WSW Season 1 - Episode 2: Conversation with Cristina Michaels

WSW S1: Ep. 5 - Jasmine Lok

Welcome to the newly launched WOMAN SEES WORLD PODCAST [https://womanseesworld.com/]! It is ready for your ears and energy! My fourth guest is Jasmine Lok of Lyons, CO. Episode 5 with Jasmine Lok Action, movement, aliveness — the engines that stoke Jasmine’s inner fire. As a child she prayed to become magickal. Through years of self discovery into her spirituality, her experiences as the owner of a movement studio, and living in Lyons, CO with nature as her neighbor — she can confidently hold the title of Magickal Being. Jasmine embodies the Taurus energy of grounded presence, an Earth being who understands the divine directive and practices a sacredness within the mundane — every day. Deeply connected to her heritage, fully aware she is a spiritual being having a physical experience, she trusts her intuition like a friend. Ever cognizant of how civilization is overly connected in technology and completely disconnected physically, she stands firm in her purpose to affect the world positively with her unique gifts and attributes. When we work to heal our wounds, it often becomes imperative to find a way to share that healing with others. Dancing, music, singing and movement — most importantly with other humans — produces a strong sense of empathy and ultimately helps raise the vibe of everyone involved. “Don’t lose our human,” she says. “We need to be with each other.” For 16 years Jasmine ran Mayama Movement Studio, a dance and exercise studio that taught a range of classes to students of all ages and was a staple in the Lyons community. This interview was recorded in 2025, she has since sold her studio to a company that continues to provide dance and movement classes. Jasmine is thriving in Lyons, CO and expanding into her new chapter. I look forward to catching up with her again in the future for updates! And I for sure want some of those famous Lok potstickers! I’m inspired to create a dumpling party now. Listen up and enjoy! BIOSeeker, welcoming, playful, spirited, nurturer, student of mystery, lover of nature, authentic, passionate, Nia 2nd Degree Black Belt, former owner of Mayama Dance & Wellness Studio Jasmine is devoted to providing inspiration for herself and others through artful movement, connection and community. For 16 years Mayama has been providing movement classes for all ages and Jasmine’s studio plays an integral part of her Lyons, CO community. Sincere with her love, raucous with her humor, tender with her heart and generous with her attention, people find Jasmine to be welcoming and real and seek her company, classes and studio for her raw authenticity. She is driven by a strong desire to be a good human and to contribute to the world in ways that light her and others up. And, she believes deeply in not taking herself too seriously, making mistakes, failing and flailing as key to living life fully. Laughter and fun are key components to the daily magic that help keep her whole. Timestamps 2:20 - a little bit about Jasmine Lok 4:22 - the dichotomy of burden in having an overwhelming amount of connections while being disconnected 5:40 - finding ourselves and the truth in that disconnection…. 7:16 - focusing on how we are already whole, right here in real life 8:47 - humans have never had this much information at our fingertips 9:30 - Don’t lose our human and our need to be with each other 10:33 - My personal challenge right now - taking a risk while thinking of the future 12:10 - Why middle age is more of a beginning than a middle. 15:56 - Spent 16 years creating this business and I love it. It feeds me tremendously. 17:40 - I am a glass half full person 18:20 - I love moving my body and feeling my aliveness 19:20 - Grief is a part of living, feeling deeply means I’m willing to share my heart. You can’t have great love without having great loss. 20:50 - Self-care: I am a Taurus and I believe that I have every right and comfort and pleasure. I don’t have any guilt around wanting this or that. I make it happen. I’m willing to ask for what I want and seek joy with no apology. But I really track how I spend my time and money. It gives me information on what’s important to me. 21:55 - I’m discerning about my time and my money. I don’t have to find a reason or explain myself, I do the thing, but have boundaries. 22:30 - Being able to witness where my attention is going and where I want it to go. I am a co-creator in this life. Life isn’t happening to me. 26:11 - As a family we have always come around great food. Fondest memories and food - making and eating potstickers. You have to roll what you want to eat and you’ll want to roll a lot. Lok Family Potstickers are no joke. There was so much love around the dinner table. 29:35 - Connection to spirit, Jasmine’s woo. :) Anger at religious harm and deep connection to true spirituality. 1988 got into Wicca and Paganism. Self taught witch for 26 years. Spirituality is what we make it. 31:15 - Magick comes when we craft something and we put our intention and our desires into it, but then we’re willing to go out there and do the work. It is the action that brings the manifestation. 