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A few months ago I had a vision — that too many of us are living lives we regret, and it leaves us with endless longing and confusion. When I asked for the antidote, the response was profound — Live a beautiful life. That’s all. Live a beautiful life. In this episode, I share my vision and offer reflections on why beauty is everything. Tune in for support and inspiration to release regret and align your life with truth + beauty. LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — the Magic of the Third △The Power of Deep Alignment for Beautiful Futuresmy conversation about whales with Mattia Maurée on their AudHD podcastDevotion Free Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Today, I explore one of my personal codes and symbols – the number three and the concept of the third. Three is always inviting me to go deeper and unpack more and more of its layers. It pulls me into a wider and greater understanding. Tune in to this episode to learn how the three or the third gives us a code for understanding humanity’s current chapter, as well as how we can become more skillful in what seem to be increasingly polarized situations or realities. playingmaking Themes from the episode — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess w—graceOrienting Toward Your Destiny Through Stone Medicine Healing w—Sarah ThomasFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. Learn more about the Water Medicine course grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Today Aishath Huda joins us to share her lifelong connection with water and how it has shaped her creative process and perception as an artist. In this conversation about art, nature, and experience, we explore the fluidity of more-than-human consciousness and the impact that abstracting water has on humanity and climate literacy. Aishath Huda is a Chicago-based visual artist from the Maldives. She makes work that investigates the relationship between bodies and the environment in both the local and the ecological sense. Her most recent work addresses the many ways water is abstracted through ethics and aesthetics, how this affects climate literacy, and how climate literacy is connected to human and more-than-human relations. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Water Medicine + the House of the Goddess w—graceOf Selkies + Cycles w— mary graceBurn Out + Water Medicine w— mary graceMentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseWhat is Water? book by Jamie LintonMore about our guest — Huda’s websiteHuda’s InstagramFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

We’re joined by long-time stone medicine alchemist and healer, Sarah Thomas. Together we delve into the ancestral healing power of stones and crystals and how they can help us on the journey to the fulfillment of destiny. Sarah, whose secret name is Star Wolf, is a healer, acupuncturist and educator who is immersed in the clinical and academic experience of ancient stone medicine and future crystal technologies. Sarah is the lead instructor at the Upper Clarity School and founded North Carolina's first mineral studies program. Sarah's Dao is to resurrect the vast and uncharted potential of healing and awakening with stones. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita FinnConnecting with Nature in a Digital Age w— Kalpana AriasEpisode w— Mimi YoungMentioned in the episode— The Crystal Clarity podcastClarity Crystal ShopLearn more about the Water Medicine courseMore about our guest — Upper Clarity websiteSarah’s InstagramFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Today we welcome Rebecca Magee of Sister Seasons to share her knowledge of how women and menstruators can honor themselves and the planet through cycle awareness practices. Together, we discuss how observing the cycles of our bodies and the natural world can foster a profound sense of belonging and connection with nature. Rebecca also introduces the concept of viewing the Earth as a sister rather than a mother, and she encourages us to explore the parallels between our experiences and the planet’s. Rebecca Magee is a teacher, experience designer and facilitator focused on the intersection of gender equity and climate justice. She’s continually learning and teaching others how to move through life at the pace of our bodies and our planet. As a founder of Sister Seasons, Rebecca guides women and menstruators to restore their well-being and our planets and partners with organizations who are seeking to empower menstruators to lead on climate without burning out. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Many Mothers + Many Lifetimes: Ancestral Connection w–Perdita FinnExperience the World as Alive w— herbalist Sarah Corbett of Rowan + SageMentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseRegenerate Together waitlistField Notes courseMore about our guest — Sister SeasonsNewsletter sign-upSister Seasons on LinkedInFollow Sister Seasons on InstagramFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Today, we welcome folk witch, astrologer + spirit worker Amaya Rourke to share her knowledge about how lunar cycles, fixed stars and the force of water shape our lives. Amaya begins the episode with stories of ancient civilizations’ connection to the night sky and cosmic ocean. Then we reflect on the power of fluidity and surrender, and consider how moon cycles can guide and transform our lives. We close with a discussion of fixed stars and their capacity to change our relationship with astrology. Amaya Rourke is an animist folk witch, astrologer, tarot reader, spirit worker, and folk herbalist. Her work guides others called to a wild witchcraft that straddles the seen and unseen worlds, traveling the moonlit and star studded crooked path of the bramble hedge. Rooted in historic folkways and updated for contemporary life, Amaya's praxis seeks to return to the interwoven cycles of the Moon, fixed stars, and living Earth. She has been a featured guest on many podcasts, a writer for limited edition grimoires, Moon planners, and astrology magazines; and is a seasoned workshop writer and facilitator. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Sound Magic, Creative Listening + Connecting to Intuition w — Zaneta SykesResponsibility + Possibility for Mystical Crafts w— Diana Rose HarperMentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseSecrets of the Ancient SkiesMore about our guest — websiteInstagramFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

