It has been a minute since I've checked in with you guys here on the Namaste podcast. Lots of life changes and business growth. Today I am filling you in on my latest venture - Shakti School with Katie Silcox. I am so thrilled to be pouring into myself so that I can pour into more women and help them heal their lives. I am also giving you guys an exclusive personal update that hasn't been shared anywhere else yet - stay tuned until the end! 

I am manifesting faster than ever before and I am so happy to have you along with me for the ride! 

Let connect on IG: @KatieJohnita

Sheleana, the founder of Rising Woman, is a writer, mentor, and women’s work facilitator in Vancouver, BC.

She is a certified breathwork facilitator and trained full-spectrum doula offering full-spectrum abortion, miscarriage, pregnancy and birth support to women and couples.

Sheleana is passionate about working 1-1 with women on Conscious Relationship, Childhood Wounds, and the Mother Wound and occasionally co-leads workshops in her area.

She draws on her own life experience, years of personal study, and continual in-person training as a teachers assistant under Transpersonal Therapist and Teacher, Phil Mistlberger.

You’ll find Sheleana in just a few places: cuddled up at home with her partner, in Conscious Relationship Training and Shadow Work Therapy Chambers, and for breakfast and bookstore dates with her best friend and co-facilitator, Heather.

Connect with Shay on IG: @RisingWoman & @SheleanaAiyana
Connect with Namaste Podcast on IG: @NamastePodcast
Connect with Katie J on IG: @Womanifester

Brettina Davis is an advocate for mental health awareness, inclusivity, and solidarity in WOC communities. She also creative directs projects, models, and blogs. She is currently working on better self-care and mental wellness. Her platform is found on Instagram: @thebrettina and www.thebrettina.com

Lauren Zoeller, a CTA certified Life Management Coach, Wellness Expert and E-RYT 200 has achieved overwhelming success in helping people achieve their mind, body and spirit goals. Whether she is working one on one with clients, facilitating one of her workshops, speaking to a group, or teaching yoga, Lauren has the ability to open hearts and minds to enable her clients to become the best version of themselves. Lauren helps her clients, embody unwavering confidence, gain clarity on their heart’s purpose, access full abundance in every area of one’s life, and receive a greater sense of health on a physical, spiritual, mental and emotional level.
In addition to her coaching, Lauren teaches private, corporate and studio yoga and is the co-owner of Phoenix Yoga, a 200-hour teacher training program. She has been teaching dance and yoga for 13 years and incorporates clean living and fitness in all of her programs.
Lauren is a brand ambassador for Defiance Fuel, Yoga Club Box, doTERRA, Let's Get Checked and AMPD Nutrition, all programs, and products that work in partnership with her lifestyle philosophies.

In this episode, I explain why I decided to stop shampooing, conditioning, and "doing" my hair. Follow me on the gram to see the photos of hair past and present! As a youngster, my hair was always forced into braids by my grandmother and mother. "Beaty is pain," I was told after I told them it hurt to have my scalp yanked around with a comb. There is no pain in my beauty. Beauty is my natural state and I embrace that through my current hair style of 100% free form locs.

In this episode, Ceci discusses how her passion for helping the world water crisis went from hobby to a socially responsible business. She just finished up her YTT so we discuss what it means to "live yoga" and the best parts of being a yoga teacher (hint: it's not teaching yoga). You'll also hear her favorite meditation techniques and "woo-woo" practices that soothe her anxiety.

Dielle Charon is a business coach for service-based entrepreneurs, coaches, and side hustlers. She teaches how side hustlers can sign clients consistently through content creation and collaborations. She enjoys practicing yoga, helping other entrepreneurs grow a successful business, and leaning into gratitude and manifestation to guide her on her journey. Dielle truly believes when you have a successful business, it can transform your entire life. You can learn more about her through her Instagram: @sizebizcoach or on her website: diellecharon.com.

Question: How do I deal with toxic (platonic) relationships in the workplace without spiritual bypass?

