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Alchemy with Sheeana Leigh
Hosted by sheeana.leigh · EN
Alchemy with Sheeana Leigh is a reclamation of the untamed feminine through body intelligence and embodied truth.
This is where pain becomes power.
Where shadow becomes sovereignty.
Where the body is no longer silenced, but revered as oracle.
We explore the edges most people avoid:
Desire.
Devotion.
Grief.
Sexuality.
Relational truth.
Power dynamics.
Embodiment beyond the aesthetic.
Hosted by somatic therapist, doula, and sex, love, and relationship coach Sheeana Leigh, this is a space for women ready to transmute and become fully expressed and liberated without shame.
Be Feral & Free x
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Ep 46 - How Trauma Lives in the Body: Why Your Nervous System Won't Let Go (and How T.R.E. Can Help) with Crystal Morris
3d ago01:14:38Tap to summarizeWhat if the reason you still feel anxious, burnt out, disconnected or stuck isn't because you haven't "healed enough"... but because your body has never been taught how to let go?.Most healing focuses on changing your thoughts.This conversation explores something deeper.Your nervous system.Your body..The places trauma, chronic stress and survival patterns quietly live long after the experience has passed..In this foundational episode, I'm joined by holistic counsellor and T.R.E. (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) practitioner Crystal Morris to unpack how trauma is stored in the body, why so many women remain trapped in fight, flight freeze, or fawn and why true healing isn't about thinking differently.It's about creating safety in the body..Together we explore:• Why trauma is stored in the body, not just the mind• Understanding your nervous system and Polyvagal Theory• Fight, flight, freeze and why so many women stay "braced"• Why chronic stress changes your body• The psoas muscle, fascia and women's health• Why shaking is one of the body's oldest survival mechanisms• Tension & Trauma Release Exercises (T.R.E.) explained• Why "regulation" isn't about being calm all the time• The difference between suppression and true nervous system healing• Building emotional capacity without retraumatising yourself• Why embodiment changes everything.If you've ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns, why your body feels exhausted even when your mind understands, or why healing still feels out of reach…This conversation is your foundation.Because your body isn't working against you.It's been trying to protect you all along.—If this episode resonates, I'd love if you'd follow the podcast, leave a review and share it with another woman who needs to hear it.Stay feral & free._Welcome to the deeper work.www.sheeanaleigh.comSupport me and this work here - https://buymeacoffee.com/SheeanaleighFree eBook the pleasure codes - www.sheeanaleigh.com/pleasurecodesWork with me here -Greece Immersion - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion_Special guest -Crystal Morris is a Holistic Counsellor, Registered TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) Provider, and Somatic Attachment Therapist with a passion for helping people understand and heal the impact of stress, trauma, and nervous system dysregulation. Through a blend of neuroscience, attachment theory, and body-based approaches, she supports individuals to move beyond simply coping and build lasting resilience. Crystal is the founder of Crystalline Counselling, where she offers TRE® classes, counselling, workshops, and psychoeducation with a holistic, compassionate approach.www.crystallinecounselling.com.au
Transcribe →Ep 45 - Stop Abandoning Yourself: The Death Of The Good Girl & The Return Of The Wild Woman With Elodie Joy
1w ago01:05:39Tap to summarizeUnderneath every woman who has abandoned herself is a Wild Woman waiting to be remembered....What if the life you've been living isn't actually yours?.What if you've spent years becoming who everyone else needed you to be… while slowly abandoning the woman you really are?.In this powerful conversation, I sit down with feminine initiation mentor Elodie Joy to explore the conditioning that keeps so many women disconnected from their bodies, their truth, their pleasure and their power..Together we unpack why so many women become chronic people pleasers, over-givers and caretakers..And why reclaiming yourself isn't about becoming someone new but remembering who you've always been..We dive into the roots of self-abandonmentThe Good Girl archetypeBoundariesSexualityWomb wisdomFeminine embodiment and what it truly means to rewild the feminine..If you've ever struggled with people pleasing, setting boundaries, trusting yourself, speaking your truth, reconnecting with your body or feeling like you've lost yourself