Body Wisdom Rising

Alyssa Stefanson
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Body Wisdom Rising is a podcast for people navigating deep change — awakenings, identity shifts, healing, and the sense that the old ways of living no longer work. We’re living in a time of collective disillusionment and awakening. Many are being asked to slow down, feel more, and re-orient their lives — often without support from systems that were never designed for this kind of transformation. This podcast offers a grounded way to make sense of these experiences by reconnecting to the body as teacher, the Earth as stabilizer, ancestral wisdom as context, and spiritual support rooted in lived experience. I’m Alyssa Stefanson, Somatic and Ancestral Healing Guide, and host of Body Wisdom Rising. Each episode weaves together somatic healing, nervous system regulation, ancestral remembrance, and earth-based wisdom to support personal and collective healing. We speak honestly about initiation, death-and-rebirth cycles, trauma, addiction, disconnection, and what becomes possible when familiar identities fall away and something deeper begins to emerge. If you’re navigating change and looking for a grounded, embodied way to understand what’s happening — you’re in the right place. Body Wisdom Rising — where remembering becomes medicine. IG: @wildfemininerise

  1. 12 HR AGO

    Walking the Eclipse Portal: 5 Ways to Work With the Shift

    A Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. A Virgo Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse. Neptune and Saturn meeting at 0° Aries. The Lunar New Year ushering in the Fire Horse. This is not random intensity. It is structural initiation. In this episode, I break down what these transits actually mean and how they connect to larger nodal cycles, past eclipse timelines (2008, 2017–2018), and the broader Pluto-in-Aquarius era. Then I share five embodied ways to work with this portal: • Slow down to speed up • Create physical and energetic space • Practice identity-level embodiment • Work consciously with your personal transits • Anchor change through ritual This is not about prediction. It is about participation. Acceleration requires containment. Fire requires structure. And initiation requires presence. If you’re feeling intensity  personally or collectively, this episode will help you orient, ground, and move forward consciously. Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    32 min

  2. 31 JAN

    How A Near-Death Spiral Became A Spiritual Awakening And A Path To Service

    Alyssa shares her story of recovery, healing, and coming back into the body — from early addiction and violence, through sobriety, somatic repair, and spiritual integration. She speaks openly about a teenage descent into substance use, relationships shaped by trauma, and the moment that interrupted the cycle and opened a different path. From there, Alyssa reflects on the role of 12-step recovery, the slow rebuilding of self-worth, and the realization that healing is not about fixing the self, but learning to relate to it differently. The episode weaves Jungian shadow work, ancestral healing, and somatic practices that support the nervous system in completing what survival once interrupted. Alyssa shares how community, ceremony, and earth-honouring rituals helped repair the isolation trauma creates, and how breathwork became a bridge back into safety, agency, and embodiment. She also speaks to the reclamation of anger — not as danger, but as a clean boundary and source of truth — and how this restored confidence, direction, and the ability to build a practice rooted in service rather than performance. Throughout the conversation, Alyssa explores the why beneath each tool: somatics for stress completion, ancestral work for inherited patterns, and breath as a way to soften the mind’s grip and return to the body. This episode offers grounded reflections and practical insights for anyone navigating trauma recovery, sobriety, and spiritual growth without bypassing the body. If this resonates, consider subscribing, sharing with someone who may need it, or leaving a review — it helps these conversations reach those they’re meant for. What part of this journey speaks to your own? Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    39 min

  3. 26 JAN

    Neptune in Aries: The Birth of a New Dream & the Call to the Spiritual Warrior

    We explore Neptune’s move into Aries and why it marks a long shift from dreamy surrender to embodied action. We outline the light and shadow of the spiritual warrior, who feels this most, and how to act with courage without feeding chaos. • rooted spirituality meets practical embodiment  • Neptune leaves Pisces and enters Aries  • action, initiation and the noble warrior archetype  • light and shadow of urgency, saviour stories, reactivity  • historical context and slow ignition of outer planets  • April momentum and why discernment matters  • who is most impacted and how to read your chart  • holding fire without burnout or polarization  • sovereignty, attention as energy, and building over battling  • clear call to live values with integrity and courage If that calls to you, you can find more information in the show notes Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    17 min

