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Jul 10
1h 8m

Reclaim Your Feminine Power | 062

Tess Masters
About this episode

Keri Khalighi, somatic guide, shares her journey from shape-shifting, performing, and stifling her voice to reclaiming her feminine power through embodied listening.   

She remembers her shy 13-year-old self from small-town Nebraska who was catapulted into the world of high fashion. Modeling in New York and Europe, she underwent a trial by fire, learning to shut down her sensitivity to survive.  

Naive, and craving safety and stability, Keri became a serial monogamist, and failed to find the emotional intimacy she needed.   

Being a mother, a doula, and caregiver for her dying father cracked open a new level of awareness, connection, and wisdom. But, it took a divorce to usher in a renaissance of being.   

Through tantra and other ancient traditions, feminine embodiment practices, and guidance from mentors, Keri moved into a deeper understanding of herself. That planted the seeds for a soul connection with her husband, Amir. She takes us inside their partnership, and how it serves as the foundation for their work as somatic and embodiment guides. 

Celebrating the wisdom of age, we honor the stories we carry in our bodies as women, the beauty of exploring our sexuality, and how breath, movement, and poetry open our hearts and possibilities.  

We dive into the power of women’s circles, and the ancient magic of feminine gathering. Then, Keri shares the beauty of tea ceremonies, which help us slow down and catch up—both to ourselves and with the fast pace of life.  

She encourages us to live in “the juice” and humility of the unknown, listen to the truth of the moment, and share your imperfect offering. 

TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: 

  • Somatics, tea ceremonies, and other practices open us to embodied listening.   
  • Women are always birthing, not only babies, but ideas, and new versions of themselves.  
  • Women’s circles provide a space for connection, free expression, and healing. 
  • Pleasure is yours to have and share. Not something somebody gives you.  
  • Have the sovereignty to walk away from what isn’t yours, and step into what is.  
  • Grief is an initiation portal that opens up new possibilities and knowing.  
  • Your darkest experiences turn into the gold from which to serve. 
  • Celebrate the mystery and humility of the unknown and listen to the questions. 

 

ABOUT KERI KHALIGHI 

Somatic guide and ceremonialist, Keri Khalighi invites women into deeper connection with their bodies, their truth, and the rhythms of the natural world through private mentorship, circles, and workshops.   

Guided by archetypal and ancestral threads, and rooted in decades of experience with embodiment, birthwork, trauma healing, and sacred ritual, Keri’s offerings create space for women to listen to their inner knowing.  

At the heart of her practice is Cha Dao - the Way of Tea - a ceremonial path which she weaves with somatic listening, expressive movement, and feminine wisdom traditions.  

Keri collaborates with her husband, Amir Khalighi, founder of Embodied Masculine, offering immersive experiences that explore the sacred dialogue of the feminine and masculine energies that exist within us and between us.  

CONNECT WITH KERI 

Website: https://wayoftheelements.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keri_khalighi 

 

Guided by archetypal and ancestral threads, and rooted in decades of experience with embodiment,...

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