Episode 15: Language is a spell: Chinese medicine, encoded ancestral wisdom and ephemeral dreams

FromBespoken Bones Podcast

Start listening View podcast show

Episode 15: Language is a spell: Chinese medicine, encoded ancestral wisdom and ephemeral dreams

FromBespoken Bones Podcast

ratings:

Length:

44 minutes

Released:

Nov 18, 2017

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Listen as acupuncturist and herbalist Erin Langley of Ancestral Acupuncture speaks truth on the intersection of ancestors and healing.

Released:

Nov 18, 2017

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (79)

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.

Skip carousel

Episode 001: Pathways for the Blessings: Dr. Daniel Foor speaks on embodying the goodness of our older, bright well ancestors and how developing ancestral relationships can benefit our lives. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
40 min listen
Episode 007: Dancing with intention:: Heal ourselves and our ancestors through conscious movement by Bespoken Bones Podcast
34 min listen
Episode 000: Welcome to Bespoken Bones!: Introduction to the podcast, the host, and the ancestors! by Bespoken Bones Podcast
6 min listen
Episode 15: Language is a spell: Chinese medicine, encoded ancestral wisdom and ephemeral dreams: Listen as acupuncturist and herbalist Erin Langley of Ancestral Acupuncture speaks truth on the intersection of ancestors and healing. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
44 min listen
Episode 012: Ancestors guide me to my purpose and passion: New York City-based Shaman Langston Kahn speaks on how relating with ancestors can support the fullest expression of our Selves, and how we can work with the unseen in service to our greatest passions. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
62 min listen
Episode 003 : Accessing the Realm of the Ancestors: Rashani Chandra Alexandre speaks on the role of ancestors in tantric Hinduism, and practicing ancestral consciousness. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
43 min listen
Episode 004: Lipstick, Green Man and ancestor-supported creative process: Artist Keith Hennessy speaks on how the ancestors move through him as he creates radical performance that challenges dominant culture. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
63 min listen
Episode 009: Plants are our ancestors: Atava Garcia Swiecicki of Ancestral Apothecary School of Herbal, Folk and Indigenous Medicine speaks on connecting with our indigenous medicine, developing relationships with plants that support the healing of transgenerational trauma and plants... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
Episode 17: To Love, Be Loved and Belong: Family Constellations for healing generational trauma: Family Constellation facilitator Peter Touchard speaks on how revealing unseen, hidden exclusions and entanglements within family systems can lead to resolution. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
56 min listen
Episode 005: Time travel, erotic states and trauma healing: Dr. Jenny Wade, author of Transcendent Sex, speaks on how erotic states of being are altered states, and can be used to create change and healing. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
40 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
43 min listen
Episode 14: Ancestors and Italian Folk Magic: Mallorie Vaudoise is a Brooklyn-based spiritualist of Italian descent. Listen as she speaks on the veneration of saints, the presence of ancestor worship in Catholicism, and adopting your very own soul, for the sake of receiving blessing. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
Episode 010: Choosing to heal your lineages: Dr. Judith Rich is a pioneering teacher in the field of transformation and consciousness. Listen as she speaks on making the deliberate choice to heal our lineages, and dealing with the repercussions, positive and negative, of accepting our... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
43 min listen
Episode 006: Breathing with our Ancestors: Renegade Sexual Mystic M'kali-Hashiki speaks on developing ancestral consciousness, and the integration of our erotic lives through breathwork practice. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
37 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
44 min listen
Episode 008: Feeling pleasure and aliveness around sex: Somatic Sex Educator Caffyn Jesse speaks on self-regulation of the nervous system, ancestral trauma renegotiation and deep somatic pleasure. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
34 min listen
Episode 013: "I can't help but do it.": Artist Clement Hil Goldberg speaks to the urgency of creating revolutionary glittering ancestral art, both as a prayer to encode our embodied knowing, and for the sake of supporting and blessing our queer descendants. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
41 min listen
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, Fayise Abrahim and Taya Shere discuss how race and racism intersect with the work of ancestral healing. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
53 min listen
Episode 16: Trauma as call to prayer: Taya Shere waxes poetic on healing Jewish ancestral healing, participating in an embodied, holy life, and bliss as the prayer. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
38 min listen
Episode 20: The magic of being fat: looking through an ancestral lens: Listen as Reverend Catharine Clarenbach of The Way of the River speaks on spirit in a fat body, connecting with ancestors through ancestral objects, and tending the unloved dead. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
49 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
46 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
45 min listen
Episode 18: Shamanism, sexual wounds and healing: Listen as shamanic healer and teacher Christina Pratt, host of the Why Shamanism Now podcast and founder of the Last Mask Center speaks on holistic sexuality, the spiritual consequences of sexual violation, and the retrieval of soul... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
65 min listen
Episode 21: Reclaiming the ancestral dreaming body: Listen as embodied dream worker and ancestral lineage repair practitioner Seyta Selter of Innerlands speaks to the practices of dreaming with ancestors, and the healing power of erotic dreams. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
45 min listen
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... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
44 min listen
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... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
56 min listen
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. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
46 min listen
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... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
48 min listen