If you're taking steps to spiritual growth and you experience a situation, person, or manifestation that's less than ideal, it might be easy to simply ignore negative triggers. People on the spiritual path often feel like they can't experience negative emotions. This is not true. We call this spiritual Bypass, and it can directly hinder your spiritual growth journey.

In this episode I discuss:

What is Spiritual Bypass, Why it's important to avoid spiritual bypass when you're on a self-growth journey/ hoping to manifest your best life, How to know if you're Bypassing, A step-by-step process for resolving toxic (platonic) relationships, How negative/toxic situations can be used to enhance or guide your manifestation journey. Looking forward to your thoughts and "aha" moments!

While Kris was healing herself from childhood and young-adulthood trauma, she came face to face with an immense amount of unexplainable pain. After seeing numerous healthcare professionals she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
Through her own healing journey she discovered yoga therapy and the power of moon circles with other awakened wombyn.
Kris Jones is now an Energy Healer, Yoga Therapist in training and Life Guide living in Austin, Texas.
In this episode, you'll hear more about Kris' own healing journey, and how she empowers her clients to take ownership of their healing process.
The Moon Circles Kris leads every month are unique experiences designed to initiate transformation through connection with Mama Moon and her inherently feminine cycles.
To learn more about Kris and her Monthly Moon Circles follow her on Instagram @FindYourHealing

It's time to make the official switch from Wander Well Podcast to Namaste Podcast!!! In this episode, you'll learn: Why the name of the podcast changed from Wander Well to Namaste, whether or not you're in the right place, i.e., who the ideal audience is for this podcast, what you can expect going forward: How often I'll post episodes, who I'll interview, what kind of content I'll share etc.

The purpose behind Namaste Podcast is to explore energy and how it influences our lives. You’ll hear from people just like you who are using their growing consciousness to bring more light and love into the world. You’ll get tools and resources designed to foster spiritual growth in the comfort of your own home. You’ll absorb information that will catapult your life in the direction of your wildest dreams.

As a child, Sarah Wu Spent a lot of time outside making friends with animals, trolls, and flowers. As an angry 90's art kid she naturally wanted to challenge her Catholic upbringing. She actually preferred the teachings and practices that honored feminine power as well as masculine. Because it's all about balance!

It didn't take Sarah very long to realize she was indeed, a Witch.

But not the witch you might think. She isn't out to steal your money, life, beauty or anything like that. Think more along the lines of Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz, but here to help along your wellness journey.

Sarah is a wise herbal medicine woman residing in the Southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica at Punta Mona, a beachfront botanical collection and permaculture farm. At Punta Mona Center Sarah is the Director and Educational Curator.

She is also one of the Co-Founders of Envision Festival, a celebration dedicated to awakening our human potential. The festival takes place in the next town over from where I'm currently living in Costa Rica so I was very excited to chat with Sarah about the intention and operation behind the festival.

Sarah and I also discuss her tough journey with in-vitro fertilization. If you're considering in-vitro for your family, you're going to want to listen to Sarah's advice and personal experience.

We talk all about the placebo effect in healing practices, walking the self-healing path as a healer, the murder of innocent women during the witch trials, exploitation of plants for medicine, lessons from off-grid living, and practicing non-attachment as a retreat facilitator.

For those of you plant loving, meditating, wandering collections of light and love out there who want to hear from The Village Witch herself, you're in the right place!

I also have a BIG announcement to share at the end of this episode so be sure to stick around until the very end! If you do, YOU get to be a part of the future of Wander Well Podcast!

Speaking with Rae, my mind was blown. Rae has experienced some unspeakable sexual trauma in her life. From being shamed by her ob-gyn to being misdiagnosed with HSV and HPV, this woman has been through the FIRE.

In 2016, Rae had a rough go at life. Her apartment burned down and she had to get some pre-cancerous growth removed from her vulva. Since then, she has been on a transformational journey that led her straight to her mission.

As all skilled manifesters know, we never get put through hell in vain. Because of her challenges, Rae is now equipped with the information and motivation to empower other women going through similar situations.

