Episode Transcript
[00:00:02] Speaker A: Welcome to Starbeing, the podcast that explores the cosmic essence within you. I'm your host, Tara Lee. In this space, star being is an invitation to connect with your divine spark, to journey towards higher consciousness and your boundless potential. Like stars in the night sky, we are interconnected with the celestial realm, serving as guiding lights in the vast verse. As we embark on this transformative journey through realms of wisdom, healing, beauty and conscious living, star being serves as your guiding star, sparking curiosity, igniting change, and revealing the path of self discovery and spiritual exploration. Just as stars evolve, so does the essence of star being, signifying a connection between your personal spiritual evolution and the cosmic order, a reminder that you are on a path of continuous growth. Join me on this cosmic adventure where we transcend earthly limitations and tap into the universal consciousness that unites us all.
Welcome to episode four, whole beauty radiance with Shiva Rose Shiva is an actress and a visionary clean beauty entrepreneur. She is the creative force behind the local rose, a blog that is more than just a platform, it's a sanctuary for clean beauty, nourishing foods and mindful living. She is the author of Whole Beauty daily rituals and natural recipes for lifelong beauty and wellness. She is the creator of Shiva Rose Beauty, a luxury skincare brand offering a range of clean and organic products steeped in ancient wisdom. In this episode, I delve into Shiva's holistic path, which was sparked by a health crisis, a diagnosis with scleroderma, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Shiva defined the ods, opting for self healing through organic foods, herbal remedies, kundalini and the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and chinese medicine. Shiva's philosophy is grounded in sensuality and fostering a deep connection to ourself and the earth, and intentional beauty rituals.
Through our conversation, we uncover the insights on self care, health and healing, a journey that positions SHiva as a true feminine inspiration.
Shiva is not just a beauty voice, she is a voice of truth and revolution, a true visionary in the realm of healing. She brings the latest and most up to date inspirations to the forefront. I'm excited for you to join us as we delve into this transformational wisdom of Shiva, who is the cosmic light of consciousness and a trailblazer in the evolution of healing. Welcome Shiva. I am so happy to have you on Star being. I have been following your journey for many years now and especially over the last couple of years, I've just found you this really anchored voice of truth. And yeah, I just love that you have been this leader in the space of not only natural beauty and alternative healing, but also in using your voice to illuminate things in the world as well.
[00:03:36] Speaker B: Thank you.
That means so much to me because I never know if people are where they stand, if they appreciate it or if they get.
[00:03:48] Speaker A: I definitely do. And I was wondering, Shiva, are you aware of your name in Sanskrit and what actually Shiva denotes in vedic astrology?
[00:04:03] Speaker B: Maybe not a little bit in vedic, I've heard it touch upon in charts and so on. And of course, I know the know the God of androgynous, God of reproduction and destruction, sort of the cycle of life and Shakti's husband or Shakti's mate.
So, yes, I have been aware which is my birth name.
And that's unusual in Los Angeles. Most people, I'm not in Los Angeles anymore, but most people in LA would come up with their own names, but this was my birth name, so I think I've grown into it finally.
[00:04:42] Speaker A: Yeah, definitely. And there is this significance that our name holds, just like you say, and really embodying those qualities. And it means auspicious one. I'm not sure if you've heard that in the vedic text, and it is actually referred to as the Lord of time.
And there's that reference to Saturn as well. And what I love about this and your work is the Cycles of Time and the cyclical living that you really embody. I love how this is really coming from that as well.
So, yeah, I think that is just really powerful. And I looked up your vedic chart and I know in the western system you are Aquarius, but in the vedic system, your sun sign would be Capricorn, which is ruled by Saturn. And. Yeah, so I just think there's that link as well to Shiva and Saturn and Saturn to skin. So I just see there's so many beautiful interplays here.
[00:05:46] Speaker B: Interesting.
I really love that. And yes, I know that a lot of people feel that the Vedic is even more accurate than the western, which it's older, isn't it?
[00:06:03] Speaker A: So I would love to know, Shiva, how did you become aware of the power of healing naturally? And I've heard you speak about your healing journey, but I would really love to know how you became connected to more of the alternative healing and how you really embodied that on your journey.