34:35 - Finding Wicca felt like coming home. It gave me support in in something I already do and feel. 35:03 - Every night I would go to bed as a young kid, and pray to God: please, please, please grant me my wish. I want to be magickal. 36:54 - Most impactful person/people – relationship with husband (together 28 years at time of interview) and her father 39:55 - I spent so much time in my teens and early 20s being so angry at him for not being like every other American, or being white. And being different. Yet, I’m so grateful for having that experience and for being who I am based on who he was. 42:10 - Child free by choice, a meandering road. Being partnered with someone you love deeply who doesn’t want children and the possibilities that can come from either path. Zero regrets. 48:47 - The world needs more singing and dancing together - raise that empathy! 50:57 - Big epiphanies - we are all wholly “holy” as we are and we don’t need to change a damn thing. We don’t need anything outside of ourselves to be complete. 52:40 - I would tell myself: Patience, patience, patience Jasmine. It’s not a race. Be generous with your love. High school freshman Jasmine. <3 54:00 - 1:14 - Astrology moment! Amazing intuitive abilities in this chart. Epiphanies during this interview and reading. Taurus/Taurus/Virgo has her rules. ;-) But loves the temptation of being naughty. Follow me on the socials and my womanseesworld.com [https://womanseesworld.com/] website!IG: @womanseesworld [https://www.instagram.com/womanseesworld/] and @holliseesyou [https://www.instagram.com/holliseesyou/] | Woman Sees World Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@womanseesworld5623] | Woman Sees World on Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woman-sees-world-podcast/id1855997447] Get full access to Woman Sees World at womansees.substack.com/subscribe [https://womansees.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

WSW S1: Ep. 4 - Dionisia Hatzis (Dio)

Welcome to the newly launched WOMAN SEES WORLD PODCAST [https://womanseesworld.com/]! It is ready for your ears and energy! My fourth guest is Dio Hatzis of Boulder, CO. Episode 4 with Dionisia Hatzis Stepping into a bigger world requires an expanded perspective and Dio has always had her eye toward the great unknowns in life. Dio is a hungry aspirant of knowledge, an artist to her core, adventurer and world traveler with the heart of a goddess in training, embodying life in its most sacred. Whether its hiking in nature, gardening in her backyard, coaching and writing for other seeking souls, or dancing in community. A native of New York from a big, Greek family, Dionisia (her full name) happily embraces her connection to Dionysis, the archetype of the racy God (after all he was god of vegetation, fertility, festival, religious ecstasy, madness, wine, music and theatre). Heritage, lineage and found family all add to the tapestry of experience that has shaped her life’s journey.Dio’s magnetic energy has been a catalyst for her career path as a writer, teacher and herbalist. Using her words, her body and her feminine wisdom, she shares light and lineage with others on a path toward becoming — becoming whole and alive in this life, right now, by recognizing and embracing your truth. Now on the pathway of the Red Rose, ordained as a Magdalene Priestess, she harnesses the ancient ministry of Mary Magdalene (a high priestess and saint in her own right, a story covered up by the patriarchy) in the holy practice of anointing and scent medicine. I gathered interviews in 2024 and 2025 for this first season of the Woman Sees World podcast, a project that has been long time coming, and these conversations are truly timeless. Dio and I spoke in September 2024 and her words are still as potent and relevant today as it was on that afternoon in 2024. Enjoy! BIOA writer all her life, Dionisia is also a devoted Priestess, dancer, workshop facilitator, herbalist and artist. She studied English Literature at Colgate University in upstate New York, completed her yoga teacher certification at Kripalu Yoga Center in the Berkshires and received her Reiki Master training at Reiki Colorado Academy. She’s currently enrolled in a many-years-long Mystery School with Elayne Kalila and Diana Dubrow, training to be a modern Scent Priestess. Also a Mind-Body Somatic coach, she launched SOMA Writing, an online and in-person creative expression workshop that fuses movement and writing to help participants unveil the hidden narratives within their bodies. She has traveled the globe several times over and has created a sense of home in the concrete jungles of New York and London, as well as the high desert mountains of New Mexico and Colorado. She currently resides in the foothills of the Rockies with her partner, dog and cat. Inspired by nature, the elements, and the divine feminine, she weaves poetry through art, ceremony, ritual, and plant magic. When she’s not writing or dancing, she spends most of her free time hiking to alpine lakes and whispering to flowers and trees. Dio can be booked for private and group somatic coaching clients — visit her website dionisiahatzis.com [http://dionisiahatzis.com/] to learn more and get on her waiting list! Free Embodiment Gifts from Diodionisiahatzis.com/sovereignty-rising [http://dionisiahatzis.com/sovereignty-rising] dionisiahatzis.com/magdalene-unveiled-freegift [http://dionisiahatzis.com/magdalene-unveiled-freegift] Find Dio on socialIG: https://www.instagram.com/journeysofrebirth/ [https://www.instagram.com/journeysofrebirth/]FB: https://www.facebook.com/journeysofrebirth/ [https://www.facebook.com/journeysofrebirth/] Timestamps 1:35 - My biggest concern for the world is what we are doing to the plane. Our desecration of the Earth, Mama Gaia is the perfect symbol of how we’re desecrating the feminine 2:35 - Not thrilled with how America is moving, concerned about all the division that gets worse upon election years - regardless of who is in the White House 3:30 - I find myself chugging along even though I feel it’s wrong in my bones. How do I unsubscribe from humanity (haha)? 