60. Retreat Culture, Power Dynamics & Building Lives You Don’t Need to Escape

Yoga Sutras, Astral 67. Awareness & The Evolution of Consciousness with Kaitlyn Mulford

Spiritual practice is evolving — from physical postures and stress relief into a profound retraining of perception itself. In this conversation, Crystal sits down with yoga teacher and Reiki practitioner Kaitlyn Mulford, whose awakening journey moved from anxiety and destabilization into grounded stillness, expanded awareness, and direct contact with subtle realms. Together they explore how the Yoga Sutras serve as a map for consciousness training, how one‑pointed focus rewires the mind, and how metaphysical experiences like astral projection can emerge naturally when the inner‑technology begins to activate. This episode moves from the physical roots of Western yoga into the deeper layers of yogic philosophy — the seer and the seen, the unchanging and the ever‑changing — and how understanding this distinction becomes the foundation for spiritual stability. Kaitlyn shares her experiences with astral realms, beings, planetary contact, and the spontaneous openings that occurred once her system learned how to drop beneath the analytical mind. Crystal and Kaitlyn explore saṁskāras, the subconscious impressions that shape perception, and how the Sutras teach us to clear the debris that obscures our true nature. This is a conversation about inner‑technology, perception training, and the maturation of spiritual practice — from physicality to subtle awareness, from seeking relief to seeking truth, from belief to direct knowing The moment you realize contact isn’t “out there” — it’s happening inside your reality. 🚀 Download SoulPod, your spiritual scientist toolkit: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481] You can find more from Kaitlyn here: IG: @kaiiitlynom  Bookings page: https://consciouscollective.earth/@Kaiiitlynhttps://www.omvidya.yoga [https://www.omvidya.yoga]  📌 IN THIS EPISODE:  -The physical doorway into yoga and why it matters -How the Yoga Sutras reveal themselves over time -Perusha & Prakriti — the seer and the seen -One‑pointed focus as a technology for perception -Diffuse awareness and unbounded consciousness -How astral projection emerges from stillness -Meeting beings, planets, and multidimensional realms -Why mystical experiences bypass the analytical mind -Saṁskāras: subconscious impressions that shape reality -Rewriting limiting beliefs into direct knowing -Why Western yoga began with physicality -How intention‑setting changes in altered states -The role of meditation in stabilizing expanded awareness -The difference between spiritual overwhelm and spiritual opening -The yogic “cities” — mystical powers and how to orient toward them -Clearing the debris to reveal the unchanging essence -Consciousness as a trainable function, not a concept 👉 New here? Subscribe so you don't miss the next one: https://www.youtube.com/@SoulPodApp [https://www.youtube.com/@SoulPodApp] 🚀 Ready to go deeper? Get paired with your SoulPod (free on iOS): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481] ──────────────────────────────────────── ABOUT SOULPOD  SoulPod is the spiritual scientist's toolkit for awakening. Real practices, grounded in evidence and unafraid of the mystical, paired to exactly where you are so you can align with the future you're reaching for 🪐 📲 CONNECT  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/ [https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/]  Website: https://www.soulpodapp.com [https://www.soulpodapp.com]  Substack: https://soulpodapp.substack.com [https://soulpodapp.substack.com] DISCLAIMER The views shared by guests are their own and don't necessarily reflect those of SoulPod or the host. This podcast is for educational and inspirational purposes only and is not medical, psychological, or health advice. Breathwork and meditation practices may not be suitable for everyone. Consult a qualified professional before beginning any new practice. Follow SoulPod on Instagram [http://instagram.com/soulpod_app]! Download SoulPod on the app store [https://soulpod.app.link/appstore]