in relationships, this conversation is for you..Inside this episode we explore:• Why women learn to abandon themselves from such a young age• The hidden cost of Good Girl conditioning• Self-abandonment, people pleasing and over giving• Why boundaries feel so difficult• Reclaiming your body as a source of wisdom• The Wild Woman and feminine embodiment• Womb wisdom, cyclical living and reconnecting to your intuition• Sexuality as a pathway to healing and self-reclamation• Sacred rage, truth telling and authentic expression• Why healing isn't about endlessly fixing yourself• Returning to your instincts, your voice and your powerThis episode is an invitation to stop performing who you've been taught to be……and begin remembering the woman beneath the conditioning.Remember your wild being way of your woman._Elodie is a feminine initiation mentor, somatic embodiment & shadow work guide, dedicated to liberating women's wild, primal, authentic self as she remembers her full power, truthful expression, and soul essence.Her work activates and awakens womb wisdom, reclaims sensuality, pleasure, and eros, and gives women permission to fully inhabit their most sovereign, unapologetic, primal selves.As a former Registered Nurse, she brings both clinical safety and somatic depth to her work. She has walked solo pilgrimages to sacred sites around the world, and has spent years studying the body, the feminine psyche, shadow work, myth, story and the ancient wisdom of the wild woman.She is based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, and works with women globally - online and in person.Connect with Elodie JoyInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/elodie.joy_/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/elodiejoy20/Website:www.elodiejoy.com.au/Current offerings:🌿 Rewild Your Woman - a 7-week online somatic embodiment journey for women ready to release the Good Girl, reclaim their voice and embody their wild, unapologetic nature.🌿 Embodied Woman Mentorship - 1:1 containers for women seeking deeper transformation through feminine embodiment, shadow work and somatic healing.—If this episode resonates, I'd love for you to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who's ready to stop abandoning herself.Your support helps these conversations reach more women who are remembering who they truly are.With love,Sheeana xxWelcome to the deeper work.www.sheeanaleigh.comSupport me and this work here - https://buymeacoffee.com/SheeanaleighFree eBook the pleasure codes - www.sheeanaleigh.com/pleasurecodesWork with me here -Greece Immersion - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion#SelfAbandonment #PeoplePleasing #Boundaries #SelfWorth #WomenEmpowerment #FeminineEmbodiment #WildWoman #HealingJourney #TraumaHealing #PersonalGrowth #SelfDevelopment #Relationships #Embodiment #SpiritualGrowth #WomensHealth
Transcribe →Ep 44 ~ Return To The Wild: Earth, Eros, Grief & the Mythic Feminine with Ginger Kern
2w ago01:22:35Tap to summarizeReturning to your wild nature is what happens organically when women come together in a powerful and embodied way....In this expansive conversation, I sit down with the luminous Ginger of Mythic Feminine to wander through the landscapes of Earth, eros, grief, devotion and the wild intelligence of the feminine. Together, we explore what it means to return to a life that is embodied rather than performed, seasonal rather than linear, and deeply rooted in relationship. With the land, with our bodies, with death, with love and with one another..Inside this episode we explore:✺ Why you cannot be connected to your eros while disconnected from the Earth✺ The myth of "having it all together" and the quiet wisdom of living seasonally✺ Grief as one of the greatest gateways to love, intimacy and aliveness✺ Why union isn't harmony and how real relationships ask us to die a thousand tiny deaths in the name of love✺ The sacred relationship between women, community and the living land✺ Devotion, God, mystery and why some of the holiest parts of our lives are never meant to be performed✺ What it means to become an embodied woman rather than simply collecting spiritual ideas✺ The return to our mammalian nature, instinct and the wild intelligence of the body✺ Sisterhood, feminine power and why the women of our time are remembering something ancient.This conversation weaves between philosophy and lived experience, tenderness and laughter, mythology and biology..There are no neat conclusions.Only invitations.And electricity that was felt long after the conversation had finished..If you've been longing to feel more alive...more connected...more rooted...more fully yourself...May this be one small step on your own return to the wild.