In this episode, Perdita Finn shares her knowledge of empowering individuals to activate their own magic with the help of their ancestors. Together, we talk about connecting with the dead, the battle against matriarchal wisdom, and reclaiming both the power of the rosary and the significance of our relationship with the unknown. Perdita Finn is the co-founder, with her husband Clark Strand, of the non-denominational international fellowship The Way of the Rose, which inspired their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. In addition to extensive study with Zen masters, priests, and healers, she apprenticed with the psychic Susan Saxman, with whom she wrote The Reluctant Psychic. Finn now teaches popular workshops on Getting to Know the Dead, in which participants are empowered to activate the magic in their own lives with the help of their ancestors. She is the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World and lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.DYou Deserve Enchantment w—Natalie EslickMentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseMore about our guest — FacebookInstagramTake Back the MagicThe Way of the RoseTake Back the MagicWay of the RoseWatch the episode on YouTubeFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

In this episode, we explore Mercury's influence in water signs with the astrologer, writer and ritual strategist Erin Tack Shipley. Erin begins the discussion with the origin story of Mercury, the mischievous son of Maia and Zeus, who sneaks out of his cradle on the day of his birth and steals his brother’s oxen. Then we reflect on the complexity of morality and explore the adaptability and fluidity of Mercury. And we close by examining Mercury’s character in each of the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio & Pisces. Erin Tack Shipley is a consulting professional astrologer, creative writer and ritual strategist supporting folx in staying with the challenge of being in right relationship, embracing death and co-creating culture within and beyond systems of oppression. Weaving astrology with other tools, Erin helps people reconcile the gap between how they are in the reality of their present conditions and who they perceive themselves to be in their ideal world. Erin lives, works and tends community on the traditional lands of the Awaswas, Cotoni, Uypi, Sayanta and Aptos speaking peoples. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Water Medicine + The House of the GoddessYou Are An Interstellar BeingMentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseErin’s talk “3rd & 6th Houses // Care Work & Disability Justice”Undrowned, book by Alexis Pauline GumbsKristin MathisWatch the episode on YouTubeMore about our guest — Visit Erin’s websiteFollow Erin on InstagramFollow Erin on TwitterFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

In this episode, writer, yoga teacher & spiritual practitioner Tracee Stanley joins us to shares her wisdom for reintegrating with the true Self. Together, we explore the concept of self-remembrance, the importance of restorative rest, and the transformative power of embracing impermanence. Tracee also shares her personal breakthrough moment, when she realized that suffering and discomfort can be seen as grace and valuable opportunities for growth. Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self. She is also the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 25 years of studentship in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. As a post-lineage teacher, Tracee is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Episode 92 w —Tracee StanleyFinding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia RaheemMore about our guest — Visit Tracee’s WebsiteRead Tracee’s New Book The Luminous SelfJoin One of Tracee’s Book ClubsJoin Tracee’s Empowered Life Circle Free Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

