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Today’s bonus episode is a recording of the first Somatic Drop-In. Luis takes us through a variety of topics and practices as he invites us to drop in, play with the philosophy and techniques of somatic work, and see what we learn.

Luis explores:
Noticing constriction and expansion within the body, and pendulatingPracticing developing "the witnesser"Community intentions and shares, and a brief demo around numbnessThese Somatic Drop-Ins are bi-monthly, public, pay-what-you-want offerings. You can view the upcoming schedule to attend one live here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events-1

We welcome back friends of HLN, James-Olivia and Nisha Mody!

Nisha, James-Olivia, and Luis have a beautiful, existential conversation about a word that is all too easily thrown around -- manifesting.  

They first explore what it means to decolonize manifestation, i.e. to go from being in domination of to relationship with, and then explore a myriad of topics including:
the literal definition of manifesting: to make apparentspiritual bypassingearning vs. manifestingmaking apparent what is already present vs. seeking external validation or sources of safetywhy we may not want to manifest certain things about ourselves
For more information on Nisha's work, visit: https://www.nishaland.com/

For more information on James-Olivia's work, visit: https://inquisitivehuman.com/

For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

Inspired by an article written by Lyla June, Reclaiming our Indigenous European Roots, Luis explores the dangers of denying and disowning our Whiteness.

He first discusses why an overcoupling of Whiteness with "bad" can actually lead to fawning or performative allyship, i.e. behaviors that in reality do not support those who may be experiencing racism.

But he further explores what many of us have not only gained but also lost in assimilating to the American White ideal and similarly, how only associating the parts of our lineage that may align with "Whiteness" with evil or destruction can eclipse a lineage that also may have aspects of beauty and connection.

Luis also reads for us Reclaiming our Indigenous European Roots in its entirety. 

For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com.

Today's episode is a replay of the Q&A from the fawning email series that Luis sent out in March.

You can also listen to the podcast episode on fawning here, as well as purchase a webinar Luis did on fawning.

Luis is also planning to develop a self-led course around fawning. When he does, it will be mentioned through the newsletter.

In this episode, Luis is joined by Ean Wood, a writer, coach  and facilitator of men's healing work. Luis and Ean explore what it means to be in balance with our masculinity and femininity.

Whether you are a man, woman, non-binary, transgender, cisgender, intersex, queer, straight, etc., this episode is for you. Luis and Ean discuss the non-binary qualities of masculine and feminine energies.

They also share their own experience with the impact of testosterone on the human body and how many people are flooded with sensations yet left with out a form of initiation or passing of gentle wisdom as to how to navigate the flood of sensations.

For more information on Ean's work, visit: https://www.eanwood.com/

For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

On today's episode, Luis speaks with Asha Frost about the release of her oracle deck, while bringing in transparency around the full spectrum of emotions and experiences with its release.

Typically, whenever someone releases some offering or creation, we talk about it in a very stimulated and excited way. Rarely do we talk about how it can overwhelm the body, or how easy it is to burn ourselves out, despite going through a positive experience.

Asha shares how she was in a freeze response for six months after her first book was published, and how she brought that experience and awareness to the release of her oracle deck.

They discuss:
the capacity to witness one’s own truth, the capacity for that truth to be witnessed by others, and the capacity to sustain it over timere-indigenizing how we relate with our bodiescapacity vs desirelearning to live and work within capitalism from a standpoint of embodiment and relational energy

You can learn more about Asha's work, and order her oracle deck here: https://ashafrost.com/the-sacred-medicine-oracle/

For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com