The Modern Crone

THE RISE OF THE ENERGY ARTS WITH KINESIOLOGIST, YOGINI AND  REIKI MASTER, CLAIRE TAIT

Claire Tait is an Holistic Kinesiologist, a Reiki Master (with lineage to Dr Mikao Usui), a Yoga teacher, an Australian Bush Flower Essence practitioner and an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner amongst other things. 

When she’s not working with clients online or in her clinic on Sydney’s northern beaches, She loves to spend time with family and friends, enjoying great food and wine, yoga, a good gym session, animals and nature, acts of kindness and the appreciation of all the simple things in life. She tries to live in gratitude every day. 

Whenever Claire is faced with problems or challenges she asks herself "What would Love do?" 

Join us as we explore the incredible modality of Kinesiology, the interlinking of meridiens, muscles, organs and emotions, the intelligence of the body and how biofeedback works, how surrogacy facilitates healing for babies and online sessions, Claire’s own journey into the energy arts from accountant to highly regarded healer and so much more. 

You can connect with Claire here:

www.clairetait.com.au

THE RISE OF THE ENERGY ARTS WITH CRANIOSACRAL AND REIKI MASTER, STEPHANIE EDWARDS

Since childhood, Stephanie had a desire to learn about the human body and how it connects with nature. She has always sought to lead a holistic and spiritual lifestyle, initially focusing on meditation and yoga. With a thirst to expand her knowledge and understanding of energy healing, she spent time in Asia in 2013 studying Reiki before qualifying as a licensed Western Usui Reiki Practitioner and Master Teacher and a Jikiden and Millenium Reiki Practitioner. Reiki has influenced, changed, and reconnected her back to a happier, spiritual existence which is always evolving.

Her interest in Holistic healing and healing her own personal trauma did not stop with Reiki and has led me down the magical path of Reflexology, TRE (trauma release exercise), Think and Craniosacral therapy.

Craniosacral Therapy has widened Stephanie’s view of life as she perceives it and how the body’s inherent wisdom is far greater than we can comprehend and how deep healing can occur on all levels. We perceive the body as only having a few levels but in fact it has many of which we are not fully aware of.

Join us as we discuss the state of ‘Dynamic Stillness’, the power of touch and an attitude of curiosity, the role of intuition and how her client demographics are changing in recent years. Stephanie shares her own journey into the Energy Arts and so much more.

You can connect with Stephanie here:

www.steph-edwards.com

https://www.instagram.com/steph.edwards.therapist/

https://www.facebook.com/stephedwardsnaturaltherapist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-edwards-8aa708b9/

THE RISE OF THE ENERGY ARTS WITH BODY TALK PRACTITIONER & DIRECTOR OF BODY TALK SINGAPORE, SUFEN PAPHASSARANG

Sufen is an ex-corporate executive with the AIG and Marsh Group who left her successful corporate career to become a full-time mother. After her tragic loss and health crisis, Sufen credited the BodyTalk System for her quick recovery of the disease without drugs. Her healing journey led her to learn the BodyTalk System in 2010. Sufen now integrates the fields of mind and body medicine with The BodyTalk System. Sufen provides whole-person centered healthcare, integrating medical science, neuromuscular biofeedback and neuroscience/neuroplasticity within the philosophies of health and wellness of both Vedic and Chinese traditions. 

She directs The BodyTalk Centre Singapore, where she teaches the BodyTalk and MindScape courses in Singapore and internationally. She also coordinates BodyTalk courses for the Asia Pacific region. When Sufen is not teaching, she is running a busy clinic where she conducts private BodyTalk treatments.

Join us as we explore whole-person centered healthcare, integrating medical science, neuromuscular biofeedback, neuroscience within the philosophies of health and wellness of both Vedic and Chinese traditions. 

You can connect with Sufen here:

www.release.com.sg

www.instagram.com/sufen_bodytalk

www.facebook.com/bodytalksg

THE RISE OF THE ENERGY ARTS WITH HYPNOTHERAPIST, SPIRITUAL RESPONSE THERAPIST, PSYCHOLOGIST AND REIKI PRACTITIONER BHARTI JATTI VARMA

Bharti is a holistic therapist conducting various services through her offering Mynd here in Singapore, and on behalf of Illuminations Well-Being Center in Dubai. 

