No. 29 Fearlessness, Integrity, & Harriet Tubman with Spring Washam
Episode Notes
Spring Washam is an acclaimed meditation teacher, medicine woman, and author of A Fierce Heart, and she shared her gentle, moving wisdom with us for this episode. We discuss:
The role of integrity in our spiritual lives as a way to plant seeds of happiness for ourselves and others
Spring’s experiences blending a dedicated Buddhist practice with shamanic work
Spring’s time spent living in the jungle of Peru, learning from indigenous people, working with plant medicine, and the mystical nature of her life there
Harriet Tubman as an ancestor to inspire fearlessness, and the powerful way she’s showing up for Spring—who’s now writing a book on the dharma of Harriet Tubman
“My fierceness is my capacity to be with intensity. That’s what makes my heart fierce.”
“The idea of interconnectedness and being one, we get it on a mental level. But it’s a progress of insight to understand inter-being on a deeper level. [For me] this comes from years of working in the jungle, with plant medicines and being on the land. I’ve had so many experiences of being one with the earth, that it feels like it’s in my DNA.”
“All the meditation traditions agree on a few fundamental things: The examination of suffering, and the end of suffering. And also presence- it’s about the present moment as the doorway. We’re all in this matrix and we’re trying to get out. ”