The Serpentine Path

Claire Yaseed

Join your host, Claire Wao•Rē Yaseed, as she shares personal stories and insights about all things related to plant medicine, the birth/death/rebirth cycle, ancestral reconnection, intergenerational healing, womb sovereignty + bodily autonomy, rights of passage/initiations, time travel, shapeshifting, dimension hopping, and the reclamation of our collective earth-based practices--among many other things...

  1. JAN 27

    The 5 Physiologic Initiations of Womanhood

    MOTHERLINE MEDICINE: free class on the 5 physiologic initiations of womanhood -- join here Modern women have been left to initiate ourselves through the thresholds of our own feminine becoming. Without initiated female elders and intact lineages to turn to, we are searching for a way to rebirth a living culture of womanhood that is applicable for the now times that we are existing in. In this week’s solo episode I dive into how I realigned with the five physiologic initiations of womanhood—birth, blood, sex, death, and rebirth—during my time living in the Colombian jungle and how these initiations offer us the blueprint for female health, vitality, and magic. Throughout the episode I dive deep into an exploration of: Returning to our own births and acknowledging the wounds that our motherlines carry due to birth trauma, medical intervention, and obstetric violence Releasing distortions around menstrual and birth blood and reorienting our lives to be in service to our menstrual cycle and fertility What spiritually intact sexual education would entail and how it shifts our relationship to the masculine Holding the medicine of death within our wombs and honoring the reality of responsibility The cyclicality of feminine rebirth throughout menstruation, postpartum, and menopause I’ll be diving deeper into these 5 cross-cultural initiations of womanhood in my FREE upcoming class, Motherline Medicine, on Feb 3 CONNECT WITH CLAIRE + THE PODCAST My Website ⁠Book a 1:1 Consultation⁠ ⁠Substack: Extended Episodes + Writing⁠ ⁠Instagram

    57 min
  2. JAN 20

    Adult Female Initiations

    The harsh reality of modern womanhood is that our feminine wisdomkeeping ways have been almost entirely decimated. Across races, lineages, territories, languages, and cultures, there is a shared feminine wounding that we all experience on a daily basis regarding the loss of female rites of passages and womanhood initiations. We are the daughters who have been left to pick up the pieces of our fractures feminine lineages and somehow reweave the innate medicine of womanhood that pulses through our blood, bones, and cells. The question is... How do we do that...? In this solo episode, I go deep into: Why we strategically divorce ourselves from womanhood as a way to protect ourselves from different aspects of gender-based violence (particularly sexual violence)Recognizing our angry inner teenage girl as the young woman who is begging to be initiatedThe trauma response of feminine amnesia and the spells that it casts upon our female experienceUnlearning masculine expectations of “proving” our worth and aligning with the inherent value that we walk with as feminine beings that birth beauty into the worldThe necessity for women to develop a strong inner masculine protector in order to cultivate and care for our feminine medicineReorienting to the 5 physiologic initiations of womanhood — birth, blood, sex, death, and rebirth — as the pathway towards SELF-REINITIATION into womanhood This episode is part of an ongoing monthlong series all about the process of reinitiating ourselves into womanhood as adults. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast along with my Substack newsletter for more in-depth explorations of this collective inquiry of the modern female experience. CONNECT WITH CLAIRE + THE PODCAST My Website⁠ ⁠Book a 1:1 Consultation⁠ ⁠Substack: Extended Episodes + Writing⁠ ⁠Instagram

    1h 10m
  3. 12/04/2025

    The Sacred Portal of Preconception with Jaontra "JJ" Henderson

    Today I share my tender, portal-opening conversation with my dear sister, Jaontra “JJ” Henderson. JJ is a full-spectrum birthworker and the Founder and Executive Director of Full Spectrum Birthworkers, where she provides holistic support across the womb continuum — from preconception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Deeply committed to supporting those who have been historically marginalized and harmed by the medical-industrial complex, she uses herbal allies, body literacy education, consensual touch, ceremony/ritual, and other tools to help people make informed decisions based on their own needs, wants, and desires. JJ has extensive experience supporting Black people, multiracial and multicultural families, and single parents throughout their reproductive journeys. In this episode we get into: How modern women are currently relating to womanhood, sexuality, fertility, and feminine lineage workTaking on the role of birth companion as a maiden who hasn’t given birth yet and all the ways in which we can support female reproductive care outside of the birthing spaceThe compartmentalization of women’s reproductive care and the revitalization of full-spectrum support and witnessingThe reality of the Maternal Health Crisis in Black and Brown communities and addressing systems of exploitation and self-sacrifice from the inside outThe importance of re-weaving the fractured web of feminine resourcing so that we all have various layers of support for our work in the worldMay this episode realign you to your deepest, innate sense of internal power, authority, and irrefutable feminine wisdom. CONNECT WITH JJ Website Doula for the People — free support for abortion, birth, and postpartum in the Bay Area Instagram Susbtack CONNECT WITH CLAIRE + THE PODCAST ⁠My Website⁠⁠ ⁠Book a 1:1 Consultation⁠ ⁠Substack: Extended Episodes + Writing⁠ ⁠Instagram

