28. Root to Rise: Owning Your Power & Honoring Your Boundaries from the Ground Up with Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow

Ceremony Circle

Earth advocate, author, and spiritual courage guide, Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow, brings us down to Earth in a wonderfully wild, untamed conversation that gives permission to invite the fertile nutrients from Mother Earth back into our bodies and work in sync with Gaia in a defiant act of revolution and reclamation of power.

Today, Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow stands, a woman fully in her power as she effortlessly weaves science and spirituality into her emotional being and professional work. The path to her purpose was fraught with challenges that, eight years ago, plunged her into what she defines as a spiritual breakdown. To heal, Dr. Erin returned to nature and escaped to Bali, which would provide the medicine to rewrite her life's journey from academia to spirituality and take her where she is today.

Throughout her life, Dr. Erin has been mentally and physically tested. In today’s episode she opens up for the very first time publicly up about her personal experience with a national abuse case against a gynecologist and how pushing limiting beliefs around sexuality through an incredibly expansive orgy gave her the space to connect with sacred sexuality. Plus, the transcendental plant medicine journey that fused her with Mother Earth.

We unearth every aspect of the wild woman, from goddess history, spiritual awakening, and the representation of spirituality in popular culture, to her exploration of deep, sensual waters that dismantled cultural taboos and helped her find the freedom to embody her life’s mission statement: “I own my power. I honor my healthy boundaries.”

A’ho sister!

The Ceremonial Offering

Call in the highest good into your space by honoring your body in whatever way you’re called to. Invite yourself back into the body, breathe, and imagine roots flowing from your spine to the fertile soil below as you integrate Dr. Erin’s empowering, grounding mantras.

Resources:

• Alyson on IG: @iamalysoncharles
• Website: erinmcmorrow.com
• Instagram: @dr.erinmcmorrow
• Read: “Grounded: A Fierce, Feminine Guide to Connecting with the Soul from the Ground Up”

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Ceremony Circle is a production of Crate Media