Learn how Rae turned lemons into sunshine, setbacks into orgasms, and fear into purpose.

Rae now has a private support group for women diagnosed with HSV and Herpes. The community URL is kept private. You can learn more about Rae and her HSV + Herpes Support Group on Instagram @positive.results.atx Message her for more info!
In 2016, Rae had a rough go at life. Her apartment burned down and she had to get some pre-cancerous growth removed from her vulva. Since then, she has been on a transformational journey that led her straight to her mission.

But as all skilled manifesters know, we never get put through hell in vain. Because of her challenges, Rae is now equipped with the information and motivation to empower other women going through similar situations.

Learn how Rae turned lemons into sunshine, setbacks into orgasms, and fear into purpose.

Rae now has a private support group for women diagnosed with HSV and Herpes. The community URL is kept private. You can learn more about Rae and her HSV + Herpes Support Group on Instagram @positive.results.atx Message her for more info!

Carlee Brignole is on a mission to empower kids through mindfulness practices. Her afterschool program, Mindful Energy, will equip kids with the tools they need to tackle life's biggest challenges, including stress management, depression, and anxiety.

Growing up, Carlee didn't have the support system she needed to effectively manage the stresses of life and it's her goal to be who she needed when she was a kid.

Listen to this episode to learn how Carlee is putting together the curriculum, what inspired her to create Mindful Energy in the first place, and how her journey has shaped her into an activator of change.

Carlee is one of my best friends. We met at yoga teacher training in 2015 and have been besties ever since. 10% of Wander Well Podcast + Wander Well Academy revenue will go to getting Mindful Energy started through their operational and promotional costs.

Wander Well has always been bigger than me, and now it's being used to empower the next generation as well!

Happiness is a state of mind. As such, it is entirely in your control. If you actually wanted to be happy you wouldn't assign your happiness to things you can't control. Listen to this podcast mini-episode to find out why most people don't actually want to be happy.

The solution may not be simple, but it's certainly within your control.

Aishah Iqbal is an accomplished marketing professional and single mother by choice living in San Francisco. When Aishah was halfway through 5th grade her family moved from Khartoum, Sudan to Las Angeles, California. She stands at 5’0″ now so you can imagine how intimidating of a shift this was for her.
But once you meet Aishah you’ll understand how this experience shaped her into the strong woman she is now.
In this interview, Aishah shares transformational stories such as when she was 6 months pregnant and got laid off from her job. Listen to find out how she manifested enough abundance for a 4-month maternity leave and what she does to continuously level up her business and life-coaching offerings.
We also discuss the importance of practicing self-care, especially for caretakers!
You’ll walk away from this podcast with all the feels as you hear this empowered and unstoppable woman #ManifestHerBestLife.
Learn More About Aishah
Her Book: This Single Mom Ain’t No Punk
Instagram: @AishahIqbal
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aishah-i-b14970/
Chai4Change: http://chai4change.com/

In this episode of Wander Well Podcast I do a quick recap of all 12 episodes this season! I share what’s next for me personally and what's occupying most of her headspace right now ( hint hint: has to do with flying).

I share with you a bit about my Bodhi transformational experience and why I’m going back for the remainder of the year. I answer questions and explain what’s next for the podcast!

Its a big episode so whether you’ve been following since season one or you’re not sure where to start, listen to this episode, it will help direct you!

Recap of this season

Episode One was Be Dareful with Jen Whalen. We discussed birth energy, the wild edge of the unknown, her work guiding transformational experiences in nature, and you got to hear about Bodhi Surf Yoga from someone else’s perspective for the first time on this podcast! Check out her website www.seektruenorth.com

Episode Two was Silence the Expectations with Julia Chase from Eat Flow Live. Julias is a San Diego based yogi who redefined what her life is supposed to look like and now is making the transition to becoming a health coach! Check out her blog www.eatflowlive.com

Episode 3 was Your Innate Healing Power + Solo Wanderer Life with Jenn Turner from Wild Acorn Wellness. Jenn is a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, a yoga & fitness instructor and my former roomie. She is the reason my smoothies are so amazing these days. Jenn’s practice is all about helping you uncover your best self so that you may live life to the fullest. www.wildacornwellness.com/

Episode 4 was How to Become a Citizen of the World with Rachel Nancy. I interviewed her when she was in the final month of a year’s worth of travel. Rachel spend 12 months traveling to 12 different countries with Remote Year and shares her advice on how you can leave places better than you found them and learn along the way!