More Episodes from Bespoken Bones Podcast

Skip carousel

A message from Pavini about Bespoken Bones by Bespoken Bones Podcast
6 min listen
Ancestors Song by Bespoken Bones Podcast
2 min listen
Episode 80: On feeling at home, loving, and letting go: , a somatic practitioner and an intersex activist, speaks about dreaming, celebrating life and death, loving and letting go, and feeling at home. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
Episode 79: The stigma of drug use and blackness: , Founder of the , speaks about drug use, slavery, vulnerability, depression, and the epidemic of untreated trauma that people are trying to address and self-medicate. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
68 min listen
Episode 78: On oppression, justice, love, patience and what its like to receive the gift of music: , a California native painter, songwriter, and seer, speaks about what it’s like to receive the gift of music, its process and how it brings people together. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
49 min listen
Episode 77: The relationship between the body, the nervous system work and the ancestor work: , a writer, creator, and facilitator of the popular workshop Trauma-Informed Polyamory, speaks about spirituality, sexuality, love and relationship, and how it intersects with trauma. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
51 min listen
Episode 76: The Practice of Slowing Down: , a white, queer, fat, trans genderqueer coach dedicated to building better relationships, releasing trauma, and exploring spirituality, speaks about the erotic and the practice of slowing down. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
Episode 75: Healing the ancestral wounds: , a ritual leader, spiritual teacher, and mentor speaks about shamanic traditions, unintended grief and rage, and healing. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
Episode 74: On eldership, ancestral work, blackness, and healing arts practice: , a geographer, healing arts practitioner, and ritual artist, speaks about eldership, ancestral work, justice, and the healing arts. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
54 min listen
Episode 73: Decolonizing Aliveness: , a multi-racial settler, President of Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Society, and Chair of the Cross Cultural Protocols Working Group of Youth Passageways organization, speaks about multi-racial identity, the rites of passage movement, decolonial... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
50 min listen
Episode 72: Using our bodies to liberate our bodies: , a movement artist and healer, speaks about the erotic, the ungovernability of pleasure and of our raucously alive bodies, death, and grief. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
54 min listen
Episode 71: Dwelling in the mystery of not knowing: , a professional Tarot card reader and teacher, speaks about Tarot reading and the connection between storytelling and healing. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
43 min listen
Episode 70: What is the meaning of life?: , an ancient interstellar traveller, idea vessel and a professional enthusiast making queer liberatory astrology, tackles the meaning of life, the Zodiacs and the consequences of vulnerability and our safety. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
72 min listen
Episode 69: Magic, art modelling, tokenism, cultural restraints and the activism around gender and sexuality: , a Romani and Sinti writer, dancer, art model, healer, academic, activist, and educator, speaks about taking back the power of her heritage by modelling and using it for a way to empower one’s self. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
62 min listen
Episode 68: On weaving the threads of adornment, feminism, storytelling, archaeology, and blackness: , a Black Feminist, an archaeologist, a storyteller, and an artist, talks about archaeology and the enslavement and sexual exploitation of black women. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
56 min listen
Episode 67: On the connection of grief work, erotic embodiment and the intersection of birth and sex work: , a full-spectrum doula, a somatic sex educator and a holistic pelvic care provider speaks about her healing practices, ancestral lineage, the intersections of birth work and sex work, and the intimate connection of grief and pleasure. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
48 min listen
Episode 66: Playing with grief, the erotic, sex and ancestors as a black feminist: , an open-hearted collaborator on a number of projects at the intersections of creative expression and Black liberation shares her experiences and talks about what it means to play with grief, the erotic, sex and ancestors as a black feminist. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
53 min listen
Episode 65: "This harm can be held in a circle and I can address the person who caused this harm with support.": On sexual trauma, restorative justice and empowerment.: , a survivor of incest, shares her experience about the magic of healing from sexual trauma. She also speaks about holistic sexuality, the Global Sexual Healing Revolution and how restorative justice helped her heal the trauma. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
45 min listen
Episode 64: Ancestral rites of passage with Darcy Ottey: Darcy Ottey of Youth Passageways to how genuine rites of passage that allow young adults to "sit at the big kids table" once they make it through, as well as how to discern effective rites that welcome youth into adult community through offering... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
43 min listen
Episode 63: What happens after you are buried alive? Art, ancestors and black erotic power: brontë velez goes deep: going underground, psychedelics, blackness, sex, remembering and demanding healing. What happens when you start with where you want to end and work your way back. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
68 min listen
Episode 62: Doing the old time spirit work: Artist and Medium lives a life of connection with spirit. In this interview, she speaks on working in good ways with the spirit of Alcohol, dolls and living altars, & rewriting family stories. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
54 min listen
Episode 61: We are all made of stars: Time travel ancestry: Billed as "Your guide to the night sky and friendly neighborhood time traveler, queer elder Stargazer Li writes: "Stargazing isn’t about feeling small in the face of such vastness. It’s about seeing and experiencing our story as part of the... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
59 min listen
Episode 59: Trans Day of Remembrance 2019: In this episode, Pavini ritually reads the names of the trans dead of violence in 2019. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
29 min listen
Episode 58: Queer and Trans Ritual Magick as Living Art: Ylva Radziszewski and Kiki Robinson of the discuss ritual art as magical activism, queer self-initiation, and accessing ancestors (especially transcestors and queer ancestors) thru the trauma of Roma diaspora and assimilation. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
60 min listen
Episode 57: "Our grief does not need healing. Our healing needs our grief.": of Sacred Grief riffs on the necessity of grief fluency and it can help you feel a sense of belonging. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
54 min listen
Episode 56: Hunter's Moon with Murphy Robinson: Murphy Robinson of shares of her journey on the Appalachian trail led her from life-long vegetarian to practicing the ancestral skill of the sacred hunt. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
47 min listen
Episode 55: "I want to be an ancestor who makes mistakes." On dying consciously, fierce activism and tender learning to the end.: Activist and witch Colleen Cook speaks about her terminal cancer, her experiences with dying, sexuality and community. Colleen provides a gorgeous example of how to die as you live, and how to live as you die. This is the season finale. Bespoken... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
60 min listen
Episode 54: The gender revolution will be podcasted!: Join Dr. Alex Iantaffi, gender radical, ancestral reverence practitioner and host of Gender Stories Podcast as we discuss liminality, the intersection of patriarchy and liberation, and praying through queer sex. by Bespoken Bones Podcast
57 min listen
Episode 53: Your Earthly Queer Nature Belongs Here: In this episode, So & Pinar of Queer Nature share about queer love and learning to belong through weaving webs of accountability with other beings and the land-based practice of cultivating resilience. Intro music in Quechua by Renata Flores... by Bespoken Bones Podcast
73 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

