The Art of Soulful Living

Beauty Feeds the Soul

Greetings, beloveds...  I'm back!  I think it's been about a year since I made an episode, and it's been a wild ride.  So much beauty and so much difficulty.  In this episode I explore reconciling with being alive in this world at this time as a Highly Sensitive Person, my own practice of Imaginal Somatic Alchemy, and how Beauty Feeds the Soul. It's unscripted and off the cuff, as I am just glad to be back in the broadcasting seat and letting the inspiration flow through.  I pray that there is something of nourishment and that this is a beauty that feeds your soul. Connect with me through my new site where you can learn about my new mentoring and healing arts practice, Soul Power Mentoring [https://www.soulpowermentoring.com/].  It's been a long time coming to bring this work to life and I am ecstatic to share about it with you.  I'm also so glad to be back with you here on the podcast! As always, please rate, subscribe and share the podcast if you'd like to hear more magical musings and wisdom teachings.  I'm creating for you, so support me so that I can continue to do that beautifully! Big hugs and love to you all. M

Beauty and Joy as Critical Tools for the Times

Are you feeling the depth of the pressure?  Are you feeling the magnitude of the invitation of the moment?  If you are feeling it and wondering how to walk through this with grace, this episode is for you. These are the hardest times most of us alive today are going to face, and they are asking everything from us.  We have entered into the territory of initiation and we are not going to come out of it until we go all the way through it and either become the greater beauty that is beckoning us forth from within us and within the center of creation, or our endeavor as a species fails and we go fallow while evolution takes its time to envision and birth something new. Yes, I do believe that. So how do we do this?  How do we walk through this time in a way that leads us towards that greater beauty and actually initiates us?  Two critical tools I have identified are beauty and joy.  "Beauty Feeds the Soul" is a central principle in my own life, and as we have entered into the dark night of a soul as a species, we need that nourishment more than ever.  How can you bring more beauty to life in the moments of your days?  Joy is essential to being able to maintain our presence and sustain the depth of intensity that this time demands of us.  How do we bring more joy to life inside of ourselves regardless of our circumstances? These are the questions explored in this episode.  Dive in and let's rock this. Features the song Gaia's Child from my album Fertile Darkness, available for purchase and streaming on bandcamp: http://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/ [http://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/] Be in touch to inquire about my healing and mentoring work if you need extra support and guidance: https://maitreyawolf.com/ [https://maitreyawolf.com/]

The Art of Grieving

Grief.  It is a part of life.  We know of its presence, but do we know how to be with it?  How to dance with it?  How to engage with it in a life-affirming and creative way?  Living in a society that insists upon the facade of breezy "normalcy" grief is often perceived with disdain or discomfort and rushed towards resolution into a "nicer" emotional state, but that robs us of it's incredible bounty of gifts and retards our development as true human beings. In this very vulnerable episode I speak from the place of deep grief within myself, encouraging us to open to the uncomfortable companionship of grief so as to avail ourselves of its incredible medicine and as a way to move more deeply into the territory of soul. Includes the song "Passage" from my album Fertile Darkness, available now on Bandcamp, Apple Music, and Spotify. https://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/ [https://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/]

The Art of Listening

We live in a world of communication: as humans one of our primary modes of connection is the medium of conversation, which is a dance of giving and receiving, the receiving being based in the art of listening.  Listening is something that we don't think much about, because for the most part people assume that they do it.  I don't agree.  I think listening happens very rarely and if we were to truly listen to each other, to life, and to the world around us, we would enter into a new realm of relating and experiencing life in the world. So how does listening happen?  What is it made of?  How is it undone? In this journey we will explore a few key concepts including "The Volley of 'I.s'", "Riffing on Keywords", and "The Space of the Conversation," among other things.  We will explore some simple principles for deepening into listening and how that can vastly improve the quality of your conversations, your relationships, and your life. Includes the song "Passion" from my new album "Fertile Darkness" which is available on bandcamp, spotify, and apply music. https://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/ [https://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/]

Protecting the Imagination

In magical work, the imagination (i-magi-nation) is our central tool for envisioning the possibilities that our practices are meant to bring to life.  Not only that, but it is a realm of deep mystery and power woven into our soul, a way to talk with the creative powers of existence as a collaborator in the experience of Being.  Because of these things, I know that protecting the imagination is of the utmost importance, especially now when we are in the transition between worlds and the outcome of this transition is uncertain and being made by our daily doings. Join me in an exploration of the importance and practice of protecting the imagination.   Features the song "Holy World" from my album Fertile Darkness now available on bandcamp, spotify, and apple music. https://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/ [https://maitreyawolf.bandcamp.com/]