Be Rooted: Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self- Reiki, practices, boundaries, and community

Emily Souder, LCSW-C, PMH-C is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland (www.emilysouder.com), as well as a writer, intuitive guide, and Reiki Master practitioner. She writes books to help readers find space to explore personal stories. She wrote Birth Story Brave in 2017 to walk parents through reflecting on their birth experiences, and published an updated version of this called Birth Story...

Miranda McDaniel is no stranger to diverse groups of people, progressive minds and inclusive ways of being. Born and raised in the California Bay Area, she grew up rooted in communities that embraced these values, which served as the catalyst in wanting to create similar spaces and experiences for others. Miranda has received and led training in Restorative Practices, has served as an adult traine...

Tonja Reichley shares her journey of her pull to Ireland as a teenager, and how when she finally visited Ireland in her 30s, she knew she had to return. Her journey of returning, of learning and becoming an herbalist and teacher. She now lives in western Ireland and leads pilgrimages with people who want to connect with the land in a spiritual and ancestral way, to heal and connect to the ancestor...

The Be Rooted podcast returns from a brief break with Tekla sharing a solo podcast about how she learned to do the work that she does, because it can be challenging to say in just a few words what work she does. She shares the highlights of her education of the past 15 years and how she brings her own healing and education to her students and 1:1 clients. She explains how Reiki isn't "jus...

Crystal Chinn is a Japanese American raised in Honolulu, HI, and who found Reiki to support her grief from 3 miscarriages. Through this conversation, Crystal shares her journey discovering Reiki and the Reiki lifestyle, including meditation, trust in her intuition, and letting go of the corporate grind culture. She is one of Tekla's students who has moved into sharing distance Reiki and teachi...

Tekla's incredibly talented podcast producer and friend, Carin Huebner, joins Be Rooted today to share her stories and her journey of healing. There is a lot of reflecting on the past and growing up in the grind culture, how it affects mental, physical and spiritual health. Carin also shares her journey with healing religious trauma, and her wisdom from being a spiritual director for 8 years....

Dr. G (Dr. Giavanni Washington) joins Tekla to share her wisdom and knowledge, and her process of creating The Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck. Dr. G is on an ancestral mission to make the world safer for Black bodied people, and she is doing it through building community, her oracle deck, educating others, and one-on-one ancestral healing sessions. Listen to learn about her Oracle deck as we dis...

Cynthia Taylor is in her second phase of life, with her grown children and husband supporting her as she is the new business owner of South Coast Organics & Bulk Foods in Wakefield, RI. She shares her journey of being a Child Life Specialist, while finding her own healing journey through the Applied Healing Arts program at the Tai Sophia Institute. She was Tekla's accountability buddy in g...

Michele Bickley has practicing and teaching yoga and dance for over 20 years. She is an entrepreneur who continues to hold a kind and loving space for her students, in person, on zoom, on retreats, and in the public school classroom. She is a teacher with her own inspiring story of recovery, healing and growth through meditation, yoga and 12 step work. We dive into all these topics together. Join...

Robyn Young shares deep wisdom through storytelling, to connect the listener with the philosophy and wisdom of 5 Element Acupuncture, which shows our human connection to the cycles of the seasons and the earth. She shares her experience being a mom, being a lifelong learner and someone who is in practice. She shares inspirational stories about the transformational practices she learned at the Tai...

Jocelyn Hunter joins Tekla and shares many wise stories of her journey of healing through her life, which started with an interest in crystals and stones, and has evolved into her teaching classes on How to Heal Yourself and guiding Healing Circles at Psychic Horizons Center in Boulder, Colorado. Jocelyn shares how her doorway to healing work and energy work was crystals and silversmithing. Tekla...

Tekla is honored to welcome Stacia Synnestvedt of wooversity.com to the show, to share with you some of the wisdom, knowledge and tools that she has learned from Stacia over the past decade. Stacia was Tekla's Intuitive Teacher for 2 full years when Tekla first moved to Colorado. Stacia is a gifted and compassionate teacher + psychic, and we hope you enjoy the conversation. Tekla and Stacia di...

Bonnie Tarantino, Tekla's Reiki and yoga teacher and mentor, shares her wisdom and experiences with living the practice of Reiki, and how she weaves Reiki into all aspects of her life, from parenting to teaching, writing, and creating art and music. Bonnie has been practicing Reiki for over 20 years, and she has brought the practice of Reiki and yoga to over 1,000 students over her career. Bon...

Welcoming Sally Pelto-Wheeler to the podcast was a treat for Tekla, as Sally holds so much wisdom and is always a student and in practice, generously sharing her practices with others. Sally and Tekla talk about practices like Reiki, breathwork, language and mind/body awareness. Topics are rich with great examples you can bring to your everyday life, including your children and professional life....

A solo podcast with Tekla, she shares her and her daughter's connection with owls, the barred owl in Baltimore, and the great horned owl in Colorado. Her experiences with focusing on quiet self-care and practice leads to more connection with her own intuition, and with the natural world, particularly owls! Enjoy and be inspired to connect with nature!

Tekla welcomes Maren J. Miller to the Be Rooted Podcast for conversations about learning from each other, learning in community, the power of healing through somatics and energy work- is there really a difference or is it all connected? Maren Miller (she/her/hers) is an Anti Racist & Inclusive Leadership Development, DEI Coach, Trainer, Facilitator Maren is a multifaceted leadership coach &amp...

Tekla tells the story of her inspiration for the work that she does, starting from being a birth doula, to being a full-time Reiki teacher and practitioner, and the name Luz de la Luna, which is the name of her LLC. Though Be Rooted more simply describes her work and her programs, Luz de la Luna (light of the moon) still deeply describes her WHY. She tells the story of how her WHY was reignited at...

The sound quality of Tekla's voice is not great on this first interview with Katie Helms. Katie sounds great- so thank you for your patience. Listen to the I am a Beginner episode to learn why Tekla's sound is a little wonky (it will probably bring some laughter to your day). Tekla is honored to interview Katie Helms, business consultant, as her debut interview at Be Rooted. Katie is a tea...

To learn about Tekla, her podcast producer Carin Huebner interviews her, to give an overview of what brought Tekla to creating a podcast, how she started her healing journey, why she practices Reiki and a bit about her spiritual journey. This is a great way to meet Tekla and learn about her work, while being in conversation with Carin. This episode covers the topics of: Science teacher turned Reik...

Tekla's first solo pod, she shares with you the story of being a beginner and her journey of getting the podcast started, and finding amusement while being a beginner. She also shares about the practice of staying connected to the cycles of the earth, and to take time to let go and grieve when things do not work out as anticipated. Letting go of expectations, and finding laughter- she hopes to...

Welcome to the Be Rooted Podcast, Create a Life Aligned with your Truest Self-  Reiki, practices, boundaries, and community. This is the brave space where we explore the power of Reiki energy healing, the mind-body connection, boundaries and the power of healing in community. Join your guide, Tekla Ayers, an intuitive reiki practitioner, teacher, space-holder and community builder,  as she educate...