Episode 83: Mystical Messages and Spiritual Highs with Heath Armstrong

Aug 26

From ancient Mayan traditions to forest bathing to cold water therapy, Heath Armstrong has a wealth of wisdom on how to change your state naturally and feel organic joy.

Sitting down with Karolina, Heath shares his story of becoming alcohol-free, diving deep into spirituality, and living a freedom lifestyle. You’ll hear about how a transformative breathwork ceremony in Nicaragua led to a spiritual awakening for Heath and the importance of trusting your intuition to become connected with your true calling.

In today's episode of Euphoric The Podcast, explore the mystical, mysterious, beautiful ways of being alive and awake to your life that don’t require alcohol, and in fact will bring you deeper, truer satisfaction. Enjoy!

Leaning into resistance and trusting your intuition

Heath is a writer of affirmation, card decks, and journaling systems to help people bridge the gap between spirituality and real life. Tuned into intuition now, his journey began very differently.

In his young adult life, Heath was a heavy drinker. Just barely functioning with his frequent drinking habit, he didn’t realize the extent to which it was a problem. After a startling, dark, and spiritual dream experience in college, Heath received a message that he needed to drastically change his lifestyle choices. With another significant experience happening a year later, he was further challenged to step away from cultural norms.

Despite these profound encounters, Heath continued to resist change, drinking, doing drugs, and focusing on career success. After a jarring blackout experience, he finally began to engage the conversation of trusting his intuition. Heath could no longer ignore the signs, and he began to listen.

How often does your gut tell you something and you ignore it?

Resistance is normal when we’re confronted with something uncomfortable. This can be through alcohol, technology, and really anything that helps us numb out. The incredible thing is that when we finally begin trusting and leaning into our intuition, doors begin to open and we become connected to our true path and calling. We turn away from unsupportive tools like alcohol that have been holding us back.

Shifting from numbing out to spiritual awakening

When Heath began participating in his journey of trusting his intuition, he turned to others who were already walking the path. Hearing their inspiring stories about spiritual living was empowering as he began walking out into his new life.

An interview with a woman named Kim Nichols led to his willingness to try meditation for the first time. Previously he had been a skeptic, disregarding this powerful resource to connect with his mind and body.

Heath simultaneously cut out alcohol, weed, and drugs as he began introducing meditation, breathwork, and other spiritual practices. He quickly realized a new ability to connect with the spiritual and his own intuition as he leaned away from alcohol.

Often when we turn to alcohol, it’s not the “thing” that we crave, it’s the feeling or reward we think it provides for us. Knowing this truth is a powerful way to help us become curious about what we truly crave. When we know what our intuition is truly desiring, we can then tap into supportive, holistic, and life giving ways for that provision.

The next time you find yourself thinking about that glass of chardonnay or a beer, what if you allowed yourself to be curious about what underlies that desire? You will begin to see that there are other powerful ways to provide for yourself that don’t require alcohol, and in fact will bring you deeper, truer satisfaction.

The power of sound, sacred spaces, and nature as healers

After a spirit-led call with Jules Schroeder, Heath flew to Nicaragua and participated in a breathwork ceremony. During this 2 hour experience, Heath revisited the spiritual place he had dreamt of years before. Instead of fear and darkness, this time he encountered warmth and confirmation that he was exactly where he was meant to be.

This experience was an awakening for Heath of our universal connection to one another and to the divine.

Three important resources and tools for Heath to ground and connect with intuition and spirit have been sound healing, sacred spaces, and nature. Sound bowls allow him to tap into different frequencies, shift his energy, fill his cravings, break down mental blocks, and open his intuition.

Another important tool is creating a sacred space. This is somewhere that allows him to feel safe and access spirituality, mystery, and intuition.

Heath describes nature not just as a resource but the ultimate healer, from a physical level to mentally and spiritually. It connects us to everything that ever was and will be.

Remember when you were a child running around barefoot, smiling at butterflies, feeling the rain in your hand, or being curious about dirt? When we step away from things that numb us from our intuition and our deep knowing, we reconnect with the earth and healing that has always been available to us.

From vibrations to nature to creating your own sacred space, it’s amazing what you can access when you support yourself in grounding and tuning into your intuition and your truest needs.

“You were born on this planet to go outside and rage in your undies in the middle of a rainstorm, climb up an apple tree and swing down into the glorious puddle of mud that awaits you, and roll around and feel what it feels like to have that gritty sand and dirt and mud all around you. Paint your face up and dance around a fire and sing and chant. Become the elixir of the earth with the earth.” Heath Armstrong

LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED

Learn more about Heath Armstrong and his affirmation decks.

Listen to Heath’s podcast: Power Affirmations for your Maniac Creative Mind

Resources and books recommended by Heath:

The Unconventional Life by Jules Schroeder

The Immortal Self by Aaravindha Himadra

The Mayan Factor by Jose Arguelles

How To Take A Month Off and Feel Amazing - Free Guide

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