Wisdom Rising

Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa
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Shamanism, Reiki, Spirituality, Personal Development, and More. It’s time to re-member your Divine purpose and limitless potential. Welcome to Wisdom Rising, the official podcast of Moon Rising Shamanic Institute. Join Shamanic Reiki practitioners Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa as they guide you on a journey of radical self-discovery and spiritual guidance. Each week we dance through the realms of shamanism, mysticism, energy healing, and personal development to illuminate your path to true healing and self-sourced wisdom. Through weekly inspired conversations and interviews with leading spiritual and shamanic practitioners, we’re here to help you acknowledge, reconcile, and balance your energy so that you can awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising within. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at MoonRisingInstitute, or visit our website, moonrisinginstitute.com, to learn more about our mission and find future opportunities to connect with our community of Shamanic mystics.

  1. 6D AGO

    Crafting Sacred Ceremony Spaces with Intention & Ritual

    Send Us a Message! Ready to turn a circle into a true ceremony? We open the door to what makes a space feel sacred by walking through the nuts and bolts that most people skip. From the first breath to the final closing, we share how intention, clear roles, and grounded presence transform a gathering into a container where people can release, receive, and remember who they are. In this episode, we’ll explore:  Ceremony as cornerstone of practice and communityDefining sacred containersFacilitator presence, grounding, and energetic check‑insTalking sticks, time limits, and pacingDrum circles with intention not noiseBalancing depth, play, and collective energyTrusting small groups, themes, and alignmentMentorship, collaboration, and elevating detailsThe Art Of Creating Ceremony training logisticsWe dive into practical tools: building an altar as a living offering, calling the directions or ancestors in a way that fits your lineage, and using a talking stick to balance voices. We break down facilitator skills you can practice today—reading the room, setting time boundaries with kindness, and choosing elemental focus to match the moment. Our candid stories reveal how the elements teach in real time, including a fire that roared two feet high indoors and a stubborn scrap of “fear” that refused to burn. These moments aren’t accidents; they’re messages. Learn to notice, reflect, and integrate the signs so participants leave lighter and clearer. If you’ve felt the nudge to lead—whether you’re a Reiki practitioner, coach, yoga teacher, or community builder—we map the path from curiosity to confident spaceholding. We also unveil The Art of Creating Ceremony, our six‑week training that blends learning with live creation: moon circles, cacao, elemental rites, drum journeys, candle magic, and prosperity rituals. You’ll rotate into the facilitator seat, receive feedback, and leave with adaptable templates and the nervous‑system steadiness that makes every tool work. Come for grounded guidance, stay for the stories, and leave with a blueprint you can apply to your next circle. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend who’s ready to lead, and leave a review telling us: which element are you called to work with first? Learn More and Join the Art of Creating Ceremony intensive here: https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/the-art-of-ceremony/ Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    51 min

  2. MAR 23

    Meet Your Spirit Guide In The Shamanic Upper World

    Send Us a Message! You can ask Spirit for help and actually get an answer. Not as a vague sign you second-guess for weeks, but as a felt experience that brings clarity, comfort, and a next step you can act on. We’ll explore: Soul Rising and learning to journey independently into the shamanic realmAsking Spirit for help and how support shows up through collaborationThe need for sacred containers where masks can soften safelyWhat the upper world is and how spirit guides differ from celestial beings or angelsHow the upper world may appear as light, clouds, temples, gardens, or symbolsReleasing expectations and receiving through sight, sound, feeling, scent, or knowingGuided journey: calling directions, traveling up, meeting a guide, receiving messages and giftsSharing experiences and invitations to connect with the communityWe start by reflecting on the impact of a Lower World journey to meet a Power Animal, including how quickly people discover, “Wait, I can do this.” From there we talk about what happens when we stop trying to muscle our way through growth alone. Christine shares a real-time story of divine timing and collaboration, the kind that lands right after you finally say, “Help me, meet me halfway.” We also explore why spiritual burnout is so common and how sacred containers, ceremony, and community support create the safety needed for vulnerability and real healing. Then we shift into an introduction to the Upper World in shamanism: a high-vibration realm of spirit guides, loving ancestors, angels, compassion, unity, and wisdom. We explain how the Upper World may appear as light, clouds, water, temples, gardens, or pure energy and why releasing expectations is key to receiving clear messages through the mind’s eye and the senses. Finally, we lead a guided shamanic journey to the Upper World to meet your spirit guide, receive a message, exchange a gift, and return grounded with gratitude. If this lights something up in you, listen through, share your experience with us, and subscribe for more shamanic journeying, energy healing, and shamanic Reiki teachings. If you found it helpful, please share the episode with a friend and leave a review. Join us for Soul Rising: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/soul-rising/ Book your call to lock in your price: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt?back=1&month=2026-03 Learn more about the Art of Creating Ceremony and enroll today: https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/the-art-of-ceremony/ #spiritualpodcast #shamanicreiki #shamanicjourney #shamanism #shamanichealing Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    1h 2m

