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Living Open | Modern Magick and Spirituality for Mystics and Seekers

253 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 308 ratings

Living Open is a podcast for mystics and seekers hosted by Philly-based writer and facilitator Eryn Johnson. Explore paths back to the self with this podcast, intended to be support on your unique healing journey.

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Ep. #287: Leaving Christianity & Navigating Religious Families as Queer People with Jeanna Kadlec

May 23, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MB

Jeanna Kadlec (she/her) is a writer, astrologer, former lingerie boutique owner, and recovering academic. Her writing has appeared in ELLE, NYLON, O the Oprah Magazine, Allure, Catapult, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, and she's the creator of the New York Times-featured newsletter Astrology for Writers. A born and bred Midwesterner, she now lives in Brooklyn. HERETIC is her first book. In this episode, Eryn and Jeanna talk about: Jeanna’s journey with Christianity & deconstruction Grieving...

Ep. #286: Whole-Body Healing: Nervous System, Gut Microbiome, Self-Love and More with Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner Victoria Albina

May 01, 2023 16:09 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MB

Victoria Albina (she/her/ella) a Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner, an herbalist, and a nervous system expert.  In this episode, Eryn and Victoria discuss: Her journey with health and healing How the stories we tell about ourselves and the world impact our somatic experience of life Vagus nerve and polyvagal theory! Different nervous system states Perceiving threat Finding safety in the nervous system slowly and steadily Allowing your body to complete the energy of what i...

Ep. #285: Rituals for Creative Writing + Unearthing our Deepest Stories with Laura Ellen Joyce

April 10, 2023 19:16 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MB

Laura (she/they) is a writer, editor, and book coach who works with intuitive and magical writers who want to unearth their own writing stories and create a sustainable writing practice. In this episode, Eryn and Laura talk about: Laura’s journey with creativity, writing, magic, and spirituality Using frameworks and support for our writing (and not) Pinning down key emotional moments and using them as a basis for fiction writing Unearthing and softly excavating our deepest stories ...

Ep. #284: Using the Tarot to Have Conversations with Your Creativity with Chelsey Pippin Mizzi of Pip Cards Tarot

March 06, 2023 20:02 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB

Chelsey Pippin Mizzi (she/her) is a writer, tarot reader, and the founder of Pip Cards Tarot, a tarot consultancy helping creatives unblock, generate new ideas, and connect to their inner artist through tarot. In this episode, Eryn and Chelsey talk about: Chelsey’s journey with creativity, writing, and tarot Images in the process of writing Using your tarot deck to have conversations with your creativity Using tarot to write better stories and better-developed characters Doing tarot...

Ep. #283: Building an Embodied Relationship with Plants with Clinical Energetic Herbalist Gina Badger

February 21, 2023 17:42 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MB

Gina Badger (they/she) is a clinical energetic herbalist. They offer care through their private practice, Long Spell, and collaborative projects such as Wet Coast mutual aid kits. Gina is a queer nonbinary femme of mixed Western European ancestry born in Treaty 6 territory and currently living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations (Vancouver, Canada). In this episode, Eryn and Gina talk about: Gina’s journey with plants! Building an embodied rel...

Ep. #282: Hoodoo with That Hoodoo Lady Sherry Shone

February 02, 2023 17:30 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MB

Sherry Shone (she/her) honors her Black, White, and First Native heritages using hoodoo work. She has two books on the subject and working on her first divination deck.  In this episode, Sherry and Eryn talk about: Sherry’s journey with spirituality and hoodoo Doing hoodoo before even understanding what she was doing Intention, faith, and direction The roots of hoodoo What sherry means when she says hoodoo is for everyone Healing lineage wounds and not arriving to other practice...

Ep. #281: Queer Quilting with Grace Rother

January 16, 2023 05:01 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MB

Grace (they/them) is an artist, a quilt maker, and a writer. Their work falls under the broad canopy of “women’s work” and they are intentionally digging into what it means to look at that work through a queer, non-binary lens. They’re self taught and often work in unconventional methods and reclaimed materials to achieve pieces that represent their experiences and interests as a German-American midwestern lesbian. But sometimes, too, they just make socks because they have cold feet. In th...

