Megan Imbert: [00:00:00] Hello, my courageous friends on this week's episode of the Frequency of Courage. I am joined by my friend Bri Anahata and she and I met earlier this year at Aluna Healing Center where I went on an adventure and did ayahuasca. and San Pedro and the immediate moment I met Bri, I was like, wow, she's a soul sister. We just had immediate, good vibes. And, I am so excited to have you on the show and especially in January of 2025, happy new year.
Bri Anihata: Megan, thank you so, so much for having me. Yeah. And I really, felt that so much as soon as you start speaking in the sharing circle, I felt your resonance and I felt your power and was like, woah, okay, sister.
Bri Anihata: And how beautiful to be able to have that space with medicine to really feel you and to witness you and to feel your expression. And then learned about the things that you're doing in this podcast and was like, yeah, knew it.
Megan Imbert: And you have a podcast as [00:01:00] well with the Aluna experience. And what I was really pumped about having you on the show is that you do such a wonderful job of holding space for everyone else in healing ceremonies, on the podcast this is a time where we get to know Bri. We get to uh, dig in deep on who you are to your core and what has led you to this amazing place. I think it would be really fun to start out with your name because you recently, Created your name. You, you recreated your name. Can you share what your name actually means and how you came to this place?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, beautiful. Growing up, the name that was given to me was Brianna Simpson but as a kid, my family called me Bri and I was a soccer player. And so it's just easier on the field to go by Bri and then kind of growing into, into Bri and what that means to me, it felt like Bri Simpson didn't make so much sense anymore. And so really felt into this kind of evolution and where I [00:02:00] was going in my life and who I wanted to be and recognizing that a name can be that for me, not for anyone else but for me. And so the name that I've been really feeling into and growing into is Bri Devi Anahata. And Bri, I learned recently in Aramaic means my creation.
Bri Anihata: Devi , translates to the ultimate goddess and Anahata is the name for the heart chakra. So my name is something that I've created and it means my creation the supreme goddess of the heart, and that's a reminder for what I want to embody and who I am. And so when I see it, when I write it, when I introduce myself in that way, there's like this calling to a higher self that I really, feel ready for.
Megan Imbert: That's so amazing. It's so beautiful too. And you're such a creator and artist, , immediately meeting you, I felt like, wow, she's really in her feminine flow. And I'm curious. Who Bri was 10 years ago, 15 [00:03:00] years ago, what was your evolution that landed you to a place where now you're facilitating ceremonies and we'll dig in on all the offerings and stuff later, but what was your existence 10
Megan Imbert: years ago, 15 years ago?
Bri Anihata: That's such a beautiful question. . And the word that comes up is this deeply curious, I kind of had this knowing or this calling that I was meant to be doing something else, that I was meant to be expressing myself , in certain ways and showing up in certain ways.
Bri Anihata: And I didn't know how, and I knew that I wasn't doing it. And so there is this dissonance in my system where I actually battled with some depression and really didn't understand like, what are we doing here? Why am I here? And I, I grew up in Tucson, Arizona in the desert and something totally shifted in me in around 2017 where I knew it was time to step up and step in.
Bri Anihata: And so ended an almost 10 year relationship, bought a one way ticket to San Francisco and put everything [00:04:00] into a single suitcase and started a new life. And that was this blooming, this opening, this really discovery of myself and my expression. And yeah, it's been a really beautiful journey. And I would say that 10 years ago, I was a whole different person, but also that Bri is still very much here.
Bri Anihata: That Bri that's deeply curious, that's deeply introspective. That's really like I go into a space and I'm kind of absorbing the people and what is happening in a space and use that as a tool of reflection to better understand myself. And so those pieces are still very much here, but now I express it more freely and joyfully and care less about, , how it's received , by others in the space when previously, it was really me keeping myself small because I didn't want to shake up the room. I didn't want to be seen. Some of my earliest memories are ones where I'm petrified to speak and now that's not the case. I'd love to share. You know,
Megan Imbert: and you sing, you do all the things. So packing up your stuff and going to San [00:05:00] Francisco, that took a lot of courage. And was there a catalyst moment? What led you to make that decision and to do that move?
Bri Anihata: Yeah. I was thinking about, the frequency of courage and I think it's so brilliant. It's so beautiful that you have this podcast because to highlight this, this frequency to highlight courage is so important in this time.
Bri Anihata: It's fascinating that we are human beings, but it takes courage to be human. It takes courage to be ourselves. It takes courage to express ourselves. And so when we feel this call it's really this mustering up of will of power of alignment. And I think at some point it does take this catalyst, this kind of snap from, I can't navigate in this old shape anymore.
Bri Anihata: This is not who I am. And I don't know what's over there. And that's terrifying. Yet, I have to take that plunge and so it just got to a point where I was so ready for something else. I was so ready for that calling that I just felt this deep, deep yearning [00:06:00] that I had no choice. It was like a light switch flipped.
Bri Anihata: It's time. I couldn't think about anything else. I couldn't do anything else. Everything seemed kind of dull to me. it was really like this internal catalyst, that was like, it's go time, baby.
Megan Imbert: I keep saying courage is on the other side of fear and then beautifully enough, I think courage is also the foundation of love, where there ends up being hatred misunderstandings, a lot of that's rooted in more of fear versus having curiosity, being courageous to just dig a little deeper. Now ending a 10 year relationship to first of all, a 10 year relationship is a long time. Was that a smoother transition for you? Was it like the art of sort of letting go? I think, as I embark on 2025, one of my big notions is I love really hard and I really want to love people and see everyone thriving, but at the same time, creating spaciousness for the right relationships, the right people in my life. And I admire those that can really [00:07:00] do that gracefully and not just like feel it and carry that. So what was, what was that?
Megan Imbert: Like, you can go as deep as you want a ten year relationships a long time. That seems like, especially for how old you are as well.
Bri Anihata: It's beautiful when people navigate change gracefully, , and I don't know how often that is, maybe externally facing, but internally there's, there's so much being churned up, there's this, this little song and it's courage is not the absence of fear it's the feeling of that fear, being afraid and standing up anyway. And so this piece around acknowledging fear, acknowledging the contraction in the system, acknowledging the inner child that's coming through that's like, I'm afraid we're gonna die. We can't do this. You're not enough. And whatever those voices are, and choosing to go anyway.
Bri Anihata: That's that peace. That's that frequency, that vibration that is like, No, I have to, I have to do this. And so, It was, a big, big shift in [00:08:00] my life. This person that was my person for, 10 years and from 14 to 24. So that's a big chunk of your life where you're learning about life and learning about who you are.
