The Nutrition Translator Podcast

Journey with me through an Ayahuasca ceremony last weekend, where I learned how to open to a distressing situation. We can't choose openness if we don't know how to operate from this place. The only way we learn how to operate from this place, if from other people. What wires together, fires together. We must first start to rewire our nervous system states through others, and then, only then, we can choose openness.
Music Credit: East Forest, Washed

Since coming back from the jungles of the Amazon, I have had A LOT to reflect on and integrate. What is not talked about enough is the, "rough landing," coming home from a psychedelic or transformational experience. Along with the rough landing, the concept of spiritual materialism and spiritual bypassing can be easily missed in the spiritual community. Walking the spiritual path can be very slippery & a subtle process. We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing, when instead we are strengthening our self protective parts. Falling into the trap of spiritual materialism, using our practice to boost our ego, rather than to integrate it. Along with this, I have noticed that wellness culture in general has many pitfalls including the idea of finally getting to wholeness, of perfection of finally getting to a body that walks around untraumatized and "normal." What if becoming "fixed" or "clean," wasn't the goal, but rather more inclusive and diverse. Wellness culture doesn't account for or extend compassion for those who may have illnesses that have no cure, and those who have socioeconomic disadvantages. In this episode I talk about my most recent Ayahuasca retreat, which I had the honor to co-facilitate with my teacher. This was my first time co-leading ceremony and it was beautiful, challenging and everything in between. Other topics discussed are synchronicity, purpose & shamanism.

Life has presented me this past week with an incredible amount of heartache and adversity after a very important partnership ended. I happened to be able to sit with Mother Ayahuasca Sunday evening, ever so synchronistically. After I released the overwhelming grief, I came to a place where I was completely untethered. No ground, no stability, nothing to grasp or hold on to. I have been here before in ceremony, but can tell myself it will pass and soon I will have grounding once the medicine wears off. This time I realized I have nothing to hold on to both in and out of ceremony. I was truly faced with the groundless ground. Terrified, I asked Mother Ayahuasca, "Where do I go? What do I do now? I am so lost." She whispered gently in my ear the clearest message I have ever heard, "Breathe and Trust." And so I did. Later in the ceremony I got the opportunity to sing to my teacher directly for a 1:1 energy clearing. I felt so grateful for him. For this powerful, incredible man who represents the Sacred Masculine, the dedication to uncovering truths, his purpose and most importantly, dedicating the merit of his work to all sentient beings. When I sang to him with the sound bowl by his head, I thanked him. For without his many years of work with the medicine, I wouldn't be here. I realized how powerful I am and how I need a partner who can hold a safe container for all my beauty, power and both my light and darkness. I called my King in. I can trust the flow of the universe. Life is flowing me to a more aligned path. The timing is impeccable. I am an unfolding tale, both the reader and the author. I am loved. I am never alone. I am a lighthouse, and a beacon of fire for this world to help people come back home to themselves. There is freedom in the untethering, there is freedom in the groundless ground, there is celebration in the totality of all that is. All I have to do is breathe and trust.
This Icaro (medicine song) is one I wrote this week. I don't often share my music because I don't think have the best voice. I know though that it isn't about how good or bad I think I am, it is about the message behind it. I feel like it is a very important message to share. Love you all, Colleen

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Your body is a protein making machine, and needs the right nutrition to support the making of these proteins. The expression of protein is the expression of life. In order for our cells make proteins a gene has to be regulated. If we are living in survival mode/fear (perceived or real), then certain proteins will be made, if we are living in safety (perceived or real it is the same) then other proteins will be made based off that gene expression.
Born genes do not create disease. Only small percentage, 1-5% of us are born with a true genetic condition. The other 95-99% of disease is created by lifestyle and behaviors and reactions to the environment.
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Oura ring to measure sleep and HRV-https://ouraring.com/
Resonate breathing exercise-https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=DUbAHGPtNM4
Music to regulate the nervous system-https://integratedlistening.com/download-dreampad-music/
Magnesium oil spray-https://www.ancient-minerals.com/
Kion Aminos-https://getkion.com/shop/body/kion-aminos/
Creatine-https://www.thorne.com/products/dp/creatine
Cronometer-https://cronometer.com/
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