Fire and Water with Quanita Roberson

Madge Bray on Keening and Community

Madge is a traditional singer whose family roots lie in the North East of Scotland, who was born and brought up in Argyll. After a life working in therapeutic work in the field of trauma, she went on to explore human harmony in sound and immersed herself in Georgian Polyphonic song and the keening rituals of the Svan people in the Georgian High Caucasus Mountains. The powerful and challenging Svan vocal styles now inform her interpretation of Gaelic laments. This long and fascinating process has brought her back to personal experiences as a young woman in the Hebrides, that hint at keening rituals in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd.

In this episode we explore holding transitions into and out of this life, intergenerational gifts with children and godsons, and the esteemed poet Robert Burns. How all of these things bring us deeper into our humanity and our relationships with each others.

Biography from http://www.keeningwake.com

Life - Navigating Through Stories with Grandmother Enolia FW ep. 38

Learning how to navigate through the stories of life with the lessons you are meant to learn.

Grandmother Enolia, as an elder of the Ojibwa nation, is a great teacher, who loves to conduct classes based on her own experience with different modules of Healing, Dynamic Meditations, Conscious Mindset, and Energy Medicine. She practices and applies Ancient Indigenous Traditions from around the world and transforms them in an easy way that integrates completely with the needs of a modern person. She provides a wide variety of programs, retreats, and training that help to restore balance, accelerate healing, and encourage transformation at all levels of well-being. As a thought leader, she has been recognized as an international speaker invited to engage in speaking events all around the world from Asia, India, America, Europe, Australia, and Africa. She writes articles on “Self-Mastery”, and “Self-Awareness”, and has published books that help people to learn tools and techniques to improve their personal development otherwise suffering the impact of a new age lifestyle.

Moe information on Enolia is available at https://enolia.live/about

Grandmother Enolia will be holding a special event in Cincinnati September 5, 2024. More information to register for that at https://www.nzuzu.com under events.

The Water Spirits Are Alive FW ep. 27

Community inspired transformation and the journey back to self. Discussion on the Fire and Water Leadership Journey and Rite of Passage 16 month experience as the second cohort approaches their final in person retreat for the course.

Tenneson & Quanita Talk About Race FW ep. 10

Tenneson and I have a conversation about race, how we see it in this moment, and what we believe is being called for. We talk a bit about how it shows up between us. Join us and let us know what questions this conversation brings up for you.

For more information on Tenneson and Quanita's work please check out Tenneson's website at http://www.tennesonwoolf.com/ , Quanita's website at https://www.nzuzu.com/ . For more information on being a part of our 2021/2022 Fire & Water Leadership Journey & Rite of Passage Cohort please check out https://fireandwaterleadership.weebly.com/ . Thank you!

The Need for A Cohort Journey -- A Fire & Water Reflection FW ep. 12

Tenneson & Quanita reflect on Fire & Water as a program, having just completed their 2nd Fire & Water Retreat, held virtually over five days with a cohort of 18 people, integrating screen times and off-screen times, and weaving focus that appealed to five (or more) senses of learning. They also reflect on Fire & Water as journey and initiation, and the need for such in contemporary times. 18 minutes.

For more information on Tenneson and Quanita's work please check out Tenneson's website at http://www.tennesonwoolf.com/ , Quanita's website at https://www.nzuzu.com/ . For more information on being a part of our 2021/2022 Fire & Water Leadership Journey & Rite of Passage Cohort please check out https://fireandwaterleadership.weebly.com/ . Thank you!

Meditation on Your Mother Line FW ep. 37

Meditation on Your Mother Line for Mother's Day.

 

Transcript:

 

Meditation on your mother line is a practice that connects you deeply with your ancestry and lineage. It reminds us that we belong to something bigger than ourselves. It involves reflecting on the women in your family who came before you, their stories, their struggles, their triumphs, and their legacy. By doing so, you can gain a better understanding of yourself, your roots, and the patterns and traits that have been passed down to you. The gifts and the wounds that still live in your own body.

 

To begin, find a quiet and comfortable space where you can sit or lie down. Take a few deep breaths and close your eyes. Visualize yourself standing at the beginning of a long and winding path. This path represents your mother line. As you walk down the path, try to imagine the women who came before you.

 

Your mother, when was she born? You don’t have to know the exact date but think about the decade she was born in. What was happening in the world? What were the stories around women then? What freedoms and restraints might have influenced her choices?

 

Your grandmothers, when were they born? What decade were they born in. What was happening in the world during their lifetime? What were the stories around being a woman then? What freedoms and restraints might have influenced their choices? your great-grandmothers, and so on. Think about their lives, their experiences, and their contributions to your family and the world.

As you continue down the path, pay attention to any thoughts or feelings that come up for you. Notice any patterns or similarities between yourself and the women in your family. Consider how their stories have influenced your own story and shaped who you are today.

