Our conversation partner this month is Rachel Hartenstein, a coach and healer who helps her clients break free of pain, frustration, and struggle. She supports them in releasing what is holding them back so that they can finally tap into the life they are meant to have — one full of joy, purpose, and ease.  As a fellow mother of three, we have plenty to discuss around the restorative nature of sleep and what brought her to the Yoga Nidra practice.  We also delve into the balancing act of reaching out in service while nourishing our families at home, and progressing along a personal evolutionary path.  I found the pace and energy of this conversation to be uniquely relaxing and I hope you find some calm nourishment from this conversation as well!

You can connect with Rachel and her business by visiting her Reflections Healing website.

Rachel has an awesome offering for our community to dive deeper with a private session where you can...

This month we sit down with Jill Goux, The Energy Renovator!  In this unique conversation we swim through two sensational stories of personal and energetic awakening that set Jill forward on her path.  Jill is an intuitive energy practitioner and channel, as well as a transformation coach and teacher.  She is based out of Minneapolis and has an infectious love for life.  Join us for the laughter, tears, and curiosity that runs through this conversation.

Special Offer: Jill would like to offer our community a $40 discount to a 1 hour Distant Sound Healing Session.  Follow this link and input discount code AWAKEN40.

This month we sat down with beloved community member, Rachel Trumbore.  She is a professional trombone player, a life-long Student of Sound, and a mentor to others looking to become empowered through music.  Rachel walks us through her process of finding her passion, honing her focus through the epiphany of desire, and finding sanctuary through expression.  You can listen to Rachel's playing by clicking here.   Find out more about her path as a musician by visiting her music website.

Rachel has just launched a new website called Empowered Musician, that aims to share meditation and private mentorship services for helping musicians to improve their performance by finding center and flow before and during music making.  Sample her mediations on her youtube station.  As a special offering to our community Rachel is excited to experiment with making personal meditation music for you!  If you would like to find out more...

This month we talked with Elizabeth Russell, the Creative Founder of Be Space Integrative Arts.  We explore the "Spell of Urgency", our ability to slow down, and our ever-present ability to belong to ourselves and each other.   We can not say enough about the inspiration and timeliness of the messages excavated in this conversation between two lovers of the Earth, humanity, and our collective dance towards awakening.

Elizabeth would like to offer each Full Awakening member the opportunity to join her at the New Moon Cafe, a virtual ritual space to explore the themes of the month ahead.  This monthly circle is given "in the gift" and is now open to all.  The next circle is Saturday September 28th from 10:30 - 11:45 am PST.  Visit this page for more information and to sign up!  

Find out more about Elizabeth and her heart-centered offerings by visiting her new website!! https://elizabethrussell.space/

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In this special episode, Riza shares what she learned through her most recent birth experience that pertains to the journey of the transformational explorer.  Welcome to baby Kaisa Anyi and all the wisdom she brings!

What I learned from birth and how it relates to transformational process

Relax, you aren’t in control, it’s a collaboration between energies both known and unknown, inside and outside of you

The process of birth is “doing” you, not the other way around.  Your job is simply to:

• Breathe deeply and fully
• Relax as much as possible
• Sensations of transformation don’t need to feel like pain unless they scare you
• Find yourself in, and create, a Safe Space
• Surround yourself with trusted allies
• Ride the waves of effort and rest
• Speak up for what you need, think, feel, want
• Allow minor annoyances to melt off

Pushing through a natural period of rest does not win you any rewards, in fact it exhausts you so that you can’t show up...

Alison Marra is a mixed media artist, social explorer, feminist, and mom.  She shares with us her inner journey around the formation of boundaries, finding her voice, and the ability to say No.  She is an expert at riding the razors edge between resonance and dissonance, all in service of her curiosity, courage, and desire to uncover the truth.  We are honored to feature her and her work this month in our Stories of Awakening, and we hope that you find some encouragement and courage in our conversation! 

Alison has an exciting offering for our community of a project she is just beginning!  (Listen or watch until the end of our conversation for the full description).  She has hand-painted shirts from her NO Project available so that you too can make a personal/private or public and engaging statement with your body.  The shirts come in white or grey and are being sold to our community for $20.  Five dollars of each...

Allannah Capwell is an Embodied Consciousness Guide who is passionate about assisting others in aligning themselves with the energetic healing capacities within the Earth for the benefit of All.  She brings through the wisdom of beings both earthly and celestial through her teaching, guiding, and channeling of Vibrational Songlines.

Special Offering:

Allannah is offering our community Intuitive Guidance Readings for $99 plus an MP3 download of her channeled Vibrational Songlines.  To partake in this special offer, contact her directly at [email protected] and mention the Stories of Awakening!

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The Past:

How would you describe yourself when you were young?  

I spent a lot of time alone when I was growing up–alone outside in the woods, in nature. I was extremely sensitive, but I didn’t realize others were not sensitive, so I assumed others saw and...

Beth Lorio is an interdisciplinary artist with a fascinating path of expression, healing, leading, and inspiring.  We are delighted to bring you this spirited conversation between two close friends.  We welcome you to enter the intimate enclosure of a conversation that has been years in the making and continues to dive deep and elevate perspectives along the way!

Beth's special offering to the community is to open her doors and heart to having conversations with individuals about their relationship with art and how they might like to live with art in their personal spaces.  Beth is enduringly passionate about the power of living art in the hands and homes of the people!   

Special Offer:  Check out her work on her website: https://www.bethlorio.com/ and follow her feed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beth_lorio/ . If you resonate with her art, contact her at [email protected] to start a conversation!  No one...

Brenda Carolan is a Portland Oregon based healer, artist, teacher, and sacred travel guide.  She has been making a huge impact in the lives of her private clients for years and is in a rapid path of current evolution in what she offers to her community at large.  Most recently, her Intuitive Painting classes and Sacred Tours of Egypt have been making some waves in the transformational communities, so we were delighted to find out more!

Special Offer:  Brenda is generously offering 20% off her Healing Sessions (in person or over phone / Skype / Zoom) and 20% off her Intuitive Painting Classes (private or small group) . Check out these offerings at www.brendacarolan.com.  If you would like to book them and receive your community discount, email her directly at [email protected] and mention Stories of Awakening.  This offer is given for one experience with Brenda only and will expire in August 2019! Watch the video to find out more about...