What does it really mean to say yes to healing?

In today’s episode, Aimee Takaya sits down with Jessica Glose, a somatic breathwork practitioner, yoga teacher trainer, and wellness retreat leader, for a deep dive into the power of retreats, nervous system regulation, and honoring the full spectrum of human emotion.

Together, they explore the nuances of personal healing, the importance of facing discomfort, and how our bodies hold the keys to releasing old patterns.

Jessica takes us through:

- Her journey from small-town beginnings to world traveler and wellness facilitator

- How saying “yes” to retreat initiates deep personal transformation

- How retreat experiences create neurological expansion and lasting transformation

- The parallels between childbirth and personal healing journeys

- Why uncomfortable emotions surface during transformative experiences

- The connection between somatics, nervous system regulation, and emotional release

- Jessica's approach to holding space for others through breathwork and retreats

And so much more!

Jessica is a certified Somatic Breathwork Practitioner with over a decade of experience helping people reconnect with their bodies and breath. Her workshops offer a safe and transformative space for participants to release stress, regulate their nervous systems, and tap into emotional and energetic healing. With her holistic approach, Jessica blends breathwork, sound healing, and mindfulness practices to create an immersive experience that nurtures both mind and body.

Beyond her breathwork expertise, Jessica is also a yoga teacher trainer, spiritual wellness retreat leader, and luxury travel designer, curating transformative journeys that inspire connection, exploration, and growth. Whether guiding a somatic healing workshop or crafting a retreat in an exotic location, Jessica’s passion lies in creating supportive, intentional spaces where people can thrive.

As a mama of three, Birth and Postpartum Doula, and Reiki practitioner, Jessica understands the importance of balancing life’s demands with mindful self-care. Her workshops are designed to meet you exactly where you are, offering tools to help you feel grounded, empowered, and aligned.

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Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education, and The Radiance Program at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.freeyoursoma.com⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠

What if your shame wasn't yours to begin with? What if the heaviness you've carried in your body for decades was an energetic inheritance, silently passed down without a single word spoken?

In this week’s episode, Aimee sits down with Natalie Vires, intimacy coach and creator of The Blowjob Queen course, to explore the often taboo connections between our relationships with our fathers, our sexuality, and our sense of self-worth.

Natalie takes us through:

- How silent shame and childhood dynamics shape sexual boundaries

- The energetic impact of parents’ emotions and behaviors

- Reclaiming your voice; literally and metaphorically

- Why pleasure, consent, and self-connection matter in intimacy

- How vocal somatics and humming can regulate anxiety and emotion

- The power of retreats, coaching, and community in healing the self

And so much more!

Natalie Vires is a transformational coach, retreat facilitator, and voice liberation guide who helps people reclaim their sensuality, confidence, and authentic expression. Her work combines inner relationship healing, somatic embodiment, and vocal practices to guide clients into deeper self-trust, intimacy, and joy. Whether through 1:1 coaching or immersive retreats in places like Mexico, Natalie creates spaces where people feel safe to drop their masks, feel sexy in their own skin, and speak with the full frequency of who they are.

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Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education, and The Radiance Program at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.freeyoursoma.com⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠

What if nourishment wasn’t something you had to earn or chase, but a way of being?

In this week’s episode, Aimee Takaya sits with Isabel Chiara, intuitive guide, author, and creator of the Nourishment App, to explore what it means to reclaim your inner power through deep self-connection, embodied awareness, and emotional healing.

Together, they discuss how our relationship with food, our emotions, and even our past traumas can either limit or liberate us.

Isabel takes us through:

- Why nourishment is a path, not a goal

- How emotional patterns shape our relationship with food and self-worth

- The power of body scans, inner dialogue, and intuitive somatic practices

- Using triggers as invitations for growth and self-acceptance

- Why denying your emotions can block both healing and joy

- How Isabel’s Nourishment App supports transformational healing from the inside out

And so much more!

ISABEL CHIARA, creator of “The Life Actualization Process,” has been a guide, mentor, and leader throughout her entire life. Over the last thirty years, she has honed her expertise in extensive studies and practices of transformational energy modalities.

As a professional intuitive guide, Isabel activates unlimited potential for her clients, helping them to ignite their most liberated, passionate, and empowered life path, full of prosperity, miracles, and magic.

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Are you feeling overstimulated and disconnected from yourself?

If you’re looking to slow down, tune into your body, and rediscover the joy of being alive through movement, nature, and deep self-awareness, this one’s for you!

In this week’s episode, Aimee Takaya sits down with Jai Knight and Saewon to explore how modern life affects our nervous systems—and how reconnecting with nature and somatic practices can bring us back into balance.

Together, they take us through:

• - How overstimulation fuels anxiety and impacts our well-being

• - How nature and somatics can calm an overstimulated nervous system

• - Jai Knight’s shift from toxic art materials to natural alternatives for healing

• - Saewon’s deep connection to flower essences and intuitive plant wisdom

• - Why intuition and embodiment are more powerful than memorization

• - Aimee’s personal transformation through somatic movement

• And so much more!

  
  

  SAEWON

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  Saewon is an artist, energy worker, flower essence maker, hypnotherapist, and founder of Sun Song, an embodied research and ritual lab that explores the intersections of plant, human, and planetary consciousness through vibrational essence therapy.

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  JAI

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  Jai is a land-based interdisciplinary artist exploring transformation through collaborative ritual, immersive experiences, hand-poke tattoo ceremony, and visual art. Their practice bridges personal and collective memory while engaging with environmental and spiritual connections grounded in sensory and emotional experience.

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How does the language you use impact your connection to your body? Today, Aimee Takaya unpacks the profound impact of words on bodily awareness, healing, and self-acceptance.

She shares her journey as a yoga teacher and somatic educator, revealing how shifting from impersonal to personal language transformed the way she relates to her students—and herself.

Tune in to explore:

- Why "the body doesn’t exist" and what that really means

- How language creates connection or disconnection with your body

- The power of saying "your body" instead of "the body"

- How words influence somatic healing and emotional release

- Simple ways to shift your language and deepen body awareness

And so much more!

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Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education, and The Radiance Program at⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.freeyoursoma.com⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠

Do you ever notice recurring emotional or physical patterns in your life? Today, Aimee Takaya chats with Wyld Lee, a certified 5Rhythms teacher, to explore how movement can unlock deep healing and help release trauma stored in the body.

The 5Rhythms practice blends free movement with structured energetic exploration, allowing participants to reconnect with their bodies, process emotions, and rediscover their true essence.

Wyld shares her personal journey, from experiencing trauma to finding profound transformation through dance.

In this podcast episode, Wyld takes us through:

- How 5Rhythms serve as a moving meditation to release stored emotions

- Why recurring physical or emotional patterns may be messages from the body

- The connection between dance, trauma healing, and nervous system regulation

- The importance of repetition and practice in somatic healing

- How movement can help cultivate self-trust and deeper emotional awareness

- The role of facilitators in creating a safe space for emotional exploration

And so much more!

Wyld Lee is a certified 5Rhythms Teacher and Family Constellations facilitator. She is trained in Sound Therapy and Energy healing, which she employs alongside her role as Seer and Guide through her business, Wyld Fempyre. Her mission: To burn down our collective domestication, one human at a time. She also recently published her first book, The Transformation Map - A Guidebook for Your Soul.

Wyld Lee is a sensitive and awkward animal whose native tongue is dance. She is here to inquire, inspire, and encourage others to do the same.

Wyld enJOYs the work she has created through Wyld Fempyre - a commUNITY of women committed to healing and evolution through creativity, self-intimacy, and ritual. This work can be explored at www.wyldfempyre.com and her socials @wyldfempyre

Wyld also teaches the 5Rhythms, a moving meditation practice that literally woke her up to life and its magic.

This work lives at www.wyldlee.com and her socials @wyldleedance

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What happens when life throws you into an unexpected and overwhelming situation?

In today’s episode, Aimee shares her deeply personal story of moving into what seemed like a dream home—only to discover its shocking past as a meth house.

Through grief, frustration, and uncertainty, she learned the power of processing emotions, embracing change, and ultimately finding a new path forward.

In this episode, Aimee explores:

• - The emotional rollercoaster of losing a home and finding an unexpected reality

• - How childhood beliefs and financial shame surfaced during this experience

• - The importance of allowing emotions to be felt rather than suppressed

• - The role of somatics in managing stress and navigating life’s upheavals

• - How unexpected detours can lead to clarity, healing, and transformation

• And so much more!

  
  

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Feeling unfulfilled in your relationships? Change doesn’t always start with your partner—it begins with you.

Today, Kristy Scher explores how self-awareness, emotional maturity, and self-acceptance lay the foundation for deeper, more fulfilling connections.

In this podcast episode, Kristy Scher takes us through:

- Why true relationship change begins within

- The meaning of being an "adored woman" and how to embody it

- How childhood experiences shape adult relationship patterns

- The role of emotional maturity in self-regulation and connection

- Understanding attachment styles and their impact on love dynamics

- The power of self-fluency, self-nurturing, and setting personal standards

- How vulnerability and self-awareness strengthen relationships

And so much more!

Kristy Scher is the creator of The Way of the Adored Woman and founder of Relational Skillfulness Coaching. She believes that when a woman dares to love herself beyond all reason, she embodies a standard for love that transforms all her relationships.


With a mix of wisdom, warmth, wit, and precision, Kristy guides women to recreate their experience of love and intimacy by wholeheartedly embracing their emotional depth, cultivating their sensual vitality, and loving themselves to their very edges.


She is a former fourth-generation nurse now known to her clients as the 'Fairy God-Maven of Outrageously Satisfying Relationships.’ Kristy is on a mission that every woman remembers and reclaims the life-affirming power she already possesses, the greatest power for good that exists: her capacity to love.

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