The Gris Alves’ Podcast Tales of Recovery

Tales of Recovery~An Evolution of Recovery

The changes I have been a part of, witnessed and experienced in these lat 20 plus tears in the solutions and choices people can have for assisting with addictions.  From outgrowing 12 step programs  and trading addictions (from alcohol to religion or food or work or perfectionism etc...) and a constant seeking and doing "the work" of healing; the evolution I see is the really the PERSPECTIVE of addiction rather than which way you choose to heal and move toward wellness for your SELF, your children if you have any, your family and community, and of course the end result of serving the entire world.

Gabor Mate writes: "The question is not why the addiction, but why the pain"  And the source of pain is always and invariably to be found in a person' lived experience, beginning with childhood. 

When we can touch our childhood heart, our traumatic experiences with compassion, and be surrounded with healers we trust that have done the work ahead of us, re-connection to our hearts and bodies is possible.  

Ask for help.  Why? Because it is your birth right, and we are all in this together. 

 

Asé

 

G

Tales of Recovery~Reclaiming the Felt Sense of Beauty`

Tales of Recovery this week sprouts from an experience I had at a retreat with my hands as I was led to softly touch and massage them in a guided meditation. Noticing how my hands are looking more and more like my mothers, I felt a sense of grief at first, then such deep pleasure and intense beauty.  The felt sense of beauty is so many times bypassed by the deep struggle that we hold because of standards of 'beauty' artificially created by others- and then imposed on ourselves. 

How where you SEEN as a little girl? As a teenager? A grown wom@n? Where you compared to others? To the magazines and the movie stars?  The long time struggle of looking "good" so they (your parents)could marry you off is SO OVER... so why are we still in this game?  Can the dreadfully artificial and suffocating ''standards' of beauty be identified, acknowledged, let go off and released for good?

Can we Reclaim the Felt Sense of Beauty? The Strength and Dignity of feeling embodied IN Beauty and how sorrow and suffering are part of the story? 

We can try and escape from suffering, or from aging- but the humility of understanding that learned beauty is just that: a lesson that may or may not be true is really liberating.  

Perhaps this not-knowing is the winning ticket, and the Felt Sense of our own inner beauty is the best dignified return to Love~

Recuperando la Vida "Tales of Recovery" en Español con Yannina Thomassiny

Una super interesante y profunda conversación con Yannina Thomassiny, Host del podcast Sabiduría Psicodélica, periodista, músico terapeuta, y facilitadora de la medicina del Sapo ~Bufo Alvarious.

 

Conocí a Yannina el año pasado en un viaje al centro de México cuando fui a tomar la medicina del Sapo con ella. Su energía, su activismo para la expansión de la consciencia y el amor que lleva en su podcast de sabiduría psicodélica y lo que está haciendo esta mujer para el mundo es tan importante que tenía que presentárselas aquí en Tales of Recovery.

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Nos platica cómo llego a este camino de facilitar esta medicina, de donde viene, cómo funciona, algunas experiencias y lo que lleva la integración de este camino.

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Platicamos también del tema de otra de las más grandes ‘pandemias’ que viene siendo la adiccion a los farmacéuticos como los ansióliticos, los painkillers y antidepresivos entre otros. Hablamos de la función de esta medicina del Sapo y como ayuda a sanar adicciones, PTSD y depresión.   También cómo podemos abogar por nosotros y darnos cuenta de que SI hay otra manera de sanar, de despertar y responsabilizarnos de nuestra propia experiencia en esta vida si deveras buscamos el GRAN compromiso de cambiar.

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Salir del ‘piloto automático’ con consciencia, con la ayuda de las plantas y medicinas de poder, micro dosis, meditación y lo que sea que tenga uno que hacer para descubrir que la verdad es que somos seres Divinos. ( Aunque te asustes..... 🔥)

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Que este podcast sirva para dar esperanza y conocimiento de otros caminos a todos l@s que lo escuchen y busquen estar mejor.  La encuentras en IG en @cassetteart y @soygratitudestudio 

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Y en las palabras de Yanina, que todos sigamos caminando juntos hacia la liberación, hacia la tranquilidad, eso que nos merecemos de verdad. 

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Asé!

Tales of Recovery with guest Danna Yunis

This week on the Tales of Recovery Podcast, I sit with my friend Danna and listen to her beautiful spirit as she tells us her story of turning pain into power.  Danna lost her son to a culture that allowed men to override the rights of a mother, she sought justice all the while protecting her child's heart, and fought hard for years until she was able to reunite with him.  She then continued to create avenues of communication for other women to speak up and seek help as well.   It was an honor to sit with such a powerful woman, her essence illuminates so much love and faith.  Thank you Danna for sharing a grand piece of your heart with us~ You are an inspiration to all. 

 

Danna Yunis is a 500RYT Yoga Teacher and Poet.  Over the past 12 years, she has worked as a creative producer, news producer, and writer/copywriter.  A healer and activist at heart, she recently opened her own yoga studio, Yoga Church SD, with the intention of bringing the essence of yoga back to life and spreading the healing throughout the community.  Follow her on IG @yogachurchsd 

Recuperando La Vida~ Para Quien te exiges tanto?

El querer crecer y ser mejor persona es algo bello y necesario para evolucionar como especie~ Pero.... la ansiedad que cargamos al exigirnos siempre mas y mas y mas se puede cuestionar. 

Para QUIEN te exiges tanto? Para tus padres? Para el gobierno? La sociedad? Los vecinos? tus hijos? Como para QUIEN?  Deja tu el para que.. ahi podría haber sentido que hay que trabajara para pagar la renta y comer; o lograr un deseo lindo que quieres realizar para TU vida.  Pero cuando se cambia el "para que"- con el "para QUIEN", ya se cae- o de convierte en regalar tu poder.   

 

Y retomar tu poder es tu derecho de nacimiento. Tu poder es lograr vivir sin ansiedad de competir y de sentir que tengo que cumplir con mil obligaciones que ni me gustan y aparte con alguien fuera de mi. 

 

"No te apures"  es el mantra que me regalaron hace mucho.  La vida despacito es mas dulce, que fluya lo que tiene que fluir.  Sin culpas que no no pertenecen, sin exigencias del colonialismo y de los gobiernos y religiones toxicas.

 

Recuperando la Vida. Un dia a la vez.  

Tales of Recovery with guest Myranda Bennett Boundless Warrior ~

I had the gift of sitting in conversation with the powerful Myranda Bennett for this week's episode of Tales of Recovery.   In her words, we continue to bridge communities and dismantle systems of control and oppression.  By sharing our journeys with strong backs and soft hearts, may we continue to heal, REcover and REMEMBER all that we have forgotten that belongs to us~ just as we belong to Her~

Boundless Warrior, Myranda Bennett is a Holy Guardian of Indigenous Teachings, Shamanic Practitioner and High Priestess.  She shares her story of growing up in a spiritually focused home. Her mother, a Holy Woman within Lakota tradition, brought her up with an awareness of the sacred, the unknown, and the spirit world.   In her early 20's however, she left her roots to focus on business as the world would call 'success' and it was not until hitting rock bottom that she returned home to continue her journey of self healing, enlightenment and spiritual education. 

Besides her deep connection with her Lakota teachings from her mother and elders,  Myranda is also a Holy Guardian, protecting the ancient traditions.  She is a certified Light Medicine Master Healer and Master of Crystology through the Melody Crystal Mastery Course.  She is a guide inducted into the White Buffalo Calf  Woman Healing Nation,  High Priestess, Ritual Master, and Qabalist  through the Universal Mystery School.

 

Her path brought her back home to magical Colorado where she and her husband  own Boundless Warrior Ranch Sanctuary, a beautiful ranch that is reminiscent of the  old ways. Through her growing healing center and ranch retreat , Myranda can bring people to a clearer vision of their healing and higher purpose.

 

Basically, GOALS as I spoke with this Hermana!!  Please grab a cup of tea, light a candle and enjoy listening to her journey, wisdom and power this week on #talesofrecovery

You can find Myranda on www.boundlesswarrior.com and on Instagram @boundlesswarrior and @thesacredwaymysteryschool 

 

Gris

Tales of Recovery with guest Mimi Young

Mimi Young returns to the podcast for a raw and vulnerable conversation on sexism and the disconnect, competition and insecurity (among other issues) this brings among women.  The betrayal that gets handed down by mothers, grandmothers, other women is real and certainly not ill heart intended-- but Hurt people: Hurt people!

We dive into our experience with sexism and how this system has affected us personally, culturally and how it actually created a women policing other women effect.  Sexism and the abrahamic religions (oh yes ..of course we get into this) get in the way of connecting deeply to ourselves and in turn, other women.  The recovery of SISTERHOOD, trust and encouragement is necessary.  The roots and experience of this obstacle in the life of freedom this week on the Tales of Recovery podcast.   

 

Ashé

 

G

Recuperando la Vida~ Y si pensáramos mejor lo que significan las Tradiciones?

Recuperando la Vida ~ Tales of Recovery en español. 

 

Que tal si pensáramos bien bien que tanto nos roba de la vida seguir tradiciones que ni al caso… como por ejemplo dejar la autoridad personal de tu cuerpo, voz y alma?

 

Ya sea con tradiciones culturales de la sociedad, de la religion,  de tu familia etc?   

 

Que tanto escuchas a tu intuición? Porque creo que si no tenemos energía y gozo de nuestro cuerpo alma y voz, pues algo estamos llevando subconscientemente que no tiene congruencia con nuestra inteligencia interior. 

 

Se vale cuestionarlo todo.  Y con paciencia, ayuda y mucha compasión podemos lograr recuperar la vida~

Tales of Recovery ~The Grief of Beliefs~

The Grief of Beliefs that no longer serve us. This week on Tales of Recovery. 

After a long ass time of "holidays and new lockdowns", the GRIEF of Beliefs is a compassionate and helpful conversation about investigating beliefs that have not been helpful in this walk of LIFE, and of course the grief that comes from this realization. The realization that these beliefs, standards, imposed emotions are NOT TRUE.

 

It's ok, we are all going to be ok but we can still feel and GRIEVE and cry and feel like shit if we need to sometimes.  It is NORMAL.  This too shall pass....This too shall pass. 

 

May we all reach out for help when we need it.  May we all remember it's ok to be human, to feel all the feels. 

 

G

Tales of Recovery ~Softening our Hearts for the"Holidays"

If you are feeling a bit stressed or are heading into automatic numbing mode due to the recently and upcoming imposed "holidays"..... (like super unnecessary last minute shopping, worried about what you will hear upon entering your family's house (or zoom room) or how the sensations the body remembers from your youth will sneak upon you?

Worry not, this is not the scrooge podcast!  Just  few thoughts of practice and preparing so we can ALLOW Life to flow through us and actually enjoy and be in control of our experience this season. 

 

With the intention that this may be helpful for you and your family~

G~