What does love mean to you? What does love feel like within you? Join Phoebe and Brittany on the magical island of Bali as they share their stories and explore the idea of love - love of the self, others, nature. About Phoebe: Phoebe Bloomfield is an HR professional with over 12 years of experience within Financial Services. She was most recently Senior Talent & Culture Manager for QBE Insurance, running all the talent management activities across the UK and Europe, and has held positions across People Operations, Business Partnering and Talent for Aviva plc. Phoebe graduated from Glasgow University in 2010 with a 2.1 Master of Arts degree in Politics. She has a Masters in Human Resource Management from the University of London, achieved in 2016, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development with the Level 7 qualification. Phoebe is passionate about inclusion in the workplace and was a founding member of LINK, the first LGBTQ+ network across the Insurance Industry in the UK, has led LGBTQ+ employee network groups for her organisations, and most recently is a committee member for ProudHR - an LGBTQ+ network for HR professionals. Phoebe has won a number of personal awards and awards for the organisations she has worked for, including the Financial Times OUTstanding LGBT Leaders of the Future award; and the Financial Advisors Diversity in Finance Award. In her spare time Phoebe has interests in a number of different sports and enjoys watching her beloved Arsenal football club. She also has a keen interest in the Arts with the Guggenheim NY, The Tate Modern, and the Fundació Joan Miró among her favourite galleries. Connect with Phoebe: IG: @phoebebloomfield LinkedIn: Phoebe Bloomfield Connect with Brittany: IG: https://www.instagram.com/wavesoflove_brittanydobbs/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanydobbs/ Book a session: https://brittanydobbs.as.me/

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

Brittany first encountered Tina's teachings in her 200hr YTT in Bali in 2018. Brittany has continued to learn from Tina over the course of her healing journey. Join Brittany and Tina as they discuss a wide range of topics such as Yin Yoga, Embodied Unwinding, TCM, Mindfulness, Womb Wisdom Cycles, and more that ultimately bring us to experience our love and truth through the body: "in the body, of the body, through the body."

About Tina: Tina Nance has been practicing Yoga for over 25 years and teaching Yoga, Embodiment, Somatic Inquiry & Women’s Work around the globe since 2001, in classes, workshops, retreats and teacher trainings. Tina is a long time resident yoga teacher at The Yoga Barn in Bali, Indonesia, & is the founder of HELD : School of Embodied Self Integration & the somatic practice of Embodied Unwinding. HELD offers 6x 100hr Teacher Trainings in Yoga Therapy, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga & Nervous System Regulation, Embodied Trauma Integration, Embodied Mindfulness & Embodied Feminine Arts. More recently in response to all that she has learnt directly in her recovery from her own battle & growth with trauma & nervous system dysfunction, she now passionately specializes in Embodied Trauma Integration practices including Nervous System Rewiring & VagalToning, IFS (Internal Family Systems), Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Informed Yoga Nidra & Trauma Informed Yoga. 500hr E- RYT, Dip Ki Yoga Therapy, Dip Health Sciences, Dip. Kinesiology, Dip Shiatsu, Dip Remedial Massage, Dip Vibrational Medicine. HELD School of Embodied Self Integration www.held.tinanance.com IG: @tinanance_held FB: Tina Nance HELD School of Embodied Self Integration

Email: iam@tinanance.com Connect with Brittany and Waves of Love: IG: @wavesoflove_brittanydobbs https://brittanydobbs.as.me/

In this introductory episode to the Waves of Love podcast, Brittany briefly shares about her journey to healing from a brain injury and more importantly uncovering her own truth that she is whole and love. As she moved through this long and winding journey, there were beautiful souls that she met along the way that shared their wisdom from their own experiences. She is excited to have conversations with these people reflecting on what they offered her on her path as well as the knowledge and wisdom they have to share with the world. From yoga and meditation to psychotherapy to energy healing and everything in between, there will surely be something that will resonate with where you are on your own journey. Embrace the unknown, keep an open heart and an open mind, take what is for you and leave what isn't. Connect with Brittany and Waves of Love podcast: IG: @wavesoflove_brittanydobbs

https://brittanydobbs.as.me/