The Gris Alves’ Podcast Tales of Recovery

Gris Alves interviews Adam Jackson, founder of Sacred Sons, about his path from punk rock frontman and engineer to ceremonial facilitator and creator of men’s circles. Adam shares how sweat lodges, plant medicine, and community reshaped his life and inspired Sacred Sons’ global retreats and trainings.

The conversation explores brotherhood, ritual, family, and practical ways men can reconnect to their hearts, responsibility, and purpose through ceremony, leadership training, and ongoing community support.

In this episode Glenda Villegas, my friend and owner and funeral director of Thresholds~specializing in at home and family-directed funerals, explains how families can care for loved ones during their time of death.

We talk a lot about education and information regarding end of life options and how to connect with death, funerals with sovereignty.

This could be at home end of life care or viewings, work with hospice, how to handle legal permits and preserve the body respectfully. Glenda shares practical tips (dry ice, transportation, timelines) and honors rituals that help grieving relatives and pets say goodbye.

The conversation also covers green alternatives like aquamation and terramation, pre-planning advice, and why home funerals can create a calmer, more meaningful transition for both the deceased and their family.

 

I am so grateful for Glenda, her wisdom and compassion for this very important work and initiation into a greater understanding of our humanity. 

You can reach out to her at http://Thresholdsfamilydirectedfunerals.com

and follow her on IG @thresholdshf and @sacredyogi2022

 

 

In this episode Gris Alves and Adrian Lozano explore microdosing with psilocybin, mescaline (San Pedro/Huachuma), and other plant medicines. They explain the difference between microdoses and macrodoses, common protocols and stacking strategies, how microdosing may support neuroplasticity, and practical benefits such as reduced anxiety, better sleep, and addiction support.

The hosts also emphasize intention, integration, community support, and working with qualified practitioners; they share personal stories, protocols, product options from Mycology Psychology, and guidance on safety and building a microdosing practice.

They talked about Mycology Psychology's upcoming Micro Dosing Course - you still have time to join and start your accompanied micro dosing journey! 

Here is the link: https://www.mycologypsychology.com/microdosingprogram

www.micologypsychology.com

Enjoy!!! 

 

En este episodio, con muchísima gratitud les comparto la charla desde el corazón con mi amigo, hermano Oscar Guillermo, facilitador de Access Bars, quien comparte un inspirador recorrido desde el mundo de la belleza hasta el universo de la sanación energética y Access Consciousness.

A través de su historia, nos invita a descubrir cómo las ceremonias, las prácticas de gratitud, la actitud,  las herramientas somáticas y Access Bars pueden ayudarnos a elevar nuestra frecuencia, liberar viejos patrones y conectar con una presencia más profunda.

A lo largo de la conversación, hay relatos de transformación, reflexiones llenas de conciencia y prácticas sencillas para incorporar en el día a día, reconectar con su energía, recuperar la alegría y abrir espacio a una vida con mayor paz, libertad y bienestar.

 Tanta magia en este episodio! La practica de gratitud presente y futura que nos comparte Oscar, que tan verdaderamente estamos abiertos a recibir, y decidir ya no volver a callar el Alma. 

 

Gracias Oscar por tu vida y por compartir con la familia de Recuperando la Vida~

 

Join us today with my guest Serena Arora, an Ayurvedic practitioner and Best Selling author of Unbound! We discuss her journey as an immigrant daughter healing generational trauma, mother‑daughter wounds, and reclaiming self-worth.

We also explore embodied feminine wisdom, cycles of burnout and recovery, Ayurvedic practices to restore vitality (ojas), cord‑cutting ceremonies, and how retreats in Costa Rica help women reconnect with body, community, and healing.

This episode offers personal stories, practical insights, and one simple takeaway: choose relationships, routines, and experiences that contribute to the fabric of your well‑being.  

May you ENJOY!

You can get her book here: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1959955721?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TNQN73Q3RWE6R61EZ8ZY&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TNQN73Q3RWE6R61EZ8ZY&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_TNQN73Q3RWE6R61EZ8ZY&bestFormat=true

 

Serena is a #1 international bestselling author of "Unbound," an Ayurvedic health practitioner and a yoga therapist with over 25 years of experience. She has dedicated much of her career to guiding transformation—both at her retreat center in Costa Rica and through teacher trainings across the globe. Serena believes our histories live in our bodies. She offers practical, accessible rituals rooted in Ayurveda and therapeutic yoga that help women break patterns and come home to themselves.

