/06/15/information-giving-and-the-law/
https://humanrightsinchildbirth.com/
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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Gwen is a mom of a 6, 5 and 1 year old living in Washington State after recently traveling the US in their RV and before that living in Australia.
She has a honors undergraduate degree in Sociology, a Masters in teaching, and a Spiritual Psychology coach & trauma specialist certification.
Gwen is the CEO and owner of her business, Connecting Conscious Collective, and is very passionate about supporting mothers to fully step into their power and create their intuitive desires.
Gwen had two very traumatic birth experiences which were the catalyst to her doing her inner work and learning about the subconscious mind & manifestation.
Using this knowledge, Gwen was able to manifest the empowered birth she desired, and have a healthy baby and healing birth experience - one that doctors had told her she should abort due to āhigh riskā.
Now, she is able to coach women from around the world on how they too can harness this power and have the empowered birth experience they desire.
@connectingconsciously.co
Create the birth you desire youtube video
Facebook: Connecting Consciously Collective
Booking a free connection call with Gwen
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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Linda is an Australian birthkeeper dedicated to undisturbed birth.
Her journey into the world of childbirth began in Hawaii in 2008, where she served as a homebirth midwife's assistant. She later became a doula and a mother to two daughters.
After returning to Australia in 2013, Linda immersed herself in Kundalini Yoga and pursued a Bachelor's degree in Midwifery.
She worked as a registered midwife in a hospital for three years but eventually realized that the environment did not align with her core values. Physiological birth is not honoured and respected in hospital, despite it being wonderful for true obstetric emergencies.
Now, she supports pregnant women in a sovereign and empowering way. Linda chose to relinquish her registration to serve women with integrity, offering a non-clinical and non-medical approach.
Unlike modern midwifery, she does not perform clinical tasks such as vaginal exams or heart monitoring, instead providing care that is authentic, traditional, and deeply spiritual.
Linda also offers Traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage, monthly prenatal gatherings, virtual consultations for birth preparation and birth trauma debriefs.
Linda has also recently created an online self paced course called the Sacred Mother, a childbirth education course that flows through the seasons of pregnancy, detailing the options of care both within the obstetric model and sovereign paradigm.
@spirit_and_birth
More info at spiritandbirth.com
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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Today I am bringing you my friend, Rachel. Rachel shares generously about her first pregnancy experience that ended in a miscarriage at 9 weeks.
Through that experience she learned how to get clear with her intentions, tap back into herself, and how to nourish and take care of her body.
When her and her husband consciously conceived their son, Brighton, she was clear that she wanted a natural birth at home.
She faced all of her fears head on and found complete surrender as she entered the birth portal. She even switched midwives at 42 weeks because they would not support a home birth beyond that. At 42 +1, with a new midwife, her birth was a swift 4 hours of extreme intensity before he emerged.
Rachel is re-birthing herself (as so many new mothers do) transitioning from a pharmacist and Associate clinical professor to soon-to-be graduate of Rachelle Seliga's Innate Traditions Postpartum Care Certificate Training Program. Her books are now open for clients if you are lucky enough to live in Southern Maine.
@ frachieann
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Maria is a mentorship sister of mine and a true inspiration when it comes to living an authentic life.
Listen how we weave the "experiment" of human design as a permission slip to decondition our minds and bodies to live more in alignment with our unique expression of self as it ebbs and flows throughout our lifespan.
In her own words:
"I have seen so many people mind blown during readings. Human Design honestly doesn't tell us a lot of surprising things. Often times it is the awe of feeling truly seen and heard in this weirdly beautiful way by a chart.
I sometimes work with people who are in coaching or therapy and they tell me they have been working for so long on exactly what I read in their chart. I am also not someone who uses Human Design like a bible. Not at all.
The message is: you are whole and complete. You are built and made in this divine way and you are wanted here. Maybe even needed.
I feel we need to talk more about how people feel broken and wrong and how that really doesn't help anyone or anything while we all have are these treasures inside us and that is really what we have the chance to live and embody in this life."
Birth - Yoga - Human Design
The WOMEN Podcast
www.marialisahoecker.com
@ untamingthefeminine
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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My online Village sister and friend, Diana, asked if she could interview me about my breastfeeding journey. Of course I said yes! It was timely as our journey just concluded after 22 months of boob-on-demand.
