Bespoken Bones: Recent Episodes
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Sean Saifa Wall, a somatic practitioner and an intersex activist, speaks about dreaming, celebrating life and death, loving and letting go, and feeling at home. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: His own personal relationship with his ancestors and how they engage with him in his life Dreamscapes Receiving divine mothering differently Celebrating...
Ifetayo Harvey, Founder of the POC Psychedelic Collective, speaks about drug use, slavery, vulnerability, depression, and the epidemic of untreated trauma that people are trying to address and self-medicate. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: What a Euphonium is and how music played a big part in her life Passing down ancestral blessings...
Dia Luna, a California native painter, songwriter, and seer, speaks about what it’s like to receive the gift of music, its process, and how it brings people together. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Dia’s relationship with her ancestors The sense of urgency to make use of the voice she was given Her...
Clementine Morrigan, a writer, creator and facilitator of the popular workshop Trauma-Informed Polyamory, speaks about spirituality, sexuality, love and relationship, and how it intersects with trauma. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Her ancestry and her work Her spirituality as a witch and integrating it with Catholicism The Queer Virgin Mary Her devotional...
Tai Fenix Kulystin, a white, queer, fat, trans genderqueer coach dedicated to building better relationships, releasing trauma, and exploring spirituality, speaks about the erotic and the practice of slowing down. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Noticing the breath Their relationship with the queer ones and the ancestors Their embodied life experience How...
Oscar Pérez, a ritual leader, spiritual teacher, and mentor speaks about shamanic traditions, unintended grief and rage, and healing. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: His personal relationship with his ancestors Spiritual traditions and the integration of the borderlands Fire tenders Untended grief and rage The concept of the Red Road Healing the...
Naya Jones, a geographer, healing arts practitioner, and ritual artist, speaks about eldership, ancestral work, justice, blackness, and the healing arts. Connect with Naya On her Website and on Instagram @rootwomxnarts In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: How she learned using a rattle Meditation and movement The time of her life when her ancestors...
Sobey Wing, a multi-racial settler, President of Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Society, and Chair of the Cross-Cultural Protocols Working Group of Youth Passageways organization speaks about multi-racial identity, the rites of passage movement, decolonial love and what led him to his life towards various communities who shared a purpose In this episode of Bespoken Bones,...
Laura Levinson, a movement artist and healer, speaks about the erotic, the ungovernability of pleasure and of our raucously alive bodies, death, and grief. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The Barebones Puppets community Her conscious herbalist practice Dumpster Fire Pain and her Jewish lineage How does moving our bodies political and why...
Michelle Embree, a professional Tarot card reader and teacher, speaks about Tarot reading and the connection between storytelling and healing. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: How Michelle found a connection with her Ancestors Quantum hypnosis and her beautiful experience meeting her grandma through the hypnosis session The perspective her grandma brought...
Mars Gradiva, an ancient interstellar traveller, idea vessel and a professional enthusiast making queer liberatory astrology, tackles the meaning of life, the Zodiacs and the consequences of vulnerability and our safety. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Her connection with her ancestors Incarnating with souls and long-standing traditions Discovering deeper meanings inside of...
Jezmina Von Thiele, a Romani and Sinti writer, dancer, art model, healer, academic, activist, and educator, speaks about taking back the power of her heritage by modelling and using it for a way to empower one’s self. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Her relationship and connection with her ancestors and the...
Ayana Omilade Flewellen, a Black Feminist, an archaeologist, a storyteller, and an artist, talks about archaeology and the enslavement and sexual exploitation of black women. If you are a new listener to Bespoken Bones, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you...
Katie Spataro, a full-spectrum doula, a somatic sex educator and a holistic pelvic care provider speaks about her healing practices, ancestral lineage, the intersections of birth work and sex work, and the intimate connection of grief and pleasure. If you are a new listener to Bespoken Bones, we would love to hear from you. ...
Ra Malika Imhotep, an open-hearted collaborator on a number of projects at the intersections of creative expression and Black liberation shares her experiences and talks about what it means to play with grief, the erotic, sex and ancestors as a black feminist. If you are a new listener to Bespoken Bones, we would love to...
Read Transcript Marisa Taborga Byrne, a survivor of incest, shares her experience about the magic of healing from sexual trauma. She also speaks about holistic sexuality, the Global Sexual Healing Revolution and how restorative justice helped her heal the trauma. If you are a new listener to Bespoken Bones, we would love to hear from...
Darcy Ottey of Youth Passageways speaks to how genuine rites of passage that allow young adults to “sit at the big kids table” once they make it through, as well as how to discern effective rites that welcome youth into adult community through offering identity, belonging and sense of purpose.
brontë velez goes deep: going underground, psychedelics, blackness, sex, remembering and demanding healing. What happens when you start with where you want to end and work your way back.