  4. 21 JAN

    Spiritual Awakening Vs. Soul Initiation

    The stories we tell about awakening often skip the hard parts. We’re sold fireworks and constant signs, then left alone when the ground drops out. This conversation offers a grounded map: why the first opening can feel destabilizing, how to move from ego awakening to soul initiation, and the practices that turn insight into embodied change. Alyssa shares a candid personal story of rupture, addiction, and the early flood of synchronicities that eventually gave way to a steadier path of depth. From there, she unpacks core frameworks that make the process navigable. Carl Jung’s individuation reminds us that awareness isn’t maturity; shadow work is the ethical act of welcoming disowned parts so we can respond rather than react. Bill Plotkin’s lens clarifies the difference between expansion that excites and initiation that humbles, where belonging to body and earth replaces the chase for peak states. David Hawkins reframes emotion as gateway: grief, fear, and anger surface not to derail you but to be felt and released through presence. You’ll also get a simple, repeatable somatic practice to move emotion without story, plus practical supports for the dark night of the soul when meaning feels far away. We explore how grief dissolves rigid identities, softens the heart, and creates the space where purpose finds you. Expect fewer hacks and more honesty: less spectacle, more substance; less striving, more listening. If you’re ready to trade hype for wholeness and root your awakening in daily life, this is your invitation to slow down, feel deeply, and let the work mature you. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs a real map, and leave a five-star review so these conversations reach more people. Your reflections matter—what part of your awakening is asking for integration right now? Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    33 min

  5. 6 JAN

    Spiritual Discernment in a Time of Awakening & Great Change

    Awakening doesn’t always feel expansive. Often, it feels disorienting — like heightened sensitivity without a clear center. In this episode, we explore spiritual discernment during times of awakening and transition. How to tell the difference between intuition and overwhelm, truth and projection, expansion and avoidance. We look at why the last years have felt foggy for so many people, and what’s changing as we move into a new cycle that asks for less abstraction and more embodiment — spirituality that can actually be lived, not just understood. You’ll hear a grounded, plain-language exploration of Neptune moving from Pisces into Aries, and what this shift asks of us: clarity, responsibility, and action that the nervous system can truly hold. We also draw on Rudolf Steiner’s insights around balance — noticing when we drift into spiritual inflation on one side, or rigid control on the other — and how the body often knows the correction before the mind does. This episode connects discernment to attachment patterns and boundaries, helping you sense when you’re leaving yourself, outsourcing authority, or armouring — and how to come back gently, without shame. You’ll leave with: • body cues for clarity • simple questions for grounding • practical ways to stay centered during awakening • a steadier relationship with your own sensitivity This is an invitation into mature spirituality — rooted, honest, and embodied. If this supports you, consider following the show, sharing it with someone deep in their process, or leaving a review so these conversations can reach the people who need them. Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    39 min

  6. 23/12/2025

    The Healing Power of Sound Frequencies and Sacred Landscapes with Gabriel Logan Braun

    Sound you can feel changes how you heal. Alyssa sat down with sound healer and world musician Gabriel Logan Braun to explore Sonic Womb, a fully improvised journey that blends voice, handpan, Ngoni, didgeridoo, harmonium, crystal bowls, and live looping to regulate the nervous system and restore a felt sense of safety. Gabriel shares his path from a teenage dark night to bhakti-inspired practice, mentorship, and a decade of offering trauma-sensitive sound therapy in recovery centres, retreat spaces, and beyond. Together, they map the science and the soul: how slower rhythms and low frequencies support a shift from sympathetic arousal into parasympathetic ease; why alpha and theta brainwaves invite calm focus and liminal rest; and how vagus nerve activation, mindful breath, and gentle vibration reshape our stress response. We also dig into somatic release—those twitches, shivers, and waves of emotion that signal the body is completing what it once had to hold—and the role of safe containers in allowing that process to unfold. We pair heat with rest through Primal Fire, Gabriel’s movement framework that stokes Agni with Qigong, dynamic breath work, primal locomotion, and freeform dance, then lands in Sonic Womb for integration. And we travel to Sedona’s red rock country, where ancient iron-rich formations and year-round creeks offer a natural amplifier for presence and ritual. If you’re curious to experience Gabriel’s work, start with the Sonic Womb album, the Wildfire EP, or his new hip-hop track Breaking Through the Static—and, if you feel called, explore our intimate April retreat in Sedona, where Gabriel will co-facilitate with live sound journeys. If this conversation resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs nervous system support, and leave a five-star review so more people can find these tools. Ready to join us in Sedona or want to know if it’s a fit? Book a call through the show notes and let’s connect. Gabriel's IG: @gabrielloganbraun Gabriel's Music:  https://gabrielloganbraun.bandcamp.com https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCkeQ0YJnXpBXmljVL-6Nh1g https://open.spotify.com/artist/0KQuIR2Js4Nx9vTM7NBU7J?si=UESxxAfCTO6BzJkE6h4W8g Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    39 min