Bharti’s passion and communication skills make her extremely popular in front of larger audiences! She is also a chosen favourite with corporate programs due to her ability and flexibility to connect to anyone and everyone!

With a background in Psychology and a keen interest to explore the intricacies of the human mind, body and energy system, she has studied Hypnotherapy, Spiritual Response and Energy Healing Approaches.

Through her personal journey of self-discovery and self-development, Bharti learnt to distance herself from any limiting beliefs and patterns that prevented her from achieving her true potential of happiness, success and harmony in her everyday life. Her aim is to educate others about personal transformation through the energy arts.

Her expertise in various approaches allows her to offer more holistic and bespoke approaches while working with clients.

Join us as we explore the creative nature of the subconscious mind, energetic resonance and its role in manifesting illness and wellness, the natural desire of the human system to be well and heal itself and the truth about hypnosis. Bharti shares her own journey into the Energy Arts and examples of healings with her clients.

You can connect with Bharti here:

https://www.instagram.com/Myndsingapore

https://www.facebook.com/Mynd.sg/

THE RISE OF THE ENERGY ARTS  WITH QI GONG MASTER, QI HEALER AND CERTIFIED LIFE COACH, PASCALE JENART

Pascale Jenart started her professional life in Banking for ten years and then moved her attention to mothering her two wonderful kids. 

She fell in love with Tai Chi and started competing in Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. Qi Gong came into her life as a way to improve her Tai Chi, to deepen her felt connection with the Qi. This deeper exploration led to her being a golden medalist several times over.

In 2014, Pascale fell sick Thyroid disfunction, and decided then to explore the power of the Qi. She was able to restart her Thyroid by practicing Qi Gong, which led her to create her company Chi Balance and start teaching. She wanted to share this fantastic body/mind health tool.

Pascale studied Qi Gong for ten years with a Chinese Grand Master and has been teaching since 2014. During those ten years, Pascale developed her Qi knowledge by studying Acupressure, Yin and Yang in food, Reiki, and finally when she felt she was ready to go deeper, she trained in Qi Healing. 

During the pandemic, Pascale also completed her ICF certification as a Life Coach as she realised that a lot of her clients needed to share and have a safe space to reflect after the healing, and she have the tools to take responsibility for their own healing journeys. 

Join us as we explore the nature of Qi, the relationship between Qi Gong and Qi Healing, Pascale’s own journey into the Energy Arts and so much more! 

You can find Pascale at:

https://www.facebook.com/chi.balance.64

21ST CENTURY SHAMAN WITH SHAMANIC TEACHER, SPACE HOLDER AND MEDICINE MAN, MIGUEL KAVLIN

Miguel A. Kavlin was born in la Paz, Bolivia, where he lived until he was 17 years old. Upon finding himself in the United States to study at university, he started to have unusual experiences which eventually led him to become interested in Native American culture and religion.

 Miguel’s spiritual path has led him to studying and participating in various ceremonies with Beautiful Painted Arrow (Joseph Rael), leading him to eventually inherit the title of Chief for both the Sun-Moon Dance and the Long Dance with sacred Cactus of the Andes; training with Sifu Kenny Gong, an international martial arts teacher and traditional Chinese doctor, in the arts of Shing-Yi Chuan and Pa-Kua. This training has provided Miguel with a very serious grounding to all his spiritual practices.

 Eventually Miguel’s path led him to an apprenticeship with Don Agustin Rivas Vazques in his jungle camp. Now Miguel is the only foreigner authorized by Don Agustin to conduct his ceremonies outside the Peruvian Amazon. Since 1995 Miguel has also been apprenticing with Don Hector Aguanari and Don Jose Coral.

 Amongst his many incredible achievements Miguel has completed graduate studies in Anthropology and Philosophy; has set up a non-profit agency that works with NYC’s public school students in multicultural awareness, violence-prevention, adolescent rites of passage, and various other educational programs; a three-part Video-Documentary series on Peruvian Amazon Shamanism, entitled Spirits of the Rainforest featuring interviews with Don Agustin Rivas Vazques and the Paintings of Don Pablo Amaringo.