  3. MAR 16

    Guided Shamanic Journey to Meet Your Power Animal

    Send Us a Message! If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re “making it up” during a meditative visualization, this guided shamanic journey will change how you relate to your imagination. We’re Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa, and we’re opening the door to the lower world, a grounded shamanic realm of nature, instinct, and deep support where power animals and spirit allies live. Along the way, we explain what the lower world is, how the entrance can show up as tunnels, roots, water, or a crack in the earth, and why the landscape often mirrors what you need most right now. We’ll explore:  What the lower world is and why it feels earthy and groundingHow power animals communicate through metaphor and symbolismWhy your entrance and landscape can change from journey to journeyHow to notice sensory details to make the journey feel clearer and more “real”What calling in the seven directions does and how it creates energetic safetyA guided shamanic journey to meet your power animalA live example journey with a black bear and the lesson of the honeycombHow we teach journeying inside Soul Rising Shamanic ReikiWe also get practical about power animals: why they show up as protectors, how they carry the “medicine” of their species, and why small or unexpected animals (and even mythical creatures) can be exactly right. We talk about symbolism and metaphor as the primary language of spirit animals, plus the single biggest skill that makes journeywork easier over time: releasing expectations and letting the experience unfold through your senses. Then we guide you through a full lower world visualization to meet a helping spirit, receive a message, and return safely to your starting point. After the journey, Christine shares a vivid story of merging with a mama black bear and finding honey surrounded by bees, a lesson on going for the sweetness of life even when fear tries to keep you back. We also share how our Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki training supports students with journeying, interpretation, and a protected container for deeper healing work. If this resonates, share your power animal experience with us, and subscribe so you don’t miss the next Whispers of Wisdom. If you loved the journey, leave a review and send this to a friend who needs more grounded guidance. Join us for Soul Rising: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/soul-rising/ Book your call to lock in your price: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-ca Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    1 hr

  4. MAR 9

    Rooted And Ready: Shamanic Journeying And The Lower World

    Send Us a Message! We share a grounded path into shamanic journeying, explore the lower world, and show how power animals and symbols offer practical guidance. We reflect on surrender, interpretation, and why story can help Western minds release patterns and choose steadier action. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Grounding breath and roots to settle scattered energy  🌖 What shamanic journeying is and why intention matters  🌗 The power of sensory experience in Lower World journeys  🌘 Difference between surrendering in journey and interpreting after  🌑 Power animals as teachers of pace and pattern  🌒 Working with snake, eagle, mouse, elephant, snail medicine  🌓 Discerning shadow vs light and maintaining boundaries  🌔 Bringing journey insights into Reiki and daily life 🌕 Details on our Soul Rising shamanic Reiki training We explore power animals as allies with real-world impact. Think elephant for loyalty and family, mouse for precise repair, eagle for retrieval and perspective, and snake for deep clearing and renewal. We talk about discerning shadow from light, how to avoid forcing meanings, and why surrendering during the journey matters as much as interpreting afterward. If you practice Reiki or energy work, you’ll learn how journey skills sharpen boundaries, reduce projection, and turn session imagery into grounded insights clients can use the same day. This conversation lives where spirit meets daily life. We honor the Western need for story without getting stuck in it, then translate symbolic lessons into small actions: breath when heavy, movement when numb, perspective when fixated on the problem. We explain a simple framework to enter non-ordinary reality safely, meet your allies, and return with clear next steps. Curious to go further with trusted guidance and community? Explore our ​Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki ​ training, now in early-bird enrollment. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs grounding, and leave a review to help others find the work. Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    46 min

