Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast

Let's sit down and talk about exercise, health routines and the realities of life. There are lots of things I want to do for myself — whether that's related to food, exercise, cold-water immersion, meditation etc. But it's rare that things go according to plan and we all struggle to keep up a good routine. After years of trying to practice different things myself in the limited time left after kids and messy real life have their way, and working with others dealing with similiar scenerios in their homes, I'm really changed my perspective on all of these self-care practices that are genuinely so important but don't have to LOOK the way we think. Listen in and let me know what you think.  Want to get more Messy Luminous insights and inspiration each week? Come join the newsletter here https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing    

Emotional pain comes from an internal split between what our encultured mind believes and what feels deeply true in our hearts. When this emotional pain becomes stored in the body, it can be one of the most toxic disrupters of our health. So how does this happen? How do non-physical emotions get stored in the physical body, and how can we rethink the relationship between our psychological state and our physical health, as researchers are doing in the field of psycho-immunology? In this episode we talk about what inner integrity might mean, how the mind can sometimes perceive stress is 'normal' even though the body knows the truth, and what tools we can use to reclaim aspects of our own truth and inner integrity that we've abandoned along the way of messy real life.   Messy Luminous Being reflections and opportunities delivered to your inbox every week. Sign yourself up here. https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Can our emotions be toxic? When it comes to stress and all those related feelings, the answer might be yes, especially if these experiences extend for days, weeks or even longer. In this episode, part of our Vital Health series, I share some new research on stress, how it is processed and stored in the body, and how we can use the natural capacity of our minds and our physiology to shift out of this negative spiral, shorten the 'refractory period' of stress and restore ourselves to health. Enjoy xx   Want to enjoy more Messy Luminous Being inspiration. Come join the newsletter and get a free copy of my ebook Embodied Transformation here https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/embodied-transformation  

Movement is one of the most effective ways to improve our physical, emotional and mental health. But which types of movement matter most? And how can we change the way we think about fitting them into our busy lives? In this episode, we cover resistance training, cardio and functional movement practices like yoga and pilates to discuss how these movement practices have different benefits, how we can move the way we were designed by nature, and how to rethink a new way to  'make time' to practice. Enjoy xx s   p.s. interested in trying Luminous Movement for a couple of months to see if it works for you? Tap here for details and sign up link. Luminous Movement is a combination of yoga, pilates, functional and fascia movement designed to return our body to its natural postural alignment, re-awaken core strength, relax the nervous system and plug into the power of the present moment. It is accessible for everyone and because classes are online (live + replays) it's easy to work at your own pace and level. Best way to know if it will work for you? Try it for a couple of months and see how you feel! Questions? Email me anytime at sarah@sarahbhunt.com 💗

You are powered by sunlight. The amount of energy you feel in your body — to wake up refreshed, to exercise, to work and create and enjoy life — is directly tied to how your metabolism releases that light energy in your cells. This is where you really are a luminous being! In this episode, I share the first session from Vital Health week earlier this spring. We dive deep into the body to understand where energy really comes from, common misperceptions and how we can support the source of energy creation in the body so we start to FEEL as luminous as we are. Get connected to Messy Luminous Being with weekly email updates & inspiration to motivate your journey. Sign yourself up here -  https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing  

Creativity is an experience that's often pushed to the edges of our lives— something we're allowed to indulge in when all the important jobs are done. This is conversation about another role creativity could play in our lives...an antidote to anxiety. It's about the way our brains work, the difference between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, and states of mind that block our dreams versus the states of mind that bring our dreams alive. What a perfect time of year to reflect on how much anxiety is really running our daily lives and how creativity could be used as a medicine that already exists within us.    Coming up... Creative Alchemy: a month of activating health, vision & authenticity, January 1 - 30, 2025. Get access to Creative Alchemy for FREE by joining the Messy Luminous Being Whatsapp Community. Tap the link to get access...https://chat.whatsapp.com/GKEJ9SjhSyX1L3ukfI03Ym

What do you do when you know something that could help your loved one but they just don't want to hear it. How can we remain in our wise and true-to-ourselves state of being when we are in difficult relationships. This is a challenge we all face. It is the mud that grows the lotus, the obstacles that create the opportunities for deeper wisdom. This episode if a conversation and a few teachings I've been passed about how to look that the situation with a 'stuck' or unhappy loved one from a different perspective. May it be of service and activative the wise knowing inside you.    Our lovely sponsor this week is Ekotex a small family-run business making yoga and meditation products including eco-friendly mats, cushions and more. Connect and browse their collection at ekotexyoga.co.uk and use discount code MESSYLUMINOUS at checkout for 10% off!   For more Messy Luminous Being to your inbox tap here, to your Whatsapp feed tap here. 💗  