Rites of Passage and Integrating into the Whole with Kinde Nebeker FW ep. 36

After a thirty-plus-year profession in design and visual communication, Kinde began transitioning into wilderness rites of passage guiding in 2008. She started  New Moon Rites of Passage in 2011, which offers wilderness rites of passage, ecopsychological daywalks, community grief tending, one-on-one integral coaching, and various programs. She has led fasts in the tradition of the School of Lost Borders in Northern Utah since 2014 and has guided with Veteran’s Rites.

More information can be found at Kinde's website: https://www.newmoonritesofpassage.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newmoonritesofpassage

 

Additional Links: 

https://www.iamrootedexpansion.com/

https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/

 

 

 

Analyzing, Dreaming and Integrating the Divine Feminine in Our Future with Anne Baring FW ep. 35

“They will remain shut away behind a hedge of thorns. The journey in search of soul is difficult and even dangerous because it requires that we relinquish the certainty of what we think we know and what we have been taught for generations to believe. It means surrendering the desire to be in control and opening ourselves to a quest, a path of discovery. Many myths and fairy tales emphasize the need for surrender and trust in the strange non-rational guidance offered by animals or shamans on the quest. As the hero follows their guidance, so the hedge opens, the way unfolds. Following the guidance and wisdom of the instinct is the royal road into the realm of soul.”
― Anne Baring, The Dream of the Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul

 

In our continuing podcast series of inviting elders into deep conversation, Quanita and Anne cover a myriad of topics. However, it all leads to acknowledging the precariousness of the present moment and that a change must come in the human consciousness for us to be able to survive.

Anne Baring b. 1931. MA Oxon 1951. PhD (Hons) in Wisdom Studies Ubiquity University 2018. Jungian Analyst, author and co-author of 7 books including, with Jules Cashford, The Myth of the Goddess; Evolution of an Image; with Andrew Harvey, The Mystic Vision and The Divine Feminine; with Dr. Scilla Elworthy, Soul Power: An Agenda for a Conscious Humanity. Also, a book for children, The Birds Who Flew Beyond Time. Her most recent book The Dream of the Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul (2013, updated and reprinted 2020) was awarded the Scientific and Medical Network Book Prize for 2013. The ground of all her work is a deep interest in the spiritual, mythological, shamanic and artistic traditions of different cultures. Her two websites are devoted to a new vision of reality and the issues facing us at this crucial time of choice. www.annebaring.com and www.anne-baring.com

 

Humanity Rising discussion on YouTube: Humanity Rising with Anne Baring

 

Urgent Call to All Women:
War Stops Now!

Women are one half of humanity, yet our voice is not heard in relation to war.
We see, every day, how war is destroying human life and the precious life of the planet. This must stop.

Most of us do not experience the full horror of what is happening. But those who are ordered to fight and kill, if they survive, are condemned to suffering for the rest of their lives from the atrocities they have witnessed and the injuries they have sustained.

The families of those who have been sacrificed live in grief forever. Mothers
and grandmothers never recover from the loss of their beloved sons and
grandsons, the rape of their daughters and granddaughters. Bitterness, hatred, fear and trauma pass from generation to generation. Trauma does not vanish with time but is held within the collective psyche of humanity. That is why ALL war must stop.

This is a key moment in our evolution. The choices we make now will
determine our future – and whether there is a future.

There is only one power in the world that can eliminate war. That power is
Women in service to Love. So we proclaim:

We, the Women of the World, command that ALL war stops NOW!

Elder as Envisioning Aspects of Self with Jojopahmaria Nsoroma FW ep. 34

What is the difference between an elder versus someone who is a teacher or a guide with the acknowledgment that an individual can inhabit all of these identities or two or one. Eldering as recognizing learning as learning or studying aspects of the self removed by proximity in order to see the whole more clearly, or at different perspectives. You are the other and the other is you. This is why the presence of an elder can facilitate one opening more deeply to different aspects of oneself. Link to book Jojopah's book, Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery:

https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Walk-Self-Mastery-Ancient-Transforming/dp/1982226587/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1588711966&sr=8-1

 

My Email: wisdomwalking@gmail.com

My Youtube Channel: Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery

My website: www.wisdomwalktoselfmastery.com

My Facebook Page: Wisdom Walk Radio

My Facebook Group: Wisdom Walk Community (all are welcome to join)

Care in Community with Eileen Reed FW ep. 33

Today’s guest is Eileen Cooper Reed. She is a long-time friend and community mama for Quanita, and deeply respected friend for Tenneson. Eileen is our first guest in 2023, a year in which we are committed to more conversations with our elders. We turn to our elders for their guidance, their humor, their wisdom, and their clarity. Eileen offered a bunch of that today with some emphasis about care in community and family. She shares some of what she has eldered in Quanita that she nows sees Quanita engaging in as well. Eileen imparts some guidance to men to contribute to rebalancing masculine and feminine. She offers her love. Big gratitude. What a treat!