The Queer Spirit

Nick Venegoni, TanyaMarck Oviedo
The Queer Spirit

The Queer Spirit podcast has conversations with artists, healers and activists who enliven, heal and empower the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender Queer+ communities. Each episode we'll be interviewing a different guest who does work in the world to nourish the Queer Spirit in us all - authors, coaches, teachers, body workers, mystics, creatives, ritualists, diviners and MORE. We'll dive deep into sexuality, spirituality, yoga, energy work, shamanism, healing trauma, relationships, art, activism, gender identity, tarot, astrology, and magic. Hear how other queer folks have healed themselves and be inspired to continue your path to wholeness. Hosted by Nick Venegoni (hethey) & TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them)

  1. SEP 25

    The Magic of Enough with Amanda Yates Garcia

    Amanda Yates Garcia (she/her) is a writer, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The SF Chronicle, The London Times, CNN, BRAVO, as well as a viral appearance on FOX. She has led rituals, classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty and many other venues. Amanda hosts monthly moon rituals online, and the popular Between the Worlds podcast, which looks at the Western Mystery traditions through a mythopoetic lens. Her book, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, received a starred review from Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly and has been translated into six languages. To find out more about her work become a member of her Mystery Cult on Substack. Episode Highlights Welcome to our third cross-pollination episode, where we share space with other queer podcasters and creators. Amanda is the host of "Between the Worlds" podcast. We are so grateful to have Amanda Yates Garcia share some time with us. Join us for a queerly witchy saunter and exploration of the medicine of enough.  Amanda gets us started and casts a delicious, magic circle, and then we dive in and explore. We get curious about our “enough’s” and spend some time both in the light and shadowy aspects, while being between the worlds.  We get cozy naming our “enough’s” which takes us into our queer + witchy stories, potently connecting some dots.  We close by sending a care spell out to our collective past and future selves.  Web links Find Amanda online at OracleOfLosAngeles.com You can also connect with her on Instagram @oracleofla Listen to Between the Worlds podcast here Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.  Join us for FREE meditation + chanting + breath work circles online.   And follow us on Instagram!  Join our mailing list  to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.

    55 min
  2. APR 23

    Queer Books Save Lives with J.P. Der Boghossian

    J.P. DerBoghossian (he/they) is the founder of the Queer Armenian Library - the world's first library devoted to literature, film, and television by, about, and for Queer Armenians. He serves on the Board of the International Armenian Literary Alliance and is a past President of the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota. He hosts the podcast This Queer Book Saved My LIfe which is a 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. He is a Lambda Literary Fellow and his essays have appeared in We Are All Armenian (University of Texas Press), The Sun Isn't Out Long Enough (Anamot Press), and Emerge (Lambda Literary). He started his career in television broadcasting and then transitioned to a ten-year career in higher education where he ultimately served as the Chief Diversity Officer for Normandale Community College and Saint Paul College. With This Queer Book Saved My Life he returns to his broadcasting roots, as he additionally hosts The Gaily Show for AM950-KTNF in Minneapolis. He holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from the University of Minnesota. He resides with his partners, splitting their time between Minneapolis, MN and Barronett, WI.   Episode Highlights Season 7 premieres with our first cross-pollination episode, where we share space with other queer podcasters and creators. We start by floating into a round of: I will share mine (show you mine), if you share yours (if you show me yours) - a lovely space where we each share books/authors that have impacted our queerness. We reflect and share about the books and the aspects of our queerness that are awakened. TanyaMarck & Nick get into some queer spirit medicine and drop into some breathwork + movement + toning with the intentions of bringing and sharing all of theses beautifully awakened frequencies with our bodies and systems sprinkling it all with gratitude. Thank you to books and their authors: Home at the End of the World, by Michael Cunnigham; The Velvet Rage, by Alan Downs; The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, by Ann Rice writing as A.N. Roquelaure; & Tales of The City, by Armistead Maupin. Web links Find J.P. online at ThisQueerBook.com You can also connect with them on Instagram @thisqueerbook   Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.  Join us for FREE meditation + chanting + breath work circles online.   And follow us on Instagram!  Join our mailing list  to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.