—If this episode moves you, I'd be so grateful if you followed the podcast, left a review, or shared it with someone walking their own path of remembrance.And if you're craving this work in lived experience rather than conversation alone, applications are now open for The Embodied Oracle Immersion in Greece - a five-day pilgrimage into sisterhood, embodiment and the living wisdom of the feminine.https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersionWelcome home.-Ginger Kern (@mythic.feminine) is a writer, mentor, and guide for women on paths of devotion.She is in service to returning women home to their female nature. Her work supports women in restoring sovereignty and full-range embodiment in service of union within & with men.Links:'The Dip' - 13 audio teachings & embodiment practices to guide your feminine descenthttps://buy.stripe.com/cNi7sM5HM9Uz47o1QR4c802Find Your True Voice - free guided meditation for womenhttps://mythicfeminine.thinkific.com/products/digital_downloads/findyourvoiceFollow Ginger on IG http://instagram.com/mythic.feminineFollow Ginger on Substack https://substack.com/@gingerkern
Transcribe →Ep 43 - The Embodied Oracle: Why Women Are Being Called Back To The Earth With Hannah Jenkins
3w ago01:24:06Tap to summarizeYou will want to sit on the soil, roll around in the sun and soak in this devotional summoning to be of service....What it means to move from extraction into right relationship...With ourselves, with the land, and with life itself.There is a call echoing across the Earth right nowSome women can feel it in their bonesIt isn't logicalIt doesn't arrive through the mind.It arrives as a longingA sensational knowing in the body.A longing to touch the soilTo soften into the watersTo remember a language older than words.In this second episode of our Embodied Oracle mini-series, Hannah and I journey into the forgotten relationship between women and the living Earth.We dive into the living intelligence of the land, why so many women are feeling an undeniable call back to nature, and how our relationship with the Earth mirrors our relationship with ourselves.This conversation moves beyond spirituality as an idea and into a lived experience of remembranceTogether we explore:• Why women across the world are feeling called back to the land• The living intelligence of the Earth and organic architecture• Earth, Eros and the body as one interconnected system• Nervous system regulation through nature• Sacred sites, ley lines and the wisdom of place• Why reciprocity with the Earth matters more than extraction• Menstrual blood as devotion and ancient remembrance• Oracle consciousness and learning to hear the call• How the way we treat the Earth reflects the way we treat ourselves• Returning to right relationship with the body, the land and the sacred.This is a conversation about EarthAbout ErosAbout the bodyAbout prophecyAbout remembering.This September, Hannah and I are gathering a small circle of women on the sacred island of Tinos, Greece, for Embodied OracleA five-day pilgrimage into the body, the land, sisterhood and the ancient mysteries.If your whole body whispered yes while reading this...We would be honoured to walk beside youReach out to either of us to explore whether this pilgrimage is yourshttps://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion-Hannah Carolyn Jenkins is an Erotic Alchemist and the Senior Ministress of Triunity Temple, the home of the Organic Architecture of Alchemical Union. She is soon-to-be wife and has been walking in Hierogamic Union for 5 years. About 8 years ago, Eros and The Feminine reclaimed her from more than a decade of disconnection, dissociation and numbness. The journey Home to her body and the anchoring of her consciousness into her Womb, was one of re-sensitization, and this enlivened many dormant gifts and activated a deep sense of purpose and mission to walk women Home. She has a unique ability, forged in the fire, to work with the structural mechanics and energetic architecture of systems and fields, and activates the circuitry of Erotic Overflow in her clients.Once she let herself be taken by the Mystery and the True Feminine, she felt organically drawn into the Kingdom, the Territory of God and Frame of Christ. Her life is devoted to following the thread that is weaving and re-unioning Christed Logos and Organic Eros, and she feels herself being carved by Love and Truth, in concert with her Uniqueness in the process. And it is consistent fulfillment like she never imagined possible.In deep and abiding joy, she mentors others in service of the liberation of life force, Eros, and emergence of organic soul expression. Her signature NAKED methodology centers intimacy, cultivating transparency and living so revealed in Truth that what is Ordained for us cannot miss us. Her brand, Embodied Gnosis stands for anchoring women in their unshakeable knowing: the journey from knowledge to gnosis—mental concept to embodied truth. From there, its subtler and subtler refinement of our sensing organs and playing in the mystical realm of interconnected, dynamic, ecstatic communion.https://www.triunitytemple.org/https://hannahjenkins.substack.com/
