Episode #120: Spritual Discipline & Introception

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about trauma, how to heal maladaptive coping, curating relaxation, and establishing boundaries. 00:00 - What is trauma? 04:00 - The pain of maladaptive coping 06:04 - How to heal what’s underneath 08:00 - Curating relaxation 10:32 - Establishing boundaries in relationships Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Michaela Boehm tells a story of how she trained herself to face danger after suffering a home invasion in LA and answers questions in a recent live workshop about how to recovery from traumatic violation, dialogues with a woman who’s massage therapist assaulted her, and describes how to train oneself to be a fighter rather than a freezer. 00:00 - Coping tendencies of victims of violation 01:45 - Becoming a fighter not a freezer 02:54 - Surviving dangerous situations and the genius of freeze 06:40 - Michaela’s story of home invasion 10:03 - How Michaela trained herself to face danger Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about why she does not want enlightenment, freedom, codependency in relationships, boundary function, and the power of energy distribution in the body. 00:00 - Why I don’t want enlightenment 03:18 - Enlightenment claims 04:36 - Co-dependency and proper boundary function 10:42 - The secret of energy distribution in the body 14:10 - Consequences of overstimulation and stress 15:21 - Explaining ‘The Push’ Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about spiritual disciplines, gradual training, introspection, and how to direct attention. 00:00 - Spiritual disciplines and preliminary trainings 03:17 - The importance of perception 04:20 - When to go deep and how to direct attention 06:40 - Chronic pain Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives. 00:00 - What is a living lineage? 03:26 - Why practice is useful for your life 06:05 - Enrichment and emergency 07:26 - Gaining more pleasure 08:14 - How to choose practices. 09:22 - Why do I experience visual imagery when I practice? Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives. 00:00 - Individual and tribe 02:56 - What is individuation? 04:12 - Coping skills and high functioning trauma 05:58 - The stories we tell about our lives 08:12 - Growing up 09:08 - Should we believe our stories? 10:42 - Myth, archetype, and deity yoga 12:35 - Why Michaela loves deity yoga Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about cosmetic surgery, beauty pressures, bodily changes after ageing and childbirth, and whether or not to go gray. 00:00 Beauty, adornment, and mate selection 03:59 - Beauty rebellion 05:25 - Body changes after children and ageing 06:44 - Should I have cosmetic surgery? 09:19 - Post-50 perspective 11:33 - Go gray or use colour? Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop and shares a powerful method to clear stored anger and pain. Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about energy vampires, setting boundaries with toxic people, how to undo a curse, and how to break a bad habit. 00:00 - Giving up smoking and breaking a habit 04:18 - Release and deescalation from fight or flight 08:48 - Clearing accidental pick ups 11:02 - Mental vs bodily imprints 14:32 - Energy vampires 17:06 - Clearing curses 18:16 - How to avoid being harvested in relationship 19:36 - Setting boundaries with toxic people Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she discusses the powerful impacts that past familial, ancestral, and relational imprints have on one’s current experience of relationship. 00:00 - Love, lineage, and liberation 02:17 - Parental imprints and attachment theory 04:12 - Assimilation and individuation 05:18 - Parental love imprints 10:02 - Ancestral imprints 13:00 - Previous relationship imprints 16:16 - Intimacy imprints and begin stuck on a previous partner 19:53 - Working with Michaela 
 Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com