Episode 56 - Getting to Know Sacred Plant Magic with Amy Blackthorn

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk with Amy Blackthorn, author of Sacred Plant Magic. In this episode: Nataha loooooved Gracie Allen Our oldest graduated high school! Healing = timeline collapsing Breck is a terrible name for a shampoo Brett has some healing around conflict Reprogramming trauma through scents How to customize your own therapeutic scents Working with the spirit of plants, even if you don't have the plants Learning to communicate with plants Scent has a totally separate pathway from speech in your brain from other senses.  And music has a separate pathway from speech The importance of working with plants even if you can't afford a bunch of essential oils A (not so) brief distraction by Amy's pitbull, Millie. Connecting with plants from other epochs Amy's efforts to bring some economic justice to her work And more! Plus... There are openings for Natasha's small-group psychic mentorship.  Apply or learn more here! Listen to Natasha's current podcast, Crystal Ballers, with co-host Britten LaRue. Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.  Episodes are released as available during breaks from Natasha's main podcast, Crystal Ballers (https://www.crystalballerspod.com)

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk about the messages coming from their guides about connecting to community and to the land you live on. In this episode: Getting involved in supporting causes you care about Find a way to use your specific skills to support a cause Brett's use of aura work to support his activism Setting up two versions of your aura Aura work is accessible but powerful Dragons have become a regular part of Natasha's life Yes, dragons. The grounding energy of dragons "Crazy times call for grounded dragons" And more! Plus... Sign up for Grounding in the Chaos, an upcoming workshop from Crystal Ballers. There are openings for Natasha's small-group psychic mentorship.  Apply or learn more here! Listen to Natasha's current podcast, Crystal Ballers, with co-host Britten LaRue. Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Mentioned in this episode: GTKW Episode 43 - Getting to Know Auras & More with Eliza Swann   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.  Episodes are released as available during breaks from Natasha's main podcast, Crystal Ballers (https://www.crystalballerspod.com)

We're back, woozers!  Well, kind of.  We're back to briefly explain our disappearance, tell you when you can expect to see us back here, and to share Natasha's new podcast, Crystal Ballers!     Here's the show description for Crystal Ballers episode 8. Welcome to Crystal Ballers, a podcast celebrating the audacity to create our future now, with your hosts Britten LaRue and Natasha Levinger. This week, Natasha & Britten are excited to welcome special guest, Xenia Viray.  Xenia Marie Ross Viray (she/they) is an imagination healer, frequency artist, and creativity catalyst. She is the eldest of three sisters, and her name means kindness to strangers. Born as a brick-and-mortar fashion business, Myths of Creation is a container for experiments, art, writing, and gatherings at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaning-making. Xenia guides spirited innovators who want to bring their natural genius into form.  In this episode: Attuning yourself to find the poem within reality Allowing familiar physical tasks to quiet your mind enough to connect to that poem Xenia's eternal inner child is making peace with being a grown being in a human body A body-based approach to timeline creation The relationship between The Conscious Creator and The Allowing Mystic in each of us Xenia's relationship to writing Being at the first Webbie Awards Designing her own writing degree at NYU Powerful affirmations for these (and other) chaotic times You can tune your antenna to what you want and wait for the frequency to come in If you cannot believe something, it's hard to find it in reality There are many realities present, and you do not have to escape reality to experience them now Your desires are your map to new realities How obsession and avoidance can be used to tune into new realities How shame can keep you from doing the work to tune into new timelines Why it can feel like abandoning people when you thrive Where magic and quantum physics meet Tuning yourself to a frequency of suffering is not the most efficient way to create intimacy with someone else Worrying about the optics of self-care rather than the reality of it Learning to see when your own perception is clouded or unclouded The practicality of being an optimistic dreamer Pondering the difference between escaping and dreaming Questioning our own delineations of the "real" world and the "dream" world Daydreaming as a crucial self-care tool Labeling things as "daydreaming" unnecessarily centers this reality as the "main" reality Where we place our consciousness dictates our reality Learn about The Observer Effect on the Double Slit Experiment Our attention is the alchemical mechanism for putting our consciousness onto a timeline We are creating our reality every...single...second Inner child work can help put you and your inner child parts on the same timeline The relationship of The Algorithm to the Observer Effect Obstacles to using the Observer Effect to change reality on a societal level A mystical model for reality can allow you to access facets of yourself for different moments The trap of relationships oriented toward struggle (even shared struggle) How a need or validation can get you stuck in single perspectives Using self-compassion to help scared parts of yourself move into safety We need trust to evolve as a society Some seeds need certain stressors to ever start growing Accepting the moment we're in as an invitation to crack open new ways of being, thinking, feeling Community is so important for resilience The Allegory of The Butterfly & The Imaginal Discs What repulses you can be a signal for self-examination If you're building a business on magic: keep doing what your'e doing And more   Plus... Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk about the messages coming from their guides about connecting to community and to the land you live on. In this episode: Check your auras, kids! A closed aura does not mean a shut down aura Is Brett shutting down or getting his shit together? The importance of community and not waiting for a savior Some tools for coping with fear and anxiety Choosing to view yourself as completely alone or connected to everything Find the things that nourish and lift you up Connecting to people locally Connecting to the land you live on and its spirits Adding some regular energetic hygiene to your routine Continuing our new segment, Blisses & Misses! Difference between an oracle deck and a tarot deck Trusting and knowing your own magic    And more! Plus... Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Mentioned in this episode: Erin in the Morning (www.erininthemorning.com) Stained Glass Woman from Doc Impossible (stainedglasswoman.substack.com) Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff (831stories.com/products/big-fan)   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are thrilled and honored to welcome back Judika Illes, author of the new book Witches: A Compendium, the latest in her vast contributions to the woo non-fiction library. In this episode, they discuss: Blisses & Misses: a new segment to celebrate and encourage our growth Natasha can just will herself to do things; Brett not so much Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Fun is a core value for Natasha Brett's an "Obliger" and he doesn't like it How trusting yourself can help you to trust the universe Judika loves witches! Art witches and creativity for spellcasting Rosalind Norton, Lenora Carrington, Valley Meyers, and other art witches A prayer is a request; a spell is a demand How having no other options can empower your witchcraft The semantics of "intention" and its role in spellcasting You start to need a spell when you have a dilemma Do you have to believe a spell will work? Sometimes the spells that don't work tell us more than the ones that do Judika explains the most dangerous part of any spell The importance of being honest with yourself when working with magic Low level entities that feed on fear Clearly defining what you want with spellcasting The risks of using spells to cast revenge Alternatives to revenge spells Her book is a celebration of witches People using Judika's book to do bibliomancy Even Judika pronounces her last name "wrong" The Energy Report is back! And more! Plus... There's still time to sign up for Natasha's small-group psychic skills mentorship.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Judika Illes's info: Judika's website: https://www.judikailles.com Judika's Instagram: @judikailles   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

To help people and animals affected by the flooding in Asheville and the larger Western North Carolina region, please consider giving to Sister Kitten (sisterkitten.org) and/or Beloved Asheville (belovedashville.com) Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett eagerly welcome intuitive coach Katie Rose to the show to talk about Gene Keys. In this episode, they discuss: Definitely learning the lessons that Michelle Obama intended us for learn Our hearts go out to those affected by Hurricane Helene A tool to help you cope when you are absorbing energy from collective trauma The Earth only knows how to be present Releasing feelings of responsibility for others allows you to better help others Brett perpetuates slanderous lies about goldfish Welcome to the prom afterparty! What gene keys are and how they relate to human design Gene keys help us identify not only our gifts, but also our shadow parts and learn to love them Listen as we butcher a beautiful Leonard Cohen quote about being broken The importance of doing shadow work Looking at Brett's & Natasha's gene keys Learning to sit with yoru feelings by holding space for yourself The interplay between what is innate and what happens after we're born Two tenets of Gene Keys are knowing ourselves and evolving humanity How healing yourself helps heal other people The societal gaslighting of individuality/disconnectedness Grappling with the implications of believing we choose our lives before we're born Exploring the empowerment available from believing we choose our lives before we're born Allowing yourself to take or leave what you want from any system And more! Plus... Natasha is starting a small-group psychic skills mentorship.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Learn more about about Pattern Shifting, Natasha's new two-session mini-mentorship Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Katie Rose's info: Katie's website: https://www.katierosecoaching.com Katie's Instagram: @helloimkatierose The Trauma to Transformation Podcast   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Don't miss Natasha's new workshop called It's Giving High Priestess this Thursday Sep 26 @ 6p PT.  It's all about creating the foundation of your inner environment.  Learn more or sign up at natashalevinger.com Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are so excited to talk to friend of the show, artist Nicole Piar (aka Ghost Kitten) about how she uses channeling to fuel her creativity. In this episode, they discuss: We're all feeling the effects pisces eclipse  Super low energy and strong waves of emotion Nicole's intense relationship to dreams Needing to do something physical to shake off a dream Normalizing dreams as another way to learn, hear, and heal Differentiating when someone in your dream is a symbol or a visitation Using channeling to honor your creativity by respecting when you feel a "no" Channeling to combat choice paralysis Connecting to nature and everything in the physical realm Starting out with channeling How channeling can lead you in directions you couldn't predict The Flow State is often a channeling state Channeling as a co-creative effort instead of just receiving someone else's ideas The kind of channeling Nicole learned, coning The benefit of the broader perspective given by the beings Nicole channels with How channeling helps with procrastination Inner child work can help clear the path for exploration Guides never feel urgent, frantic, or judgemental The pliability and flexibility of time And more! Plus... Sign up for or learn more about Natasha's new workshop, It's Giving High Priestess Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Nicole's info: Nicole's website: https://www.nicolepiar.com Nicole's instagram: @ghostkittenart Wander Kittens: two travel-sized mini-oracle decks and other travel accessories   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Hey, Woozers!  