the Mother in the Dark w— Clark Strand 🌌

If your spiritual life feels more like a discipline than a joy — and your body feels more like used car than a temple — this podcast episode is for you. Most of us are really familiar with trying to be good, well behaved, and nice as the goal of our gifts and our practices. But what if we could liberate our relationships, intimacy, pleasure, and power instead?In this episode, grace re-introduces the show and explores the liberatory path of erotic devotion.Because when our wounds, fears, and secret desires emerge, they’re not coming up so we can judge ourselves and feel bad forever. They’re coming up so we can burn more brightly and become free.You can only be a true leader and lover from the path of erotic devotion. Tune in to embark on your journey of surrender, empowerment and ecstasy.we discuss —What the erotic is + is notHow to connect with sensuality + intimacyWhy destiny requires desireWays to get out of transaction mode and why that mattersThe paradox of power and surrenderWhy devotion is not about victimhood or obedienceIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —The Transformative Power of Desire & Devotion w— grace allerdice x Erin Kelleyerotic devotion for modern mysticsSend us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

What's underneath the frustration, resentment, guilt and plaguing sense that you're not doing enough to save the world?This un-embodied paradox is probably why your business isn’t working, why your creations don’t have that sparkle, why your mission isn’t moving, your creativity is stagnant, or your relationship is just… ok.Be sure to listen to the end, for a simple and portable embodiment practice to help you ground into the present moment.Send us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

What if you don’t have to “deserve” a beautiful life? But as long as you’re trying to be very, very good… you can’t actually have one?In this episode, grace unravels the false promises of the “good girl” and invites you to release the belief that being good is how you get what you want.Time to break out of good girl jail. Send us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Judgement and ideology are alive and well everywhere. But what if we left them behind and stepped toward Mystery?Listen in, and learn how to stop avoiding the Mysterious path and find the antidote to separation.We discuss —Why we choose judgement + ideology instead of uncertaintyWhat we’re really craving when we reach for GodHow to embrace the path toward Mystery“Everyone is God in drag.” — Ram DassWhy your body is not better or worse than your spiritHumble stewardship + discerning difference without judgementSend us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Clark Strand was a Zen Buddhist monk. Now he writes books of love poetry to Kali Ma and manifestos to the Dark.In this conversation, we trace his spiritual path from childhood Protestantism through monasticism and massage school — ultimately leading him into deep devotion to the Divine Mother.Listen in, as we step into the Dark together.We discuss —the many paths of spiritual devotionthe patriarchal traditions of many world religionshow Clark encountered the Divine Motherfeeling safe in the darkwhy Now is the hourhuman civilization vs human culturethe power of simple-hearted devotionwriting poems for Kaliremembering our birdsongMore about our guest —The Way of the Rose.orgWaking Up to the Dark, book by Clark StrandNow is the Hour of Her Return, book by Clark StrandMentioned in the episode —The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaThe Gospel According to the DarkSend us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

In the second half of our conversation about Initiation, we’ll investigate what happens when we avoid initiation and how to recognize when we’re doing that.We discuss —The difference between spiritually mature individuals who embrace initiation versus those who avoid itHow lack of initiation keeps us stuck in adolescent emotional patternsWhy we struggle to connect with and embody powerful energiesThe importance of death and rebirth cycles in spiritual transformationHow to recognize and respond to initiation when it appears in our livesWhat is really behind the energy of initiation and what it could unlockSend us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Today we explore why true transformation is so challenging in dominant Western culture.We discuss —Why change is not just about "knowing better"Two crucial ingredients of the forgotten art of InitiationWhy many people struggle to make sense of their transformational experiences + resist growthWhat the ego’s role is in all of thisWhat it means to come of ageSend us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Your Purpose is more about your Being than your doing.Join me as we step off the path of productivity and onto the path of alchemy.Send us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

Too often we think of the truth as an objective reality we find outside ourselves.But what if it’s actually a story we tell together?Today we welcome Michael J Morris back to the podcast for a soulful conversation about the stories we tell and how we tell them.We discuss —Telling stories about the “end” of the worldHow story situates us within TimeWhat truth is + isn’tAstrology as an artistic practiceStories of Beauty, Love + GodHow the qualities of our lives tell a storyResonance + dissonanceLoving the world exactly as it isWhat breathing has to teach us about lovingDeath as a story of LifeMore about our guest —Michael’s websiteMichael’s IGMentioned in the episode —The FountainStaying with the Trouble by Donna J. HarawayM Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel PollackWhen No Thing Works by Norma WongNorma Wong on How to Survive the End of the World podcastAll About Love: New Visions by bell hooksJune JordanSend us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏

I had a dream showing me that so many people are living lives they’ll regret.When I asked for the antidote, the response was profound — Live a beautiful life.That’s all. Live a beautiful life.In this episode, I share about what vision and offer reflections on why beauty is everything.Tune in for support and inspiration to release regret and align your life with the Beauty.Send us a message! 💫Free resources —Take grace’s free class EROS : INITIATOR ❤️‍🔥 — Learn what the Erotic actually is, why it's the answer to what's not healing in your life, and who it’s calling you to become — someone delighted and powerfulStay Connected —Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your listensVisit grace's websiteJoin the newsletter 💌thanks for listening. peace, be well. 🙏