Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are so excited to share this wonderful conversation with Eliza Swann, writer, artist, educator, and author of Auras: The Anatomy of the Aura (A Start Here Guide for Beginners).

In this episode, they discuss:

• The way the universe gives you what you need
• Declaring your intention and watching the tests roll in
• The importance of relational healing
• Honoring each other's autonomy and seniority
• The importance of an external perspective
• Card pull for the week: Home
• How Eliza's book came about
• Being raised by her aunt who was a witch
• Learning auras to talk to plants, animals, etc.
• Making zines for classes
• How Eliza's teaching has morphed over the years
• Finding a new teacher after her aunt's death
• Learning "woo" stuff in a much more rigid, academic method
• The different layers of the aura, their importance and their arbitrariness
• We have so many more than five senses
• The ordinariness of psychic abilities
• How you look at the aura is entirely personal and context dependent
• Your personal cosmology will inform how you connect to the aura
• How to approach energy reading without making assumptions about the people you're reading
• Doing this work, is knowing yourself
• Experimenting and taking notes on your experiments to build knowledge and vocabulary around your own abilities
• The language of mysticism is heavily centered around vision, but most people don't perceive energy that way.
• The importance of finding a teacher and some thoughts on how to do it
• Genius doesn't live in your brain
• And more!

Plus...

• Spots are open again for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program. Learn more at natashalevinger.com
• Get Natasha's book Healing Your Inner Child in paperback or audiobook today.
• Individual readings are available. Learn more or book one here
• Natasha's much-requested meditations to begin/end your day are now available.
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• Send questions, show topic suggestions, or to gettingtoknowwoo@gmail.com

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

Where to find Eliza:

• Eliza's website: https://www.elizaswann.com
• Eliza's instagram: @thecircularserpent
• Eliza's school, The Golden Dome: https://www.golden-dome.org/