How Awesome You Are
Episode 36: Personal and Collective Healing in Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology (with Leilani Wong Navar and guest interviewer Lydia Violet Harutoonian)
Our bodies are just like the rest of the living world: coursing with healing, life-affirming intelligence and capacity; and suffering the effects of being out of balance. The body is one setting for what Joanna Macy called “the three stories of our time”: Business as Usual, the Great Unraveling, and the Great Turning. We’ve explored…
Read MoreGetting Better Can Feel Really Good
The things that are bringing us into better balance FEEL GOOD ✨ Trust your compass. Here’s what I say in the video: “Getting better can feel really good. The things that bring us into balance make us feel good. I’m sure that one reason I love to sing is that the Metal element in my…
Read MoreEpisode 27: Your Healing Story is a Love Story (with Nisha Mody)
Which is easier to feel in your own mind and body: The sense of living in The Great Turning (aka, our transition toward a life-sustaining way of being human on earth), or the feeling of “Business as Usual,” a way of being human that values being productive, consuming, succeeding, and never feeling like you’ve done…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 15: The Non-GMO Project, Right Relationship, and How Powerful Each of Us Truly Is (with Megan Westgate)
Have you ever noticed that little butterfly on some packaged foods, labeled “Non-GMO Project VERIFIED?” Maybe you even look for the butterfly before you buy, and feel better about eating what’s inside because of it. That’s you exercising your power in one of the most intimate ways possible: how you take food into your own…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 9: Resourcing in Pleasure (with Ann Nguyen)
What do desire and pleasure have to do with The Great Turning? Oh so deliciously much. I asked Ann Nguyen to join the Turning Season conversation not only because she facilitates trauma resolution – which is a huge piece of personal and global healing – but also because she facilitates a deepened connection to Love…
Read MoreLive Video: Decision-Making, Grief, Judgmentalness, and Sunset (the Metal Element)
An impromptu live video at Heart time (the mid-day hours), about Metal energy in the Fall season, in our bodies, and in our emotions. + 3 ways to connect to and support your Lung/Large Intestine Metal qualities. If you want to dive deeper into explorations and tools like these, contact me and we can connect…
Read MoreWhy I Feel Called to Do What I Do, My Grandpa’s Feasts, and a Frozen Chicken Sausage Epiphany
Sharing some things you probably don’t know about why I do what I do, and how I came to feel the way I feel. A story about my grandpa’s five-flavored feasts, a time when I felt guilty if I shaved my legs, and my frozen chicken sausage epiphany. This is why I feel so called…
Read MoreA Point for Gut Health & Stamina: The Landscape of Your Body #9
https://leilaninavar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stomach-36-Video-May-2021.mp4 This is a big one. Big in size (making it harder to miss), big in that it’s full of Blood and Qi, and big in importance. If you’ve had an acupuncture treatment before, Stomach 36 might look familiar. This point (a.k.a. Zu San Li, “Leg Three Miles”) is one of the most commonly needled…
Read MoreWellness Overwhelm? How to Choose the ONE THING That’ll Make the Biggest Difference
I’m ready to feel better this year. I want more energy, less pain, and better sleep. You, too? So let’s just go ahead and go to bed early, exercise six days a week, cut all the junk out of our diets, meditate daily, and install that whole-house water filter, shall we? By January 31? Wait…
Read More“You’re too stressed! Calm down!” vs. ACTUALLY FEELING SOOTHED
How soothing is it to hear the words, “You’re too stressed about this. Just calm down!” Whether someone else says it or you speak it in your own mind, I don’t think this tends to be the most soothing, stress-relieving thing to hear. Nor is it very stress-relieving to hear about all the health problems…
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