The Mountain Mystic Podcast
From yoga and embodiment to mountains and ultra running, I bring you a podcast that gets to the heart of the wild, messy, complex living of the modern human being.
Welcome to a new kind of ascension journey: an embodied spirituality for modern times — one that's grounded, centered in physical reality, as we explore what it means to be em-bodied as the wild, beautiful, creative human beings that we are.
I get it. Times are wild right now, and I don't mean that in a good way. Here, we find the path forward — one that keeps us grounded, centered in the spaces that matter most. And as we cultivate greater presence for the experience unfolding in every moment, we turn our gaze upward, reaching toward what's brighter, more beautiful, and entirely possible to experience here on Earth.
This is an embodied spirituality that demands we know this very real, very alive world — even as we simultaneously go within, know ourselves more deeply, and walk the discerning path of healing, transformation, and wild, deep fulfillment.
Here, I teach The Embodied Path — four steps toward a life fully inhabited:
- Grounding — coming home to the body, to the earth, to what's real
- Centering — finding your still point amid the noise
- Alignment — re-attuning to your true nature, and to Nature herself
- Discernment — finding your way through it all, clear-eyed and awake
The good news? When we do this work, we get to experience life for the joy, the wonder, the beauty, and the bliss that's actually here. And we get to face the very real, serious challenges our modern world is up against — with our feet on the ground instead of our heads in the clouds.
Brought to you by Katie, a modern-day Earth Priestess and Embodiment Coach, teaching skillful connection with self — and further, into connection with this planet Earth. Because you are not here in these times to be taken down by the dark chaos unfolding around us. And you're not here to embrace some spiritual bullsh*t that pulls you out of the grounded experience of what's actually happening.
More about Katie...
When I left my life as a Biomedical Researcher in pursuit of a path that could truly help heal the world, I didn't expect my greatest teacher to come in the form of Earth herself. But that's exactly what happened. With guidance from a diverse set of ancient wisdom traditions — yoga, tantra, Buddhism, shamanism, and more — and from some phenomenal modern teachers, I've carved my own path out of the modern industrial complex, learning moment by moment to choose what's healing, nurturing, joyful, and fulfilling. Here, I teach this so you can build your own Embodied Path too.
As a trail runner and rock climber, it's my bond with the great outdoors that taught me the deepest truths about our misalignment — with Nature, and with our own selves. Here, we step into conversation focused on re-alignment with our true nature. Through it, we find a better path forward as we heal the deep wounds cut into all living systems.
Systems thinking meets embodied living and holistic healing — brought to you by the mind of a Biomedical Engineer turned Yoga & Meditation Teacher.
Episodes
39 episodes
Leo New Moon, Sacred Union & the Real Roots of Patriarchy | Albert Mitchell Interview
Episode Summary: Albert Mitchell, author of The Way of the Sphinx, joins the podcast for a conversation that moves from the roots of patriarchy to the path toward masculine-feminine union, and from there into his reimagined, ele...
Focused vs. Expanded Consciousness: The Balance Between Attention and Awareness | Embodiment Practice #3 & #4
Episode DescriptionWe continue our journey through the 11 Embodiment Practices — the foundation for your healing and awakening — arriving now at Practices #3 and #4: focused consciousness and expanded consciousness.We start...
How to Center Yourself When Everything Feels Chaotic | A Guided Embodiment Practice
How to Center Yourself When Everything Feels Chaotic | A Guided Embodiment Practice. In this episode, we explore the second step of The Embodied Path: Centering — the practice of coming into the core of your being ...
Movement as a Spiritual Practice
Movement as a Spiritual Practice: Move your body every day, throughout the day. It doesn’t matter so much what you do, so long as you do, indeed, go move.Walk. Run. Dance. Bike. Lift. Wander. Swim. Do yoga.It doesn’t matter so...
Coming Home to Your Body: An Introduction to Physical Stillness
Welcome back to The Mountain Mystic Podcast. After a quiet winter of rest and renewal, Season 3 is here — and it carries something close to my heart.This season, we're walking together through The Embodied Path: a spiritual framew...
Journey to Your SoulFire: A Sagittarius New Moon & Winter Solstice Practice
Embody the energy of this powerful moment—the Sagittarius New Moon aligning with Winter Solstice creates a rare opportunity for alignment and intention-setting.In this episode, we explore how to harness the fiery wisdom of Sagittarius du...
The Mountain Archetype: Grounded Awareness & Aligned Living
What would it feel like to move through life with the stability of a mountain? In this transformative episode, we explore the Mountain Archetype - an ancient wisdom teaching that helps you cultivate unshakeable grounding, expansive awareness, a...