Bri Anihata: And so to end that relationship and to leave was this piece of like everything that I thought I am, I'm peeling away now. And I'm allowing it to unfold and peeling it back that I don't need someone and that I'm someone independently. Who am I by myself? I have no idea. I grew up with this person. And you know, we're really quite dependent on each other and had a lot of fun. But it was like, I need to know who I am because I don't know who I am right now. And so I had to go, I had to go that way. And they, were fully supportive and also in this journey of finding themselves. And, and so we split as gracefully as possible, but it was still this, unearthing and it took months to do so.
Bri Anihata: And, , reconnecting and the possibility of coming back together and going back apart again. And so, It was quite a process that, that probably took, six months or so before we finally were like, [00:09:00] okay, , this is each of our own paths in different directions. And in doing so, like I said, found more of myself and my ability , to be with myself, to express myself, to make decisions for myself.
Bri Anihata: So it was beautiful, but not so graceful.
Megan Imbert: Yeah. It's that portion of choosing yourself and exploring what you need or knowing that I envision there being more. I think about lately, gratitude and how, while I'm, I'm grateful, there's nothing wrong with also wanting more and wanting more for yourself, wanting more for relationships, or it just looks a little bit different.
Megan Imbert: And I, I think for so long, I felt kind of content in terms of , Oh, I'm so grateful. I'm appreciative. But then Actually, there's so much more magic and there's beauty in the world , and things I want to experience and create versus being content or looking outside of ourselves for whatever we want, versus actually we have what we [00:10:00] need inside of us.
Megan Imbert: And I, I know from my work and my work with you and at Aluna too, it was so much of no, we, we have what we need. We are beautiful people that can be that ripple of impact and help other people. So let's talk a little bit about your healing journey or a lot about it. What led you to your first plant based experience and if you remember what that was like?
Bri Anihata: Yeah. Oh my gosh Of course, I remember it totally changed my life and set me on this path. Yeah, so I you know moved to San Francisco in this exploration of self, and was dazzled by the city and diversity and innovation and opportunity.
Bri Anihata: But then the feelings arose again. I was like, what am I doing here? And feeling this, this calling, this yearning for something else. And I was like, , where is it? How do I find it? And looking externally and finding these , different jobs I was doing and different things, different people but still it wasn't answering the question and it wasn't until I was in a space, I was managing an [00:11:00] art space and the owner of the space had organized a guided psilocybin journey for all of the people that worked in the space. And so we had this big art show and then that evening the medicine man came and facilitated a journey and I never touched a psychedelic, and I remember feeling, exhausted from this art show, questioning if I was going to participate because I was like, what's going to happen?
Bri Anihata: I don't know what the shrooms, what is that? And the medicine man walks in and he had such a presence to him and such a groundedness. My dear friend Ernesto. And right away, I was like, yeah, for sure. Like there's again, that calling that was like, yep, this is perfect. This is right. And so communed with psilocybin for the first time.
Bri Anihata: And it was like a door opened. It was like, this is what I'm supposed to be doing here. These are the parts of myself that I so deeply wanted to connect to and my connection to earth and gratitude, but also grieving the past parts of myself and this excitement for what's coming in the future. But like you said, this gratitude for what is [00:12:00] here and what is now, it was like this all encompassing, all opening, all aligning journey with mushrooms that I was like, This is it.
Bri Anihata: This is what I'm here to do. And it totally just jump started , this spiritual journey. And, I didn't grow up religious at all. I wouldn't say my family was spiritual. So it's this really deep exploration of my own relationship with the beingness of being a human and beyond. And so got really into different movement modalities and did a yoga teacher training and got into Vipassana. just explore the different ways in which we can connect to ourselves. Like I did with mushrooms, but I kept finding this connection back to plant medicine. And so worked more with psilocybin and then worked with 5 MeO DMT and then eventually found ayahuasca and was like, ah, this is my medicine.
Bri Anihata: And that's been just, Oh my god, I can speak, I mean, I speak a lot about it. I've got the Aluna Experience podcast in which I talk to people about their experiences with this medicine because it's mind blowing and [00:13:00] so heart opening and clearing and aligning and finding self love and finding my expression and finding the joy in my expression. And in that, that led to the next piece, which is like, okay, integration. How do we integrate what happens in this journey? Right? We can't just kind of. Yeah. Blow ourselves open consistently.
Bri Anihata: We have to integrate and come back to the body. And so movement modalities and coming back home back to this vessel has been instrumental to me integrating my journeys and supporting people in theirs as well.
Megan Imbert: Hmm. So beautiful. I think integration is the most important piece of all of this.
Megan Imbert: And I think I'm in a place of my journey so considering I, I did ayahuasca , in July of 2024 and I realized that's my first journey. I plan to do more and I feel like just scratching the surface, but then also as I interact with the world around me, there's just this beautiful way of, I think it's the groundedness and being [00:14:00] able to really be present with others and everything, like just noticing so much more. I feel like I always was that way, but now when I sit with people, it's almost like I can feel, I was always very empathetic, but I like feel, Ooh, there's this heaviness or, a lightness, and how I want to also carry myself. And so I think it's really fascinating where , I'm dealing with, if there's people in my life that are struggling and they might go to therapy, they might not, they're really struggling it's just, there's so many possibilities and maybe this work isn't for everyone you have to obviously have integration, have support, but what has your experience been like in terms of the ebbing and the flowing of relationships I think I'm leaving a few people behind and I think that's just the nature of what happens.
Bri Anihata: Yeah. Beautiful. I totally agree that integration is the most important part and yeah, finding the ways in which we can reconnect with our body [00:15:00] and this is with movement. This is with breath so that we can be home in this body because then once we're home, we realize when there is dissonance.
Bri Anihata: We realize when like, Oh, this doesn't feel right. And this is a relationship. This is work. This is being in a physical place. Sometimes I could walk into a space and feel like, Hmm, something feels off here. And I can only do that if I'm connected to my body. And in that, it's always a learning, right?
Bri Anihata: Because I have this idea. I'm like, Oh, but this person is this thing to me. I'm supposed to, I should, I'm obligated, but my body is telling me otherwise. And so. Yeah, it's, it's definitely a dance and learning more to trust our own intuition, to trust our own body, because it's not leading us astray. Our body really does know what it wants, what it desires, what it needs.
