Episode 51: The erotic and the ancestors of liberation: Renewing our Activism
In this episode, Starhawk discusses how to stay nourished in our fight for justice.
May 19, 2019•55 min•Ep. 51
Bespoken Bones Podcast
Bespoken Bones supports the development of radiant erotic wellness in past, present, and future generations! The intention of this podcast is to create a rich, multi-disciplinary archive of research around the topics of ancestors, sexuality, trauma, and ecology.
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Episode 50: Connecting with your animal companions beyond the veil
Animal communicator Claudia Hehr discusses the special relationship between animals and humans, how to connect with animal ancestors, and dealing with grief and loss of animal companions.
May 06, 2019•44 min•Ep. 50
Episode 49: DId you eat your ancestors for breakfast? Microorganisms, your oldest lineage
Environmental Microbiologist and ancestral animist Siv Watkins discusses the power of our relationships with the smalls, and solving ecological crisis through evolution.
Apr 19, 2019•56 min•Ep. 49
Episode 48: Becoming an emotional grown-up: working with triggers, reactivity & ancestral wounds
Mary Mueller Shutan discusses how to make your own life more easeful through personal skillfulness with emotions and reactivity.
Apr 10, 2019•42 min•Ep. 48
Episode 47: Punk rock ancestors, queer creativity and being a gender-free godhead
Lynn Breedlove, lead singer of queercore Tribe 8 and the Homobiles shares his secret punk sauce for making a place in the world for your weird self.
Mar 20, 2019•46 min•Ep. 47
Episode 46: The intersection of race, sexual violence and healing
Annika Leonard of Priceless Incite discusses the intersection of sexualized violence and racial trauma through a personal and professional lens, and her strong commitment to surviving and supporting others in healing.
Mar 10, 2019•52 min•Ep. 46
Episode 45: Re-Membering our ancestral knowings with our plantcestors
Layla Feghali of River Rose Apothecary speaks here of how to regather ancestral memory and access our embodied memory.
Feb 18, 2019•58 min•Ep. 45
Episode 44: Race and racism in ancestral healing panel discussion
In this episode, amazing tenders of culture and ancestral healing M'kali-Hashiki , Langston Kahn, and Taya Shere discuss how race and racism intersect with the work of ancestral healing.
Feb 03, 2019•53 min•Ep. 44
Episode 43: On being Two-Spirit & Ancestor-honoring Dance
Roger Kuhn is an enrolled member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Chair of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS). Here we discuss dance, the upcoming BAAITS Powwow on Feb. 2, and the connection between sex and Earth.
Jan 20, 2019•54 min•Ep. 43
Episode 42: Tarot, Ancestors & brilliant Trans elders
Tarotist, artist and prolific Author Rachel Pollack says "As soon as you allow the power of mystery, you go into another level of existence." In this episode, Rachel walks us through her scholarship of the tarot, and the intersections with ancestors, queer and trans elders, and allowing belief in the unseen to impact your life.
Jan 05, 2019•55 min•Ep. 42
Episode 41: "In the context of my ancestors, I make sense." Norse mystery, song as prayer, and seidr initiation
Maris Orelia of Living Voice Medicine sings, prays and trances in the Norse traditions of her ancestors. In this interview, she riffs on belonging, shares her ancient song medicine, and addresses the benefits of healing with ancestors.
Dec 23, 2018•43 min•Ep. 41
Episode 40: The place for our wounding is the dirt under our feet: Disability justice, embodied activism and taking care of each other
In this episode, artist, poet, writer and facilitator Naomi Ortiz speaks to the intersection of place, ancestors, activism embodiment and disability justice. Naomi is a Disabled, Mestiza (Latina/Indigenous/White), raised in Latinx culture, living in the U.S./Mexico borderlands. For information on visit: www.NaomiOrtiz.com Twitter: @ThinkFreestyle Instagram: NaomiOrtizWriterArtist
Dec 06, 2018•48 min•Ep. 40
Episode 39: Your trans ancestors and elders hold your activist tender heart
Scholar and filmmaker Dr. Susan Stryker celebrates the continuum of trans history, and speaks to queering time through her relationships with both elders and ancestors in the trans community. This episode is in honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance.
Nov 20, 2018•47 min•Ep. 39
Episode 38: Deadnaming and the Good Death movement
In honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) Bespoken Bones is showcasing Trans speakers and causes all month. In this episode, Anthony Easton discusses the act of deadnaming, and how the trans community might learn from the good death movement and vice-versa.
Nov 07, 2018•31 min•Ep. 38
Episode 37: Decolonizing our ancestral body: Answering the ancestral call towards liberation
Spirit worker, medicine maker, priest and activist Lou Florez (Awo Ifadunsin Sangobiyi) speaks to being in community and in being conversation with our ancestors as we embody their blessings while disrupting colonizer culture as it lives inside of us. Join us on Oct. 28 in San Francisco at the Modern Witches Confluence!