In this episode, Gabriela Gutierrez takes us on a captivating journey through the world of imagery, religious symbolism, and the goddess in ancient Europe. From the first religious scriptures etched on Paleolithic cave walls to the transformation of icons into idols, Gabriela unpacks the layers of meaning behind these ancient artifacts while challenging us to view ancient cultures through their own lens, free from the limitations of a colonial perspective. Gabriela is a writer, scholar and teacher of the mythic imagination, mysticism and ancient history. Her work stems from her decade-long studies with shamans and renunciants around the world, and is focused on the revival of the spiritual traditions in pre-patriarchal Europe. She teaches and offers distance healing in-person and online, and her writing and independent research can be found on her Substack ‘Under a Fig Tree’. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Water Medicine + the House of the GoddessAncestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.D Mentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseHenry CorbinThe LabrysThe Kurgan Hypothesis More about our guest — Visit Gabriela’s WebsiteFollow Gabriela on SubstackFollow Gabriela on Instagram Free Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Welcome to a new season of home—body podcast. Our themes for this season are Water and the Third House. In this episode, I’m sharing what these themes mean to me and why I’m bringing them to the center of the podcast right now. If you’re thirsty for more aliveness, more wildness, more soulfulness, more life, this season is for you. Join me in this episode + subscribe to find more flow, more receptivity + more magic. At the core, Water Medicine is about creating the space, rhythms and openings to receive the fullness of the soul back inside of our bodies — receiving that disruptive, wild, poetic force of life and allowing the soul to fully inhabit our bodies in the here and now. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Burn Out + Water Medicine w— graceOf Selkies + Cycles w— graceMentioned in the episode— Learn more about the Water Medicine courseFree Resources — Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

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We are taking a podcast break from publishing new episodes from June-August 2023 ✨ In the meantime, check out the playlists, links and resources below to be in touch and enjoy some episodes you might have missed! LINKS Check out — Summer Break 2023 home—body Playlist 🌞 Take this free 1-minute quiz to help you lean into self-care as soul care This article on how Water can help us recover from Burnout Sign up for Notion Nerd Night — first Wednesdays of every month! Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Today, we move through the range of mystery and liminality that is the 12th house with astrologer Bear Ryver. Bear shares his perspectives on the questions and topics of the 12th house and guides us towards ways we can bring more consideration, care and space for its significations in our lives. Bear Ryver is a professional astrologer helping his clients hone strategies for grounded growth and embodied empowerment by bringing them back to the BASICS. Winner of OPA’s Most Promising Astrologer in 2018, Bear has lectured at conferences like NORWAC and ISAR. He holds certifications in Hellenistic, Electional, and Horary astrology, and specializes in Intersectional Astrology. He was a teacher for the Portland School of Astrology, and has volunteered as a mentor for AFAN. When he’s not talking stars or pulling cards, you can find him climbing rocks and playing guitar. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Episode on the 2nd House w— Rob Bailey Episode on the 6th House w— Michael J Morris More about our guest — Bear’s website Bear’s Twitter Bear’s IG Bear’s YouTube channel Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Mo Olufemi of the Fixed Astrology Podcast joins us again to talk about the upcoming astrology for May 2023, including : the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio, Mercury stationing Direct, Venus in Cancer, Jupiter in Taurus, Sun in Gemini and the New Moon in Taurus. Mo is a an astrologer and tarot reader specializing in Hellenistic and Medieval astrology, while also becoming versed in the Vedic astrological tradition. She loves learning about the underrated parts of essential dignity and their applications, and uses the Golden Dawn astrological correspondences to merge tarot with astrology. In her spare time, she is a loving mother of two cats. we discuss — LINKS More about our guest — Mo’s website Mo’s Twitter Mo’s Instagram Mo’s Substack The Fixed Astrology Podcast Free Resources — get your free Houses Cheat Sheet Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace's website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Today, we sift through the topics and considerations of the 2nd house in astrology with astrologer Rob Bailey. Rob shares his perspectives on how the questions and topics of the 2nd house are relevant to us as individuals but also as collective society, guiding us toward ways we can be more curious and compassionate as we relate to these supporting resources in our lives. Rob Bailey is an astrologer, occultist and Christian mystic from Canberra, Australia. His focus is the study and revival of early Medieval astrology, and developing authentic ways to use traditional astrology techniques to help people in the modern world. His practise combines traditional wisdom with modern counseling skills and a client-led approach to exploring the symbolism of the stars. we discuss — LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — the 6th House episode the 8th House episode More about our guest — Rob’s website Find Rob on Twitter! Rob’s Instagram Learn more about the course on horary astrology Free Resources — join us for Astro Meet-Up! get your free Houses Cheat Sheet Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. mary grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