Episode 5 was Figure Out What Your Different is with Alexandra Gabrielle. Learn how she ended up in such a tiny camper and her "tips" for other #WanderWomen who also want to quit the daily grind for a life of freedom and adventure. Alexandra and I connected on multiple levels including having high achieving upper-middle-class black parents. The expectations of us are very unique and I felt the warm and fuzzies finding someone who could relate to my experience. @alexandra_abroad

Episode 6 was Zero Waste Vanlife | Planting a Seed with Callee from Bestowed Essentials. We discuss how Callee only produces one bag of trash each month living and running her business out of her van. Her line of eco-friendly self-care products are designed with both the environment and you in mind. Zero waste packaging and natural, handmade products! www.bestowedessentials.com

Episode 7 was Delegating and Self-Care as a Mompreneur with Jasmine Cabrera. We spoke about her need to delegate tasks such as social media posts, her roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship, and how she taught herself effective time management around her son’s nap schedule. www.healthbyjasmine.com

Episode 8, 9 and 10 were all dedicated to the Bodhi Project, where we heard the transformational stories of inspirational women who have been through Bodhi Surf and Yoga. In these episodes, you hear about how Caroleigh Peirce from Klean Kanteen yearns to come back to her place of peace and ease at Bodhi. How Christie Geiss empowers women through radical generosity through She-EO and how Alex Cuber learned to surf with Bodhi even though she has a crippling fear of the ocean. These women came to Bodhi expecting good things but they ended up leaving with more confidence, more resilience, more love in their hearts, and more family members to come to visit again and again. www.bodhisurfyoga.com

Episode 11 was Raising the Vibration of Humanity with my dear friend ...

When I first started posting yoga photos online I didn't see any women of color doing the same. Until I discovered @BlackGirlYoga! Or they discovered me? Not sure which way it happened, but they reposted my photos and I loved seeing other black women in the healing arts!

Kala breaks down how Black Girl Yoga got started, what their original intentions were, and what their plans are going forward.

We also discuss the challenges the account has faced with its exponential growth and Kala's own passion project, The Well.

Danielle Bryan is a Transformation Coach, the founder of an online fitness community for women (Dragon Fit), and a Meditation Instructor. She also happens to be a dear friend of mine that I've found to be a true inspiration for starting my own women's empowerment business.

Danielle will explain to you how she manifested the opportunity of a lifetime by simply letting go. Holding onto manifestation goals too tight hinders their development. From her experience in horseracing, Danielle knows better than to squeeze too tight...

Welcome to our catch-up chat! Where Danielle shares her soul's work mentoring men and women to their full potential and what's next for this radiant light of a human.

Remember folks, stay close to the people who feel like sunshine.

Alexandra (Alex) Cuber was born in Poland, grew up in Germany, Studied in Spain, and has been working for a successful architecture firm in New York City for the past 16 years.

She came to Bodhi to conquer her fear of waves. After a traumatic near-drowning when she was 19, Alex was terrified of the ocean.

Alex faced her fear head-on when she visited Bodhi a few years ago, and she has since been back six times. She grew tired of sitting on the sideline watching surfers communicate with the ocean.

She is determined to become a confident surfer even if it means tackling her fear again and again. Alex recognizes and shares the immense security she feels returning to the ocean under the knowledgeable watch of Bodhi instructors.

At this point, Bodhi is home for Alex and in this episode, you'll find out why she is coming back for her 7th trip Spring of 2019!