Hi, my name is Ayesha. I am a certified Somatic Embodiment Coach qualifying to become a Somatic Therapist and Movement Educator. I work with individuals who have experienced emotional, mental, & physical pain, acute, chronic, complex & developmental trauma, addiction, & those simply desiring to connect more fully to their purpose & self energy.

My education is in Somatic Therapy, Traditional Tantric Yoga & Philosophy, Women’s Health & Womb Wisdom, Trauma-Informed Care, Neurosculpting, Social Equity, Quantum Theory, Attachment Theory, & Sacred Ceremony.

My sessions offer a biopyschosocial, whole person approach to support somatic healing & transformation from the inside out. In this process, we explore the connection between our inner physiology and our outer reality so that we can learn to rewire our nervous system and cellular expression from an embodied paradigm shift. We work closely with the body with trauma-informed practices such as somatic awareness, Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Breathwork, Clinical Somatic Exercises (Neuromuscular Training), somatic touch, sound healing, & more. All of which supports the individual to expand their capacities to access greater possibility, freedom & choice in their lives.

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Sensation is the Language of the Body

Sensation is the language of the body. It is how our body communicates with us & is the source of our inner wisdom. The body expresses...

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What is Sensuality?

Our understanding of sensuality often comes with a strong mental, emotional, energetic & physical charge. We often hear associations of...

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The Sacred Interconnection of Life

So often in our modern world, we are conditioned to perceive our reality through a fragmented lens that: severs body and mind from...

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Ayesha held beautiful space for me to process some emotion I was feeling stuck in my body. She uses a combination of yoga, breathwork, & some somatic techniques tailored to my needs. She has taught me a lot about somatic processing and gave me tools and insight that I can now integrate into my life. She is knowledgable and caring! In her care I felt safe to open myself to feelings that are otherwise overwhelmin.

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What does it mean to be embodied?

It is one thing to understand something conceptually, & an entirely different experience to somatically know, or embody it. Embodiment is having an awareness not only of what we profess, but also HOW we are actually being in the world. It is the integration of what we say, how we think, with what we do. It is the alignment of our dreams, desires, values, & our actions.

Embodiment, also, is to be in-a-body. To have an awareness that every single experience, belief, thought, emotion, & expectation is ALIVE inside the body. It is the understanding that the body is both the technology through which we experience life AND is the vessel that holds all of our experiences of life. This essentially means that our past & present are a l i v e inside of us, shaping our physical form through muscular patterning, posture, facial expressions, gestures, movement patterns & cellular memory. Every single moment of pain, pleasure, joy, grief, fear, hope, heartbreak, love, even experiences that we do not have conscious memory of are embedded into our neurobiology & informs our relationship with self, others, & the natural world around us.

In this Embodied Living Series, we will explore the scientific process of somatic transformation & how to bridge what is with who we long to be. We will explore what it means to be in a body, how to meet what is, how to somatically grow capacity for change & possibility, how to hold contradiction, grow clarity around what it is we truly desire, how to deepen our connection to self, other, & life itself, how to self-regulate, how to become the determiner of your destiny, how to integrate new practices to embody new ways of being, & so much more.

The series will be separated into 5 weeks, offering space to apply the somatic principles we will be learning into your everyday. Each week will build on the next, though you will be able to jump into any part of the series at any time. For those who wish to do the series in its entirety, there will be a recording of any potential dates that you may miss.

5 week series, Saturdays, 10 AM-12 PM
Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, skip one week, Nov. 8th
@sacredrhythmsstudio

Sensation is the language of the body. It is how our body communicates with us & conveys our inner wisdom. The body expresses itself through temperature, vibration, pulsation, impulse, tightness, openness, pressure, movement & shape. Sensation is not only a process of receiving information from the outer environment but sensation also informs about what is alive in our inner environment. Every single sensation offers insight into our health, our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, perceptions, expectations & emotions.

Yet for so many, we have learned to quiet these inner whisperings due to coping strategies from past experiences where we learned that it was not safe to feel. While at one point this strategy may have made sense, this strategy often repeats, becoming a pattern in many or all aspects of our lives. But we can learn how to feel ourselves again in a way that builds a capacity for us to experience the vastness of our human existence.

Sensation is a key component of somatic awareness & this awareness is the entry point to somatic transformation. With awareness we are able to create space for the completion of thwarted stress responses in the body. We can come to know our embodied patterns & conditioned tendencies, how & where we are resisting the flow of life, how & where we are open to receive the flow of life, & what is being called forth from our deepest waters. With somatic awareness, we cultivate a stronger capacity to replace default habits with thoughts, behaviors & actions of our choice. Essentially, awareness allows us to live a life of greater authenticity & in alignment with our values, dreams & desires.

The practice is simply to notice sensation with a compassionate curiosity. To give permission to move at our own pace & develop a strong sense of resilience that offers space where we can slowly pendulate between sensations of comfort & pleasure, as well as discomfort & activation. In the beginning, sensation may not be obvious but as you continue to turn towards noticing, you can eventually build the capacity to do so. Energy will flow where your attention goes. And we can learn to live the life of our heart’s deepest longing.💗

F E E L I N G🌹

To feel is to experience our own aliveness,
A barometer of the life that flows through us,
A sense of understanding who we are.

To feel is to speak the language of the body
The vessel which holds every single experience, every thought, belief, fear, every dream & desire,
The vessel that allows us to taste the sweet nectars of existence.
And the texture of our soul.

To feel allows us to form connection with ourselves, others, & the world around us,
The enlivening of a mountain breeze,
The clarity amidst a forest of trees,
The expansion within a loved one’s embrace,
The belonging in truly being seen.

To feel is to flow with the currents of cosmic creation,
To experience the aliveness of our blood,
The frequency of form,
The sacred of our tears,
The intelligence of our heart.

There are moments when feeling feels too heavy to hold. Strategies of hiding, hardening & running away surface, & we isolate ourselves into fragmented parts of that which is welcomed or does not belong to cope. This strategy is an indicator of our body intelligence & it’s unwavering commitment to protect itself & maintain its survival. Though this strategy often repeats, forming maladaptive patterns that deprive us from our own source energy. In the armoring of undesirable feelings, we simultaneously disconnect ourselves from beauty, connection, inspiration, awe.

It is through our pain that we can truly know our pleasure. And it is through our grief that we expand our capacity to know love. This is the duality of life.

And this is precisely what we are here to do. To learn how to integrate ALL parts of ourselves.

To feel is to know not only the expansiveness of our joy, passion, pleasure, bliss,
But also the depths of our grief, shame, fears & pain.
To bravely voyage through the vast spectrum of our own beingness
& come into contact with our WHOLE self.

There is no feeling too big to express, just containers that have not learned how to hold.
Somatics teaches us HOW to create more space, HOW to hold contradiction, HOW to know our resilience so that we may heal the deepest, most tender parts of ourselves & live a life of greater possibility & choice.

Did you know that while we have seen incredible advances in medical technology, medicine, and that while billions of dollars are being poured into the wellness industry, that also heart disease, anxiety, & stress are skyrocketing at all time highs? Theories of causation & correlation are many but one thing that we definitely know for sure, and we have the science to prove, is that when we create coherence in our hearts, every physiological system of your being aligns with that rhythm. Thus, this coherence ripples directly in reducing stress, boosting mood, strengthening relationships, elevating your overall health & well-being, growing your mental clarity, expanding your capacity to receive fulfillment & pleasure from life and SO much more!!

And guess, what!? It can be much more simple to create this coherence than you think .

It can be as simple as directing your awareness into your heart and intentionally breathing.

If you are intrigued to learn more techniques, I’ll be offering a somatic, experiential journey of re-membering why the heart is our most vital, sacred center.

We will create an embodied understanding of WHY the heart truly is the master conductor of our entire being, HOW to establish coherence in the heart, HOW to integrate somatic practices that foster a deepened awareness & open ourselves to live more fully from our hearts, HOW to heighten our own sense of aliveness, & HOW to materialize our hearts desires. We’ll explore sensory play, somatic movement, heart energetics, HeartMath & a sound bath guiding us into the materialization of our hearts deepest longing.

Join me for a Somatic Journey into the unlocking the potential of your heart and the essence of your being: Kardia.

❤️‍🔥Kardia:A Somatic Journey into the Sacred Chamber of the Heart❤️‍🔥
Nov. 16th, 2024 1:00-4:00 PM
At Divine Yoga Studios
With Ayesha Haskell
Sliding Scale: $33-$55

#heartcoherence #heartintelligence #heartcentered #heartliving #embodiment #somatichealing #somatictherapy #somaticmovement #somaticawareness #heartbraincoherence

It’s Scorpio season ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥and I am feeling all fired up to share a special offering that has ignited my soul and deeply supported me through one of the craziest roller coaster years of my life~ Returning to my Heart. 🫀

So much more than just a blood pumping, physical organ, the heart has long been honored by many ancient Wisdom traditions as the center of our being and the source of our innate wisdom. Modern Science is slowly catching up in understanding why. This exploration will be a mergence of these two often polarized ontologies that are actually saying the same thing, only using a different language.

