slow inside

in this powerful conversation renowned breathwork practitioner, author and teacher, ashley neese, shares her journey from addiction and sobriety to discovering rest as a deeper and more challenging practice. she and daphne explore why slowing down feels so elusive in our culture, how somatic practices can help us truly listen to our bodies, and why rest is not just self-care but a revolutionary act of healing and resistance. this episode is an invitation to reclaim rest as medicine for ourselves, our communities, and the world.

in this conversation with mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer, and bestselling author, elena brower, we explore the nature of spiritual practice in challenging times, the sacred ordinary as a doorway to the divine; slowness as spiritual discipline and intimacy through honesty.

julie piatt, aka srimati, “has spent decades seeking the divine in all of her life experiences. living from a deep place of devotion, srimati is a living spiritual guide devoted to reminding others of their spiritual nature so that they too can experience the full presence of their existence.” srimati is the author of the best-selling cookbooks, "this cheese is nuts!,""the plantpower way; italia" and "the plantpower way." she is also host to her own internationally acclaimed podcast, "for the life of me" with over 1,000,000 downloads in just two years. she is the founder of srimu artisanal not cheese and the spiritual community, water tiger. “srimati is a mystic, mother, musician, artist, author and healer who is a powerful living example of how to love ourselves more so that we can live our unique design in full and expansive self-expression. when we live in this frequency, we bless all life around us.” some things we talk about: how to live from the heart instead of the mind, living as a sovereign being, how srimati begins and ends each day, our most important role in life, how to live all of life as a devotional journey, a gorgeous guided meditation and our greatest superpower

allana pratt is an intimacy expert, the podcast host of intimate conversations, and author of six books. she has interviewed whoopi goldberg and alanis morrisette, coached leeza gibbons on dancing with the stars and been featured on huffington post, people magazine, forbes, CBS, ABC, FOX, TLC, iHeartRadio, the GoodMenProject and more. some things we talk about: creating an intimate relationship with the universe, how to choose joy in the face of pain and suffering, the portal back into the body, how allana healed herself after a very painful crisis, the first step to manifesting and the most potent vibration to send out to the universe.

rachel rossitto is a teacher, guide, mystic, and fairy of rose medicine. having devoted the last 16 years of her life to “studying temple arts, earth-based feminine wisdom, eastern spiritual philosophy and practice, plant medicine, energy healing, the way of tea, women’s holistic health and masculine and feminine healing and integration,” rachel has cultivated a deep practice of alchemizing pain into beauty and igniting women’s wisdom, creativity, sensuality, and power. some of the things we talk about are: leading in contrast to the culture – how to root in one’s own truth, the story of rachel’s spiritual awakening following 40 days of meditation, rachel’s morning tea practice, how to become a magnetic being that radiates beauty, and the many facets and faces of the feminine.

daje james is “a storyteller, flower essence practitioner, and space-holder for wild-hearted leaders and creative entrepreneurs. she supports creatives in coming home to their true nature and self-initiating themselves into dharmic creative flow while boldly sharing their medicine with the world.” she is the founder of “brave school: an institute of dreaming,” creator of “wildboy apothecary” and author at “the story doula.” some things we talk about are how to use creative courage to cultivate belonging, essence liberation and how we create wholeness, the catalytic moment that led to daje’s deep connection with spirit and self, 3 questions for creating a new relationship with money and regenerative mysticism as a tool for awakening

mandy kahn is a poet, peace advocate and public speaker. her list of accolades and accomplishments is long. in brief, mandy is the author of two collections of poetry, writer-in-residence at the philosophical research society, subject of a feature-length documentary, “peace piece: the immersive poems of mandy kahn,” and recipient of the 2018 shakespeare prize in poetry. some things we talked about: the world-altering power of peace, mandy’s health breakdown and how it led to surrender, god and a life of miracles, her earliest experiences as a mystic, what it looks like to live a life led by intuition, hope as a holy elevator mandy’s exact process for writing poetry and how she maintains her connection to creativity.

anna lovind is the author of “the creative doer” and the founder of the creative doer community and ignite. she writes “about writing, feminism, learning to say (holy) yes and (fuck) no, sisterhood, motherhood, and her quest to re-define the creative path. anna is a gift of a human and it is an honor to share her with you a second time on this podcast.

carrie schmitt began painting after being diagnosed with a life-threatening heat allergy in 2009. “painting became a therapeutic practice and act of tenderness amidst the darkness. with time there was healing and the birth of my life as an artist.” today carrie is a full-time artist, art retreat facilitator at her hōm: house of miracles, in steilacoom, wa, and author of “the story of every flower,” “painted blossoms: creating expressive flowers with mixed media,” and the children’s book, “a flower in her heart.” she licenses her art for stationary, home decor, clothing and other lifestyle products. some things we talk about are what it means to be a devotee of creativity, how creativity awakens you to the most alive and empowered version of yourself, transforming your relationship to creativity from fear or doubt to trust, love and divine guidance, what your art says about you, how destruction can be the most liberating part of the creative process, money, charging for our work and success in art and the power of naming and using your creativity to create your world.

emma freeman is a "queer contemplative artist, poet, teacher and facilitator connecting deeply with words, textiles, slow stitching … passionate about sharing the transformative healing powers that our imaginations hold, the gifts of slowing way down and the power of vulnerability and sensitivity to change our lives and this world.”

meggan watterson is a bestselling author of several books including her latest, "mary magdalene revealed," a scholar and speaker. in this conversation we talk about: how meggan faced panic attacks and intense doubt to write her latest book, the wisdom of the body and the power of living an embodied life, knowing your worth while doing your soul work, the deep need for the divine feminine and doing the hard work of going in to give to the world the truth of who we are.

mariana mae is an artist, visionary, founder of easy to breathe, unearth, and origen raíz, an “organization in alliance with Indigenous Nations of Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala, committed to amplifying the voice of cultural education, preservation and exchange.” mariana’s work “highlights our ancestral, emotional wounds as tools, being in right relationship with the natural world, expressing our voice through song and cultivating creativity in celebration of the story we are here on earth to tell.” we talk about her relationship to the spirit of clay and how it guides her life, choosing the unknown to follow the heart and spirit, the decolonization and deconditioning of cultural programming, choosing a more primitive life, practical steps for slowing down and living your greater vision.