The winner of a half-hour reading with Natasha is none other than BStangl!  BStangl, please email us at [email protected] to schedule your reading!  And thanks to everyone who has reviewed the show.  Each review helps us reach a wider audience. Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are so excited to welcome back friend of the show, Britten LaRue, to talk about the relationship between hypervigilance and astrology, and also her new class Moon to Moon.  Link below to a 10% discount for GTKW listeners. In this episode, they discuss: How deadlines help Britten to open to receive inspiration/information "Blackmailing" yourself with a little public pressure Recognizing and working with your capacity Orienting yourself toward receiving The difference in quality of what you produce in relation to how you produce it Relating to non-woo, non-creative efforts, too The cost of not making time for "non-productive" aspects of your life The caustic effects of making all education outcome-based Why Britten calls her work emergence astrology How astrology sometimes gets twisted to reinforce unhelpful thought patterns "What comes up with the information is the information" Using astrology as a validation for your experience, rather than a predictor The Body vs The Brow dichotomy How even your body can clue you in to being in your head How poor boundaries lead to and reinforce hypervigilance Checking in with yourself before going to astrology for guidance When people don't believe in astrology The unnecessary and unhelpful divorce of physics and metaphysics How "certainty" perverts the very things it tries to support "Would you rather be certain or would you rather be amazed?" Your hypervigilant inner child craves certainty How to cope with the uncertainty of life by creating certainty in yourself The moon is inner knowing Britten's journey to be the Queen of Wands by nurturing the High Priestess External validation can feel lovely when you already have internal validation in place The themes and structures of Britten's course, Moon to Moon And more! Plus... Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Britten's info: 10% Discount on the Moon to Moon course for GTKW listeners: https://brittenlarue.teachable.com/p/moon-to-moon-2024?coupon_code=NATASHA10&product_id=5715795&affcode=326029_falk2jwd For those who qualify, an Equity discount is also available Website: https://www.brittenlarue.com   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Hey, Woozers!  The winner of a half-hour reading with Natasha is none other than BStangl!  BStangl, please email us at [email protected] to schedule your reading!  And thanks to everyone who has reviewed the show.  Each review helps us reach a wider audience. Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are so happy to talk to about death doulas with Ashley Oppon.  Ashley is a death doula, hospice nurse, podcast host, and author. In this episode, they discuss: Brett's recent trip to the ER (he's fine) Remembering to ground when you're off base A lot of energetic layers are being pulled back for people right now, especially relationally Be soft with yourself Everyone has a different style for being present The value of being in "the inbetween" What if we all valued the "disgusting process" of the cocoon? What exactly is a death doula?   Working as an advocate for the dying and dead Growing up with death rituals from her father's tribe in Ghana In many West African traditions, funerals can be bigger than weddings Using funerals to celebrate a person's life and to acknowledge the presence of death Growing up not fearing death because of the frank discussions about it in her family Helping people with all stages of dying and dealing with death Some people just want to talk about their lives Having your own funeral People seeing their dead loved ones when close to death How Ashley's relationship to death has changed The similarities of death mythologies around the world Letting death inform your enjoyment of the physicality of life People don't regret helping to physically deal with their loved one's body after death And more! Plus... Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Ashley's info: Website: https://www.sankofahealingsanctuary.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sankofahs   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Get in, Woozers! We're doing a giveaway!  Anyone who leaves a review (or has left one already! (thanks!!)) for the show on Apple Podcasts by August 15 will be eligible to win a half-hour reading with Natasha. Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett talk about the power and benefits of hypnosis. In this episode, they discuss: Brett is better at Gen Z slang than Natasha A deeper dive into Natasha's own slang innovations Natasha's guides make a rare live addition to the show Bringing lessons from past lives into the present to continue and/or integrate them Access to joy even during hard work Viewing your emotional world in three dimensions Our young brains are in a very malleable state for the first 7-8 years (theta waves) Our early impressions get stored as fact and won't get updated without conscious effort The importance of environment Hypnosis as a way to fertilize and rejuvenate your emotional soil How hypnosis roots you into your new growth Brett quitting smoking with hypnosis Changing the chatter in your brain Sometimes our brains just need an operating system update "Curiosity is a huge expander" The dangers of dogma, whether religious or secular Inner safety as the key to not being rigid Certainty is a decision you make You are already everything Philosophical lessons from surfing And more! Plus... Natasha's latest recorded class, Big Aura Energy, is available on natashalevinger.com That class and many other meditations, classes, discounts, and downloads are free for paid subscribers to Natasha's newsletter.  Sign up here! Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today. Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available. Don't forget to rate/review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and tell your friends about us Send questions, show topic suggestions, or  to [email protected]   Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.