Born and raised in Calgary, Canada by an Indian father and Chinese mother, her personal journey as an immigrant daughter balancing generational expectations with her own healing brings another textured angle to the conversation.

Websites:

www.serenaarora.com (http://www.serenaarora.com/)

www.peaceretreatcostarica.com (http://www.peaceretreatcostarica.com/)

Socials:

IG: @serena_arora (https://www.instagram.com/serena_arora/) | @peaceretreat (https://www.instagram.com/peaceretreat/)

FB: Serena Arora (https://www.facebook.com/serena.arora.9) | Peace Retreat Costa Rica (https://www.facebook.com/PeaceRetreatCostaRica)

Linked In: Serena Arora (https://www.linkedin.com/in/serenaarora/)

Empezamos una serie de pláticas reales y vulnerables sobre nuestra relación de pareja.   Aquí les contamos algo de nuestras vidas y como le vamos haciendo para cada vez estar mejor, mas conectados y viviendo en el amor. 

Bienvenidos a esta aventura de Gris y Julio ~

En este episodio, Julio y Gris reflexionan sobre 30 años juntos, relatando un aterrador accidente automovilístico y el trabajo de sanación—terapia, meditación, ibogaína y psilocibina—que les ayudó a reconectarse. Hablan sobre la adicción, la proyección del trauma, la crianza y cómo el crecimiento individual fortaleció su relación.

Honesta y esperanzadora, la conversación explora el duelo, la recuperación y herramientas prácticas para parejas que desean sanar juntas y construir una intimidad duradera.

This episode challenges the idea that prayer alone can cure addiction and explains why recovery requires therapy, somatic work, community support, and sustained personal commitment.

Gris Alves shares personal experience with family resistance, the role of guidance and spiritual practice, and the transformative effects of getting sober through many combined modalities.

En este episodio, Gris conversa con Azul Tania, psicóloga y consejera espiritual, sobre su trabajo guiando círculos de mujeres y sanando la salud sexual a través de prácticas como el vapor vaginal, el masaje de senos y los rituales de temazcal. Exploran cómo el condicionamiento social, el patriarcado y el trauma moldean la sexualidad de las mujeres y la presión de estar constantemente disponibles o ser performativas.

 

La conversación aborda la violencia sexual en sus múltiples formas —abuso en línea, pornografía y explotación sistémica—, al tiempo que resalta la importancia de la comunidad, los ciclos de la vida y la recuperación de la voz y los límites. Azul también comparte su próxima formación para mujeres que desean guiar círculos de sanación desde una perspectiva gestáltica y feminista.

Si quieres más información del contenido y programa de formación online Guías de Círculos de Mujeres solicitalo al 777 4968624.

 

Un abrazo

Azul Tania🐺 Y Gris Alves 

 

 

 

Host Gris speaks with Azul Tania, a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, and specialist in sexual violence, about her path leading women’s circles and integrating ritual practices like vaginal steaming, breast massage, and temazcal into healing work.

The episode explores how patriarchal conditioning shapes women’s sexuality, pressures around availability and performance, the impact of trauma and digital violence, and practical ways to reclaim autonomy, voice, and embodied pleasure. Information on upcoming trainings for women circle guides is also shared.

My friend Zen.Sei Álvaro Fernández shares his path from losing his father to discovering somatic and spiritual practices—Buddhism, Vipassana, darkness retreats, the Fourth Way, Temazcal, and Jiu-Jitsu—and how those experiences led him to Sacred Sons and men’s leadership work.

The episode explores rites of passage, vulnerability in men’s circles, the healing power of physical practice and community, and practical tools for resilience, presence, and service in daily life.

We had a great conversation and I am sop grateful for life that keeps growing our family of folk that are participating in changing the world. May this podcast be of great service to all that listen. 

Gracias Alvaro! 

This episode explores why inner self-compassion is one of the hardest mindfulness practices—rooted in survival wiring, childhood adaptation, and trauma—and offers practical ways to begin softening the heart.

Listen for a guided visualization exercise using four people (a loved one, a stranger, someone you dislike, and yourself), somatic cues to notice in the body, and reminders that other's emotional intelligence or lack thereof  is not your fault nor your responsibility.  

The host also highlights the role of practice, integration, and supportive spaces in opening toward compassion.