 Miguel started the Sacharuna Community in Bolivia,  25 years ago, dedicated to help people heal disorders and learn to serve using practices and teachings from the Amazonian Indian, native North American, Buddhist, Sikh and Judeo Chrisitian traditions and teachings.

Miguel’s deepest prayer, to truly be of service to the collective in the most profound ways possible.

Join us as we explore the truth of ‘the Hollow Bone’ state, the vibrational nature of being, the importance of devotional inner practice and the ‘Principle’ Idea’ of all things. We share our experience of Ayahuasca ceremony, the communion with the Spirit of the Plant Medicine and the ‘naked truth’ it enables….and much much more!

You can find out more about Miguel’s offering and get in contact at: https://sacharuna.com

21ST CENTURY SHAMAN WITH SHAMANIC ANTHROPOLOGIST, PHILOSOPHER, SPEAKER AND EXPERT IN JAVANESE SHAMANISM, PATRICK VANHOEBROUCK

Patrick Vanhoebrouck is a Belgian anthropologist specializing in Javanese culture and spirituality. He has a BA in Anthropology from University of Illinois at Chicago (USA) and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology from Leiden University (Netherlands). 

Having spent nearly 15 years in residence in Yogyakarta Province, Patrick has accumulated specialized knowledge in various aspects of the spirituality, culture, history and ancient literature of Java, deepening himself in ancient sources to help explain the contemporary manifestations of traditional and authentic Javanese culture and practices.

He is preparing a doctoral research PhD in the same vein, and shares his passion and knowledge through lectures, exhibitions and guided tours through circuits connecting ancient sites dotting the Central and East Javanese landscape.

Join us as we explore Patrick’s fascinating work with the Javanese Master Healers, the synergies between Tibetan and Shamanic frameworks, how understanding the energy body and the self is the starting point of all spiritual enquiry, and the amazing healings he has witnessed in his time in Java...and so much more!

To connect with Patrick, he can be emailed at jurus6@gmail.com

21ST CENTURY SHAMAN WITH SHAMANIC HEALER, MEDITATION TEACHER AND SPIRITUAL MENTOR, LOUSE GILMORE

Notwithstanding her early work as a journalist, after an intense period of crises, tragedies and shocks, Louise discovered meditation and threw herself into discovering all she could about it. This led her to eventually learning and teaching meditation and training people to become teachers for 40 years. Shamanism ‘grabbed’ her in a similar way and she has explored, practiced and taught this fascinating modality for 20 years. Louise also offers one to one shamanic healing sessions. Louise also happens to be my teacher, mentor and dear friend and I am so thrilled that she is joining me for a chat in this season. 

Join us as we explore the nature of ‘modern shamanism’, trance and the wisdom that is available to us within altered states; the spiritual familiarity of shamanism; the active space of dreaming; the importance of meditation to enter silence and what can be found within the silence. We ask the questions: Is Shamanism in our DNA? We share our experiences of ecstatic posture and meeting in ‘the other’ regardless of time or space and the questions these experiences raise about a shared spiritual reality and the power of intention….and so much more! 

Enquire about joining a face to face shamanic group in Sydney or online shamanic healing at: lougilmore@bigpond.com

Rubiyanti Basuki was born in the high land of Dieng Plateau, Java, in 1979 and left home at an early age, engaging in life’s lessons when most of us are cocooned in family and school. 

 Her connection with Spirit and the land through her Kejawan roots meant that she responded to life experiences through a wider angle.  Yanti believes that her path of complex life realities was, and is, a path of empowerment, held by Mother Earth, to accelerate consciousness and spiritual evolution.  She sees her experiences of life and her two children as clear channels of wisdom within that evolution. 

Yanti is a successful business woman yet also seamlessly holds the ancient living wisdom of Javanese belief, and this fusion defines her path to complete her journey as ‘a walking mandala’. Yanti is also a leader in the spiritual and social movement called Gemah Ripah which supports others to live a real spiritual daily life.

Join us as we explore the native spirituality of Java as the ‘flowing water of spirit’; the importance of harmony with all phenomenon; the relationship between the land and respect of its drive for balance; the true nature of Java’s sacred sites; shamanism and structured religions and how spirituality is not mutually exclusive of success in business and life...and so much more!

