Altared Podcast

Hey Savages, today is a solo episode that is a throwback to 2020. I hate that we have the tendency as a society to repeat old patterns so I'm hoping this one resonates and can keep us (myself included) aligned. I talk about self care, changing stories, community, communication, values and a few other pillars that I know I needed a refresher course on. Give it a listen and if you dug it, share it with you people! I would be so very grateful.

Hey, have you left us a review wherever you listen to this? If not, I would so appreciate it if you did. You see, the more reviews the more people listen and that creates a more loving planet, so do you part baby, do you part and leave a review today!

X Alexa

@savage.practices

@savageceremonies

www.savageceremonies.com

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Samantha Skelly on Savage Lifecast

Take about Pause. Breathe. Savor

Do you know Samantha Skelly? If not, you should because she is DIVINE.

Her vision is to unite humanity again, facilitating human connection through the breath. She is certain breathwork will change the world, when we understand the brilliance we have within us, because then, we can finally stop searching for it.

Through her Hungry For Happiness Certification Program & her Pause Breathwork Facilitator training, she is doing just that.

We talk all things breathwork. All things soul purpose. All things self love. All things body love. And even touch a bit on plant medicine...

You don't want to miss it!

Check her out

@pausebreathwork

@samanthaskelly

Check me out

@savage.practices

@savageceremonies

If you haven't already subscribed I would so appreciate if you did, and if you would be so kind to leave a review wherever you listen, that would be all the rage. Thank you so much, and I hope you enjoy the goods from some extremely gifted teachers.

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Monica Loren is a magnificent. She is a relationship coach and healer, who helps you get back into your body so that you can live a life you love. In today's episode we go deep on...

• Embodiment
• Breathing Practices for Receiving
• Masculine and Feminine Polarity
• Healing Our Relationship to Sexuality & Sensuality
• Sex Magik
• Pleasure Practices
• And more....

Want to find Monica Loren?

Follow her at @monicaloren, and visit her site HERE

Want to find me?

Follow me at @savage.practices and visit my site HERE

A note from Monica Loren...

I was born and raised in Los Angeles to Buddhist parents. This upbringing created a space for an open mind and heart from the beginning. I even took Kundalini yoga as my P.E. class in High School. Alternative thinking and the Healing Arts have been a normal part of my life from the start. I have always had a passion for deep transformation work and helping others connect to their heart and change their lives. I got into transformation and relationship coaching because I needed to take a deeper look at all the pain and trauma I experienced as a child. My father was a severe alcoholic who was either living on the streets or in a sober living home my entire childhood. This created deep wounding for me. I attracted all kinds of chaos and dysfunctional relationships because I believed I was not worthy of love. This was rooted in my father not showing up for me and being highly toxic.

In 2008, I finally hit breaking point with all the chaos (I numbed myself with partying, alcohol and toxic codependent relationships) I was experiencing and went back to Kundalini Yoga. After having a profound emotion release experience in my Kundalini Yoga Training program, I knew there was a deep connection between pains, patterns, relationships and trauma/pain/emotions in the body. The day I graduated Kundalini Yoga, I enrolled in an Energy / Trauma Healing School and never looked back. I began my Transformation practice in 2009 and have been helping others heal their childhood pain and trauma ever since I’m no stranger to pain, suffering, depression, fear, and anxiety. I spent most of my life struggling with addictions, and my own journey of healing and transformation has been anything but smooth. But I can tell you, I know from my own experience that there is a greater opportunity in life. An opportunity to find a true, authentic, grounded state of peace and happiness that isn’t dependent on success or failure or how many possessions we can acquire. Having gone through my own personal journey of healing and transformation, I find nothing more rewarding than to see people transform in front of my eyes, to watch years of conditioning, trauma, and pain melt away. I’ve found that we all do truly have a unique gift, a talent that serves and uplifts those around us.

