S1 E12: Heal Me, Heal You, Heal Us
Andrea and I are very excited to welcome Jai Medina (they/them) as our guest on this episode. Jai is a two-spirit Shamanic Healer, and we brought them on the show to talk about (wait for it) healing. First, I have to say that the energy between the three of us was off the chart, and you'll hear some of the crackling and popping in the audio. We did our best to edit it out and balance things the best we could, but it's still there a bit. At one point in the episode, Jai offers a prayer, and during their prayer, you can hear a very faint heartbeat. It almost feels like the single heartbeat that connects the three of us (and you’ll hear all about our past life connection when it comes up during the episode.) While we initially invited Jai over to chat about personal healing, eventually the conversation turned toward cultural appropriation in spiritual practices. While this wasn't the intended topic when we started out, I'm a firm believer that this was the conversation that needed to happen, which is why I chose to not re-record the episode in hopes of getting rid of some of the background noise. We would never be able to recreate the energy or the conversation that took place that day, so here you have it in its pure form. Enjoy! oo:oo - We start with a special announcement from O'Dell about the episode. 03:04 - Show intro. 04:02 - Andrea opens the show with a howdy, a shout out to our special guest and we move right into tea talk. 06:29 - We haven't seen one another in a few weeks and we have all sorts of catching up to do. Andrea got a new car, O'Dell had some very standard O'Dell mix-ups, and Jai gives us a look into what their week was like. 10:43 - Andrea introduces Jai, and mentions the past-life relationship between the two of them (which is very apparent in their interaction), and Jai tells us a little about them. 13:42 - Jai offers a prayer to give us some insight into how they begin their work. (You can also hear a very faint, but steady heartbeat in the background. I like to think it's the heartbeat that connects the three of us - more on that in a bit!) 16:36 - Jai gives us a little more insight into how they work. 17:56 - Jai shares with us a story of how they were healed and first connected with Spirit, and speaks about the wounded healer. 22:46 - Jai talks about soul lineage versus genetic lineage, and this is where the coolest revelation ever happens - a connection that Andrea, Jai and I have from a past life. A-maz-ing! 23:55 - We make a segue into past life encounters and how it can affect our present-day lives. 26:04 - What is the difference between being a Shaman versus a Shamanic Healer? (http://jaimedina.com/?page_id=293 (Read this article Jai wrote)) This is an important topic and leads us to our discussion about cultural appropriation. 31:21 - White Orphan Syndrome - Jai shares their term for white people who don't feel like they have a culture of their own because it is designed to be invisible to them. 34:50 - Look at your own heritage, rather than attaching to cultures that aren't yours. Your ancestors need you! 40:12 - What is cultural appreciation versus cultural appropriation? 41:16 - Healing on an individual level and a cultural level. 47:20 - Healing dark energies - Jai does this (and of course O'Dell is immediately intrigued.) 51:51 - We segue into a topic about how you have to engage in order to heal and cleanse, and it's a continuous daily practice. 57:10 - Jai talks about how we, as humans, have these ancient tribal ways and the lack of connection plays a big part in society's mental health issues and our disconnect from each other. We need each other to heal. We need a reweaving. 01:06:39 - Jai has a final message for our listeners about healing, and listening to our hearts and respecting others. 01:09:48 - Jai draws our Tarot card for the show and shares their interpretation, and then we sign off. Links to more info from Jai: http://jaimedina.com (Jai's Website)... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/magicfromtheroot/support