Find out more about Yanti here:

https://www.instagram.com/rubiyantibasuki

https://www.facebook.com/solodesignyogyakarta/

https://www.instagram.com/solodesign_/

Jeff ‘Gent’ Stone (Gentle Eagle)  was raised around Ceremony.  Specifically, he has worked with Native American Elders (mostly Lakota) who have taught him how to perform Inipi Sweat Lodge Ceremonies, Firewalk, Vision Quest, Chanunpa Sacred Pipe, Sun Dance as well as many Sacred Plant Medicine Ceremonies, including Ayahuasca, Peyote, Huachuma, Psilocybin, Rape and others. Gent has carried a Sacred Pipe for over 30 years and facilitates many healing Ceremonies with the community. 

Gent also has a PhD in Biomedical Science from UCSF and is currently furthering his education and working in the field of Bioinformatics and Data Science. Gent also collaborates with many clinicians, including those at MAPS and other psychedelic integration therapists and adjunct care providers. He is working diligently to educate the community on best practices for use of Sacred Plant Medicines as well as harm reduction and is working with others to lead decriminalisation efforts across the country.

Join us as Gent shares his views on Native American Shamanism in the modern era, the interconnectedness of all of life, even at a cellular level, the active role of our ancestors, the first, second and third attention, and the true nature of the Dream Space as a Healing Space. We share some of our story when we met in Peyote Ceremony in Utah three years ago and how the Plant Medicines help us to reconnect to Spirit and the Mystery. 

You can connect with Gent and his offerings here:

www.swcnac.org

On today’s episode I am joined by Mark Flood. Mark has a passion to work with various shamanic techniques and perspectives – to open up the spaces he holds for direct and revelatory contact to pure existence.

He feels that in an age of information proliferation, we can all forget where to go to find our own visions- while being surrounded by so much of the sight already seen.

Mark has learnt from shamanic teachers over the past seven years and also acknowledges the teachings from the unseen and inner ones that have been with him and felt since a young boy.

He considers himself to still be in training for his shamanic becoming, as he believes in the long road, and the long ways in which learning arrives through the measures of walking this path through great distances of time.

Mark moves deeply and reverently within the spaces he holds and really enjoys the connective moments that arise out of the hearts of human beings gathering in sacred circles.

He practices the shamanic work daily and has allied himself through this work to a purpose and a type of medicine that helps to reveal a vision of life that Is unique and available to every one of us.

Join us as we explore Mark’s story of a felt-knowing of the Great Mystery from his boyhood, the ecstatic path of the soul, the disruptive dynamics of Shamanism, the soul’s call, working with spiritual allies and finding the resonance of ‘wonder within’. Mark shares with us how his poetry moves through him as an extension of this ‘felt knowing’ and a sublime revelation of the nonlinearity of who we were, who we are and who we are becoming, all coexisting in every moment.  We end the podcast with a reading of Mark’s beautiful poetry. Divine! 

https://www.instagram.com/sandbox_shamanics_visioning/

www.sandboxshamanics.com

On today’s episode I am joined by Magi Whisson. For the past fifty years Magi has been an explorer, student, and practitioner within the field of esoteric science. She has worked independently and in collaboration with others, bringing the esoteric sciences to the worlds of healing, writing, publishing, personal and spiritual development programs and workshops. Magi has been influenced by a range of traditions, philosophies and theories and respectfully acknowledges their contribution in forging her own pathway and ‘World Work’. She is the co-creator and co-facilitator of The Human Odyssey- a Map for the Journey and she has a strong alliance and involvement with the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project. 

Her own body of work is held as OPUSonus.  A work existing on subtle levels and the inner planes and one that is now emerging and being given further expression in the outer world, to serve the evolutionary imperatives of our times.

Join us as we explore Magi’s experience of ‘The Shaman’s Death’; the deep calling through visioning and eventually visiting the motherland of Africa; her encounters and healing with the celestial beings embodied in the White Lion’s of Africa and the incredible work of reginiting the songlines of the Earth through the Earth Treasure Vase project. Magi shares with us the deep call and purpose of her writing, offered via OpusOnus, weaving story and experience from Land, Spirit and People.

https://opusonus.net

https://earthtreasurevase.org

https://gaia-mandala.mn.co/feed  

On today’s episode I am joined by Jorge Luis Delgrado. Born in the highlands near Lake Titicaca, Peru, Jorge is of Aymara Incan heritage. His mother is from a family of herders and his father was a teacher. 

