The Mountain Mystic Podcast

Movement as a Spiritual Practice: Move your body every day, throughout the day. It doesn’t matter so much what you do, so long as you do, indeed, go move. Walk. Run. Dance. Bike. Lift. Wander. Swim. Do yoga. It doesn’t matter so much what you do, as long as you do, indeed, move! Furthermore, do not just do this as a one-off. Make it a part of your day, throughout your day! Get in the habit of bein...

Welcome back to The Mountain Mystic Podcast. After a quiet winter of rest and renewal, Season 3 is here — and it carries something close to my heart. This season, we're walking together through The Embodied Path : a spiritual framework rooted not in transcendence or escape, but in the radical, tender act of being here — present, grounded, and alive in your body. The Embodied Path is a spiritu...

Embody the energy of this powerful moment—the Sagittarius New Moon aligning with Winter Solstice creates a rare opportunity for alignment and intention-setting. In this episode, we explore how to harness the fiery wisdom of Sagittarius during the darkest time of the year. You'll discover a special guided practice to commune with and ignite your inner SoulFire, release what no longer serves yo...

What would it feel like to move through life with the stability of a mountain? In this transformative episode, we explore the Mountain Archetype - an ancient wisdom teaching that helps you cultivate unshakeable grounding, expansive awareness, and skillful navigation through life's ever-changing landscape. This is not just a conversation about the mountain - it's an experiential journey....

Episode Summary "Be the light" has become such a common phrase that it's lost much of its transformative power. But what if we could reclaim this concept and turn it into something practical, grounded, and genuinely impactful? In this episode, we get to practice what it means to call in and embody "the light," and we get to dive into what it means to apply this in what has...

Right now, I am up in the big mountains of Colorado, training for my 3rd 100 mile ultra-running event later this summer. Join me as I explore the rugged beauty of the Colorado mountains as I train for this wild 100-mile race. More than just miles and vert, this podcast delves into the profound connection we share with the Earth, inviting you on a journey of embodiment and self-discovery. But the t...

We have made it! After many episodes this season we are ready to jump into the core theme - the heart, the soul, the inspiration - for The Mountain Mystic Podcast! The Mountain.  In all her majesty. In all her glory.  We all know the sayings and the cliches about The Mountain, including its use as a metaphor for our journeys through life.  But I want to take you deeper.  I am here to invoke The Mo...

We have a long list of challenges to face in this world. We do this by putting our minds together, working as a collective with effort to resolve that which needs to be resolved. But our task in these times requires more than this! We must also be doing the heart-centered embodiment work that brings us into a felt, known connection with that which connects us all. This is biological concept, just...

As we find ourselves in turbulent times, one of the most powerful things we can do (for ourselves and for the whole planet we are all a part of) is to stay grounded: To find that connection with the support we need to feel safe and vitalized, centered and ready to show up for this world. Grounding has to do with presence, just as it has to do with connection. How present can you be in any one mome...

Join me today for focused practice as I guide you to tap into your sacred heart warrior within! Release the chaos of the outside world that is constantly trying to steal your attention. Find your grounding, get focused, and connect into the path that aligns with your highest service to this world. Plus, in this episode we get to play in Leo Full Moon energy! What a treat to tap into our inner stre...

In this podcast episode we dive into the importance of staying embodied in turbulent times. In a way, this means staying grounded centered, present, and focused on what truly matters.  As always, embodiment is an umbrella term encompassing a broad set of experiences: felt connection to all parts of self, including the ability to know which parts of self most need your conscious awareness in any mo...

I am sitting here watching LA on fire: the latest catastrophe hitting our planet with devastating effects; and I am holding space for how I can best lead myself and my communities into the healing and transformation that we are all ready for. And I am humbled, because I just don't know how to fix this and how to solve these great problems that our world is now facing. It is in this space that...