Bri Anihata: And so, yeah, that's the integrative piece is accumulating all of , the wisdom that is here in the physical body so that we can navigate the world in a place of truth and alignment. And that takes awareness every [00:16:00] moment. Every second, like it's really a call to where is your awareness?
Bri Anihata: This is how you spend money. This is how you communicate to people. You know, like we have loved ones that are close to us that, ignite us in good ways or not so good ways, somewhat painful ways. So how do we be with that and not react in a way that is painful, that is causing more harm.
Bri Anihata: And so, yeah, integration is like, can you be present with yourself? What is true with yourself at every moment? And that's. That's what I'm trying to do.
Megan Imbert: Yeah. There's the big difference between reacting and responding. And I think this type of work and mindfulness, it's mindful or mindful. I deeply believe the more clear and healthy we are and really, the relationship with our own bodies and not dragging our bodies around, or if we're in pain, sending love to the pain and I think that helps us with, with really getting in our body versus, in our heads all the time and in trusting our intuition. What are some of the tips to get in touch [00:17:00] with their intuition, how would you hold someone's hand that is peering in this window, listening to the show, thinking, Hmm, I'm curious, I'm scared, and I'm not so sure, what would you say?
Bri Anihata: That's a really beautiful question. And everyone is at such a different place that we can't really prescribe one modality and say this is the key. But I have tools that have helped me. One piece that I think is interesting is that I do believe that our intuition speaks quickly and clearly.
Bri Anihata: And so often if we have a decision, if we ask ourselves and really listen to the first answer, it's often a yes or a no. when it kind of makes its way up to the mind and then it's pros and cons and what if and how abouts so that's when it gets a little distorted so if you can ask yourself like kind of clear yourself and ask yourself and see what it comes out with first that can be a good indicator of your intuition but outside of that modalities to just generally work on your connection to your intuition gosh there's so many things i think [00:18:00] breath work is a really fantastic tool but what this will do will un earth stuff first.
Bri Anihata: And so you need to clear the way because your connection to your intuition is actually blocked. And so if you're like, okay, I'm going to go do breathwork and connect to my intuition. Well, you might cry and you might be angry and you might have a lot of backed up, unexpressed emotion that is there that needs to move freely so that you can Be at a place that's more connected , to your intuition.
Bri Anihata: And so, yeah, those are two little pieces. Another one that I really love is expression and art. If I play with a different modality that is wordless, so with paints or something that doesn't work the mind so much, but instead allows some information to move from my system. Often I feel more connected to what wants to be expressed or what is here for me.
Bri Anihata: I feel really called to a bunch of red and I'm drawing and it's sharp and it's angly and I'm like, wait, there's something rough here. I think I'm upset about something. And so connecting [00:19:00] more to our flow, to our emotions, I think is a key to connect more to our intuition because it connects us more to our body.
Megan Imbert: Would you consider the art that you practice, because I know you also will do tattoo design, but then you do painting. Would you consider it more of intuitive art in a way of just like following what the flow might be? Or how would you describe
Megan Imbert: intuitive art?
Bri Anihata: Beautiful. Yeah. I was thinking about this recently reflecting on my own life and feeling this kind of call to step more into my masculine in 2025, because I have so many creations and ideas and I have the desire to like, okay, let's ground them and was thinking about the creative process and creativity is, a feminine attribute, but to create, to like bring it out into the world, to manifest feels more, more masculine.
Bri Anihata: And so I try to mix both of these where sometimes that means a piece of paper and a pen and don't think twice. Just go for it. Just touch pen to paper and go, you know, don't think too [00:20:00] much about it. Don't psych yourself out. It doesn't have to be anything and just move it. And that really can like start to move some of my creative energy but then I have other projects where I want it symmetrical. I want it perfect. And I have some bigger pieces I'll do. I'll use a projector and I'll project it up on a piece to get it exact and then be able to paint with the color. And that's this more whimsical, intuitive place of creation.
Bri Anihata: And so it's a little of both, but I try to always leave space for intuition or play to come through, because I think, you know, we can have an idea of an art project, but to really be with it and something else wants to come. And now this other color wants to come, I think, makes something more authentic, more alive, and, potentially more, you
Megan Imbert: think often people are blocked by their own self judgment or criticism of oh, I'm not an artist Play with watercolor let the paint just react like you can't control it too much but I feel like with truly just having fun and [00:21:00] we're in such a weird place in society of you need to have fun and scheduling fun and and just You To me, I'm just like, everybody take a deep breath. Just take a deep breath.
Megan Imbert: I was in one of those, painting classes where usually you have a like a glass of wine or something. And I remember I was just not in the best place and they're painting this beautiful, I think it was like some bright colored flower.
Megan Imbert: Oh, mine ended up dark and everyone's like, what is going on over there? I was like. You do whatever feels good for you. This is mine. And I, if I want it to be just a black canvas at this moment, that's what I want. But it's, it's just getting out of that place of self judgment and letting something flow.
Megan Imbert: In fact, I have a painting here that I started out painting a leaf. It turned into a flamingo and it's beautiful, but it was like, Oh, this is interesting. I just kept toying with it. Do you have a favorite piece of art that you've created over the years?
Bri Anihata: Oh, I've fallen in love, I fall in love with [00:22:00] my pieces all the time.
Bri Anihata: And yeah, that's really a difficult question. I actually just gave a tattoo yesterday that I'm so in love with that And one, it's, it's a symbol that I really resonate with, it's a snake, a serpent. I was really able to bring, my creativity and freehand some of it on the body. , it goes , around their arm and really play with different line weights and utilizing the shape of their body.
Bri Anihata: And so this one's just so fresh in my mind that it's, it's my favorite at the moment. But like this piece of. People have let me permanently alter their bodies with my art. That's unreal. Like talk about getting over your, self doubt and your self criticism. People have told me like, Bri, please tattoo my body.
Bri Anihata: And I'm like, wow. You believe me this much like I've got to believe in me too.
Megan Imbert: That's amazing. I was about to ask you about that, that is a commitment and someone trusting you with your art and your creativity. That's amazing. And from the art that you do create, Did you ever take classes or did you just start ebbing and [00:23:00] flowing and playing?
Megan Imbert: Yeah.
Bri Anihata: Yeah. I've drawn for most of my life I can remember. I do have memories when I was younger of actually my creation, my creativity feeling quite stifled. And I share this in a recent podcast of mine because my dear sister and mentor were going to be facilitating an inner child retreat, coming up soon. I talk about this then, but one of my earliest memories was making an art piece in like kindergarten or headstart. Like I was very, very young. And I'm making a mess, right? I'm just like a pile of paint and my teacher comes by and she's like, Oh, interesting. Why don't you try this instead? And I just felt like I picked up on like her not liking it, her not wanting it.
