Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast
How can we incorporate meditation and spiritual wisdom into the messy realities of our lives? How can we think of spiritual practice as something that happens within life, rather than in retreat?
Hi I'm Sarah, and for years I trained in yoga and a form of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, but found it incredibly difficult with two young children to train in traditional ways which required me to step out of my life to sit on my own. What I have discovered over these many years is that many of us need an adapted form of spiritual practice that fits in with our lives. Especially for women whose approach to spiritual practice may be different.
This podcast is a continuing conversation about how spiritual wisdom can illuminate our messy real lives as women. Sometimes you'll get me with some stuff I've been thinking about. Sometimes you'll get me in conversation with another woman about the realities of their spiritual practice — what it's actually like, how it helps the in practical real-life situations and what inspires them most.
We are Messy. We are Luminous. And just Being.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 136 Creating Moments of Illumination
There is something I think we're all looking for...and that is a life that elevates us beyond the small self and into the most true and beautiful version of who we really are. A life where this conne…
Episode 135 Our sacred connection to the ancestors w/Tara Wild
Our bodies are the holders of ancestral knowledge, ancestral feelings, ancestral wounds. In this episode, Tara Wild shares her journey with feminine ancestral teachings from Ireland and Britain, how …
Episode 134 Come Align with Yourself
Come take a few minutes to remember yourself, to come back home. To remind yourself of what you've always known. This is where your energy really comes from, this place inside of you. This is where y…
Episode 133 new reflections on self-love
There are so many inner practices to choose from and work with. In this episode, Sarah shares her reflections on a through-line which feels like the foundation of them all. Self-love has become a co…
Episode 132 Stepping away and finding space
In this episode, Sarah shares her reflections on the importance of stepping away and finding space for just ourselves. Integrating practice into messy real life is such a journey. But there are times…
Episode 131 The wisdom of wildness
When we are surrounded by man-made environments, it can be hard to remember that we ourselves are not man-made. We are beautifully wild. And that's why stepping out into nature, whether on a walk you…
Episode 130 Finding the Great Quiet
My son told me recently that the reason he likes to climb mountains is because at the top, you can really hear 'the great nothing'. My whole being stopped when he said that, because I know exactly wh…
Episode 129 Seasons, Spirals and our Inner Journey w/Marit Akintewe
The deep value of practice, learning how to stablise our inner Witness, the revelancy of traditional yoga teachings to modern life and so much more. In this episode I talk to Marit Akintewe, advanced…
Episode 128 Gritty life is the soil of our Becoming
Challenges in our life are inevitable. We have been taught to wish for calm seas and smooth sailing in life, but the truth is, it is often the challenges that bring us the opportunity for deeper tran…
Episode 127 How your Presence can heal you
Presence alone is healing. No one tells us this. We are taught that in order to heal our bodies, our minds, our relationship, we have to 'do' something more. Yet so often, the most powerful medicine …
Episode 126 my father's death and the illumination of life
Experiencing the death of a beloved one is one of our shared human experiences. In this episode, Sarah shares her experience of the death of her father and the incredible life lessons she found in th…
Ep 125 Success, feeling Thankful & the power of Slowing Down
Are you successful? How do you define success for yourself, and how does this impact what you feel grateful for? In this episode, I share my own evolving feelings about the idea of succcess, which is…
Episode 124 Let insight come to you
We have a tendency to go looking for the things we want. It seems counter-intuitive to sit down and have faith that those things will come to you. And it is. In so many ways, inner practices like med…
Episode 123 Wise Women Village w/Clem Cocquet
This episode is all about discovering our personal sovereignty and honouring the process of birth — whether that's a child, a creative project, or an aspect of our lives. Clem Cocquet of @wisewomenvi…
Episode 122 Shifting gears in your practice
When we start something new, it always feels a little hard and awkward. We're not yet sure we're doing things right. We're getting used to everything. But if we stick with a practice long enough, wha…
Episode 121 Finding Balance in Gravity w/Caz Hitchcock
Our body is a highly intelligent, self-healing organism. But do we believe it? And do we know how to allow the body to inact this intelligence? In this episode, I talk to Caz Hitchcock, founder of Th…
Ep 120 The Power of Stillness
There is a middle way between our relentless push to Make Things Happen and Giving Up. A middle way of working beyond trying to control every step in a process and completely letting go. This episode…
Episode 119 Nutrition and Inner Wellness w/Charlotte Kinder
What goes in comes out. It's easy to dismiss this simple truth when life gets busy and meals start to feel like one more thing to juggle. But at a basic level we know that the fuel we put into our bo…
Episode 118 Retune to yourself
Welcome to Season 4 of the Messy Luminous Being Podcast. We're starting this season with a conversation about our energy — how it gets knocked out of alignment and how to retune to what is true and b…
Episode 117 Transformational Energy Healing w/ Justine Nagaur
In this episode I talk to Justine Nagaur about how our energy field works and the way it underlies our experience. We discuss the transformation that happened to Justine when she stopped resisting ph…