[00:06:30] Speaker B: Well, I think most people who have been in a health crisis would identify with the fact that you don't have a choice. Sometimes you don't have a choice when you're really in a bad place and you can't get any answers from the allopathic western world, then you start seeking outside of the system. And I think the only thing is probably with me is I started my journey so long ago, and I always say it's like being a canary in the coal mine. I kind of like with the autoimmune being told at 25, 26 that I had a year to live because of autoimmune issues. So I was sort of like the early one, the early canary in the gold mine that started this path. And it was pre Internet. So really I had to do my own research and my own education and become my own medicine woman. So that's really what maybe differentiates me from so many other people that are now coming up, is that I've just had maybe decades now. Gosh, it's crazy. But yes, decades, because I'm in my definitely decades of being on this path and seeing definitely it works for me like anything. Nothing is linear. Healing is cyclical. And I have things that come up, things that I've figured out, and then other things that come up for me is just part of being human on this flame. So I'm always learning, and that's probably one of my passions, is just to start studying supplements and how you can get it from things other than a vitamin. So that's probably where one of my passions lie.
Yes.
[00:08:21] Speaker A: And I see this on your instagram account. You are always sharing these revelations that you have come across that have helped you and sharing that. So that is what I have loved about your journey as well. And your skincare range that you have created has a lot of ayurvedic qualities. So I'd love for you to explain how did you first get connected to ayurveda? And was this part of your healing journey that helped heal your autoimmune that you were struggling with?
[00:09:04] Speaker B: Definitely. And I think I stumbled upon it because I stumbled upon Kundalini and Sikhs, Sikh, the sikh culture. And that sort of led me down the path of ayurveda also. I had been doing chinese medicine for so long and TCM and acupuncture. And I think ayurveda sort of is a similar sibling. They're both 5000 years old. They're both using the whole body as a system. They're using all the elements, things that we sort of have forgotten in the west, things like in ayurveda, the doshas, the know. And in chinese medicine, it's the elements like the too much wind, which is very similar to ayurveda. And I was in Los Angeles and I started so I stumbled upon it through Kundalini and through the lifestyle. And then I started taking workshops and then going deeper into the herbs. And then I'm sure you're familiar with Surya spa. Marta Sofer. She became a friend of mine way before she became so popular. And she's this beautiful, wise woman who taught me a lot, too. So it kind of, like, I didn't realize it was good. Now I feel like more and more, it's becoming mainstream. But I don't think at the time, I was just trying to find relief, too, for things.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: Yeah, definitely. No, I love that.
And like you say, that chinese medicine and the ayurvedic having those similarities. And really, I think that focus on the mind body spirit connection as well in your healing journey, Shiva, because this has come up for me recently about this past life healing, in the fact that when we tap into healing our past lives, it can actually affect our healing in this current reality. I would love to know if you have had any sort of specific techniques that you've done or anything that has really helped address any past life resonance that is coming through.
[00:11:28] Speaker B: That's a good question. I most definitely know I have been places. I was really blessed to go to China before the pandemic, and as soon as I landed, I was like, oh, I've lived here. I've been like. I felt it so intrinsically. And I practiced tea ceremony, which is another one of my practices. And I was blessed to go to China and visit the farms and do tea meditations at these beautiful mountains.
I think it was part of my healing journey, going there and really feeling that and starting to put pieces together as to why I love that culture and the music and certain things.
So I haven't specifically dove into healing past life things, but I've done it in ways. Through meditations, probably, and through hypnosis. On my own, though, definitely I feel like being a woman, maybe a medicine woman or a wise or a witch woman in the past, which I think many of us probably carry that lineage. I have definitely have memories of that.
And I think there was a period of my time where it was the persephone time, where I was never a victim, but I was very burdened with the darkness of persephone, like, feelings and thoughts.
And then I was like, no, enough. Now. Enough. And I think that was like healing past life, sort of like a past life regression and kind of like moving on. So I think it's been like that. It hasn't been like a specific thing. It's been more like a non conscious, holistic way to do it.
[00:13:13] Speaker A: I love that. And, Shiva, what really strikes me about you and what you embody and what you've created is your ability to tap into the feminine force. And so I would love for you to speak about what that feminine force means to you and how creating this line of your beautiful, luxury natural products, how that has really helped you lean into the feminine. And, yeah, I would love to know.
[00:13:54] Speaker B: It's my favorite subject. I love the feminine. I love women.
I love the womb, I love the breast.
I just love everything that the feminine stands for. And I feel like we live in a time right now, too, where it's like, you know, it's like, one extreme or the other. We don't have, like, this. Slowly it's happening. I mean, there's all these beautiful goddess cultures and sub niches that are beginning to realize that the earth is a mirror of the feminine. Right? Like, we are basically the embodiment of the earth. And as soon as we start taking care of the planet and the earth, it's like the same thing that goes for us. I always thought it was ironic that the people that I knew who had Lyme disease were the ones who loved nature the most, you know what I mean?
