The Conscious Communion

Edwina Koch is a multifaceted professional deeply committed to supporting individuals through significant life transitions. With a background in social work and education, Edwina works in the education system as a dedicated social worker. Her passion however lies in birthwork, where she shines as a trusted doula and advocate for maternal health. Episode 56: Birthing Advocacy explores Edwina’s incredible insight into advocacy work as a passion and a purpose. Come join Danae and Edwina for a deep conversation where they discuss advocacy, societal systems, birth, and so much more. To learn more about Edwina and her work you can find her on Instagram at @superdoula_ or on her website at www.super-doula.com

Harty is a licensed acupuncturist, myofascial bodyworker and a dedicated Daoist under the teachings of Master Zhongxian Wu. She is an archeoastronomer, a heretic, a horse woman and a person dedicated to the path of the awakened heart. Spending much of her early childhood in the forest, Harty learned to hear the song of the land. Now living in Sisters Oregon, Harty is a steward to the land and space holder to all those she works with. In Episode 55: Challenging the Nature of ‘Reality’, we discuss what may seem to some as controversial conversation… come join us as we talk about the dependence of romantic love, psychedelics and other things outside of ourselves, tropical astrology and the suggested shift to seeing the sky and astrology as it was intended to be, and the importance of our bodies as the intuitive guides that they are. To learn more about Harty and her work, you can find her on Instagram at @horse__cloud or on her website at www.horsecloudhealing.com

Zac Phillips is a men's mentor, musician, ceremonialist and student of energy. In his work Zac supports men as they release old stories and aids in their support to integrate both a healthy masculine and the divine feminine. Zac embodies this work by facilitating in person and virtual mens groups, ceremony, and 1:1 mentorship’s. His vision is that the men he works with can show up more fully in service to their loved ones, families and communities. Episode 54: Life is For Me is a fluid collaboration of conversation that shares Zac's background and how he's arrived to this moment in time. We discuss grief, the expectation of self in the midst of growth, and ultimately how every opportunity in this life is for us. Join us for conversation, community, and creative flow!  To learn more about Zac and his work you can find him on Instagram at @iamzacphillips or on his website at www.zacphillips.com/links

Antha is a multidimensional space holder using prioritization as a form of self care to show up for herself and those in her community. Her work emphasizes gifts in energy work, inner child healing, yoga, sound, photography, and leadership. Antha owns Late Breakfast and co-owns Black Moon, aiding her access in the provisions of her creative work and the offerings she provides. Episode 53 : Prioritization as a Form of Self-Care is a fun and free conversation of looking into Antha’s current transitory phase of leaving the corporate world behind to prioritize the full time pursuit of her dreams. Join Danae and Antha for a light, free, and playful conversation with two friends joined in conversation on the couch.  To learn more about Antha and her work you can find her at @latebreakfastpdx / www.latebreakfastpdx.com or @blackmoonhealing .

Birthing a Life of Intent is another short and sweet episode brought to you by your truly. When plans to collaborate in conversation were changed, we went with flow and created on the fly. Episode 52 shares a brief bit of what welcoming motherhood has been and felt like for me. Come join me in a brief episode of discussing what Birthing a Life of Intent. You can learn more about me by finding me on Instagram at @unearthingeve or at @the.conscious.communion

Cyclical Living with Chelsea Holman shares conversation around what it looks like to create a new paradigm around the New Year. How do we move away from patterns that no longer align? We refine. We rest. We simplify. By holding space for the hard transitions we navigate throughout this life, we honor where we are versus wishing we were somewhere else. Come join Danae and Chelsea for an intimate conversation led with love and intent: you'll hear personal stories, fluid and free conversation, and melded moments of alchemical redirection from the life path.  We hope you join us!  To learn more about Chelsea and her work you can find her on Instagram at @amara.ritual .

Creating to create is a brief initiation and welcoming back to the rhythms that call us to create. Join Danae for this brief episode of ushering in the new year with an encouraging word for all people everywhere.