It's the rare bubble of time...the quiet of the morning, before the day really gets started. We can do things for ourselves during this time that are unlikely to happen at any other time of day. But whether we're wishing for a meditation session, time with our thoughts and a journal, a regular exercise routine or something else that fills our cup and starts the day off right...it can feel like the hardest thing to weave into our busy lives. A good morning routine. In this epsiode I share some ideas for the way I have evolved my own morning routine which never looks the same from day to day. I also share my favourite tips from writers like James Clear's Atomic Habits that take a totally new approach to starting (or restarting) those practices we really wish were part of our daily lives. Enjoy xx   For the incredible tallow skin care from Freya's Kitchen head to IG @itsfreyaskitchen or online at www.freyaskitchen.com For more Messy Luminous Being in your life, join the weekly newsletter here https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing  

Can we consciously direct the body towards a stronger immune system and deeper level of health? If stress can make us sick, can we harness this power of the deeper areas of the mind to make us well? This radical perspective on health brings us into contact with the wisdom principle in the body, a deep intelligence and organising energy that lies beyond the thinking mind. This episode is a conversation about the three areas of deep health and how the wisdom principle in the body works (including the powerful teaching from the placebo effect studies and new understandings of our immune system). Understanding how to access deeper parts of the brain through breathing and meditation techniques, we can reframe not only our perspective on health but radically re-imagine our own power at directing these wisdom processes in the body. 💫   Want to learn and practice these breathing and meditation techniques? I'd love to practice with you. Message anytime on IG @sarahbhunt or email me sarah@sarahbhunt.com and I'll send you details of my monthly online classes for you to have a look.  For the delicious and heart-opening CacaoAmor head to IG @cacaoamor or online at cacaoamor.com — use MESSYLUMINOUS at checkout for 10% off 💗☕️ And to access more Messy Luminous Being including my weekly thoughts, teachings and online courses, tap here to join the newsletter and here to join the Whatsapp feed.

This episode comes as a spell to help us recast our ideas and assumptions about how to practice. Life is busy, time is a very limited resource...and yet what I continue to hear is that we woman need to be satisfied with finding scraps in the day to remember our Selves. That this is all we can really expect in these hectic times, and that sometimes taking three mindful breaths is enough. There is another more powerful way to both think about and approach sacred practice, ways to reignite our Intuition and deep Self that don't require Time in the way we're used to thinking. So come with me on a walk with bats, pheasants, autumnal trees and the wind, as we reframe what's possible for us as both everyday and sacred beings when it comes to finding moments of Presence and Inner Power in modern busy life. I'd love to hear from you. Message me on IG here or email me at sarah@sarahbhunt.com   Want Messy Luminous Being moments more often? Here's how they can come to you... Email...direct the river of MLB messages to your inbox Whatsapp...we now have a new way for where inspiration, mental reframes, motivation to practice and Q&As can all happen. Step into the virtual MLB sacred fire circle with Whatsapp messages    

deep in our hearts is a knowing of the original village -- a place where individuals were connected in community by our roles to meet each others' human needs. And in this original village was always a space for contemplation and connection to our inner world, the world of spirit, the world of the unseen forces that guide our lives. In this new season of the Messy Luminous Being Podcast we are co-creating that sacred space, the original fire circle, that used to occupy of physical reality in the village but was always truly located inside us. So when you need space to turn down the noise of the world and turn to your own inner voice, this can be your sacred tent, your higher ground, the fire circle you can step into. Onwards together xx s

In this episode I talk with Anna Neubert-Wood from Wander Women about the power of time in nature and with oneself. We discuss the "nature high", cold water swimming as a personal practice, and forest bathing. The fast pace of life can often make us miss what's going on inside of us, and Wander Women gives women the opportunity to experience a new level of self-care, slow living and reflection time. You are going to love this conversation!   To join Messy Luminous Being's new Whatsapp community and get inspiration straight to your phone tap here   Connect with Anna and all of Wander Women's offerings and wisdom on IG @wanderwomenscot and online at https://wander-women.co.uk

This second and third parts of the Nervous System Masterclass are all about activating the Calm Creative State, including new science on our brainwaves and meditation techniques, and finally some key Mindset Shifts we can make to radically reduce stress by changing the ways we think which cause stress in the first place. I can't wait to hear what you think and how you use these mindset shifts in your own messy luminous life. 