64: The Power of Intention with Ann Cecil-Sterman, Part 1 of 2 by The Natural Healing Podcast
58 min listen
Intro to Chinese Medicine, with Toby Daly | Tea Talks with Jiling: Toby began studying East Asian medicine in 1997 with Sunim Doam, a Korean monk trained in the Saam tradition. In 2016, he completed a PhD in Classical Chinese Medicine under the guidance of 88th generation Daoist priest Jeffrey Yuen. Toby just... by Herbal Radio
39 min listen
20: What is Qi? with Ann Cecil-Sterman Part 1 of 2 by The Natural Healing Podcast
47 min listen
261: What your tongue reveals about your health | Paige Bourassa, DACM, L.Ac.: Paige Bourassa, DACM, L.Ac., discusses what your tongue color means for overall health and how to become your own director of energy traffic. by The mindbodygreen Podcast
35 min listen
It’s All in the Breath by Sounds True: Insights at the Edge
62 min listen
Motherwort: Motherwort, the “lion-hearted herb,” fills your heart with courage and soothes its inner wounds. This herb tends to the physical and emotional heart and is an indispensable part of the Materia medica. With its many uses and simple administration... by The Plant Path
22 min listen
49. Grieving the Spirits of the Land & Bringing Healing to the Ancestors - Mariee Sioux: Mariee Sioux’s music is medicine for the living and medicine for the dead, a direct portal both to and from the ancestors and the land spirits. In this interview she shares profound stories of hurt, healing, and visions gifted from the otherworld.... by Medicine Stories
100 min listen
#25: Fascia: The Connective Tissue That Keeps You Healthy by Dhru Purohit Show
65 min listen
The Alchemy of Inner Work with Lorie Eve Dechar!: We are excited to welcome Lorie Eve Dechar to the show today. Lorie is an acupuncturist, consciousness explorer and change-maker, committed to bringing the art of alchemy and soul healing back to the modern world. by Enlightened Empaths
60 min listen
Solfeggio Healing Frequencies by Traditional Chinese Medicine - TCM podcast
39 min listen
21: What is Qi? with Ann Cecil-Sterman, Part 2 of 2 by The Natural Healing Podcast
55 min listen
Is Feng Shui Real? All Your Questions Answered! with Meena Jagpal-Pare: Is Feng Shui Real? All Your Questions Answered! with Meena Jagpal-Pare by My Seven Chakras With AJ
75 min listen
Wu Wei, Alchemy and How to Transcend the Five Elements with Leta Herman (Inspired Action Podcast) S4 Ep8 by Chinese Medicine Podcast
57 min listen
Ep 105: Terrain Medicine and Your Nervous System: Today I’m talking with Dr. Ginger Nash. Ginger is a naturopathic physician who has been in practice for over 20 years. Her practice centers around nutrition, herbal medicine and homeopathy, with a focus on personalized care and treating the... by Liberated Being
52 min listen
#183 Why Woo Woo works with Dr David Hamilton by The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
81 min listen
EP 175: Astrology, Tech, and Finding our Humanness During these Times with Virginia Rosenberg: In this episode, Kimberly and Virginia discuss the astrological significance of this past decade and the decade to come. They discuss how the increase of technology impacts culture, our nervous systems, and the ways in which we understand and interact... by Sex Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson
71 min listen
148: The Benefits of Acupuncture for Stress Management & the Importance of Boosting Circulation: Thanks for listening! Important Announcements: If you haven’t downloaded our yet, download it now! It’s so easy to follow, and you’re going to love it. Join our for $9 a month! Each month, we do a different theme, and... by The Wellness Witch Podcast
59 min listen