Bri Anihata: And it planted the seed of you're not creative enough or it's not good enough. and so that was a big evolution in my journey was that kept becoming true because I had that belief in my system. But I love to draw secretly on the back of my homework would be a whole, , spread of doodles and line work.
Bri Anihata: And I love Just ink, [00:24:00] line work I found a beautiful and such a beautiful form of expression, but I'd throw it away. I wouldn't show anyone. It wasn't until I moved to San Francisco and I had this like knowing I'm an artist. Okay. Although I couldn't tell myself that I couldn't say that I was an artist and moved to San Francisco that it was this, this beginning of this opening to my own expression. And yeah, growing up, I have an older sister. I'm one of seven kids, which is fascinating. Yeah, self learning, dynamic, but one of my oldest sisters is a fantastic artist and she always has been.
Bri Anihata: And she paints portraits of people. And growing up, she was the artist. I was the athlete and she was the artist. My parents didn't do this on purpose, but it's the roles that we played. And so at some point in my life, I actually hurt my knee. I tore my ACL. And so my soccer career ended and that I do I know that impacted my spiritual journey because I started asking myself, who am I? Like, why does this piece that I [00:25:00] thought I was, is no longer here. What does this mean about me? And so, really connected to art and expression as a way just to feel, just to connect to myself and less of like, I have to be this thing, although I did get a growing into, Oh, I am an artist, but not letting it define me.
Bri Anihata: So it's, it's a little dance that, that kind of happened there.
Megan Imbert: Think it's very interesting how sometimes our identity gets tied up into, Oh, we do this thing really well. And having that, I used to work for the national football league. I often saw, A player that committed their entire life and at the professional level, but there was kind of a running joke that NFL stands for not for long because you typically will get an injury, but it's like you spend all that time, all that energy and then it's like, well, who am I outside of this? And there's an analogy, around we're the tree. But think of all of the things that we could be good at the art, the music, whatever it is, what those are the, just the fruit, but we're the tree. [00:26:00] And so I had that experience this past year relating to Not only was I tying my work to my identity, but it was also, I believe, a distraction.
Megan Imbert: So seven siblings, where were you in the birth order of that?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, I'm the fifth. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Goodness. Yeah. That's gotta be. Yeah. Such an adventure. Always so much happening in our household. And we always had dogs and cats and birds and someone is skateboarding through the house while every TV is on while, someone's using the blender and the kid, like just everything is happening.
Bri Anihata: And it was really comforting to me, a lot of stimulation. Yeah. I found peace in it, but have always been the grounded one. And so I think I was able through that, was able to find a sense of. Kind of center and groundedness and absolute chaos. And yeah, it's, it's been a long unraveling as anyone that has done some inner child work around.
Bri Anihata: What was happening in the household and, and belief systems that came through [00:27:00] that. But now I'm so grateful to have six really magical siblings that are badass and creative in their own way and have inspired me for my whole life.
Megan Imbert: Are you close with all of them?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, totally. That's amazing.
Bri Anihata: One of them is here right now. I just visited the other two recently, then have plans to visit the other one soon. And so we stay connected and play together and create together. inspire each other. I feel, yeah, really grateful for my relationships with all of them.
Megan Imbert: That's amazing. Especially as life happens and people grow and , however we handle life and the adventure of life.
Megan Imbert: Yeah. That's really amazing to hear that. Yeah. So your upcoming inner child retreat, I believe it's in March, right? Correct. Can you share a bit about that and what that experience is?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, I am so stoked about it. It's really, it's such a culmination of practices and experiences and healing that myself and my dear sister and mentor, Danny, have accumulated over our own healing [00:28:00] journeys and, our key, our journeys, like it's so clear that both of our paths, have led us to
Bri Anihata: an authentic expressive space, like how we feel that's the most important thing there is here is to be able to express yourself, to be able to utilize this, to heal and , to move energy in the body. And so, yeah, it's, a retreat that's three days and the first day is all around movement. And so we utilize movement and a microdose of medicine.
Bri Anihata: So a microdose of ayahuasca to unfreeze and unlock the inner child that has been stifled. Right? Just like I shared the story around when I was a kid and I was told that, or not told that I wasn't an artist, but created that belief for my system. We go to the root of these beliefs and we utilize these modalities, movement, and so the second day of sound to unlock and open them up.
Bri Anihata: And once we can, grab that belief system by the root, then we can start showing up in our lives more fully and expressing ourselves more fully. And , [00:29:00] it's mind blowing. We have these built in modalities, you know, just toning and speaking our truth and moving energy in the throat helps us to be more connected to ourselves, more authentic and more truthful to be able to speak our no, because if you can't say no, then we can't say yes.
Bri Anihata: Right. Those go hand in hand.
Bri Anihata: And the same with, oh my gosh,
Megan Imbert: I need to repeat that. If you can't say no, then you can't say yes.
Bri Anihata: Yeah. It's so powerful. Yeah. To be able to feel a no in your body, to feel safe to say no is such an empowering thing, which is so funny because we have a children's book that's like, no, no, right.
Bri Anihata: But it's like, do we really feel empowered in our no and know what that feels like? Because then when we feel a yes, it's like a, it's a absolute full bodied. Yes. And that's the path.
Megan Imbert: I think the other challenge, and this is me sharing my own experiences, and maybe this is some of the life experiences of women.
Megan Imbert: But even when we say no, that no [00:30:00] is sometimes not respected. So it's almost like. No, with even more power and gumption behind it. And that's the piece that I find really fascinating. It's like to have that courage to say no in whatever circumstances. And I know we've talked a little bit. I feel really, really something calling me, especially for young children and women.
Megan Imbert: Around what are those boundaries? How can we express ourselves and how important it is? And you're my toning buddy, because I remember it was night two of ayahuasca and my intention was, what's this next phase of leadership for myself? And as soon as I laid down, I just felt this huge lump in my throat and I start laughing and I remember I got like the whole yurt laughing and giggling.
Megan Imbert: Once I figured this out, it was like. Of course, my throat chakra is blocked. Of course, I need to clear my throat. And then I pull you over and , I was so cautious. I didn't want to disrupt [00:31:00] anyone else. And I was like, Bri, can you teach me how to tone? And you were like, I, , but then I start whispering it.