Who were really the ones who. And I felt like, again, that's a mirror of what we're doing to the planet.
So diving into the feminine has been so healing for me, and I feel like I get excited by it.
I'm a feminine feminist, I like to say, because I'm definitely not, like, a feminist in the old term, but I like doors open for me. I like to feel feminine. I like the masculine to be the masculine, so I can be the feminine, but it's just something that I feel once women tap into it, it can bring so much healing, and I feel like that's not taught. And I feel like my mother was probably a good representation, but didn't fully teach me that. So I've had to teach myself that. And I've done that through ceremonies, through rituals, through Yoni eggs. Yoni egg can be very healing. The jade egg, through Kundalini, through accessing this chakra, and just realizing how powerful we are. And we were made for creation. And if it's not for having children, then it's for creating projects and communities and businesses, and we're just, like, bountiful with this amazing ability to create. And I love to look at bees. Bees have such an interesting.
Yeah, it's just fascinating the way they have. There's the queen bee and then all the worker bees, which are the females, and then they have just the soldier bees, which are there just to protect, basically. Just to protect and to create eggs. So really, it's the female bees that are running the show with the queen. And it's just fascinating when you see that and you think, oh, yeah, maybe. Probably when the world was a matriarchy, that's probably how we ran things.
[00:16:54] Speaker A: That's so fascinating. I wanted to ask you about the bees because I did read that you were a beekeeper, and I was interested in that because I think coming to the surface now is just how healing, just the vibration of the bees and how much they are healing in themselves.
So, yeah. How did you get into beekeeping and how does know come into your daily.
[00:17:26] Speaker B: Life as to be. To be honest, it's been very hard here in Texas. When I was in California, my bees are still there. They're thriving. They're doing incredibly well. But in Texas, it's been very heartbreaking, and we just lost our last hive.
So it's been challenging, definitely. But my mother was a beekeeper when I was a child, so when we lived in Iran, so I think I grew up watching know and then all the things she would make with the wax and the honey, and I think it really imprinted on me so that when I had my garden in Los Angeles and I was, like, growing everything, all my food from the land, the first thing I did was get bees.
But, yes, it's fascinating because we just had, I mean, this is heartbreaking. We had a beehive. This is the first time this has ever happened to me where, because it was a little vulnerable from the drought, it had marauder bees, robber bees, come in and steal all the honey, and they rape the queen bee.
It's like, crazy how. I mean, I was watching it happen, but from a distance. Like, my bees were so docile, I wouldn't have to wear a suit. But these bees were not docile. And it was crazy. It went on for a week, maybe, where they were just, like, swarming. And it's so, I mean, I definitely cried some tears. I mean, they raped the queen and steal the honey. So it's like, yes, we can learn a lot from the bees, like how we need soldiers and we need the masculine to protect us. Yes. Meanwhile, my dog just came in to give me a kiss.
I know she knew.
[00:19:12] Speaker A: I have never heard of that before. I didn't even know that was possible.
[00:19:17] Speaker B: I didn't either, by the mean I'd heard, but I never knew it was quite so extreme and violent until I came here.
[00:19:27] Speaker A: And with the loss of your bees in Los Angeles, I did read an article that they were saying that there is this losing of bees now and the hives and things like that, attributing to potentially energetic interference and things like that.
And so, yeah, that is just a whole nother layer with that.
[00:20:00] Speaker B: It is a whole nother layer. But when you watch, when we talk about the feminine and just the way it can work, like when a hive is healthy and happy and prosperous as the ones that I had in California were, it really is showing how the feminine, when we work together and in synergy and in community, how beautiful it can be.
[00:20:23] Speaker A: Shiva, I would love to know, when it comes to beauty, what has your experience been with aging? I really want to come through the lens of aging as more of this reverence. And I think in our culture, there is a lot of emphasis on the physical beauty and this process of aging and the effects on our physical appearance.
What has your journey through this been like? And do you have an empowering lens on this? Because I think there's a lot of pressure for us to have these procedures and these things that are not in alignment for that holistic health. And so I would love to know how you approach the aging process and being so connected to beauty.
Yeah, I'd just love to know your.
