| Ep. 33 – Andean cosmology, animistic philosophy and the deeper evolution of consciousness with Kate Maryam (pt 1)

Welcome to the Lightworker Podcast – Stories of Awakening.

🎙️ Hosted by Natalie Ubl Grant

This is a space where heart-led conversations unfold, sharing real and raw journeys of spiritual awakening, transformation, and stepping into purpose. Each episode is an invitation to remember who you are, connect with your inner light, and be inspired by the stories of others walking the path of soul alignment.

🌟 In this profound 2 part episode of The Lightworker Podcast, host Natalie Ubl Grant sits down with Kate Maryam, founder of Moon and Tide Gatherings, for a deeply embodied conversation on spiritual awakening, Shamanic studies and reclaiming inner authority.

Kate shares her early experiences of clairsentience and claircognizance, alongside intense childhood fears that led to protective spiritual blocking in her late teens. A pivotal awakening during a 22-day trek to Everest Base Camp catalyzed eight years of private psychic mentorship and profound life changes, including relocating from Melbourne to Brisbane just before COVID and later navigating divorce following the clarity that landed for Kate after her shamanic initiation.

Together, Natalie and Kate explore:

✨ Andean cosmology and animistic philosophy
✨ The six directions practice, with the heart as the centre
✨ Humans as “chacaruna” – bridges between spirit and physical form
✨ The collective spiritual quickening since 2011–2012
✨ Discernment in the age of AI and information saturation
✨ Moving from outsourcing guidance to aligning with your highest self
✨ Restoring the nervous system through nature-based shamanic practice
✨ Sacred reciprocity (ayni) and devotion to Pachamama
✨ Somatic processing of fear vs. intuition
✨ Embodiment as the true integration of awakening

This conversation honours cycle-breakers — those healing ancestral, present-life, and past-life patterns while fulfilling their soul blueprint. It reframes initiation from hardship-based proving into receiving blessings without “earning,” choosing slowness, spaciousness, and grounded devotion.

Through ceremony, breathwork, candle-gazing, nature offerings, and daily self-inquiry, Kate’s work invites a return to sovereignty — explicitly asking spirit for help, listening without judgment, and integrating insight into daily embodied life.

This episode is a powerful reminder that awakening is not about escape — it is about homecoming to Earth, to body, and to Pachamama.

🌿 Listen now and reconnect to your inner authority.

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