The Healing House: Recent Episodes
Patricia
Hi! I'm Patty. After a weird “Dark Night of the Soul" experience (a sort of scary existential crisis), I was inspired by books and podcasts to help other humans. Podcasts had really helped me make sense of what I was going through at the time, so I thought I'd attempt to do the same for others. In this podcast, I explore conversations that blur lines between mind, body, and spirituality to start the healing process. We’ll discuss all human things like psychology, meaning, trauma, meditation, self-care, relationships, health, and simply just existence. I hope to help you find meaning here on this whacky mysterious planet we all are on! Instagram: @mzxpatrisha
Enjoy this podcast talking with Eric Franks on my 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat! Vipassana is a silent donation based retreat consisting of meditating 10 hours a day without any phone, talking, distraction, etc. I learned alot throughout this retreat and I am happy to share my experience.
For more on Vipassana please check out their website:
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index
& follow @ericfranksvisuals on instagram…his work is AMAZING!!
Please follow @thehealinghouse.podcast for updates on podcasts and my personal IG is @mzxpatrisha ! See ya soon
Enjoy this podcast talking with Eric Franks on my 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat! Vipassana is a silent donation-based retreat consisting of meditating 10 hours a day without any phone, talking, distraction, etc. I learned a lot throughout this retreat and I am happy to share my experience with you!
For more on Vipassana please check out their website:
https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index
& follow @ericfranksvisuals on instagram…his work is AMAZING!!
Please follow @thehealinghouse.podcast for updates on podcasts and my personal IG is @mzxpatrisha ! See ya soon
Meet Natalia Rodriquez Arango! One of my favorite yoga teachers at Reunify Yoga in San Diego, CA who helped facilitate the teacher training I attended back in 2022. She is a 1,000HR yoga teacher, PYT (professional yoga therapist), holistic health coach, movement specialist, human anatomist PT, herbalist, and essential oil connoisseur. She is a “Jill of all Trades" if you will. From yoga teacher training to making holistic teas and oils, to drawing anatomy pictures, and facilitating stretch therapy/ assisted stretching, she is quite the scholar and diverse teacher in the studio. There is a lot to learn from her as we discuss just the brim of what she knows about breath, pelvic floor yoga, and her story!
Find her at:
website// https://higher-waves.com/natalia/
instagram// @nattyarango // https://www.instagram.com/nattyarango/
Continue to listen to The Healing House podcast!
Instagram// @thehealinghouse.podcast // https://www.instagram.com/thehealinghouse.podcast/
Host// Patty // @mzxpatrisha
A beautiful conversation I decided to dig up from last year with my yoga teaching instructor, Nikki.
Nikki Rae Bose was the first yoga instructor that I received yoga from after my move to San Diego, CA at her studio- Reunify Yoga. Her teachings caught my eye when I heard her interweave Advaita and “self-inquiry” meditation throughout the physical practice of yoga (asana). Overtime, I became intrigued with this traditional style of yoga and eventually was a front desk girl for Reunify. Fast track a few years later, and she became the woman who taught me my first 200 hours of yoga teacher training! Sending me off into the world as a hatha, vinyasa, and yin yoga instructor.
Nikki started her journey career-wise as a molecular biologist, originally from Chicago. She
found love in yoga throughout her travels in Asia and India, later becoming a 500 hour yoga instructor. Her amazing ability to teach poetically, yet authentically while spitting the seeds of traditional yoga philosophy is an incredible experience.I feel so lucky to have had her train me into my first yoga teacher certification.
In this podcast, we discuss her early life, the seeds of yoga, how yoga can be the center point of attraction into our awakening lives as we listen to our intuition.
You can find out more about Nikki:
Personal Instagram:
@nikkiraebose // https://www.instagram.com/nikkiraebose/
Her Studio Instagram:
@reunifyyoga // https://www.instagram.com/reunifyyoga/
Reunify Yoga Website:
https://www.reunifyyoga.com
Sunny Jo Lawrence, is the wife of James Lawrence, who first completed 50 consecutive IRONMAN triathlons then went onto complete 101 triathlons in a row, back to back, yes...you're right...he did 1 IRONMAN per day for that many days. Later filming a documentary that's since debuted on Netflix and Amazon Prime (link below).
