My Shamanic Life with Debbie Philp

Before I recorded this episode, I sat outside for meditation, as I do daily, watched the squirrels, and contemplated love. The squirrels have been flirting with each other of late, but the love I was thinking of was not the romantic kind, but the deeper, divine love at the center of our beings – yours, mine, the squirrels’, and all beings’. The practice offered is my twist on Metta, or the practic...

The yoga practice sequence in this episode, which I’m calling “Yoga for a Warrior’s Heart,” came out of a moment when I was demonstrating Warrior II for a virtual client and remembered one of Will Keepin’s principles of spiritual leadership. The principle is that love creates the form, just like an open heart creates the alignment in Warrior II. I will guide you through it so you can cultivate you...

We have been on a journey with the wolves, from soothing despair and frustration to recentering to, now, feeling ready to get charged up again. To ignite your core and build strength, try this heat-building yoga practice. If you find balance poses challenging, practice near a wall or have a sturdy chair handy. We are celebrating Imbolc with journey and ritual on Zoom on Thursday, February 3rd. Inf...

After working with grief and frustration around the grey wolves who have been killed in recent weeks and offering a ritual of protection to those who remain, it is time for an energetic recharge. This episode’s meditation is an empowering connection to wolf spirit to restore your activism. Registration is open for Shamanic Reiki Level One virtual training on February 5th and 6th, 2022. Visit my Sh...

As I record the second episode of 2022, I am working with grief and frustration I feel after reading news of grey wolves who have been killed in recent weeks. Wolf is one of my animal helping spirits so I feel very close to Wolf Spirit manifested. The gentle yoga practice in this episode helps you center and release agitation and other emotions that come up when you receive upsetting news. Registr...

Welcome to 2022! Like me, the podcast is changing and growing, and future episodes will feature both new and familiar practices. In this first episode of 2022, you will be guided through a tree meditation I wrote as part of a climate justice-themed worship service I am putting together as a seminary project. With a tree, through breath, connection, and love, you find balance. Join us on Zoom on Fe...

For the final episode of 2021, relax into a hip-opening yoga practice based on butterfly pose and consider what small way you can make your habitat more welcoming to butterflies and moths. If you like this podcast and would like me to keep recording new episodes, please visit my Patreon page and become a patron for as little as one dollar a month. When you do, you will have access to patron-only g...

Fire Ant energy can be difficult to deal with. These swarming, stinging ants have invaded the southern part of the United States and are dangerous to humans and wildlife alike. When we take on Fire Ant’s energy, we bond over our anger and aggressively “gang up” on those we see as other. This episode’s meditative practice helps you cool your Fire Ant energy by honoring the different aspects of your...

As helping spirits, dolphins are playful healers who, like their manifestations in the physical world, love the companionship of those who are heart-aligned. I know some humans who embody dolphin energy and guess you do too. You will practice dolphin pose playfully in this episode of the My Shamanic Life podcast. See what has changed on my website at https://debbiephilp.com/ . There is now a page...

Dragonfly is an indicator species for the health of its wetland ecosystem and for the environment of your mind. Breathwork can help you through the confusion of change by settling your shifting thoughts until what is real becomes clear. Follow a timed breathwork practice to quiet your mind in this episode of the My Shamanic Life podcast. See what has changed on my website at https://debbiephilp.co...

What endears me to Elephant Spirit is the way he puts his head down and charges, right into the wild holiness of change. In this episode you can embody Elephant energy in a grounded yet active practice with a few accessible challenges. Can you be steady and hold your focal point?   Get more information and register for the virtual Lughnasadh ceremony at https://debbiephilp.as.me/?appointmentType=2...

The spark of inspiration for this episode was Firefly Spirit. The cherished lightning bugs who created magical nights during my childhood are declining. Saving them will require a spark of out of the norm thinking. The yoga practice ignites your inner spark and channels Firefly with expansive and contractive movements that mimic the lightning bug’s flashes.  Register for the virtual Lughnasadh cer...

