The Dance to Oneness

Join me with Dr. Melissa Mahon, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, as we explore why she left the burnout of the medical model and created an integrated, holistic approach to therapy.

We dive into her burnout from seeing too many clients with insufficient frequency, the shift to a sustainable private practice, and the game-changing modalities she discovered: including Matrix Reimprinting and EFT-Tapping.

We also discuss why deep trauma work requires individual therapy (not group settings), the importance of de-shaming therapy, and her innovative healing center in Chicago that integrates therapy with yoga, sound baths, meditation, and movement.

Listen until the end, Melissa does a live EFT-Tapping demo at the end.

Topics Covered:

~Burnout in the medical model: too many clients, not enough session frequency

~Matrix Reimprinting: how it works and why it's powerful

~EFT-Tapping: practical applications and live demo

~Why trauma requires individual therapy, not group work

~De-shaming the therapy process

~Creating sustainable, joyful therapeutic practices

~Building confidence and moving through anxiety with demo of EFT Tapping

Resources & Connect with Dr. Melissa Mahon: https://journeytopresent.com

Find Amy Shine here: www.amyshine.net

Explore Free Movement Class with Amy 'Dance with Earth Elements' here: https://www.amyshine.net/movement

Join me with Kristi Rogers, somatic educator and therapeutic sound practitioner, to explore why sound healing has exploded into the mainstream and why active voice work is so transformative especially for women.

We dive into entrainment, theta states, the science behind vibration, and the deep shame women carry around using their voice. Kristi shares how sound directly affects the female nervous system, the concept of "Remembered Voice," and why reclaiming our voice is an act of reclaiming our power.

Topics Covered:
~Why sound healing has become mainstream
~Passive sound baths vs. active voice work
~Entrainment and theta brainwave states
`~The "first wound of expression" and shame around women's voices
~How vibration affects the female body and nervous system
~Remembered voice vs. recalled memory (Gabor Maté)
~The power of drumming and rhythm for women
~Creating safe containers for voice exploration

Sources & Resources Mentioned:
When Women Were Drummers by Layne Redmond
VIBES: Interdisciplinary Therapeutic Sound Research Initiative (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal)

Connect with Kristi:
Website: tedesurastudio.com

Connect with Amy Shine:
www.amyshine.net

Download Free 15 minute Dance with Earth Elements Class here: www.amyshine.net/movement

Join me as I sit down with Aisling Fraser, founder of Danu Wellness, to explore the ancient Celtic healing process of Core Cellular Healing - a mystical practice rooted in Ireland's pre-Celtic heritage and used over 6,000 years ago.
In this conversation, we dive into the Tuatha Dé Danann, Danu (the goddess of Ireland), the Fae, and what it means to work with ancient energies in our modern world. Aisling shares how she connects with ancestral wisdom, the importance of tribal energy versus hierarchy, and how incantations and sacred words can facilitate deep healing.

What You'll Learn:
~What Core Cellular Healing is and how it works
~The Tuatha Dé Danann and their significance to Irish heritage
~The difference between the Fae and Fairies
~How ancient Celtic wisdom applies to modern life
~The concept of imbas flow - channeling ancestral wisdom
~Why tribal energy and community are essential for healing
~How to work with incantations and sacred words for transformation
Resources & Connect with Aisling:
Website: https://oldwaysireland.ie
Instagram: @wellness_cork
Phone: 0877453925
Book: Voices From the Land (Amazon): https://amzn.eu/d/05PHUA2B

Find Amy Shine here: www.amyshine.net

Amy’s Book ‘’Dancing with the Fairies’’: https://amzn.eu/d/0fRtNqZt

Receive free Dancing with the Fairies Class and Audio Meditation here: https://www.amyshine.net/dancingwiththefairies

Song played: Burning Times by Christy Moore: https://open.spotify.com/track/7Aq9x6JVCwyGK4O2ZpCKe1?si=291f3db563604bce

EPISODE 61: WHY YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO HIM

Episode Description:

Why is it so hard to leave a relationship you know isn't right for you? In this episode, I explore the neurobiological and somatic reasons why women find themselves repeatedly drawn back to partners - even when their mind knows it's unhealthy.

We dive into how dopamine floods your system in early dating (shutting down critical thinking) and how oxytocin bonds you through touch and co-regulation.

For women with complex trauma and multiple losses, breaking these patterns is even harder. Through my own personal journey, I share how self-touch practices became the key to resourcing myself instead of outsourcing my regulation to another person.

What You'll Learn:

~Why your critical thinking goes offline in early dating
~The neurobiology of oxytocin bonding and why women experience withdrawal harder than men
~How complex trauma makes breaking attachment patterns exponentially harder
~Why somatic practices work when talk therapy doesn't
~The power of self-touch to stabilize your nervous system and create your own oxytocin
~How reparenting your younger self through body-based work breaks unhealthy cycles
~Why you can't receive from another what you first cannot give yourself

Resources:

Free 10-Minute Self-Touch Practice: https://www.amyshine.net/offers/CFaNE4y5
Private Somatic Coaching: www.amyshine.net/somatic

The Dance to Oneness Podcast presents Episode 60 ‘’Grief from a Nervous System Perspective’'.

This episode we cover:
-What happens the body and your nervous system, when there is a loss of a loved one.
-The neurobiology of loss
-Somatic practices to deal with grief
-How grief shows up in the body
-Grief rituals

Some things mentioned on the show:
Somatic Sessions with Amy: https://www.amyshine.net/somatic
Free 15 minute Somatic Practices: https://youtu.be/XvXc1fyRi7Y?si=NFuuupIiEck3_5LZ
Somatic Movement Membership: https://www.amyshine.net/somaticmembership

Find more about Amy:
www.amyshine.net

Youtube: www.youtube.com/amyshine1
Instagram: www.instagram.com/amyshine.energy
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AmyShineCF/

Listen or subscribe on iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dance-to-oneness/id1526899041

Listen on Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dance-to-oneness/id1526899041