Wisdom Rising

Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa
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Shamanism, Reiki, Spirituality, Personal Development, and More. It’s time to re-member your Divine purpose and limitless potential. Welcome to Wisdom Rising, the official podcast of Moon Rising Shamanic Institute. Join Shamanic Reiki practitioners Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa as they guide you on a journey of radical self-discovery and spiritual guidance. Each week we dance through the realms of shamanism, mysticism, energy healing, and personal development to illuminate your path to true healing and self-sourced wisdom. Through weekly inspired conversations and interviews with leading spiritual and shamanic practitioners, we’re here to help you acknowledge, reconcile, and balance your energy so that you can awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising within. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at MoonRisingInstitute, or visit our website, moonrisinginstitute.com, to learn more about our mission and find future opportunities to connect with our community of Shamanic mystics.

  1. 2D AGO

    Return To The Self; Somatic, Mindful, Shamanic

    Send Us a Message! Ever feel your life is too loud to hear yourself think? We dive into a grounded path back to center using somatic awareness, mindfulness, shamanic journeying, and tantra-informed movement. Christine Rene and Chantel Ochoa unpack how external inputs—news feeds, cluttered rooms, and other people’s needs—can hijack our nervous systems, then walk through practical ways to reclaim agency and come home to the body. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Returning to the self as a practical path  🌖 Reducing external inputs and reclaiming agency  🌗 Somatic curiosity: color, shape, movement of tension  🌘 Full guided drop-in and mini heart practice  🌑 Movement, breathwork, and tantra-informed tools  🌒 Archetypes for patterns, boundaries, and balance  🌓 Shamanic release, cord cutting, and soul retrieval You’ll be guided through two practices you can repeat anytime: a fuller somatic drop-in that helps you identify where tension lives, what it looks like, and how it wants to move; and a fast “mind-to-heart” reset that quiets analysis so a wiser answer can surface. We talk about the witch’s wound and the courage to feel safe sharing spiritual gifts, why dance and breath unstick old emotions, and how small, consistent rituals build trust with yourself. If you’ve ever asked why the same patterns keep returning, we explore a powerful metaphor: setting down the backpack of the past. Through shamanic tools like symbolic release and soul retrieval, those cords thin with practice, and the body becomes your early warning system when you try to pick the weight back up. We also show how archetypes and soul contracts illuminate patterns in relationships and leadership, improving boundaries and communication. From sunrise prayers to altar time, from quantum light breath to gentle stretching, this conversation invites you to design rituals that match your life so you can move from constriction to expansion. For deeper study and community, we share details on Soul Rising, Archetypes and Soul Contracts, Intro to Tantra with Jim McDonald, Facilitator Training for ceremonial space, and our weekly Mystic Moon Collective. If this conversation helps you breathe easier, share it with a friend who needs a reset, subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes, and leave a review with your favorite practice you’ll try this week. #spiritualenergy #shadow Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    53 min

  2. FEB 2

    From Breath To Root: Balancing Airy Vision With Earthly Grounding For Real-World Manifestation

    Send Us a Message! Breath without grounding floats away. Grounding without breath forgets to dream. We dove into the living relationship between air and earth—how vision, intuition, and voice meet presence, safety, and action—to turn inner whispers into real-world change. From composting heavy emotions with tree roots to freeing a stuck throat with one honest breath, we share simple practices that help you shift out of loops and into flow. In this episode, we'll explore: Air as ideas, intuition and communicationEarth as presence, safety and manifestationComposting heavy emotion into usable energyBody scans to locate energy by chakra and elementPractical tools for grounding and breath-based releaseSpotting imbalance and language to rebalance clientsGrief without judgment as a sign of alivenessShamanic journeywork as earth body and air visionCommunity practice in an interactive monthly containerWe map manifestation as a pathway through the elements and the body: air brings the idea and the language, fire lends will, water fuels creativity, and earth gives it bones. That path also runs in reverse, lifting primal desire at the root up through breath and voice until it radiates into your field as a clear invitation. Along the way, we unpack signs of imbalance—overthinking, anxiety, disassociation, hyper-focus on details—and offer language and facilitation prompts that widen a grounded state or land a lofty one. This is Kokoro in action: heart, mind, and body aligned so thought serves love and the body carries change until it’s real. You’ll hear a vivid journey story of merging with a golden field of consciousness—why several people can receive the same idea at once—and how to pour that light back into daily life: food, movement, ritual, and care. We close with practical, shamanic tools you can use today: drumming, feathers, incense, calling directions, crystal grids, and a body-led check-in to choose earth or air on purpose. Plus, we introduce our Mystic Moon Collective, a monthly, interactive space with shamanic journey (earth) and sacred conversations (air) designed to help you practice, share, and grow with community. If this sparked something, follow and subscribe so you never miss new episodes, share this with a friend who needs grounding or a breath of inspiration, and leave a review to help more seekers find the show. Learn more about our newest offering, Mystic Moon Collective! : https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.s Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    57 min