Megan Imbert: And then I'm thinking in my head, well, that's not really going to cut it. The whispering of the tone to clear my throat chakra is not going to cut it. So it's been fun since that journey. I take every opportunity now to start singing and where possible any friends that want to do karaoke from time to time i'm, like i'm just trying to put myself out there and like Really feeling into it.
Megan Imbert: And then with the breath work, it's like, all of a sudden, you're creating that spaciousness. And I was moving and flexing and popping parts of my back that I was like, Oh my God, I haven't been able to move that in a while. And I joked where I was like, I think I just took off a hundred pound backpack.
Megan Imbert: Like that's how I felt just energetically lighter.
Bri Anihata: Yeah.
Megan Imbert: So. In this new year, one of the things I want to do for fun, and I don't know if it's actual singing lessons, but I also heard Angelina Jolie does opera lessons for [00:32:00] her healing. And I was like, well, that sounds like it would work. Just clear it all out.
Megan Imbert: So yeah, I so much appreciate when you sat down with me and then I just started giggling. I'm like, of course, of course I can't, I can't clear my throat.
Bri Anihata: Yeah. I have this, this hunch and I say it because it's my own experience, but if you sing every day, your life will change. I really believe that if you sing, if you tone every day.
Bri Anihata: Things will shift in your life. Your throat will clear. You'll be able to speak more clearly to speak your truth. You'll be more connected to your body. It'll clear stuck energy in the body. It helps to ground us. It helps to de stress us. Your vocal cords are actually sharing a wall with your vagus nerve, which regulates your parasympathetic nervous system.
Bri Anihata: Yeah, it calms you down. And so if you sing every day, your life will change. I really, really believe that.
Megan Imbert: It makes so much sense. And when you come across [00:33:00] someone that feels stuffy and have a hard time articulating or start to feel, even in myself, if I know that there's something that's emotionally triggering, I can sense a shake in my voice now.
Megan Imbert: And so now I'm starting to sense it in other people. But if you think about it, if someone's just suppressing and suppressing and they can't really articulate what they're trying to say. Then, wow, that's, that's, I'm having my own little enlightened moment over here. Like that's a big deal.
Bri Anihata: But it doesn't, it doesn't even have to be so complex. Like it's, it's so simple to, to tone every day. Right. So to start your day and tone a sound like a deep guttural sound, just, uh, That alone, you do that for a couple breaths every morning, give it a go, I swear it'll shift things in your system.
Megan Imbert: Do you mind doing a demo of the other chakra toning?
Bri Anihata: Yeah. Yeah. So the, the root is a deep guttural sound as you can recognize, [00:34:00] like if you connect to your seat. It's a, uh,
Bri Anihata: our sacral, which is in between our hips. This is our place of creativity and sexuality. This is, uh, our solar plexus is a little above and behind our belly button. This is our determination, our willpower. Our heart chakra, anahata, a place of love. This is ah, our throat center, our speech and communication.
Bri Anihata: I, our third I, this is our plate for insight and wisdom. A,
Bri Anihata: and our crown, our connection to the divine and all that there
Megan Imbert: [00:35:00] is. Awesome. Bravo. I love that.
Bri Anihata: Unexpected, but I'm always down to, to sing.
Megan Imbert: We're going to improv a little bit today. You have such a beautiful singing voice. And also when you do your meditations it's such a gift and you're so brilliant to add it to the show.
Megan Imbert: Thank you. And I'm curious. So in human design, you're a reflector, right? Yeah. Which is like 1 percent of the population, if I'm not mistaken. How has that experience been being a reflector? And if you could share kind of what that means, because I feel like you really have to have a strong sense of yourself as you interact with the world.
Megan Imbert: And I'm a generator, which there's a ton of generators out there. We probably drive you all nuts, but curious from a human design perspective, how much you, take into your day to day life with that. Cause it's helped me quite a bit.
Bri Anihata: Yeah. Yeah. Same. It's been fascinating. And if you don't know about human design, I invite you to explore a little bit [00:36:00] because it just can give a little understanding of how your energy works and how you maneuver through the world and yeah, reflectors are quite sensitive. And so through understanding what a reflector is, I found such permission in myself of like, Oh, that makes so much sense. Like I can feel someone across the room. And for a lot of my life, I I would feel confused as to why can I feel someone I feel so connected to them, but why don't they feel so connected to me?
Bri Anihata: Like, why don't they feel me? Really ensuring that I give myself space, I can be in a space and totally reflect and really feel activated and amplified with high energy, but really need space by myself to totally recharge my system and similar to projectors. We need that space to kind of process to clear to purge. but it's been such a gift in the work that I do in medicine spaces and the coaching work that I do to connect to someone and what I pick up I can toss back to them. I could reflect back to them. And so it's, it's such a, a gift that I have that I, I reflect [00:37:00] people's light back to them.
Bri Anihata: I tell them what I see and what I feel. And often people are like, wow, it's really nice to be seen. And it's like, I can't help it. I'm, I feel like I'm tasting you. So it's yeah. You're also a mirror cause you're awfully bright over there. And I love generators. I work so well with generators because you come in with all of this energy to create.
Bri Anihata: And then we become two generators and we play and it's like, yeah. Cool. More ideas. Like, let's run it, so I, I love all the types. I just need to have some space afterwards,
Megan Imbert: You know, it's interesting because I feel like I do too. I'm a six two. So there's a bit of this hermit part of me now that i'm really recognizing and I also think the pandemic Pulled that out of me when I was really isolated but the Sacral authority so I have that which is that hell yes or it's a no and Any time in my life I ever second guessed myself off it led me down a path that I probably wouldn't have gone.
Megan Imbert: So, , I love our conversation around intuition because since learning about human design, I [00:38:00] think that was October of 2023. So it's been pretty fresh, just trusting that and just going with it. Or now I'm learning with my intuition. I get chills ever since ayahuasca. I'll get full body chills when I'm Either speaking something that I believe to be very true or headed in the right direction or Oh, yeah, like go explore that and so now i'm just listening to that But also feeling it in my body, which is really freaking magical I don't know if you ever have that experience, but i'm like, oh, yeah No, my body just like vibrates now and it's like, oh, yeah, we're going that way.
Megan Imbert: Yep
Bri Anihata: Yeah, I also get goosebumps when there's just like something that clicks, there's some alignment, or, I feel, yeah, I just feel in my truth, or there's some resonance full goosebumps. And it's like, ah, okay, I feel you this is right. This is, you know, affirmative action. And the more I kind of connect to that, the more it happens.
Bri Anihata: And the more I surround myself with that. And so it's been a delicious exploration through [00:39:00] understanding, , more layers of myself.
