Welcome to the first blogcast episode for Feathermane Soul. I am hoping to bring the blog posts to you in audio format so you can listen to them on the go, as well as for accessibility reasons.

In today’s blog, I talk about why I think it’s important people like myself are seen doing yoga online and what it means to me to be able to do this work.

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On a recent podcast I heard the hosts talk about how once they stopped focusing on struggle, they stopped attracting it. And I admit, my eyebrows went up. I might have screamed a little too, because there’s no such thing as attracting struggle, and we need to stop blaming people for the bad things that happen, especially when so many of them are caused by socio-cultural-economic factors.

As we begin the second season of the Feathermane Soul Wisodm show I encourage you to think about how you can connect with your wild spirit and be untameable.

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I am pleased to announce that starting May 17 I will be hosting monthly pagan pet loss grief circles on the third Sunday of each month from noon to 1:30 pm central time. These circles will be a free-will donation offering, and more information can be found on my website.

In this episode, I talk about things that I feel are important to pagan pet loss grief and a bit about why I am focusing on this community. For more information about my pagan pet loss grief services, please visit https://feathermanesoul.com/pagan

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As promised the show is back from hiatus and I wanted to announce a bit of a realignment. I’ve given the website a bit of a polish and wanted to take a few moments to talk to you about the change in focus that is coming to Feathermane Soul Wisdom. I’ll have more announcements in the future including a monthly event I hope to start running next month, but in the meantime, I wanted to post an episode and get back on track.

The book mentioned in this week’s show: https://books2read.com/grief

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There’s been a bit of a break in the show recording schedule in part because I’ve been dealing with things, and part of that is that I’ve been thinking about systems that aren’t meant for neurodivergent people. Spirituality as it is conceived by the bulk of society is one of those things. Our need to ask questions, our need for clarification, and the fact that we often walk our own roads means that we don’t fit in with “traditional spirituality”. So this episode has me pondering out loud and thinking about what a neurodivergent affirming spiritual space would look like. Have thoughts? I’d love to read your comments so visit the show’s page and let me know.

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I’ll be honest that I’m rather skeptical of a lot of psychology-related studies that are published. First off, there are those who believe psychology is pathology, when I believe that it connects to all aspects of our being, and a holistic approach is the best approach. But also, I’ve seen how studies can be drafted that come up with exactly the same outcome as what the researchers wished. As someone who has used reiki to benefit my own well-being, including my mental health, I’m also curious about how reiki affects mental health and the studies that have come out in favor of reiki. In this episode, I talk a bit about these studies (link to studies) but more importantly talk about how energy work impacts our parasympathetic nervous system and why that’s so important. Which means energy work can be a valuable tool in our toolkit (or a valuable dish on our spiritual buffet) if we choose to use it.

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We tend to think of our mental health and physical health as separate. The same thing is true of our spiritual story and our mental health. Quite often modern therapy doesn’t deal with our spiritual story, or does so in a purely religious sense. So in this episode I talk about how our spiritual story can impact our mental health and what that means for creating our systems of spiritual care.

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What is a spiritual story? What the heck am I talking about?

Spiritual story is something I’ve been thinking about a lot to try and define into something I can share with others who will understand that I’m not talking about religion, and I’m talking about something that intersects with all areas of our lives.

Join me in this week’s episode while I discuss my definitions of spiritual story and just how all the different modalities I use tie into the making and modifications of our spiritual story.

This is the first of hopefully many shows talking about spiritual storytelling, so if you have thoughts or questions, I encourage you to hop on over to my website and reach out. I’d love to hear from you.

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