With transparency I share about Kian's lip and tongue tie, using a nipple shield for the first 6 weeks, engorgement, body shame, and the not-so-often talked about shocking experience when breasts go from a sexual organ to feeding machines and how to integrate this new expansion.
Honestly, I barely scratch the surface with our journey but it felt really good to share what I did.
As always, I am an open book and would love your feedback, questions, and to hear about your experience too!
You can find Diana
@diana.wholeheartedlywell
https://www.dianaalberti.com/
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Soul Evolution: Embodied Womenās Wisdom, Birth Stories & More streaming now on iTunes & Spotify š§ šļø
Find out more about the online Village and my Mentor Anna The Spiritual Midwitch at this link
https://www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links/
or @ thespiritualmidwitch
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Emma has three incredible birth stories to share with you. Her first was a hospital induction that narrowly escaped the full cascade of interventions. Her second a humbling redemptive home birth and her third a home birth with a possible shoulder dystocia. Her midwife used her expertise and calm demeanor to resolve this quickly and Emma was able to welcome her baby into her body without outside intervention.
In her own words:
"I'm a wife and a mother to 3 beautiful babies, and new to homeschooling.
I'm a nurse taking a temporary halt to focus on the best job in the world: caring for my babies.
I used to be stuck in that textbook, allopathic healthcare mindset. I mean, isn't that what you learn in nursing school?
While raising my firstborn something shifted in me. My gut told me something was wrong. I found myself researching more of the holistic lifestyle.
When I got pregnant with my second I didn't feel safe planning to be in the hospital. That was the turning point for my last two pregnancies, deliveries, and postpartum experiences.
Things I find important from what I've learned through my journey?
ā¢To trust your instincts.
ā¢Embrace your community in the chapter that you're in. Understand your resources and don't be afraid to reach out for help.
ā¢Lets welcome speaking about mental health, especially surrounding pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. No woman should feel the need to suffer alone."
@emmamarlene31
and notable mentions in this episode:
@morgan.gaines
@birthbodyphotography
@northskyco
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Melanie has a lot of story medicine to share with you today. In her own words:
"Through my birth story, I hope to help others see the sacred medicine even in the most difficult experiences."
"If you have a deep scar, that is a door." - Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." Rumi
Melanie is dedicated to helping individuals cultivate unconditional self-love through wellness, spiritual, and psychological practices, including archetypal psychology, divine feminine ceremony, and energy healing.
She trains and certifies Self-Love Coaches, offers Ritual Facilitator and Spiritual Leader Initiations, and provides a variety of programs, retreats, and workshops.
Melanie has worked with thousands worldwide, guiding them to embrace both their shadow and light to create a more magical life.
@ theselflovelifestyle
https://live.theselflovelifestyle.com/melaniemonaco
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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In this episode you will hear Alexxis tell the free birth story of her first born son, Noah.
Alexxis is a radical birth keeper, herbalist, and artist in Sedona, Arizona. During the freebirth of her son, the lack of feminine presence lead to her realizing that women supporting women isnāt just important, it is crucial to the healing of this world.
When labor started she found herself feeling shocked and it took some time to finally lean in to the sensations.
She tells how when she was in transition she found such relief from the women in her online community reflecting to her that everything sounded normal, that she was doing it and likely close to emergence.
The last three hours of her birth actualy felt enjoyable and medatative as she met the sensations full on.
We also chat about the sisterhood wound, the power of womb work, and the importance of postpartum preparation.
@amara.earth.birth
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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In this episode Amanda will share about her embodied wisdom as a Pelvic Floor OT, Craniosacral Therapist (CST) & Mother.
We touch on several very important topics including:
Getting to the root cause of the dis-ease in our bodies, what a NO looks and feels like in our bodies and why its crucial to honor that.
We deep dive into what CST is and why it is a benefical modality for processing trauma stored in the body including the polyvagal therory.
We talk about what it means to be an embodied practioner of helaing arts and how doing our own inner work comes first.
Amanda shares about her maternal line and her own birth imprint. She shares about her two very fast unmedicated births in the hospital.
Again we discuss the importance of birth imprints for the coming generations.
Lastly, we talk about Motherhood and the gifts and lessons that come with it. Such as, unlearning the "Martyr Mother" and how to balance our soul callings in the early years of motherhood. Simply put- we need our village.
Amanda is a mother to two children ages 5 and 8.
It was the birth of her children that opened her to this sacred path of serving women. She feels the portal of birth was the opening to the journey she continues on today.