Megan Imbert: So you have the retreat coming up. You do one to one coaching.
Megan Imbert: What are the offerings that you, you do and who would be the right person to, to potentially sign on to experience with you?
Bri Anihata: Beautiful. Yeah. I have different spaces that I support and I facilitate and so yeah, the inner child retreat, , that's coming in March, but also I support, , ayahuasca journeys with my dear soul family, Aluna, and I do those usually every other month, I'm an integrative life coach and so support people to integrate those experiences and leaning more into supporting people that are , newer to a spiritual journey , that want to take a step and they don't really know how or where. And so. Supporting those, in guiding them, like, how does that look?
Bri Anihata: Where does that look? Where do you want to go? And it's predominantly women. I feel this really up leveling uprising, just the divine feminine is, is, is coming online and I feel stoked about it. And [00:40:00] so to support sisters in that space is so nourishing. Some of my artwork, that's something that I, that I really love to share in different ways.
Bri Anihata: The tattoo work that I'm doing and I have a background in, in graphic design. And so that's, , graphic stuff is how I play. And I do workshops periodically throughout the Bay area. So I have one that's called birthing a new year. And the idea is this, this came because recently I shared something with someone that I had been sitting on for some time.
Bri Anihata: And it was something that was uncomfortable and I was frustrated and I'd been holding it for some time and I shared it and it was difficult and it was, painful and it impacted them in a way that, that I didn't want to hurt them, but it needed to be shared. And I found that the following days I was so creative.
Bri Anihata: I felt so lit up and activated that I was like, Whoa, where is this energy coming from? And I realized, through learning that unexpressed emotion locks up a ton of energy. And so this workshop , is all around acknowledging what needs to be expressed [00:41:00] and clearing out any final remnants that's ready to go so that we can create more space in our being to birth a new year, to birth what we want to move forward with, we have to , create space with what we want to call into the new year.
Bri Anihata: And it'll include, embodiment and journaling and connection. And that's all my jam. And so this is my intention of the new year is really to share more of these spaces of expression, of joy, of deep healing, of grief.
Bri Anihata: To create more space and understanding for each other so that we can move, , forward in a more intentional, aligned and sustainable way in the world. So
Megan Imbert: it's amazing. I feel it too, in terms of the divine feminine rising and coming into community also with more heart centered, conscious men. And I think as we go into the new year, I know there's a lot of, Anxiety for a lot of people based on the election changes, all of the various things that are going on in the world.
Megan Imbert: What's been on my heart as I [00:42:00] sit with everything is what can I control? And part of that is I can control obviously my own energy, the love that I want to put out into the world. And on top of that, I think cultivating community conversation. I definitely feel very strongly that I want more of my future and keep in mind, I'm still in corporate America, how can I create spaciousness to allow my gifts to shine? That could help, especially when it comes to leaders and, I look at you as a leader, especially there's a way that we can lead with, not having to have command control, but being able to lead with love and consciousness and, , redefine what work is or some of these things that we think are hard, they don't necessarily have to be.
Megan Imbert: And so I feel really called in terms of especially even with the podcast and, having women being able to really share, share their [00:43:00] life experiences. , even research of, of women's health , and, I've had people on the show that have cured their endometriosis through their own self healing. And I know that myself, even at a Aluna, I was experiencing what I would consider some womb healing. And I have really strong, terrible periods. And now I'm sitting as my cycle comes, I'm like, Wow. I used to be so angry toward my menstrual cycle and it, cause it was inconvenient and it was messy.
Megan Imbert: And now this year it lines up with the full moon, not surprised. And now I sit there and I'm like, just sitting with the pain. I'm not going to just douse a bunch of Motrin or anything like that. It's like, what is my body trying to tell me? And my hope is that through pumping love into myself and exploring whatever needs to be explored, that hopefully that pain can subside.
Megan Imbert: Do you have experiences around that or other commonalities from your work with women that [00:44:00] has been really just awe inspiring?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, I mean so much. I feel excitement that you're bringing this piece in because , it wasn't until the last five years or so that I've come to the realization that I love being a woman and The gift of being a woman is the ability to create life.
Bri Anihata: And this is, in my physical body, but otherwise, we are creative souls, creative beings. And in that we also have this built in system that filters out our system that purges for us every month. How amazing that it's like, all right, it's that time of the month time to get rid of that shit that you no longer need.
Bri Anihata: And so sometimes my period is more intense and I really I've come to allow myself like, okay, I'm getting rid of a lot. Good riddance. Thank this body. Thank you for releasing. What is, what is it here for me? What is not serving? And I use that to reflect and was this an intense month for me? Did something come up?
Bri Anihata: Do I feel that I'm holding on to something or I didn't express something? So it's, it's such a reflective tool for us. [00:45:00] And yeah, such, such a gift. If you start living with your cycle and knowing like, Oh, my moon's coming around. Give yourself permission to chill. Even if you don't feel that you need it, like chill.
Bri Anihata: It's really, it's so special. And yeah, coming into space more often with women that really do, celebrate that and acknowledge it and I love that when I'm in a space with women, which I was recently, cause I used to live on the land of the Aluna, but we'd, we'd come into cycle together.
Bri Anihata: And that's a fascinating thing, isn't it? We're all coming into a rhythm together. And so we're all in this place of needing that rest. And so there's just this deep understanding. And so, yeah, I think it's mind blowing every month when my body does this to support my health in the best way it can.
Bri Anihata: It's a miracle, honestly.
Megan Imbert: I also feel very strongly around sisterhood and having more support and Really talking about the things that need to be talked about to ensure that we're all getting out of that princess choose [00:46:00] me energy and really standing in our power where you Bri are a queen.
Megan Imbert: I'm a queen and there's no lack here. We're so powerful together. And so I get so jazzed up when I see women that are just living fully as themselves and trying to hold hands bring folks along and I had a moment also at Aluna where I just had this feeling and I had one of the other ladies sit with me cause it just felt a little heavy.
Megan Imbert: Then I just felt like all these goddesses, all this queen energy around me from a spiritual perspective. And I was like, yeah, no, this is, This is amazing. And it makes me think working in corporate, I kind of feel like I'm, I'm like toggling these different existences and and I'm in
Megan Imbert: spaces where there's not a lot of women still, and oftentimes like pinned against one another, or, there's just this, the patriarchy, , there's a lot of work that [00:47:00] I'm doing right now in really sitting with myself on where am I upholding the patriarchy subconsciously, or when am I not speaking up, or when am I keeping the peace versus speaking my truth?