4:30 - We are not living in coherence with Nature - for me gardening feels like a revolutionary act 5:43 - Self care is taking deep breaths – I learned how to breathe from yoga but it took many years 6:28 - I learned how to take a big breath before expressing something big 8:30 - What brings me optimism is the rising of the Divine Feminine, even though that term has become mainstream and overused but it’s good people are taking note 9:50 - Admitting it’s a tough time to be a man but it’s necessary for us to have conversations with men about femininity, about questioning their “rule of the world” 11:40 - I didn’t have too many female friends when I was younger, felt more comfortable with the guys and thought I wasn’t a girl’s girl 12:50 - I have always been open and free and confident and that can rub people the wrong way 13:55 - As I got older I found myself in community with women, in my 30s 15:19 - Tradition/memory/ritual passed down: I have a memory of my paternal grandmother of her long mane of thick, silver hair wore in a braid down to her butt and would watch her undo her braid and would admire her wavy, silver hair. 16:26 - I started to change my view of beauty and aging, mostly women had issues with me letting my hair silver. There is such beauty and wisdom in aging. 17:41 - Spiritual and alignment practices: along the lines of Paganism, witchcraft and the Red Rose priestess path. I’m in a mystery school learning the art of anointing, working with holy oils. Stepping on the path of the Red Rose felt like — where have you been all my life. I always knew something was there but didn’t know how to find it. 19:25 - No one is between me and the Divine. We won’t get burned at the stake anymore for expressing our beliefs and witchy nature. 23:50 - Person of greatest impact: my father had a huge impact on me and his death was the birth of my spiritual rebirth 25:30 - When the priest spoke at his funeral I didn’t feel anything, those words didn’t provide any comfort 27:31 - How can humans unify? We can find unity as humans if we work on our communication skills. We are going to have differing opinions and thoughts. We need to have conversations rather than casting people out as “other” or we’ll never get to a place of healing. If we can’t be in community with people who disagree with us this tumble cycle is never going to stop. 32:00 - Ways to reframe: It’s not easy to communicate or feel love for those who don’t feel it for us. How I deal with people who are doing hateful things, people who aren’t concerned with people or the planet – maybe they are baby souls and they haven’t gotten the experience 34:48 - Big life lesson so far: Great piece of wisdom for me - not everyone needs to like me. Living by this Dio-ism: I may not be everyone’s cup of coffee but I’m definitely somebody’s cup of tea We cannot be everything to everyone - knowing the difference between like and love 40:14 - If you could give your younger self advice? I would go back to my 17-18 year old version of me that was overly concerned with my intellectual education when I really wanted to be in the art studio all the time. I was so concerned about finding a career to make a living and not be a starving artist 43:08 - I think it’s important for kids to be allowed to explore all their curiosities, to play and find out what really drives them - and it shifts and changes 50:00 - Astrological reading - a fiery, strong and confident chart Follow me on the socials and my womanseesworld.com [https://womanseesworld.com/] website!IG: @womanseesworld [https://www.instagram.com/womanseesworld/] and @holliseesyou [https://www.instagram.com/holliseesyou/] | Woman Sees World Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@womanseesworld5623] | Woman Sees World on Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woman-sees-world-podcast/id1855997447] Get full access to Woman Sees World at womansees.substack.com/subscribe [https://womansees.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

WSW S1: Episode 3 - Noelle Mejia