Artist and medium Kook Teflon lives a life of connection with spirit. In this interview, she speaks on working in good ways with the spirit of Alcohol, dolls and living altars, and rewriting family stories.
Billed as “Your guide to the night sky and friendly neighborhood time traveler, queer elder Stargazer Li writes: “Stargazing isn’t about feeling small in the face of such vastness. It’s about seeing and experiencing our story as part of the tapestry of a much bigger story. It’s about dancing with the spiraling currents of time,...
In this special episode of Bespoken Bones, Pavini ritually reads the names of the trans dead of 2019. Listen with care and tend well to your heart.
Ylva Radziszewski and Kiki Robinson of the Living Altar discuss ritual art as magical activism, queer self-initiation, and accessing ancestors (especially transcestors and queer ancestors) thru the trauma of Roma diaspora and assimilation.
Shauna Janz of Sacred Grief riffs on the necessity of grief fluency and it can help you feel a sense of belonging.
Murphy Robinson of Mountainsong Expeditions shares of her journey on the Appalachian trail led her from life-long vegetarian to practicing the ancestral skill of the sacred hunt.
Activist and witch Colleen Cook speaks about her terminal cancer, her experiences with dying, sexuality and community. Colleen provides a gorgeous example of how to die as you live, and how to live as you die. This is the season finale. Bespoken Bones returns Oct. 13, 2019. Make sure to watch for our new show...
Join Dr. Alex Iantaffi, gender radical, ancestral reverence practitioner and host of Gender Stories Podcast as we discuss liminality, the intersection of patriarchy and liberation, and praying through queer sex.
In this episode, So & Pinar of Queer Nature share about queer love and learning to belong through weaving webs of accountability with other beings and the land-based practice of cultivating resilience. Intro music in Quechua by Renata Flores Rivera.
What if we can work with ancestors to create art that inspires and liberates? Seth Eisen speaks about his approach that marries notions of community-driven, often overlooked history with an interdisciplinary performance celebrating the legacies of queer ancestors.
Animal communicator Claudia Hehr discusses the special relationship between animals and humans, how to connect with animal ancestors, and dealing with grief and loss of animal companions.
Environmental Microbiologist and ancestral animist Siv Watkins discusses the power of our relationships with the smalls, and solving ecological crisis through evolution.
Mary Mueller Shutan discusses how to make your own life more easeful through personal skillfulness with emotions and reactivity.
Lynn Breedlove, lead singer of queercore Tribe 8 and the Homobiles shares his secret sauce for making a place in the world for your weird self.
Annika Leonard of Priceless Incite discusses the intersection of sexualized violence and racial trauma through a personal and professional lens, and her strong commitment to surviving and supporting others in healing.
Layla Feghali of River Rose Apothecary is an amazing carrier of seeds. She speaks here about how we piece our ancestral memory together in support of a whole and holy world, through working with our plantcestors.
In this episode, amazing tenders of culture and ancestral healing M’kali-Hashiki, Langston Kahn, and Taya Shere discuss how race and racism intersect with the work of ancestral healing. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: How race shows up in ancestor work How racism impedes ancestral healing work Ancestral work and how it helps...
Roger Kuhn is an enrolled member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Chair of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS). Here we discuss dance, the upcoming BAAITS Powwow on Feb. 2, and the connection between sex and Earth. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The importance of the field Roger’s...
Tarotist, artist, and prolific author Rachel Pollack says “As soon as you allow the power of mystery, you go into another level of existence.” In this episode, Rachel walks us through her scholarship of the tarot, the intersections of tarot with ancestors, and allowing the belief in the unseen to impact your life. In this...
Maris Orelia of Living Voice Medicine sings, prays, and trances in the Norse traditions of her ancestors. In this interview, she riffs on belonging, shares her ancient song medicine, and addresses the benefits of healing with ancestors. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Maris’ ancestry and music The introduction and explanation of her...
In this episode, artist, poet, writer, and facilitator Naomi Ortiz speaks to the intersection of place, ancestors, activism embodiment, and disability justice. Naomi is a Disabled, Mestiza (Latina/Indigenous/White), raised in Latinx culture, living in the U.S./Mexico borderlands. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The honoring of activist ancestors Disability and Spirituality Naomi’s explanation of...
Scholar and filmmaker Dr. Susan Stryker celebrates the continuum of trans history, and speaks to queering time through her relationships with both elders and ancestors in the trans community. This episode is in honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance 2018. You may want to read the names that follow out loud, in honor of...
In honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) Bespoken Bones is showcasing Trans speakers and causes all month. In this episode, Anthony Easton discusses the act of deadnaming, and how the trans community might learn from the good death movement and vice-versa. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The importance of...
