Evolutionary Women by Jeanie Manchester

In this powerful and wide-ranging episode of the Evolutionary Women Podcast, we sit down with visionary feminist scholar, healer, and co-creator of the Motherpeace Tarot, Vicki Noble. Together, we explore the ancient roots of feminine wisdom and its relevance for women’s lives today.
Vicki shares her groundbreaking research on matriarchal cultures, revealing how societies centered on cooperation, embodiment, cyclical intelligence, and reverence for the Earth once thrived across the globe. She explains how these cultures weren’t the mirror opposite of patriarchy, but rather holistic, egalitarian systems where women’s biological and spiritual capacities shaped community life.
Our conversation flows into the transformative power of feminist spirituality, ritual, and embodied practices, especially Yoga as a path that connects us with the primal, instinctual aspects of the feminine. Vicki discusses how women can reclaim their deep body-wisdom, heal generational trauma, and cultivate inner authority in a world still marked by patriarchal imbalance.
We also explore:
The role of the Motherpeace Tarot in awakening feminine archetypes
How ancient goddess cultures inform modern healing
Why the resurgence of women’s leadership is essential to planetary transformation
Practical ways to restore balance through cyclical awareness, intuition, and community
This episode is an invitation to remember what we carry in our bones: an ancient lineage of power, creativity, and connection. Vicki Noble’s insights remind us that the rise of the feminine isn’t a trend—it’s a return.

Lara J. Day is the creator of the beloved 13 Sacred Nights Oracle, a powerful ritual and oracle system guiding people to reclaim the sacred window between December 24 and January 6. Her work invites reflection, intention, and deep alignment with nature’s rhythms as a foundation for the year ahead.
She is the founder of Neurogenic Qigong and a longtime teacher of embodied healing practices. Lara is the featured guest on the Evolutionary Women Podcast, where she shares how reclaiming our sacred nights can restore clarity, intuition, and soulful connection in modern life.
Her 13 Sacred Nights Oracle Deck is available online at beyondword.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book-A-Million, Bookshop.org or through her website larajday.com.

In this illuminating episode of the Evolutionary Women Podcast, Jeanie Manchester sits down with world-renowned Ayurvedic expert, Dr. John Douillard, founder of LifeSpa and one of today’s leading voices in natural health, longevity, and mind-body medicine.
Together, they explore the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda through a modern lens—diving into women’s health, the transitions of menopause, metabolic intelligence, and the vital role of the lymphatic system in aging and overall wellbeing. With clarity and depth, Dr. Douillard breaks down how ancient practices can help us navigate the pressures of contemporary life while cultivating resilience, radiance, and inner knowing.
Listeners will gain powerful insights into:✨ The Ayurvedic perspective on hormonal shifts and menopause✨ How lymphatic health shapes immunity, aging, and emotional balance✨ The connection between stress, digestion, and metabolic vitality✨ What it means to age with grace, strength, and consciousness
This conversation is both deeply educational and profoundly empowering—an essential episode for any woman (and man) seeking to understand her (his) body’s innate wisdom and embrace aging - the next chapter of life with grounded confidence.

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Arielle Schwartz who is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, EMDR Therapy consultant, and Certified Kripalu yoga teacher with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. We talked about trauma which is Dr. Arielle's expertise and out intersection with with yoga, meditation and mantra, and its impact on the nervous systems. We also discussed her expertise in Polyvagal Theory.
It's a wonderful dialogue and we look forward to having Dr. Arielle again in the show soon. Meantime, we hope you'd enjoy listening!

This special episode with Chameli Gad talks about their journey and experiences that awakened women.
 
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A new episode of Evolutionary Women Podcast featuring a very special guest, Dr. Douglas Brooks. 
Dr. Douglas R. Brooks is a distinguished scholar of Hinduism, South Asian languages, and the comparative study of religions. He currently serves as a Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester.
He earned both his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University and further developed his expertise through immersive study in India under the guidance of Dr. Gopala Aiyar Sundaramoorthy, focusing deeply on Śrīvidyā (“Auspicious Wisdom”) and goddess-centered Tantra traditions.

Listen to this very special episode with my Sadhana sister, Cindy Lusk as we discuss a vast array of topics about our sisterhood and Yoga.
Cindy Lusk, PhD, is a lifelong teacher of yoga, meditation, and philosophy, and the author of Align and Refine, a guide for serious practitioners.
Cindy and I first met in 1989 at Richard Freeman’s yoga workshop in Boulder. In this episode of the Evolutionary Women’s Podcast, we dive into the pulsing stillness of Neelakantha Meditation and explore key topics, including the householder versus renunciate path—and much more.

We are honored to have my root asana teacher, Richard Freeman and my very good friend, Mary Taylor as our special guests in this episode. Richard and Mary are well-known yoga teachers, who often blend traditional teachings with modern insights in their work. Their book Feeling Happy likely connects themes of mental well-being, mindfulness, and personal growth through yoga and meditation.
In this podcast interview, they explored how their book provides tools to understand and manage emotions, using yoga practices and philosophical insights to guide readers toward emotional balance. 
The book isn't just for people already into yoga, but for anyone seeking to improve their mental health, manage stress, or cultivate a more positive outlook.

In this deeply transformative episode of the Evolutionary Women's Podcast , host Jeanie Manchester welcomes renowned author, yoga therapist, and advocate for intuitive healing, Um Dinsmore-Tuli. Together, they explore the sacred journey of spiritual awakening through the lens of yoga, tantra, and the rising movement of rematriation —a radical return to embodied feminine wisdom and connection with the Earth.
 
From Um’s early love affair with yoga sparked at just four years old, to her groundbreaking work in Yoga Nidra, this conversation dives into the importance of rest as resistance, the power of cyclical living, and how ancient practices are resurfacing to heal our exhausted world. With poetic insight and deep reverence, Um shares how we can reconnect with our inner goddesses, restore balance, and participate in the global web of feminine resurgence.
 
This episode is a must-listen for women on the path of self-discovery, embodiment, and collective transformation.

In this insightful episode of the Evolutionary Women’s Podcast , host Jeanie Manchester welcomes Peggy Markel, a pioneer in culinary travel and cultural immersion. Together, they delve into the profound connection between food, nourishment, and the Divine Feminine. Peggy shares her deep wisdom from over 28 years of crafting immersive food and culture trips across Italy, India, Morocco, and beyond. The conversation explores how food connects us to our origins, the sacredness of cooking as an act of presence and generosity, and how quarantine has brought us back to the essence of home, ritual, and self-nourishment. This episode is a rich tapestry of spiritual awakening, sensuality, sustainability, and the art of being fully present in everyday life.