Welcome to the newly launched WOMAN SEES WORLD PODCAST [https://womanseesworld.com/]! It is ready for your ears and energy! My third guest is Noelle Mejia of Erie, CO (and soon to be Italy). Episode 3 with Noelle Mejia It takes fortitude to move beyond our self imposed limitations and Noelle Mejia is a great example of someone who does the work. A health and nutrition coach, she is driven, aligned, connected with her needs and that of her family, she has cultivated a life of health and vitality. Not that she doesn’t have her struggles, as we all do. The game changing factor for Noelle has been owning her sh*t and making conscious choices to level up in all the ways. As you’ll hear in this conversation, she lives her days with a strong routine and self awareness. She subscribes to the philosophy that if you want something, if you are looking to take on something or change a specific thing about yourself, you can’t wait until you “feel” ready to start. You become ready when you actually start. Whether it’s eating healthy, incorporating movement into your day, starting a business or embarking on a new partnership — the best way to know if you can do something is by doing it. Through her own self work and dedication, she is manifesting the reality she wants while keeping her heart open to the possibilities and wonder of life. Noelle is a holistic health coach, nutritionist, and mom to an infant and a spunky toddler. She specializes in helping busy women boost their metabolisms, shed fat, kick cravings, and gain confidence in their skin. Noelle blends her love of food & flavor with her passion for using food as a tool for healing in her monthly meal plan membership, where she offers new meal preps every single week that are protein & plant-forward, gut- & hormone-healthy, and delicious. Links & Handles: www.wellbynoelle.com [http://www.wellbynoelle.com/] / @noelle_m on instagram Timestamps 3:12 - Biggest concern: a lack of empowerment and a lack of responsibility, especially through the lens of health and nutrition. Many people don’t realize that they have the ability to be healthy regardless of their genetics. 5:57 - Personal concerns. Changing locations, living internationally and building a new life away from family and friends 8:13 - Staying in motion is what is necessary for mental health, lots of walks – that keeps my mind fresh more than anything. A free tool. It’s also a confidence builder. A win to check off in your day. 11:10 - Self-care. I can get rigid so for me, it’s actually blowing off my “to do” list. Being the opposite of how I normally am. Connecting with water, a bath, or hanging out with loved ones. 14:05 - Women are always doing, doing, doing and caring for other people and putting ourselves on the back burner 15:10 - I ran myself into the ground and needed a month off to recuperate from a launch with my company. I needed to find balance in my everyday life. It doesn’t have to be so extreme. 16:50 - Having a daughter is a perspective shift….huge eye opener 18:00 - We’ve cultivated a tradition of surprising each other…how often do you get to be surprised in your life 19:05 – Rituals and spirituality. Created a set of affirmations, made a recording and I listen to it every morning. Aligning with my Higher Self and higher vision of how I want to show up in the world. Love to clear energy with sage and Palo Santo. I am very intentional. Love Tarot cards. 20:50 - Grew up Catholic but it was more about “should” than what I felt drawn to. 21:19 - I have a problem with identity, slapping labels on things. Whether it’s Catholic or vegan, once you start to define yourself with that thing, you forego your ability to think critically and adopt ideologies. 22:10 - Experimenting with different ways of thinking opened my mind to my own way to connect with the Divine. We might believe in the same thing but my way of thinking about it is different. Different pathways to the same thing, to the Divine/God. 23:24 - What it feels like to record yourself and listen back to it. Learned this practice through a business mindset program. 26:19 - People who’ve had a profound impact. An old coworker who I reconnected with introduced me to my therapist. Working on your programming and your subconscious and not being a victim of your past. 28:33 - Can we all unify on common goals? It starts with not being afraid to have conversations with people who have different viewpoints than you. 29:40 - I feel quite anxious about the presidential election (2024). I feel the tides shifting. 33:40 - Identity issues, reiteration - what we identify with can be a slippery slope to not being open to others who are different than us or have different viewpoints 35:40 - The biggest epiphany I’ve had — “ready” is a decision, not a feeling. Taking action is a decision. Clarity comes with action, not thinking. 37:57 - I would want to talk to early 20s Noelle. Fearful of being herself. 41:11 - Noelle’s work as a holistic health coach - and her wins in business with the launch of her Meal Plan subscription 45:38 - Astrology mini reading 1:02 - Appreciation and ending, purpose of the conversation Follow me on the socials and my womanseesworld.com [https://womanseesworld.com/] website!IG: @womanseesworld [https://www.instagram.com/womanseesworld/] and @holliseesyou [https://www.instagram.com/holliseesyou/] | Woman Sees World Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@womanseesworld5623] | Woman Sees World on Apple podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woman-sees-world-podcast/id1855997447] Get full access to Woman Sees World at womansees.substack.com/subscribe [https://womansees.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

WSW Season 1 - Episode 2: Conversation with Cristina Michaels