This episode was inspired by Mouse Spirit, who is detail-oriented and focused on each kernel of abundance to be found. Mouse will take every opportunity, no matter how small or insignificant it seems, to find resources. The gentle supine yoga practice invites you to notice the subtle details of the poses and movements.  The shadow side of Mouse energy is a nit-pickiness that is probably procrastin...

In this episode’s practice you will be guided to shapeshift into an animal helping spirit, but the real magic comes when you act on behalf of your helping spirit’s physical presence on Earth. Join me in getting real about some collective spiritual bypassing I witnessed and shapeshift your mystical experiences into action. If you would like to chat about this episode or learn more about yoga, Shama...

Hyena must have been laughing at me when I sat down to record this podcast episode, because I struggled to find something to say. While the yoga practice does not reflect all that the adaptable hyena can teach about leadership and communication, it will get you moving with some standing heart openers. May you discover the courage to speak your heart’s truth. If you would like to chat about this ep...

A livable planet for all beings depends on your well-being. If you are not well, we cannot collectively be well. This episode’s grounding and detoxifying yoga practice sequence supports your path to well-being and awakens your sense of embodiment and interconnection. It is yoga for a livable planet. Shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner virtual training will take place over two weekends, May 1-2 and...

Leadership does not always mean going it alone or being in charge. When you energize your internal strength, open your heart, and fire up your voice, you can bring those qualities to an aligned group, and organization, or a movement and amplify the roar. Inspired by lion, this episode’s yoga practice will energize your core, heart, and throat to ready you for a challenge I will offer you. Shamanic...

When you are advocating for change, you are going to have challenges, no matter how beautiful your vision is. Your practices will help keep you in the game when everything seems to be falling apart. Inspired by my own recent challenges, the yoga practice in this episode is bright but easy sun salutations with time to pause, breathe, and be. Shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner virtual training will...

On the cusp of the Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere, take a journey into spring for a message with this podcast episode’s guided visualization. If you would like to chat about this episode or learn more about yoga, Shamanic Reiki, wildlife conservation, or other ways you can bring healing to all of the beings on our beautiful planet Earth, join the Shamanic Flow Circle group on Facebook (...

To create change, you must change the way you speak and act to model the dream you wish to manifest. The empowering practice of singing the Chakra seed sounds shapeshifts each of your energy centers as you dream it to be. The short yoga practice sequence in this episode blends gentle asanas with the seed sounds to enliven your Chakras in support of speaking and living your truth. Shamanic Reiki Le...

Are you ready to get hands on? Whether you are serving our Earth with your physical hands or channeling healing, comfort, and care, you need to take care of them. The yoga practice in this episode both cares for and energizes your hands and wrists, so you can do your work in the world. Shamanic Reiki Level Two virtual training is coming up on March 20 and 21, 2021. Shamanic Reiki Level One practit...

The phoenix represents burning away the past and rising from the ashes as your authentic self. When Phoenix showed up the day after my first time participating in a lobbying day with my state legislators, I knew you needed to find your own way to step into leadership in a way that reflects your truth. In this episode, you will experience a guided journey into the fire and back again. Shamanic Reik...

Alligators in Oklahoma who stuck their snouts out so they could breathe as unusual cold froze the water around them inspired a yin style yoga practice which asks you to breathe into discomfort. Like those alligators, when the next climate change crisis hits, and it will, we need to first set ourselves up to breathe. While we breathe into it, waiting, we gather strength, so when the ice melts we ar...

It has been a fight to get here. A restorative yoga practice invites you to rest and renew your energy so you can get back to standing up for our interconnected ecosystem. Inspired by frog, this episode’s restorative yoga practice guides you into gentle hip openers where you can rest and get in touch with your water energy. Ease into the practice, and don’t forget to drink some water too. Shamanic...

Inversions in yoga are physically beneficial and they invite a change of perspective. Inspired by bat, the short yoga practice in this episode guides you into shoulder stand, with lots of variations and modifications to find an inversion that works for you. Unroll your mat and practice yoga from a bat’s perspective. Income from my yoga studio used to fund my wildlife rehabilitation work. My yoga s...