Luminous Possibilities

Episode 19: Conscious Conception & Pregnancy as a Template for Healthy Bonding & Parenting w/ Mandelena Luz

IN THIS EPISODE: We discuss subtle awareness practices and healing that complement conscious conception. Mandelena's near 15 years of training in these areas alongside her specialized training brings a fresh perspective on creating a healthy and vibrant emotional life with yourself and your child. We discuss the importance of soul connection in the parenting process before, during, and after birth. Mandelena offers her embodied experience and wisdom of spiritual guidance in child bonding, offering a transmission for creating a template for healthy bonding and peaceful parenting.

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Mandalena has devoted her life to supporting people in the discovery of their greatest self, and the journey to embody its magnificence in the world. She's been a healer and teacher of healing arts and energy medicine for almost 15 years, supporting clients and students on their healing and awakening paths. This work covers the full spectrum of experience, from deep psychological trauma to transcendent spiritual expansion. With trauma, for example, deep healing happens when she helps clients meet aspects of self that had been hidden from direct consciousness and, through loving presence and attunement, integrate them back into the wholeness of their true self. And with spiritual awakening, she's seen people’s entire outlook on their life and identity change as they traverse dimensions of reality and “land” extraordinary experiences into embodiment and daily life.

The skills she's studied and taught to others for nearly 15 years are the fundamentals that hold and guide my her life. She knows from personal experience how these skills of healing and awakening have guided her and held her in times of difficulty. Even when easy answers aren’t available in the outer world, she feels the deep support of spirit guiding her, showing her the way.

It is these skills and practices that allowed her transition into motherhood to be so graceful, enjoyable and easeful.

When she became a mama she realized that so many of the qualities and capacities that she had been giving to clients for all these years were exactly what her child needed from her...that depth of attunement, loving presence, awareness of each moment, intuition and trust...

And these skills are necessary not just to care for our children, but to care for ourselves. These skills have allowed her to show up fully to meet the arising of each moment, holding herself and find the bliss inside of it all, even the challenges. She havss been able to be resourced rather than depleted. To trust what life brings us, rather than try to fight against it. To stay present, rather than disconnect. These capacities she supports herself in, have given her baby the security and presence she needed for deep psychological and spiritual health. This has resulted in her baby being securely attached and bonded with her, with a baseline of contentment and joy in her system.

Her own journey of becoming a mama - which included four pregnancies and miscarriages before her daughter fully incarnated - set her up for the work of connecting with the souls of babies both pre-conception and in utero. After her own personal communications with these souls during pregnancy, her friends' spirit babies began communicating to her as well. This naturally led her to work with couples in the conception phase, pregnant mamas, and new parents.

She feels deeply called to help parents cultivate the awareness and practices that I’ve had in my own journey, so that they can bring their all to their parenting.

TRAINING
- Nearly 15 years of training and work in awakening practices, subtle energy awareness and healing.
- Teacher and practitioner with the Luminous Awareness Institute (luminousawareness.com)
- Specialized education in....
- Body-Mind Centering TM
- Alexander Technique
- Continuum
- Asian Bodywork
- Cranial Sacral Therapy
- Qi Gong
- Dance
- Meditation
- Plant medicine
 
MFA from the University of Colorado specializing in Performance, Movement, and Somatics
BA in Human and Organizational Development and Fine Arts from Vanderbilt University

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Episode 18: Activating your Emotional Intelligence with June Syndesi

IN THIS EPISODE: We speak to the role the nervous system, habits, self-expression, effective communication, and neurology play in developing emotional intelligence. How is our health impacted by emotional intelligence? What hidden stressors might you overcome or become aware of to create greater wellness? We dive into the importance of gut instinct, deep listening, embodied awareness, and learning how to shift direction and release limiting patterns effectively to cultivate EQ.

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Web: https://syndesiwellness.com/

June Syndesi is the Founder of Syndesi Wellness Center. A 2x Nutritionist & Gut Specialist. Trauma and Emotional Relief Counselor. She is currently offering Emotional/Trauma Relief Sessions and Programs, Personalized Nutrition Detox Sessions, and Emotional Eating + Customized Genetic Nutrition Programs.

Her Trauma Counseling Practice has specialized in helping veterans with PTSD, sexual abuse, and religious trauma survivors. Her Nutrition practice helps women with hormone balance including hormonal acne, PCOS and mood swings, weight loss, sinus issues, and more with the results she finds out from lab testing. She is a retreat and festival facilitator and works in corporate America and the UK leading Stress Management workshops and presentations. She has been honored at the United Nations for her work in the United States and New Zealand in Mental Health.

She has worked in inner-city schools in NYC teaching teachers and students, stress management, and brain health education. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Clinical psychology for brain health, PTSD/Trauma, and Somatic therapies for regulating the nervous system. Listen to her podcast where she interviews specialists on mind, body spirit health, and cutting edge human optimization technologies at Syndesi Wellness Podcast, also find her on youtube, Spotify, and Anchor!

