Snake Priestess Podcast
In this episode of the Snake Priestess Podcast, I speak directly to the wildly sensitive, the energetically porous, and those who feel everything—seen and unseen. Drawn from a deeply personal message first shared with initiates in Voluptuous Ecstasy, this episode offers soothing insight and practical tools for empaths, neurodivergent folks, and priestesses navigating energetic overwhelm. Learn how to set serpentine boundaries, tend to your nervous system with sacred breath, and listen to the wild wisdom of your body as an oracle. This is about honoring our energy through attunement. ...
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Snake Medicine & Grandmother Corn: Remembering What Was Never Lost In this soul-stirring episode, Cristy joins us for a powerful journey through ancestral memory, intergenerational healing, and the living intelligence of Snake and Grandmother Corn. Through stories rooted in land, lineage, loss, and sensuality, Cristy reveals how snake medicine—once feared and misunderstood—guides us back to wholeness. She shares vivid dreams, sacred ceremonies, and a deepening relationship with her grandmother’s spirit and ancestral corn. This is a conversation about shedding skins, planting seeds,...
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In this deeply grounded and heart-opening episode of the Snake Priestess Podcast, your host Rebecca Cavender is joined by sacred feminine guide, spiritual mentor, and modern-day priestess Elsa Alegria. Elsa brings her powerful voice and wisdom to a soul-filled conversation on how we navigate power, family dynamics, systems of dominance, and reconnection with the land through the lens of snake medicine. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite platform. Together, we explore: How snake medicine helps us shift and dissolve internalized patriarchy The importance of...
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Welcome back to the Snake Priestess Podcast, where we meet with serpentine wisdom keepers to explore the deeper mysteries of snake medicine. In this episode, I sit down with the deeply soulful astrologer, priestess, and oracle Damascena Tanis. Together, we weave a powerful conversation around grief, endings, snake medicine, Venus cycles, and the ancient oracular path. Damascena shares her personal story of loss and the profound teachings that emerged through her journey as a mother, astrologer, and spiritual guide. 🎧 Listen Now to Discover How Snake Medicine Can Help You With Grief,...
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In this raw and transformative episode, Rebecca Cavender shares her powerful journey of overcoming abuse, reclaiming her body, and discovering the healing power of "snake medicine." From enduring psychological and physical control in a past relationship to undergoing weight loss surgery under coercion (which she eventually got reversed), Rebecca reveals how body shaming and manipulation shaped her life—only to realize the true issue was the systematic control over her mind, body, and spirit. 🎧 Listen Now to Discover How Snake Medicine Can Help You Reclaim Your Power and Heal From Within!...
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In this deeply reflective episode, Rebecca Cavender and Devaiya Ra explore the two undeniable truths of life: birth and death. From there, they delve into the paradoxes that define human existence—our constant cycle of living, dying, and being reborn with each breath we take. They discuss the role of the nervous system in navigating this constant transformation and how we can learn to honor it rather than fear it. Devaiya introduces the concept of "snake medicine," which symbolizes the power of digestion and transformation—how we can "consume" life’s challenges (like the "rat race"),...
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Welcome back back! This is our third episode of season 2. Let's talk about our bodies. There's nothing more personal than this relationship. While for most of us, there's a complex process in embracing our bodies as they are, this is where we can come to a sense of freedom. In this episode, I share deeply personal stories about being a fat woman and overcoming body image/body shame that was mostly internalized messaging from others' projections--including society! (You also get to hear a story about a boudoir photography session I had last year & some of the surprising - and...
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In this deeply reflective, timely, and enriching conversation, artist and intuitive Autumn Skye, joins host Rebecca Cavender of the Snake Priestess Podcast to explore the profound wisdom of snake medicine and its relevance in today’s world. They discuss themes of trust, discernment, sensitivity, and the transformative power of the snake, diving into its symbolism and how it informs both personal and creative journeys. Through their dialogue, Autumn shares her insights on balancing the feminine's light and dark aspects, the earth's and animal spirits' lessons, and how...
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In this powerful episode of The Snake & The Land, Rebecca Cavender takes us on a journey into the intimate, spiritual relationship we can cultivate with the Earth and its elements. She shares reflections on the deep wisdom of nature, exploring how we can learn from the land, animals, and plants around us. From embracing animism and recognizing the life force in all things to finding community with the land and our ancestors, Rebecca inspires us to slow down, listen, and reconnect with the natural world. Key Highlights: The Humble Heart: Rebecca discusses the importance of approaching...
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I’m excited for you to connect with Ellie Cleary today—an amazing intuitive astrologer, embodiment priestess, and coach who lives half the time in England, and half the time in India. We delve into the connection between snake and astrology—specifically, astro-cartology— which is a type of astrology that looks at geographical places connected to your birth chart. This leads us into a discussion around movement, around travel—and Ellie shares how we must leave home to find out who we are. There’s a quest, a rite of passage. And yet, we can look across our globe and...
info_outlineIn today’s episode, I am honored to be joined by Rev. Noel Tendick, an interfaith minister, martial artist, poet … and so much more.
Noel and I have been connected for many years and I admire his brilliance and poetic heart—so it was really special to sit with him about snake medicine.
We go wide and deep discussing:
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Belonging
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Concept of “ownership” & how this is the antithesis of snake medicine
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Intimate connection with land & all beings
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Cycles of creation & destruction
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What actually causes suffering
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How snake helps us navigate change
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Beauty of snake’s physical nature
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Serpent myths
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Aikido & snake medicine
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Being responsible for one another & the reciprocal balance of the natural world
We also delve into why we may have a collective, primitive fear of snakes, how acknowledging the “shedding of our skins” matter, and how snake medicine is directly connected to our survival.
One of my favorite quotes from Noel in this episode, when talking about change and letting go:
“There’s devasting sorrow in the release; but fundamentally, I don’t know if it’s suffering, compared to resistance.”
Make sure to stay to the end to hear about his cohabitation with a rattlesnake outside his door one summer in Montana…
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Learn More About Noel: Healer, Interfaith Minister, Martial Artist, Poet
My work is to help bring you back into your thriving center. We live in a diverse web, and there are many paths to healing, many guides to help you along your way. My foundation is to work from the level of spirit, however you define it.
I’ve been practicing energy healing, in the form of Reiki, for 22 years. I’ve been studying core shamanism for 5 years. I attended interfaith seminary, studying the world’s spiritualities and how to tend their followers.
I was ordained an interfaith minister in the fall of 2016, deepening an ordination I received 15 years earlier. And while I don’t currently offer massage, I am a trained massage therapist, carrying an awareness of the physical system with my spiritual healing practice.
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