Ep. #280: Queer Conjuring & Tarot for Top Surgery with Jasper Joy

December 19, 2022 20:09 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MB

Jasper Joy (they/he) is a white genderqueer witch, tarot scholar, community chemist, Venusian writer, and elder-babe residing among the rightful homelands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee people, both past and present. In this episode, Eryn and Jasper talk about: Jasper’s journey with healing & tarot Queer conjuring Coming into their own spirituality from a Wiccan background Spiritual integration! Manifesting “bad things” Queer witch as an embodied archetype Honoring Medusa as a ...

Ep. # 279: Slow Creative Magic + You're Still an Artist Even if You're Not Making Anything Right Now with Art Therapist Mina Hiebert

December 05, 2022 16:38 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MB

Mina Hiebert (she/her) is an art therapist who believes in the power of making art with intention, connection, and the spirit of play. She currently works as a counsellor in elementary schools and with adults online through the therapeutic art group “Oracle Lab”. Mina’s main method of creative practice is garment sewing, through which she explores expression, colour, and her body. She lives on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the Lekwungen/Songhees and Esquimalt peoples,...

Ep. 278: Number Magic & Growing with Our Spiritual Practices with Rebecca Scolnick

November 21, 2022 19:43 - 1 hour - 86.8 MB

Rebecca Scolnick (she/her) is an emotional witch, forever seeker, and queer human lady, who uses magic and storytelling to support unlearning work and inspire new meaning-making. In this episode, Rebecca and Eryn talk about: Rebecca’s journey with healing & spirituality Evolving our spiritual practices & why neither of us read tarot for ourselves very much anymore Spirituality as part of capitalism world The responsibility of both facilitator and participant to do Hierophant work ...

Ep. #277: The Lineages We Carry In Our Bodies

November 07, 2022 05:01 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MB

Today I’m reading you the October Joy Notes essay for paid subscribers as a little freebie, called THE LINEAGES WE CARRY IN OUR BODIES: thousands of ghosts, emergent ancestor ritual, and remembering who we are in our grief. Joy Notes is my twice-monthly publication featuring writings on being stretched wide by beauty, grief, and the full spectrum of aliveness. I want to invite you to subscribe to joy notes for $5/month - there is also a free tier - but paying helps support a working writ...

Ep. #276: Letting Your Body Lead with Christina Carlson

October 24, 2022 04:01 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MB

Christina Carlson (she/they) is an Embodiment and Intuitive Coach, and the Host of the Podcast Bitches, Witches, and Queers. In this episode, Eryn and Christina talk about: Christina’s journey with healing and spirituality coming from evangelical Christianity Following her body’s lead Finding a space of internal safety Being with parts of yourself that are difficult for you Not dominating yourself into being the “best” version of yourself Cultivating compassion and kindness to a...

Ep. #275: Healing with Spirits, with Kaitlyn Graña of Spirit Garden Tarot

October 04, 2022 19:18 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB

Kaitlyn (they/them) is a queer, non-binary trans* Espiritista, psychic medium, diviner, and occult educator in Los Angeles, California. Kaitlyn specializes in facilitating conscious connections between the mortal and spirit realms, uncovering authentic, ancestrally guided spiritual practices, spiritual healing through mediumship, and exorcism. In this episode, Kaitlyn and Eryn talk about: Kaitlyn’s journey with spirituality and healing How Kaitlyn’s kids are part of their spiritual prac...

Ep. #274: Plant Magic and Italian Folk Medicine with Lisa Fazio

September 19, 2022 04:01 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Lisa Fazio (she/her) is an Irish/Italian American herbalist, astrologer, writer, mother, grandmother, and educator. In this episode, Lisa and Eryn talk about: Lisa’s journey with plant magic, astrology, and spirituality Secure attachment through plant relationship and physical & somatic anchors with plants Being in service to plants Working with plants on indigenous stolen land Finding home with plants Animism She reads us her poem, “how to love a polluted river” Lisa’s rela...