  3. JAN 26

    Elemental Wisdom of Fire and Water

    Send Us a Message! Ready to trade burnout for balance and turn everyday rituals into real energy work? We dive into the living language of the four elements—fire, water, air, and earth—and focus on Fire and Water as part one of a two part series. Christine and Shantel share personal stories, practical tips, and grounded tools you can use immediately, from manifestation water glasses to fire rituals.  In today’s episode we’ll explore:  Elemental personalities and how to spot themWater as cleanser, conduit and intention carrierSafe disposal and home energy hygiene with waterFire for release, illumination and solar plexus powerExpanding beyond the warrior archetypePresence, gratitude and dissolving FOMOMystic Moon Collective: tarot, Reiki share, journeys, sacred conversationsWe also introduce the Mystic Moon Collective, a weekly membership designed around the elements: tarot for fiery clarity, Reiki shares for watery flow, shamanic journeys for earthy roots, and sacred conversations for airy insight. Each session is interactive, welcoming all levels, and supported by a private community chat so you can practice, reflect, and get feedback between gatherings. If you’re craving structure that still leaves room for magic, this mix of ritual, skill-building, and community will feel like home. If this resonates, follow and subscribe, share this episode with a friend who loves practical mysticism, and leave a review to help others find the show. The Mystic Moon Collective starts February 5th, every Thursday at 4pm PT/ 5pm MT/ 6pm CT/ 7pm ET! Learn more and join here: https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/mystic-moon-collective/ Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    55 min

  4. JAN 19

    A Past Life Bleedthrough with Guest Stephanie Peters

    Send Us a Message! A single phone call felt like lightning in the body, and everything changed. That’s how Stephanie’s story begins—a sudden, magnetic pull that cracked open visions, relentless poems, and a grief that didn’t belong to this lifetime. We invited her to share the journey from “I’m losing my mind” to published poet, from spiraling nights to grounded sovereignty, and how a past-life regression gave shape to a mystery that words like chemistry could never hold. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Clear cognizance, visions, and cognitive dissonance  🌖 The spiral into suicidality and seeking help  🌗 Therapy limits and turning to psychic support  🌘 Finding a “soul doctor” (that's Christine!!) and building sovereignty  🌑 Journeys, darkness at the edge, and sovereignty  🌒 Making boundaries with a past self  🌓 Assembling poems into a healing chronology  🌔 Hope, persistence, and choosing this life  We walk through the hard parts with care: cognitive dissonance that made reality blur, days of shaking that looked like seizures, and the fear of speaking up in case help meant being dismissed or medicated. Stephanie explains how therapy helped until it didn’t, and how a layered path—psychic guidance, Shamanic Reiki, sovereignty statements, nature, and Soul Rising—steadied her nervous system and returned her to the present. Along the way, the house hummed with strange phenomena, the treadmill surged on its own, and a closet became a chorus of footsteps. These moments aren’t just plot points; they’re lessons in energy hygiene and boundaries.  Stephanie’s book, A Past Life Bleed Through, collects poems received in the storm and arranges them into a map—from rupture to integration. You’ll hear why community matters, how shared patterns across journeys validate experience, and why trees became unexpected teachers in transmuting fear into steadiness.  If you’re curious about past lives, energy healing, spiritual emergence, or how creativity can become a lifeline, this story offers both language and tools. Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more seekers find their footing. Then tell us: what practice keeps you anchored when the unseen gets loud? Purchase:  A Past Life Bleedthrough Learn more about Soul Rising: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/soul-rising/ Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    57 min