Welcome to the newly launched WOMAN SEES WORLD PODCAST [https://womanseesworld.com/]! It is ready for your ears and energy! My second guest is Cristina Micheals of Denver. Episode 2 with Cristina Michaels This is a conversation inside the layers of being a woman, a human, a person existing as an authentic expression of themselves. Cristina Michaels has a rich connection to her community through dance, acupuncture and advocacy. I am honored to share her perspective and a small slice of her lived experience. She is candid and speaks truth to the perils of category, and also the beauty of personal liberation, self acceptance and living life in spiritual alignment. Cristina sees all humans as beings of light to be treated with kindness. This episode is being published on what is recognized as the Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20). As the website GLADD describes, it is a day that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. In a period of American history where there is no denying the discrimination/hate/violence/political scapegoating against transgender people, most folks have no inkling of how serious it is. Simply do a search for transgender violence and the stats are staggering. According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in 2023 declared a National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans after 550+ anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced into state houses nationwide, with more than 85 passed into law. Another 40 passed into law in 2024. That’s a heckuva a lot of laws for about 1% of the U.S. population or 2.8 million people. The total U.S. population is 343 million people. To think that people sit around “debating” transgenderism as a “concept” or have conversations disguised as being provocative [i.e. transgender sports] with no knowledge of history, statistics, or medical benchmarks regarding body dysphoria and standards of care — while also not having any contact with trans people — is disheartening, to say the least. Discussing any human in the abstract is simply gross. Let’s stop ourselves if we ever do this, okay? All that said, it doesn’t mean we can’t learn from each other and be better in all the ways. As a non-expert, I admit that I only know what I feel and I feel in my heart it is wrong to hate, exclude or commit violence upon any human, most especially for a lack of understanding or a fear of difference. I am a proud ally of the LGBTQIA+ community. Trans women are women. Yes, I completely accept and hold the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine as spiritual archetypes and energies, which is outside of our human concept of gender. Gender in a manifested body is not the same thing, however, the archetypes exist in all of us and all of Nature. Indigenous Peoples have a term for transgender people, called Two-Spirit. I admire and respect the teachings of indigenous peoples and my intuition tells me there is a spiritual evolution taking place in the way we are acknowledging and interacting with transgender people in our world today. This episode is also dropping under the New Moon in Scorpio which is about uncovering what is hidden, addressing topics we don’t want to deal with, all the shadows (and add a little dash of Sagittarius since the New Moon moved there earlier today - which is asking us to think how to expand our optimism to make changes). I hope this episode can help anyone who has had little experience with trans people to open their minds, hearts and spirits to them and their lived experience. After all, as Cristina says, we all make up humanity, every, single one of us. Cristina Michaels Pronouns she/her/hersCase Manager, Public Speaker, Advocate & Author ofThe Adventures of Vaginoplasty; A Trans Woman’s Guide to Healing [https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Vaginoplasty-Trans-Womans-Healing-ebook/dp/B0C6QW49K7]www.HealingRootsAcupuncture.com [https://healingrootsacupuncture.com/] Cristina Michaels MS, L.Ac. identifies as a transgender woman and is a licensed professionally acupuncturist with 25 years experience in the healing arts. She has recently published her first book, The Adventures of Vaginoplasty: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Healing published in the spring of 2023. In the past decade she has dedicated her private practice to assisting the transgender community with their post operative care. In this time she has developed numerous techniques to assist in the healing aspect of post-op transgender individuals. Cristina is the owner of Healing Roots Acupuncture and Queer Dance Project in Lakewood, Colorado, where she works closely with the local LGBTQIA community providing care in an inclusive setting. Cristina is the proud author of The Adventures of Vaginoplasty: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Healing. Inside this personal guide to healing are the voices of a number of other transgender women who have gone through this empowering procedure. Within the pages are years of complementary medicine advice, stretching, and a weekly and monthly what to expect. Cristina identifies as a transgender female and is an active advocate. If you have questions contact Cristina at cristinahealingroots@gmail.com. :19 – Top of mind thing to be concerned about – our homeless and unfed 4:26 – We’re all (part of) humanity and I respect all identities rather it be religious, ethnic, however they want to be identified…we’re a whole. We recognize there are differences but we have to respect one another. 