Ep. #273: “Chill in theory, activated in reality”: Hot and Unbothered with Yana Tallon-Hicks

September 06, 2022 19:47 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MB

Yana Tallon-Hicks, LMFT, (she/her) is a sex therapist specializing in LGBTQQ+, kinky, and non-monogamous relationships. She is also a consent, sex, and sexuality columnist and educator. Her work centers around the belief that pleasure-positive and consent-based sex education can positively impact our lives and the world. In this episode, Eryn and Yana talk about: Yana’s journey with pleasure, queerness, kink, polyamory Integrating sex education facts with making our dreams about sex and...

Ep. #272: Ancestral Healing as Liberation and Spirituality as a Form of Reparative Care with The Spiritual Abolitionist Kris Henry

August 22, 2022 18:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MB

Kris (they/them) is a radical black queer Jamaican Obeah Enby and Olorisha in the Lukumì tradition. They are the owner of the Spiritual Abolitionist and the creatrix of The Spiritual Abolitionist Oracle Deck, the only handmade, black-centric, ungendered oracle deck in existence (currently available for preorder). They provide spiritual wares, “twerkshops”, and services that center the safety of black, queer, trans and intersex folx in spirituality and believe that there is no revolution with...

Ep. #271: The Wheel of Consent with Britta Love

August 15, 2022 18:50 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MB

Britta Love (they/she) weaves between the worlds of conscious sexuality and psychedelic ritual, with a through line of social justice and embodied consent. They became an advocate for sex worker’s rights as an undergraduate at the London School of Economics in 2007 and have been a writer and activist pushing for the decriminalization of drugs and sex work ever since. Britta is a certified somatic sex educator through the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education, has trained with Bett...

Ep. #270: Living in a State of Emergence with Yvette Lalonde

July 26, 2022 20:07 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MB

Yvette (they/she) is a somatic/movement psychotherapist focused on integrating the neurobiology of trauma into relational movement practices. In this episode, Eryn and Yvette talk about: Yvette’s journey Their spiritual initiations Trying our actual selves on in spaces where we didn’t really know anyone How they went from wanting to be a nun to finding a more fluid & open spirituality Craving community with elders and decolonizing mentorship Retraumatization in spiritual communi...

Ep. #269: Restedness, Possibility, and Wholeness with Flory Huang

July 11, 2022 20:10 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MB

Flory Huang (she/they) is a deep feeler, seeker and seer with diverse experiences and skill sets that enable her to establish containers for deep inquiry, relation and being. In this episode, Eryn and Flory talk about: Flory’s journey with spirituality & healing Holding hope, possibility, and change The space between the person you are and the version of yourself you know you can be Being perceived in our wholeness The somatics of possibility The contraction before the expansion...

Ep. #268: Living in the Paradox of Grief and Praise with Ash Canty

June 27, 2022 16:53 - 53 minutes - 74 MB

Ash Canty (they/he) is a Psychic Medium, Death Guide & Spiritual Life Coach. They support others in liberating their souls, deepening relationship with death and connecting folks with their loved ones on the other side. In this episode, Eryn and Ash talk about: Ash’s journey with healing and spirituality Deepening our relationships with death & being in connection with death in a way that makes us more alive Living in the paradox of grief and praise Living with death in mind Being...

Ep. #267: Queer Spiritual Practice & Reimagining Spirituality with Bex Mui

June 13, 2022 17:24 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MB

Bex Mui, MEd, she/her, is a biracial, first generation, queer, lesbian advocate and equity consultant committed to the work of LGBTQ+ affirmation at the intersections of spirituality and sexual and mental wellness. A queer witch, energy worker, and spiritual organizer, Bex founded House Of Our Queer, a QTBIPOC-centered spiritual playspace where she shares affirmations for the queer and trans community. In this episode, Eryn and Bex talk about: Bex’s journey with religion, queerness, and s...

