Stoking the Fire podcast
To stoke a fire is to fuel or poke at a fire so that it may grow bigger. Culturally, it can describe igniting a passion, and is often used in a spiritual or wellness context. Fire gives us life- it illuminates our world, and gives us energy to grow. If a fire isn’t tended to, it often goes out. If it’s used unskillfully, it can cause serious destruction. Stoking the Fire Podcast explores different practices and experiences of wellness and spirituality in a way that is nuanced and informative. This multilingual podcast draws on guests’ own personal experiences to dig deep beyond superficial constructs, leaving no stone unturned.
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Season 2:
Ep 3: O Futuro é Ancestral com o Alma de Gaia
Alma de Gaia – Espaço de Cura é conduzido por Faby Kan Lamat, Bruna Soller, Kennya Benzedeira, e Teresa Rosa Rubi. Juntas as Guardiãs, despertam fé, essência e alinhamento com a prosperidade. Suas jornadas unem sabedoria ancestral e espiritualidade simples em práticas acessíveis. Um caminho de cura, autenticidade e expansão para quem escolhe viver em verdade.
Ep 2: Freedom from the grind: Somatic therapy and breathwork with Adam Tanous
Adam Tanous is a somatic therapist who incorporates breathwork, core belief healing, and a variety of other practices into his treatment offerings. He specializes in working with over-achievers or people stressed out from the corporate grind who are trying to find peace and contentment. He is based out of Florianópolis, Brazil, and works with clients one-on-one, both in person and virtually, as well as holding group healing events.
Ep 1: Tuning the guitar of our consciousness with Edu Ara (Part 1)
Edu Ara is a consciousness musician and a director of the NGO, Aldeia do Futuro, (Village of the Future), a group that empowers the Huni Kuin people, an indigenous group out of Acre, Brazil, by cultivating autonomy and safety from the effects of deforestation, and preserving Huni Kuin culture. Edu is a bridge between the Huni Kuin and non-indigenous people, helping facilitate retreats in the Amazon rainforest that offer healing ceremonies and other ancestral wisdom teachings and offerings.
Ep 0: About Season 2
Season 2 was recorded in Florianópolis, Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Florianopolis is also known as Ilha da Magia, or Island of Magic, in Portuguese. It is an island filled with all different kinds of spiritual practices. Rio de Janeiro is fantastic and foreboding- also filled with wellness practices as well as political movements. In season 2, we talk about consciousness music, somatic therapy, the nuanced experience of cults vs healing groups, ancestral women-based spirituality, the sex worker right’s movement in Rio, the temple of Hare Krishna, deep healing in the Amazon and fighting against deforestation and stealing of Indigenous land, and sound healing. Such an amazing group of guests and topics on this season. Muito gratidao pra tudos. Enjoy!
A segunda temporada foi gravada em Florianópolis, Brasil, e no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Florianópolis também é conhecida como Ilha da Magia. É uma ilha repleta de todos os tipos de práticas espirituais. O Rio de Janeiro é fantástico e ao mesmo tempo intimidador — também repleto de práticas de bem-estar, assim como de movimentos políticos. Na segunda temporada, falamos sobre música e consciência, terapia somática, a experiência complexa de cultos versus grupos de cura, espiritualidade ancestral centrada nas mulheres, o movimento pelos direitos das trabalhadoras do sexo no Rio, o templo Hare Krishna, a cura profunda na Amazônia e a luta contra o desmatamento e o roubo de terras indígenas, e cura através do som. Um grupo incrível de convidados e temas nesta temporada. So much gratitude for all. Aproveitem!
Season One:
Ep 3: The Celluloid Bordello: Depictions of sex work in film with Juliana Piccillo
Juliana Piccillo is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and sex worker rights activist. She is the producer of “I was a Teenage Prostitute” and “The Celluloid Bordello,” and was a story consultant for Sean Baker on "Red Rocket,” a Palme d’or-nominated film. As a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona for ten years, she taught film, video and television production.
Ep 2: Ashtanga Yoga & Shaping Your Life Around Asana with Isabelle Kramer
Isabelle Kramer is an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher and Esalen massage therapist with over 12 years of professional and international experience building and leading health and wellness communities. In addition to leading the Ashtanga Yoga Club in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Isabelle offers online private and in-person group Mysore style classes in the Vaudreuil and Montreal, Quebec, Canada area.
The intersection of sexuality and spirituality with Gwen Walsh
Gwen Walsh is a sexuality and spirituality consultant. She has a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University, and works with individuals, couples, and corporate clients such as Durex, K-Y, and L,Oreal. She has been featured in Refinery 29 and Marie Claire magazine, and currently works within the Maine Community College System to advise students on sexual and relationship violence prevention and wellness promotion.
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