Born to be FREE with Sharada Devi

Imagine your mother had an orgasm when you came into this world. Sit with that for a second. Why is it okay for your birth to have been the most painful, worst experience of her life, but not okay for it to have been ecstatic, orgasmic, full of pleasure? Why do we normalize the pain and not the pleasure? In this episode of Born to Feel Free, I'm with my sister Lovisa Lakshmi (Lovisa Dahl), ag...

Have you ever felt into the deep, often unseen experiences women carry in the womb? Infertility, birth, abortion, miscarriage, reproductive loss, postpartum grief, painful periods, hormonal imbalances, endometriosis, fibroids, cysts, and all the ways the womb can open us, trigger us, connect us, and initiate us. Many women carry silent grief. Unspoken stories. Unheld initiations. Wounds related to...

I have butterflies sharing this one with you. And I say it because when I name it, I can breathe into it and relax. Because this episode asks something of both of us. It asks us to be real. I sit with Tova Olsson , known in our community as Saraswati Studies, a Shakta Tantra teacher, scholar of religion, PhD candidate, mother of two and devoted worshipper of the Divine Mother. We had been in each...

In this episode, I’m in conversation with a very special guest, Swamini Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati , someone I deeply revere. Our connection is rooted in a shared devotion to freedom, and in the living legacy of our teacher, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, whose work revived the traditional teaching of Advaita Vedanta as a precise means of knowledge. I first met her during my time attending courses in...

I have to be honest with you… this episode is something I have been wanting to create for a long, long time. Not because I was waiting for the right moment, but because she usually wouldn’t do this kind of thing. And then she said YES. So here we are. In this episode, I’m not just welcoming a guest. I’m sitting with someone who has walked beside me for years… Ingela Indirā Devī is not only a dear...

In this episode of the Born to Be Free, I welcome Razwana Ananda Devi into a deeply intimate conversation on transformation, devotion, and inner awakening. Born in Scotland to Pakistani parents, Razwana’s journey led her across the world to New Zealand, where the ending of a long-term relationship became a sacred turning point. What once felt like heartbreak opened the doorway to profound self-dis...

What if the place that shaped your wounds… also holds a piece of your belonging? There are places we learn to turn away from. Places where we felt too different. Too foreign. Too much… or not enough. Places where we tried to belong… and quietly decided, “maybe I don’t.” And so we leave. We search for ourselves elsewhere, in other lands, other people, other ways of being… hoping that somewhere out...

Sexuality is not pleasure chasing. It is alchemy. In this deeply intimate and expansive conversation, I sit with Meher Malik , a mover, mentor, mother, embodiment coach, and graduate in Buddhist Studies, to explore Embodied Sensuality as a lived spiritual path, one that moves through motherhood, lineage, sexuality, emotion, and values… We speak about what happens when women are severed from their...

We are opening this year with a conversation that was recorded earlier, yet arrives with precise timing. Some teachings are not meant for the moment they are spoken. They wait. They ripen. And they meet us when we are ready to receive them. Sitting beneath the Banyan tree in Bali, and I'm very happy and I have some butterflies in my heart, excited to introduce my dear sister, Tanya Kaps , a person...

Pleasure as Prayer. These words have been moving through my heart as the living theme for this year’s Navarātri Online Festival. The choice is not accidental. For many of us, prayer has been tied to duty, to fear, to heaviness. And pleasure has often been hidden in the shadows, wrapped in shame or secrecy. Yet what if both prayer and pleasure were never meant to be separate. In this new episode of...

Have you ever wondered if the very places you resist, the shock, the wound, the contraction, could be the same places that open the door to life’s deepest pleasure? In this episode, I sit with Euphrasia Niyaki , lovingly known as Efu … a woman who carries the transmission of mystery in her very being. Born in Tanzania and rooted in the traditions of her people, she grew up surrounded by ritual, co...

Have you ever wondered what it truly means to come home to yourself? Not the version of you shaped by religion, family traditions, or others’ expectations… But the one who remembers. The one who feels. The one who longs to trust again, to feel safe in her body, to make love to life from wholeness. In this episode, I sit in sacred conversation with Hanne Mysen , a graduate of The Muse: The Golden W...

In this rare and intimate episode, the mic is turned… This time, toward me. I’m joined by my sister Lovisa Dahl —someone who has walked beside me for years, not just as a student, but as a dear friend and soul companion. She knows me in many forms. And in this conversation, she invites more of me forward. What unfolds is not just an interview. It’s a deeper kind of sharing. A soft peeling back. A...