[00:21:41] Speaker B: Thoughts on, oh, well, I completely understand what a struggle it can be. And I have to say, I'm not in Los Angeles anymore, so I think it also depends where, you know, the environment and so on. However, we see social media every day, so we are bombarded with it on another level.
But I do think everything is holistic with my line and the way I live.
However, I won't judge someone if they do do something, because I think ultimately, we do have to feel it's about confidence. So whatever it is for you that gives you that confidence, you know what I mean? As long as you feel beautiful. Because I never want people to think, like, there should be shame if they end up doing something.
However, with my philosophy and my ethos, with my line, it's all about what we eat. So it's like internal. It's what we put in our bodies. And it's not about stripping. I feel like a lot of the western, again, maybe it's moving out of fashion now, but a lot of it was stripping, whereas in Ayurveda, it's about plumping and nourishing and adding and the oils and the balms and the creams and the fats that we take in.
And look, I am 15 pounds heavier than I was in, my gosh, in the last ten years. But it's okay. I think it adds a little bit more for my face, which I appreciate. And it's kind of like, I don't know if you ever heard that quote by Catherine de Nouve, but that famous french actress. But she said, at a certain age, a woman has to choose her face or her mean. I disagree, because now I feel know having an ass is actually very sexy. But I think when she said that, it wasn't quite sexy, and she was saying basically she was choosing a plumper face and without a plumper tushy. But I do think, though, that you're right. We need to get out of the stigma that women somehow become less as they get older.
I think a moment where I was getting a little bit down about that, my youngest is about to go to college, and I think I had a moment where I was like, oh, my gosh, this next chapter, and feeling the way my body's shifting. And then I started working on this course, which I'm launching in the spring called the waterways of the feminine mystique. And I stumbled upon this idea, which comes from Japan, where they say once a woman goes to the stage, when they stop having their moon and so on, they call it a second spring. And that lit me up because I was like, yes, a second spring. Now, that's the way to look at this.
It's inevitable we're all going to be facing this time. And why not make it a second spring? A second spring where things are exciting and novel. And I can explain to you why that is. It's all about our hormones and what happens to our hormones and why we become, you can look at it, more adventurous and independent.
The hormones are such a fascinating aspect of all of this, too.
But I just wanted to also say, I know a lot of goddess cultures, they had the three chapters, which was maiden Mother Crone. Well, now, because we are living to our lot of women in these communities are saying, no, we need a chapter between mother and between crone. Because like I said, I'm in. My moon has just waned. My daughter's going to college. My youngest, I certainly don't feel like a crone. There is no way a crone. So we're adding this other chapter so it would be maiden mother. And then some call it maga, which is magician, some call it priestess, some call it medicine woman, whatever that feels right for you. And then we can hit our crohn's in our love that that's such an.
[00:26:08] Speaker A: Empowering lens to look through. I completely agree with everything you've said and that embodiment that you have of that whole beauty. And I love in your book whole beauty that you talk about how that beauty, and I'm quoting you here, it's not just penetrating the physical layer, because that physical layer is one that can fade, but beauty comes from being nourished and balanced spiritually and emotionally. And I love when I hear you speak that you always bring in this nourishment. How when we nourish ourself, then we can nourish others. And so I'd love for you to speak on the rituals or the practices that you really embody, because diving into your work has actually really inspired me to see self care as a ritual and as something to look forward to and to immerse myself in, rather than something that is a tick box. It just needs to be done. And so you just add this layer of luxury and just juiciness to it. So I would love for you to speak on. How do you incorporate these rituals? Do you have a day? What is some practices right now that are really nourishing you?
[00:27:50] Speaker B: Yeah, I think what makes something a ritual is really just having the intention, right?
Instead of just throwing on the bomb, instead taking that moment and giving thanks to this know for carrying you and rubbing it on you and honoring the feet that carry you through the day. And it just changes, just makes. It's like Einstein said. He said, you can either live as though everything is a miracle or know. And I want to choose to live as though all of this is a miracle. And having these little rituals really feeds me. And like you said that, I said, it helps me able to feed others because you can't fill from an empty cup. Your cup has to be filled. And there's nothing selfish about that at all. And I think that's something else that's wonderful about. I think we're finally accepting that.
It's funny. Well, today my partner made a fire because it was so cold here.