Ep. #266: Creativity, Imagination, and Divination Witchery with Edgar Fabián Frías

June 07, 2022 19:41 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB

Edgar Fabián Frías works in installation, photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other forms.  In this episode, Eryn and Edgar talk about: Edgar’s journey with creativity, spirituality, and healing The doorway that “confusing” art opens Existing in states that aren’t as valued by capitalism Bridging western medicine and other ways of healing and bodies of wisdom Staying connected with the drea...

Ep. #265: Slow Pleasure and Aliveness with Euphemia Russell

May 24, 2022 17:27 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MB

Euphemia, (they/them) is a somatic and pleasure coach, facilitator, and author. In this episode, Eryn and Euphemia talk about: Moving towards more aliveness The deep why behind somatics with a pleasure focus for Euphemia Ancestors & pleasure Cultivating other choices and ways of being besides the “fast” default Slow pleasure! Exploring your pleasure dial Spirituality in mundanity Connecting down to draw up Connecting with the body & pleasure even when there’s trauma and chro...

Ep. #264: Being Both Connected to Spirit and Grounded in the Earth with Liliana Perez

May 16, 2022 20:08 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

Liliana (she/her) is a first generation Xicana Indigena, cosmic channel, psychic medium and artist.  In this episode, Eryn and Liliana talk about: Liliana’s journey with spirituality and healing How Reiki connected her to her intuition and helped her open her psychic channel Tarot as part of her journey Discerning a gut feeling from your ego How Liliana recommends folks start to connect with spirit and understand what spirit is for them Being both connected to spirit and grounde...

Ep. #263: Art as Ritual and Creative Magic with Lauren Schwind

May 09, 2022 19:20 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MB

Lauren (she/her) supports creative individuals with artistic blocks or wounds move through those barriers and into their authentic flow. In this episode, Eryn and Lauren talk about: Lauren’s journey with art, creativity, and spirituality Working through artistic wounds Taking the pressure off of making art Why we get blocked from feeling blocked from getting messy, creative and curious Making art under capitalism Feeding our creativity Creating an art practice that supports your...

Ep. #262: Liberation through Joy, Play, Pleasure and Movement with Raina LaGrand of Root to Rise Somatics

May 02, 2022 19:35 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MB

Raina LaGrand (she/her) is a somatic therapist and coach providing trauma-informed and liberation-oriented care to help anxious and sensitive people embody confidence and cultivate secure relationships. In this episode, Eryn and Raina talk about: Raina’s journey Liberation through joy, play, pleasure, and movement Centering choice Living honestly and authentically Finding a balance with our feelings when we value feelings so much & also don’t want to get stuck in them Developing...

Ep. #261: Reclaiming Care Work and Being in Awe with Hannon of Tender Tank

April 25, 2022 18:12 - 1 hour - 93 MB

Hannon (they/them) is a white nonbinary queer creative and care worker. They are a facilitator of introspective space, a former residency creator, and currently steward their bathing project, Tender Tank, drawing baths in conversation with bather’s internal tides. In this episode, Hannon and Eryn explore: Hannon’s journey with healing and coming to care work Reclaiming care work and feminized labor What home means to them and how connection to ancestors is part of that The spaciousn...

Ep. #260: Attuning to Trust and Navigating Your Own System with Sophia Hornyak

April 18, 2022 17:43 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MB

Sophia (she/her) is a Channeler, Explorer of The Akasha, and Conduit. Hailing from a family of root-workers, she operates as a conduit for frequencies that bridge you to your soul's remembering and connecting you to the wholeness of your Supreme Self. In this episode, Eryn and Sophia talk about: How Sophia’s spiritual journey and life has unfolded and changed over the pandemic Accepting your weird magic Finding acceptance and grace Being more of yourself Hyper individuality and ac...