6:12 – Everyone is a beautiful soul of light 6:53 – I am concerned for my safety as a trans woman (only a handful of states are safe for trans people) 8:00 – Checking state trans laws for safety, use the “right” bathroom. “I can get arrested for being trans.” 10:00 – What states I am safe in as a trans woman. There are still laws on the books that allow men to “beat the #hit” out of a trans woman – “panic defense laws” 12:00 – laws on the books to protect “delicate” men. It points to the enormous amount of homophobia in this country. These laws are written for straight men to protect themselves when they “slip up.” 13:30 – Grew up not watching television. I love collecting vinyl. Putting on a fresh record, the turn table. Acupuncture patients, guitar. Frisbee golf 16:40 – Family traditions, vegetarian food. I’m always trying to explore vegetarian options. 17:32 – Raised as a Roman Catholic….turn a corner to Yoga. Transcendental Meditation - TM 18:26 – born w/o ability to speak - birth aphasia – lots of surgeries, “pain teaches you stuff” 19:08 – I started acupuncture because I wanted to help people feel good 20:17 – my fingers had eyeballs on them - listening to what my fingers are seeing 20:44 – lost mother, then stepfather – waking dream experience (You’re not supposed to be the person you’re supposed to be. You’re supposed to be a girl.) 21:50 – started my transition six months after stepfather funeral and wrote a book 25:46 – unlearning “bad” words in our vocabulary 29:10 – uplifting and taking care of everybody 32:32 – looking at the genitals first to decide how to categorize people 42:05 – let’s dive into that birth chart! Find Cristina on IG: @healingrootsacu [https://www.instagram.com/healingrootsacu/] Follow me on the socials and my womanseesworld.com [https://womanseesworld.com/] website!On IG: @womanseesworld [https://www.instagram.com/womanseesworld/] and @holliseesyou [https://www.instagram.com/holliseesyou/] | Woman Sees World Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@womanseesworld5623] Get full access to Woman Sees World at womansees.substack.com/subscribe [https://womansees.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

WSW Season 1 - Episode 1: Conversation with Ali Duncan

Ali Duncan bio: Ali Duncan, the creator and founder of Urban Sanctuary, is a Quantum Jumper Guide, a complete Life Coach, a Teacher, and a Speaker. For over 19 years she has combined the world of quantum mechanics, frequencies, vibrations, emotions, and body wisdom to move her clients from their past, into the present and support them in creating a healthy, vibrant future. Duncan is supporting the Denver community through access to self-healing and wellness. Urban Sanctuary is founded on ensuring all communities of color have a place to practice self-love and care by offering free classes every week to underrepresented students. She has a deep desire to dismantle racial and social injustices through providing monthly Racial Justice Community Dialogues, learning from other bodies of color on her podcast Vibes In Color, and lifting up other mission-based organizations through community efforts. Episode 1 with Ali Duncan is our pilot episode! We are thrilled to share her wisdom and essence here with you. Growing up in Fort Collins, CO as the only black family in town, Ali quickly learned the nuances and realities of human experience. Her strong personal carried her into various phases of career and personal development, from yoga and community activist to quantum jumping practitioner. Listen to the power and presence of a woman who knows what she wants and how to make it happen. 12:05 - The world is so big 12:47 – self-care and stretching 14:22 – My dad was the second Black man in Ft. Collins and we grew up on a farm. Mom is LatinX and Native American. 15:48 – I was the first Black police officer in Ft. Collins 16:10 – got into Reiki that led to her metaphysical and spiritual path 17:13 – Quantum Jumping 20/21ish (find it) – Blowing our trauma into other people 24:15 – we made an agreement before we came here (soul level) “You don’t need anything from anybody. It has to come from you.” 26:30 – Can you accept an apology? (You may not be ready to receive it.) In the end it doesn’t even matter if you need it or want it. 28:48 – low vibration is bad for the body (trapped emotions, energy toward dis-ease) 29:50 – you don’t have to stick with who you said you were 32:05 – In order to become what you want, you have to change your identity. Raise your vibrational frequency 34:00 Trusting in what is happening, trusting the flow of how things are going 35:50 – Keep being vulnerable (to her younger self) – honoring versions of ourselves 36:50 – discussing the snippet 36:58 – tell me about Urban Sanctuary 40:49 - classed focused on generational/social healing 49:00 - healing my own lineage Get full access to Woman Sees World at womansees.substack.com/subscribe [https://womansees.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]