Astrologer + musician Zamboni Funk joins us to discuss the astrology for April 2023, including : Full Moon in Libra, Solar Eclipse in Aries, Venus in Gemini and more. ZamboniFunk is a professional weirdo. When he isn't playing bootylicious funk music on the bass, he tells stories about the ongoing dramas of the heavens, with the basic understanding that whatever happens up there happens down here too; as above, so below. Timing is his specialty, from electing auspicious beginnings to keeping a killer pocket onstage; celestial and terrestrial, inquisitive minds and bumping rumps, it's all the one stuff, right? we discuss — LINKS More about our guest — Zamboni Funk’s website Zamboni Funk’s IG Zamboni Funk YouTube Zamboni on TikTok Free Resources — join us for Astro Meet-Up! get your free Houses Cheat Sheet Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. grace's website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

A conversation with two artists on the archetypal Major Arcana card The Magician. Sean Nguyen-Hilton (they/them) is a Virgo Sun, Pisces Moon, + Leo Ascendant. Sean danced “professionally” for about two decades, and worked in higher ed for about four and a half years.* Sean is a tarot reader of 27 years and is currently studying Hellenistic astrology. Sean is a Co-Founder and Team Member of Fly on a Wall, an artist led platform that presents and supports process and performance. Sean invests in care, awareness, sensation, and love, all of which he practices through the lens of queer stamina, movement, and evolution. Hez Stalcup is an experimental dance artist. He works with bodies, words, sound and objects. He makes dances. He is usually in them. He makes other things that maybe get seen. Most people think his work is about being queer or about gender, its only sometimes about either. Often he is dancing about time, failure and personhood with people he thinks are smart and funny and should be looked at. He doesn’t make beautiful dances per se, rather he thinks about what makes something outlandish and solitary enough that you want to love it forever. LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Meditation on the Fool w— Hez Stalcup Episode w— Alkistis Dimech on The Occulted Body + Dancing with Daimons Episode w— Laura Zuspan More about our guests — Sean’s website Sean’s Instagram Fly On A Wall website email Hez at hezstalcup@gmail.com Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. mary grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show

mary grace guides you through the astrological weather for March 2023. this month we experience a lot of seismic shifts with the ground moving beneath our feet and above our heads, including : Saturn enters Pisces, Pluto enters Aquarius, Mars enters Cancer, New Moon in Aries, Full Moon in Virgo and Venus entering Taurus. we discuss links Free Resources — join us for Astro Meet-Up! get your free Houses Cheat Sheet Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. Mary Grace’s website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds.✨ Support the show

Artist, oracle, + dharma witch Laura Zuspan joins us to talk about the Tarot, the healing power of art + why Buddhism is helpful for witches. We also discuss the Cantigee Oracle — an ecological spiritual guide + creative prompt deck. The Cantigee Oracle is a unique, nature-inspired oracle deck anchored in the belief that individual development will help create and sustain evolutionary change. The Cantigee Oracle brings environmental awareness into the personal realm + empowers us to address climate change with presence + care. Laura is an artist, oracle and meditator. She is the creator of Luminous Void Tarot, which was featured in Taschen’s Library of Esoterica + selected for preservation at the MIT distinctive libraries. For the last decade she's worked with individuals using the Tarot in healing through the lens of art, embodied awareness, Buddhism + symbolism. She is a student of mindfulness meditation, and she currently resides on unceded Ohlone territory with her family in Oakland CA. we discuss — I don’t know. LINKS If you enjoyed the episode, check out — Episode w— Sherry ShoneEpisode w— Natalie EslickMore about our guest — Laura’s website @theluminousvoid on IG The Cantigee Oracle Deck Rae Diamond Mentioned in the episode— Jack KornfieldTara BrachConversation w— Dan Siegel + Tara BrachFrancis WellerMalidoma SomFree Resources —Receive a free, 6-lesson mini course for seekers who want to deepen their intuition, intentionally it to connect creativity, + feel more confident trusting their inner guidance 👁✨ Get it here! Stay Connected — Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens. Mary Grace's website home—body website This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨ Support the show