Dearest listener, dear community,
Welcome back to the Soft Rebellion. I hope this message and new episode finds you in a good health and spirit and I wish you a WONDERful week ahead.
The conversation I share with you today was one of those rare, deeply honest, intuitive exchanges where each question opened another door, and together we unearthed something neither of us could have planned. My guest is the brilliant trauma-informed embodiment guide, facilitator, and heart activist Tanya Forgan, whose work is rooted in the profound understanding that our individual and collective wellbeing depends on the quality of our relationship with ourselves and with one another. Guided by the wisdom of Ubuntu - I am because we are - we continue our exploration of what it means to know with and through our bodies, our wombs, our menstrual cycles, and the greater cycles of life. Along the way, Tanya offers one of the most potent questions I have ever been asked: Where are your words coming from? It’s a conversation that embodies what podcasting means to me: meeting heart to heart, trusting what wants to emerge, and allowing truth to reveal itself through relationship.
In this conversation we explored and talked about …
* Tanya`s story and upbringing as a mixed-heritage woman of Dominican and British ancestry through which she brings a lived understanding of belonging, identity, and the search for home.
* Tanya`s menopause journey and what the experience of this rite of passage taught Tanya about creating belonging through circles, particularly across differences in race, gender, sexuality, ability, and power.
* The process of grief and its seasons; how we can work with and through it and why grief is where we can find ourselves most in our belonging.
* Tanya`s ritual work, her inspirations and influences; rooted in African spiritual traditions that honour ancestry and communal healing, and the Celtic wheel of the year, which teaches us to listen to the wisdom of the seasons and to trust the cycles of life, death, and renewal and how to engage in rituals is pure nourishment for the soul.
More about Tanya:
Tanya Forgan is an Embodiment Guide, Circle Facilitator, Mentor, and Ritual Holder. She draws on Yoga Nidra, breathwork, somatic practice, grief tending, and conscious relating. Her approach is trauma-informed, rooted in a deep trust in what emerges when people gather with presence and care. She is the founder of Devoted, a six-month training for women called to hold Circles and create meaningful spaces for others. Through Devoted, she supports women to grow the presence, confidence, and embodied leadership needed to facilitate with integrity and skill.
Enjoy!
With so much LOVE,
Flurina
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