Birdsong with Caiyuda

It’s been over a decade now since I started this journey in the shamanic healing arts for awakening and higher consciousness. And it's really over the past few years, with THIS year in particular, that the gears have shifted in a big way. The Pilgrimage, Vision Quest, Kayaking with Whales, Interstate Journeys, Body Transformations, Further developing Esoteric Faculties of Mind, Desert Dreaming, Heavy Grieving... This year has been a huge one, and it feels right to acknowledge this past season of my life on the podcast and share it with you all. There's a fair bit of gold in this one - I reckon you'll gain some great insights and find it to be a valuable listen. Thanks for tuning in, I appreciate it. Solocast #9: 2024 --- NEWSLETTER: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter VISION QUEST: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/vision-quest THE PILGRIMAGE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/pilgrimage INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora TWITTER: https://x.com/caiyudakiora SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best medicinal mushroom, tonic herb and adaptogenic blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout.

This is the story of my Personal Pilgrimage and Vision Quest in the Central Australian Desert. For several days and nights I fasted in a small circle, in solitude, on top of sandy red desert dunes. The desert is harsh and my Quest was gruelling. Fierce winds whipped my tarp into a frenzy, the scorching sun was relentless, and the incessant attack of flies was next level. The days were unbearably long, and the nights ticked over slow as slow.   Despite the sleep deprivation and extreme conditions, the desert landscape is punctuated by a beauty beyond words. Rainbow bee-eaters darted between trees. Dawn and dusk brought a radiant palette of pastel colours. Wind gave ancient voice to the needle-like foliage of desert oak. Shooting stars careened across vast night sky. The veil of perception thinned, giving rise to mystical encounters with desert spirits.   You can expect to hear about all of this, including some of the challenges I faced, some of the themes such as grief and worthiness that I was presented with, some of the big questions that I was tussling with and got some clarity on, the importance of mystical encounters with the divine, the various emanations and qualities of the desert, my developing relationship with the wind, some insight and wisdom for high-level creatives, and a whole lot more. Enjoy the ride. Solocast #8: 2024 --- NEWSLETTER: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter AWAKENING THE SEER WITHIN: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/awakening-the-seer UPCOMING EVENTS: https://caiyudakiora.com/upcoming-events VISION QUEST: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/vision-quest THE PILGRIMAGE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/pilgrimage INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best medicinal mushroom, tonic herb and adaptogenic blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout.

There's a price to be paid for the rapid acceleration of transformation: the intensification of the death-rebirth process. My earliest Ayahuasca sessions fit the bill precisely, and for the first time ever, I share about those initial experiences on the podcast. Remembering these profound experiences can be a challenge, and we often experience the fading, so I offer some practical insight into how to enhance our recall and anchor our experiences into our mind-body-soul complex with more lucidity. I also riff on Rumi's wisdom, Rick Rubin and "The Creative Act", Christopher Basche's book "LSD and the Mind of The Universe: Diamonds From Heaven", and some timeless wisdom from the mountains. Enjoy the ride. Solocast #7: 2024 --- UPCOMING EVENTS: https://caiyudakiora.com/upcoming-events VISION QUEST: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/vision-quest THE PILGRIMAGE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/pilgrimage NEWSLETTER: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter WEBSITE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best medicinal mushroom, tonic herb and adaptogenic blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout.

If you’re interested in embodied alchemical transformation on the path of psychedelics and plant-based shamanism, sacred song, music as medicine, and becoming one with the elements, this one’s for you.   Dr Alex Pardhy is an ex Medical Doctor turned medicine woman & mentor to visionary leaders on the path of awakening.   Leaving emergency medicine in 2017, Alex trained in transformational modalities, shamanism, psychedelia and sacred medicines, tantra, shadow work and more, merging traditional healing tools with leading edge metacognitive maps & psychedelic expansion to support people in unlocking their true potential in service to global systems change.   In this episode we talk:   🔸 The path of inner alchemy and healing 🔸 The Sikhs who use cannabis as a sacrament 🔸 Spiritual chiropracting, remote healing and quantum entanglement 🔸 Addressing the sceptical mind and the need for embodied experience of plant medicines 🔸 Embodied transformation as strange terminology arising from our disconnect with the body 🔸 Shifting blocked emotional densities and drawing from the medicine wheel 🔸 Alex’s interpretation of the Andean / North American Medicine Wheel 🔸 The meaning of Alex’s last name, Pardhy 🔸 The journey of losing her voice to reclamation of sacred song 🔸 Praying through rattling and singing 🔸 The energetic qualities associated with throat constriction 🔸 Alex’s David Attenborough impersonation 🔸 The emotionality and intention behind music as medicine 🔸 The most powerful instrument of all 🔸 The Andean concept of “hucha” in the bodily chakras 🔸 Medicine songs and the different environmental contexts in which they “drop in” 🔸 Becoming “as the wind” and coalescing with the elements 🔸 Alex’s recent heroic dose of mushrooms and the powerful demands of the fire spirit 🔸 Ian MacKenzie’s Mythic Masculine Podcast and Alex’s passion of working with men 🔸 Who’s keeping you accountable and the power of coaching 🔸 Dismantling the patriarchal concepts of song that stop you from heartfelt singing 🔸 Purging songs and channelling energies that make participants feel uncomfortable 🔸 The question that Alex wishes people would ask her more about 🔸 The message from the Geisha archetype RESOURCES MENTIONED:   https://thefourwinds.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Real-Magic-Ancient-Science-Universe/dp/1524758825 https://noetic.org/blog/three-remarkable-studies-on-the-science-of-intention/ https://www.healingsounds.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqHMbl9j3E&list=PLD6BB83B6D1F6F44B   CONNECT:   https://www.instagram.com/alchemy_with_alex https://linktr.ee/alchemywithalex   If you vibe what we're putting out, please spread the word in one way or another. A social media share / screenshot / tag would be amazing, or you could leave a review, or join the community through our in-person gatherings. --- THE PILGRIMAGE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/pilgrimage NEWSLETTER: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter WEBSITE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best medicinal mushroom, tonic herb and adaptogenic blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au   Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout.