Body Wisdom Rising

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I’m joined by Steve Rio, co-founder of Enfold in British Columbia. Steve and his wife, Austin, support people exploring 5-MeO-DMT. We talk about what draws people to this work, how Enfold approaches preparation and readiness, and the role of somatic support and integration. Steve shares how they think about supporting people through trauma and emotional material,...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the way you created success is no longer the way you are meant to move forward? In this episode of Body Wisdom Rising, Alyssa sits down with world-renowned mentor, best-selling author and visionary entrepreneur Danette May for a deeply honest conversation about loss, spiritual awakening, intuition and surrender. Danette shares how her work evolved from nutrition...

Send us Fan Mail Today on Body Wisdom Rising, I’m joined by Krysta Francoeur, a multidisciplinary artist, storyteller, and creator whose work weaves together wilderness, ritual, nervous system healing, and transformation. After moving through chronic illness, emotional trauma, and a profound nervous system collapse, Krysta began rebuilding her life and creative work from the ground up. She is the...

Send us Fan Mail Eclipse season feels strange because we’re crossing a threshold where one story is ending while another is already beginning, and your body often registers the shift before your mind can explain it. We break down what eclipses actually are, why the North Node and South Node matter, and how to track real-life endings and openings without spiralling into fear.  • why eclipse season...

Send us Fan Mail Big realizations are easy to chase. Lasting transformation is harder, quieter, and way more embodied. Alyssa sits down with Dr. Jesse Hanson, PhD psychologist and somatic healer, to unpack why so many people have powerful insights, breathwork highs, or psychedelic experiences, then land back in the same loops a few weeks later. We trace the difference to bihemispheric healing: wea...

Send us Fan Mail A rare planetary alignment is peaking, timelines feel like they’re shifting, and a lot of people are wondering whether we’re heading for another 2020-style crisis or something entirely different. I slow the noise down and walk through what’s actually being discussed, including the work of French astrologer André Barbault and why long-term planetary cycles often line up with major...

Send us Fan Mail Alyssa shares the three frameworks that gave her language for  her spiritual awakening and helped her stay grounded through uncertainty, intensity, and real-life responsibilities. She keeps returning to one test of the path: does our spirituality make us more embodied, humble, and accountable.  • why language and frameworks reduce fear and isolation during awakening  • awakening a...

Send us Fan Mail We explore Wetiko as a collective mind virus and how it hides in projection, separation, and the parts of us we refuse to see. We connect Jungian shadow work, addiction as spiritual hunger, and the way awareness and embodiment help us reclaim life force and choose a different path.  • defining wetiko through Paul Levy’s lens as a collective psycho-spiritual blindness  • noticing t...

Send us Fan Mail Certainty is intoxicating, especially after a big awakening. Then the rug pulls out: a trusted teacher gets exposed, a “destined” relationship reveals its shadow, or a movement you thought was truth starts acting like the very system it resisted. I’m Alyssa, and I’m naming the force behind that pattern: the trickster archetype, the boundary crosser known as Hermes, Loki, and Ichto...

Send us Fan Mail Right before things finally open, life can feel like it is doing the exact opposite of what you asked for. That is not “bad luck” or the universe punishing you, it can be your psyche applying pressure to expose what still needs to be integrated so you can actually hold the upgrade you say you want. We explore three major tests that often arrive before a breakthrough on the spiritu...

Send us Fan Mail The pace is speeding up, and you can feel it in your mind, your body, and the collective field. Uranus has entered Gemini, kicking off a long, intense cycle of accelerated communication, rapid technological change, and truth moving faster than many of us can integrate. I share why this transit matters, how it differs from the slower friction of Uranus in Taurus, and why “lightning...

Send us Fan Mail We’re moving through a collective threshold where old identities fall away fast, and what looks like loss can be the start of real alignment. We name the cycles behind this moment and ground it in nervous system regulation, shadow work, and the full-spectrum feminine that knows how to dismantle what’s dead and build what’s true.  • cyclical time across traditions and why transitio...

Send us Fan Mail We question the soulmate and twin flame labels that keep people stuck in longing, fantasy, and unhealthy attachment. We bring the focus back to nervous system wisdom, conscious partnership, and practical rituals that help us choose safety, self trust, and aligned love.  • relationship realignment during spiritual awakening and times of change  • how soulmate and twin flame languag...

