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Guest
Sayra — Artist, Reiki Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Holistic Healer
Episode Summary
In this deeply reflective episode of Spiritual Friction, Laurel LeMohn, trauma therapist and host, sits down with Sayra—artist, Reiki practitioner, certified yoga teacher, and holistic healer—for a powerful conversation about mental health, trauma recovery, embodiment, and the healing wisdom of water.
Sayra shares her personal journey from a childhood shaped by grief, domestic violence, and instability to a life rooted in somatic healing, nature connection, and spiritual practice. Together, Laurel and Sayra explore how trauma lives in the body, how movement and breath can restore flow, and why water—both within us and around us—may be one of our greatest teachers.
This conversation weaves together trauma-informed care, energy work, feminine embodiment, ancestral memory, and the idea that healing is not about forcing change—but about learning how to flow.
What We Explore in This Episode
- The body as a keeper of memory and unprocessed emotion
- Reiki, energy work, and embodied healing practices
- Consciousness as the foundation of all matter
- Nature as healer: grounding, water, and seasonal living
- Water as memory, medicine, and master element
- Healing through flow instead of resistance
- Trusting intuition and taking courageous risks
- Releasing identity to reclaim the Self
- Offering compassion and reassurance to the younger self
Key Quotes
“Water is the master element. It can flow, it can crash—and it teaches us how to live.”
“I didn’t know I was grieving—I just thought I was depressed.”
“What I was leaving wasn’t just a place—it was an identity.”
“Healing didn’t come from thinking. It came from coming back into my body.”
Why This Conversation Matters
Many people move through life disconnected from their bodies, intuition, and the natural rhythms meant to support healing. This episode offers a compassionate reminder that healing doesn’t require certainty or perfection—only presence, patience, and a willingness to listen.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward, this conversation invites you to soften, breathe, and remember: flow is always available.
About the Guest
Sayra is an artist, Reiki practitioner, certified yoga teacher, and holistic healer with roots in shamanic lineage practices. Her work centers on whole-person healing—mind, body, and spirit—through movement, energy work, nature connection, and consciousness-based practices. She is deeply committed to creating spaces that support embodiment, intuitive awareness, and reconnection to natural rhythms.
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About the Host
Laurel LeMohn is an integrative trauma therapist, founder of SoulBody Wellness, and host of Spiritual Friction: A Space for Deep Feelers—a podcast exploring healing, trauma, nervous system regulation, spirituality, and what it means to be human through heartfelt, reflective conversations.
Her work brings together trauma-informed care, narrative therapy, somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and spirituality to create grounded, compassionate spaces where greater self-understanding, connection, and transformation become possible.
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Stories held with care.
Disclaimer
Spiritual Friction: A Space for Deep Feelers is an educational and storytelling podcast and is not a substitute for psychotherapy, medical care, or mental health treatment. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapeutic relationship. If you are experiencing emotional distress or are in crisis, please contact a qualified mental health professional or your local emergency services.