Ep. #259: Grounding in Your Peace + Full Spectrum Spirituality with Onyi Love

April 04, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB

Onyi Love (she/her) is a healing artist and priestess, and the founder of the company and brand ONYI LOVE. In this episode, Eryn and Onyi talk about: Onyi’s journey with spirituality and healing How Onyi views life and spirituality Lessons Onyi learned on her recent trip in France Listening to the universe Integrating and reflecting out your healing work into the world Grounding in your peace Opportunities to practice what we’ve been learning Resting and finding balance with yourself...

Ep. #258: Tarot for Pregnancy & Postpartum Time with Brittany the Birth Witch

March 28, 2022 15:17 - 1 hour - 91.1 MB

Brittany Carmona-Holt (she/her), aka The Birth Witch, is a full spec­trum doula, facilitator for a community-based doula training program, birth assistant to a community based midwife, Tarot reader, poet, reproductive justice advocate, amateur herbalist, and author of the book Tarot For Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks coming out this June. In this episode, Eryn and Brittany talk about: Brittany’s journey to birthmark Her ego check around her own birth experienc...

Ep. #257: Spring Equinox Medicine // Collective Tarot Reading for Spring

March 21, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MB

Tune into this episode for a collective tarot reading for the spring just after the spring equinox. We explore themes of desire, power, binary thinking, and more. Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Preorder their poetry collection, moon sign, now through April 15th!

Ep. #256: Releasing Dogma and Developing Spiritual Sovereignty with Ari Felix

March 14, 2022 15:01 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MB

Ari Felix (they/them) is a counseling astrologer, writer, poet, and bruje providing emoceanal support for apocalypse. In this episode, Eryn and Ari talk about: Ari’s journey with astrology and healing Seeing everything as god Their religious background as the bones of their spirituality Ari’s words for folks who have rejected the religion they grew up with and want to cultivate connection to spirituality that is true to them Developing spiritual sovereignty Not replacing dogma w...

Ep. #255: Spiritual Strangeness with Sanyu Estelle

February 28, 2022 18:25 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

Sanyu Estelle (she/her) is a Claircognizant Soothsayer also known as "The Word Witch" because of her deep love for word origins and word culture. In this episode, Eryn and Sanyu talk about: What Sanyu has been learning, experiencing, and healing through during the pandemic The best defense as opening up Living amidst everything we that’s beyond our control Creating reality with our imaginations Dynamic neutrality Choice as a spectrum Quantum energetic tools like biocompassing ...

Ep. #254: Living in Complexity & Facilitating Healing Work under Capitalism with Laura Mae Northrup

February 22, 2022 18:56 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MB

Laura Mae Northrup (she/her), MFT is an author, educator, somatic psychotherapist, and podcaster. Her first book Radical Healership is a spiritually-informed, anticapitalist guide for healing practitioners who seek to build a values-driven healing practice. And it's out today!  In this episode, Eryn and Laura talk about: Her journey writing her new book Emotions & book writing! Surrendering & letting emerge Overshaping our experiences Living in complexity Grappling with money (a...

Ep. # 253: Gender Journeys & Tarot as Support for Gender Exploration with the Gender Doula Eli Lawliet

February 14, 2022 18:01 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MB

Eli is a gender doula - supporting folx as they question, explore, and transition their gender. In this episode, Eryn and Eli talk about: Eli’s journey with sexuality, gender, and spirituality “Is it my gender or sexuality, or is this just my trauma?” Queerness as a dream outside of the realm of our existence as kids His work as a gender doula Tarot’s role in his gender journey What Eli wants to tell people who are on a gender journey of some kind Why Eli thinks everyone should ...

