The Woo

Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi
  • 5.0 (11)
  • Spirituality
  • Weekly Series

The Woo is where spirit and soil intersect. Hosted by Nuyorican spiritual herbalist, educator, and founder of Yabisi, Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi, this podcast explores the living relationship between plant medicine, spirituality, and diasporic traditions. Rooted between the Bronx, New York and Brazil, Lynsey weaves together African diasporic cosmologies, Orisha wisdom, clinical and spiritual herbalism, and embodied healing practices to guide listeners back into relationship—with the land, the body, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. Through solo transmissions and shared conversations, The Woo moves across topics like ancestral remembrance, ritual practice, psychosomatics, sacred plant medicines, and the everyday ways we can integrate these traditions into modern life. This is a space for those who feel the call to remember— to reclaim lineage, deepen their practice, and walk a path rooted in both spirit and earth.

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  1. From the Bronx to Brazil : Transitions, Medicine & Mental Health

    Episode 1

    From the Bronx to Brazil : Transitions, Medicine & Mental Health

    After a year-long pause, The Woo returns with a grounded reintroduction and a real-time catch-up on the journey that's unfolded in between. In this opening episode of Season 2, Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi shares what it's looked like to move through deep personal and professional transitions—closing a decade-long business, shifting relationships, and relocating from the Bronx to Brazil—all while continuing to steward her work with plant medicine and ancestral practice. This conversation centers on the intersection of mental health and mushrooms, and how microdosing—when approached with intention, education, and care—can become a bridge between spiritual healing and clinical understanding. Lynsey explores: Cultural perspectives on mental health within Caribbean and diasporic communities The role of spiritual practitioners, herbalists, and community care How psilocybin works in the body (gut-brain connection + serotonin) Microdosing as a tool for pattern interruption, emotional support, and integration Why herbal allies matter when working with plant medicines This episode also introduces the Yabisi Microdose Collection—formulations that pair mushrooms with herbs to support specific emotional and spiritual currents like grief, focus, heart healing, and transition.   ✨ New Offering Announcement Explore the microdose blends and receive 10% off all products for the month of May using code: THE WOO   Important Note on Safety If you are currently taking medications (SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, mood stabilizers, or other nervous system–affecting prescriptions), please consult a professional and research potential contraindications before working with plant medicines. Resources mentioned in this episode: https://psychedelicinteraction.com https://tripsit.me (combination chart) https://www.drugsand.me   Explore + Connect 🌿 Website / Botanica: https://www.yabisi.co 🌿 School of Remembrance (applications + offerings): https://www.yabisi.co 🌿 Substack (essays, teachings, deeper reflections): https://substack.com/@lynseyayalarinaldi 🌿 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynseyayalarinaldi   About The Woo The Woo is where spirit and soil intersect. Hosted by Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi, this podcast explores plant medicine, spirituality, and diasporic traditions through the lens of lived experience, ancestral practice, and embodied healing.

    33 min

  2. Season 2, Episode 2 Trailer

    Season 2 Trailer

    After a year-long pause, The Woo returns—deeper, softer, more rooted, and more honest than ever before. In this trailer for Season 2, Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi shares a glimpse into the evolution behind the scenes: closing chapters, crossing thresholds, relocating from the Bronx to Brazil, and returning to the work with a renewed relationship to spirit, soil, and self. This season of The Woo explores the intersections of: plant medicine spirituality Diasporic traditions Orisha cosmology psychosomatics & embodied healing ancestral remembrance ritual, land, and transformation Through personal storytelling, teachings, and conversations with community, elders, and practitioners, Lynsey invites listeners into a deeper exploration of what it means to live in relationship—with the body, the plants, the ancestors, and the unseen. This is a season about: burning things down, tending fertile soil, and remembering who we are beneath the noise. 🌿 Welcome back to The Woo—where spirit and soil intersect. Explore + Connect 🌿 Yabisi Botanica + Offerings Yabisi 🌿 School of Remembrance School of Remembrance 🌿 Essays + Writings Substack 🌿 Instagram @Yabisi_Centr0

    2 min

  3. Episode 3

    The Orisha Yemayá, Cancer Szn & The Waters That Remember

    What if the body is our first ancestral archive? In this episode of The Woo, Lynsey explores Cancer season through the waters—moving between astrology, Yemayá, psychosomatics and the ancestral stories that continue to live within our bodies. We talk about Cancer and the Fourth House as territories of home, memory, lineage and belonging; Yemayá as the great mother of the waters; and what her teachings on nourishment, compassion and mothering can reveal about our own healing. Lynsey also shares a patakí of Yemayá and reflects on a question that sits at the heart of this episode: What if the parts of us that are struggling don't need more punishment—but more safety, nourishment, and time? From there, we move into the body. The womb. The breasts. The belly. The chest. The nervous system. The waters. We explore psychosomatics, inherited grief and resilience, the body as a living archive of lineage and why ancestral healing can sometimes feel so deeply physical. We also return to the ocean—especially for those of us throughout the African and Caribbean diaspora—and consider the waters as a keeper of memory, grief, survival and remembrance. This episode is an invitation to listen differently. To the body. To the waters. To the ancestors. And to the parts of you that may simply be asking to be witnessed. Grab your tea, go for a walk, sit beside the water, and come meet me at the crossroads of spirit and soil.   IN THIS EPISODE: Cancer season, the Moon & the Fourth House Yemayá and the medicine of mothering What is a patakí? Psychosomatics & the body as ancestral archive Inherited grief, resilience & epigenetics The lineage living in the body The Atlantic Ocean, diaspora & remembrance Simple practices for tending the ancestors Journal prompts for Cancer season CONTINUE THE JOURNEY 🌊 Read Lynsey's Cancer Season & Yemayá essays on Substack 🌿 Explore Botánica Yabisi  🏡 Enter the House of Remembrance Membership 📚 Learn more about the School of Remembrance 💌 Join the Yabisi newsletter for teachings, workshops & gatherings

    30 min
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The Woo is where spirit and soil intersect. Hosted by Nuyorican spiritual herbalist, educator, and founder of Yabisi, Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi, this podcast explores the living relationship between plant medicine, spirituality, and diasporic traditions. Rooted between the Bronx, New York and Brazil, Lynsey weaves together African diasporic cosmologies, Orisha wisdom, clinical and spiritual herbalism, and embodied healing practices to guide listeners back into relationship—with the land, the body, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. Through solo transmissions and shared conversations, The Woo moves across topics like ancestral remembrance, ritual practice, psychosomatics, sacred plant medicines, and the everyday ways we can integrate these traditions into modern life. This is a space for those who feel the call to remember— to reclaim lineage, deepen their practice, and walk a path rooted in both spirit and earth.

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  • Creator
    Lynsey Ayala Rinaldi
  • Episodes
    14
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    The Woo

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