Creating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason Wyman

08/16/23 • 60 min

Crystal Mason (they/them) is an artist, activist, dreamer, consultant and coach. They believe in the power of community and necessity of hope. Jason Wyman (they/them) is Queerly Complex. Using appreciative inquiry, deep listening, and creative conjuring, Wyman taps the Cosmic Mysteries in all to reveal moments of Chaos Poetry. They live, love, and create on Yelamu / San Francisco, and share a home and family with their husband and pride of house and feral cats.

Episode Highlights

Crystal + Jason share their personal queer-stories and drop some queer wisdom nuggets
Sweetness alert: We get cozy + comfy while Jason + Crystal take us for a saunter and share about how they met and their connection.
We learn about the medicine + magic of dreaming in public and how sharing those dreams with others can lead to co creation and action.
Crystal leads Nick + TanyaMarck through a dream practice that includes a share/reflection of what we experienced.
Behind the scenes and during our shared time, Jason has been alchemizing some chaos poetry which they share with us; it’s very queer + yummy.
We learn about the offerings and practices that both Jason + Crystal share with our collective.

Jason's chaos poetry from our collective dreaming practice lead by Crystal:

Take a deep breath... Take a deep breath & soften your gaze... Take a deep breath & flow... Flow like a river as it snakes its way through the jungles... through the forests... through the deserts... through the valleys... through the mountains... through the prairies... through the lands of your ancestors & ancestors of these lands, including those unnamed & unknown... Listen for the birds, the animals, the critters, the wind blowing from the Southwest, from the energies of dreams & wishes... Smell the flowers & the lush green flora thriving all over this world... Flow on this river & arrive in queer paradise... Where the water glistens & glitters... And queer beings of all bodies-- clothed & naked... serene & making love... joyous & free... alone & in community-- Celebrate completely... "I do not want to leave..." "Me neither..." Remember... This dream is within you always & in all ways... You can come back here... Take a deep breath... Lay in your hammock... Dream queer dreams... Here we will always be free.

Web links

Find Crystal online at CrystalMason.net & on Instagram @ham_job1
Find Jason at QueerlyComplex.com & on Instagram @queerlycomplex
And their collective work at TreeOfChange.net

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Episode Highlights

Crystal + Jason share their personal queer-stories and drop some queer wisdom nuggets
Sweetness alert: We get cozy + comfy while Jason + Crystal take us for a saunter and share about how they met and their connection.
We learn about the medicine + magic of dreaming in public and how sharing those dreams with others can lead to co creation and action.
Crystal leads Nick + TanyaMarck through a dream practice that includes a share/reflection of what we experienced.
Behind the scenes and during our shared time, Jason has been alchemizing some chaos poetry which they share with us; it’s very queer + yummy.
We learn about the offerings and practices that both Jason + Crystal share with our collective.

Jason's chaos poetry from our collective dreaming practice lead by Crystal:

Web links

Find Crystal online at CrystalMason.net & on Instagram @ham_job1
Find Jason at QueerlyComplex.com & on Instagram @queerlycomplex
And their collective work at TreeOfChange.net

Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.

Join us for First Saturday's FREE meditation & breath work circles online.

Grab your FREE Mini-Course: The Self-Confident Queer - start here.

And follow us on Instagram!

Join our mailing list to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.

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The Magic of Gender Exploration with Rae McDaniel

Rae McDaniel (they/them) is a non-binary speaker, author, therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, coach and Transgender Diversity & Inclusion Educator. Rae helps audiences gain the sheer audacity to be themselves in the world through play, pleasure, and possibility. Their book Gender Magic is a first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender freedom with joy, curiosity, and pleasure for transgender and non-binary individuals, gender explorers, and those who love them. Rae is also the founder and CEO of Practical Audacity, a Gender & Sex Therapy practice in Chicago, serving over 300 clients yearly.

Episode Highlights

During our shared time we explore what it means to be in flow with the unfolding journey of gender.
Rae shares that coming out to their family took a couple of years - they were blessed and lucky to have built a supportive strong queer community prior to coming out.
They share with us how pandemic quarantine removed a lot of the external barriers trans people navigate on the daily. During this time, Rae honored their trans identity by getting top surgery and working more deeply with testosterone injections.
Rae drops some queer wisdom nuggets: How do we connect to ourselves, to each other? How do we bring more pleasure + joy + play into our lives right now even while holding all the heavy stuff?
In their new book, Gender Magic , Rae poses that we position gender exploration and transition as just another part of self growth.
Rae shares an excerpt from their book with us and it’s filled with such yummy nuggets of queer wisdom.
Pleasure + Joy + Play remain integral ingredients of their growth.

Web links

Find Rae online at campsite.bio/theraemcdaniel
Connect with Rae on Instagram

Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.

Join us for First Saturday's FREE meditation & breath work circles online.

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And follow us on Instagram: - Nick Venegoni, he>they - TanyaMarck Oviedo, they/them

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The Green Wisdom of Herbalism with Rekara Gage

*Audio Note: Volume and clarity varies during some parts of this interview.

Rekara Gage (she/her) is an herbalist who focuses on the importance of ritual, safety and community when it comes to personal healing and growth. Her approach to wellness is based in food medicine and spirituality, emphasizing new ways to add plant medicine to the routines that you already have in place. She loves helping people reconnect with their intuition and do things with meaning, making everyday feel special. In her practice, it's important to provide access and information to the public so that they can make the best health choices for themselves. Rekara is a student of Traditional Western Herbalism with Julie James at Green Wisdom Apothecary and School of Herbal Studies in Long Beach.

Episode Highlights

Thank you to our grounding plant medicines and their energies: dandelion root (clarity), mullein (lung support + moisture), tulsi ( aids with stress + clear headed + relaxation) , and elecampane (breathwork).
Rekara shares with us about her healing journey and how the medicines and magic of storytelling, food, movement, plants, family, community and curiosity play active roles in finding herself and herbalism.
We learn about the medicines of ritual and practice that Rekara partakes in throughout her personal herbalism journey, and how they are connected to her culture.
We learn what herbalism is: understanding plant medicine (the chemistry), how we can benefit from plants being here, how we can learn from them, and how they support us.
Rekara reminds us that when working spiritually with herbs and plants, important aspects to explore and consider include: connection, intention and being open to answering the call to mindfully interact and work with them.
Rekara drops an herbal tea recipe that will nourish our queer hearts, bodies, spirits , and souls. Thank you to these plants for sharing their medicine and energies:
Rose (color + reminder of boundaries + protection + safety)
Tulsi (aids with stress + clears the mind)
Damiana (spicy + sassy + libido + reminds us who we are)
Cinnamon (unsung hero that moistens us + grounding + supportive)

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