Birdsong with Caiyuda

Is It Even POSSIBLE to Conquer Mountains...? Nature as a Mirror & The Reservoirs of Stillness | Solocast

Got a new prescription from the doctor... the witch doctor, that is.
To prescribe myself a little poetic license with this one and offer a little communion with the wild.
Wild Mountain Dreaming and the Reservoirs of Stillness.
Settle in as I stir the mythic wellsprings of imagination and vision, and take you on a little journey.
Solocast #4: 2024
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Weaving the Ancient and the Modern on The Road to 50K | Solocast

Weaving the ancient and modern on this path of shamanism, spirituality, awakening, healing, wilderness immersion, and new earth leadership.
 
Solocast #3: 2024
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The Gateway. CIA Mind Control Techniques. Healing Broken Bones | Solocast

Solocast #2: 2024
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Norse Mythology, Seeking Clarity & Ancient Wisdom | Solocast

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Vision Questing & Soul Reclamation: Wilderness Fasting to Connect with Soul & Spirit | Renée Danú

Vision Questing & Soul Reclamation: Wilderness fasting to connect with Soul & Spirit.
Renée Danú joins us for another episode and season of Birdsong.
Renée is a plant wisdom keeper, animist herbalist, ritualist & ceremonialist, green witch, forest tender, medicine woman, shamanic practitioner, teacher, mentor and writer. Her work as an earth doula, bio-regionalist and wild crafter is deeply supported by the forest she lives in and tends to, providing her with an abundance of local plants to alchemise into botanical medicines that are part of her Apothecary she calls Wild Kin. ​
Renée sees herself as a continual apprentice of the earth wisdoms, Druidism, specifically the path of ovate and hedge druidry, and all botanical ancestors in the container of the old ways, animism and folk herbalism. She is an ardent student of the most learned teachers of herb craft, the plants themselves. Her journey of study & continual learning is in deep reverence, rites of passage & initiation and has spanned upwards of 30 years. ​
She offers ceremonial work with seasonal plant kin and their otherworldly botanical consciousness aligned to the old ways, bioregionally in deep reverence and totality.
She offers apprenticeships in the Plant & Earth Wisdom Pathway, she calls an "Earth Doula-ship™" as well as the Shamanic Pathway and Ceremonial Crafting. She also offers Botanical Consciousness Counsel, as well as in person and on-line courses, and also 1:1 Shamanic + Plant Spirit Healing Sessions.
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TIMESTAMPS:
[2:30] Renée shares about her transition to Kin of the Fiàin Danú: Kindred of the Wild Great Mother
[5:00] Ancestral connections and the culture of Renée’s blood
[8:40] The reclamation of different parts of self and ancestry
[12:00] Self devotion, part’s theory, and having conversations with the sacred other
[13:00] Of blood, bone, spirit, and inspiration
[16:52] Vision Quest: Nature-based Shadow Work
[21:07] Wisdom: Becoming bigger than the fear itself
[23:33] Hearing the call and Heeding the call
[26:00] The foundational architecture of deep sovereignty and “fathering” the soul home
[28:04] The multi-dimensionalities of preparing for Vision Quest
[30:58] Dropping into the Heart and listening to the land
[33:00] The story of sweat lodge and claustrophobia as medicine
[36:30] How to introduce yourself to a new bioregional environment
[39:00] Renée’s earth-based practices and herbal medicines that helped her prepare for Vision Quest
[44:30] Being mindful of bringing in too many distractions into the Quest circle
[45:30] The mysterious deepening of an intimacy with earth
[47:00] What level of trust and safety do you have in your body?
[49:00] Sungazing medicine, powerful reparenting, and walking ourselves home
[53:00] Curiosity is the antidote to fear
[57:00] Integration and the “crème da le crème of self development”
[58:45] The classic return of the hero's journey
[59:40] Holding the gold / protecting the treasure: discernment on our sacred sharings
[1:03:30] The Fading: being carried by something much greater than our sense of self
[1:07:00] Shamanic insights on relating with the elementals
[1:09:45] Nature as a mirror: The story of the snake and worm
[1:17:00] The imagery, visions and symbologies that grab our attention
[1:22:00] Starting our day with a question of aliveness: What is alive in you today?
[1:23:00] What do we mean by “hollow bone” and how do we cultivate it?
[1:30:00] Revisiting old teachings with new perspectives
[1:31:15] Soul initiation: our second birth is a fall towards death and the underworld
[1:35:45] Renée’s many offerings and how Vision Quest might influence her work

