Dr. Vanya Leilani

Belonging to the Wild

Society EN ↓ 30 episodes

Conversations and reflections that help us remember and move into wildness~within and without. To be wild is to know what you are and to live from that knowing without shame. It is to remember that humans are nature too, that the wildness of nature is not only out there in pristine forests and secretive deserts, it is also right here in our unruly hearts, intricate minds, animal bodies, and in the vastness of the imagination. Here, we ask questions, tell stories, share knowledge, and wonder together about ways to belong ourselves back to the wild. www.drvanyaleilani.com

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Dr. Vanya Leilani

Episodes

Episode 4: What Are We Even Talking About When We Talk About Patriarchy? 18.04.2023 28:49

In this episode Vanya is joined by Kaitlyn Turner who helps guide the conversation with questions around the tired word, patriarchy. We discuss how patriarchal consciousness is embedded within the Western world and how this system of “power over” exists within our day to day lives. We ask the question of what is another way, or other ways and explore some of the ways of being we’re looking for and...

Episode 3: Five Elements of a Life Lived from Your Own Knowing 11.04.2023 31:14

In this episode, Vanya offers us 5 elements of the knowing life. She talks about learning how to live into our questions and be faithful to them rather than to the prescribed answers we’ve been given. She also discusses the powerful magic of curiosity, the work of transformation as the work of becoming, and how to embrace the unknowing within us (that lives at the heart of the knowing life). In al...

Episode 2: Toward Wildness and Sovereignty 05.04.2023 45:20

In this episode, author, poet, and activist Natalie Bryant joins Vanya for an in-depth conversation on leaving the obedient life and moving toward wildness and sovereignty. We discuss the unwritten contracts— the shoulds and external expectations —that we were devoted to when we met in our late teens. Our conversation includes topics like the work of discerning between external expectations for...

Episode 1: The Seeds Buried in Our Lives 28.03.2023 24:06

This episode is about seeds. It is about what has been buried in our lives and what awakening right now. Seeds are a humble magic. Inside their tiny walls they hold the potentialities for a whole life. Seeds show us a burial that is for preservation and safe keeping until the time is right, until the conditions are favorable for new life to grow. And then, when the air and wind and sun and s...

Trailer 20.03.2023 0:56

The first episode of Belonging to the Wild is coming soon! For more info on Vanya & her offerings go to www.drvanyaleilani.com