Hi! I’m Amanda Bryant, a Modern Day Medicine Woman who has been consciously practicing shamanism and tantra for almost 15 years. I bring sensuality, pleasure, play, and the mind-body-spirit-soul connection to my work and swirl in a touch of magic through ceremony and ritual. I’m also mom to my teen son, Jagger, who has been one of the greatest teachers on my journey.

I spent years practicing tenets of shamanism and playing with my spiritual gifts without even realizing it when I was practicing Christianity in evangelical churches in my teens and early to mid-twenties. Then, not long before my son was born, 17 years ago, I was guided to leave the church and continue an even more embodied relationship with Spirit. This is when I began more consciously incorporating shamanism, tantra, meditation, and consciousness practices into my daily routine. Just after Jagger’s birth I found myself deeply desiring more pleasure in my life and on the verge of divorce. Recognizing I wanted MORE, I began working with my mentor, who helped me further hone my abilities to go inward, more consciously experience sensuality, notice subtle energy shifts, engage life with curiosity, and appreciate the power of polarity. Through my work with her I soared to new states of bliss and turned my pleasure practice all the way the fuck up. Then, about a year later, she introduced me to another practitioner who assisted me in taking my consciousness and embodiment practices even further, mindfully tuning into my body to receive the guidance of my soul. With these practices now part of my day to day, divinely guided pleasure and play became my way of life.

After practicing these techniques and living in my bliss for another year or two I became extremely ill and almost simultaneously recounted a childhood sexual trauma…

I hope this email finds you well. Today I’m sharing some of the things that are helping me navigate this unusual time. To be honest, I struggled with whether or not to release this blog post. That’s why it’s so late coming out. I didn’t want to give the impression that these practices are making this time a breeze for me. Quite the contrary. However, these practices help me come back to myself when I’m feeling out of sorts, on the verge of a breakdown… or after one has happened. So, no, I’m not doing this" perfectly and I don’t think there is a template for how to do that, because COVID-19 is affecting us all to varying degrees and in various ways. And that is why, I finally decided to put this post out.. Because I believe that no matter how uncertain things feel or how anxious or depressed we become, eventually we will make our way back to ourselves if we have a foundational relationship with our divine nature. That said, I wanted to give others some ideas of practices they could come back to when the time is right. Big love to you. I’m cheering you on from afar and I hope you enjoy this post.

Compassion. So simple yet so complex. While most of us would probably say that compassion is a necessary good in the world, something we should extend toward all, it’s also likely that most of us don’t actually share compassion as often as we could. The reasons for this are vast - getting caught up in our own belief systems, so much so that we hold anger toward those that oppose us; getting tired of being hurt; feeling angry about life and all the wrongs done to us; on and on. However, the more research I do about compassion the more I see that none of these are reasonable excuses for withholding the very thing that most all religions call us to do- offer compassion to those in need. If you’re struggling with offering compassion in some area of your life this post will hopefully unwind your hangups with offering compassion when you feel it is not warranted. I also share philosophical reasoning behind why offering compassion ultimately works toward the good of all and I’ve even included a simple meditation for unlocking greater compassion in all our lives. I truly believe that releasing the judgment holding us back will improve our heart, health, and happy. It’s all connected! So read on to create greater synchronicity in your life, cultivating vitality and joy!