I’m joined by Amanda Norgaard, writer, and the Creative Director and Founder of ILLUMINATION. Amanda is one of those people that you can get juicy and real with, and this conversation is no exception. We dive right into Kundalini Yoga, relationships, storytelling, and poetry.

In her work, Amanda weaves the worlds of art, culture and spirituality together in what she describes as a creative moshpit. She believes that there are certain books, art, and practices that are having “a rewind or resurface”. This means that now is the time for practical dreamers because now is the time we need new leaders and new ways of creating art. 

Amanda highlights that in order to receive the gift of being conscious, be anchored to our humanity and access greater parts of our spirit, we have to be willing to do some digging. We must ask ourselves what structures and psyches we are delegating our attention to because our power lies in feeling doubt, fear, joy, pain and the challenge of them all existing.

We discuss how to choose your own narrative and how to refine your mental filter. Our conversation covers the unconscious as it moves through everything, tapping into our unlimited creative potential and questioning the status quo.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform. 

Topics Covered:

What is Applied Community and how does it look in micro and macro scales?

How mantras work in the body and subconscious mind to evoke feelings from a conscious place

Language, and the choice of words, and how we can shift them to alter our consciousness

How dreams can therapeutically be the art of the unconscious

Interpreting shifts coming in astrology, from a collective standpoint

Parallel universes and timeline jumping



Resources Mentioned:

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill 

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin 



Guest Info: 

Follow Amanda on Instagram: @amandanorgaard_ 

Work with Amanda: amandanorgaard.com

Learn more about The Muses: amandanorgaard.com/the-muses

Learn more about The Practice: amandanorgaard.com/the-practice

Learn more about The Vacation: amandanorgaard.com/the-vacation

Amanda’s writing: amandanorgaard.substack.com



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