This is NOT your typical heart opening yoga class that offers a bunch of backbends & a cliche quote about following your heart. While these classes are beautiful & absolutely inspiring, often we explore the heart without fully understanding the actual physiological processes & science around what makes the heart so incredibly powerful to truly make way for tangibility in the body.

In this experiential journey, we will re-member the heart as our sacred center through an embodied understanding. We will learn WHY the heart truly is the master conductor of our entire being, HOW to establish coherence in the heart, HOW to integrate somatic practices that foster a deepened awareness & opening to live a fuller, more embodied life, HOW to heighten our own sense of aliveness, & HOW to materialize our hearts desires. We’ll explore sensory play, somatic movement, heart energetics, HeartMath & a sound bath guiding us into the materialization of our hearts deepest longing.

Join me for a somatic voyage into unlocking the potential of the heart & the essence of your being: Kardia

❤️‍🔥Kardia:A Somatic Journey into the Sacred Chamber of the Heart❤️‍🔥
Nov. 16th, 2024 1:00-4:00 PM
At Divine Yoga Studios
With Ayesha Haskell
Sliding Scale: $33-$55

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#somaticexperience #somaticexperiencing #somaticmovement #somatics #utahyoga #yogautah #utahyogacommunity #heartcoherence #heartbrain #heartmath #kardia #heartcentered

What is interoception and why should you care?

Interoception is simply internal perception. It is our capacity to sense into & feel what lives inside of us.

Just as we have sensory receptors that make sense of our external environment, we also have these internal receptors that make sense of our internal environment. And! Interestingly enough, we have 7 times more interoceptive receptors than sensory receptors! This reflects that we are biologically designed to understand & experience our interior landscape 7 times greater than our external landscape!

Yet, these receptors remain relatively dormant due to lack of engagement & lack of learning how to actually use them. Fueling this perpetual experience that life happens to us rather than through us & that answers & truth happen outside of us rather than inside.

But when we learn how to access this part of ourselves, we not only deepen our understanding & connection to ourselves, attuning to our own body rhythms & the way that our body communicates to us, but we also unlock a subtle realm of sensation where we can experience the same level of joy & satiation of sinking our teeth into a juicy, freshly picked peach as feeling the blood flow through our veins. Accessing pleasure & ecstatic bliss from experiencing the rhythm of our own heart beating or the tiny synaptic currents traveling through our brain.

How to practice?
Simply take the time to slow down, get quiet & NOTICE. Notice every sensation that you can detect inside of you. If these sensations are not obvious, you can imagine how they would feel which begins to engage your interoceptive receptors & eventually allows you to more easily access them. Know that like any new practice that we try, it gets easier the more that we do it. Trust that you are teaching your receptors how to behave, even when it isn’t obvious.

As we explore our subtle, inner universe, we can discover that there is no end to what we can sense & learn inside of ourselves.

Please share your experience with interoception in the comments below. What do you notice? What can you feel? What mysteries become known?

Wishing you the most blissful journey inside! 🌹

“All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don't, our lives get made up for us by other people.”
~Ursula K. le Guin

We are often taught that to use our imagination is to be immature, irrational & unrealistic. Grow up, they said. Be logical. Don’t be so childish. What if what we’ve been taught about using our imaginations was a lie?

What if our imagination was not something that reflected a lack of experience, intelligence or knowing but rather was the very thing that allowed us to stretch ourselves into new forms, a magical tool that allowed us to actualize our hearts deepest longings & live our biggest, wildest dreams?

If we don’t use our imaginations, we will operate from the experiences of our past, meaning we will always be who we’ve already been. In order to expand ourselves into new heights, touching into spaces we have yet to grow before, imagination is absolutely essential. Our neurobiology is deeply informed by how we think, how we perceive, what we believe, and what we imagine. We are malleable beings that can take on new forms of our choice & the way that we can consciously shape ourselves is through unleashing our wildest fantasies & allowing them to flow through us through image, sensation, e m o t i o n, impulse & then aligning our actions to mirror that experience.

So, What can you imagine? How big can you dream? ✨🌹

If you are interested in learning more and receiving guidance in somatically creating this for yourself, I would love to support you. DM me to schedule a discovery call. 😘

#imagination #dreambigger #manifestation #lawofattraction

It is not so much that the boat passed
and you failed to notice it.
It is more like the boat stopping
directly outside your bedroom window,
the captain blowing the signal-horn,
the band playing a rousing march.
The boat shouted, waving bright flags,
its silver hull blinding in the sunlight.
But you had this idea you were going by train.
You kept checking the time-table,
digging for tracks.
And the boat got tired of you,
so tired it pulled up the anchor
and raised the ramp.
The boat bobbed into the distance,
shrinking like a toy—
at which point you probably realized
you had always loved the sea.

Naomi Shihab Nye- Different Ways to Pray

What do you do when you receive exactly what you desire?

Even more, do you even know what it is that you desire? Or ask yourself why you desire it?

Do you freeze in your steps & reconsider everything that you thought you’ve always wanted? Or do you willingly receive with open arms by your dreams literally unfolding before you?

I have recently had a BIG dream of mine become a very real possibility in my reality & do you know how my nervous system is responding? I feel sick to my stomach. I want to curl up in a ball in a dark hole & hide from me receiving the very thing that has been fueling my actions & why the last 2+ years!

Is it that I’ve changed my mind & this is no longer something that I desire? Or am I clinging to a very specific way of what my dream should look like? Or is it that I have yet to truly BELIEVE THAT I AM WORTHY OF RECEiVING EXACTLY WHAT I DESIRE?

OR! is it that if your dreams don’t scare the shit out of you, then you simply aren’t dreaming big enough?!

In the process, I am recognizing that what I desire the most is also the thing that I fear the most. And until I recognize the part of me that is afraid, those old unconscious beliefs will rule me & I will never be able to fully actualize my hearts deepest longings.

So I ask myself today, What do I fear the most? What am i willing to lose? Am I ready to confront my own shadow so that I may fully open myself to receive all that I dream & live a life of my choice?

Eekk!!! I am afraid AND I am ready!!! Let’s burn, baby. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I am elated to be co-lead facilitating our second year of Divine Yoga Teacher Training!! Our first year was beyond anything we could have ever imagined and we are excited to return again this year with even more support, more education & more tools to support you in your yoga journey!

We believe that yoga has the capacity to deepen our connection with ourselves which thus has an impact in how we are able to show up for the earth and our communities. Change and healing in our collective starts with each individual going inside & taking the brave & courageous act of sharing their unique gifts with the world.

This training will be unique in that we will provide an in-depth education that honors the lineage of Yoga while learning practical tools in how to apply them in our modern day world. These teachings will be unified with other wisdom traditions and disciplines such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki/ energy work, Sound Therapy, Shamanism, Neuroscience, Somatics & more to offer a comprehensive foundation for each teacher to thrive.

If you have been considering growing yourself professionally & as an individual, this is the gentle nudge to consider making the powerful practice of yoga be the path that takes you there.

Join us for a 4 month journey into the transformative power of yoga. We would SO love to co-create this sacred space of healing, transformation and growth alongside each of you!

200 HR Divine Yoga Teacher Training
January 5th-April 27th, 2024
Every Friday 8 AM-6 PM & Every other Saturday 1-6 PM

🐦Early bird discount of $333 off ends 11/11.🐦

Payment Plan Options available!

Please reach out if you have any questions at all!

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Scorpio season got me feeling like… bring it.❤️‍🔥🦂🌋

Yes to confronting the shadow. Yes to expressing everything taboo. Yes to unearthing intensity, mystery, & depth. Yes to bringing the light of our consciousness into our unconscious desires, patterns & beliefs. Yes to integrating all parts of ourselves.

Is it just me or does anyone else get a thrill by this time of year? It feels like liquid hot magma…Thank you Scorpio moon.🌋🌋🌋
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#scorpioseason #scorpiomoon #shadowseeker #shadow #tabooromance #taboobreaker #bringingconsciousnesstotheunconscious

To be human…

#bodywisdom #wildwoman #embodiment #letyourbodydothetalking #tobehuman #trustyourselffirst #wearestardust #movementismedicine #danceyourselfclean

Our hearts are overflowing with love, gratitude, inspiration & hope by the depths through which we were able to travel in our journey of remembering & reclaiming the Divine Goddess within! 🌹

It is my deepest honor to be able to co-create such a brave & sacred space with such powerful women. There is nothing more powerful than women coming together to be seen, to be held, to claim their voices, to be willing to see themselves & do the work that is required to embody their wholeness. Your courage, wisdom, beauty & magic inspire all that I do.

One of my favorite parts in gathering in Sisterhood is seeing how each group comes together in the most divinely synchronistic way. Almost as though we had made an agreement in a previous life to meet each other again at a particular point to do this sacred work together.

One of the aspects that made this group so special was the wide age range that allowed us to truly connect to the wisdom of each aspect of the triple goddess. The maiden, mother, wild woman, & crone. It is from our willingness to come together as equals, recognize that there is no hierarchy, & open to learn & grow from one another that we are able to make tidal waves of change in the world.

Thank you to each & every one of the women who joined in our journey of remembering & reclaiming the divinity that is innately within us & our birthright to experience.