Ep. #252: Ceremony & Healing Through Somatics with Anabel Khoo

February 07, 2022 16:42 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MB

Anabel Khoo (she/they) is a psychotherapist, facilitator, interdisciplinary artist, and writer dedicated to cultivating holistic collective healing and social justice. They are also a queer, non-binary, diasporic Chinese person, and their lived experience has moved them to help other marginalized people to process intergenerational pain and to fully embody one’s power and worth. In this episode, Anabel and Eryn talk about: Anabel’s journey with healing and somatics Coming to believe som...

Ep. # 251: Haiku Creative Magic & Expansive Tarot Learnings with Tara Burke

January 31, 2022 20:24 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MB

Tara is a biracial non-binary Japanese Mystic who leans deeply into the wisdom of elemental magick and metaphor to connect. In this episode, Eryn and Tara talk about: The invitation of the Lovers for our collective Lovers year! Tara’s experience with their cards of the year of 2021 “Cringe” tarot cards The different energies of death and tower cards The too much archetype Structure that creates ease and flexibility  Capricorn and Aquarius season energies Unpacking our why’s ...

Ep. #250: Plant Medicine, Death + Not Abandoning Yourself with Alissa of Akasha Apothecary

January 24, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

Alissa (she/her) of Akasha Apothecary is a folk herbalist and facilitator. In this episode, Alissa and Eryn discuss: Alissa's journey with plants, healing & spirituality What the land is like by her right now Death, complete upheaval and ripping away all that is untrue Resisting death & gripping to untrue stories Life/death/rebirth cycles Opening to ancestral layers of loss Embodiment practices for staying with yourself Cultivating self trust How to know if you’re abandoning...

Ep. #249: Reclaiming Nourishing Traditions + European Folk Culture with Danica Boyce

January 17, 2022 17:08 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MB

Danica Boyce (she/her) is a pagan educator and coach, guiding folks to shed limitation and imperialism by reconnecting with pagan abundance, animism & folklore. She specializes in religious history, folk song, and the energetics of holding epic, love-filled visions for humankind and the earth. In this episode, Eryn and Danica explore: Danica’s journey with paganism and folklore Shame around the life-sustaining magic of imagination and play What it was like spiritually in Europe before...

Ep. #248: 2021 Learnings

January 10, 2022 19:56 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MB

In this episode, your host Eryn shares some of their learnings from 2021 around healing & spirituality. Enjoy! Email Eryn to be added to the waitlist for the winter round of HOLY: [email protected]  Check out the Religious Trauma workbook and Religious Trauma meditation album.

Ep. #247: Healing Self-Worth + Choosing Being Yourself Over Pleasing Your Family with Roshni Patel

January 03, 2022 05:01 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MB

Roshni (they/them) is a self-worth coach and tarot reader for South-Asian women, LGBTQ+ folks, and people who identify as the black sheep of their family.  In this episode, Eryn and Roshni talk about: Roshni’s journey with healing, self-worth, and religious trauma  How struggling with self-worth is connected to religious trauma Connecting back to their family’s spiritual & folk practices and rituals before Christianity Learning how to engage with spiritual and religious practices in...

Ep. #246: The Power of Pause + Burnout Recovery with Burnout Coach Mona Eshaiker

December 28, 2021 17:52 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MB

Mona Eshaiker, LMFT (she, her) is a licensed therapist and mental health consultant. She specializes in burnout recovery and prevention on the individual and systemic levels. She is passionate about work-life balance and psychological safety for historically underrepresented folks. In this episode, Eryn and Mona talk about: Mona’s journey with burnout and mental health How rest makes space to figure out what you actually want The power of pause What’s happening with burnout emotiona...

Ep. #245: Winter Solstice Medicine: A Collective Tarot Reading for the Winter Solstice

December 20, 2021 05:01 - 24 minutes - 33 MB

This episode is a soft collective tarot reading to sink into for the winter solstice + winter season ahead, plus some reflections on grief and wintertime. In the reading we talk surrender, expanding into the full spectrum of our wholeness, being with pain + more. Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/winter-solstice-medicine  Connect with Eryn on Instagram. Join us for the Virtual Solstice Breathwork for Grief gathering on Wednesday, Dec 22nd (recording included for all who r...

