Be prepared to be inspired by the eloquent, insightful, & wildly wise Brooke Mackay. Dig into the depths of the profound and transformative realms of herbalism, plants, and magic. Understand how we can undergo a radical (r)evolution through communion with plants and be completely enchanted by this beautiful episode of remembrance & reverence.

2:20 - The plant path, one of non-linearity
4:40 - Who are these beings?
6:21 - Mimosa pudica: an intimate encounter
9:53 - An alchemist neighbor
16:40 - Eternal studentship
24:17 - Divine synchronicities
27:16 - Radical evolution through reciprocity & reverence
34:15 - Insights into the basics of herbalism
40:45 - Herbal energetics, a path to precision
44:54 - Finding foundations
51:51 - Vitalist approach
57:10 - Gifts & challenges of herbalism
1:00:01 - Connect with Brooke


Meet Brooke:
Brooke is a wandering herbalist and educator rooted in western herbalism and hermetic alchemy. She studied Clinical Herbalism at the Wild Rose School of Natural Medicine in Canada learning from a diversity of flora, materia medica, and traditions of medicine. She founded Rooted Holistics - an apothecary and educational platform focused on providing intentional medicinals and quality resources, and is the creator of Wise Ways Herbal Education Course - a yearly course held in the lush valleys of Guatemala.

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Rooted Holistics (@rooted.holistics)
Brooke Mackay (@brooke_mackay)
Casa Curativa|Guatemala (@casacurativa)

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Season 2 | Episode 5

From Pain to Purpose with Alexander Awakens

Alright y’all! After sitting on some of these next episodes for wayyyy too many weeks, here we are back in the Science Meets Spirit Podcast Portal. This episode features Alexander Schimmel aka Alexander Awakens. In this episode we explore Alexander's journey to grace and leadership through the practice of yoga and teacher trainings. We touch on emotional alchemy and an integral approach to living and breathing your personal dharma.

I love when I have the opportunity to interview people who speak my language and this episode was an effortless record for both of us.. I know you'll enjoy it!

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Meet Alexander:
Alexander has over 10 years experience as a yoga teacher, community weaver, and conscious leader. His mission is to create experiences that Awaken human beings to live and embrace the full spectrum of the human experience. He has co-lead and produced 25 retreat-style immersions and trainings worldwide. His spaceholding is a blend of ancient wisdom and modern knowledge, weaving stories of possibility and inspiration. His teachings aim to bring you back to yourself, emphasizing the journey over destination, process over outcome, and doing the work over attachment to the results. Alexander shares the 4 original medicines - song, dance, storytelling, and silence.

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Welcome back into the Science Meets Spirit Podcast portal!
This week's episode is a juiiiiiicy one!
I sat down with Reva Wild, a leading sacred sexuality and trauma informed embodiment mentor and the co-CEO of The WILD GRACE® Movement. We explore Reva’s personal journey to loving herself, the sacred-$lut archetype, culture and programming, how the embodied movement has the potential to save the world, the journey from disconnection to 0rgasm!c reality and so much more!

Meowww pussycats.
Don’t miss this episode!

Meet Reva:

Reva Wild hails from the cedars and great lakes of Ontario, Canada and has been learning and working in the field of erotic embodiment and shamanic pathways of trauma healing for 9 years. She has supported hundreds of clients and participants, from women and non binary folks to couples and preteen girls, with her wild and tangible passion for reclaiming our genesis as beings of Eros and igniting them to fall in love with their bodies, power of choice and deepest desires. A Reiki Master, Tao Hands Practitioner, International Bestselling Author and Co-CEO of WILD GRACE®, Reva brings an inspired, poetic and grounded approach to what it means to be utterly human and wildly divine.

WILD GRACE® is a cutting edge, globally certified training school in the Feminine Tantric Arts and Archetypal Embodiment. The WILD GRACE® community brings together embodied erotic witches, wild ones and wisdom carriers, both online and in person, for initiations, trainings and community events.