    44 min
  3. 10/18/2023

    Exploring Queerness, Akashic Records + Tarot with Ruth Camillia

    Ruth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitioner, Ruth believes healing is sacred. Episode Highlights Ruth shares their queer journey and story in the most delightful ways. And we explore aspects of Queerness alongside them. We get curious about and drop into the Akashic Records. Ruth collaborates on a reading for Nick. Ruth offers a Tarot reading for the queer collective  -  it’s cute + juicy.  Thank you magic and animal medicines of: hawk + black phoebe  + Akashic Records, Cosmic Tarot by Norbert Losche, Sanskrit tools and practices  Queer spirit fingers to Leah Garza @crystalsofaltamira + Linda Howe @drlindahowe + Salva @salvatattoo. Web links Find Ruth online at RuthCamillia.com You can also connect with them on Instagram @ruth_camillia Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.  Join us for First Saturday's FREE meditation & breath work circles online.  Grab your FREE Mini-Course: The Self-Confident Queer - start here. And follow us on Instagram!  Join our mailing list  to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.

    59 min
  4. 09/06/2023

    The Green Wisdom of Herbalism with Rekara Gage

    *Audio Note: Volume and clarity varies during some parts of this interview. Rekara Gage (she/her) is an herbalist who focuses on the importance of ritual, safety and community when it comes to personal healing and growth. Her approach to wellness is based in food medicine and spirituality, emphasizing new ways to add plant medicine to the routines that you already have in place. She loves helping people reconnect with their intuition and do things with meaning, making everyday feel special. In her practice, it's important to provide access and information to the public so that they can make the best health choices for themselves. Rekara is a student of Traditional Western Herbalism with Julie James at Green Wisdom Apothecary and School of Herbal Studies in Long Beach. Episode Highlights Thank you to our grounding plant medicines and their energies: dandelion root (clarity), mullein (lung support + moisture), tulsi ( aids with stress + clear headed + relaxation) , and elecampane (breathwork). Rekara shares with us about her healing journey and how the medicines and magic of storytelling, food, movement, plants, family, community and curiosity play active roles in finding herself and herbalism. We learn about the medicines of ritual and practice that Rekara partakes in throughout her personal herbalism journey, and how they are connected to her culture. We learn what herbalism is: understanding plant medicine (the chemistry), how we can benefit from plants being here, how we can learn from them, and how they support us. Rekara reminds us that when working spiritually with herbs and plants, important aspects to explore and consider include: connection, intention and being open to answering the call to mindfully interact and work with them. Rekara drops an herbal tea recipe that will nourish our queer hearts, bodies, spirits , and souls.  Thank you to these plants  for sharing their medicine and energies: Rose (color + reminder of boundaries + protection + safety)  Tulsi (aids with stress + clears the mind)  Damiana (spicy + sassy + libido + reminds us who we are) Cinnamon (unsung hero that moistens us + grounding + supportive)   Web links Find Rekara online at Re-ngage.com You can also connect with her on Instagram @rekaraneal & @rootedherbalcollective Find Green Wisdom Herbal Studies & Apothercary & IG @greenwisdom   Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.  Join us for First Saturday's FREE meditation & breath work circles online.  Grab your FREE Mini-Course: The Self-Confident Queer - start here. And follow us on Instagram!  Join our mailing list  to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.

    45 min
5
out of 5
28 Ratings

About

The Queer Spirit podcast has conversations with artists, healers and activists who enliven, heal and empower the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender Queer+ communities. Each episode we'll be interviewing a different guest who does work in the world to nourish the Queer Spirit in us all - authors, coaches, teachers, body workers, mystics, creatives, ritualists, diviners and MORE. We'll dive deep into sexuality, spirituality, yoga, energy work, shamanism, healing trauma, relationships, art, activism, gender identity, tarot, astrology, and magic. Hear how other queer folks have healed themselves and be inspired to continue your path to wholeness. Hosted by Nick Venegoni (hethey) & TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them)

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