Spirit worker, medicine maker, priest and activist Lou Florez (Awo Ifadunsin Sangobiyi) speaks to being in community and in being conversation with our ancestors as we embody their blessings while disrupting colonizer culture as it lives inside of us. Join us on Oct. 28 in San Francisco at the Modern Witches Confluence! In this episode of...
Practitioner of wonder Lindsay Sudeikis exuberantly riffs on her former life as a nun, the biblical erotic, and what it is to be in love with life while holding a hard line against oppression. She basically smashes patriarchy with every word that falls from her mouth. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The...
Dr. G Love aka Geryll Robinson discusses the value of communal ancestral practice and ritual to heal transgenerational trauma in community. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The importance of queer and transgender blast folks How identity politics help for healing Celebrating and remembering who we are What a rainbow Antahkarana is How...
In this episode, Nick Venegoni of the Queer Spirit podcast interviews me. We discuss the importance of desire and pleasure, and how it gets complicated in the presence of trauma. I riff on how to know if you’re not living your body, and getting comfortable being uncomfortable. Lastly, we explore the transmission of trans-generational trauma and...
Ancestral Movement practitioner Simon Thakur discusses the evolutionary role of empathy, the adaptive qualities of disembodiment, and how moving like our ancestors can heal our grieving hearts. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Evolutionary history Record of Ancestry What happens when we begin to move deliberately as our ancestors move Kinesthetic empathy as...
UK storyteller and activist Elinor Predota discusses the importance of multiplicity of perspectives when learning the stories of our ancestors, who lived rich, multi-faceted lives. Storytelling can be a healing practice that allows the humanity and fullness of our ancestors to come into focus. Elinor’s class ROOTED: Telling Our Ancestors’ Stories for white folks committed to...
Bodyworker and ancestral healer Mika Banks speaks on how she had to learn boundaries to work effectively with the dead. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: How Mika Banks came into boundaries practice The actual process when you’re inside someone else’s body The different practices of Mika Banks Energy healing Setting boundaries with...
Cultural geographer Christos Galanis speaks on ecosexuality as ancestral sexuality, and embodying the priniciples of sacred reciprocity, integrity and consent on the land on which we live. This is Bespoken Bones one year anniversary episode! In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: What is a Cultural Geographer How we can practice belonging What happens...
Plant and stone medicine healer Dori Midnight, speaks on ancestral and queer magic with the green bloods and rocks and crystals as allies in ancestral healing. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: How Dori Midnight holds magic as an ancestral inheritance How can stones support connecting with Ancestors Stones repatriation and why it’s...
LGBTQ Historian and genealogist Stewart Blandon Traimon speaks on finding our ancestors who had special relationships with gender and sexuality in our family trees. Genealogy is an important parallel to ancestral reverence, and it’s a special treat to dive in through a queer lens. Check out Stewart’s class on June 23. In this episode of...
Sangoma Gogo Ekhaya Esima of Sangoma Healing speaks on her initiation through mental health crisis and the important lost art of being humble on our knees before our ancestors. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: What is Sangoma Healing Sangoma is a calling Men with Feminine Spirit and vise versa The personal experiences of Sangoma...
Listen as death doula and ritualist Sarah Kerr of Soul Passages discusses how to prepare to be a good ancestor, have a good death, and face the truth that life is finite. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Efficatious ways of preparing for death transition A soul’s journey through loss and transition Practices...
Archetypal Astrologer Rebecca Farrar speaks in plain English on ancestral connections within astrological birth charts, and the power of viewing your life through an astrological lens. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Astrology The connections between Ancestors and Astrology The Astrological Natal Chart The archetypes of the planets The planet Saturn Learning the Patterns...
Jungian therapist and author Dr. Sandra Easter discusses her work and book “Jung and the Ancestors Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web” on how we can heal generations of suffering by opening our hearts to feeling what is present in our lineages, our communities, and the land. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss:...
Listen as Artistic Director Seth Eisen discusses how art can bring queer ancestors OUT of the shadows and into the light in his new San Francisco collaboration OUT of SITE, and the multigenerational healing that can happen from diving deep into our queer history. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The show “Out...
Sexuality author and educator Lee Harrington of Passion and Soul speaks on the mighty queer dead, erotic ancestral practice, and kink and leather ancestral lineages. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Sexuality connection Death as part of our sexual journey Using sex as a battery Tending things magically and ancestrally If it’s appropriate to...
Listen as embodied dream worker and ancestral lineage repair practitioner Seyta Selter of Innerlands speaks to the practices of dreaming with ancestors, and the healing power of erotic dreams. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: NORD: The google for the collective unconscious Dream journals: getting in touch with ancestors Ancestral message in dreams...
Listen as Reverend Catharine Clarenbach of The Way of the River speaks on spirit in a fat body, connecting with ancestors through ancestral objects, and tending the unloved dead. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: “Everyone has ancestors and they’re linked to you by God. The ancestry of cultures with clear ancestral reverence Integrity...
