Awakening Through Love - The Podcast

We explore how desire can be expressed in intimate relationships. When desire is embodied, owned and expressed it can create healing, growth and awakening in our relationships. We speak to what is necessary to create these experiences.

Embodied Alpha: Conscious Witness of Love We explore how the embodiment of Alpha, or consciousness, creates safety and openness for the exploration of feelings, and the effect this has on an intimate relationship. The internal cultivation of stillness is a key component in this conversation, and we discuss some of the layers around cultivating stillness in a world that is very busy and reactive. E...

We dive into the differences between reactivity and sensitivity, as both have a significant effect on intimate relationship. Whilst reactivity creates defences and distance, sensitivity supports awakening, closeness and deeper intimacy. Rod speaks to some of the challenges that men experience around sensitivity, and Martina speaks to some of the nuances of sensitivity specific to women.  

In this episode, we explore Freedom as a driving force in men's lives, the impact of this on women and relationships, and how both can relate to this more skillfully.

In this episode, we discuss the role of Awareness in creating deeper intimacy, the differences between alpha & omega, and the journey of spiritual awakening.

Joni Christine Fraser joins Martina on the podcast for another episode, this time to explore the embodiment of Sacred Intimacy. During this conversations they engage in mythbusting - breaking down delusions of what is not Sacred Intimacy, explore the ways in which our intimate partners become a mirror for us, and how ultimately, Sacred Intimacy is an invitation to wholeness. To learn more about Jo...

In this episode, we explore how your emotional wounds become weapons in an intimate relationship, we share our experiences of how our own past traumas, hurts, and stored emotions impacted our relationship.

Martina continues the conversation with Joni Christine Fraser about Women as Leaders of Love. Today's exploration includes Leaders of Love go first and give up waiting, how the expression of feelings becomes an invitation for a deep and present man, communicating needs in the moment and working with resistance as it arises.

In this episode, Martina speaks with Joni Fraser, Relationship & Embodiment Coach, about how women can embody being leaders of love. Their conversation includes radical ownership of our experiences, the importance of being in touch with feelings and excavating emotions stored in the body. You can learn more about Joni here: https://www.jonichristine.com/

In this episode, we continue our exploration of the difference between the purpose-driven heart and the love-driven heart, the unconscious protection created in childhood, and how that plays out throughout our lives.

In this episode we explore the difference between the purpose-driven heart and the love-driven heart, and how that influences intimate relationships.

In this episode, we discuss the benefits of daily practice and the difference between Alpha & Omega practices.

In this episode, we explore why sexual intimacy is important for women and men in long-term intimate relationships.

In this episode, we dive into Trust. What Trust means, how trust impacts intimate relationships, the relationship between love and trust, men's experience of love, how to become more trustable for men, and how to become more trusting for women.

In this episode, we explore why sexual desire diminishes over time, how to create polarity, and how to use polarity to reconnect sexually.

In this episode, we break down what is a trigger, what we can and cannot do about them, how to manage our reactions, what is a boundary and how to skilfully apply a boundary, and we explore the wisdom and healing available in our projections.

In this episode, we explore how to have a conversation about your desires - sexually, emotionally, physically - in a way that is safe, allows your partner to be curious about their own desires, and in a way that allows your own curiosity to come online. To deepen your relationship with your own desires, as well as your partners through the skillful application of equanimity.

One of our valued community members wanted to know: - How to discover your Purpose? - How to support your partner's Purpose? - How to live and integrate this in your life? Today we explore these questions and share how they have played out in our lives.

How to work on your relationship for singles and couples. Also covering these topics: - How to embody love - Giving and receiving love - Overcoming reactivity in relationships - Inspiring your partner's curiosity

In this Podcast, we explore the beginning of Martina's relationship with Rod, the challenges, the beautiful parts, and moving interstate.

In Part 4 we explore Martina's move to Melbourne, the darkness in her miscarriage, and meeting the man of her dreams.

In this episode we explore the dark side of neo tantra, and Martina's experience in a cult like community.

Today we explore Martina's journey into Neo-Tantra, becoming a facilitator, and her relationship with her teacher.

In this episode we begin to explore how Martina became an Intimacy and Relationship Teacher. Her early career as an accountant through to her first tantra retreat.

This is the final podcast in the Who is Rod Gordon series, we discuss our relationship, how it began, and how it is today.