Episode 45 - Getting to Know Altars with Sarah Maher of Village & Vessel

Getting to Know Woo

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Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are excited to discuss altars with Sarah Maher, owner of Village & Vessel, an online and brick & mortar metaphysical shop in Oak Park, IL.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Natasha's recent depression
• Working through feelings of shame and perfectionism
• The importance of an outside perspective
• The question is already out there. Now listen for the answer.
• How "just being" is an active state
• Natasha's encounter with a leprechaun. Yes, a leprechaun
• Brett's skeptical part freaking out about the existence of leprechauns
• Looking forward to a time that all people are taught to trust and value their intuition
• "I am Jewish and whatever dimension I come from." - Natasha
• What does a world look like where everyone's subjective experience is valid?
• Recognizing black & white thinking as a sign of a trauma response
• When you bring something into your home, you are wanting to shift an energy
• You work with your altar and it works with you
• You can base your altar on anything: four elements, ancestors, a certain time period, a want
• Putting your altars to work
• Altar making workshops at Village & Vessel
• The necessity of ritual for altar work
• Spiritual tooth brushing
• Some ways to set up an altar for manifestation
• Feeling crystal vibrations for the first time
• Altars as a bridge between the physical and the spiritual
• What to do when you're done with a particular altar
• Don't worry: You're not doing crystals wrong
• How to reinvigorate an altar you're not connecting with any more
• A brief discussion of Ariana Madix and her amazing boundaries
• And more!

Plus...

• Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
• Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
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Sarah's info:

• Website: https://www.villageandvessel.com
• Instagram: @village_and_vessel
• Tiktok: @villageandvessel

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.