Megan Imbert: And really, that's a lot of my journaling the past month has just been around, what are some of those hard truths or, the beauty industry, right? There's so many ads that are hitting women every day on what perfection is at every age and every stage.
Megan Imbert: Whereas we all know beauty is an inside job and that permeates externally and feeling enough. So I find it really fascinating as we do this work together and reclaim our power. It's going to be really interesting how that wave of this divine feminine of you are enough. You are a queen. You are a badass. You are beautiful. And I'm getting full body chills right now. That's why I froze my [00:48:00] full circle moment. We're talking about the right staff here.
Megan Imbert: What a change in the paradigm and from a capitalistic society. I feel like there's going to be more opportunities. There's a transfer of wealth that's also happening in the United States with baby boomers that are passing away. Women are going to have more wallet share in the United States ever. What comes this year in terms of women stepping in and as they get curious and if they get triggered I used to when I got triggered by someone it was like, oh, I'm gonna run away now.
Megan Imbert: I'm like, ooh, what does she have that? I admire like deeply admire. What has your experience been with your own sister wound? Did you have one do we all inherently have one?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, so good. So much magic that you, you just shared and just want to share that.
Bri Anihata: It's, it's time. It's time sisters to step in. And I actually mean this for everyone. The feminine is, is an energy [00:49:00] that is being called in collectively. And it's one that is, more connected, connected to earth, more creative, more nurturing. I heard recently that authenticity is the highest vibrating frequency that there is.
Bri Anihata: And so if we can connect to authenticity, like, who am I? What is my truth? Then we vibrate at that frequency and we call more of that frequency in. That's the, the law of attraction. And so to be in a space, With women, whether it's an intentional space or not, to be witnessed by other women in your authenticity and to witness others in their authenticity is, I think, one of the most deeply healing ways that we canheal for sure. This sister wound. Have you heard of the witch wound? Back in the days when they were persecuting women that they believed to be witches and, , women that were connected to earth , and healing in different ways. And,
Megan Imbert: couple women talking on this podcast right now.
Bri Anihata: We would have not made it probably insane but back in that day, you know, it's [00:50:00] like, Oh, we're going to, we're going to kill you unless you tell us who is the witch and say, it's not me, it's her. And so it totally started this wound among sisters, this comparison wounds, this feeling that I have to be above you, or, if I don't have what you got, then I'm, I can't accept you or I'm going to judge you, and that's really so sad, but unfortunately, or fortunately, I think we have to shift to this.
Bri Anihata: This separation piece to believe that we're separate to come back to realizing that we're not and so in that that pulling away we're in the opposite momentum now we're coming back together and realizing that we are all actually one and unique in that oneness as well. And so now yeah being in a space where you feel that contraction of like, Whoa, look at this woman in her power.
Bri Anihata: Instead of me talking shit about her and condemning her and putting her down. Instead, can I pull out the traits that it's like, the way that she speaks is really clear. She has really nice posture. And then it's, amplifying her light and taking on, what are characteristics that I value in my life?
Bri Anihata: And so it's, it's really, so much more [00:51:00] beneficial if we share love and we utilize these triggers to recognize, the belief systems about ourselves and create more sisterhood in the world.
Megan Imbert: So eloquently put one thing that you touched on that I just wanted to repeat. The way we've been taught for years and years and that attitude to each other was around our own survival.
Megan Imbert: Whereas now what's clicking is we actually need community and being together for our survival, not pinning each other against one another and seeing how powerful we really are. And our intuition, the fact that we can birth, we are creators, we are portals of life, and that's where we have that higher level of intuition., have you done any work around the different archetypes?
Bri Anihata: Yeah, it's something that I've explored slightly in my own practice. I've become more aware of it somewhat recently, actually, because I have a really dear friend who is pregnant [00:52:00] and asked her about her experience of becoming a mother.
Bri Anihata: And she shared, yeah, it was beautiful and expansive and connected to her body and all these things, but she, Connected to and shared the grief from transitioning from maiden to mother. And so it's really brought some reflection into my life of the different archetypes and when we transition from one to the other and how it's always happening.
Bri Anihata: And much like this, this piece around birthing a new year, this moving into another chapter we have to release and grieve and create space so that we can move into that next chapter. Otherwise we're going to have that hundred pound backpack on all the time. You don't want that backpack, I promise.
Bri Anihata: And so, yeah, I think archetypes are really fascinating tools to work with, in your life to really hone in and acknowledge like, okay, this is some energy that I want to embody the queen, or the magician or whatever you know, there's, there's so many archetypes actually, but to put that up, on an altar in your [00:53:00] space and like, I'm bringing this energy in, I'm calling her in, , and hope to amplify that in my own system.
Bri Anihata: I think it's a beautiful tool to, to do so.
Megan Imbert: Yeah, and honoring all the different complexities of who we are as women and giving them all the throne at different times in our life and what it requires. from a new year perspective, one of my rituals you just mentioned was around, what do I want to let go?
Megan Imbert: And I will sit with it and I will write and I will burn that paper on fire. And it is so wonderful. I personally feel like rituals and practices I feel like that's missing from general society.
Megan Imbert: I think there's different cultures and different groups of people that do that. And certainly in the plant medicine world, there's a lot more of that. Do you have any particular rituals that you like to do even on a daily basis, but then also as you welcome the new year?
Bri Anihata: Beautiful question. I [00:54:00] really do feel at least in my own journey, And I found this when I started exploring, , my spirituality, it was like such a craving for ritual and such a, like a coming home in ritual. And so I try to implement ritual in as much of my life without getting too overboard. You know, I have friends that are like, all right, Bri, you know, but you know, whether it's, it's, Lighting incense or a prayer before a meal.
Bri Anihata: There's so many ways that you can do that. But one that I have daily that I have found it's so impactful and it's so simple again, this is another practice that if you do this every day, I swear your, your life will shift. Your relationship with your life will shift at the very least. And I sit and I, I meditate every morning for 20 minutes and then I journal three pages every morning, hard stop, That's the way I start my day.
Bri Anihata: And it just gives me such an understanding of my emotional world. And even if I don't feel like I have anything to say, I make myself do it. there's some, some kind of [00:55:00] masculine, like penetrative energy there that it's like, no, do this thing. And the rest of my day, I feel more present. I feel more grounded.
Bri Anihata: I feel more clear. Some of the chatter isn't here. , it's really so, so, so impactful. And so I'll light a candle and maybe even light a little incense and Sit in my morning practice. And then at the very least, if I knew nothing else that day, at least I took a little moment for myself. So high recommendation is a daily practice of any sort.
