Guest: Cynthia Abulafia — yoga therapist, educator, and author of Embodying the Goddess: How to Awaken Curiosity and Reverence on the Spiritual Path (out January 20, 2026)

Connect with Cynthia: Website | Substack | Instagram | YouTube

What we cover

* Why Cynthia believes “transcendence bias” is one of the core spiritual issues of our time

* Kundalini as spiritual reorientation (and why it can feel intense, disruptive, and physical)

* A simple, clarifying map: expand, contract, pause

* The “four layers of reality” (and how getting stuck in any layer creates imbalance)

* What Cynthia calls the divine feminine: the capacity to hold the whole symphony without preference

* Why the goal isn’t “enlightenment” but process, reverence, and integration

* Devotion as a path that includes the full range of human emotion—without beige-washing reality

* Why Cynthia names the Goddess in plain English as curiosity + reverence

🎵 Music credit:Intro and outro music: Madre Ayahuasca by ArkawaUsed with permission. More at arkawamusic.com

🌐 And as always, visit www.goddessintraining.online for more tools to support your intuitive journey.

Favorite moments / timestamps (approx.)

* 00:50 Cynthia’s origin story: yoga, goddess traditions, and lifelong kundalini awakenings

* 02:15 “This is the core spiritual question of our time” — embodiment, Earth, and disconnection

* 04:31 Expand / contract / pause — and why most traditions fixate on the pause

* 07:37 The four layers: matter → thought/emotion → intuition → void

* 15:47 Kundalini defined (and why the billboard version doesn’t tell the whole story)

* 20:45 My psilocybin “river of consciousness” story + the post-opening sensitivity

* 23:31 The “transcendence hangover” and what helps

* 24:10 Tantra’s frame story: the Goddess as love moving into form and limitation

* 46:14 Devotion, reverence, and the full range of emotions

* 54:28 Cynthia’s book release date + why “curiosity and reverence” matters