Embodied Astrology for Plutonic Times | Lara Charlotte

Lara Charlotte joins us once again for this fresh season of Birdsong. 
 
Her “formal” bio is below, but as I introduce her on the show...
 
She’s a mystic, she’s holistic, she’s a plant healer, divine revealer, wise witch incarnate, fresh from the amazon with that wild jungle glow, she’s a star tracker, a crypto stacker, the rose lover, Venusian stunner... Lara Charlotte. We talk embodied astrology and the era defining shift of Pluto moving from Capricorn to Aquarius. Exciting times ahead!
 
As for Lara: She was born in Aotearoa, New Zealand and descends from settler colonisers of mostly English, Irish and Scottish lineage. Since 2012 she left a corporate career due to a personal health crisis and has since immersed in a journey of soul remembrance, transformational healing and devotional service.
 
She spent over 5 years in full-time training with traditional shamanic plant medicines in the Peruvian Amazon, a path she continues with until now.
 
Lara also co-founded a retreat centre working with hundreds of guests in deep transformational processes. She has trained to be trauma informed and hold a space for others that is mindful of diversity, western mental health frameworks and the ongoing process of personal awakening throughout our lives and across generations.
 
Lara is a devoted lover of the mythic realms that are discovered in deep relationship with self, body, nature and story across time and space. Her current work draws on the range of modalities listed here and is adapted to suit the unique needs of each person and situation. She has also featured on various podcasts and presents to workshops and trainings on her work and life experiences.
 
LARA’S LINKS:
WEBSITE: https://www.pathoftherose.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mythic_muse/
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-astrology-podcast/id541401108?i=1000595961684
 
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TIMESTAMPS:
 
[1:17] Lara’s ancestral connections and recent time with Plant Medicine in the Amazon Jungle
[6:54] The quest to relieve personal suffering and The Path of Relationship
[8:46] Starting to contextualize astrology
[13:00] HOW does astrology work... OR... WHY does astrology work?
[16:30] Why should we care about astrology?
[22:06} Ancient cultures and their animistic relationship to the stars
[28:36] The type of astrology that Lara practices
[34:00] Zodiacs, houses, slices of pie and planetary positions
[37:00] The significance of Pluto’s return in these transformative times
[40:26] Pluto, Capricorn, Corruption and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008
[48:30] Pluto moving into Aquarius and the theme of Revolution
[52:00] Pluto retrograding back into Capricorn
[53:00] The spectrum of maturity and opportunity: immature and mature Aquarius
[54:00] Decentralized currencies and the astrology chart for Bitcoin
[57:45] Astrology, opportunity, invitations and creative empowerment
[1:00:00] Quantum leap potentials through alchemizing astrology
[1:02:30] Elon Musk “the Musk Rat” and what he’s missing...
[1:04:30] 2026, Air Trine, Digital Tech chaos... and balancing it out by integrating opposites
[1:08:30] The qualities of the planets and gaining access to the transpersonal planets
[1:12:20] Experiential understanding and big wolf dreaming
[1:14:20] Lara’s big initiatory transmissions on astrology
[1:15:40] Embodied astrology and body-centred and psychosomatic practices
[1:19:00] Shifting into the body’s receptive wisdom to connect with the planetary gods
[1:23:35] Saturn return and surfing wisdom metaphors
[1:24:40] Astrology, plant medicine and synchronicity
[1:30:00] Doing the “pluto” work, digesting the trauma and birthing new visions
[1:31:05] Hope, into Trust, into Knowing = Empowerment
[1:34:49] The Heart Alchemy Program & Devotional Sadhana
[1:44:38] Lara’s encouragement to newbies on the Astrology Path