Presence is a powerful term, but what we don't often understand is how much we are asked when it comes to the path that is becoming ever-more present to reality. In this way, I see presence less as a state and more as a process: an art and skill that is cultivated over time as we become more and more able to sense/feel/perceive and otherwise hold our consciousness with that which is arising i...

Finding myself in a wild season (The Holidays) that bring forth a whole lot of noise and chaos while simultaneously bringing through a pull to get quiet, to turn inward, and to nestle deep into stillness. Oh, how this season is a strange time: one that makes my head spin as I do my best to sort it all out.  Inviting you into an episode to help guide you through these strange times: Letting go of t...

As the days grow dark and the chill sets in the air, a powerful force awakens to guide you into your inner truth. Ha! The power of Sagittarius. Which, yes, has so much to do with adventure and expansion! And, has so much more to offer you! Explore the exciting nature of reality, brought to you by a full-blooded Sagittarius on a mission to make this world a brighter, more beautiful place to live. W...

Calling you in. Time to show up and be present in your life in this reality. Because this reality is hurting right now. And it needs you present in real, felt connection: to self; and, to that which lives and breathes outside of self. In today's episode we get straight to the heart of what it looks like to be a powerful force of change in this world. We speak to how this power can be an incre...

Oh the autumn season! A potent time for letting go, releasing all that does not serve your path forward. And, what a time to connect with the joy that fills you when you open to the powerful beauty of nature shining her brightest colors! This is what we're here to talk about today, bringing to your story and teaching and guided practice to connect you with the spirit and the energy of the Aut...

Introducing The Mountain Mystic Podcast in this mini episode here to stand as our official chapter turn from Upward Slopes to The Mountain Mystic. Whether you are an old or new listener, I invite you to tune into today to join me in this new stand for walking an embodied path, here, fully present as these complex human beings that we are, here living these wild and chaotic and often dark and painf...

Join me in this episode for some deep reflections on The Upward Slopes journey - holding space as I look forward to the turning of a chapter for this podcast and speak to what this means for all of us here on this journey together. In this episode I speak to the origin of Upward Slopes, including the original intentions set for calling in grounded transformation that truly calls in more light, mor...

People call me crazy when I tell them that I am running another 100 miler next month! Yet, what I know to be crazy is living anything other than a path that fills me up with joy as I work hard for that which matters and brings true meaning to life! But how do we know that we are on a path that actually matters? How do we know that all of our planning and strategizing as we set goals and work hard...

Stillness meditation is all the rage, isn't it? We sit in quiet stillness and call in the light and peace that is here to answer all of our prayers! But this is only one side of the story! For how can we sit in stillness unless we allow ourselves to move! To move our bodies freely as we move and and awaken the energies within.  Today on the Upward Slopes Podcast I share my favorite practice o...

An Earth Day Special! Brought through to you by the sacred fires raging through me as I yearn for a world in deeper listening, and in deeper connection to this one great planet we call home. Join me today for conversation and a guided meditation practice! It's time for a new paradigm on this Planet Earth: one where we are deeply connected into life (within our own selves and within the world...

Join me today for a special practice-focused podcast as we step into meditation and weave it together with this wild time of year. Yes, springtime is wild! Finding myself in this beautiful time of year where the days are finally longer than the nights, and with this, stepping into warmer and brighter days that leave me overflowing with excitement for what is to come!  But we aren't quite to t...

I truly believe that embodiment practices are important for every single human being on this planet. The important question is, what sort of practice serves you given your unique wiring? In this episode I talk about my own journey into a felt, present connection with my own self. It's a journey unique to me, as my own unique human self, and I tell it because I know that others , too, have str...

Today we come together in conversation and guided practice as we set our sights on the next 6-12 months, asking our own selves from deep within: What is it that you are ready, willing, and excited to call in?? As I speak to in this episode, I am so done looking to call in anything that isn't coming from a space of deep, embodied excitement. In this episode we also talk about what I am looking...