She is constantly sharing new health and mindset tips on Her Facebook & Her Instagram (see link above to her website) and would love to connect with you and hear any questions you have for her!

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Episode 17: Creativity & Life Transformation with Danielle Kort

IN THIS EPISODE: We discuss creativity in its essence. From drawing, fashion design, and writing to purpose, life transformation, and purpose, we discuss the ins and outs of the creative process. What does it mean to create? How do you overcome blocks? What practices engage the creative process and help to bring it back online when blocks inevitably occur? Danielle beautifully shares her story growing up from dark times as a child to a seat as a Designer at Calvin Klein. She shares her ups and downs along the way and paints a clear picture of how she is finding deeper meaning, real fulfillment in life, and how to find joyful flow when creativity blossoms. 

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Episode 16: Play Therapy & Parent Coaching with Sophie Wolfe, LCSW

IN THIS EPISODE: We explore ideology and philosophy surrounding the value of Play Therapy and Parent Coaching. In terms of a child reaching his or her potential, a safe and grounded space for exploring current challenges and integrating experiences is essential. We discuss the value of parents becoming attuned to their own rhythm so that a fulfilling future can be consciously chosen. Sophie brings 5 years of experience working with children and parents to the conversation, offering insights, advice and stories that highlight effective approaches for parenting and generally living aligned to your core rhythm.

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Episode 15: Polyvagal Theory & Attachment Repair with Rev. Bunan Brown

Episode 15: Polyvagal Theory & Attachment Repair with Rev. Bunan Brown

IN THIS EPISODE: Rev. Bunan Brown, an Ordained Zen Buddhist Priest and Kinan Whyte explore the power of emotional attachment repair in an authentic spiritual path of fulfillment. Relationships can be challenging and beautiful. With greater knowledge of Polyvagal Theory and neurological principles behind fight/flight, bringing a greater capacity for the beauty in human connection has a greater possibility. We talk about the ways humans naturally tune into one another and how to create greater conscious space for authentically expressing needs in relationships. What's possible when you train your nervous system to unravel tension and create a deeper experience of embodiment in life? 

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Episode 14: Universal Judo & Existential Trust with Zach Dragon

IN THIS EPISODE: We explore the meaning of Universal Judo, a powerful technique and subtle art that can gently disarm conflict, create peace, and infuse situations with greater safety, particularly dangerous ones. Zach, a police officer and former military veteran, shares his experiences in the field, highlighting the power of gentleness and love in a wide spectrum of situations with the potential for escalation or balance. We discuss the wisdom of personal sovereignty and how to create deeper existential trust. 

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Episode 13: The Sustainable You with Kevin Wong

IN THIS EPISODE:
We explore the concept of the "Sustainable You", highlighting the importance of spaciousness, non attachment, and authenticity in one's life. Kevin and Kinan discuss the journey of awakening to purpose and share stories about life experiences that have led us to our own purpose and awakening. Kevin shares his experience of conditioning and resourcing externally and how we found his way to leading life aligned with his true self. For those looking to find the deeper threads of meaning in life and seeking to find their inner-coach, this episode shines.

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Web: https://habitualroots.com/
Email: Kevinwong@habitualroots.com
Instagram: @kevinsroots

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Episode 12: Living a Soul Directed Life with Karen Johnson & Tanya Miller

IN THIS EPISODE:
We explore the meaning of soul in everyday life. How do you connect to your soul and live more authentically? We answer these questions and much more--what are parts and sub-personalities and how do they play a role in the organic process of becoming? We talk about the importance of feeling the friction and mismatch of life's conditions waking us up to greater connection to the soul and a path where freedom, joy, play, trust, and mystery are commonplace. Tanya & Karen share their wisdom of powerfully listening, trusting, and forming an empowering relationship with soul in all areas of life. 

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Episode 11: Radical Trust with Jon Eidon

IN THIS EPISODE:
We explore the transformational process of Self within the context of radical trust. We talk about the experience of fear felt in the body as a human experience on Earth and the power of coaching to support the major transitions of the life, birth, and death cycles through life. Coaching can be seen as a mid-wifing of the new self to birth a greater union with divine nature. We discuss various rites of passage in life that carry potentials for greater freedom, love, responsibility, creation of self/Self, and deepening into the process of mortality linking to immortality.

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Episode 10: Emotional Intelligence & EFT with Lyndsie Coon

IN THIS EPISODE:
We explore the relationship between energy, emotions and how the mind works, painting a picture of how belief plays a role in our biology and neuro-physiology. We talk about how to separate your self from your emotional experience and how to process prominent life experiences for greater self-love and enlightened presence.

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