In this intimate and powerfully alive conversation, I’m joined by returning guest, beloved sister, and sacred cyclical guide Disa Mineur , newly emerged from the cocoon of postpartum with her second child, and radiant with the wisdom of one who has walked through fire and returned to the temple of her own womb. Together, we explore orgasmic freebirth, decolonizing the body, and what it means to be...

This episode is an invitation into the quiet, often overlooked space where burnout lives, where our service to others begins to cost us our connection to ourselves. In this intimate and heart-opening conversation, I sit with my beloved sister, Elisa Maran : Ayurveda practitioner, herbalist, mother, and former humanitarian aid worker. We met seven years ago in Sicily during a Vedānta immersion with...

“I grew up knowing that pleasure was something incredible… but I couldn’t find anyone who could say, ‘Yes. Yes, it’s sacred.’” - Maca In this deeply intimate episode of Born to Be Free , I’m joined by my beloved sister, student, pleasure coach, and fellow priestess Macarena “Maca” Knop. She is a medical doctor, a specialist in Dermatology and Venereology (Sexual Health). Her path is not a split be...

What happens when a woman tells the truth about her pleasure? When she speaks aloud what most have learned to hide— clitoris, orgasm, sacred birth —on a TEDx stage, in a viral article, and on national television? In this episode of Born to be Free , I welcome back Lovisa Dahl, sacred sexuality guide, biodynamic healer, mother of three, and radiant voice for the reclamation of birth as a sacred rit...

In this solo episode of Born to Be Free , recorded in Davos, the birthplace of this podcast...I share one of the most vulnerable chapters of my life. Earlier this year in Bali, I found myself navigating a health crisis that brought me face-to-face with long-buried shame and deeper layers of healing I hadn’t yet met. What you’ll witness are raw clips I recorded just days after undergoing surgery. T...

What if the true purpose of your relationship isn’t to complete you, but to free you? This sharing arose within a sacred container inside the Devi Temple —a membership, a space where we come together in devotion, inquiry, and remembrance. After returning from the Eros Mystery School immersion with Dr. Marc Gafni, Kristina Kincaid, Marcus & Vylana Aubrey, I felt the pulse to speak to what was s...

We’ve been conditioned to chase the thrill…the butterflies, the intoxicating pull, the undeniable chemistry . We’re told it’s a sign, a cosmic green light that we’ve found the one . But what if that rush isn’t leading us to love at all? What if it’s keeping us in a cycle of heartbreak, confusion, and unmet expectations? What if the real secret to love isn’t in the sparks, but in something deeper—s...

So much of our suffering comes from forgetting—forgetting our own light, our connection to the divine, the simplicity of happiness. We search for meaning, for healing, for something that will make us feel whole. But what if nothing was ever lost? What if purification is not just about cleansing, but about returning to the truth of our being? This is the wisdom that flowed through my conversation w...

The Truth About Menopause: A New Era of Feminine Power with Gaiana  In this episode of Born To Be Free, I have the honor of welcoming back my dear friend, Beta Gaiana Radha Lisboa—a trauma therapist, family constellation therapist, and author of Women’s Embodiment Guide. Together, we dive into the topic of menopause and challenge the widespread narrative that it marks the decline of a woman’s...

Have you ever felt life gently nudging you in a certain direction, through a chance encounter, a perfectly timed moment, or an unexplained pull in your heart? These moments, however subtle, carry the potential to reshape our lives when we learn to trust them—whispering ancient wisdom that our souls somehow recognize. In this week's episode of Born to Be Free , I am honored to welcome the luminous...

Your voice is more than a sound—it’s a bridge to something greater, a tool for healing, connection, and awakening. When you truly connect to your body and allow it to lead, your voice becomes a beacon of trust, a source of unwavering confidence, and a pathway to your deepest truths. I am delighted to share this deeply inspiring episode of the Born to Be Free podcast with you. I sit under the banya...

In this heartfelt episode of the Born to Be Free Podcast, I sit down with the visionary founder of SOHA School of Healing Arts, Daniela Garza Rios. This conversation marks a special return to the serene setting under the banyan tree in Ubud, Bali, where I have studied and lived immersed in the timeless teachings of the Vedic tradition for almost 20 years. It was here, years ago, that I first met D...