Special thank you to the kitchen witches @saige.creates & @misskeetah for so lovingly holding us & filling our bellies with warm, comforting food to support our journey.

More Special thanks to our guest facilitators Kati @becoming_unravelled who cracked our hearts open to our capacities to give & receive love with shibari magic & @robinluvs for permission to unleash our most sexy, radiant selves with Sacred Shakti lap dance.

Special Special thank you to the land & sacred river for holding us each step of the way.

Thank you to my Sweet Sister & co-creatress of the Goddess Awakening Retreat @keelyann3 for sharing your tantric magic. Our bond is stronger than ever & you have forever left an imprint on my heart.

I am humbled, in awe, & in deep gratitude to each & every one of you.❤️‍🔥🌹🐉⭕️🌙✨

What is your inside is your outside,
And what you see on the outside,
You see revealed on the inside.

~The Thunder, Perfect Mind 4:30-31

What if the same intelligence that guided the leaves to change in color & fall to the earth each year was the same intelligence that animated our human form?

What if all of the miraculous phenomena we observe in nature was merely a reflection of ourselves?

What if the totality of the universe existed inside? Can you imagine? The felt experience of the universe inside of you?

How would it feel to experience ourselves this way?

#musingsfromtheheart #innerisouter #youaretheuniverse #iam #iamtheuniverse #oneness #wearemirrors #souljourney #rememberwhoyouare

We are so excited to be able to receive the magical medicine of @saige.creates in our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat! We believe that part stepping into our Divine Feminine really begins with the way that we treat & view our bodies. One of the most potent ways to nourish our inner landscape is to do so through fueling it with high vibe, soulful foods made with intention & love in each step of the food process. From knowing where our food comes from, the intention put forth in its preparation, our capacity to truly be present with our food as we eat, the gift of sharing the food with others, food offers an opportunity to commune with the divinity that exists within us & around us.

We are also passionate about supporting local female, small business owners in the SLC community. We believe that though returning to communal ways of supporting, uplifting, encouraging & inspiring one another that we are able to amplify our collective vision to be a greater source of impact for our communities & our planet.

Here is Saiges bio.
"Saige creates from the heart; sharing health-conscious meals with only quality ingredients. Each meal served is crafted with intention and love, considering each step of the process, from source to serving. She's been sharing her love and magic in Utah and Costa Rica: cooking and space-holding for ecstatic dance, retreats, ceremonies, and other intentional gatherings. Saige believes food is medicine, and is grateful to be in service to it. She finds cooking to be a creative, joyful process that gets to be shared with others"

We still have a few last minute spots left for the Womban who is ready to heed the call.

🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹
Oct. 12-15th, 2023
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

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#foodismedicine #divinefeminine #goddessawakening #womensretreat #tantraretreat
#feminineempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #femalesmallbusinessowner #knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom #sacredsisterhood

What if the sweetest medicine that we ever tasted was the sound of our own voice?

What if each of our unique tunes was the precise melody that allowed us to understand the depths of ourselves, to express our souls deepest desires, to unlock the creative potential of this crazy miracle called life?

Singing has been one of the most impactful practices in my personal journey of healing, discovery & growth. I sing when I am experiencing joy. I sing when I am experiencing pain. I sing to center or pump myself up before a challenging situation. When I feel lost or confused about the path, singing brings me back home to myself. Singing offers deep, authentic connection with others when we practice it with others. Singing allows us to remember our sacred interconnection in the Grand Cosmic symphony of life. Each of us a unique instrument within the greater Uni-Verse. One song. One prayer. One love.

Yet, so many of us are afraid of using our voices, of being seen or being heard. We are often taught to be quiet, play small, do as we are told, allowing the external world to shape who we are rather than our truth being something we are taught to create for ourselves.

And though I may not have the world’s most aesthetic voice, still I choose to sing. To reclaim the power that I carry to express my soul freely in the world. To remember my connection to all that is. I sing for all of the mothers, daughters, sisters who came before me whose voices were silenced, hidden or shamed. I sing for all of the womben who will come after me, that they may know & freely express their sacred song with the world. I sing for the earth. I sing for our collective, that we may embrace not only our own but each other’s unique tune. That we may return to each other. Treat each as equals. Uplift, inspire & empower one another. That we may use our collective voice to truly birth a new way of living & loving in the world. This is my prayer. This is my song.

We’ll be learning more about the scientific & energetic explanation about why your voice is medicine in our upcoming 🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹 coming up next week! We have a couple spots left & have last minute deals. Join us! 🫶🏼

Instagram live with the magical goddess @robinluvs, who will be offering a Sacred Shakti Chair dance in our upcoming 🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹, coming up Oct. 12-15 in Big Cottonwood Canyon, SLC.

Together we unpack:
•Why the taboo of sexuality is damaging to our self image, our capacity to express ourselves freely in the world, & our capacity to receive pleasure from life.

•Why we get to embrace the unique beauty, mystery & awe that is our physical form.

•Dismantling conditioning around not enoughness.

•Why we get to choose to feel sexy.

•why sexuality & sensuality is a powerful tool for self-discovery, growth, building confidence & owning our worth!

•And, so much more!!!

Join us next week!! We have a few last minute spots available! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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#womensretreat #tantraretreat #shaktidance #goddessawakening #feminineempowerment #shaktirising #divinefeminine #sacredsisterhood

The Woman who Baptized Herself

Honoring Thecla- Thecla was an early Christian Saint who followed the Apostle Paul into her own liberation & Self Actualization. As the story goes, she saved herself from death three times.

Once, she was sentenced to be burned at stake for choosing not to marry & be Celebate. When the flames were struck, she flashed a symbol of a cross with her hands which conjured a rain that put out the fire & allowed her to run away.

The second was when she rejected & defended herself from the sexual violation of the Ruler Alexander. For this, she was sentenced to death by being trapped in a ring with wild beasts. The first beast, a lioness, simply laid before her feet. When they released more beasts to tear her apart, the lioness protected her. Eventually the lioness was killed by the other beasts & she had to defend herself again. She approached a pit of water in the arena with wild sea lions & declared, “in the name of Jesus Christ, I baptize myself.” As she plunged into the murky waters below, a ring of fire encircled her & protected from the Sea Lions. And for a third time, Thecla saved herself.

“The most threatening aspect of Thecla’s story is that she frees herself from any illusions that power resides outside of her…She began to move of her own volition. She began to go against expectations of a girl, considered an inferior sex at the time. She began to do what her heart was telling her to do. And this was sacrilege to those in power. That she refused to obey or validate any authority outside of her.

She baptized herself because she realized she could. She realized that all along within her she contained the power to save herself.

And so she did.”

Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene

The story of Thecla offers us a mirror into seeing ourselves & the power that we contain inside. Through reviving ancient stories of powerful women in her-story we can find courage & strength within ourselves to own our own worth, our power & the divinity that exists within.

We will be exploring other stories of powerful women in her-story in our upcoming 🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹. We still have a few last minute spots!!

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Sisterhood is an act of rebellion.

What is one of the most common strategies for oppressive structures to maintain power & control over the masses? By dividing the people & taking away their basic biological need for belonging, connection & communal support.

In a world governed by oppressive capitalistic & patriarchal structures, our nervous systems have been deeply shaped by the belief that we are separate from one another. That life is founded on scarcity & that we must hoard our resources to protect & position ourselves above others. That we are not to trust one another, to compare & live in competition with one another because of the forces of supply & demand and the deeply rooted belief in not enoughness.

Further, women carry the impact of these oppressive forces in our DNA because of the lasting imprint of the massacre of hundreds of thousands of women who were slain because they were considered witches between the 14th-17th century in Europe. Women were persecuted, tortured, drowned, & burned for acts such as gathering in Sisterhood without the presence of a male priest, for expressing one's sensuality & for connecting the Mother Earth.

Yet, coming together in Sacred Sisterhood is intrinsic to our biology & our birthright. In sisterhood we are able to see another and be seen, to support another & be supported, to soften in a knowing that we are never alone in our experience. It is in Sisterhood that we are able to heal. It is in Sisterhood that we are able to amplify our collective visions to make waves of change in the world.

Yes, individually we are strong but together we are an unstoppable force of nature.

We will be actively working on healing our individual & collective Sister wound in our upcoming Women’s Retreat through establishing trust for ourselves & others, how to create boundaries, conscious relating, & how to be a genuine friend.

🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹
Oct. 12-15
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

We would so love to forge a new way of being through reclaiming our birthright to live & love in supportive Sisterhood with you!

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#sisterhoodovercompetition #sacredsisterhood

🌹LAST CALL for Early Bird Discount of $222 off for our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat ends this weekend, Oct. 1st.🌹

Goddess Awakening Retreat is a 4 day, 3 night, all inclusive retreat where we will be reclaiming everything that makes Womben magical, powerful & sacred. We’ll dive into embodiment, menstrual cycles, womanhood cycles, authentic relating, confidence, life as ritual, normalizing sexuality as natural & a pathway to spirituality, sensuality as our capacity to receive pleasure from life, & how to embody leadership in our communities to be a source of impact for our people & planet.

