Love, Sex & Freedom Podcast Embodied Awakening Academy

In this episode of the Love, Sex, and Freedom podcast, Raven guides us through the journey of breaking down barriers and nurturing a more open and empowered self. We delve into the concept that our protective mechanisms might be obstructing us from living with an open heart, leading to challenges such as anxious attachment or tendencies to overgive or avoid in relationships.


Throughout the episode, Raven underlines the crucial importance of living openly, urging us all to recognize and understand our defence mechanisms. The message is clear: love itself isn't the threat—it's our struggle to keep our hearts open that presents a challenge.


Key takeaways from this episode:
- Understanding our protective mechanisms
- The importance of inner union
- The power of self-love
- The power of vulnerability
- Understanding the role of relationships in awakening


Quotes from Episode:
"If there's one thing I want you all to remember today, it's that there's a huge obstacle between where we are now and living from an open heart, and that obstacle is our protective mechanisms."

“You deserve to be with someone who is in alignment with you. You deserve an extraordinary relationship, and that extraordinary connection is a natural consequence of cultivating an extraordinary relationship with yourself. Because if that's what you're used to, you won't settle for anything less."

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In today's episode, we explore the nuanced art of emotional release. The discussion revolves around the crucial balance between confronting and fully experiencing emotions, with a caution against becoming ensnared in over-processing. Drawing from her personal experiences, Raven guides us on applying tantric teachings, providing practical insights into navigating emotional landscapes and addressing significant milestones, such as the grief process.


Raven also takes a focused look at the complexities of trauma, shedding light on how societal pressures often coerce us into suppressing our anger. The episode concludes with a thought-provoking critique of societal expectations surrounding trauma expression, encouraging us to authentically convey our emotions and embrace life's inherent complexities for a more fulfilling existence.


Key takeaways from this episode:
- The Importance of the grieving process
- The struggles of new mothers
- The role of adrenaline in emotional processing
- Understanding hard and soft trauma


Quotes from Episode:
"Anger is one of the most powerful emotions for infusing your life with Life Force energy, but it is often denied in our culture because people don’t know how to express anger healthily."


"Scream into your hands, stamp your feet! Spend 10 minutes doing this instead of bypassing your emotional body. Avoid falling into distractions, addictions, or sinking into a well of self-pity within a never-ending loop of processing and mistakenly labeling it as spirituality."


Links from this episode: 
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In today's episode, we explore how to overcome personal limitations around finances through embodiment practices. Raven emphasizes the significance of understanding one's 'glass ceiling' - the unconscious personal limitations that limit openness to happiness, love, financial success, and personal expression.
Raven discusses transformative tools, such as visualizing and feeling our ultimate reality, confronting unconscious fears within the body, and practising embodiment exercises to integrate these changes. She concludes the episode by guiding us through a practice to visualize and connect with our future selves, who are earning our desired income and living in alignment with our Dharma.


Key takeaways from this episode:
The Importance of Felt SenseVisualizing Your Ultimate VisionManifesting Money and Overcoming Limiting BeliefsHealing the Receiving Wound

Quotes from Episode:

“You can't just decide, “Oh, okay, I'm going to do this” because unless your body believes it, it's not going to happen. A lot of the beliefs that you have that actually hold you back are unconscious. And what is the only way to access the unconscious? Through the body”


“If you are living in your dharma, you are fundamentally worthy of receiving support from spirit. I honestly don't have to do anything these days. Everything just comes to me. You can have that if you know you're fundamentally worthy.”


Links from this episode: 
Embodied Awakening AcademyFor upcoming Living Tantra Retreats, click here.

‘What can we learn from our addictions? ‘ What problems are we trying to solve through our over-reliance on alcohol, drugs, or social media?’ 
These are some of the questions Raven explores in this episode on addiction and self-awareness. As a reformed workaholic, Raven draws on her experience of using work to avoid thinking about difficult emotions, and she invites her students to sit with their discomfort and replace their harmful addictions with healthier ones.

Key takeaways from this episode:
Avoiding judgment  Coping effectively with triggersLearning to stop distancing yourself from your bodyLetting go of addictions that don’t serve you 

Quotes from Episode:
“Every time you go in and focus on the internal instead of the external you are growing in your capacity to be with what is. And that's the key.” 
“Anything that's creating suffering is actually an opportunity to go in and ask ourselves the question, what am I protecting myself from through this distancing strategy, and what would happen if I allowed myself to feel it?”


Links from this episode: 
Embodied Awakening Academy
For upcoming Living Tantra Retreats, click here.

In this enlightening episode, Raven delves deep into the art of inner work and guides us on a transformative meditation journey. Through her soothing words and profound insights, she encourages us to break free from the chains of societal conditioning and embark on a journey to rediscover our authentic selves. Raven's wisdom invites us to step into a life filled with boundless joy, vibrant energy, and a profound alignment with our spiritual essence.


Topics discussed in this episode include: 
Overcoming your cultural conditioningQuestioning the status quo Asking yourself who you really areIdentifying what you truly want 

Quotes from Episode: 
“Tantra is not a conscious sexuality temple or dancing sexy on Instagram - tantra is about taking you to your edge and leaping off into the mystery”


“What if you stopped running your energy external to you? And you actually trusted the doing that arises from being which is the greatest truth and inspiration of all.”


Links from this episode: 
Embodied Awakening Academy
For upcoming Living Tantra Retreats, click here.

In an extract from the second day of the recent Living Tantra retreat, Raven explains the transformative effect of embodiment work and invites her students to breathe deeply and sink into the parts of their bodies where they store their emotional trauma.

Raven urges the participants to embrace their emotions and vocalize their long-buried pain and anger. Within this nurturing and supportive atmosphere, attendees find the strength to confront and acknowledge these emotions, empowering themselves to give voice to their deeply suppressed pain, anger, and frustration.


Topics discussed in this episode include: 
Embodiment versus mindset workFinding safety in your body The soft power of surrender Dropping into a space that enables more authenticity and aliveness

Quotes from Episode: 
“You are more than your nervous system responses and reactions. There is a greater wisdom right now that is the wisdom of your body. This wisdom will evolve you beyond your conditioning and will free you from the shackles of going through life on automatic.” 
“The source of beliefs that aren’t serving you, live within your cellular memory and the structure of your being. Only when we start to actually feel, express, experience them, do all those frozen parts of us start to become more free.”

Links from this episode: 
Embodied Awakening Academy
For upcoming Living Tantra Retreats, click here.