On the Secret Witch Show today our guest is Carly Mountain. Carly is a sought-after psychotherapist specialising in sex, embodiment, rites of passage and relationships. A seasoned initiatory guide, yoga teacher, breathworker and writer, her work has evolved over twenty years of sacred mythopoetic practice and space holding. She is author of Descent & Rising: Women's Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth. She lives in Sheffield, England with her husband and two daughters.

In this episode we explore how descent becomes a sacred initiation into the Feminine - and how death, shadow, and rebirth are required for the Witch to fully embody who she is. Carly shares the medicine of descent and rising - and what it means to embody naked power - shedding the old skins of shame and fear to reclaim our body, pleasure and powerful truth. Together, we speak about how darkness is a calling, the Witch's descent into the underworld, and how these initiations become portals to remembering who we truly are.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Descent is sacred - a journey of initiation that strips away what is false and reveals the truth of who we are beneath the surface

• The Inanna myth reminds us that the underworld isn't punishment - it's a descent into the body, the shadow, and the truth that waits in the dark

• The body is the oracle - when we listen to its trembling, pleasure, and pulse, we find the wisdom that's been buried beneath shame

• Naked power lives in surrender - when we stop performing and meet life with presence, love and eros begin to move freely again

• The snake teaches us to shed what no longer fits - each skin we release becomes an act of remembering

• Descent and rising are inseparable - the more we're willing to descend into truth, the more powerfully we rise in love.

Resources and Things that We Spoke About:

• Carly's Links:

• Website: www.carlymountain.com - sign up for her email 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carly_mountain/

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