Here are the details:
🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹
Oct. 12-15th, 2023
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

What’s Included:
•4 day, 3 night stay at Tantric Goddess Temple in Big Cottonwood Canyon
•Daily Yoga, Breath-work & Tantric practices
•3 local, organic, & seasonal meals per day (dietary restrictions accommodated) prepared magically by @saige.creates
•Remembrance of our sacred connection to the Earth, the Cosmos & each other
•Reclamation of womb wisdom, intuition & our cyclical nature
•Revival of Tantric ritual & rites of passage that honor the cycles of our Womanhood
•Reclamation of our sensuality, sexuality & our capacity to receive pleasure from life
•Shibari Workshop with the masterful Kati Bird of @becoming_unravelled
•Redefine power, worthiness, confidence & sacred symbols of femininity
•Somatic embodiment that aligns our dreams, values & actions
•Liberation of Shakti life force energy through song, dance & creative expression
•Reestablish the balance of giving & receiving and how to create healthy boundaries
•Restore sacred sisterhood & our intrinsic need for belonging
•Opportunities to connect to the sacred land
•Purposeful time for reflection, integration, and relaxation
•Sacred Cacao Journey
•Fire ceremony
•Private hot tub

Please join @keelyann3 & myself for a sacred journey into reclaiming the divine goddess within.❤️‍🔥

✨Link in bio.✨

#womensretreat #tantraretreat #divinefeminine #goddessawakening #awakeningshakti #feminineempowerment #womenscircleutah #utahyoga #slcyoga #goddessgathering #myfavoriteseasonisthefallofthepatriarchy #riseofthefeminine

Healing is not linear. This is the most freedom I have felt in my body since my MCL tear!! 🥳

It can often feel discouraging when all of our efforts do not immediately result into the fruits of ou desire. Like the tectonic plates shifting beneath earths outer shell that slowly, over time create the most majestic mountain landscape, we too have unseen shifts occurring beneath the surface. The bittersweet teacher for me has been patience & compassion. Trust the process, Bb. 🙏🏽💚

#healingisnotlinear #awakeningshakti #goddessawakening #divinefeminine #feminineempowerment #movementismedicine #shaktidance #trusttheprocess

Life as a living ceremony.

One of the practices that has profoundly impacted my experience of myself & the world around me is integrating ritual into my daily life. Ritual is our capacity to commune with Source. It is our ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary by simply offering presence & intention to any given moment.

In our hyper hang, patriarchal paradigm, we are often taught that life is linear. We are conditioned to reach from point A to point B, hyper fixating on the destination as the measure of success, sucking us into patterns of override, dissociation & disconnection from the magic that is happening in the present moment.

When we learn to live life as ceremony, we recognize that each & every step along the journey has medicine to share. Every experience, every creature, every sensation, even a tiny droplet of water can be our teacher, each opening a portal into merging with source, remembering our sacred interconnection to all that is.

Ritual does not have to be an elaborate 3 hour ceremony with candles, fancy altars & celestial phenomenon occurring. Ritual can be created in the most simple, mundane moments. We can bring ritual into our daily lives by simply taking a few moments to connect to our breath, noticing all of the subtle sensations that arise in one breath cycle. We can create ceremony in the shower with the ways in which we engage with the water, allowing it to cleanse the old to create space for the new. We can create ceremony by taking a moment to pause before a meal & simply be with our food, allowing the smells to awaken our nasal passage, noticing the colors, the textures, considering the journey the food had to take to arrive on our plate, offering gratitude to the earth that grew the food, the hands that prepared the food, the body that transformed the food.

When we learn to live life as ceremony, we grow our capacity to enrich all of our experiences, our relationships with others, the natural world around us & perhaps most importantly, our relationship to ourselves.

For a journey into life as ritual, please join us for our upcoming 🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat Oct 12-15 SLC, UT🌹

Early Bird ends Oct 1st

What have we forgotten?

If I could write the beginning, it wouldn’t be in the light. It would be in the womb, in the dark, in a cave, in an egg. It would be to name all that has been left out of what’s holy. The blood, the body. Nothing real or imagined has ever happened without it.

If I could start again, I would install an altar within me. I would place the most sacred object inside it: my own heart. If I could start again, I would know that the only cathedral I’ve ever needed to find, to enter, to return to again & again, is the humble red hermitage, this mystical space that holds all of the answers. I would begin again inside my heart. And I would live this way. Speaking from it.

Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene Revealed

As we transition from long summer days of sharing our energy outwardly with the world & are guided into the long nights of Fall & Winter months ahead, we are invited to enter into the darkness. Contrary to our hyper-polarized conditioning, the darkness is not something to fear or hide from, but rather the darkness is perhaps the most holy journey that we will ever know in this human life.

It is the darkness that reminds us where we come from, who we are, where we will return. Darkness teaches us to go inside, to live inside our own skins, to gaze at our own reflection, to listen to the Sweet whisperings of our heart, to feel the wisdom contained inside our bodies, to remember that everything that we need, already exists inside.

Darkness is the vast space that contains the intelligence of the universe. According to Nasa, roughly 68% of the universe is dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 27%. The rest - everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our modern instruments, all normal matter - adds up to less than 5% of the universe.

The darkness is not something evil or shameful. The darkness allows us to remember, to experience, & to reclaim ourselves as the divinity that we are.

We’ll be exploring the wisdom of the darkness in our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat where we will be gathering on the first dark moon of Autumn, & a powerful Solar eclipse!!🌚🌹🐺

Early Bird ends Oct. 1st✨

What is Tantra?

Tantra is an ancient & holistic spiritual tradition that originated in India thousands of years ago. Contrary to popular misconceptions, Tantra is not solely about sexuality but encompasses a much broader spectrum of teachings & practices.

Tantra, which means "weaving" or "expansion," seeks to weave together the threads of the human experience, harmonizing the physical, mental, & spiritual aspects of our being. It invites practitioners to explore life in its entirety, transcending dualities & embracing both the sacred & the mundane as interconnected facets of existence.

One of the fundamental principles of Tantra is the recognition that the divine is not separate from us but resides within & all around us. Through meditation, breathwork & rituals, Tantra encourages individuals to awaken to their inherent divinity & to see the sacred in every moment, person, & experience. This recognition fosters a deep sense of unity & interconnectedness with the universe.

While Tantra does incorporate aspects of sexuality, it approaches them with reverence & mindfulness. Tantric sexual practices aim to elevate intimacy to a sacred level, where couples connect not just physically but on a profound spiritual & energetic plane. This form of Tantra teaches that loving union can be a path to transcendent bliss & spiritual realization.

Ultimately, Tantra invites us to break free from societal conditioning, embrace our authentic selves & embark on a journey toward self-realization & spiritual awakening. It offers a bridge between the material & the spiritual, the individual & the universal, the mundane & the sacred. Through Tantra, we can discover the boundless potential that resides within us & connect with the divine tapestry of life that surrounds us, fostering a deeper understanding of ourselves & our place in the cosmos.

We’ll be merging ancient tantric teachings & rituals with somatics, wombens wisdom, neuroscience, herbalism, & divine feminine mythology in our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat to offer an in depth, holistic approach to remembering & reclaiming the divine feminine within.

Link in bio to learn more🌹

📸: @alexisfoustphotography

Beautiful InstaLive with the radiant, powerful Kati Bird 💚🌻of @becoming_unravelled & Ayesha Haskell of @wild_sacred_being.

Together we unpacked:

What is Shibari?

How shibari can be used as a tool for self-discovery, healing, personal development, authentic connection & growth.

The importance of establishing safety & trust in order to create spaces for deep connection, transformation & healing to occur.

How to know ourselves & move from a place of our core values & truth through exploring our boundaries, communication & giving ourselves permission to F E E L.

Why sobriety & authenticity is so damn sexy.❤️‍🔥

How body awareness & sensuality can open us to receive greater beauty, pleasure, wonder & awe from life.

Emotion as a spectrum that allows us experience the fullness of this human life.

How the inner work allows us to be a source of greater impact for our planet & people.

And, so much more!!

We’ll be exploring these topics in depth in our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat where @keelyann3 & myself will create a container for reclaiming everything that makes Womben magical, powerful & sacred. We’ll dive into tantra, womb wisdom, menstrual cycles, womanhood cycles, sensuality, sexuality, herbalism, somatics, rites of passage & so much more! Kati will be offering her Shibari mastery as a tool to somatically explore our edges, establish boundaries, express our desires & understand the balance of giving & receiving through the exchange of rope play.

🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹
October 12-15th
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

You can find more details about the retreat here! ✨

https://www.infiniteheartwellness.com/goddessawakeningretreat

#womensretreat #tantraretreat #shibari #goddessawakening #divinefeminine

We are elated to introduce one of our special guest facilitators to our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat.

Kati Bird of @becoming_unravelled is a Shibari artist & spiritual seeker who creates safe spaces where the body & soul can communicate. She is fueled by questions about sexual identity & her personal journey of healing & self transcendence. What does it mean to go beyond our own limitations? What does life look like when we push past fear?

