This week on the Shakti Hour Podcast, Melanie shares a conversation with Tami Lynn Kent about the energetic connection to our bodies, healing trauma and unleashing our creativity.

Dena Merriam joins Melanie for an exploration of karma, past lives and restoring the Sacred Feminine in our world. 

Miranda Macpherson joins Melanie for a conversation around overcoming some of the challenges that arise early on the path of spiritual awakening.  

We journey into the mandala of the empowered feminine with Lama Tsultrim Allione and the tantric dakinis.

Dr. Margaret Paul joins Melanie for a conversation around developing a stronger connection to spirit.

Londin Angel Winters joins Melanie for a conversation around the masculine and feminine – reframing our perceptions around them, balancing their polarities and maintaining presence during difficult times in a relationship.

Vera de Chalambert joins Melanie for a conversation around the role of the divine feminine in our lives and practice.  

Mukti, from Open Gate Sangha, shares a conversation with Melanie around spiritual relationships and navigating the journey of awakening.  Learn more about Mukti and the Open Gate Sangha at Adyashanti.org.  

Nina Rao joins Melanie for a conversation that touches on the evolution of Nina’s spiritual practice, her relationship with Maharaj-ji and the two celebrate the life of Siddhi Ma.

This week, Melanie speaks with Ruby Warrington about navigating the spiritual path, growing into our practice and connecting to life's mysteries. 

On this episode of the Shakti Hour, Melanie shares a conversation with eco-friendly fashion line creator Jaclyn Hodes on a range of topics from intuition and divine timing to creative practice and right effort.  

Bestselling author, Marci Shimoff, shares a conversation with Melanie about living a life with happiness and trust.   

Melanie shares a conversation with Lakshmi and Maegan from Hanuman Gardens. Maegan and Lakshmi share their individual stories of how they came to Bhakti yoga, Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba. They discuss their vision and inspiration behind Hanuman Gardens, as well as the love and devotion that fuels the entire operation.

Julia Graves joins Melanie for a conversation around integrating plant medicine with our spiritual practice.

Mirabai Starr visits the Shakti Hour podcast to talk about the transformative power of heartbreak and loss.  

Author, Terry Tempest Williams, visits the Shakti Hour podcast for a conversation around wilderness, spirit, sacred rage and authentic power.

Melanie is joined by yoga instructor and author, Susanna Harwood Rubin, for a conversation around finding our own path in both spiritual practice and life.

Vinyasa Flow instructor, Jo Tastula, sits down with Melanie for a conversation around practice, finding the heart space and the Divine Feminine. 

Melanie is joined by Lama Tsultim Allione to talk about the role of women in Buddhism. Lama Tsultrim shares her journey and the path that opened her up to Buddhist practice.

Melanie is joined by author and yoga instructor Bobby Clannell to discuss her powerful work with Iyengar yoga. Bobby Clennell is a yoga teacher and long-time student of B.K.S. Iyengar (author of the classic book, Light on Yoga), and his children, Geeta S. Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar. She and Melanie talk about Iyengar and what his style of yoga has to offer students.

Sound therapy practitioner, Sara Auster, visits Shakti Hour to talk about listening as a meditative practice. Sara Auster is a certified Sound Therapy Practitioner and meditation teacher based in New York City. Using holistic approaches to healing with the transformative power of music and sound, she has been a driving force in bringing sound meditation and sound therapy to contemporary culture.

Musician, Deva Premal, has a conversation with Melanie about Deva's music, her spiritual path, and making space for what brings us joy. German-born vocalist and classically trained musician Deva Premal is best known for her work in the field of new age music, specifically, her unique brand of chanted Hindu mantras over contemporary musical stylings provided by life partner and collaborator, Miten.