While not a home birth, Amanda birthed her two children in the hospital alongside her family and midwives naturally and unmedicated. They were fast and furious births that has left her heart wide open ever since.
Amanda is an Occupational Therapist specializing in women's pelvic health. After working as a traditional pelvic floor therapist and treating pelvic health conditions from a biomechanical approach she saw how some women just weren't getting better.
She began to treat pelvic health differently and saw amazing results! She started to address the "stuff" that was stored in women's bodies.
Through a somatic (body) based approach, Amanda helps women process stored emotions, stories, and unprocessed experiences that have been influencing and likely contributing to their physical health.
Through the gentle modality of craniosacral therapy and the use of somato-emotional release techniques Amanda offers her clients a safe and sacred space to heal from the inside out.
Amanda's private practice, Pearl Holistic Health, is located in Biddeford, Maine. She works with women through pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.
@pearlholistichealth
Find me on instagram @ā ā birth.advocateā ā and all of my offerings on my websiteā ā www.birthadvocate.meā ā
To join the FREE educational and supportive Virtual Village Circle for families seeking a natural, physiological, and deeply spiritual conception, pregnancy, labor or postpartum click HEREĀ.
For all of your FREE resources click ā HEREā .
To book a FREE discovery call, to interview on the show, or to join my Womenās Circle clickā ā hereā ā .
To find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship by Anna, The Spiritual Midwitch and for a special discount on her offerings use code EMILYā ā hereā ā .
Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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Buckle up as you are about to embark on the hero's journey with my soul-sister Danika's soon to be husband, Rudy.
We cover so much ground in this episode. I brought Rudy on because in the short amount of time that I've known him we have been able to drop into my favorite kind of conversations, those about soul evolution.
More specifically: what it means to be a conscious man in today's world, men's rites of passage, death and rebirth, emotional intelligence, and self-responsibility.
We touch on Rudy's family lineage, the different archetypal roles that play out in our lives and how to meet them with curiosity.
He takes us through his own hero's journey of going into the Marines, falling into self-sabotage and victim consciousness, through his own Dark Night of the soul and his spiritual awakening and reclamation of all of his parts.
We talk about the three key elements needed to cross the threshold of initiation: death and rebirth, Sacred Space, & a guide.
Lastly, the reason for initiations, the horizon line view of life and how it is a circle and we are all one.
Rudy shares the map and I look forward to seeing how he leads the coming generation into conscious masculinity.
Find me on instagram @ā ā birth.advocateā ā and all of my offerings on my websiteā ā www.birthadvocate.meā ā
To join the FREE educational and supportive Virtual Village Circle for families seeking a natural, physiological, and deeply spiritual conception, pregnancy, labor or postpartum click HEREĀ.
For all of your FREE resources click ā HEREā .
To book a FREE discovery call, to interview on the show, or to join my Womenās Circle clickā ā hereā ā .
To find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship by Anna, The Spiritual Midwitch and for a special discount on her offerings use code EMILYā ā hereā ā .
Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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Devin King Jones is an International Coach, speaker and village tender. She is the creator of the award-winning program, Sacred: 7 Pillars of Self-Love.
She is also an advocate for maternal and family rights and shares her personal experience of multi-generational living as a way to ābring back the village.ā
She lives in a multi-family āvillageā in southern california with her husband, 2 children and 8 other family membersāsharing in co-parenting, land stewardship and business.
After experiencing preeclampsia and an induction in her first birth, Devin was determined to have a healthy pregnancy and redemptive birth in her next child.
She went on to have a healthy and empowering, mother-led home birth with her daughter in 2023.
You can find Devin online at
@devinkingjones and @modernfamilyvillage
Find me on instagram @ā ā birth.advocateā ā and all of my offerings on my websiteā ā www.birthadvocate.meā ā
To join the FREE educational and supportive Virtual Village Circle for families seeking a natural, physiological, and deeply spiritual conception, pregnancy, labor or postpartum click HEREĀ.
For all of your FREE resources click ā HEREā .
To book a FREE discovery call, to interview on the show, or to join my Womenās Circle clickā ā hereā ā .
To find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship by Anna, The Spiritual Midwitch and for a special discount on her offerings use code EMILYā ā hereā ā .
Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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I am honored to bring you this week's guest, my mentor, Anna the spiritual midwich. This episode is to encourage first-time moms to lean into a natural birth experience.