66. Personal Contact, Distortion Fields, and the Beginning of Relationship

The boundary between “out there” and “in here” gets thin fast. In this solo episode, Crystal shares a raw, unfiltered moment of contact — not the distant lights in the sky, but the kind of encounter that comes close enough to disrupt your perception of the room itself. What begins as a bright white orb outside the window becomes a distortion field entering the space, bending focus, and initiating a deeper form of communication. This isn’t a story about spectacle. It’s a story about thresholds — the point where curiosity meets fear, where proximity forces honesty, and where contact stops being theoretical and becomes relational. Crystal breaks down what actually happens when beings initiate connection, why the first layer of contact often feels like reality itself is morphing, and how the true transformation isn’t the ship… but the inner shift that follows. This episode explores the maturation of contact: moving from external phenomena to the personal, intimate development of relationship — the part no one can do for you. 🚀 Download SoulPod, your spiritual scientist toolkit: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481] 📌 IN THIS EPISODE: How close‑range contact shifts from “lights in the sky” to a personal, relational interaction. 👉 New here? Subscribe so you don't miss the next one: https://www.youtube.com/@SoulPodApp [https://www.youtube.com/@SoulPodApp] 🚀 Ready to go deeper? Get paired with your SoulPod (free on iOS): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481] ABOUT SOULPOD  SoulPod is the spiritual scientist's toolkit for awakening. Real practices, grounded in evidence and unafraid of the mystical, paired to exactly where you are so you can align with the future you're reaching for 🪐 📲 CONNECT  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/ [https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/]  Website: https://www.soulpodapp.com [https://www.soulpodapp.com]  Substack: https://soulpodapp.substack.com [https://soulpodapp.substack.com] DISCLAIMER The views shared by guests are their own and don't necessarily reflect those of SoulPod or the host. This podcast is for educational and inspirational purposes only and is not medical, psychological, or health advice. Breathwork and meditation practices may not be suitable for everyone. Consult a qualified professional before beginning any new practice. Follow SoulPod on Instagram [http://instagram.com/soulpod_app]! Download SoulPod on the app store [https://soulpod.app.link/appstore]

65. A Child’s Near-Death Experience, Expanded Consciousness, and the Mystery of the “Other Side”

Spiritual experiences often arrive in moments we never choose — and for Kieran Stanislaw Mace, it happened at age five. In this extraordinary conversation, Crystal explores Stan’s near-death experience: the moment he was struck by a car, the voice that warned him seconds before impact, and the multidimensional journey that unfolded while his physical body lay unconscious in a hospital. Stan describes waking in a hallway made of “solid light,” seeing people who could not see him, and encountering a vast paradoxical presence — something he perceived as the “central thread of the universe.” His experience challenges our assumptions about consciousness, perception, and what it means to exist beyond the body. Through vivid recollections, emotional honesty, and decades of integration, Stan offers a rare window into the liminal space between life and death… and the question that has guided him ever since: What if the extraordinary is just ordinary we haven’t caught up to yet? Connect with Stan further here: https://linktr.ee/para.normality [https://linktr.ee/para.normality]https://www.youtube.com/@para.podcast [https://www.youtube.com/@para.podcast]https://www.instagram.com/kmace.art/ [https://www.instagram.com/kmace.art/] 🌀 THIS EPISODE COVERS: * The moment a voice said, “You shouldn’t be here” * The accident that changed everything * Waking in a hospital hallway made of light * Seeing people who couldn’t see him * The “liminal space” between worlds * The room of “washing machines” that turned out to be morgue doors * The vortex, paradox, and time folding in on itself * The entity connected to “all realities” * Expanded perception and 360-degree awareness * Flying over Oxford and being seen by a teenager * The phrase: “There is no I and me. There is only we and us.” * Returning to the body and waking days later * The ontological shock of realizing the “dream” was real * How trauma becomes initiation * What NDEs reveal about consciousness beyond the body ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Podcast Intro & Preview 00:01:09 Welcome to Soul Pod: Introducing Stan Mais 00:02:08 The Importance of Pulling Back the Veil 00:03:55 Preparing to Relive Deeply Traumatic Memories 00:05:07 The Day of the Accident: Oxford, Age 5 00:06:05 Hit Head-On: A Void of Blackness and Waking Up in Pain 00:08:18 The Voice and the Grandfather's Premonition 00:11:30 The Near-Death Experience: Exploring the Hospital Invisible 00:16:38 The Intermediary Room, the Vortex, and a Universal Download 00:20:14 Flying Over Oxford and Locking Eyes with a Stranger 00:22:20 Waking Up in the Hospital to "Super Mum" 00:24:32 The Wheelchair Tour: Real-World Alignment and Ontological Shock 00:29:28 Discerning an Out-of-Body Experience from a Dream 00:31:06 The Haunted Bed: Encountering a Dark Entity 00:35:38 The Devil's Backbone Walk & Facing PTSD 00:39:56 Perceiving the Body as a Vessel (The Ford Analogy) 00:44:16 Unzipping the Consciousness Download & Post-NDE Cognitive Changes 00:52:41 Developing Deep Empathy for Humanity 00:55:43 Crystal Shares Her Own Encounter with a Dark Entity 01:03:30 Visited by the Sky Doctors: Spontaneous Spirit Healing 01:10:05 Rapid Fire & Normalizing the Paranormal WELCOME TO SOULPOD 🚀 THE SPACE TO ACTIVATE YOUR INNER‑TECHNOLOGY. SoulPod is structure for your awakening that helps you learn how to work with intention, emotion, and perception as trainable functions — not just states you fall into during meditation. Inside the app you’ll find personalized guided practices, integration after deep experiences, and a shared field of people actively developing consciousness as a skill. We'd love to meet you. Download the app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 (apps.apple.com in Bing) [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fsoulpod-breathwork-meditation%2Fid1640481481%22&utm_source=copilot.com] SOCIALS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/ (instagram.com in Bing) [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fsoulpod_app%2F%22&utm_source=copilot.com]   Website: www.soulpodapp.com [https://www.soulpodapp.com/?utm_source=copilot.com]   Substack (monthly channeling + workshops): https://soulpodapp.substack.com/ [https://soulpodapp.substack.com/?utm_source=copilot.com] CONTACT support@soulpodapp.com The opinions of the guests may or may not reflect the opinions of the host. Follow SoulPod on Instagram [http://instagram.com/soulpod_app]! Download SoulPod on the app store [https://soulpod.app.link/appstore]