She discusses with me the inner strength it took for her to trust the process of life during the support of her husband as well as the days where they didn't think he'd make it alive.
We discuss redefining mental toughness and inner strength when it comes to purpose and doing things that are HARD but that drive you.
This is for the go-getters, the high achievers, the one with big dreams that have a deep calling but don't know how to hear it or trust it is the right thing.
Sunny Jo Lawrence// @sunnyjolawrence: https://www.instagram.com/sunnyjolawrence/?hl=en
James Lawrence//The Iron Cowboy//IG// : https://www.instagram.com/ironcowboyjames/
Website// https://www.ironcowboy.com
Watch The Iron Cowboy Documentary// https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Cowboy-Story-50-50-50-Triathlon/dp/B07D95GW6P
My instagram: @mzxpatrisha
In this incredible episode, I interview Nicolas Canon from Bogota, Colombia on a beginners guide to Ayahuasca. If you’ve been curious about plant medicine or just want to know more about it, in particular ceremonial ayahuasca, Nico is an astounding and experienced mentor that has sat through 100s of ceremonies with Ayahuasca.
He, like many of us, transitioned through many identities of himself throughout his life. First the young shy boy as a kid, which caused him to become hyper- masculine to prove his worth, indulging in alcoholism, women, desires, but at least he was socially loved by his peers. He ended up launching a tattoo business and thought life was at its peak (been there myself) and naturally when we follow all our ego’s desires, not our hearts desires, we come to a point on the spiritual path where we feel it is not enough.
This led him to Colombia to work with a shaman and Ayahuasca. Throughout his journey with shamanism and plant medicine he was able to peel away layers of his boyish ego, purging his juvenile mask of proving himself, and stepped into the role as a mentor for relationships, coaching, and learning to hold space for the deepest of life's processes for others. His work really focuses on being honest with ourselves, engaging in relationships from truth and love rather than ego, and helps empower others to provide a practical way of living a better life. Through his experiences with ayahuasca he integrates ancestral indigenous and shamanic wisdom.
He is quite the amazing being, his Instagram posts are spot on and RAW, teaching others to be honest and intuitive, instead of bypassing and disconnecting. Very much similar to a taoist or non dualistic approach when there is no other way but THE way, which is the path of the heart, even if it hurts. He is now married to a beautiful woman and they help facilitate others through ayahuasca ceremonies.
In this podcast we discuss:
- If you wait, to be ready by the time you are ready…you won't need it
- If there is fear then there is something that needs to be released
- Who shouldn't do it
- When you know you are ready
- Masculine and feminine
- Flow shows you where your stuck
- Shaman ceremony
- Autoimmune disease
- How things manifest in the body
- Great questions at the end about relationships at the end
Check him out on:
Website: https://nicocanon.com/
Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicocanon_/ OR @nicocanon_
Facilitated Retreats in Colombia: https://www.instagram.com/ayahuasca.colombia/ OR @ayahuasca.colombia
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AyahuascaRetreat
More on The Healing House + about me:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mzxpatrisha/ OR @mzxpatrisha
In this short episode, I discuss the most important lesson I've learned on this earth in my search for internal peace- letting go. In all spiritual teachings I've explored there was one common ground, presence. The present moment is always here. Even memory of the past and visions of the future take place in the present moment mind. If we could become totally in love with what is happening right now, at every moment, how could our lives change? By letting go of things that we can not control, we totally surrender to miracles and surprises of life. We let it flow through us with emptiness so we can be full. It is difficult in this society to let go of mind and not always have a "plan". But contrary to popular belief, we do not need a plan to live life. Life is here for us now. If we can drop the mind for just a second and be here fully, maybe we can finally feel peace for the first time, right here and now.
Kevin Crenshaw's unique way of coaching allows others to truly see how embedded trauma can be on our nervous system. These imprints may be affecting the relationship we have with ourselves and others. This beautiful conversation allows others to understand that trauma can interfere with discernment, choice, and how we see a relationship. Chaos leads to dopamine addiction that doesn't look like your normal "addiction". Addiction can be hiding in relationships and "feel good" moments too.
Kevin,
Thank you!
