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Practicing the Pause and Reclaiming Rest as Our Birthright with Octavia Raheem

Mapping the Self™

Release Date: 04/10/2023

Dr. Paula Sauer on Healthy Aging, Being a Lifelong Learner, and Giving Less F*cks show art Dr. Paula Sauer on Healthy Aging, Being a Lifelong Learner, and Giving Less F*cks

Mapping the Self™

In this Episode I am joined by Dr. Paula Sauer. A physical therapist, movement and yoga teacher. As always this conversation is like joining us for a coffee so grab your favorite beverage and cozy up. We're discussing everything from healthy aging and perminopause to the gifts of dedicating ourselves to lifelong studentship, managing chronic pain, the power of the breath, and so much more.  Dr. Paula Sauer is the co-facilitator of Mapping the Breath® my 50 hour breath education coures. You can follow pollow on social media @doctorpaulasauer on all platforms To learn more about our...

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Mapping the Self™

I am back for another short solo episode on personal expression, your genius, and self expression.  The book referenced in this episode is Fashion under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt by Eugenia Paulicelli  You can learn about my upcoming group coaching, retreats, and yoga trainings at  Join me on substack   

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Solo Episode on Purpose, Healing, and Uncovering Genius show art Solo Episode on Purpose, Healing, and Uncovering Genius

Mapping the Self™

It's my first solo episode. Cozy up with your favorite beverage and let's chat personal growth, healing, and living your purpose.  There is a written, different version of this discussion on my substack The Alchemy of Being To learn more about how to work with me or to retreat with me around the world visit  

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Symone Tucker The Female Freedom Coach show art Symone Tucker The Female Freedom Coach

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This episode contains sensitive topis such as abortion, domestic violence, and sexuality. There is also use of an occasional bit of colorful language. It's also an episdoe of pure delight, honest conversations, and nurturance.  In this episode I am joined by Symone Tucker, a fellow coach, creator, and life artist. This is an honest conversation about the challenges women face in perimenopause and menopause, our reproductive years, finding our joys, owning our gifts and curating a life that is your own.  Whatever your gender or stage of life there is a lot of wisdom here and you are...

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Mapping the Self™

This episode is important. So important I did not bother to send it in for fancy edits or to have my intro and outro music added. Today I welcome Mike Maeshiro. Sensitive topics are discussed in this episode regarding religious trauma.  Mike Maeshiro is the founder of Numa, an organization that supports people recovering from religious toxicity. Mike is gay, an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and a queer theology enthusiast. Mike is a former instructor at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, best known for his class, “Discerning of Spirits.” He now teaches on emotional health...

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Radical Truth Telling with Lauren Zander show art Radical Truth Telling with Lauren Zander

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Welcome to season 2   I am joined by my friend Lauren Zander and we're talking owning your dreams, radical truth telling, and taking responsibility for authoring your life. Lauren is a powerhouse. And her honest approach to life and love has shifted the way I do life.  Oh hey! Join Lauren and I March 22nd at 1pm EST for a FREE workshop on dreaming and authoring your life. Register here Lauren is the kicker of But, But, Butts. Lauren Zander is the Founder and CEO of the Handel Group, a master life coach, author, and creator of The Handel Method® and Inner.U. She is the coach to...

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Episode 14 Erica Mather: My Body My Best Friend show art Episode 14 Erica Mather: My Body My Best Friend

Mapping the Self™

I am joined by Erica Mather, teacher and author of Your Body Your Best Friend. We're chatting chronic pain, illness in the "wellness" industry, yoga, and so much more. Grab a cup of tea and jon us.  She is a 1000- hour Certified Yoga Therapist + a Forrest Yoga Guardian. She helps people feel better in and about their bodies. If you are injured, ill or aging, she can help with yoga therapy and her Adore Your Body transformational body image programs. book!  news!  social!    Study with Selena   200 HR Yoga Teacher Trainings 300 HR Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings...

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Mapping the Self™

In this episode I am joined by my dear friend and collaborator Marie Grujicic of Awespire Yoga. Marie is an old friend and in this episode is a fire-side chat around practice, the evolution of practice, becoming a masterful student of yoga, and so much more. I hope you enjoy.  You can learn more about Marie at https://www.mariegrujicic-delage.com/

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I am joined by Eric Leandoer founder of The Kind Teacher and integrative coach Erika Day. In this episode we are discussing the use of psilocybin for personal healing and evolution. Micro-dosing as medicine and cultivating spacious awareness.  Join us for an super personal talk on attuning to our intuition and Highest wisdom.  Eric Leandoer is originally from New York, where he worked as an artist for many years and founded The Kind Teacher.  Ericka Day is an Integrative Life Coach and Plant Medicine Guide. Helping people heal from the root so they can live their highest...

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Mapping the Self™

DREZ is a Journey into Sound DJ Drez is in demand as a producer, musical director and sound ambassador. A master of his craft in the studio and on stage, Drez cuts and composes profoundly original tracks that facilitate body movement practice of all forms— be it dance, yoga asana or after-hours intimate/ecstatic.  Drez transforms the vibe of any scene his sound is set upon. Rooted in underground L.A. hiphop, Dr. EZ applies precise turn-table skills to a cutting edge vision for truly universal music, intelligently integrating elements of hiphop, world music, soul, funk, jazz, and reggae...

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In this episode I am joined by auther, speaker, and rest coach Octavia Raheem. This episode is like balm for the soul. Octavia speaks on practicing rest, celebrating the moments we are able to pause, rest as activism, and so much more.  Octavia is a gift to humanity and this talk serious medicine. Grab a cup of tea, light a candle, and rest with us. 
 
Octavia Raheem is a wife, mother, author of two books Pause, Rest, Be and Gather, executive rest coach, yoga educator, and former wellness studio owner. She founded Devoted to Rest + Starshine & Clay Online Yoga and Meditation Studio for Black Women and Women of Color. Within her rest and work she threads poetry, prayer, and time tested practices into a blanket of experience under which individuals can gather and rebuke stress, fatigue, and burnout.
 
The foundation of Octavia’s rest work is Black Church (rooted in the South USA), restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, and meditation. Her deepest offerings lead driven, ambitious, visionary, and highly impactful women to awaken the fullness of their wisdom, power, and clarity through rest. Octavia has over 20 years of experience and well over 10,000 hours of designing and delivering classes, restshops, workshops, immersions, and trainings that transform, heal, and restore individuals and organizations. In 2021 Yoga Journal magazine recognized Octavia as one of fifteen experienced yoga professionals who have elevated and changed the field on a global scale.
 
Closer to home and as a beacon in her local community, she was named one of four luminaries who have lit the way and created new avenues to yoga in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Southeast in September 2019 by Natural Awakening Magazine. Additionally her writing, rest, and work have been featured in Mantra, Tricycle, Well + Good, Atlanta Magazine, CNN, and at Essence Festival Wellhouse Atlanta. She has an academic background in English Literature, creative writing,and middle grades education as well as 10+ years of professional experience developing curricula for innovative learning and teaching Language Arts in K-12 settings.
 
Most recently, she combined her passion for yoga, creativity, language, and community through her four year tenure as co-director for Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp for Teen Girls at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art founded by Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts. Octavia is committed to herself, family, and community being well and rested- in body, mind, heart, and spirit. After a lifetime of overworking, exhaustion, and diminished presence she is devoted to rest and writing as liberatory and generative practices for us all.
 
What Octavia does not do will be as much a part of her legacy as what she courageously chooses to say yes to and does.
 
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