Transcribe →Ep 42 ~ The Future of Love: Shadow Work, Presence & The Art of Relating with Nathan Coury
Jun 1801:26:28Tap to summarizeWhat if the biggest problem in modern relationships isn't men... or women... but the way we've forgotten how to relate?.This week's conversation is one of my favourites.Joining me is Nathan Coury - entrepreneur, men's work facilitator, ISTA organiser, restaurant owner and someone deeply devoted to understanding human connection..Together we explore:• Why shadow work isn't about fixing yourself• The surprising truth about curiosity• Why relationships expose every unconscious part of us• Masculine & feminine beyond social media clichés• Spirituality, tantra and shamanism• Why presence is the greatest relationship practice• The epidemic of extraction over service• The future of love and conscious partnership• Learning to soften instead of harden• Sugar & Spice (and why that became our nickname)This episode is all about remembering our humanity..If you've ever wondered why relationships feel harder than ever currently....Tune in, you are in for a treat!_Nathan Coury is a facilitator, coach, artivist, and community architect devoted to helping soul-led humans embody their purpose and lead from wholeness. Over two decades of deep inner work form the foundation of his current life — running two thriving restaurants, facilitating men's and women's work, building harmonious communities, and organizing spiritual, sexual, and shamanic trainings with the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA). Nathan weaves a rare combination of fields: conscious business, sacred sexuality, shadow work, holistic leadership, shamanic healing, and medicinal rap. His approach is equal parts depth and delight — he brings full reverence to the work without ever taking himself too seriously and has a gift for making the heaviest material feel alive, accessible, and even fun.Find out more, connect and work with Nathan below:https://www.instagram.com/nathancoury/https://www.nathancoury.comhttps://ista.life/events/arizona-ista-level-1-oct-2026
Transcribe →Ep 41 ~ Embodied Oracle: Sisterhood, Visibility & The Return of Women's Wisdom with Hannah Jenkins
Jun 1001:16:42Tap to summarizeWhat if the deepest wound many women carry isn't around men at all?.What if it's the wound of other women?.In this powerful opening conversation for our Embodied Oracle series, Hannah and I dive into the often unspoken reality of sisterhood wounds, betrayal, belonging, visibility, competition, and the ancient fear of being cast out from the tribe..Together we explore:• Why betrayal from women can feel so devastating• The witch wound, mother wound and sister wound• Why many women feel safer around men than other women• The hidden competition conditioning woven into female relationships• The connection between voice, womb, expression and embodiment• What happens when women stop fixing each other and start witnessing each other• Why true sisterhood isn't about agreement, it's about seeing beyond the mask• The role of the Oracle in modern womanhood• How belonging, visibility and leadership are deeply intertwinedThis conversation is an invitation into a different way of relating..A way that honours truth over performance.Depth over hierarchy.Embodiment over perfection..If you've ever felt betrayed, unseen, too much, not enough, or like you've struggled to find your place amongst women, this episode is for you..This is Part One of our Embodied Oracle series leading into our Greece immersion in September.More information can be found here - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion.The sisterhood wound cannot be healed in isolation.It is healed through creating the very thing we ache for..Connect with us about the Embodied Oracle Immersion in Greece via Instagram DM._Hannah Carolyn Jenkins is an Erotic Alchemist and the Senior Ministress of Triunity Temple, the home of the Organic Architecture of Alchemical Union. She is soon-to-be wife and has been walking in Hierogamic Union for 5 years. About 8 years ago, Eros and The Feminine reclaimed her from more than a decade of disconnection, dissociation and numbness. The journey Home to her body and the anchoring of her consciousness into her Womb, was one of re-sensitization, and this enlivened many dormant gifts and activated a deep sense of purpose and mission to walk women Home. She has a unique ability, forged in the fire, to work with the structural mechanics and energetic architecture of