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Wisdom Rising

Wisdom Rising

By: Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa
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Shamanism, Reiki, Spirituality, Personal Development, and More. It’s time to re-member your Divine purpose and limitless potential. Welcome to Wisdom Rising, the official podcast of Moon Rising Shamanic Institute. Join Shamanic Reiki practitioners Christine Renee and Shantel Ochoa as they guide you on a journey of radical self-discovery and spiritual guidance. Each week we dance through the realms of shamanism, mysticism, energy healing, and personal development to illuminate your path to true healing and self-sourced wisdom. Through weekly inspired conversations and interviews with leading spiritual and shamanic practitioners, we’re here to help you acknowledge, reconcile, and balance your energy so that you can awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising within. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at MoonRisingInstitute, or visit our website, moonrisinginstitute.com, to learn more about our mission and find future opportunities to connect with our community of Shamanic mystics.


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  • What If Suffering Is A Choice You Can Outgrow?
    Apr 20 2026

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    Suffering can be loud, but it’s often just repetitive, a thought you can’t stop replaying or a body response that keeps reacting like the past is still happening. We sit down and get honest about how we “subscribe” to our own suffering through identity, comparison, and nervous system loops, and what it actually takes to step out of that pattern with radical responsibility. If you’ve ever felt stuck on the struggle bus, this conversation offers a grounded way to name what’s going on and start changing it.

    Today we’ll explore:

    • Defining suffering as mental loops and stuckness
    • Noticing when pain becomes identity and comparison culture reinforces it
    • Understanding how the brain and body relive the past through stress chemistry
    • Separating mind healing from somatic healing and why both matter
    • Using expression and integration to release stored trauma
    • Working with the four bodies: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual
    • Calling power back through forgiveness, boundaries, and radical responsibility
    • Reparenting shadow parts and nurturing the inner bear
    • Choosing yin softness or yang strength based on what you need
    • Shifting frequency through self-care, community, nature, and being witnessed

    We also share why loneliness can show up during growth, how to choose environments that “vibrate up,” and why being witnessed is medicine. If you’re drawn to energy healing, we mention upcoming ways to go deeper, including Reiki Level One training and She Who Rises, a 3-Month Journey of Feminine Awakening, Energy Mastery & Embodied Power focused on chakras, aura, psychic protection, and energetic sovereignty. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a reset, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.

    Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:
    Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/
    Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute
    Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute
    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute
    Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide

    Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive

    Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

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    57 mins
  • The Art Of Creating Ceremony
    Apr 9 2026

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    You don’t need a perfect script to lead powerful ceremony. You need a clear intention, a well-held container, and the skills to guide people through real emotion without leaving them raw or ungrounded. We share a webinar replay that opens the door to what we teach inside our six-week intensive training, The Art of Creating Ceremony, and we make it practical for anyone called to facilitate circles, rituals, or community gatherings.

    We talk about why ceremony helps people drop the mask, speak from the heart, and feel truly seen and heard. Then we get specific about what makes facilitation ethical and effective: trauma-informed spaceholding, consent and boundaries, energetic hygiene, psychic protection, and the often-missed step of integration time at the end so participants can ground what moved. We also cover the real-world facilitator mechanics that matter just as much as the mysticism, like timekeeping, managing oversharing, and creating clear sharing prompts that keep a group connected.

    From moon circles to elemental rituals, we walk through ceremony styles you can adapt to your own voice: new moon manifestation and full moon release, cacao ceremony as heart-centered plant medicine, Reiki-infused circles, sound baths, shamanic drum circles, and money mindset candle ceremonies including building money bowls with herbs and intention. We also explain how practice and feedback build confidence faster than theory, and how our training structure supports you as you step from student to facilitator.

    If you’re ready to create sacred space that’s grounded, safe, and deeply transformational, listen now and then subscribe, share this with a friend who leads circles, and leave a review so more people can find the work.

    Learn more & enroll today! We start April 12th! https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/the-art-of-ceremony/

    Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:
    Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/
    Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute
    Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute
    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute
    Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide

    Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive

    Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

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    45 mins
  • You Too Can Lead Sacred Ceremony
    Apr 6 2026

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    Something is shifting: we’re noticing a real drive toward in-person ceremony where your senses come online and your nervous system can finally soften into connection. From cacao ceremony to new moon circles to sound baths with drumming and Reiki, we talk about what makes a sacred container feel grounded, intentional, and actually transformative.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • The shift toward in-person spiritual community and why it matters

    • Shantel’s journey into becoming a full-time ceremonialist

    • Christine’s experience in blessingway ceremonies to Goddess playdates

    • Ceremonial elements that deepen engagement

    • Using ceremonies as a low-risk way for people to meet your work and upscale your business

    • Details on the Art Of Creating Ceremony training format and practice-based feedback

    • Tomorrow night’s offering of a mini training session on the art of creating ceremonies

    We also get practical about the business side of spiritual facilitation. A consistent monthly ceremony can be a lower-cost entry point where people experience your energy, trust your leadership, and naturally ask about private Reiki sessions, shamanic healing, mentorship, trainings, or retreats. If you’ve been craving community, wanting to serve your town, or feeling the nudge to lead, this conversation is your permission slip and a roadmap.

    If this resonates, subscribe, share the episode with a friend who’s meant to lead, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

    #ceremony #cermonialist #spiritualfacilitator #mooncircles

    Moon Rising Shamanic Institute Links:
    Website: https://moonrisinginstitute.com/
    Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/moonrisinginstitute
    Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonrisingmystics
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrising.institute
    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@moonrisinginstitute
    Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://moonrisinginstitute.kit.com/spiritguide

    Book a session with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/90-minutes-intensive

    Book a FREE 10 minute connect call with Christine: https://calendly.com/christinerenee/10-minute-connect-call-srpt

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    41 mins
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