My own gift lies in an ability to be present and listen and feel each person in a way that allows the true being underneath all the stories to show itself. I am also a Certified Conversational Hypnotherapy Practitioner from the Sussex Hypnotherapy Center. I have studied from acclaimed coaching schools like Coaching Training Institute and The School of Coaching Mastery along with certifications in Relationship Coaching from Udemy. I have studied David Deida, John Wineland and metaphysics and eastern philosophy/health and wellness since my early youth. I have studied with Non-Dual (Advaita) teachers such as Francis Lucille and Wayne Liquorman. My influences are from the works of Byron Katie, Marianne Williamson, Abraham-Hicks and Eckhart Tolle to name a few. My work and passion in life is to be of service and to listen deeply to the needs of my clients. I come into each session with the purest intent to allow the most potent transmission to be channeled for each beautiful soul that is called to work with me.

PS. You know what would be so dope? If you left us a 5 star review wherever you listen.

Did you dig this episode? Oh good. Will you share it with your people?

I would be over the moon with gratitude. X

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Creating a Life You Don't Need to Escape from

with Dr. Adi Jaffe

Actionable steps we can take right now

The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection. Today's episode is a doozy for anyone who has dealt with addiction themselves or like so many of us, know someone who is struggling. Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. is a #1 best-selling author (The Abstinence Myth) and a nationally recognized expert on mental health, addiction, relationships and shame. He lectured in the UCLA Psychology department for the better part of a decade and was the Executive-Director and Co-Founder of one of the most progressive mental health treatment facilities in the country - until he started IGNTD.

Dr. Jaffe, through IGNTD, is changing the way people think about, and deal with mental health issues. His passion in the role of shame destroying lives is the philosophy behind IGNTD Recovery and its aim to greatly reduce the stigma of addiction and mental health.

Dr. Jaffe attended UCLA, graduating with a B.A. in psychology. It was during his undergraduate career that Adi began struggling with drug issues himself, eventually leading to a 4 year hiatus from studies and into the Los Angeles drug-dealing world where he became quite successful. During that period of his life, Adi's days looked more like a re-enactment of a beatnik novel or a Quentin Tarantino film than the life of an upper-middle class suburban kid. Following a SWAT team arrest in his apartment, and extended court case and a year-long jail sentence, Adi began rebuilding his life. This eventually led to his attainment of a Ph.D. from UCLA's top-rated doctoral program in psychology, where he graduated with honors. Even before he graduated Dr. Jaffe’s name had become known through his online and academic writing. His views on addiction and his research on the topic have been published in dozens of journals and online publications and he has appeared on numerous television shows and documentaries discussing current topics in addiction and the problem of addiction as a whole.

Dr. Jaffe now writes a blog on Psychology Today, and several other online and print sources. His goal is to bring the latest knowledge about addiction to the people who could benefit from it most – those who are suffering because of it. His writing combines personal experience with a decade’s worth of fine-detail research regarding the mechanisms involved in the addictive process. Dr. Jaffe has been featured in CNN, The Huffington Post, Bustle, Los Angeles Times, KTLA.

CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE

Dr. Adi Jaffe holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He teaches courses at UCLA that address addiction specifically, research statistics or biological psychology and behavioral neuroscience more generally. Well-known for his online and academic writing, Dr. Jaffe’s views on addiction and his research on the topic have been published widely in both academic journals and popular magazines and websites. He has appeared on several television shows including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors and Larry King Now and in numerous documentaries discussing current topics in addiction. He has also been the guest on notable podcasts including Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, Almost Thirty, Dr. Drew, Cleaning Up the Mental Mess with Dr. Caroline Leaf and many more.

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An altar is a place we pause, and listen. We listen to ourselves, our own truth, and we listen to the insight of our teachers. Oh, but it doesn’t have to be so serious, Alexa makes sure of that.

Altared Podcast is the destination for conversations, inspiration, exhalation, expiration, all vibrations, and transformation: from the inside out. Tune in every week for meaningful connections, epic guests, and insights that with Altar you to your core.

Be sure to subscribe to stay in the know, and wherever you listen be sure to leave us a 5-star review to help spread the word.

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