Rio Cosmico

Rio Cosmico

Welcome to the Rio Cosmico Podcast, (Formerly Starseed Survival Guide) a monthly podcast about healing. Rio Cosmico is hosted by Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman, founder of Río Cósmico Homestead, Seasonal Ceremonial Microvillage, Library of Earth Magic and home of the Medicine Mandala Green Witch Initiation Journey. Río Cósmico is located in the Cuyamaca region of Southern California, where we support unconventional wisdom keepers in finding multidimensional health, pleasure, purpose, creative fulfillment and liberation on the path of service to Mother Earth. Yaya has been a student, practitioner, and educator of the visual, performing, and healing arts for 22 years and her speaking, writing, online, and in person educational programs currently reach thousands of people daily all over the world. Visit Our Website: www.riocosmico.org Follow Yaya on Instagram: @activeculturefamily

Episodes

The Winding Path of the Self Taught Intuitive Herbalist with Veladya Chapman

July 25, 2024 • 66 mins
In this episode, we are joined by Veladya Chapman, Goddess guide, herbalist, homesteader, womb wisdom keeper, and so much more. I smiled and laughed a lot during this conversation and in the editing process and hope you will too in the listening. In this episode we explore: • Veladya’s multicultural heritage • What Goddesses inform Veladya’s path and work, including how Kali comes to guide women who work with...
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Music is Everywhere, and We are All the Hummingbirds of These Times w/ Artist, Therapist, and Educator Claudia Cuentas

April 15, 2024 • 32 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Yaya Erin Rivera & Río Cósmico Homestead. In this short and sweet episode we are joined once again by Peruvian born, bilingual and bicultural artist, licensed marriage and family therapist, researcher and educator, Claudia Cuentas. Claudia is currently in private practice in Portland Oregon, and specializes in the intersectionality of art, trauma rec...
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Solidarity is Our Second Nature with Peruvian Born Artist, Therapist & Educator Claudia Cuentas

September 20, 2023 • 55 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Yaya Erin Rivera & Río Cósmico Homestead. In this episode we are joined by Peruvian born, bilingual and bicultural artist, licensed marriage and family therapist, researcher and educator, Claudia Cuentas. Claudia is currently in private practice in Portland Oregon, and specializes in the intersectionality of art, trauma recovery, cultural identity, i...
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The Genius of Reflexive People Pleasing, Trauma as Goddess, and Other Strangely Liberating Truths with Somatic Therapist Luis Mojica

January 27, 2023 • 47 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. In this episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined once again by somatic therapist, life coach, whole food nutritional counselor, father, and musician Luis Mojica for part 2 of a 2 part conversation. In this episode we explore: • Luis’s personal definition of trauma, informed by his own healing journey and his expe...
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The Endless Trail of Cosmos Unfurling: Exploring Surgery, Songwriting & The Tools of Somatic Therapy with Luis Mojica

November 30, 2022 • 82 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. In this episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined by somatic therapist, life coach, whole food nutritional counselor, father, and musician Luis Mojica. In this episode we explore: • Being born with an intersex expression and the road to acceptance of both the body we are born into and the culture(s) we are born ...
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Rebooted by Death with Jaguar Woman

October 17, 2022 • 55 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined by multidimensional healing artist, intuitive herbalist, ancestral channel, poet and teacher Jaguar Woman. Her work shares ways to connect with Mother Earth using plant medicine and ceremony. Topics covered in today’s conversation: Growing up as a ministers daug...
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From Fiery Roots to Clouds Under Water & Sliding to the Side to Find Our Path with Jaguar Womban

October 17, 2022 • 44 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, host Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman is joined by multidimensional healing artist, intuitive herbalist, ancestral channel, poet and teacher Jaguar Woman. Her work shares ways to connect with Mother Earth using plant medicine and ceremony. Today’s episode is part two of a 2 part conversation where we dive deepe...
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Decolonizing Our Creative Process, Seeking Refuge and Creating Home with Zena Carlota Pearl

August 10, 2022 • 43 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, seed keeper and story teller Zena Carlota Pearl returns for part 2 of a 2 part conversation. Zena is a practicing expressive arts therapist and associate marriage and family therapist working with individuals, couples and groups to uncover and navigate archetypal stories and familial patterns in relationship...
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Elements of Culture as Vessels for Memory Zena Carlota Pearl

August 2, 2022 • 32 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. On today’s episode, we are joined by seed keeper and story teller Zena Carlota Pearl for part 1 or our 2 part conversation. Zena is a practicing expressive arts therapist and associate marriage and family therapist working with individuals, couples and groups to uncover and navigate archetypal stories and familial patterns in r...
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Honoring Our Roots Part 1 with Grandmother Irka Mateo

June 7, 2022 • 55 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. For season two of the podcast, we are exploring the relationship between creativity and resilience. Today we are joined by Dominican Taino folk healer, researcher, singer, songwriter, and community builder Akutu (grandmother) Irka Mateo. Together we explore: • Irka Mateo’s family roots and her connection to the animist trad...
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Honoring Our Roots Part 2 with Grandmother Irka Mateo

June 7, 2022 • 41 mins
Welcome to Río Cósmico, a podcast about healing brought to you by Río Cósmico Homestead. Today Dominican Taino folk healer, researcher, singer, songwriter, and community builder Akutu (grandmother) Irka Mateo returns for part two of a two part conversation. Together we explore: • The geography and timeframe of major migrations from the Orinoco River, populating Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Re...
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