In this episode of The Mama Psychedelia Podcast, I interview Ariana Fotinakis. Ariana is a breath worker, baby mama of one, and business woman, of Aamjiwnaang First Nations (Ontario) and Greek descent, now residing on the Unceded territories of the Coast Salish people, some call Vancouver. Together we explore her journey of reconnecting to her indigenous roots & and raising her daughter connected to her lineage. She shares openly her story of never envisioning herself as a mother, and coming to a place in her life of choosing a need to mother, to pass the torch and her legacy of healing to the next generation, and stepping into it after two powerfully transformative ceremonies, one with breath work and one with psilocybin that prepared her to step into that initiation. Ariana shares how she’s finding balance in being connected to her sacred work in this world and being a new mama, finding deep purpose in both. And we discuss how breath wave, amongst many other gifts, has brought regularity to her menstrual cycle which ultimately led to her conception, has assisted her in shedding many layers that were not serving, and how working with psilocybin mushrooms has similarly served her deeply in coming to be the person she is now. We talk about her childhood of being psychically tuned in and being in relationship to ancestors and nature, we explored her teenage-hood and early adult years and moving out of alcoholism and finding an “addiction to” fitness & mindset which brought her into a space wholeness within herself. I love hearing Ariana speak, and I know you will too.
Resources: Where you can find Ariana:
IG: @arianafotinakis https://www.instagram.com/arianafotinakis/
Mackenzie's offerings:
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IG: @mamapsychedelia
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@hunnywombdoula
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Intro Music "Waters of the Earth" by Satori covered by me, Mackenzie.
(For more of her music, check out her Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wf55RQ8QUEzAA2SeXDWSh?si=H-tnVLtzR2OoHnLU1ztOpw