And when he left, I was like, you know what? I'm going to do a breast and womb massage in front of the fire. I mean, how glorious to take out oils. I took some frankincense, I took some castor oil. It's called ondine. It's a breast oil. And I just sat in front of the fire naked and did this taoist breast massage, which is like 58 circular circles and get the energy going. And then my womb. Like I said, I'm going through this change. So I was really, like, giving some love to my womb. Thank you for the babies you've carried and the ideas you've carried and just having that moment. Yeah. And it's very.
And it's like something I wish we could teach this to our daughters and our younger people all the time, because I think once you have that connection.
[00:29:58] Speaker A: Right.
[00:29:59] Speaker B: Because I don't know about you, but I was very disconnected from my, from my body until a little bit later.
But I think it does. It prevents diseases. I mean, it prevents breast cancer, prevents ovarian cancer, prevents uterine cancer. I mean, all these things that we do in an ayurveda, this is all part of life. The yanga is a self massage that they do with oils, and this is, again, built into the culture that we need to relearn, reteach ourselves.
[00:30:30] Speaker A: Yes, I think that's so important. Yes. Abiyanga as that daily practice of self massage, of nourishment and giving back to the body and how powerful, saying those affirmations, why you're doing that as well, and, yeah, just sort of a mantra practice as well. That is really powerful. I love that you mentioned castor oil, and this has been something that my ayurvedic teacher would say to me. If you have castor oil, you'll never see a wrinkle.
All of us after that have been using castor oil all the time. And I wanted to ask about the ingredient of the rose.
Obviously, your name, Shiva Rose. And so the packaging of your beautiful skincare holds the rose. But I wanted to ask about your journey with the rose and knowing that it's a higher vibration and its ability to connect to the heart center, how did you first connect to more of the flower essences and the higher vibrational aspect of the.
[00:31:58] Speaker B: Know? My grandma was named Rose Marie, and so I'm named after her.
The rose comes from her.
And she has such a love of roses and sort of taught me that she used to grow roses.
I think I just began just falling in love with the rose through her.
And then, of course, being half iranian and persian culture, it's like rose water is in our food and in the desserts, and they sprayed in the homes. That's really a part of that culture, too. So I think it's just always been in my field. And yes, you said it's a high vibrational flower. It's considered the queen of all flowers.
So therapeutic. And I think it's the healing, the healing of the heart.
And the fact that we can do that through our olfactory is incredible to me. And when you read about priestesses eons ago, they would always carry like a locket with some resins in it for protection, whether it be capal or frankincense or rose oil or a tar. And I always thought that's very sacred, these oils that have been around. I mean anointment, right? They say mary Magdalene anointed Jesus. This goes back so much. So when we talk about past lives, I think this is something very familiar to us, many of us.
[00:33:33] Speaker A: Yes, I love that. And with your current collection, Shiva, is there anything that, any product at the moment that you're really loving, that you're utilizing that? Do you have a favorite?
[00:33:49] Speaker B: I love them all. I love them. We have one cream that I created. It's like a souffle, but it's sold out. It's coming back in February, but it's called fata morgana, which is based on an italian.
It means illusion, but it's also a reference to Morgana Morgan, which is King Arthur's sister. So I really love that product. I also love a tallow cream balm that I created with my friend from belanecter. Sorry. And that is, I love that we use tallow from regenerative farms, which is like such a healing cream and it comes from the bovine. But it's wonderful because when you think about regenerative farming and using all the parts of an animal, it just makes that palo. It's been used again for hundreds of years. They used it. I think it's coming back now. It's having a resurgence.
[00:34:51] Speaker A: I definitely think that is having a resurgence. And like you were saying, that nourishment and when it comes to an aerovedic lens on this, it is just like you say, using all those parts of the animal. So in that complete reverence to the animal and the fats and everything like that, when I was doing research on yeshiva, noticed that you were previously a vegetarian, and then through your healing journey, then started to introduce more meat proteins into your diet.
I would love to know your journey with that.
And did tapping into ayurveda, which is some people think that ayurveda is actually vegetarian, but it's actually not. It includes meat as well and using it as that nourishment. So I'd love to know how your journey with that and what your experience with that, introducing it. And I think it is that mental and emotional aspect as well as the other elements.
[00:36:11] Speaker B: Yeah, I think if you're a sensitive being, which I'm sure so many of your listeners are. They've probably gone through that dilemma of not wanting to hurt animals. And certainly I became a vegetarian at a young age because my baby lamb in Iran was like, in the garden, and then next thing it was in the know its head. So it was like a rude awakening, and I decided I was going to be vegetarian. I was like six or seven, and my parents did not agree, but I kind of made the correlation at such a young age, and I was just like. And I almost feel like anyone who goes through a spiritual process or journey kind of has to go through their vegetarian phase. I do think there's something about clearing the body of an animal when you're in some sort of posana or just to retreat. I do think that's a good idea.
