Episode 39: Erin Telford on Accessing our Power Through the Breath
“What [sovereignty] actually means to me, it means that I know my truth, not the truth.”
-Erin Telford, The Everything Belongs Podcast
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Erin Telford. Erin is a Breathwork facilitator, teacher trainer, intuitive guide and space holder. She began her healing career over a decade ago as an acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist and Reiki Master. Her work guides people to look within, open their hearts and heal their relationship with themselves. Her group sessions, training and retreats empower her clients to connect to their innate wisdom so that they can find the healing and the answers that exist inside within their bodies and spirits. Erin believes that we all hold core wounds and limiting beliefs that subconsciously run our lives. When we somatically release them from the emotional body and the nervous system, there is freedom on the other side. Our emotions are messengers with information that let us know where to direct our healing and compassion. By de-stigmatizing emotions and the human experience, we can take shame off the table and start to really deal with what's under the depression, anxiety, and patterns that keep us contracted. In this episode, Madison and Erin speak on how to own your sovereign truth while being able to hold the multiplicity of possible truths. They also discuss power dynamics in coaching, healing and friendships, as well as reconciling shame in situations where harm is present and much more.
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In this episode we have a conversation about:
How Erin uses and defines Breathwork
What to consider when first being introduced to breathwork
Power dynamics, pedestalizing and outsourcing your power to guru's and healers
Learning beyond critical thought and owning your own power
Being sovereign in your truth without it becoming what has to be "the only truth"
Reconciling with your shame as you meet new "truths" for yourself over your lifetime
Holding your center around the belief that "nothing is wrong with me"
Being in your power within sisterhood and friendships where all of you can be seen
The confrontation we experience with seeing, experiencing and doing harm
How to deal when someone annihilates you
Navigating our projections from and towards others
Being with contemplation and uncertainty