  5. JAN 12

    The Art Of Holding Space: How To Lead Circles With Skill, Presence, and Heart

    Send Us a Message! The difference between a good circle and a life-shifting one often comes down to the invisible: presence, pacing, and the confidence to hold what arises without trying to fix it. We open up the craft of facilitation and show how to turn your certifications—Reiki, breathwork, hypnosis, somatics—into powerful group experiences that people remember and return to. In this episode, we’ll explore: Aligning presence with breath, tone and pacingReading the room and guiding energy toward intentionDe-escalating conflict and time-bounding emotional surgesSomatic and meditative drops that open the heartCreating monthly circles that build community and retentionEthical pricing and the mindset of a spiritual entrepreneurMixed modalities as a unique facilitator signatureWe walk through the real skills you need to lead with heart and steadiness: reading the room, asking empowering questions, redirecting tangents, and de-escalating conflict without shaming anyone. You’ll hear how we use breath patterns, eye-softening, and body awareness to drop participants into a regulated, receptive state. Then we layer in sensory ritual—scent, candlelight, music, drumming—to signal safety and depth, and we map an arc that starts grounded, rises with purpose, and closes clean so people leave integrated and clear. If you’re wondering how to make this sustainable, we go there too. Ethical pricing, consistency through monthly circles, and designing offers that fit your voice and community are central themes. Mixed modalities aren’t a problem to hide; they’re your signature. We outline our six-week intensive with Sunday skill sessions and Wednesday practicums, plus case studies and business support so you finish with a launch-ready class, series, or retreat and the inner certainty to deliver it. Ready to step into leadership with grace and structure? Listen, take notes, and then take the leap and join The Art of Holding Space January 18th! If this resonates, share it with a friend who’s been “almost ready,” subscribe for more practical mysticism, and leave a quick review to help others find the show. Your community is waiting for you to show up. ​Through the Veil, Conscious Grieving​: Monthly Coaching Support Group begins January 12th ​She Who Rises​: A 5-Week Tantric Masterclass for Women begins January 13th Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    55 min

  6. JAN 5

    How Vertical Energy Breaks Attachment And Deepens Love

    Send Us a Message! What if the cure for clinginess, stagnant desire, and mixed‑signal intimacy isn’t more effort, but a new direction for your energy? We share a vivid lower world journey that reframed attachment as a call to return to the root, then show how vertical flow—from earth to crown and back—fortifies your field so connection feels generous, not grasping. We break down the difference between horizontal cords that tether you to others and the toroidal loop that nourishes you from within. Expect practical tools you can try today: breath‑led chakra awareness, the “Sufi’s grind” spiral to compost stress and inhale blessings, and micro‑practices that take five to twenty minutes. We talk about moving from heart‑hungry to self‑sourced, why consistent somatics calm the nervous system, and how couples thrive when each partner energizes their own field first. Sex shifts from transaction to devotion when you’re both resourced. In this episode, we’ll explore: 🌕 Vertical energy flow replacing horizontal cords  🌖 Toroidal field, breathwork, and Sufi’s grind  🌗 Post‑holiday attachment, boundaries, self‑resourcing  🌘 Creatrix energy and movement for sacral flow  🌑 Trauma‑informed safety, anatomy and pleasure education  🌒 Private rituals like yoni gazing  🌓 Partnership without energetic siphoning  🌔 Course overview: five‑week She Who Rises You’ll hear candid stories about healing patterns of energetic siphoning, tending the creatrix within, and inviting movement—dance, sound, hips—to unlock sacral flow after years of compressed productivity. Think nourishment over quick fixes, vertical flow over cords, and intimacy that lasts beyond the weekend glow. If this resonates, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Have a question or want the course links? Reach out and join us as we rise from root to the cosmos. Starting January 13th, She Who Rises: A 5-week Tantric Journey into Feminine Awakening - https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/she-who-rises/ Starting January 12th, Through the Veil, Conscious Grieving Group - https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/grief Starting January 18th, The Art of Holding Space Facilitator Training - https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/the-art-of-holding-space/ Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    54 min