Listen as shamanic healer and teacher Christina Pratt, host of the Why Shamanism Now podcast and founder of the Last Mask Center speaks on holistic sexuality, the spiritual consequences of sexual violation, and the retrieval of soul parts for the sake of erotic wellness. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Shamanism Having helping spirits Dancing and...
Family Constellation facilitator Peter Touchard speaks on how revealing unseen, hidden exclusions and entanglements within family systems can lead to resolution. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Constellations and systemic constellations The Family System Traumatic Repetition Silence The Ancestor Syndrome The constellation process How particular energies get attached to bloodlines The ways of...
Taya Shere waxes poetic on healing Jewish ancestral healing, participating in an embodied, holy life, and bliss as the prayer. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute The root of their work The gifts and ways of the ancients Jewish spiritual lineage Transgenerational trauma in the Jewish narrative Divinity:...
Listen as acupuncturist and herbalist Erin Langley of Ancestral Acupuncture speaks truth on the intersection of ancestors and healing. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The work she does with ancestral acupuncture How she explored her own ancestral healing traditions The body as a continuation of the ancestors Dreams Ancetsral wounds Ancestral work...
Mallorie Vaudoise is a Brooklyn-based spiritualist of Italian descent. Listen as she speaks on the veneration of saints, the presence of ancestor worship in Catholicism, and adopting your very own soul, for the sake of receiving blessing. Learn more about her work and upcoming ancestor course at https://www.italianfolkmagic.com/ In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Italian...
Artist Clement Hil Goldberg speaks to the urgency of creating revolutionary glittering ancestral art, both as a prayer to encode our embodied knowing, and for the sake of supporting and blessing our queer descendants. Go see the show! Their show, Our Future Ends runs through Saturday, October 21. It is a sad yet hopeful satire that connects threats...
New York City-based Shaman Langston Kahn of Occupy Your Heart speaks on how relating with ancestors can support the fullest expression of our Selves, and how we can work with the unseen in service to our greatest passions. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: His work with Occupy Your Hearts His connection with...
Dr. Judith Rich is a pioneering teacher in the field of transformation and consciousness. Listen as she speaks on making the deliberate choice to heal our lineages, and dealing with the repercussions, positive and negative, of accepting our ancestors. Read the post she wrote: ” Healing the wounds of our ancestors” http://judithrich.com/17369/ In this episode of...
Herbalist and Curandera Atava Garcia Swiecicki of Ancestral Apothecary School of Herbal, Folk and Indigenous Medicine speaks on connecting with our indigenous medicine, developing relationships with plants that support the healing of transgenerational trauma and plants and the erotic. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Her work with ancestral apothecary Traditional medicine The spirit...
Somatic Sex Educator Caffyn Jesse speaks on self-regulation of the nervous system, ancestral trauma renegotiation and deep somatic pleasure. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The work she does Soma and the importance of Somatics The somatic importance of ancestors How I bring the dimension of ancestral work to my practice of sex...
5 Rhythms teacher and activist Sylvie Minot speaks on creating embodied safety and the joyful body, the ancestral war that can exist inside of us and how dance helps us hold that, and how we can dance ourselves and our ancestors free. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The five rhythms and the...
Renegade Sexual Mystic M’kali-Hashiki speaks on developing ancestral consciousness, and the integration of our erotic lives through breathwork practice. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The importance of ancestors in Efa Possible dangers in working with ancestors How to know if an ancestor is safe to be communicating with Making space for ancestors and...
Dr. Jenny Wade, author of Transcendent Sex, speaks on how erotic states of being are altered states, and can be used to create change and healing. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: The benefits of transcendent sexual experiences for survivors of sexual trauma Inner healing impulse and wisdom Altered states The perceptions of...
Artist Keith Hennessy speaks on how the ancestors move through him as he creates radical performance that challenges dominant culture. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: What he thinks about ancestors Ancestors existing in ecosystems and invoking ancestors The Present and its relationship to ancestors How he experienced his ancestors Recognizing ancestral consciousness...
Rashani Chandra Alexandre speaks on the role of ancestors in tantric Hinduism, and practicing ancestral consciousness. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: Who and what are ancestors according to Hindu traditions Practices and ways to honor ancestors in a Hindu lineage The practice of making offerings in Hindu traditions The Christian faith Reincarnation...
Dr. Daniel Foor speaks on embodying the goodness of our older, bright well ancestors and how developing ancestral relationships can benefit our lives. In this episode of Bespoken Bones, we discuss: How he knew his ancestors are real Having an ancestor shrine and ways to communicate to the Ancestors The Well Dead and the Unwell...
Introduction to the podcast, your host Pavini Moray, and how this podcast connects ancestors, sex, magick and science for the sake of personal and plantary liberation!