Be the Light in This World: Grounded Practice for Making Real Impact
Episode Summary"Be the light" has become such a common phrase that it's lost much of its transformative power. But what if we could reclaim this concept and turn it into something practical, grounded, and genuinely impactful?<...
Embodying Light: The Journey of an Ultra Running Earth Priestess
Right now, I am up in the big mountains of Colorado, training for my 3rd 100 mile ultra-running event later this summer. Join me as I explore the rugged beauty of the Colorado mountains as I train for this wild 100-mile race. More than just mil...
Embody The Mountain - Grounded, Centered, and Present on your paths forward through life
We have made it! After many episodes this season we are ready to jump into the core theme - the heart, the soul, the inspiration - for The Mountain Mystic Podcast!The Mountain. In all her majesty. In all her glory. <...
Healing Planet Earth - Our most skillful path forward
We have a long list of challenges to face in this world. We do this by putting our minds together, working as a collective with effort to resolve that which needs to be resolved. But our task in these times requires more than this! We must also...
GROUNDING: Finding support and heart-centered connection in a wild and turbulent world
As we find ourselves in turbulent times, one of the most powerful things we can do (for ourselves and for the whole planet we are all a part of) is to stay grounded: To find that connection with the support we need to feel safe and vitalized, c...
Full Moon in Leo Sacred Warrior Activation
Join me today for focused practice as I guide you to tap into your sacred heart warrior within! Release the chaos of the outside world that is constantly trying to steal your attention. Find your grounding, get focused, and connect into the pat...
Grounded, centered, present, focused: Embodied Living during turbulent times
In this podcast episode we dive into the importance of staying embodied in turbulent times. In a way, this means staying grounded centered, present, and focused on what truly matters. As always, embodiment is an umbrella term encomp...
Embodying a New Vision for Planet Earth [New Earth Embodiment]
I am sitting here watching LA on fire: the latest catastrophe hitting our planet with devastating effects; and I am holding space for how I can best lead myself and my communities into the healing and transformation that we are all ready for. A...
Guided Meditation to Find Your Grounding
Join me for a 12 minute guided practice to help you find your grounding: that feeling of presence while safe, held, and nurtured. Join me for a practice of finding your grounding in connection to Earth, and for finding your grounding within sel...
How to be present with life's challenging experiences
Presence is a powerful term, but what we don't often understand is how much we are asked when it comes to the path that is becoming ever-more present to reality. In this way, I see presence less as a state and more as a process: an art and skil...
Inner Stillness and Discernment in a Noisy World
Finding myself in a wild season (The Holidays) that bring forth a whole lot of noise and chaos while simultaneously bringing through a pull to get quiet, to turn inward, and to nestle deep into stillness. Oh, how this season is a strange time: ...
Be Guided to Your Inner Truth - The Power of Working with Sagittarius Fire
As the days grow dark and the chill sets in the air, a powerful force awakens to guide you into your inner truth. Ha! The power of Sagittarius. Which, yes, has so much to do with adventure and expansion! And, has so much more to offer you!<...
How to be a positive force of change in the world
Calling you in. Time to show up and be present in your life in this reality. Because this reality is hurting right now. And it needs you present in real, felt connection: to self; and, to that which lives and breathes outside of self.In...
Guided Autumn Meditation for Rest & Release
Deepen into the energy of Autumn with this guided meditation. Be guided into a deep state of relaxation as you are held by Earth, herself, finding nourishment and support as you let go of anything that you are holding onto that isn't serving yo...
Journey into Autumn in the mountains: Deepening into Joy and Letting Go
Oh the autumn season! A potent time for letting go, releasing all that does not serve your path forward. And, what a time to connect with the joy that fills you when you open to the powerful beauty of nature shining her brightest colors! This i...
Introducing The Mountain Mystic Podcast
Introducing The Mountain Mystic Podcast in this mini episode here to stand as our official chapter turn from Upward Slopes to The Mountain Mystic.Whether you are an old or new listener, I invite you to tune into today to join me in this...
Owning a new path forward [Upward Slopes Reflections]
Join me in this episode for some deep reflections on The Upward Slopes journey - holding space as I look forward to the turning of a chapter for this podcast and speak to what this means for all of us here on this journey together. In this epis...
Lessons from Running 100 miles [Joy and Achievement when living in alignment]
People call me crazy when I tell them that I am running another 100 miler next month! Yet, what I know to be crazy is living anything other than a path that fills me up with joy as I work hard for that which matters and brings true meaning to l...