systems and fields, and activates the circuitry of Erotic Overflow in her clients.Once she let herself be taken by the Mystery and the True Feminine, she felt organically drawn into the Kingdom, the Territory of God and Frame of Christ. Her life is devoted to following the thread that is weaving and re-unioning Christed Logos and Organic Eros, and she feels herself being carved by Love and Truth, in concert with her Uniqueness in the process. And it is consistent fulfillment like she never imagined possible.In deep and abiding joy, she mentors others in service of the liberation of life force, Eros, and emergence of organic soul expression. Her signature NAKED methodology centers intimacy, cultivating transparency and living so revealed in Truth that what is Ordained for us cannot miss us. Her brand, Embodied Gnosis stands for anchoring women in their unshakeable knowing: the journey from knowledge to gnosis—mental concept to embodied truth. From there, its subtler and subtler refinement of our sensing organs and playing in the mystical realm of interconnected, dynamic, ecstatic communion.https://www.triunitytemple.org/https://hannahjenkins.substack.com/
Transcribe →Ep 40 ~ The Alchemy of Rupture: Love, Chaos & Coming Home to Yourself
Jun 300:31:50Tap to summarizeAfter a few months away from the mic, I’m back!!!.And wow… life has life’d..In this raw comeback episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of the last few months: from sacred ceremonies in Sedona, unexpected expansion and travel, to love, emotional rupture, nervous system activation, and the deep medicine hidden inside relational pain. We explore what happens when life cracks you open, when love doesn’t go the way you imagined, and when your body forces you to reckon with what safety, worthiness, intimacy, and self-abandonment really mean..This episode is for the women rebuilding themselves.For the women learning boundaries.For the women reclaiming softness without abandoning their fire..Inside this episode:My travels through Sedona, Salem & New YorkHosting sacred ceremony and reconnecting to purposeNervous system activation & relational ruptureThe truth about heartbreak and emotional safetyWhy “doing the work” doesn’t make you immune to unhealthy dynamicsFeminine rage, boundaries & reclaiming self-trustComing home to yourself after chaosWhat’s next for Alchemy with Sheeana LeighIf you’ve ever loved deeply, lost yourself, cracked open, or found yourself rebuilding….Welcome home....Welcome to the deeper work.www.sheeanaleigh.comSupport me and this work here - https://buymeacoffee.com/SheeanaleighFree eBook the pleasure codes - www.sheeanaleigh.com/pleasurecodesWork with me here -The Honey Pot — The Honey Pot — Sheeana LeighSacred Embodiment - Sacred Embodiment — Sheeana LeighGreece Immersion - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion
Transcribe →Ep 39 ~ Your Body Knows Before You Do & The 11 Million Signals You’re Ignoring
Apr 2100:27:36Tap to summarizeHow you are missing out on the incredible technology of your own body intelligence by simply not listening and overthinking...You’ve done all "the work".You can name your patterns.You understand your attachment style.And yet… you still stay too long.You still override yourself.You still question what your body already knows.In this episode of Alchemy with Sheeana Leigh, we drop into the body as oracleWhere truth lives before logicBefore justificationBefore explanationYour body is processing 11 million bits of information per second…and you’re consciously aware of about 40. So what happens to the rest?We ignore it.We override it.We call it “overthinking.”This episode is your return to the not-so-subtle ways your body is talking to you and how to slow it down and take it in without making it mind based madness.We explore:Why your body detects misalignment before your mind can explain itThe difference between trauma activation vs true desireMicro-contractions: pelvic bracing, throat suppression, subtle freezeHow your nervous system scans for safety (not pleasure)Why women are highly attuned to micro-cues — and why we’ve been trained to distrust itThe real reason you stay in misaligned relationshipsThis is where your body becomes the leader.This is where self-trust is rebuilt from the inside out.No fixing.Just returning to listening and moving with conviction.Welcome to the deeper work.www.sheeanaleigh.comSupport me and this work here - https://buymeacoffee.com/SheeanaleighFree eBook the pleasure codes - www.sheeanaleigh.com/pleasurecodesWork with me here -The Honey Pot — The Honey Pot — Sheeana LeighSacred Embodiment - Sacred Embodiment — Sheeana LeighGreece Immersion - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion
Transcribe →Ep 38 ~ Trauma Bond or True Desire? Why You Can’t Tell the Difference.