Ep. #244: Creating a Deep Well of Safety and Resource + Money Healing with Luna Dietrich

December 13, 2021 17:21 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MB

Luna Dietrich (she/they) is also known as the P*ssy Witch! They help feminist witches and exhausted activists disrupt pleasure oppression and root into fierce self love…all while fighting for more. In this episode, Eryn and Luna talk about: How Luna has changed and evolved over the past couple of years and over pandemic time Not getting addicted to heightened, unsustainable energy Figuring out what’s sustainable and enough for you Expanding capacity in a more titrated way Learning...

Ep. # 243: Embroidery As Ritual + Creative Talismans with Textile Artist Christi Johnson

December 06, 2021 17:20 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Christi Johnson's (she/her) art combines cosmic visions and botanical beauties, a hypnotic dance of symbols stitched slowly and methodically into fabric. In this episode, Eryn and Christi talk about: Christi’s journey with magic & creativity & art Why she loves working with textiles Femininity & working with textiles Magic, ritual and symbolism as part of the embroidery process What it looks like to make embroidery with ritual and magic Creating more spaciousness to receive inspir...

Ep. #242: Accessing States of Liberation, Imagination and Possibility Through the Body with Marika Heinrichs

November 29, 2021 16:23 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MB

Marika Heinrichs (she/her) is a cis queer femme of (Soviet) German, British, and Irish ancestry who believes that reconnecting with the wisdom of our bodies is vital to ending systems of domination and supremacy. She has practiced as a somatic therapist and educator within social movement spaces for over a decade, trained in the lineages of generative somatics (gs), Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST), Focusing, and NeuroAffective Touch and is currently a PhD candidate at the California I...

Ep. #241: A Meditation for Grief with Eryn

November 22, 2021 05:01 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MB

In this episode, Eryn shares a meditation for grief from their upcoming Religious Trauma Support Meditation Album, coming out on December 1st. Blog for this episode: https://www.living-open.com/blog/grief-meditation  Access the Religious Trauma Meditation Album! Register for Virtual Solstice Breathwork for Grief, a gathering of breathwork, journaling, sharing & ritual intended to support anyone who is working with grief during this time. 

Ep. #240: Being in Devotion to Creativity, Interconnectedness + Moving Through Life In More Spacious Ways with Nadia Payan

November 15, 2021 16:22 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB

Nadia Payan (she/they) is an educator, speaker, artist, third culture human and Montessorian whose life is filled with reverence towards creativity as a pathway to healing and power. Nadia explores and cross pollinates her own creative expression with her experiences as an early childhood educator, a spiritual practitioner and artist. In this episode, Eryn and Nadia talk about: Cycles of death and rebirth Being held through the decay Asking for support The interconnectedness of all ...

Ep. #239: Plant Medicine, Integrating Spiritual Experiences + Transformation Cycles with Rasia Pouncie

November 08, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MB

Rasia (she/her) is a Priestess in the tradition of Palo Kimbisa, an ancient practice that has its roots in the Congo Basin. Rasia has been a practitioner for 20 years. In addition to this, she utilizes quantum healing, crystal energetics, tarot, astrology, and her Clair abilities in her practice. Rasia provides services to her clients as a Certified Intuitive Life Coach, Spiritual mentor and holds a Masters degree in mental health counseling. In this episode, Rasia and Eryn talk about: Ra...

Ep. #238: Overcoming the Harm of Non-Affirming Doctrine and Living Authentically with Chaune Schafer

November 01, 2021 15:30 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MB

Chaune Schafer (she/her) is a queer non-denominational follower of Christ, which is a product of being a part of several denominations, heavy deconstruction, continued therapy, much study, and constant reconstruction. In this episode, Eryn and Chaune talk about: Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/chaune-schafer  Chaune’s journey with religion & healing Repressing sexuality in christianity Finding wholeness Doubt in religion Not reaching for black and white answers W...

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