Kati sees Shibari as a somatic experience that has a strong cognitive function, thus providing existential answers to dilemmas regarding self identity, self-knowledge, past experiences, beliefs, & desires. Aware that, old traumas that are stored in the body can be released as well as suppressed memories arise during sessions. The question becomes how can we bring love, attention, & presence into this space. By bringing awareness to the body, the sensation, the emotion we can reprogram our experiences & beliefs bringing expansion & new possibility.

Kati follows an evolved understanding of human relating as well as higher guidance to explore the enigmatic nature of the body mind complex. She highly values & guides self-awareness, cultivating trust, communication & exploring the edges of comfort. The sessions take on a quality of their own as she is merely a vessel. Integrating the intention of the one who goes into the ropes & listening as higher intelligence speaks through her mind, body & hands. In this way, every experience is fresh & every session is a different experience.

We are excited to weave Kati's mastery into our Goddess Awakening Retreat where we will be reclaiming everything that makes women powerful, magical & sacred. We’ll dive into menstrual cycles, womanhood cycles, Tantra, Embodiment, Ritual, normalizing sexuality as natural & a pathway to spirituality, sensuality as our capacity to receive pleasure from life & how to be a source of impact for our people & planet.

https://www.infiniteheartwellness.com/goddessawakeningretreat

We will be offering an InstaLive tomorrow, Sept. 20th @10 AM MT where we will dive into why Shibari is a powerful tool for Awakening the Goddess within.

Join us! 🌹🐺❤️‍🔥

I was driving down the interstate on my way to teach a class in SLC when traffic came to a complete stop. All of the lanes were shut down to one & I was snail crawling my way into frustration. I didn’t plan for this construction!

In that moment, I was able to reflect on how metaphorical the situation was to life. Along our healing journeys, we cling to ideas of how the path is supposed to look & when they don’t go exactly as planned, an inner conflict can occur. We often try to force what has yet to be or we miss the beauty of the detour because we had this idea that we were getting off on 1300 South instead.

What if we didn’t have to control all of the intricate details? What if rather than paddle upstream against the current, we chose to fully allow ourselves to flow with the current of the river & simply create space for what is? How would it feel to TRUST that even when we do not understand the detours that fall along our path, that we are being guided in the direction of something greater?

What I am discovering is that Trust is e s s e n t i a l for taking leaps of faith into the unknown, for establishing authentic connections with others, for creating ease in our nervous systems, for how we are able to explore the depths of ourselves & for how we engage with the world around us.

While holding the reality of trust is one of privilege, it is also one few of us are naturally given. It is something we must create for ourselves. It is a practice to cultivate trust even when we have a wealth of evidence showing us all the places that we shouldn’t.

At that moment on the interstate, what was the alternative? To be pissed off in my car at a situation that was completely out of my control? Eventually, I was able to open myself to simply be present. It was in that moment, I gazed up in the sky & saw the most majestic hawk flying before me, reminding me of just how miraculous this thing called life is.

We’ll be deconstructing trust in our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat, learning how to build trust in relationships through communication, creating boundaries, expressing our desires & learning how to listen to our body wisdom & inner guidance.🌹❤️‍🔥🐉

Q&A with my beautiful Sister, Partner & friend @keelyann3 about Tantra, Somatics, Women’s Wisdom & the cycles of life as pathways to self discovery, healing, transformation, accessing greater possibility, awakening the divinity within & making a greater impact in the world.

We’ll be diving deep into these topics during our upcoming Goddess Awakening Retreat coming up October 12-15th in Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT.

Highlights of the Women’s retreat include:
🌹Reclamation of womb wisdom, intuition & cyclical nature
🌹Revival of Tantric ritual & Rites of Passage that honor the cycles of our Womanhood
🌹Redefining power, worthiness, confidence & sacred symbols of femininity
🌹Somatic Embodiment that aligns dreams, values & actions
🌹Reclamation of sensuality, sexuality & our capacity to receive pleasure from life
🌹Liberation of Shakti life force energy through song, dance & creative expression
🌹Restoration of sacred sisterhood & our intrinsic need for belonging
🌹And, so much more!

Please join us on a tantric journey of remembering & reclaiming the power, magic & divinity that exists within.

Space is limited to create an intimate space for healing & connection. ✨

Do you hear the call? 🐺

Link in bio for application.

#womensretreat #tantricretreat #goddessawakening #goddessretreat #feminineempowerment #feminineembodiment #divinefeminine #yogaretreatutah #utahyoga #slcyoga #sistercircle

I often wonder how different my life & the lives of countless girls would be if there were more accurate representations of the feminine in our Modern culture? What if the heroes, gods, societal positions of power so often depicted in masculine form were also reflected as feminine in equal measure? Our environment & culture shapes so much of who we are. How would it feel to experience worth & status equally across all genders?

If we unearth the threads of many ancient cultures & spiritual traditions, we can resurrect a representation of the feminine that reflects the magic & power that she truly is.

The Triple Goddess is one such symbol that has been revered cross culturally throughout time. The Triple Goddess is a deity often depicted as the Maiden, the Mother & the Crone, each symbolizing a specific phase in the female life cycle, a moon phase, a season & the cycle of birth, life & death.

Maiden represents the waxing moon & Spring. She is full of ideas & carries an enthusiasm & zest for life. She is often associated as the virgin, a woman one into herself.

Mother represents the full moon & Summer. She is fertility, the part of us that births life, dreams, ideas & aspirations. She is nurturing, protective, devotional & the symbol of unconditional love.

The Crone represents the waning & dark moon as well as fall & winter. She is the accumulation of all of her life experiences to be the keeper of deep wisdom. She represents transitions, death & shadow work.

While there is often a glorified celebration of the younger, more malleable, maiden aspects of the feminine, each of the phases of womanhood hold equal importance in understanding the changes occurring in a woman's body as well as her role in the community.

Goddess Awakening Retreat will be a reclamation of the feminine as sacred. Each day we will unpack the aspects of the triple goddess, how she manifests in our inner cycles & how these cycles mirror the rhythms of nature to support us in remembering our undeniable connection to nature while reclaiming a true representation of the power & magic of what it means to be a woman.

Goddess Awakening Retreat🌹
Oct. 12-15, 2023
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

What is somatics? I get this question often to which I often smile or laugh because somatics has been such a HUGE piece of my transformation journey that I have a difficult time encapsulating it in a short answer.

Simply put, somatics is a paradigm shift, transforming our conditioning & subconscious patterning to move in the direction of greater freedom, possibility & choice.

Curious in learning more? So many beautiful opportunities to connect one on one or in group sessions. I offer embodiment coaching, somatic nature immersions, workshops & retreats!

The next retreat will unify the world of somatics with ancient tantric practices to remember & revive the cyclical nature of the divine feminine, our sacred connection to the earth & each other.

🌹Goddess Awakening Retreat: A Tantric Journey into the Divine Feminine🌹
Oct. 12-15th, 2023
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Reach out if you have any questions at all!

Limited space available to create an intimate & sacred space for connection & healing.

Link in bio to apply✨

#somatics #somaticpractice #tantra #womensretreat #utahretreats #tantricretreat #embodimentpractice #embodimentcoach #transformation

I fell in love today,

With a mystical shade of blue

I remembered that piercing gaze,

like it was deja vu

A tingling on my skin,

words dancing on the tip of my tongue

The way she shimmered in the sun,

there was no option but plunge

She took my breath away,

yet brought a sense of life

Expansion & contraction,

held beyond yet deep inside

No knowing up from down,

Though within my heart, a familiar sound

Complete awareness abound,

Absorption into eternal now

She showed me the secret to life,

In her reflections of turquoise blue

There is no love more pure,

than the one that shows you, you

8/4/23

#poetryporn #talktomeinrhymes #musingsfromtheheart #naturelover #oneness #absorption #secretoflife

The secret to a joyful life…

finding extraordinary in the ordinary.

So, how can we do this? One practice to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary is a simple practice of full, intentional presence with someone or something with uninhibited curiosity. To truly be with a person, thing, or experience without distraction. To notice the shape, texture, color, scent of a flower's bloom. To allow the force of a plummeting waterfall take your breath away. To feel the vibration of live music penetrate through your skin. To receive the temperature, pressure & movement of human touch. To completely unravel into a pool of sensation from simple, everyday ordinaries & the ways in which they ripple into our inner biorhythms to allows us to touch into spaces of deeper joy, pleasure, gratitude, generosity, compassion & connection. In that moment of presence, there is a sacred unison that occurs, merging outer cosmos with inner cosmos & transforming the mundane into magic.✨🌀🌻

Where do you find extraordinary in the ordinary?

📸: @alexisfoustphotography

#awe #thepowerofpresence #thescienceofawe #fascination #transformingordinarytoextraordinary #curiosity

Diving deep into the transformative power of awe & it’s capacity to shift our previously existing way of thinking & being. 🤯🌀🚀✨

My questions for consideration:

•What if the degree to which we allow ourselves to see, feel, perceive beauty and awe in our external world was the degree to which we allowed ourselves experience joy & pleasure inside?