Bri Anihata: So that's, that's one that's yeah, more daily than I tried to really celebrate the seasons. And , sit with a full moon or sit and journal with a new moon. Winter solstice was a beautiful celebration with my sister, really like honing in what is happening in the season, what's happening in the world.
Bri Anihata: And how does that reflect to my inner world and what's happening here? And how do I light a candle just to acknowledge that? Just to reflect on that and then move forward with my life. So I think there's so many tools and ways that we can, connect to ourselves to better understand ourselves, to live a life that is us.
Bri Anihata: Because if we don't [00:56:00] connect to ourselves, we don't know who we are. How can you create a life of your dream when you don't know what you actually dream and not what your mind thinks? You want, but actually what your body, what your soul is yearning for. So ritual, I think connects us to that.
Megan Imbert: So beautiful. Is there anything on your heart today that you did not yet share with those that are listening? There's so many things that we can talk about.
Bri Anihata: Hmm. Yeah, I think just really what feels really prevalent in my life and what I want to share and we touched on it in different ways in this podcast, but expression is the key.
Bri Anihata: Your expression is your key. And whatever way, whatever modality, whatever medium that is, I encourage you to find it, to explore it, to, rip it open and dive into it because I really believe that this world is more beautiful. It's, more rich with all of our expression. In fact, it's needed. if I don't express myself when in a space with others, then [00:57:00] I'm withholding that wisdom. I'm withholding that medicine from others. I don't know who needs to hear this. And so, yeah, really wanting to invite in the exploration of any listeners in their expression, because It's a disservice not to, to the collective, but it's a disservice to your system and your inner child that is like so deserving and so excited for, , even though there may be a little step you have to get over to connect to that excitement, but really, amplifying that your expression is your key to who you are.
Megan Imbert: I'm so grateful that you joined the show today. I do want to put you on the spot and you can obviously tell me no. But with it being a new year and you are one of a few people that I feel like just so eloquently channel and share beautiful thoughts and wisdom, I would love if you were to take up some space and share an intention for [00:58:00] 2025.
Megan Imbert: Mm.
Bri Anihata: Beautiful. Mm. Yeah, the two words that come to mind are expanded presence. I feel 2025 is going to be big. I don't know if anyone else feels this, if you feel this, Megan, but I feel like big things are coming. And so I, yeah, this momentum of sharing myself more and expressing myself more and connecting more, but coming from a grounded place of what is here?
Bri Anihata: What is my truth? Do I need to, what is the driving force there? So yeah, just bringing more awareness into my expansion, making sure that it comes from that place of truth and not somewhere else. Does that make sense?
Megan Imbert: Yes, absolutely. ,
Bri Anihata: I've been thinking about, what about you, Megan?
Megan Imbert: I've been thinking about words and some of the things I've been sitting with is anything that I am doing, I want to make sure it's intentional and there's meaningful purpose behind what I'm doing, meaningful pursuits, a couple of words that keep coming up for [00:59:00] me cultivating, cultivating deep relationships, cultivating community cultivating my own gifts. And then I think while doing that, it's the special superpower of, of helping others cultivate their own and if you're cultivating and you're super intentional about what you're producing, the impact can be greater. And I'm feeling like it's around community and around deep relationships. And at the same time, an overarching theme when I saw friends and family around the holidays was people expressing the need for support, but they didn't know A, what the support was or B, how to ask for it. So I'm going to do some journaling on that as well. I think that's going to be a topic in the new year.
Megan Imbert: And , especially for those that might be moms or caretakers of parents and haven't allowed or figured out how to have the spaciousness that they all deserve as well. So there's a lot of my heart, I think [01:00:00] going into this new year and not leaning into the heaviness that it could feel like, but I feel like the more women that are stepping into their queen and have their power, that's what I want to stay really close to women this year, I felt really called to, explore and play and see what magic happens.
Bri Anihata: Yeah, I see that so much for you, Megan, truly. And yeah, the more that we step into that, that power, the more that you step into that power, the more that we give others invitation to do so, whether they resonate with it or not, it's got nothing to do with you. So instead you follow your joy and that will plant seeds to those that are ready to receive your seeds.
Bri Anihata: And so I, I feel that happening for you and excited and yeah, so grateful to like bask, bask in your light and to, to feel you in your power. this is such the time for this, for all of us, whatever your gender, whoever you are. To step into, your truth to who you [01:01:00] really are to, to your joy.
Bri Anihata: And sometimes to get there, we have to unearth some discomfort, but I promise on the other side is, is something way worth waiting for and way worth wading through the water for. So we'll meet you on the other side.
Megan Imbert: So if anybody wants to get in touch with you, whether for the retreat, for your coaching, I'll include some notes in the show notes, is there any place you'd like to direct them?
Bri Anihata: Beautiful. Yeah. , I am trying to be more active on Instagram. I think it's cool to do so, and you know, it's a thing. So my Instagram is bri. anahata. And then my email is also great too, which is Consider. itBri at gmail. com and maybe you could throw my website down there and it's got more information.
Megan Imbert: I will. Yes. Absolutely. Well, I hope that you have an incredible 2025. You're going to touch so many lives and I hope it's [01:02:00] fun, healthy, enlightening, all the good stuff, all the good stuff. And if it, if there's any bad in there, we welcome it.
Megan Imbert: And it can just move along quickly.
Bri Anihata: Yeah. I have this thing and it's if I have to learn a lesson, Make it fast. Okay. I'll have to think about it, but basically if it hasn't like that, make it quick, you know,
Megan Imbert: exactly. Yeah. That's how I'm looking at, duality as well.
Megan Imbert: There's grief, there's joy, there's obviously going to be some happiness and painful moments too. But I think if we go into this year, welcoming whatever comes and looking at the lessons and just, Just keeping it moving that way and I keep joking. I'm like, I feel like I'm just like surfing all the energy waves, like whatever's coming our way. holding on and thinking we're going to control something like you're, you're not. So just trying to let go as much as you can. and cultivate the relationships that you need for support. So thank [01:03:00] you so much for committing to the work that you do. You're making such an impact on the world one person at a time.
Megan Imbert: And it's so inspiring and you inspire me when I get my art out, my painting out. Start playing, start singing more. So I look forward to hopefully seeing you soon. , I , can't thank you enough for just sharing your wisdom with the world. So exciting.
Bri Anihata: Thank you so much, Megan. All reflected right back to you.