The Soul Medicine Podcast

Liz Nerland
The Soul Medicine Podcast

As an inspirational medium. reiki master/teacher, yoga teacher and former registered nurse, I offer insights, practices and inspiration that will uplift and educate.

  1. 2023. 03. 14.

    Into the Chrysalis - Conscious Transformation Mini-series Episode 1

    Link to Purchase "Into the Chrysalis" program - use coupon code "soulmedicine" to save $200!  Lifetime access to the Soul Medicine library included as special gift! This is the first episode in a free mini-series on conscious transformation.   In this episode I discuss the inspiration I have taken from the work of Dr.Joe Dispenza.   We explore the concepts of reclaiming our truth, being proactive (inspired by the work of Dr Stephen Covey), and managing our nervous systems. You have the opportunity to take full responsibility for the quality of your life.  You have the power to master your inner world such that you influence the outer world in a positive and intentional way, instead of feeling like a victim to the circumstances of your life. The ability to choose how to respond to life is called free will, and it is the birth right of every human being. We ALL have the gift of free will – however most of us rarely use it.  Instead, we default to patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving that we’ve been programmed into (some of these patterns we inherited, others we created through repetition or intense emotional experiences like trauma).   The good news – everything you require to live an extraordinary life is already inside of you.  And in this course we will explore ways to consciously re-program our unconscious patterning so that the thoughts, emotions and behaviors we desire become natural, effortless and automatic.    In this first class, the key take-home message is that you are the programmer of your life.  Regardless of what has transpired in your past, from the moment you choose to take responsibility for your happiness and fulfillment, you will have the power to script your future – to choose the thoughts, emotions and behaviors that will define you.   Stephen Covey’s first habit of highly effective living (and business) is to be proactive.  Being proactive is much more than simply taking initiative.  Being proactive means taking full responsibility for your life.  The opposite of being proactive is being reactive – reactive people blame their inner world (how they feel) on their outer world (circumstance).  How they feel becomes a product of their environment, and they relinquish power over their lives because they cannot control all circumstances.    “Being proactive means you carry your own weather with you. Your circumstances do NOT define your response. When our lives are a function of conditioning and conditions, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us. In making such a choice, we become reactive. Reactive people are often affected by their physical environment. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn’t, it affects their attitude and their performance.   Reactive people are also affected by their social environment, by the “social weather.” When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don’t, they become defensive or protective. Reactive people build their emotional lives around the behavior of others, empowering the weaknesses of other people to control them. They are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values — carefully thought about, selected and internalized values. Dr. Covey teaches that we all have a space between stimulus and response and it is in that very space that our greatest gift – the freedom to choose – can be found. So the next time the weather looks bad – the physical weather or the social weather – will you curse it and allow it to ruin your day, or will you choose a good response to it? Or as my mother used to say, will you make lemonade from lemons?” Stephen Covey   If you believe, even just a little bit, that you are responsible for your own happiness in life, you can no longer blame circumstances or people for your feelings.  This does not mean that you are always happy –

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  2. 2023. 03. 07.

    Tending and Toning the Pelvic Diaphragm After Baby with Suzi Zobrist

    Today I am thrilled to host pelvic care practitioner, and womb wisdom keeper, Suzi Zobrist, to speak in response to an audience request for information about healing the pelvic floor after birth.  Scroll down for her full bio.   Connect with Suzi on Instagram at @suzizobrist, or via her website www.rootmedicinehealing.com.  She offers 1:1 online sessions, 1:1 in person retreat style intensives, and group work in her Sacred Body School.   In today's episode we discuss some key themes: - Healing is an internal process and you are your best healer. - Reframing "tightening the pelvic floor" to "toning the pelvic diaphragm." - The importance of ease and presence within your healing journey. - Re-establishing a connection to your sacred anatomy after birth. - Scar and tissue remediation and massage - tending to your postpartum body. - Keep your own fire lit & stay turned on in your life.   SUZI ZOBRIST (she/her)  Offering Sacred Pelvic Care + Ceremonial Bodywork   Womb Wisdom Keeper, Pelvic Care Practitioner, Sexological Bodyworker, Yoga Teacher   Suzi was initiated into Womb Healing Work after suddenly losing her womb to ovarian cancer at age 30.  After a radical hysterectomy that left her totally numb and disconnected from her womanhood & pelvic space, Suzi became an apprentice to her own womb healing path.    After years of feeling gray in her sensuality, turn on & womanhood, she finally started to feel entirely alive again. Her zest for life returned as she gained an understanding of how to heal, release & surrender to her own pain & pleasure.    Suzi is a skilled Pelvic Care Practitioner & Mentor who brings her extensive knowledge of yoga, bodywork, ritual, sexuality & ceremony into her work. She will carefully guide you on the journey of coming back into the power & pleasure that lives in your body.   You can find Suzi on Instagram @suzizobrist and leading SACRED BODY SCHOOL, where she supports you into the physical, emotional & spiritual realms of being wildly turned on & alive in your everyday life. Suzi is also available for Immersive 1:1 sessions, please be in touch to begin your journey deeper into who you are. www.rootmedicinehealing.com   #wombhealing #pelvicfloor #pelvicfloorwork #pelvicfloorhealing #postpartumhealing #sacredsexuality #healingmothers #wombenergetics #energyhealing #wombhealing #pelvicfloorafterbaby #motherhood