Beginning at time stamp 22 min:
We dispel myths propagated within our culture by exploring Herstory, the origins of the medicalization of birth, the truth about mortality rates, c-sections, healthy stress for your baby during labor, biomechanics and the positioning of your baby, how to bridge the gap and reprogram your subconscious mind, the importance of birth imprints and the impeccable truth that peace on Earth starts at birth.
We talk about purposeful pain in labor and how to cope, postpartum depression and how to avoid it.
Last but not least: choosing a birth team that will cultivate and hold Sacred Space and why this is absolutely crucial.
I graduated from Anna's year long mentorship where she taught me exactly how to do this.
I support women locally in Southern Maine and virtually worldwide.
If you are curious about becoming a sacred birth worker you can save 10% off the early bird special for Anna's next cohort with code EMILY.
This early bird special ends August 1st!
Share this episode with all the moms to be that you know and anyone curious about working in the birth realm! Enjoy!
Learn more about the Mentorship below
https://www.sacredbirthinternational.com/thesacredbirthworkermentorship
āIf all women truly understood the power they hold, through claiming their rite of birth, the world would dramatically change."
Anna is a Former Midwife, Woman's Work Facilitator, Yoga Teacher and Coach who's spent over a decade holding sacred space for women in Circle, One on One Sessions and walking alongside women and their families through the Transformational Rite of Passage that is Birth.
Anna has a depth of embodied wisdom when it comes to both the physiology of birth and the spiritual aspects of birth and combines her knowledge in her own birth work as a spiritual midwife as well as a mentor for others through her courses and coaching.
In her Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship Program Anna teaches about natural, physiological birth and how to hold a safe, sacred and spiritual birth space.
Find out more about Anna https://www.sacredbirthinternational.com/about-anna
Find her on instagram @thespiritualmidwitch
Listen to Herstory Womanifesto by Jane Hardwicke Collings Here.
Find me on instagram @ā ā birth.advocateā ā and all of my offerings on my websiteā ā www.birthadvocate.meā ā
To join the FREE educational and supportive Virtual Village Circle for families seeking a natural, physiological, and deeply spiritual conception, pregnancy, labor or postpartum click HEREĀ.
For all of your FREE resources click ā HEREā .
To book a FREE discovery call, to interview on the show, or to join my Womenās Circle clickā ā hereā ā .
Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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I am super excited to bring you the 4th "Dad's Version" of a birth story. Happy Father's Day!! Ben's words below say all that needs to be said for an intro:
"The epiphanies I received after witnessing the unassisted birth of my son run deep. To birth a life free from malpractices, or even observation is subversive to the system.
The implications of unassisted birth are practical, profound, and my wife is an anointed Goddess for doing it all on her own. She says birth is no big deal.
At the same time, this portal & rite of passage for woman, and for man is the ultimate raw experience. Having climbed Myticas, the highest, most precarious peak of Mount Olympus, sailed the Bermuda Triangle with one other crewman, traveled overland at unspeakably high speeds on superbikes with visions of my own mortality, etc., I can tell you that all of the beauty and tragedy Iāve experienced and witnessed pales in comparison to watching my Beloved birth our baby into my arms. Itās both mundane and majestic.
And it has set up generations for lifetimes of liberty. I look forward to speaking in greater depth about the topics elicited by natural, pure, free, wild, unassisted childbirth, and I look forward to learning our way out of enslavement back to personal autonomy, sovereignty, and liberty starting day one.
I am a husband, father, singer, songwriter, saxophonist, Director, entrepreneur, homesteader."
Leader of the band, Red Tail Hawk (www.theredtailhawk.com).
Founder of Boocha Kombucha (www.boochakombucha.com).
Co-owner of Uprise Hot Yoga + Dance (www.hotyogamaine.com).
Director of U.S. Sales for Cambridge Commodities, an importer of premium organic ingredients (ā us.cambridgecommodities.com/ā ).
Find me on instagram @ā ā birth.advocateā ā and all of my offerings on my websiteā ā www.birthadvocate.meā ā
To join the FREE educational and supportive Virtual Village Circle for families seeking a natural, physiological, and deeply spiritual conception, pregnancy, labor or postpartum click HEREĀ.
For all of your FREE resources click ā HEREā .
To book a FREE discovery call, to interview on the show, or to join my Womenās Circle clickā ā hereā ā .
To find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship by Anna, The Spiritual Midwitch and for a special discount on her offerings use code EMILYā ā hereā ā .
Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
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