+ Connect with Reva: https://www.instagram.com/reva.wild/
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+ Check out the WILDGRACE Podcast here

Other Resources:
The Immortal Highlander (novel)
The Chalice and the Blade (history, nonfiction book)
The Passion of Mary of Magdalene (historical fiction novel)
Podcast reference- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRcxnpLanpY
International Institute of Complementary Therapies

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As we approach the holiday season, I wanted to make sure there was an episode that would inspire you to give back to something that is really making a difference in our world.

Water 4 Life Global is a non-profit organization that is providing water filter technology to over 40 communities in Guatemala, as well as initiating collaborations for biological water filtration plans and reforestation.

Listen in on this episode with Jenna MacEwen of Water 4 Life Global as she shares her personal healing journey with water and parasites, and why clean water is her passion and priority as her work in the world.

We sincerely hope you enjoy this episode and are inspired to donate and support this amazing initiative!

DONATE HERE: https://ddock.co/6a4d3ab8

Meet Jenna:

Co-Founder, and Director of Business Development of Water 4 Life Global began her journey traveling around the world, where she hit a hurdle and experienced firsthand the devastating health issue of receiving a parasite from contaminated water. Her troubles became her most significant motivation for change. Knowing that water is the first step to any sustainable life, she has committed her time to helping families in Guatemala regain the fundamental resource to clean water. Jenna now lives full-time in Guatemala, leading water-focused projects, education, and volunteer programs.


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+ Water4Life Global: www.water4lifeglobal.org
+ Atitlan Water Protectors: www.atitlanwaterprotectors.com


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Welcome back to Season 2 Episode 2 of the Science Meets Spirit Podcast. This is one of my favorite episodes to date! This absolute powerhouse of a woman shares her earthly wisdom in our conversation about taking full responsibility for self, living in right-relation with our web of life , moving at Earth speed and birth work.


Meet Ashley:


Ashley’s work focuses on resurrecting our relationship to the natural world through the development of earth based skills that deepen our connection to place, while increasing our sense of sovereignty and resilience. Devoted to the arts of permaculture, natural building, herbalism and birth work; Ashley explores with humility the diverse modalities that support us in living in right relationship with the world around us.


00:12 - A prayer

2:07 - Hermit on the mountain

4:01 - Destiny calls

8:03 - What is Natural Building?

12:56 - Responding to the needs of community

14:24 - Stand and stone and straw

16:44 - Chicken or the egg?

21:28 - Non linear journey

24:17 - Vision to form

25:36 - Active forms of relating

30:06 - The middle path as the way of our ancestors

36:01 - Story of safety

41:33 - Radical Responsibility within the confines of your NS

44:19 - Seeds to plant

49:22 - Moving at Earth speed

52:48 - Processing emotions about house and home

55:27 - Curiosities about birth work

59:43 - A birth doula as an ally

1:05:00- Reclaiming childbirth

1:14:00 - How to connect with Ashely


**About an hour into the podcast it starts pouring rain, enjoy the magic of Guatemala rainy season**

Ashley’s diverse set of offerings include:
+ Natural Building Design and Consulting Services
+ Natural Building Courses and Classes
+ Full Spectrum Birth and Postpartum Services
+ Permaculture Design / Education
+ Herbalism- Consultations, education and retreats

+ Connect with Ashley: Roottorisedesign@gmail.com
+ Root to Rise Designs: https://www.roottorisedesign.earth/
+ Herbalism Courses: https://www.casacurativa.com/herbal-intensives
+ Natural Building Courses: https://atitlanorganics.com/natural-building/

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Welcome back for Season 2, Episode 1 of Science Meets Spirit. In this sweet conversation about the power of plants we explore the process of reconnecting to nature through the common language of the plants, the journey of an entrepreneur, herbalism, and a permission slip to share the wisdom that is piercing through the fertile soil of your soul.