Oct 23, 2018•56 min•Ep. 37
Episode 36: Radical education, revamping Catholicism, and Ancestral Eros
Practitioner of wonder Lindsay Sudeikis exuberantly riffs on her former life as a nun, the biblical erotic, and what it is to be in love with life while holding a hard line against oppression. She basically smashes patriarchy with every word that falls from her mouth.
Sep 26, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 36
Episode 35: Communicating through trees: Healing trauma in community
Dr. G Love aka Geryll Robinson discusses the value of communal ancestral practice and ritual to heal transgenerational trauma in community.
Sep 09, 2018•47 min•Ep. 35
Episode 34: Queer Ancestral Sexual Healing
In this episode, Nick Venegoni of the Queer Spirit podcast interviews me. We discuss the importance of desire and pleasure, and how it gets complicated in the presence of trauma. I riff on how to know if you’re not living your body, and getting comfortable being uncomfortable. Lastly, we explore the transmission of trans-generational trauma and its effects on the body and sexual well-being.
Aug 27, 2018•33 min•Ep. 34
Episode 33: Embodied evolutionary history, ancestral movement and deep feeling and healing
Ancestral Movement practitioner Simon Thakur discusses the evolutionary role of empathy, the adaptive qualities of disembodiment, and how moving like our ancestors can heal our grieving hearts.
Aug 11, 2018•56 min•Ep. 33
Episode 32: Unspelling White Supremacy through Ancestral Storytelling
UK storyteller and activist Elinor Predota discusses the importance of multiplicity of perspectives when learning the stories of our ancestors, who lived rich, multi-faceted lives. Storytelling can be a healing practice that allows the humanity and fullness of our ancestors to come into focus.
Jul 27, 2018•48 min•Ep. 32
Episode 31: Learning boundaries with ancestors
Bodyworker and ancestral healer Mika Banks speaks on how she had to learn boundaries to work effectively with the dead.
Jul 12, 2018•44 min•Ep. 31
Episode 30: Breaking the spell of dis-belonging: on land, bones and ancestral boners
Cultural geographer Christos Galanis speaks on ecosexuality as ancestral sexuality, and embodying the priniciples of sacred reciprocity, integrity and consent.
Jun 28, 2018•38 min•Ep. 30
Episode 29: Plants, stones and bones: Ancestral healing allies from the natural world
Plant and stone medicine healer Dori Midnight, speaks on ancestral and queer magic with the green bloods and rocks and crystals as allies in ancestral healing.
Jun 13, 2018•47 min•Ep. 29
Episode 28: Where did they go? Finding the Queer and Trans Ancestors hiding in plain sight in our genealogy
LGBTQ Historian and genealogist Stewart Blandon Traimon speaks on finding our ancestors who had special relationships with gender and sexuality in our family trees. Genealogy is an important parallel to ancestral reverence, and it's a special treat to dive in through a queer lens.
May 29, 2018•34 min•Ep. 28
Episode 27: Mental health crisis as ancestral initiation
Sangoma Gogo Ekhaya Esima of Sangoma Healing speaks on her initiation through mental health crisis and the importance of being humble on our knees before our ancestors.
May 15, 2018•58 min•Ep. 27
Episode 26: Healing our relationship with Death
Listen as death doula and ritualist Sarah Kerr of Soul Passages discusses how to prepare to be a good ancestor, have a good death, and face the truth that life is finite.
Apr 30, 2018•43 min•Ep. 26
Episode 25: Astrology, Ancestors and the queerness of Uranus
Archetypal Astrologer Rebecca Farrar speaks in plain English on ancestral connections within astrological birth charts, and the power of viewing your life through an astrological lens.
Apr 15, 2018•46 min•Ep. 25
Episode 24: The past is present: Jung, ancestors and healing transgenerational sexual trauma
Jungian therapist and author Dr. Sandra Easter discusses her work and book "Jung and the Ancestors Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web" on how we can heal generations of suffering by opening our hearts to feeling what is present in our lineages, our communities, and the land.
Mar 31, 2018•44 min
Episode 23: Art, queer ancestors and healing sex
Listen as Artistic Director Seth Eisen discusses how art can bring queer ancestors OUT of the shadows and into the light in his new San Francisco collaboration OUT of SITE , and the multigenerational healing that can happen from diving deep into our queer history.
Mar 18, 2018•48 min
Episode 22: Queer mysteries and Leather ancestors
Sexuality author and educator Lee Harrington of Passion and Soul speaks on the mighty queer dead, erotic ancestral practice, and kink and leather ancestral lineages.
Mar 01, 2018•45 min•Ep. 22
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