  5. MAR 2

    Everyday Shamanism, Simply Explained

    Send Us a Message! Feeling the wind pick up right as you exhale? Waking at 2 a.m. with vivid images and next steps? We lean into those moments and show how shamanism turns them into reliable guidance for everyday life. From blessing water to drumming into trance, we walk through simple, repeatable practices that calm the mind, restore energy, and help you act with clarity. In this episode you’ll explore: Shamanism as presence, not doctrineListening to wind, sun, and seasons for cuesDrumming and rattles for trance and soul retrievalMeeting and embodying power animalsShadow work through energy centers and elementsCalling on loving ancestors for supportWe unpack animism in plain language: everything carries spirit, and the elements are willing collaborators. Water rinses what you no longer need. Wind clears busy thoughts. Earth holds and composts. Fire transforms. We share stories from outdoor Reiki sessions, group drumming, and those uncanny times when nature answers a prayer in real time. You’ll hear how power animals show up with specific medicine—sometimes ferocity, often rest and nourishment—and how embodying their traits changes posture, breath, and daily choices. Shadow work runs beneath it all. We talk through meeting anger and grief without flinching, working through the energy centers, and calling back lost parts with compassion. As clarity returns, health habits shift, boundaries strengthen, and community appears where expansion is welcomed. No dogma. No one-size-fits-all routine. Just tools you can adapt—breath, smudge, journeying, journaling—to access self-sourced wisdom on command. We also open early bird enrollment for our five-month Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki program, designed for real schedules with flexible call times, recordings, and an app-based community. Whether you’re brand new to journeying or ready to deepen your practice, you’ll learn to trust your visions, work with guides, and build rituals that stick. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s waking at 2 a.m., and leave a review with the one practice you’re trying this week. Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    1h 1m

  6. FEB 23

    From Loss to Purpose: Grief, Ritual, And Renewal

    Send Us a Message! Grief can freeze a life—or forge it. We open a raw, grounded conversation about death, loss, and the quiet rebirth that follows, guided by Shantel’s story of losing her 16‑year‑old son and the years of healing that turned pain into purpose. Together we explore what conscious grieving looks like in real time: feeling everything without drowning, setting gentle containers for emotion, and choosing tiny acts of life that keep you moving when the weight says stay in bed. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Turning grief from paralysis into practice  🌖 Cultural timelines for funerals and energy movement  🌗 Grief beyond death: identity, relationship, opportunity  🌘 Ongoing bonds, signs, and frequency of connection  🌑 Service as integration and post‑traumatic growth  🌒 Using archetypes and soul contracts to map meaning  🌓 Community spaces for being witnessed and supported Whether you relate to mysticism or prefer a psychological frame, the core insight holds: grief needs motion, breath, and witness. You’ll hear practical tools like thought catching to stop mental spirals, timeboxing to honor waves without losing the day, and body‑based practices that move grief through the chakras so healing is felt, not just analyzed. If you’re early in grief, take what helps and leave what doesn’t. When you’re ready for more structure, we share two pathways: our Conscious Grievers group, which blends coaching, energy work, and community, and our Soul Contracts and Archetypes masterclass starting March 23rd to map meaning and reclaim agency. And Join the Mystic Moon Collective, our monthly membership with weekly classes! Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find this space. Your presence lifts the collective—one honest breath at a time. #spiritualpodcast #consciousgrieving #spiritualhealing #griefjourney #rebirth Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    46 min

