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Mimi is a Taiwanese Canadian, a shamanic intuitive and founder of CEREMONIE. Mimi works with a blend of modalities including core shamanism, plant spirit healing, ancestral wisdom, dream work, chaos magick, and other Chinese esoterics and divination practices.

We talk about the concept of “wu” in Chinese culture and its likely implications in our concept of “woo” or “woo-woo.”  We also get into some things that we’ve been observing with wellness culture --  the chief of which is the problem with approaching spirituality and spiritual practices from a “fast-food” perspective.  We discuss how to relate with grace and respect to practices that are not directly a part of our biological lineage and the braiding that’s inviting us to remember older ways of  being in connection to the place where we are and the land that we’re on.

WE DISCUSS

• Her journey of learning to trust her intuition and accepting it as a gift
• How she connects to her ancestral line through food
• Her strong connection to the lunar calendar 
• The concept of “wu” in Chinese culture and its likely implications in our concept of “woo” or “woo-woo”
• The difficulty with our modern emphasis on specialization and how that differed from earlier ways of being 
• The problem with approaching spirituality and spiritual practices from a “fast-food” perspective
• How to relate with grace and respect to practices that are not directly a part of our biological lineage
• What braiding we can do with returning to previous ways of relating to the world and modern innovations
• How she is learning to mother herself in new ways

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Dance artist, educator + somatic practitioner Blake Beckham highlights the power of pleasure + play in our learning processes. We explore the aesthetics of failure, how creative work is never done and finding ease to unlock new pathways.
we discuss

• The evolving role of the artist
• What the Feldenkrais method teaches us about how learning happens
• Deconstructing narratives around pain and how it applies to embodiment
• Experimenting with the aesthetics of failure
• Intentionally queering dance in a way that dismantles normative ideals
• The similarity between the scientific method + the creative process
• A moment of perceived failure in her own life that she considers a success
• How letting go of “should” can lead to a greater sense of freedom
• The simple acts + attention that contribute to healthy partnership
• How reiki has helped her become more curious + open to the metaphysical

BLAKE BECKHAM is a choreographer, performing artist, educator and producer in Atlanta, GA. She co-directs The Lucky Penny, a non-profit arts organization that serves as a production outlet for Blake's choreography and a platform for experimental performance projects.

Beckham has produced her own choreographic works since 2001. Her most recent pieces have been widely celebrated for their deft craft, ambitious scope and emotional impact. These include OneAnother (2016), Dearly Departures (2014), Threshold (2012) and PLOT (2011). These recent works are emblematic of Beckham’s ongoing interests in blending striking stage design with cinematic imagery, visceral emotion and unadorned physical effort.

Blake earned a BA in English and Dance from Emory University, where she received The Sudler Prize for highest achievement in the arts. She attended Ohio State as a University Fellow, to complete her MFA in Choreography. She has held teaching appointments at Emory University and Agnes Scott College. In 2012, Beckham received a Community Impact Award from Emory University's Center for Creativity & Arts. In 2013, she was honored to receive the Tanne Foundation award in recognition of her outstanding artistry. Her work has been supported through residencies at Theater Emory (2013, 2014) and Performance Works Northwest (2014). Her accomplishments as director of The Lucky Penny have been recognized with honors from The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (SEED Fund Award), Center for Civic Innovation (Civic Impact Award), ArtsATL (Kindle Award), Creative Loafing Atlanta (Best Of) and more.

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Vyana Novus + Mary Grace connect over the power of creativity to anchor us to the present and experiences of multi-dimensional time. Vyana also generously shares about healing from abuse, trauma and addiction and the experience of an NDE, which happened while becoming a parent.

Vyana (they/them) is a multimedia artist, creative director, and educator. They merge a vast sea of experience and education with play, humor, and joy to facilitate bridging levity with the intensity of life on Earth.

we discuss —

• Who are humans beyond the experience of death?
• Is suffering necessary for growth?
• Can we approach everything we do with creativity?
• How to appreciate all phases of creative cycles, including the down time or dead time

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If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Perspectives on Animism, Death + Rebirth

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Episode on Honoring Death Seasons

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• Dr. Jenn McCabe

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In this solo episode, Mary Grace dives into a mapping practice for the autumn season + the responsibility of choosing your story.

We discuss

• ⚪️Heartbreak digestion and letting go of grief
• ⚪️Making a map of descansos
• ⚪️The importance of touching the ground firmly for our manifestation and impact
• ⚪️Forgiveness 
• ⚪️We choose the stories + meanings we inhabit
• ⚪️Completion contains the entirety of the journey
• ⚪️When we choose our stories, we also have to accept responsibility 
• ⚪️The relationship between acceptance + freedom
• ⚪️Listening requires stillness + silence
• ⚪️Determining the stamina needed for our story and our desires. Does our load reflect our embodied experience?
• ⚪️Interweaving vs Compartmentalizing
• ⚪️Creativity is inherent in conscious descansos
• ⚪️Grief around absence just as important as grief around presence of wrong
• ⚪️Be sensitive to your own healing timeline. Don’t excavate to the point of re-wounding. 
• ⚪️Discount codes for workshops + sessions

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