•How accessible is it to find that same level of amazement & awe that we often perceive in our external world, inside at the perfect alignment of trillions of cells that communicate, collaborate, & contain all of the information that makes up who we are, all of the systems (nervous, cardio, muscular, skeletal, respiratory, immune, lymphatic, endocrine, digestive, urinary, reproductive) that intersect and interdepend on one another to make this human life possible? How drastically could our capacity to find fascination inside shift our perception of self & how we engage with life?

Just something to ponder upon. 😘

#perception #thepowerofawe #awesome #findingawe #fascination #somaticpractice #somaticbridging

Awakening Shakti is returning to celebrate the Full Buck moon! In this full moon celebration we will welcome the abundance of our inner & outer Summer, the quantum realm of possibility, and our capacity to create all that we dream during this growing season! 🌞🌱🌕🌻

In Yogic philosophy Shakti energy is the divine feminine, creative life force that permeates all living things. She is manifestation in physical form. She is Mother Gaia. The cycle of the moon. She is the air that we breathe. She is the changing of the seasons. She is the energy dancing and weaving throughout all cycles of life. She is a symbolic reminder of the feminine way and can support us as a we move through our cycles of wax & wane, death & rebirth, and strengthen our capacity to create our biggest, wildest dreams.

We will couple the Mythology & archetypal energy of Shakti with embodiment practices that offer a bridging between our current reality with one that can touch into spaces of greater possibility, freedom, choice, & alignment with what matters most to us.

To share this sacred space with other women is perhaps the most potent part of the practice. To be seen and witnessed in the claiming of our dreams is truly a transformational experience. Further, we get to amplify each other's dreams through our opening to the power of inspiring and empowering one another in sacred sisterhood.

Together we will attune to our natural state of creation, abundance & possibility through:
🌻Sacred cacao ceremony
🌻Celebration of feminine cycles & our inner Summer
🌻Embodiment Practices that offer a bridging of our current somatic shape with one that is aligned with what matters most to us.
🌻Learn about the law of attraction, the quantum field of possibility & build tools for materialization of your hearts deepest longings.
🌻Grow confidence & inner power
🌻Build & strengthen sacred sisterhood
🌻And, so much more!

Awakening Shakti:
A Women’s Full Moon Circle Celebrating our Inner Summer & Possibility
With Ayesha Haskell
July 29th, 7:00-9:30 PM
@Divine Yoga Studios, Fruit Heights, UT
$33- includes entry for 2 Sisters!

Link in bio to register✨

#womenscircle #fullmooncelebration #fullmooncircle

There is no individual healing without addressing collective healing. In Somatics, the term ‘shape’, or ‘somatic shape' defines our present moment, lived experience. Each of our Somatic shapes a collection of imprints & responses to not only our individual experiences, but also our family, our community, governing institutions & systems, social norms & historical forces, as well as Spirit & Landscape. (Generative Somatics- Querido Galdo)

What can often feel like an individual experience or trauma is not so individual when we broaden our lens to see the numbers, patterns & social conditions through which they exist. Most of the root causes of traumas can be traced to power-over systems that systematically divide us from one another, economies founded upon never ending productivity & distracting consumption, oppression & exploitation of people & resources, & concentration of power into the hands of the few through making the majority believe that it does not belong to them. All of which perpetuate somatic shapes of powerlessness, numbness, dissociation, defensiveness, addiction, hypervigilance, burnout, & difficulty in living inside of ourselves in a way that understands relief, alignment, vulnerability, authenticity, connection, freedom & possibility.

To truly transform & heal ourselves, we must also look at, & seek to change, the systemic privilege & oppression that shapes so much of who we are.

Staci Heins dives deep into this transformational work at a foundational level in her book The Politics of Trauma. In her book, she poses these very important questions:

What institutions & systems have shaped who you are?

Within these institutions & systems, who is offered safety, belonging, dignity, and resources? Whom it is taken from to do this?

What does it take to transform how power-over social conditions have been embodied in us, even when they are not what we believe in?

What does it take for us to work collectively, when there has been so much wounding between us & our peoples? When these power differences still operate? If, when under pressure, we tend to polarize & make eachother wrong?

Big questions for us to ask!

P.s. made you look!😘

My Mexican Imramma💚🤍❤️🦅🐍

Imramma- A soul voyage & deep heart yearning through which one does not fully understand why one must go, only that one must answer to the call.

And this is exactly what I did.

Wow. So much to say about my trip to Mexico. I told some friends & loved ones before I left that I hoped that they didn’t recognize me when I came back… To say that I have changed would be an understatement.

Along my journey I experienced some big challenges. Debilitating Montezuma’s revenge, physical injury that made simple walking difficult, heartbreak, loss & grief. Though these experiences were, and still are, difficult to process, they allowed me to reach even deeper into my depths of introspection, fascination, appreciation, awe, inspiration, connection, strength, hope, & motivation. All of my senses turned up by the culture, the colors, the music, the language, the history, the food, the MOLE!!! MMMM!!! ASI ES!!! I connected to my patrilineal ancestry, shared smiles with strangers, stretched my edges, deepened my connection & understanding of myself, allowed myself to die & be reborn with strengthened clarity & vision of what matters most to me.

The other beautiful piece of my journey, I observed & deeply sensed in my soma a strong feminine presence there. Altars & shrines of Mother Mary on every corner, street art depicting the resistance of old, oppressive outdated systems, & the celebration of sacred femininity. I met the first female recognized Mezcaleras at Espina Dorada. Three generations of women currently operating the farm, passing down the tradition & wisdom of Mezcal. Markets filled with women sharing their craft with children hanging by one hand as they do business with the other. It was a beautiful reminder that women around the world are coming together, rising into their power & that I am part of a huge revolution of balance of power underway. It’s igniting & I AM HERE FOR IT! 💪🏽

Mexico fuels my fiery heart & spicy latina soul. I am so grateful for the journey’s support in my personal transformation & my capacity to make waves of change in this world. ❤️‍🔥🌊❤️‍🔥🌊

#souljourney #imramma #transformation #feminineempowerment

What is in a name?

Sound, noise, resonance,
Molecules colliding in sacred dance.
Sacred sound that shutters energy through space,
If you listen, you can smell, touch, taste.

Words carry frequency,
Information that guides your destiny.
Perhaps the most important word that you will ever say,
Is the one you wake up to every day.

A name is the Vibration by which others identify you,
It's the sound that reminds you of all that is true.
Language, organized, agreed upon noise to convey meaning & expression,
And for every word spoken, there is a grand lesson.

Words are magic, used to cast spells,
Breaking the chains, watch me rebel.
Creatress creating my own reality,
Claiming my power, living my dreams.

Grateful for my mother & the life that has brought me where I am today,
I hope you can see your baby girl forging her own way.
How often do we accept displeasure simply because that's how it's always been?
Well, this story right here has a different end.

It may seem strange, I know it’s not the norm,
But right now there is a new dance taking form.
Change, though inevitable, is rarely something we seek,
Yet, I step into the fire with every part of me.

How do we truly know what we think we know?
Unless we allow to let ourselves go,
Transformation, rebirth, a fresh point of view,
Self discovery, growth, expressing my highest truth.

So now I call forth the next phase of my evolution,
With the initiation of a name as a symbolic inner revolution.
My name is Ayesha, thank you for your support as I change,
And if you blink, I might do it again.
❤️‍🔥🐉❤️‍🔥🐉

Hello beautiful star beams! I changed my name. I’ve attempted to share my why here through these verses. I sat with it for some time and landed up the name Ayesha. It's a scramble of Ashley with the removal of a consonant and addition of another vowel. It’s igniting, fun, & every time I hear someone say my new name, it brings that biggest smile to my face. I am excited to share this next phase with an even deeper level of authenticity, passion & wild, sacred love. Thank you for being part of my transformation.😘

📸: @alexisfoustphotography

#transformation #rebirth #souljourney #growth

How to encapsulate the magic and deep remembering that was created in our last Rewilding Women’s Retreat in a single reel? It simply cannot be done.

My heart overflows with gratitude, hope, & inspiration and even just to share this now brings me to tears of pure joy.

Together, we reclaimed the wisdom of our bodies, remembered our deep connection to Mother nature, & strengthened the sacred bond that we share with each other. We shared laughter, tears, pain, joy, beauty, pleasure, wonder & awe. We sweat our prayers & shared our dreams, amplifying our collective vision. The work that we are doing is ancient, instinctual, brave, & so deeply needed in our highly fragmented world.

When we gather in this way, we are shifting not only our individual but our collective soma to one in which is equitable, balanced in power, & deeply rooted in the heart. Individually we are strong, but together we are indestructible. And, we have only just begun. Rise, Sister, Rise. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

📸: from the beautiful, masterful @alexisfoustphotography

#risesisterrise #womensupportingwomen #divinefeminine #sisterhood #womensretreat #feminineempowerment #shaktirising

☀️Om Suryaya Namaha ☀️

I bow to the Great Grandfather Sun for proving the heat, energy, & light that makes life on this beautiful planet possible. For illuminating the path to living on & in purpose. For radiating my heart to keep loving fiercely, & courageously, regardless of how much heartbreak I have experienced. For burning any fears that prevent me from fully stepping into the fire, expanding my edges & forever growing into the next phase of my highest evolution. For igniting the passions of my biggest, wildest dreams & aspirations. And for fueling my focus, clarity, & commitment to take action towards fulfilling those dreams & embodying what matters most to me.