  7. 12/29/2025

    Solstice, Shadow, And Sovereignty

    Send Us a Message! The darkest night can be the clearest mirror. We step into solstice energy to explore what it really means to shed, integrate, and choose sovereignty—moving from the snake’s inward season to the horse’s bold momentum. We show how simple ceremonies become a powerful container for release and renewal. Drawing on Inanna’s descent, we pass seven gates of letting go—judgment, rejection, persecution, betrayal, abandonment, fear, and doubt—until we meet the part of ourselves we’ve exiled. From there, integration is possible. We talk about becoming the observer in your healing so the body stops bracing, and how blacked-out memories can surface when capacity grows.  In this episode, we explore: 🌕 Solstice rituals as containers for release and renewal 🌖 Snake to horse energetic shift and what it unlocks 🌗 Inanna’s descent as a map for shadow integration 🌘 Becoming the observer to regulate and heal  🌑 Blacked-out memories, capacity, and consent with self 🌒 Holding space versus trauma dumping with clear asks 🌓 Simple embodiment tools to fill your own cup 🌔 New offerings: She Who Rises, Through The Veil, The Art of Holding Space Facilitator Training This conversation is also a preview of what we’re building next: She Who Rises, a women’s tantra masterclass to awaken kundalini, balance inner masculine and feminine, and reclaim pleasure as a devotional practice; Through The Veil, a conscious grieving coaching circle that alchemizes loss into forward motion; and The Art of Holding Space, a multi-part facilitator training that centers communication, group dynamics, and somatic presence so you can blend your modalities and lead with confidence. The thread through it all is self-sourced wisdom—tools that help you root into Earth, love on our shadowy parts, and make clear choices from sovereignty, not urgency. If this resonates, follow and subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find the show. Tell us: what are you ready to shed, and what light are you calling back? Starting January 6th, She Who Rises: A 5-week Tantric Journey into Feminine Awakening  Starting January 12th, Through the Veil, Conscious Grieving Group  Starting January 18th, The Art of Holding Space Facilitator Training Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

    1h 6m

  8. 12/22/2025

    Conscious Grieving Through The Holidays

    Send Us a Message! The holidays can be a beautiful strain on the heart—full of memories, expectations, and a thousand quiet reminders of what’s changed. We sit down to unpack conscious grieving with open hands: how to honor what hurts, make space for what heals, and choose traditions that actually support your nervous system. This isn’t a tidy list of stages; it’s a living practice that meets you where you are, whether you’re grieving a loved one, a marriage, a job, or an old identity that no longer fits. In this episode, we explore: 🌕 Grief showing up as physical signals in the body 🌖 Boundaries for parties, family plans, and social energy 🌗 Honoring grief beyond death including divorce and identity loss 🌘 Cyclical grief via chakras and the medicine wheel, not linear stages 🌑 The hero’s journey as a frame for separation, initiation, and return 🌒 Preparing for hard dates with planned support and self-care 🌓 Permission to be imperfect parents and simplify routines 🌔 Moving anger safely with rage rooms, breath, and movement 🌕 Letting small moments of joy coexist with sorrow You’ll get practical holiday tools: set clean boundaries for social events, create rituals of remembrance (an empty chair, a candle, a favorite dish), and plan for hard dates with therapy, movement, or extra rest. We share scripts for loved ones who want to help and specifics that lift the load—meals, childcare, dishes—without adding decision fatigue. We talk rage rooms and why moving anger can unlock the sadness beneath it. And we normalize small glimmers of joy: they don’t betray your grief; they remind you that your heart still works. Join Shantel Ochoa in a twice monthly online conscious grieving support group, Through The Veil-Conscious Grieving Group, in a compassionate space to heal through the many layers of grief that touch all areas of life—loss of a loved one, relationships, identity, health, opportunities, or life transitions. The group will offer an empathetic, supportive environment to explore emotions, build resilience, and reconnect with yourself at a deeper level. You will learn tools to honor your grief, regulate your emotional and energetic body, and cultivate healing that extends beyond the sessions into everyday life. Group sessions will be held every month on the 2nd and 4th Monday 3-5pm PT/ 6-8pm ET. Our first call will be January 12th.  Join us for this monthly membership by clicking below at just $144/month:  https://www.paypal.com/webapps/billing/plans/subscribe?plan_id=P-07 Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links: Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

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Shamanism, Reiki, Spirituality, Personal Development, and More. It’s time to re-member your Divine purpose and limitless potential. Welcome to Wisdom Rising, the official podcast of Moon Rising Shamanic Institute. Join Shamanic Reiki practitioners Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa as they guide you on a journey of radical self-discovery and spiritual guidance. Each week we dance through the realms of shamanism, mysticism, energy healing, and personal development to illuminate your path to true healing and self-sourced wisdom. Through weekly inspired conversations and interviews with leading spiritual and shamanic practitioners, we’re here to help you acknowledge, reconcile, and balance your energy so that you can awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising within. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at MoonRisingInstitute, or visit our website, moonrisinginstitute.com, to learn more about our mission and find future opportunities to connect with our community of Shamanic mystics.

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  • Creator
    Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    320
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Wisdom Rising
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    Wisdom Rising

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