For more on his incredible story and struggle that birthed who he is today:
Kevin's IG: https://www.instagram.com/the.heart.guy/?hl=en or @the.heart.guy
His free book: https://kevin-crenshaw-dc13.mykajabi.com/stop-overthinking
Website: https://www.heartguy.com/
Podcast: https://kevin-crenshaw-dc13.mykajabi.com/podcast
The Wim Hof Method was designed by Wim Hof, who broke world records for withstanding cold temperatures via a meditative breathing method. This breathing method is now used all over the world to increase immunity, control heart rate, and help reduce anxiety/depression.
Brandon Powell is a level 3 certified Wim Hof Method Instructor and has trained with Wim Hof personally. He’s also a professional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, fitness & self-defense coach, and the owner of "On PHYR" in North Carolina. He was my instructor for the Wim Hof fundamentals course in Connecticut and I am overwhelmed with gratitude for his wisdom on this internationally known method.
In this episode, we discuss what the Wim Hof Method is, how it works, what physiologically happens in the body, routine, and the importance of connection.
Brandon, Thank You**.
Brandon's Website:** http://onphyr.com/home/
Brandon on the Wim Hof Instructor site: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/instructors/brandonpowell
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandonpowell396/?hl=en
or @Brandonpowell396
Viral Tik Tok of me ice bath training with Brandon:https://www.tiktok.com/@mzxpatrisha/video/6852904206773357830?source=h5_m Brandon's ice bath video he references:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxLASsIFTPk&t=337s
My Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mzxpatrisha/?hl=en
or @mzxpatrisha
Warning - please read carefully:
The breathing exercise has a profound effect and should be practiced in the way it is explained. Always do the breathing exercise in a safe environment (e.g. sitting on a couch/floor) and unforced.
Never practice the exercises before or during diving, driving, swimming, taking a bath or in any other environment/place where should you pass out, a serious injury could occur. Wim Hof breathing may cause tingling sensations and/or lightheadedness. If you’ve fainted, it means that you went to far. Take a step back next time.
The cold is a powerful force. We strongly advise to gradually build up exposing yourself to the cold. Always train without force and listen to your body carefully. If it is not practiced responsible, there is a risk of hypothermia.
Do not practice the method during pregnancy or when having epilepsy. Persons with cardiovascular health issues, or any other (serious) health conditions, should always consult a medical doctor before starting with the Wim Hof Method.
A year ago, Jamie helped me through so many questions after my awakening. This is the conversation...I've come a long way since then, not really understanding what any of it meant at the time of this conversation, but I find it extremely helpful.
The Show:
Jamie, who later became my spiritual mentor and yoga coach, is known for his YouTube channel where he explains his experience with a sudden kundalini awakening.
We discuss both of our experiences with awakening spiritually and the pain that comes with it. How do you distinguish between intuition and ego? What does a dark night feel like? We share our experience in hopes to help others going through the same.
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You may have experienced a "Dark Night of the Soul" or what some call a spiritual depression. It can be described as a period of time when you are no longer your old self, but not yet your new self. It's a transition in life. Feelings of emptiness may arise or a feeling of being in "limbo". A darkness, a void of your being... You may ask questions like "Why am I here?" "What is the meaning of all of this?" "Who am I?" It can come in the existential form.
The idea is that the dark night comes to help us grow. It pulls us away from the habitual life we've been living and makes us realize we may need to change something. It commonly brings us closer to a spiritual path afterward. Of course, this is not to diagnose anyone or imply that your medical depression is a spiritual one.
Jamie, Thank you.
You can find Jamie Munday speaking more on these topics:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrR5...
Website: https://www.spiritualawakeninghelp.co...
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Spiri...
Instagram: @jamie.munday
My Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mzxpatrisha/?hl=en
or @mzxpatrisha
Here it is, the story of my own "Dark Night of the Soul": Abrupt changes in my environment, combined with unfolding deep childhood trauma in EMDR therapy, led to a spiraling existential depression. This period is what made me who I am today—stronger, healthier, and more compassionate. The purpose of my story is to transform despair into hope for those experiencing dark days, even when the tank is seemingly empty. Dark periods of life are necessary for growth and change. Just like anything that is born or grows, starts in darkness (a mother's belly, or a seed in the soil) before it is alive. Your beingness and consciousness do the same.
My Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mzxpatrisha/?hl=en
or @mzxpatrisha