Meet Adeline:

Adeline is an herbalist with a passion for nature and getting intimate with all of Mother Earth’s magical benefits and properties. She has been studying alternative holistic practices such as yoga, meditation and nutrition in tandem with herbalism and strives to create a balanced lifestyle for herself and her clients. With a deep connection with the natural world, Adeline shares her soul’s work in herbalism, plant medicine and holistic healing through her apothecary, herbal classes, spending time making medicine and connecting with the plants and their spirit.

1:30 - Back home to nature
4:01 - Common language of the plants
6:14 - I am not alone
7:24 - Reconnecting
10:40 - Herbalism and ethnobotany
13:40 - Building Live Oak Apothecary
16:28 - Budding something from nothing
25:57 - Permission to share
27:45 - Adeline’s plant allies
35:57 - Harvesting etiquette and ethics
41:14 - Connect with Adeline

+ Connect with Adeline:
https://www.instagram.com/adeline_english_/

+ Live Oak Apothecary:
https://www.instagram.com/liveoak_apothecary/
Www.liveoak-apothecary.com

+ The Hidden Garden Atitlan:
https://www.instagram.com/thehiddengarden_atitlan/

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Other Resources:
+ April Punsalan Yahola Herb School: https://www.instagram.com/yaholaherbschool/

+ Rosita Arvigo- Sastun: One Woman's Apprenticeship: https://rositaarvigo.com/product/sastun-book/

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Join us on this sacred journey of building Fungi Academy, world travel, fungal wisdom and community living.

Meet Jasper:
Jasper Degenaars is the Hyphae of Fungi Academy and the co-founder of the Sacred Mycology Online School; the first fungi-focused online school that teaches individuals how to grow, and work with Sacred Mushrooms. Born and raised in the Netherlands, he knows the potential of a legal psychedelic landscape where the cultivation and consumption of Psychoactive substances are not punished by law. He believes that Sacred Mushrooms have the potential to deepen our connection with nature, ourselves, and our communities.

1:00- Tzununa, Lago Aitilan ,Guatemala
4:48 - A piggy and a mushroom truffle
6:37 - Maria Sabina + Fungi Academy fate
8:43 - Learning to ride on an old bicycle
9:37 - Building Fungi Academy
12:06 - A full fuck yes
15:08 - Finding Fungi + psychedelic curiosity
19:01 - Lion King Revelations
24:24 - LSD + 2 BTC
26:01 - A psychonauts world journey
29:06 - Healing wisdom of the Fungi
31:35 - Looking beyond the veil
34:26 - Fungi Academy + advice for building a business
42:02 - Grassroots movements + enduring tough times together
46:57 - Using psychedelics to find your power
52:50 - Societies need for initiation rights
59:06 - Tribe mentality + reciprocity in community
1.04.04 - Pressing boundaries in community
1.06.52 - Relating + dating in small communities


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Meet Violetta: A water fasting coach and carrier of water wisdom. Living a traditional corporate life in Greece and London, she found herself sick and unfulfilled, igniting her desire to travel through Central + South America to pursue healing through water and self led fasting journeys. In her 40 (yes! 4-0) water fasts she has cured many physical conditions and found peace and prosperity. She now shares her wisdom through her online course, in person and online fasting journeys, and retreats.

In this Episode we dive deep and flow through:

Sickness as a child - 2:57
Ringing in the ears and thoughts of suicide - 4:15
Kambo and healing in threes - 5:20
Into the unknown and listening to nature - 7:50
Dreaming of water - 8:37
Revelations through water fasting - 12:03
Water science - 15:15
Structure of healing and water - 18:22
Electrolysis, ionizers and living molecular hydrogen - 20:44
Body functionality, oxidative stress and free radicals - 25:24
What water should we drink? - 32:20
Three day water fasting, autophagy, and supporting the emotional release - 35:05
Water as a holistic wellness approach - 45:11
40 water fasts in 19 months! - 50:22
Students of water - 53:24
Water has memory - 56:20
Tips for vibrating your water alive - 59:39
Acidity, alkalinity and parasites - 1:04:58
How to work with Violetta - 1:10:26


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