Season 2: Episode 1... From Ninja-Samurai-Incognito to HEY WHAT’S UP! A (Re)introduction

Ahoy fine folk of the internet, Birdsong is back with Season 2!
Exploring the many themes related to nature awareness, shamanism, spirituality, awakening, holistic health and wellness, deep ecology, passage rites, initiatory experiences, and remembering the sacred ways, with expansive conversations with some of the great minds, hearts and souls across our realm.
This first EP is a re-introduction into where things were, why we went AWOL, where things might be heading, with a few learnings and wisdoms shared along the way.
 
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Apprenticing to Ayahuasca & The Path of the Heart | Jonathan Blake Salazar (2020)

Jonathan Blake Salazar joins us in Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Jon is a dear buddy of mine; a healer in training; an aspiring Ayahuascero, an accomplished musician and one of the sweetest guys you’ll ever meet. We first met at Spirit Quest Sanctuary, with fond memories of deep work together with Ayahuacsa and Huachuma.
When it comes to Jonathans music, it’s bright, hopeful, uplifting, with a tinge of nostalgia to simpler times; rising from a deepening connection to our Earth.
Jonathan Blake Salazar has won "Best Male Singer-Songwriter" at the OC Music Awards, “Best Singer-Songwriter” at the Malibu Music Awards, “Best Male Artist” at the So Cal Music Live Awards, Nominated for a LA Music Award, Nominated for the Hollywood Music In Media Awards, has earned a Fender Guitar endorsement, a QSC speaker endorsement and his spotify averages 35,000 monthly listeners.
You can follow Jonathan here:
Jonathan on Spotify
Jonathan on Apple Music
Jonathan on Instagram
Jonathan on Facebook
POINTS OF INTEREST:
Enlightenment, liberation and the path of service
The Path of the Heart and The Path of Prayer
How do we both connect with the sacred?
Honouring our humanness and quirks and imperfections
Finding the path of plant-based shamanism
Meditation and levitation
Blackout drinking and alcoholics anonymous
The difference between a hallucination and a vision
Spiritual teachings and spiritual teachers
Being in ceremony space feels like home
The white wizard, Don Howard, and Spirit Quest Sanctuary
Drinking Huachuma and tears of gratitude
Jon’s developing relationship apprenticing to Ayahuasca
The infinite depths of Ayahuasca and the path of service
Plant dietas - bobinsana, piri piri, lopuna blanca and more….
Don Jose Campos: The shaman and ayahuacsa
Dieting ayahuasca
How does plant-based-shamanism inform Jonathans connection with the music industry
Jon’s plays us his song “Fall” on guitar, which he wrote in the jungle working with Ayahuasca

The Wild Hunt, Keening, The Medicine of Amrun & Honouring Death | Andrew Steed (2020)

Andrew Steed joins us for Season 1 of Birdsong (2020).
Andrew is a Shamanic Teacher, Inspirational Speaker, Storyteller & Guide to Sacred Travel. Since 1996 he has been working internationally in the USA, Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, India, Ireland and the UK. Since 1999 he has led over 50 pilgrimages in the British Isles and Ireland.
These sacred journeys offer profound opportunities for both personal and planetary healing. He leads an annual Wild Hunt at the Dark Half of the year weaving with reclaimed indigenous medicine of the ‘Celtic’ people.
He has celebrated this ceremony that honours and celebrates death 25 times in 5 different countries. He is an author of several books including ‘Powering Up Your Life Stories’ which was birthed through working with youth in a high school in Pennsylvania.
This poignant medicine book is now in its second year as part of the University of East Washington’s curriculum for students who are going into the field of counselling and wellness.
He spends his free time taking strolls by the sea, discovering and connecting to wild places and relaxing in his own back garden with his fiancé Joyce.
He can be found on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/andrew.steed.58
And via his website: www.andrewsteed.com
 