Feeling the fire of Grandfather Sun today as I journey back to Utah after a month exploring Mexico. Soooo many feels that I am still processing & trying to make sense of, though one thing is for certain, I have been ignited with some big, beautiful, & brave inspiration that I am so excited to share with all of you!

Happy Summer Solstice Friends! May our gardens be abundant & strong. May we radiate our hearts fully & freely in the world. May we allow ourselves to be forged in the fires of the unknown, allowing ourselves to die & be reborn so that we can continuously evolve into our highest expression. May we remember to celebrate the full spectrum, the triumphs, the opportunities, the joy, the beauty, the pleasure, the mistakes, the heartbreak & the pain of this grand miracle of life. Deep reverence to the power of the Sun & the fire within us all.
❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

📸: Big shout out to the wildly talented @alexisfoustphotography for capturing the essence of my inner fire. So grateful for you!

#summersolstice #grandfathersun #omsuryayanamaha #souljourney #stepintothefire #heartoffire #fire

!!LAST CALL FOR OUR REWILDING WOMENS RETREAT!!

What is Rewilding? Rewilding is a return to our intrinsic, wild nature. This wild nature is not something that we need to seek out to find. It is something that already exists inside, but simply has to be remembered. Rewilding is a recognition of our wings when we see a bird in flight, the earth in our bones as we climbs the tallest mountains, the fierce strength of our heart in a wolves howl, the wisdom of our body within a flowers bloom, our cyclical nature, ever changing and flowing, cycles of death & rebirth through each shift of seasons and the shedding of the snakes skin, our connection to the cosmos through the phases of the moon.

It is a reclamation of our creatress power through unleashing our sacred femininity, releasing the sacred waters of our womb, the center where we birth not only life, but also our ideas, dreams & aspirations.

Rewilding is freeing ourselves to fully embody our innate gift to deeply feel, sense, & ##experience the fullness of this human life.

The wild woman is both soft and fierce.
She is beauty and strength.
She is grace and chaos.
She is creation and destruction.
She is the calm and the storm.
She is the all pervading, creative life force energy that allows life to exist on this planet.

No, the wild woman is not playing small anymore.
She is not quieting her voice, or dulling her fierceness in fear of feeding others insecurities.

No.

She is breaking through the chains, she will not allow herself to be tamed any longer.

When we awaken to this sacred truth, when are brave enough to see, embrace and express her wild nature and creative power, there is nothing that can stand in our way. We become the creatress of our reality and we begin to change the world around us.

Together we will embark on this brave and sacred journey of remembering and reclaiming our intrinsic, wild nature in the Rewilding Women’s Retreat at @amatecamp, Tepoztlán, MX.

The time is NOW to unleash the Wild Woman within.

Rewiliding Women’s Retreat
Tepotzlan, MX
May 21-28, 2023

Details and registration can be found in link in bio✨

#womensretreat #yogaretreat #rewilding #wildwoman

It’s your humanness that inspires me:
Your ability to choose to rise, fall after fall.
It’s your humanness that inspires me:
The time you chose the light when it was darker than ever before.
It’s your humanness that inspires me:
How you found the courage to let the life you had so consciously created crumble & fall.
It’s your humanness that inspires me:
When you share your heart, cracks & all.
It’s your humanness that inspires me:
That you tell the truth about how hard life got & how you’re different from before.
It’s your humanness that inspires me:
The day you let your old self die, in order for who you were becoming to be born.
It’s your humanness that inspires me:
How no matter how many times you doubted it, you never stopped answering the call.
~Rebecca Campbell

Re-emerging from the depths of some of my darkest waters. The last full moon eclipse forced me into processing some big, heavy emotions that I had pushed to the sidelines for some time. I found myself returning to old, patriarchal patterns of override & dishonoring my cyclical nature to appease relationships, meet deadlines, complete to-do lists that left me feeling completely depleted, cloudy, & disconnected from myself. Though creating & connecting brings me so much joy & fulfillment in life, doing so at the expense of ignoring my personal needs & tending to my inner garden is old, outdated conditioning that I am not interested in repeating anymore.

AND, I get to make mistakes, fall down, experience heartache so I can pick myself back up stronger, wiser, and with clarified vision. Offering myself compassion for my humanness & holding the contradiction of an entire lifetime of conditioning while simultaneously knowing that another way of being is possible. This is the journey of life. Holding myself in compassion & love each step of the way.

#humanness #somaticbridging #somatics #possibility #quantumfieldofpossibility #souljourney #remembering

We are so excited to share, Awakening Shakti is returning to celebrate the first full moon of Spring! In this full moon celebration we will welcome the fresh, fertile energy of Spring through connecting to that which we wish to grow in our garden of dreams this upcoming growing season.🌸

In Yogic philosophy Shakti energy is the creative life force that permeates all living things. She is manifestation in physical form. She is Mother Gaia. The cycles of the moon. She is the air that we breathe. The changing of seasons. The energy that allows plants to grow. The abundance and fertility of spring and summer. She is the energy dancing and weaving throughout all cycles of life. Really there is no where that Shakti isn't present. It is our learning here on earth to remember this divine, creative life force that surrounds us and flows through us.

This particular full moon, we will welcome the Spring by connecting to the divine expression of Shakti, Lakshmi. Lakshmi is the goddess of abundance, beauty, good fortune & prosperity of all things of both the material and spiritual realms. We will use her divine guidance to align our dreams and intentions with the natural rhythms of abundance.

Together we will remember the creative life force within through:
•Sacred cacao ceremony
•Learn about the law of attraction & tools to manifest our dreams into reality
•Attune to the quantum field of possibility & abundance
•Unleash latent, creative energy through a wild, sacred shakti dance journey
•Grow our confidence & inner power
•Build & strengthen sacred sisterhood.
•And, so much more!

RAwakening Shakti:
A Spring Possibility & Manifestation Celebration
With Ashley Haskell
April 8th, 6:30-9:00 PM
@divine.yoga.studio, Fruit Heights, UT
$33

Link in bio to register. 🌸

#awakeningshakti #fullmoonceremony #fullmoonutah #possibilitymindset #manifestationmagic #springtime #abundancenow #abundancemindset #manifestingabundance #attuningtotheseasons #attuningtonature

Such an epic day day of riding today!! ❄️💎Second day of spring, 13” of freshies, blue skies, babes & sunshine!! 🌞🦅 I can’t think of a single way that today could have been better. 💚

Very special thank you to my gal, @summerhaze108yoga who not only hooked it up with a free pass but also stepped in when I forgot…. pretty much all my gear!!🤪 it’s almost like I forgot how to snowboard. 🤫This is why you surround yourself by good people. They pick you up when you fall down. 💚🙏🏽

My heart is full!!

#springriding #sistershred #sistershredday #springinutah #sisterlove #snowboardutah #heartfull

Nothing in nature exists in isolation. Yet, we live in a paradigm that insists on separating our world as wrong & right, light & dark, humanity & nature, spirit & body, self & other.

This conditioning blinding us from the truth of the sacred interconnections of life may be the single most significant global issue on the planet today. It is separation that allows one to judge and cause harm to another. It is separation that allows humans to ravage the Earth. It is separation that veils the beauty of life & the magic that is occurring in each & every moment. It is separation that leads to feelings of depletion, loss of identity, & disconnection from the full potential of what it means to be alive.

If we look beyond our social conditioning, we can find sacred interconnections exist everywhere surrounding us and within us. Scaling from the untraceable to the naked eye microorganisms in the cells of every living thing; to the interdependence of physiological systems within the body; to the dynamic interplay of the Earth’s ecosystems; to the biological need that we share to be seen, heard, loved, & have a sense of belonging; every single organism interdepends & relies on a complex interweaving of systems that orchestrate the grand web of life.

Now more than ever, we need practices that guide us back to the fundamental, ancient, communal, wild ways of our being. This is so much of what inspires @jotanant_eternallight and I to create spaces that allow us to return back home to ourselves, each other and the natural world around us.

And in the upcoming Rewilding Women’s Retreat, we will do exactly this! Together, we will remember & claim the exponentiation of our power when we gather in sisterhood, our worthiness to receive love and support from others, the deep healing that occurs when we allow ourselves to be seen & heard through in the eyes of another. And, we would so love to share this space with the wild women who hear the call!

🐆Rewilding Womens Retreat🐆
Amatecamp, Tepotzlán, MX
May 21-28, 2023

Early Bird Discount of $400 off your investment ends this Saturday, March 18th.

Link in bio for further details & registration.✨

What is Rewilding? Rewilding is a return to our intrinsic, wild nature. This wild nature is not something that we need to seek out to find. It is something that already exists inside, but simply has to be remembered.

Rewilding is a recognition of our wings when we see a bird in flight, the earth in our bones as we climbs the tallest mountains, the fierce strength of our heart in a wolves howl, the wisdom of our body within a flowers bloom, our cyclical nature, ever changing and flowing, cycles of death & rebirth through each shift of seasons and the shedding of the snakes skin, our connection to the cosmos through the phases of the moon.