For the final episode of 2023, Danae shares what the shift in "presence being the present" has been for her through the holiday season. Come join Danae for shared space led with compassion, vision, & conscious continuity. In recognizing the holiday season can be multifaceted, Danae offers perceptions & insights from her own life to offer a reflection to you & all those that listen. Thank you for your time, your energy, & for receiving this exchange. May the rest of your year & the winter season be filled with love, grace, & gratitude for all of life.   To learn more about Danae you can find her on Instagram at @unearthingeve or @the.conscious.communion

Dolores Cruz is a retired elementary school teacher and the author of 2 books. In 2017 Dolores lost her 24 year old son Eric suddenly & from then on has been on a Spirit led journey through the multifaceted  waters of grief. Through this monumental life experience, Dolores alchemized her grief writing Look Around: A Mother’s Journey from Grief & Despair to Healing and Hope and Her recently published book, A Bird Called Wisdom: Poems on Grief, Transformation, & Renewal. Amidst the hardships Dolores has endured she continues to find beauty & comfort in honoring the life of her son by supporting others who too have lost children as an affiliate leader and caring listener to the international support organization helping parents heal. Episode 48: Grief as an Expression navigates Dolores' unique journey with grief as a catalyst towards creative expression & service. Join Danae & Dolores for a beautiful conversation of experience met with discernment for this deeply personal introspection.   To learn more about Dolores & her work, you can find her on Instagram at @dolorescruzauthor or on her website at www.doloreslookaround.com

Andrew Riggs is creating a new paradigm where men no longer suffer alone. Creating & coleading - Mandate a men’s circle to reclaim balance in our true nature, Andrew emboldens men to find wholeness in the masculine and the divine feminine to reclaim the birthright we as spiritual beings living a human experience are here to awaken. Episode 47 : Reclaimation as a Birthright explores a varied sense of all that transpires amidst the beautiful rite of passage that is the hero’s journey. Join Danae & Andrew for a harmonious flow of intentional conversation, experiential wisdom, & ease. To learn more about Andrew you can find him on Instagram at @mr.andrew.riggs or on the Mandate website at www.mandatepdx.com

David Mazzo is an Intuitive Psychic Empath, Quantum Energy Healer, Hypno-therapist, Spiritual Guide & Dream Therapist. Mixing Extra-sensory perceptions with Quantum energetics, David facilitates clients in their ability to reprogram their thoughts to live a dream led life. Through the passage of what was one of David's most challenging seasons, he was then awakened to the essence of his soul to then share this work. Join Danae & David for an intuitive conversation inspired by David's path & how's he's arrived to sharing the work he does today.   To learn more about David you can find David on Instagram at @da_____vega or on his website at https://www.maz-zda.com/

Rachel Brooks is the owner of Seeking Space Yoga & Yin Yoga Space in Portland, OR. As a business owner Rachel both curates the environment & instructs classes. A Portland-native & longtime advocate of accessible yoga, Rachel founded spaces in part, to open up yoga as an option for workers in Portland’s service & sex industries. There was birthed SIN Yin: Service Industry Night Yoga. Through her own experience, Rachel was guided towards creating a space where others in the service industry could be impacted by the positive impacts yoga can bring. With the fundamental belief that yoga is medicine, Rachel cultivates a space where others can be supported as they are. Join Danae & Rachel for an inside look at how showing up for your community & finding the gap of what's needed for yourself can often lead towards an enlivened passion of creatively curating a business with love & intention at the forefront. To learn more about Rachel, you can find her on Instagram at @yogabrooks / @seekingspaceyoga / @yinyogaspace & at the website links included below: https://www.seekingspaceyoga.com/ https://www.yinyogaspace.com/ 

Bailey has always been an explorer of the great mystery endlessly intrigued by the patterns of the universe & how spirit plays in form. As a multidimensional artist she creates magic in botany, dance, music, & offers support as a Gene Keys Guide. She's called to the cosmic groundwork of what ties us to nature in both the ethereal & the 3D plane opening herself up to being an instrument for the Divine. Episode 44 dives into how Bailey has discovered & uncovered what the Divine looks to express through her & how she's moved through the stagnancy of sharing her work with the world. Join Danae & Bailey for a fluid flow of Spirit led conversation as these two friends explore the great mystery of what's here for us in this human form.  To learn more about Bailey you can find her on Instagram at @sonnen_max, @guide_genekeys, & @yavanna.studio. 