    1h 37m
  4. 11/20/2025

    Becoming the Grandmother with Cynthia Zak

    In today’s episode, I share my nourishing and life exalting conversation with the prolific new grandmother, Cynthia Zak! Cynthia is a teacher, ceremonialist, writer (author of five books), songwriter (author of more than 170 songs), musician, journalist, international yoga teacher, mindfulness and meditation expert and a seasoned entrepreneur. She is moved by the certainty that the mystical realms are very close to us and she dedicates her life to create songs, music, books, training systems, and a whole movement to bring the esoteric world to a tangible reality that everybody can access. Cynthia is a HeartMath institute therapist, birth/postpartum doula and death doula working with children and families in the grief process. She practices sufism, buddhism, kabbalah, shamanic techniques and is a master tarot reader PLUS being a mother of three marvelous human beings, Marlon, Allegra and Satya and Grandmother of Atilla. In this episode we get into: Her gorgeous life-long path as a student of various mystic traditions, faiths, + creative spiritual practicesThe medicalization + pathologization of menopause and how she rebirthed herself into her divine crone expression as the family/community matriarchHer work as a birth and death doula and taking on the role as the community midwife who initiates her people through life’s sacred rites of passageHer process of becoming a grandmother and the responsibility that we all hold to co-create a new earth for the children that are coming through right nowThe birth of her book, “The Joy of Sleeping Alone”! A in-depth synthesis on the history of the bed, the science of sleep, and everyday rituals to expand our dream time practiceMay this episode awaken your own inner grandmother medicine and orient you, your family, and/or community towards the collective rebirth of intact family culture! MENTIONED Meetings with Remarkable Men — FILM “Dancing Along the Medicine Path of Life” with Allegra Preuss — Cynthia’s daughter  CONNECT WITH CYNTHIA Website Instagram Buy her book! -- The Joy of Sleeping Alone CONNECT WITH CLAIRE + THE PODCAST ⁠My Website⁠⁠ ⁠Book a 1:1 Consultation⁠ ⁠Substack: Extended Episodes + Writing⁠ ⁠Instagram

    1h 23m
  5. 11/11/2025

    How to Heal Your Bloodline with Stephanie Starr

    In this week’s episode I dive into a deep conversation of quantum ancestral realignment with my guest, Stephanie Starr. Stephanie is a student homeopath, home herbalist, and lifelong learner. She’s currently selling topical herbal products, working with clients using homeopathy, and continuing her studies in mind-body healing. After years of intense chronic symptoms, she’s brought vibrancy back to her life and is now on a path to help others navigate healing and reconnect to themselves, each other, and the earth. In this episode we get into: * How her own chronic health issues guided her down the rabbit hole of alternative/natural healing modalities that actually left her feeling even more disempowered than before * A brief overview of homeopathic medicine and why this modality was purposefully blackballed and suppressed by the American Medical Association and the Rockefeller Family * How we can work with homeopathy to clear energetic distortions (miasms) that get passed down through our families and create chronic health symptoms * Utilizing homeopathy in the preconception portal in order to clear intergenerational trauma and birth a new generation into the family tree * Energetic blocks that contribute to unexplained infertility and how homeopathy can help a hopeful couple conceive, gestate, and birth life May our conversation open your eyes, ears, and heart to the possibility of healing your lineage 7 generations forwards and 7 generations back. CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE Website Instagram CONNECT WITH CLAIRE + THE PODCAST ⁠My Website⁠⁠ ⁠Book a 1:1 Consultation⁠ ⁠Substack: Extended Episodes + Writing⁠ ⁠Instagram

    1h 18m
  6. 10/24/2025

    Absent Periods, Acne, + Fertility Fears with S.

    Absent Periods, Acne, + Fertility Fears with S. PURCHASE THE NATURAL BIRTH CONTROL SERIES COURSE Today’s episode with my guest S. is the final installment of the ongoing mini-series about women’s birth control stories. From the pill to injections to IUDs, we explore the commonalities between our shared experiences of returning to the medicine of womanhood. In this episode we get into: How her experience of disordered eating as a teen led to her being put on the pill in order to “regulate” her absent menstrual cycleHer first attempt at transitioning off of hormonal birth control and the severe health implications that she experienced due to the hormonal imbalancesWhy she decided to get back on the pill out of desperation to resolve her extreme chronic acne and the education and preparation that she underwent in order to eventually transition off of it againMoving through her deep fears and grief around not believing that she would ever be able to become a motherHow she eventually ended up getting pregnant (to her pleasant surprise!) without having ever experienced a real bleedTo learn more about everything discussed in this episode, you can purchase my class, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Natural Birth Control Series⁠⁠⁠ -- a three-part class for women who are ready to reclaim their womb sovereignty and prevent unplanned pregnancy by utilizing their own bio-intuitive fertility signals and plant medicine allyship. ⁠⁠LEARN MORE HERE⁠ CONNECT WITH CLAIRE + THE PODCAST ⁠My Website⁠⁠ ⁠Book a 1:1 Consultation⁠ ⁠Substack: Extended Episodes + Writing⁠ ⁠Instagram

    47 min

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Join your host, Claire Wao•Rē Yaseed, as she shares personal stories and insights about all things related to plant medicine, the birth/death/rebirth cycle, ancestral reconnection, intergenerational healing, womb sovereignty + bodily autonomy, rights of passage/initiations, time travel, shapeshifting, dimension hopping, and the reclamation of our collective earth-based practices--among many other things...

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