It is a reclamation of our creatress power through unleashing our sacred femininity, releasing the sacred waters of our womb, the center where we birth not only life, but also our ideas, dreams & aspirations.

Rewilding is freeing ourselves to fully embody our innate gift to deeply feel, sense, & experience the fullness of this human life.

When we awaken to this sacred truth, when are brave enough to see, to embrace and express our wild nature & creative power, there is nothing that can stand in our way. We become the creatress of our reality, & we begin to change the world around us.

Do you hear her call?

The time is now to unleash the Wild Woman within.

Rewiliding Women’s Retreat
Tepotzlan, MX
May 21-28, 2023

$400 Early Bird Discount when you make your deposit by March 18th!

Details and registration can be found in link in bio.✨

📸: @earthwisdomphotography

#rewilding #wildwomanwithin #remembering #wildwomanembodiment #womensretreat #mexicoretreat #returntotheearth #wildwomen #sacredfemininity #divinefeminine #yogaretreatmexico #yogaretreat

How did I get here? Is this really my life? I must share with the world that I am overflowing with abundance, gratitude, love and the deepest reverence to this miracle of life. Even though the journey has been far from easy, I can honestly say, with my full heart’s conviction, I am living on and in purpose. I am flowing with the divine, cosmic rhythms of life. I am creation & creatress.

I’d like to say that I’m the luckiest lady in the world, But I know that luck has nothing to do with it. I created this life with my very own two hands. I’ve chosen to directly experience my dreams in each and every moment. I’ve learned to actively surrender to the rhythms of the Universe to guide me when my vision is blurred. I’ve put myself out there. Burned through fear. Risked rejection and failure time and time again. Each time picking myself back up and courageously choosing to receive whatever lesson that I am being gifted in that moment. I’ve chosen dedication, commitment & perseverance. I’ve consciously chosen to see the world with fresh eyes. I’ve intentionally removed “busy” from my vernacular and opened myself to receive my responsibilities as abundance flowing to me & through me. I have created the life of my dreams. ✨🌀🌹⭕️💚

Do I get caught up in the doing, marking off the checklists, & the whirlwinds of life? Absolutely. Though each time I veer off my path, I am able to return with clarified vision, strengthened fortitude, heightened resilience & a deepened capacity to receive all of the beauty, wonder, magic & infinite possibility that is available in this life.

All of this I am sharing because of the deepest gratitude that I carry for each & everyone of you. I draw so much of my inspiration & energy from sharing, learning & growing with others. I would not be here without you. Thank you for riding the waves of life with me. I am forever humbled, grateful and in service to you. 💚

#souljourney #thisversionofme #perspective #manifestingmagic #creatress #gratitudeattitude #lawofattraction #lifelessons #growthmindset #remembering #standinyourpower #manifestingdreams

What is sensuality?

We often hear associations of sensuality with sexuality. While both carry taboos that we are taught to keep hidden or repressed as if they are something to be shameful of or fear, and sensuality can certainly enhance one's sexuality, they are not synonymous with each other.

Sensuality is our capacity to fully embody the present moment through the senses. It’s our ability to taste, listen, smell, see & touch the world around us. Our senses are the pathway that allows us to not only make SENSE of the world around us, but also opens our capacity to experience the deepest pleasure, joy, & inspiration from life.

Inside we hold the key to unlock pleasure, beauty, wonder from every intricate detail of the world around us & within us. To feel the wind blowing through your hair, the smell of a forest after the rain, to see rays of sunshine penetrate through rainbow colored clouds across the morning sky, the sound of the song birds sweet lullaby, the touch of a rose across the surface of your skin, the freedom of moving our body through space uninhibitedly, or interoceptively experiencing aliveness pulsating through the rivers of our veins, sensuality teaches us that magic is forever unfurling.

Yet, we aren’t taught how to listen to the internal guidance system that exists within. Many of us living fragmented, overly stimulated, distracted lives that we miss the magic that is occurring in each & every moment.

Now more than ever we need a return to the wisdom of our bodies. We need to learn how to trust the deep inner knowing that permeates each & every cell of our being.

How can we learn to better utilize our senses to unlock deeper pleasure, authenticity & fulfillment in life?

For a journey into the senses, join me for a Divine Feminine Embodiment Exploration this Full Moon.

Together we will practice listening to the wisdom of our bodies; unlock pathways for expressing ourselves in new ways; expand our edges; & unleash creative potential to grow into the most expansive expression of ourselves.

Awakening Shakti: Divine Feminine Embodiment
Saturday, Feb 4th 7-9:30 PM
@divine.yoga.studios
Fruit Heights, UT

Join me for the first full moon of the lunar year in a celebration honoring the divine goddess within! ✨🧝🏽‍♀️

In Yogic philosophy Shakti energy is the creative life force that permeates all living things. She is Mother Gaia. The cycles of the moon. She is the air that we breathe. The changing of seasons. The energy that allows plants to grow. The abundance and fertility of spring and summer. The death and decomposition of Autumn and Winter. She is the energy dancing and weaving throughout all cycles of life. Really there is no where that Shakti isn't present. It is our learning here on earth to remember this divine, creative life force that surrounds us and flows through us.

This particular full moon is significant as it is the first of the lunar new year, a momentous time for manifestation, awakening our creativity, and igniting our inner fire to actualize that which we wish to create in the world. The moon will illuminate from the constellation of Leo, supporting us in our connection to that inner fire and our ability to take action towards our dreams and desires from the deepest wells of our hearts. ❤️‍🔥

Together we will remember the creative life force within through: opening the heart space with cacao ceremony; learning how to listen and trust our intuition & body wisdom; unleashing latent, creative energy & expression with a wild sacred Shakti dance journey & somatic breathwork; and stepping more fully into our confidence & inner power through our sacred voice & medicine song, all alongside the building & strengthening of sacred sisterhood.

Awakening Shakti:
A Divine Feminine Embodiment Exploration
February 4th, 7-9:30 PM
@divine.yoga.studios
Fruit Heights, UT
$33

Please reach out if you have any questions at all!

Link in bio to register✨

#awakeningshakti #divinefeminine #soulevolution #embodiment #divinefeminineembodiment #divinefeminineenergy #divinefemininerising #cacaoceremonyutah #feminineempowerment #somaticmovement

Shape shifting through time & space
Her brilliance exists in her ever changing phase
A sweet surrender to the rhythm of wax and wane
The precision of presence, no two moments ever the same
A kiss so sweet you grasp to hold on
You try to drink her in though you can’t stop the birth of dawn
In the letting go there is a freedom to discover
The reach of infinity yet to be uncovered
A shedding of the skin of yesterday
In the brave & naked unknown you can find her pathway
So keep her picture in your pocket so you can remember
How beautiful she was on the 12th of December

An Ode to the Moon
1/22/23

#poetryinmotion #poetrylovers #cyclesoflife #cyclesofnature #creaturesofthenight #lunarcycle #returntothewild #wearenature #divinefeminine #reflectionsofthemoon #themoonismyhomegirl

For hundreds of thousands of years, Women have gathered ceremoniously to collect herbs & flowers from the earth, they grew food, made medicine, danced beneath the moon, celebrated their body wisdom, sang medicine songs around a bonfire, supported one another, & moved to the rhythms of Mother nature.

Yet, somewhere along the way, we have forgotten the wisdom that our bodies carry, our cycles directly connected to the natural world around us, our intrinsic connection to the earth, & our most basic, primal need for belonging within Sisterhood.

Now more than ever, we are being called to return to our wild nature. To return to our sacred femininity where our magic is not deemed as something to be shameful of or to hide but rather celebrated & revered. To return to our sacred connection to the Earth. To return to each other.

This intimate retreat is a time to return to our wild, sacred nature!

Together we will remember our true nature as wild, sacred & free.

We will reawaken the primordial life force of our sacred femininity.

We will reconnect to the wisdom of our bodies through sacred dance, medicine song, & ceremony.

We will revive ancient forms of connection to Self, each other, & Mother Earth

We will return to the natural cycles of reciprocity as we learn to slow down, rest, & restore as nature teaches us.

And most importantly, we will have FUN doing so!!

What’s included:
🔻7 night stay at AmateCamp
🔻Transportation to & from @amatecamp
🔻Daily Yoga, Breath-work, & Meditation practices
🔻3 local, organic, & seasonal plant based meals per day (dietary restrictions accommodated)
🔻Workshops & practical tools that reconnect us to our wild nature
🔻Traditional Cacao Ceremony
🔻Guided Temazcal Ceremony (sweat lodge)
🔻Fire ceremony
🔻Music, kirtan, & ecstatic dance
🔻Vedic Ancestral Healing Ritual
🔻Opportunities to connect to the sacred land
🔻Purposeful time for reflection, integration, & relaxation
🔻Group Hike
🔻Private pool
🔻Rebirthing Waterfall
🔻Personal Gift

Rewilding Women’s Retreat
May 21st-28th, 2023 (Notice Date update)
@amatecamp, Tepotzlán, Mexico

$400 Early Bird Discount when you make your deposit by March 18th!

Link in bio✨

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