64. A Channeled Message from the Interdimensional Light Collective: Your Angst is a Signal

Spiritual contact is changing shape—and so is our understanding of reality itself. In this special episode, Crystal shares what she learned sitting in the Gaia Sphere with some of the premier channels of our time, including Bashar, and then opens a live transmission from her own guides, the Blue Collective. Channeling is explored not just as information, but as “a first contact experience…a frequency that you can feel that shifts your state while you're interacting with it,” inviting you into a new relationship with non-physical intelligence and your own inner technology. Through Pleiadian teachings, Bashar’s perspectives, and a direct channeled message, this episode unpacks how to create in the midst of massive change, why “frequency over form” matters now more than ever, and what it means to live as an authentic broadcast of soul. Crystal explores Earth as a university (not a prison planet), the karmic dance of victim and perpetrator, and the paradox of needing to fully be where you are to align with where you’re going. The second half of the episode becomes a living field—a guided invitation to breathe, settle, and receive a personalized transmission from the collective that’s tuned to everyone who will ever listen. This is not about escaping this reality. It’s about realizing that you are already a participant in a much larger one. This episode covers: * Channeling as first contact and relational communication with higher-dimensional beings * Why channeling is about frequency, not just words or predictions * Crystal’s initiation into channeling and the Blue Collective * Palladian teachings on collapsing structures and creating in times of great change * “Frequency over form” as a new paradigm for manifestation * How polarity shortens in higher dimensions and what that means for war and conflict * Earth as a university, not a prison planet, and why incarnation here is advanced work * Compassion as a unique gift of this dimension and the difference between knowledge and embodied experience * Victim, perpetrator, and the karmic movement back into personal power * Soul as a broadcast of consciousness and Earth as energetic resistance training * Bashar’s frame rate, frequency, and the formula for aligning with your desires * Authenticity as the foundation for harmony in a diverse collective * The paradox of “to get where you want to go, you must be where you are now” * The question: “What would you do if they’re real?” and how that reorients your life * A guided preparation to receive a live channeled transmission from the collective ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:54 - Lessons Learned at the Gaia Sphere Conference 01:52 - Initiating "First Contact" & The Blue Collective 05:52 - Pleiadian Insights on Changing Societal Structures 09:33 - Earth as an Advanced Master Class in Consciousness 14:36 - Moving Beyond Victimization to Reclaim Your Power 22:17 - Channelling Bashar: Authenticity & The Frequency of Desire 28:00 - The Big Question: What If They Are Real? 30:36 - Guided Meditation & Opening to Receptivity 31:39 - Channeled Transmission: The Great Reorientation of Reality 36:28 - Transmuting Internal Angst into Propulsion 40:36 - Breaking Rigid Regimens & Stepping into True Power 49:20 - Post-Transmission Wrap Up & Soul Pod Community WELCOME TO SOULPOD 🚀 THE SPACE TO ACTIVATE YOUR INNER‑TECHNOLOGY. SoulPod is structure for your awakening that helps you learn how to work with intention, emotion, and perception as trainable functions — not just states you fall into during meditation. Inside the app you’ll find personalized guided practices, integration after deep experiences, and a shared field of people actively developing consciousness as a skill. We'd love to meet you. Download the app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 (apps.apple.com in Bing) [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fsoulpod-breathwork-meditation%2Fid1640481481%22&utm_source=copilot.com] SOCIALS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/ (instagram.com in Bing) [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fsoulpod_app%2F%22&utm_source=copilot.com]   Website: www.soulpodapp.com [https://www.soulpodapp.com/?utm_source=copilot.com]   Substack (monthly channeling + workshops): https://soulpodapp.substack.com/ [https://soulpodapp.substack.com/?utm_source=copilot.com] CONTACT support@soulpodapp.com The opinions of the guests may or may not reflect the opinions of the host. Follow SoulPod on Instagram [http://instagram.com/soulpod_app]! Download SoulPod on the app store [https://soulpod.app.link/appstore]