However, I went 25 years without animal products, and that really was bad on my health with autoimmune issues. And just to give you an example, after my second daughter, all the enamel went off my teeth, because basically your body will take from everything from the mother, from the bones, from everything to keep the baby going.
So I was so depleted, and that was such a wake up call because I was also so stubborn. I wanted to be a vegetarian no matter what. But finally I was like, you know what? This quality of life is not okay, and I want to enjoy my life, because what happens? I think there's a specific B vitamin that you can go pretty much like seven years without.
But after seven years, it really starts hurting your health. And that's why I started to introduce animal protein. But medicinally, I still, believe it or not, I'm not a big carnivore. It's still hard for me. But I do eat it medicinally, and I do bone broth, and of course, I do eggs once in a while.
And being out here in Texas, it changes everything because we're so close to the earth and nature and, you know, all the regenerative farms, and you see how you use the whole animal and how it's good for you and the environment and the way it's done humanely and it's helping the planet. Regenerative farming is so incredible for the planet. So that's also helped me to come to terms with it.
[00:38:46] Speaker A: Yes, I love that lens. And also the raw milk, which it's illegal here in Australia.
[00:39:01] Speaker B: Really?
[00:39:02] Speaker A: Yeah. But it is legal in Texas, isn't.
[00:39:07] Speaker B: Just it became legal, like, the year I moved in here, like, three or four years ago it became legal.
[00:39:15] Speaker A: Yeah. Which is really interesting.
In Ayurveda, the milk is seen revered as the great Nourisher. And so, yeah, it's just fascinating when we start introducing more of these nourishing aspects into our diet and how that can really start improving our health.
[00:39:41] Speaker B: Yes, and that's the thing.
I wouldn't drink milk unless it was raw because then you start realizing what is a regular dairy or even meats. If it's not a clean one, then there's more of a detriment to you, especially dairy. I mean, regular dairy, when you realize that they pasteurize it, homogenize it and then sell it to you, you're basically drinking dead bacteria.
If I can't have raw, pure milk, then I won't drink it.
It's true. But the raw milk is so, the true thing is so good for you. The enzymes and all those elements that are so good for your gut and the natural probiotics, it's very powerful. I like the way you said that in Ayurveda, it's a great nourisher.
[00:40:45] Speaker A: Yeah. And this is why the cow is so revered, because it is the mother giving.
[00:40:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:52] Speaker A: Ultimate nourishment and sustenance. So, yeah, I think Texas sounds like it is more progressive in that.
Also wanted to know about, since you've moved to Texas, how has that felt with the land there and that lifestyle and.
Yeah. Does that feel like home now for you?
[00:41:19] Speaker B: Yeah, it's interesting. There's definitely things that I miss from California. I miss the abundant organic produce because of the weather and because they've been doing it for so long, and community, I miss that.
But then out here I look at the stars and they're so bright because we're not in a city, we're rural. And I just can't imagine ever living someplace where I'm not able to see the stars so bright and so clear and so beautifully.
And the. Know your nervous system? My nervous system is definitely because I go to California often to visit people and my older daughter and for work, and I can definitely tell the difference.
Your nervous system is just from here to here.
It takes long, take lots of magnesium and lots of chamomile tea to bring my nervous system back to a calmer place.
[00:42:26] Speaker A: Yes. And have you started growing things in Texas so you're starting to have that?
[00:42:35] Speaker B: We have been, but it's just harder because there's also seasons here which we didn't really have in California, so that's also part of it. And then the summers are brutal. They're just so hot and the winters are cold. It's so crazy.
I also love New Mexico. I've been visiting there a lot, too, and I have a deep love for that land, too. So we'll see. My dream is to have, like, a venetian woman's retreat center somewhere, either by the ocean or maybe New Mexico, and then you can come visit and stay with me.
[00:43:12] Speaker A: I love that. And because that's what I love, following you on Instagram, because I see you hosting these incredible tea ceremonies, and you have this beautiful connection with these women in your community and how you can cultivate that.
And I would love to know, how has this tea ceremony as a ritual come into your life?
Where did that inspiration come from? Was that from your grandmother as well.