He was trained by the Kallawayas shamans of the northeast Lake Titicaca region, in the lineage of the Amautas, (the Wise Ones of the Andes). He also trained with the Q'ero Elders of the Cusco region who are considered the last remaining descendants of the Incas. Jorge is known around the world as a knowledgeable guide of the Sacred Valley and the High Plateau of the Andes. His knowledge spans the culture, the traditions, and the spiritual heritage of his vibrant Inca world. 

We met a few years ago in the Sacred Valley of Peru and our discussions, rituals and meditations completely changed the trajectory of my life. 

Join us as we explore ‘Shamanism’ as a state of consciousness, the current times of the Pachakuti and the role of COVID in this ‘great reversal’, the true nature of Light, the reciprocity of the Universe and much more. 

You can follow and contact Jorge on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/jorgeluis.delgado.311 

On today’s episode I am joined by Zenta Zebergs. With a background in counselling, women’s creative spirit facilitation and private practice as an oncology  massage therapist, Zenta Zeberg has over 20 years’ experience in the  mind/body/spirit wellness field. Inspired by ancient and Indigenous cultures across the world, and particularly the traditions of rock art, Zenta’s art and spiritual-view are both unique, intriguing and magnetic. By ‘entering the Realms of the Poetic’ Zenta affirms that we can each experience ourselves as a channel for Divine Source as we embody the livingness of  Consciousness, seeking to know itself within the dance of Creation. 

Join us as we explore the ‘Realms of the Poetic’, Zenta’s art and oracle tool, an incredible experience of ‘unexpectedly’ channelling the god-heads of ancient Egypt, and much more. We close the episode with a spirit-stirring reading from Zenta’s Lioness Light Oracle Deck.  Superb!

On today’s episode I am joined by Julian Silburn. Julian has devoted his life to Sound Healing and is known for his work nationally and internationally. Julian has learned Yidaki, (Didgeridoo) directly from Aboriginal people around Australia including Arnhem Land (where the Yidaki originates), and has been playing for 29 years. He mainly uses the instrument in its traditional way for meditation ,sound therapy and for ceremony. In this fascinating episode we chat about Julian’s life journey from the wilds of South Africa, to Western Australia and into Arnhem Land, an historical and mythical region of the Northern Territory of Australia. Following the visions he was receiving in his dream space, and the spiritual reverberation of the Yidaki, Julian lived with the elders and original custodians of the Didgeridoo and was initiated into its medicine. Join us for an exploration of the true nature of dreaming, the Australian Aboriginal shamanic view of sound and healing, the interconnectedness of life, the importance of deep listening  and much more. And as a special treat, Julian plays out this episode with his Didgeridoo and a ‘song’ given to him directly from Mother Earth. 

Julian offers in-person and zoom sound healing sessions for individuals or groups which include recordings of the sessions.

http://soundalchemy.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/julian.silburn

Uluru ceremony:

https://opusonus.net/2020/11/21/uluru-ceremony/

Music designed to support the Uluru Ceremony:

https://opusonus.net/2020/12/19/sound-journey-with-didjeridu/

On today’s episode I am joined by Adrienne Kane. Adrienne is a highly regarded international healer and spiritual guide. Her spiritual journey has taken her into some of the world’s oldest and most powerful frameworks, including Druidic, Amazonian and Andean Shamanism, reiki, Quantum Healing, Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom and Body Talk Techniques, Symbology, Numerology and Astrology. She employs Amazonian plant medicine in her practice and regularly holds plant medicine ceremonies in Singapore, Australia and Ireland using tinctures of the medicines from the Amazon. In this episode we chat about Adrienne’s take on what Shamanism today really means; how her early childhood in the Irish mythic culture of the Faire and Elementals informed her journey; the true nature of Plant Medicine and the power of intent.

You can connect with Adrienne here:

www.adriennnekane.com
www.facebook.com/adrienne.kane.transform.heal.inspire.11/

You can connect with me here:
www.daniellevandevelde.com