63. The Mechanics of Intuition & Energy Healing with Kate Hobbs

Spiritual sensitivity is not an accident — it’s a mechanism. In this episode, Crystal Cassidy and expert energy healer Kate Hobbs explore the actual architecture of intuition, psychic perception, and energy healing. Through childhood stories, multidimensional experiences, and decades of practice, Kate breaks down how intuitive information arrives, why some people feel it earlier than others, and what it really means to work with the unseen. This conversation demystifies intuition without diminishing it. Kate and Crystal explore the difference between imagination and true perception, how telepathic information moves through the system, why there’s such a battle between masculine and feminine, and what happens inside the body during an energy healing session. They also discuss the ethics of intuitive work, the importance of discernment, and how to navigate the line between anxiety and intuition. This is a grounded, mature look at intuitive mechanics — as a natural human capacity that becomes stronger when we stop judging it. You can connect more deeply with Kate Hobbs here: Instagram: @insightwithKate  TikTok: @insightwithKate This episode covers: * Childhood intuition and early psychic perception * How intuitive information actually arrives * The role of animals in amplifying sensitivity * Why kids often sense what adults ignore * Past‑life bleed‑throughs and somatic memory * What energy healing is and how it works * How practitioners “read” the field * Physical sensations during energetic work * Telepathy, channeling, and non‑local information * Group healings vs. individual sessions * Anxiety vs. intuition — how to tell the difference * Why validation matters (and why it doesn’t) * The ethics of intuitive work and energetic boundaries * Collective consciousness and shared inner imagery * The “faux alpha” vs. true alpha masculine energy ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction to Kate Hobbs and Energetic Work 00:02:00 Growing Up Intuitive: Kid Kate 00:08:34 What is Energy Healing and How Does a Session Work? 00:14:38 Channeling and Setting Intentions in Healing 00:17:19 Navigating Anxiety vs. Intuition 00:19:15 Group Healing vs. Individual Sessions 00:23:04 Re-framing "Hurt People Hurt People" 00:27:01 Understanding True Alpha Male Energy 00:35:10 Narcissism, Faux Alpha Energy, and Threats 00:43:05 Consent, Boundaries, and Psychic Integrity 00:50:00 Who Benefits from Energy Healing? 00:55:46 Toxic Positivity and Navigating Challenges 01:02:18 Collective Energy and Bridging Worlds 01:07:20 Rapid Fire Q&A 01:09:57 Hope for the Future: Humanity and Soundproofing Shelters 01:12:11 How to Connect with Kate Hobbs WELCOME TO SOULPOD 🚀 THE SPACE TO ACTIVATE YOUR INNER‑TECHNOLOGY. SoulPod is structure for your awakening that helps you learn how to work with intention, emotion, and perception as trainable functions — not just states you fall into during meditation. Inside the app you’ll find personalized guided practices, integration after deep experiences, and a shared field of people actively developing consciousness as a skill. We'd love to meet you. Download the app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soulpod-breathwork-meditation/id1640481481 (apps.apple.com in Bing) [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fsoulpod-breathwork-meditation%2Fid1640481481%22&utm_source=copilot.com] SOCIALS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulpod_app/ (instagram.com in Bing) [https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fsoulpod_app%2F%22&utm_source=copilot.com]   Website: www.soulpodapp.com [https://www.soulpodapp.com/?utm_source=copilot.com]   Substack (monthly channeling + workshops): https://soulpodapp.substack.com/ [https://soulpodapp.substack.com/?utm_source=copilot.com] CONTACT support@soulpodapp.com The opinions of the guests may or may not reflect the opinions of the host. Follow SoulPod on Instagram [http://instagram.com/soulpod_app]! Download SoulPod on the app store [https://soulpod.app.link/appstore]