POINTS OF INTEREST:
* The bridge to the heart and honouring the sacred
* The multi-dimensional medicine of Amrun
* Amrun: the song that sings us and dances us
* The Second Battle of Mag Tured: A year and a day with Amrun
* Andrew’s epic story of sailing the high seas in Jamaica, singing home the ancestors and weaving Amrun for 13 hours
* The Wild Hunt
* What is The Wild Hunt?
* Honouring and celebrating death
* The many faces of death
* Singing home lost and displaced souls
* Sweeping clean the worlds
* Trapped energy and transmuting our sorrow into joy and peace
* What is “Keening”?
* The Dagda’s Harp and the Three Strands of Poetry
* Andrew’s dreaming story of his pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland * The lament of the dead and professional Keeners
* The key elements of the Keening process
* The ancient word “UAITHNE”
* The gift and beauty of preparing Andrew’s father’s funeral and watching it together

Are We All Shamans? Shamanic Healing & Exploring the Sacred | Itzhak Beery (2020)

Itzhak Beery join us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Itzhak is an internationally recognized shamanic teacher, healer, speaker, community activist, and author of three Amazon bestseller books: - The Gift of Shamanism: Visionary Power, Ayahuasca Dreams, and Journeys to the Other Realms - Shamanic Transformations: True Stories of the Moment of Awakening - Shamanic Healing: Traditional Medicine for the Modern World.
Born in an Israeli Kibbutz, Itzhak grew up to have a fine art career and was the owner of an award-winning boutique Ad agency in New York City. A midlife crisis led to his transformation from a skeptical atheist, and business executive, into a passionate believer in shamanism and spirit, aligned with his life purpose.
For over twenty years, Itzhak has been bridging the physical and spiritual and sharing the practical wisdom his indigenous and Western teachers entrusted in him.
He was initiated into the "Circle of 24 Yachaks of Imbabura" by his Quechua teacher in Ecuador and by Amazonian Kanamari Pajè in Brazil. ​Itzhak is the founder of ShamanPortal.org, The Andes Summit, and co-founder of the New York Shamanic Circle, he is on various major global spiritual center faculties.
Itzhak received the 'Ambassador for Peace Award' from The Universal Peace Federation and the UN.
www.itzhakbeery.com
www.nyshamaniccircle.org
www.shamanportal.org
www.theandessummit.com 
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[4:15] Exploring the sacred with Itzhak
[6:24] The Quechuan word “Huaca”, altars, & charging up items with sacredness
[10:12] Shamanic Transformations: True stories of the moment of awakening
[14:40] Teachings on the sacred from my daughter
[16:00] A story about the Dalai Lama of the Andes
[21:50] Integrating the sacred into regular ordinary every-day life
[22:47] Spiritual Yogis or Pushy New-Yorkers?
[26:00] “Becoming one with the rain”
[30:10] No lluvia, no vida: no rain, no life!
[34:18} Before plant medicine, cultivate a relationship with spirit
[36:53] Humans are primitive animals compared to a creature like the bee
[39:13] Children drinking ayahuasca?
[41:50] The cross-cultural pollination of greed and scarcity
[47:30] The real price of a cup of ayahuasca
[51:23] The superficiality of spirituality
[53:52] Planting seeds to better understand shamanism
[56:45] Rediscovering the qualities of water, fire, air, and earth
[1:00:15] Plant medicine is only a small branch of shamanism
[1:02:11] We all have the ability to be shamans, some of us just don’t develop it…
[1:04:23] Dreaming the dream of meeting Don José Joaquin Pinéda
[1:09:25] Advice on mentors, teachers, apprenticeships, and being in service
[1:16:15] Itzhak’s projects, offerings and the Andean summit
[1:19:47] Being an ambassador of our traditions and lineages…
[1:21:39] Do all shamans need human teachers?
[1:25:51] My filipino folk / faith healer ancestry
[1:27:05] Refusing the call to the path and initiatory sickness
[1:33:16] Confirmation of the path and being tormented by the spirit world
[1:38:40] At the end, all the shamanic work has to be grounded in being in service
[1:41:48] We all have to take responsibility that we are healers