Apr 200:31:21Tap to summarizeThis is the question I get asked more times than I like to admit and, in this episode, I am breaking it down with you.We’re diving into one of the most confusing and addictive dynamics in modern relationships:Is it a trauma bond, wounding… or is it real desire?Let's move into another pattern breaker.Because sometimes it feels electric.Sometimes it feels consuming.Sometimes it feels like the deepest connection you’ve ever had.But what if that intensity… isn’t love?In this episode, I unpack:Why nervous system activation gets mistaken for chemistryThe difference between true desire vs trauma bonding in the bodyHow inconsistency + emotional unavailability creates addictionWhy you can be deeply turned on and deeply unsafe at the same timeThe subtle body cues you’re ignoring (until your body shuts down)And how to begin reclaiming your body, desire, and self-trustThis is lived, embodied experience mixed with somatic authority.And this is the conversation most women deeply need.If you’ve ever felt obsessed, hooked, unable to let go…This episode is going to be sticky.Which we love!!Prepare to be stretched.Love,Sheeana Leigh xxWant to dive further into this with me??I have spaces for 1:1 clients and all my current availabilities are listed below.Welcome to the deeper work.www.sheeanaleigh.comSupport me and this work here - https://buymeacoffee.com/SheeanaleighFree eBook the pleasure codes - www.sheeanaleigh.com/pleasurecodesWork with me here -The Honey Pot - The Honey Pot — Sheeana LeighSacred Embodiment - Sacred Embodiment — Sheeana LeighGreece Immersion - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion
Transcribe →Ep 37 ~ Why Women Stay Even When They Want to Leave
Mar 2600:26:03Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Alchemy with Sheeana Leigh, we unravel one of the most confronting truths in personal growth:Why do women stay… even when they know it’s not right?This isn’t about a lack of awareness.This is about what lives deeper than logic.Sheeana dives into the somatic, emotional, and erotic imprints that keep you looping in patterns you consciously want to break, and why knowing your patterns is not enough to change them.Inside this episode:Why awareness alone keeps you stuck (and what actually creates change)Nervous system familiarity vs true safetyIdentity attachment and the fear of becoming someone newErotic imprinting, chemistry, and why powerful sex can keep you bondedThe truth about trauma bonds and intermittent reinforcementWhy grief is the missing piece, and what happens when you finally feel itThis is not surface-level healing.This is the work beneath the work.If you’ve ever thought:“I know this isn’t right… so why can’t I leave?”This episode will meet you in that exact place, and take you deeper.Welcome to the work.www.sheeanaleigh.comSupport me and this work here - https://buymeacoffee.com/SheeanaleighFree eBook the pleasure codes - www.sheeanaleigh.com/pleasurecodesWork with me here -The Honey Pot — The Honey Pot — Sheeana LeighSacred Embodiment - Sacred Embodiment — Sheeana LeighGreece Immersion - https://organicarchitecture.life/oracle-immersion
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