[00:43:44] Speaker B: Or how did that came from? My sister, Tian Wu is her other name. But we were friends in Venice, California, and about ten years ago, and she invited me to her house for a tea ceremony, and it was a three hour silent tea ceremony, and I hated it. I was like, I am never doing this again. I was like, this is torture.
I mean, no talking for 3 hours, drinking tea, no thank you.
And then, of course, how fate would have it. The next one was at my house for our sister, mystic mama. I don't know if you know mystic mama. She's beautiful artwork, but it was for her baby blessing, and I was like, oh, God, we have to do it again.
So we sat down, and we sat down for tea, and that time I was uncomfortable, and then I just started crying. And then I understood. I understood that it's the monkey mind, and this is a meditation. And, yes, I'm supposed to have the thoughts, and I'm supposed to release them, and then I'm supposed to receive. Like, when do we ever sit and just receive? Especially as women, when do we ever sit and get served in silence, by the way, which is a whole nother level. And then I was like, oh, my God, I need to learn this.
This is so beautiful to be able to serve other people with my spirit and my soul through tea. Tea is such a beautiful. Especially these teas, because they're pure and nothing's been done to them, but just to drink these teas, which are like adaptogens, really. They give you whatever you need and just sit in silence and drink these beautiful teas. And then we go into the whole idea that it's, again, the Chinese, the elements. We're using all the elements. We're using fire, water, earth, air.
We're having to be very present. It's hard for me to be present. I'm an aquarius, or in western, I'm an aquarius. So I'm always like. But when I sit down to do tea, I have to be present because the water has to be a certain way. The tea has to be a certain way. I have to feel your energy and what you're feeling when I fill your cup up. So it's just such a beautiful way to connect with people and women. And hopefully you'll experience it one day.
[00:46:11] Speaker A: I love the sound of that. Just as you're describing it sounds so nourishing. It's always intrigued me. I've just never been in that environment. So, yeah, I am there whenever you create.
[00:46:26] Speaker B: I'm sure there's people, too around you. There might be know, it seems.
[00:46:32] Speaker A: Yes, I'll call it in. Now that we've spoken about.
[00:46:38] Speaker B: Shiva, I.
[00:46:39] Speaker A: Would love to know, what are you looking forward to this year? What are you really wanting to lean into and have you set or thought about setting an intention for this year?
What are you wanting to embody and what is on your heart to bring forward? You mentioned you have this new course that you've created. I'd love you to speak to what is on your heart right now and what is inspiring you.
[00:47:11] Speaker B: Well, usually I use solstice. Winter solstice is my new year. And we just had that portal. And, yes, it's definitely.
Well, I decided last year that this year was going to be about devotion. Because my daughter, this is her last year. And I was going to be devoted to her and our land and these things. And now I'm looking forward and seeing that I want to, yes, continue that devotion. But also make this course really exciting and beautiful for people. This offering, the waterways of the feminine. Which is about how we cultivate this feminine energy. And continue to feel juicy and sexy. And even when society is telling us we shouldn't.
I really want to bring that forth birth. That that'll be the new thing to birth.
I do want this Yin venetian abode somewhere for the feminine. Because I love our place in Texas. But it's very yang here. The mean you need cowboy know there's snakes and scorpions in the summer. I mean, it's like serious. I think some Aussies would actually appreciate it. Because it's like being out in the outback somewhere.
So I'm yearning for like a yin place somewhere.
So those are the things I'm very excited about.
And more community, more gatherings.
When you tell me what sign are you, I should have asked you that in the beginning.
[00:48:53] Speaker A: I am a Sagittarius sun in both systems, and I am a double virgo. So Virgo rising and Virgo moon.
Wow.
[00:49:03] Speaker B: Okay.
Amazing. My daughter and my partner are both double virgos.
[00:49:09] Speaker A: Oh. So you know. Exactly.
[00:49:15] Speaker B: I'm sure you feel sorry for me a little bit now.
[00:49:22] Speaker A: That Virgo energy is.
Yes, it's very, I guess, how would I describe it?
[00:49:32] Speaker B: It's very how.
[00:49:35] Speaker A: Not the perfectionism, but there is this seeking energy as well, like always seeking and striving and wanting to learn more and improve.
I don't know if you can resonate with that, but there's this continual quest, the student and wanting to learn more and.
[00:49:57] Speaker B: Right.
Which I really respect. I love that part of you. You all.
[00:50:04] Speaker A: And what was your rising? Shiva in the nigh.
[00:50:09] Speaker B: I believe in western.