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  3. 2023. 02. 21.

    Reiki - Purist or Innovator? What is best practice?

    Link to Reiki Course https://soulmedicineyoga.mykajabi.com/reiki-training-1   Link to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/liznerland/?hl=en   One of the biggest things I want to impress on my reiki students is this – open to Source, and trust what comes through you, even if it doesn’t look or sound like what comes through others.  Even if it doesn’t look or sound like what is written in the text books.  And I think I impress this so deeply because it was not my reality for the first almost-decade of my reiki practice. Tradition.  Doing things the way they were done in the past.  Walking in the steps of the people who came before us.  Is there value in this?  Yes.  But it’s only as valuable as it is effective. Let’s set aside the fact that there are conflicting accounts of how Usui actually practiced – did he touch or not?  Did I can’t help but wonder would Dr Usui practice in the same way – same techniques, same processes, same approach today as he used in the late 1800s and early 1900s?  I would venture to guess that he wouldn’t because the North Americans of today are an entirely different being than the Japanese people of the 1800s.  We are facving different kind of crises – working with different tone of nervous system, different toxins and global crises, over fed, chemicals - and I believe it needs a new approach. When you look at the teachings, the second pillar (learned in reiki 2) is Reiji-Ho and is a method of placing the hands in a prayer position and asking for guidance. This is the ultimate practice in reiki – to attune yourself to Ki, Spirit, Prana, Chi – and let it move through you and guide you.  It means that when practiced correctly, you set aside your thinking mind and allow yourself to be a vessel of the Divine. Now I don’t take this idea of straying from traditional paths lightly, I have deeply contemplated it.  It’s not for everyone.  There are purists out there and that works best for them – I am not disputing that.  I am however just exploring the idea.  The other day I was purchasing a book from a spiritual shop called reiki shamanism – I hadn’t seen anyone specifically marry these practices so I was curious about it.  When I went to pay, the man behind the till commented that he is a purist and doesn’t think it’s a good idea to cross paths, and to just pull from different lines.  He pointed out how Yogananada broke from tradition to come to the West and teach tens of thousands of people the practice of yoga.  He ntoed that Yogananda’s teacher had taught numerous ascended masters while yogananada didn’t guide any of his followers to that level.  But I personally don’t think that the goal of a spiritual teacher is neccesarily total liberation.  Maybe some of us are here to simply guide people towards less suffering and more love.  Maybe it’s just to ease the burden of suffering enough to get people back on the spiritual path… maybe that is a win too.  Not everyone is here in this lifetime in pursuit of total liberation.  Here is an example – in traditional reiki there is a technique whereby the practitioner holds his or her hand above a single point to remove poison.  You are supposed to hold this point for 30 minutes.  You need a very specific client to be able to find mental and physical rest for 30 minutes.  Most people I see are living full lives with jobs and families and deadlines and anxiety and monkey mind.  If I just stand there for 30 minutes holding one spot, most of them will spend that 30 minutes lost in thought and struggling.  Likewise, the people following Yogananada’s teacher need to live a very specific lifestyle in order to follow the teachings precisely. I’m not saying there is not value in purist teachings.  But I do think that we need a variety of options for a variety of students and practitioners.  For me personally, I am going to strive to meet the unique needs of the person infront of me at

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As an inspirational medium. reiki master/teacher, yoga teacher and former registered nurse, I offer insights, practices and inspiration that will uplift and educate.

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