Lydia is a human endlessly fascinated by the forces of air. As an aerospace engineer, she designs repairs for the wings of commercial aircraft. As a breathwork teacher, she engages with air-breathing engines of the human kind. Her work, taste for adventure, & the inquiry of her spiritual practice have propelled her to study & write about the co-collaboration of both nature & technology, recognizing that there is poetry within science & science within poetry. Lydia teaches yoga, breathwork, meditation, & qigong classes in the Tucson area where she resides in an Airstream in the Catalina mountains with her husband & pup Yogi. Being with Intentionality is an episode about choice with intention. Lydia embodies choice with integrity & compassion & has truly paved the way for healing to happen within her own life & therefore the lives of others. Join Danae & Lydia for a conversation amongst two friends who deeply honor & cherish the other.  To learn more about Lydia you can find her on instagram at @breathupperleft or on her website at https://lydiakmcdowell.com/

From Pause to Presence is a glimpse into Danae's inner world & what caused her to take a pause from all things The Conscious Communion. Here to be with you now, Danae shares a little bit of her world & the ongoing practices that have kept her feeling safe in her here & now experience. How do we take care of ourselves in a time of grief? A time of crisis? We make space to be present with it all & start there. Join Danae for a vulnerable episode of what's worked for her in her time of "crisis", lovingly sharing from her own experience so you may lean on your own understanding to do the same for yourself. May peace meet you today & always - love always, The Conscious Communion

Katie Hackett, is an extraordinary woman hailing from the enchanting island of Maui, Hawaii. Now residing in Oceanside, California, Katie  is a new mom to an adorable 8-month-old. Beyond being a devoted mother & daughter, Katie is also a loving wife, finding strength & support in her partnership. With a voice that resonates with emotion Katie also has the incredible gift for crafting heartfelt lyrics, she is a talented singer & songwriter with her music reflecting her life's journey. In every aspect, Katie embodies strength & resilience, through her unwavering commitment to honesty & truth. Episode 41: My Journey Through Pregnancy & Motherhood is a beautiful introspection into Katie's initiation as a Mother. From pregnancy to motherhood, Katie has been called to know deep trust & surrender through some of the most challenging experiences a mother can go through. Please openly attune yourselves for a vulnerable & intimate testimonial from Katie where she shares her innermost truths from pregnancy to motherhood.     As a Maui native Katie asks if you feel called to donate to the Maui Strong Fund to see the link below: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong  Mahalo

After two weeks of needing some time for rest, Danae provides a check in of where she's at. Vulnerable. Exhausted. Feeling what feels resonate, this is a space of intimacy & authenticity bared.  Join Danae for a 22 minute journey of intimacy as she shares her here & now experience to invite you into a deeper understanding of how you love yourself & align with your inner world.  

Gabrielle is a gestalt psychotherapist, couples & sex therapist, heart-based mystic, & trauma-informed integrative practitioner. Her work supports others to heal addiction & chronic illness to then regenerate the body & activate the remembrance of the earth's innate healing capacity to nurture belonging to our human & non-human relationships.Passionate about bridging neuroscience & mysticism, Gabrielle creates sustainable & ethical business practices for healing practitioners in their work, to support their sacred relationship to self & those they encounter. Join Danae & Gabrielle for a heart opening, thought provoking conversation as these two passionate women contemplate consciousness, life experience, & the connection we have to the earth. To learn more about Gabrielle's work you can find her on Instagram at @realizinglove or on her website at www.gabriellebodzin.com.

A short & sweet offering from Danae in lieu of what was intended... How do we tune into the innerworkings of what is here for us in our "here & now"? Join Danae for a brief initiation into what perceiving our inner truths can look like as an exploratory sensory experience. Come breathe, be, & enjoy the intuitive nature of letting Spirit be the guide in this short 11 minute episode. 

Ryan Williams is SomatiQ Breathwork Practitioner & a meditation facilitator living in SE Portland & the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. As a flight attendant, much of Ryan’s life has been creating a Home both within himself & the rooms, cities & relationships he finds himself in. As a  a frequent traveler & a skilled listener, Ryan finds grounding from his relationship & his practice with Theravada Sangha. Married to his beautiful wife, Larissa he also finds growth & perspective from sharing a sacred union bound in creative partnership. Episode 37: Letting Go as a Practice shares Ryan’s life experience as a testament to what it means to listen to our mind, body, & spirit as a guide to how we live in relationship with the ourselves, those closest to us, & the world us. Join Danae & Ryan for a thoughtful conversation of looking at what we can let go of to create more generative flow.   To learn more about Ryan & his work, you can find him on Instagram at @realtunedup.