There is real magic and possibility in understanding the wisdom of our nervous system, learning how to listen to it, care for it and harness its power. In this episode, I share part of a Nervous System Wisdom Masterclass I ran this month, with new science and new potentials. In terms of our nervous system and our body's reality, we live in two states of being — survival or creative. I know which one I want more of! Let's dive into this together...   Get access to the whole Nervous System Masterclass along with the MLB newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Sometimes the big picture is much bigger than we can see. In this episode, I have a conversation with Annu Tara, founder of Aurora Earth, about her perspective on the sacred earth, what she calls the 'Restorative Timeline' and the way mental constructs have created a false over-lay to natural reality. This is a conversation full of the cosmic, the sacred feminine and a chance to step into another perspective of life beyond what we can see. Connect with Annu Tara on IG @annutara or at https://auroraearth.org to find out about Wild Wisdom and upcoming offerings.   For more Messy Luminous Being, join the newsletter here.

Your emotions are biochemisty. Your body is an energy conductor. Observing your thoughts is the most powerful technology for change (and here's why). This episode is full of science and three of the most powerful ideas of mind-body connections that can inspire us and guide us when we want to get unstuck, change or uplevel our inner experience of life. This is the mechanicals, the why and the how behind "becoming the change" we all want to see in the world.   Come hang out more with me in the Messy Luminous Being newsletter, weekly messages that will bring you gritty real-ness, meditation science and inspiration about becoming our most true and beautiful selves. https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

How can we place our own life journey in a larger landscape that we might call the Mythic Dimension of our lives? In this episode, I talk with rites of passage guide, founder of the Art of Rewilding and self-proclaimed 'feral Buddhist', Natasha Lythgoe. We discuss the way wildness and mindfulness merge, how to find space for the parts of us we often don't want to claim, what rites of passage such as vision quests can be like, and how to bring the idea of the mythic dimension into our everyday lives. You can find Natasha on IG @the_art_of_rewilding and join the Art of Rewilding Newsletter here https://www.theartofrewilding.com/newsletter-sign-up-page For more Messy Luminous Being including the upcoming free Wisdom Apothecary download, join the newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing    

Reverse the way you see it. This wisdom teaching from Tibetan Buddhist meditation is all about taking mind-training into the wilds of messy real life. But how do we change the way we see things? And what does it mean to say — Life is happening For you? In this episode, I wanted to share my own mental reframe process with specific real life examples. This is the kind of meditiation practice that doesn't take any time, and is happening all the time. This is mental alchemy...transforming life into the path to Awakening.    Want more Messy Luminous Being delivered straight to you each week? Plus an amazing freebie for all subscribers, the Wisdom Apothecary download coming soon. Here's the link to tell me where to send it... https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

What is the relationship between the inner and the outer? Between our Soul-self that exists as part of the great mystery, and our physical body? And are there aspects of ourselves that are lying dormant and looking for places to express themselves? These are some of the many questions I talk about with the wonderful Fiona Sears, reiki practitioner, energy worker and skin-rewilding tallow maker, who insists that the things we put into and around our bodies have energy.  You can follow fiona on IG @fiona.sears and find her tallow shop on etsy @beesncoos And if you fancy getting some "whispers from your wise self" each week, jump into the Messy Luminous Being newsletter here

In this episode, I wanted to share a moment from my own messy real life that gave me a ton of wisdom about finding a new level of self-acceptance. What is so interesting about parenting is the reality that we don't choose our children like we choose our friends. We get the children we get and life teaches us how to learn and accept and love them for who they are in all their messy beautiful humanness. The truth is, we also don't choose ourselves! We don't get to decide what we're good at or what we find difficult. So whether you're a parent or not, this is a story you need to hear about what might happen if we really accepted ourselves the way we learn to accept our loved ones. It's wisdom in the midst of messy real life. The way our life becomes the path.   Want more spiritual wisdom in messy real life? Plus a weekly delivery of 'words from your wise self' to brighten your inbox? sign up here https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing