In 2018, Brittany traveled to Bali for her 200hr yoga teacher training with School of Sacred Arts (SOSA). This is where she first crossed paths with Simone - founder of SOSA. Simone has continued to share her wisdom of yoga, yoga nidra, plant medicine, and somatic integration with Brittany over the course of her healing journey. Join Brittany and Simone in their conversation of the interweavings of these ancient and more current teachings that ultimately lead us back to the self. 

About Simone MacKay: 

Certified in both the I AM Yoga Nidra (Amrit Desai) and Total Yoga Nidra methods and trained in iRest, Simone— the founder of Somah Journeys & the School of Sacred Arts—has been holding space for the deep transformation of others for over 25 years via yoga teacher trainings, somatic coaching, as well as being committed to the plant medicine path and soul work. Using a trauma-informed and compassion-centered approach, she has guided thousands of students and clients into deep release and greater peace with characteristic wisdom, gentleness and grace. 

BSW, ERYT-500 & YACEP (Yoga Alliance) 

Connect with Simone:

website: Somah Journeys 

IG: Somah Journeys

FB: SomahJourneys SOSA

Download the Mindleap App for 6 free Yoga Nidra practices created and guided by Simone

Connect with Brittany and Waves of Love:

IG: @wavesoflove_brittanydobbs

https://brittanydobbs.as.me/

Breakdown of episode- times are approximate:

6:00- Yoga Nidra

7:30- Koshas

15:21- What is Beingness?

21:00- What brought you to yoga?

33:40- What brought you to start the 200hr training?

38:30- More Yoga Nidra

41:20- What brought you to Nidra?

48:40- Bill Plotkin & Animas Valley Institute, Vision Quests, Way of Council

57:00- Rite of Passage

1hr:01- Was the vision quest before you began working with plant medicine?

1:04:50- How long after you started working with plant medicine did you start hosting the retreats?

1:08:50- Huachuma and Ayahuasca

1:12:45- Had you worked with Huachuma quite a bit?

1:16:10- Brittany’s Plant Medicine Experience

1:20:40- Similarities between Yoga Nidra and Plant Medicine 

1:25:25- Animal communication 

1:28:19- Somatic work 

1:30:00- Felt sense of safety 

1:34:00- Freeze/Fight/Flight

1:40:40- Plant Medicine Preparation and Integration 

1:45:35- Acharya Shunya and Sovereign Self

1:51:00- Simone’s current offerings