BTW 78: Baba Yaga at the Crossroads with Madame Pamita: Today we’re talking to Ukranian witch Madame Pamita about her most recent book, Baba Yaga’s book of Witchcraft. I know that y’all are big fans of crone goddesses and fairy tales and if you’re nodding your head to that, well then, this is the episode for you. We ALSO talk about what not to do at a cross roads, the history of slavic magic, and so much more. So let’s go! by Between the Worlds Podcast
69 min listen
Ep. 111: ‘History and Benefits of Shiatsu’ Featuring Jo Anne Lindberg: Ep. 111: ‘History and Benefits of Shiatsu’ Featuring Jo Anne Lindberg In this Dearest Doula podcast episode, we are learning about the rich history and benefits of Shiatsu with fellow birth worker Jo Anne Lindberg! ... by Dearest Doula with Nathalie Saenz
40 min listen
Episode 221: Sound Healing & Autoimmune Disease: Sound Healing is a therapy that uses sound and vibration to balance the mind, body, and spirit. I know that might sound woo-woo to some listeners, but as long as there have been people, music has been used for both expression and healing. by Phoenix Helix: Autoimmune Resilience
66 min listen
Yi Jing - The Book of Changes by Traditional Chinese Medicine - TCM podcast
21 min listen
Chapter 69 Tao Te Ching – Living Without Enemies!: In the 69th Chapter of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu explains that the idea of having an enemy is an illusion. We block the salvation we are looking for when we treat others as enemies. When I attack, I am always, always, always, attacking myself – no... by Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast
42 min listen
Ep #174: Polyvagal 101: #174: This week, I guide you through polyvagal theory and nervous system regulation. I’m showing you how to get present with your felt experience, and how, from there, you can interact with, regulate, and have ownership of your nervous system... by Feminist Wellness
39 min listen
18. Spirits of the Land, Earth Bound Spirits & Ancestral Healing w. Indigenous Medium Haley Tialisa. by Jessica Meils The Podcast
69 min listen
Chakras and the Vagus Nerve: C.J. Llewelyn and Amanda Wonderland in Conversation: C.J. Llewelyn, M.Ed., is a licensed professional counselor in her own private practice. She works with clients struggling with trauma and addiction. C.J. is a trained Internal Family Systems therapist and certified in EMDR. She uses polyvagal theory ... by High Energy Health Podcast
49 min listen
The alchemy of poisons in Chinese medicine by Traditional Chinese Medicine - TCM podcast
16 min listen
Professor Ted Dinan on The Psychobiotic Revolution: Mood Food and the New Science of The Gut Brain Connection: The Gut Brain Connection, and how probiotics, probiotics and food may be used to treat IBS, anxiety, depression, alleviate stress and improve mood. by The Gut Health Gurus Podcast
54 min listen
Show 145: Herb Lab - The Doctrine of Signatures, Allergies and Herbalist Careers by Real Herbalism Radio | Herbalism | Plant Medicine | Botany | Wild Crafting
51 min listen
Dr. Mark Cheng: Chinese Medicine, Spaciousness, Art of Communication | Ep. 116: Simon Sinek Intro by Align Podcast
76 min listen
Ep 68: The Realization Process with Judith Blackstone: Today I’m talking with Judith Blackstone. Judith is the creator of The Realization Process, which is an integrated approach to embodiment, psychological, relational, physical healing, and spiritual awakening. That maybe sounds like a tall order, but... by Liberated Being
45 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Episode 15: Language is a spell: Chinese medicine, encoded ancestral wisdom and ephemeral dreams

Episode 15: Language is a spell: Chinese medicine, encoded ancestral wisdom and ephemeral dreams

Description

Titles in the series (79)

More Episodes from Bespoken Bones Podcast

Related podcast episodes