Send us Fan Mail We feel a collective shift where more light brings more clarity and more shadow to integrate, and that can make life feel chaotic before it feels calm. I share what helps me move from forcing to trusting, especially when relationships, work, and identity start reorganizing around a new level of consciousness.  • sensing the current energetic shift and what it asks of us  • integra...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Body Wisdom Rising , Alyssa Stefanson explores the deeper shifts happening both personally and collectively as humanity moves through a period many traditions describe as a turning point. Drawing from ancient prophecies, astrology, and modern consciousness teachings, Alyssa reflects on why so many spiritual teachers are speaking about the window between 2025 and...

Send us Fan Mail A Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. A Virgo Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse. Neptune and Saturn meeting at 0° Aries. The Lunar New Year ushering in the Fire Horse. This is not random intensity. It is structural initiation. In this episode, I break down what these transits actually mean and how they connect to larger nodal cycles, past eclipse timelines (2008, 2017–2018), and the br...

Send us Fan Mail Alyssa shares her story of recovery, healing, and coming back into the body — from early addiction and violence, through sobriety, somatic repair, and spiritual integration. She speaks openly about a teenage descent into substance use, relationships shaped by trauma, and the moment that interrupted the cycle and opened a different path. From there, Alyssa reflects on the role of 1...

Send us Fan Mail We explore Neptune’s move into Aries and why it marks a long shift from dreamy surrender to embodied action. We outline the light and shadow of the spiritual warrior, who feels this most, and how to act with courage without feeding chaos. • rooted spirituality meets practical embodiment  • Neptune leaves Pisces and enters Aries  • action, initiation and the noble warrior archetype...

Send us Fan Mail The stories we tell about awakening often skip the hard parts. We’re sold fireworks and constant signs, then left alone when the ground drops out. This conversation offers a grounded map: why the first opening can feel destabilizing, how to move from ego awakening to soul initiation, and the practices that turn insight into embodied change. Alyssa shares a candid personal story of...

Send us Fan Mail Awakening doesn’t always feel expansive. Often, it feels disorienting — like heightened sensitivity without a clear center. In this episode, we explore spiritual discernment during times of awakening and transition. How to tell the difference between intuition and overwhelm, truth and projection, expansion and avoidance. We look at why the last years have felt foggy for so many pe...

Send us Fan Mail Sound you can feel changes how you heal. Alyssa sat down with sound healer and world musician Gabriel Logan Braun to explore Sonic Womb, a fully improvised journey that blends voice, handpan, Ngoni, didgeridoo, harmonium, crystal bowls, and live looping to regulate the nervous system and restore a felt sense of safety. Gabriel shares his path from a teenage dark night to bhakti-in...

Send us Fan Mail Darkness isn’t a void to outrun; it’s the womb of everything new. As the winter solstice brings the longest night, we explore how this pause in nature invites a profound reset of body, mind, and spirit. We trace the roots of solstice traditions across cultures, why rituals like Yule fires and evergreens endure, and how later institutions rewired us to fear stillness. Through a gro...

Send us Fan Mail Transformation rarely fails for lack of effort; it stalls when our internal baseline stays the same. Alyssa takes you inside the real mechanics of a timeline shift—how identity, nervous system patterns, and ancestral loyalties quietly script your choices—and shows why mindset alone keeps you looping familiar results. We explore how somatic practices teach your body new safety, how...

Send us Fan Mail The ground just shifted beneath our feet, and for many of us 2025 made sure we felt it. We break down why the Snake Year felt like a ruthless audit—identity shedding, relationship endings, and long-buried lineage patterns rising—and how that clearing sets the stage for a rare ignition in 2026. With the Fire Horse energy arriving alongside an eclipse and the Saturn–Neptune conjunct...

Send us Fan Mail The year didn’t just test our limits—it stripped what no longer fit. Alyssa unpacks why 2025 felt like a relentless shedding and how those contractions signal a larger collective turn toward embodied, heart-led living. Through a raw story of collapse and awakening—from addiction’s edge to a great-horned owl that wouldn’t look away—we explore how synchronicities speak, why the body...