  7. 15/12/2025

    Why the Winter Solstice Is the Most Powerful Manifestation Portal and How to Work with the 13 Sacred Nights

    Darkness isn’t a void to outrun; it’s the womb of everything new. As the winter solstice brings the longest night, we explore how this pause in nature invites a profound reset of body, mind, and spirit. We trace the roots of solstice traditions across cultures, why rituals like Yule fires and evergreens endure, and how later institutions rewired us to fear stillness. Through a grounded, nervous system lens, we transform vague “manifestation” into something practical: building capacity so what we call in can actually be held and sustained. We spend time in the magic dark, that threshold where old identities soften and new forms gather strength before they’re visible. The 13 sacred nights become a gentle rhythm for integration rather than a productivity sprint. You’ll learn why fatigue and heightened emotion at year’s end are signals, not flaws; how intuitive whispers get drowned by overstimulation; and why practices like singing, crafting, and baking regulate the system and return scattered energy to the body. We also reclaim the quiet power of thirteen—aligned with lunar cycles, water, and tides—as a compass for cyclical living. To make this real, I share a step-by-step solstice ritual you can begin right away: prepare from December 21 to 24, use a single beeswax candle after sundown, journal what your body reveals, track dreams and synchronicities, and tend a living altar with cedar, dried orange, and cinnamon. At the close of the 13 nights, simmer your herbs and offer the steam, the scent, and the water to your home or the earth as a way of marking completion and welcoming what’s next. If you’re ready to pause, integrate, and let the year ahead emerge from presence—not pressure—this conversation will meet you where you are. If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend who needs permission to rest, and leave a five-star review so more listeners can find these grounded tools. Join me on Instagram at Wild Feminine Rise to follow along as we move through the sacred nights together. Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    19 min

  8. 02/12/2025

    Timeline Jumping: Collapse Old Timelines and Open Portals to New Ones

    Transformation rarely fails for lack of effort; it stalls when our internal baseline stays the same. Alyssa takes you inside the real mechanics of a timeline shift—how identity, nervous system patterns, and ancestral loyalties quietly script your choices—and shows why mindset alone keeps you looping familiar results. We explore how somatic practices teach your body new safety, how lineage work dissolves invisible contracts to stay small, and how community provides the co‑regulation that turns insight into durable change. You’ll hear a candid look at collapse, chaos, and the awkward in‑between where the old self no longer fits and the new one isn’t stable yet. Instead of forcing outcomes, we lean into pattern interrupts, embodied rituals, and environment design—retreats, land‑based ceremony, and group containers—that interrupt routine, widen capacity, and make clarity actionable. Along the way, we map the early signs of a real shift: lower tolerance for misalignment, cleaner decisions, deeper conversations, and opportunities that the old identity couldn’t hold. If you’re noticing tests—familiar jobs, past partners, soothing habits—this conversation reframes them as thresholds. You don’t need permission from family to heal family patterns; you need practices that update your emotional baseline and a circle that reflects your becoming. By the end, you’ll have a practical lens for choosing growth over comfort, regulating through uncertainty, and anchoring a future that matches who you’re becoming rather than who you’ve been. Ready to step onto a new path with support? Subscribe, share this episode with a friend who’s in the liminal, and leave a 5‑star review to help these conversations reach the people who need them most. Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise Work With Alyssa: Final Shedding : Stepping into the Fire Somatic Breathwork Journey Sedona Retreat 2026

    44 min
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Body Wisdom Rising is a podcast for people navigating deep change — awakenings, identity shifts, healing, and the sense that the old ways of living no longer work. We’re living in a time of collective disillusionment and awakening. Many are being asked to slow down, feel more, and re-orient their lives — often without support from systems that were never designed for this kind of transformation. This podcast offers a grounded way to make sense of these experiences by reconnecting to the body as teacher, the Earth as stabilizer, ancestral wisdom as context, and spiritual support rooted in lived experience. I’m Alyssa Stefanson, Somatic and Ancestral Healing Guide, and host of Body Wisdom Rising. Each episode weaves together somatic healing, nervous system regulation, ancestral remembrance, and earth-based wisdom to support personal and collective healing. We speak honestly about initiation, death-and-rebirth cycles, trauma, addiction, disconnection, and what becomes possible when familiar identities fall away and something deeper begins to emerge. If you’re navigating change and looking for a grounded, embodied way to understand what’s happening — you’re in the right place. Body Wisdom Rising — where remembering becomes medicine. IG: @wildfemininerise

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  • Creator
    Alyssa Stefanson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Body Wisdom Rising
  • Show Website
    Body Wisdom Rising

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