[00:50:12] Speaker A: Yes. Okay. And it's interesting, when I was looking into your work, I did pick up on this Gemini energy, because I know in your past you have been an actress, and that is that very Gemini, that air influence there, that. More of that.
Yeah. And also that polarity and the duality of the masculine and the feminine, which even coming back to your name, Shiva. Shiva is very masculine. And then the rose very. I think, you know, you embody both of those so beautifully between those two.
[00:50:56] Speaker B: Thank you. I'm glad you see that. Thank you. And it's true. I love the feminine, and my work is all about the feminine. However, there is a masculine. I do have a masculine part of me, too. Of course, we all do. We have both. But I have a healthy part of me, I think, that's able to speak up and protect and go after what I want, sort of all those things that we attribute to the masculine a little bit.
[00:51:23] Speaker A: Yeah. And I definitely feel that in your presence online, you really come across as the protector and as really sharing this knowledge. And I think in this modern day as well, that sharing our truth can.
That's the greatest adventure at the moment.
You really standing in that and sharing that authentically. And what is true for you is something so powerful that I really admire and respect you for and see you as that light.
And like I said, especially during the last couple of years, I kind of looked at your page and saw where you were at and, yeah, really gave me a lot of strength and courage as well.
[00:52:25] Speaker B: Thank you. Thank you. That means so much to me.
[00:52:30] Speaker A: Shiva, before you end, I would love to know, is there anything else that you would love to share with us when it comes to beauty or the feminine or some piece of advice that you would love to give our listeners that are wanting to embody more of the feminine or have more of that reverence in approaching beauty.
[00:52:56] Speaker B: Well, first of all, I'm sorry, the sun is setting right now, so it's getting darker as we're speaking.
But that is exactly what I was going to say. If you want to start somewhere and you don't know where to start, start by gazing at the sun in the mornings, and then as it's setting in the evening, start by connecting with the moon. The rhythms of the moon and where it's fluctuating.
Start by walking on the earth barefoot to get those negative ions and those minerals through your feet.
Start to tell yourself how beautiful you are, because you are beautiful. And beauty is definitely the Navajo prayer where you walk in beauty.
Beauty is definitely something that we can perceive and feel. First, we have to feel it within ourselves. Right. I think before somebody else can see it or before we can shine it upon the world, we have to first find it within ourselves. And I would say start there. I would say those have been my greatest teachers. I always say the moon's been my mother and the sun's been my father. The earth has been my sibling, and that's been so healing for me.
[00:54:12] Speaker A: I love that so much, Shiva. And you mentioned finding the beauty within, and I love how you phrase that. I would love to know, how have you found that beauty within? How have you really focused on that? Because it so radiates in your work. Is there a moment or something where you found that beauty? I'm so curious.
[00:54:37] Speaker B: Well, I think, again, it's connecting to the womb energy. I really do. I think it's connecting to the yoni. I think it's connecting to that wellspring within us, because we do. We have these wellsprings of water, and they need to be nourished. These rivers that are running through us need to be, especially women. We need to be had. So I think it would be like that connection to your womb space and those chakras. And then you can actually do some kundalini and focus on that energy and then imagine it coming up through your body, up to your head. And I think it really does affect the way we feel and the way we're seen. It's almost like they say in Kundalini, your aura walks in a room before you do.
Your aura is like, it's so grand, and it's like this thing that surrounds us. So whatever we can do to protect that aura, that help.
[00:55:36] Speaker A: Yes, I love that. And it's like you've tapped into that frequency of beauty and yeah, I love how you've brought that back to the energetic field that you've really connected to.
Thank you so much, Shiva.
Before we recorded this, we were actually having a mercury retrograde moment.
My Internet completely went out, which, as a podcaster, it's probably your worst nightmare, but you have been absolutely so gracious.
Like you mentioned, using the mercury retrograde energy to our advantage rather than.
[00:56:18] Speaker B: Letting it take over.
[00:56:21] Speaker A: Thank you so much for.
[00:56:27] Speaker B: Lovely walking this path with you. Thank you.
[00:56:30] Speaker A: Thank you. And I'm so sure we'll meet in real life whether you come to Perth or I visit you.
Yeah. I feel such a connection towards you, so thank you again, Shiva.
[00:56:41] Speaker B: Thank you. Aloha.
[00:56:44] Speaker A: Thanks for tuning into star being. May the wisdom shared resonate in your soul. Until next time, stay connected and keep reaching for the stars. This is star being signing off.