  7. FEB 17

    Finding Safety In Sacred Spaces

    Send Us a Message! What actually makes a group feel safe enough to transform? We open with a vulnerable debrief from a tantric couples retreat—where the intention was beautiful but the container felt thin—and use it to map the anatomy of true space holding. From feeling “muted” to identifying the missing check-ins, we explore how safety, consent, and integration are built through small, deliberate choices rather than rushed practices. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Naming desire and boundaries as core skills  🌖 Why context-rich introductions build empathy  🌗 Five-minute integration transitions are valued over more practices  🌘 Simple somatic resets to integrate  🌑 Reaffirming the sacred container each day  🌒 How to design meals for processing  🌓 Upcoming women’s tantra circles and trainings We get practical fast. You’ll hear simple tools that change the room in minutes: one-word emotion rounds, quick chakra check-ins, collective sighs, shaking and brushing off energy, and five-minute integration windows between practices. We talk through context-rich introductions that include desires, fears, and boundaries so participants can empathize and calibrate. We also share a favorite design move for tight schedules: intentional meal tables—quiet journaling, open processing, Q&A with assistants, and light social a—so connection keeps breathing even when the agenda is full. Real mastery of facilitation meets people at the gate—honoring sovereignty, reaffirming the sacred container each day, and inviting voice without forcing performance. If you facilitate spiritual retreats, circles, or trainings this is a blueprint for building nervous-system-safe spaces where people can risk, reveal, and integrate. We also share upcoming offerings: ​She Who Speaks​, our women’s tantra integration circle; ​Mystic Moon Collective​ with a guided shamanic journey; ​Intro to Tantra​; and a Valentine’s Day self-love package designed to activate daily rituals and clear limiting beliefs. Find our complete calendar of events​ here! ​ If this conversation resonates, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review telling us one practice that makes you feel safe to share. Your insight might be the exact tool another listener needs. #SpiritualPodcast #consciousconversations  #TantraWisdom #SomaticIntegration #TraumaInformedFacilitation #NervousS Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    49 min

  8. FEB 9

    Return To The Self; Somatic, Mindful, Shamanic

    Send Us a Message! Ever feel your life is too loud to hear yourself think? We dive into a grounded path back to center using somatic awareness, mindfulness, shamanic journeying, and tantra-informed movement. Christine Rene and Chantel Ochoa unpack how external inputs—news feeds, cluttered rooms, and other people’s needs—can hijack our nervous systems, then walk through practical ways to reclaim agency and come home to the body. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Returning to the self as a practical path  🌖 Reducing external inputs and reclaiming agency  🌗 Somatic curiosity: color, shape, movement of tension  🌘 Full guided drop-in and mini heart practice  🌑 Movement, breathwork, and tantra-informed tools  🌒 Archetypes for patterns, boundaries, and balance  🌓 Shamanic release, cord cutting, and soul retrieval You’ll be guided through two practices you can repeat anytime: a fuller somatic drop-in that helps you identify where tension lives, what it looks like, and how it wants to move; and a fast “mind-to-heart” reset that quiets analysis so a wiser answer can surface. We talk about the witch’s wound and the courage to feel safe sharing spiritual gifts, why dance and breath unstick old emotions, and how small, consistent rituals build trust with yourself. If you’ve ever asked why the same patterns keep returning, we explore a powerful metaphor: setting down the backpack of the past. Through shamanic tools like symbolic release and soul retrieval, those cords thin with practice, and the body becomes your early warning system when you try to pick the weight back up. We also show how archetypes and soul contracts illuminate patterns in relationships and leadership, improving boundaries and communication. From sunrise prayers to altar time, from quantum light breath to gentle stretching, this conversation invites you to design rituals that match your life so you can move from constriction to expansion. For deeper study and community, we share details on Soul Rising, Archetypes and Soul Contracts, Intro to Tantra with Jim McDonald, Facilitator Training for ceremonial space, and our weekly Mystic Moon Collective. If this conversation helps you breathe easier, share it with a friend who needs a reset, subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes, and leave a review with your favorite practice you’ll try this week. #spiritualenergy #shadowwork #somaticheali Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

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Shamanism, Reiki, Spirituality, Personal Development, and More. It’s time to re-member your Divine purpose and limitless potential. Welcome to Wisdom Rising, the official podcast of Moon Rising Shamanic Institute. Join Shamanic Reiki practitioners Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa as they guide you on a journey of radical self-discovery and spiritual guidance. Each week we dance through the realms of shamanism, mysticism, energy healing, and personal development to illuminate your path to true healing and self-sourced wisdom. Through weekly inspired conversations and interviews with leading spiritual and shamanic practitioners, we’re here to help you acknowledge, reconcile, and balance your energy so that you can awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising within. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at MoonRisingInstitute, or visit our website, moonrisinginstitute.com, to learn more about our mission and find future opportunities to connect with our community of Shamanic mystics.

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  • Creator
    Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    327
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Wisdom Rising
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    Wisdom Rising

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