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  • 81 Rixt Botello - Low Dose Herbal Medicine, Plant Consciousness & Person-Specific Dosing

    81 Rixt Botello - Low Dose Herbal Medicine, Plant Consciousness & Person-Specific Dosing
    Nov 25 2025

    Reality Hub Podcast – Episode 81 with Rixt Botello Low Dose Herbal Medicine, Plant Consciousness & Person-Specific Dosing

    In this episode we sit down with herbalist, teacher and author Rixt Botello from Rixt’s Herbals to explore her lifelong journey with herbal medicine and her unique low dose / low drop dosage philosophy.

    Rixt shares how getting sick as a young horticulturist (bare feet, Roundup, heavy smoking and all) led her to completely change her lifestyle, clean up her body before having children, and eventually train as a medical herbalist. With around 37 years of practice behind her, she talks about why less herbal material can often do more – for people, and for the planet.


    We dig into the difference between low dose herbalism and homeopathy, why some traditions moved toward “heroic doses”, and what Rixt calls a “person specific dose” – tailoring the amount to the individual, their life situation, stress, environment and even ethnicity. She also explains how low dose approaches can help protect endangered plant species and save people money, without losing effectiveness. From there, the conversation opens up into the “web of life”: plant consciousness, roots and mycelium as the original internet, Emoto’s water crystal experiments, and how the plants you need often literally grow right outside your window.


    Rixt’s Book & Online Course Rixt has poured 23 years of research into her book: Low Dosage Methodology in Herbal Medicine – a story-style herbal text with case studies and academic depth woven through it.

    She now teaches this material in an 8-module online course, starting January 11th, where she personally interacts with students.

    The course is suitable for: People with a genuine interest in herbs and herbal medicine, Existing practitioners and health professionals wanting to understand low / drop dosage and dosing methodologies (posology) in more depth.

    The course is delivered online (via Mighty Networks) with resource materials, glossary and clear explanations so you can revisit and apply the ideas in your own context.

    Links from the Episode Rixt’s Herbals

    website - https://rixtsherbals.co.nz

    Book – Low Dosage Methodology in Herbal Medicine

    https://rixtsherbals.co.nz/shop/rixts-books/low-dosage-methodology-in-herbal-medicine-book/

    Course – Low/Drop Dosage in Herbal Medicine Certificate Level 1 (Online course, 8 modules, starts January 11 – enrolments open now)

    https://rixtsherbals.co.nz/low-drop-dosage-in-herbal-medicine-certificate-level-1/
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    57 min
  • 80 Battlefield to Bodywork: Confessions of a Neuromuscular Therapist - Leon Botello

    80 Battlefield to Bodywork: Confessions of a Neuromuscular Therapist - Leon Botello
    Aug 13 2025

    In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation, we welcome one of New Zealand's foremost neuromuscular therapists, Leon, whose decades of hands-on healing work have changed lives and surprised even seasoned medical professionals. Born in the US and shaped by a diverse and challenging upbringing, Leon's journey spans growing up in a multicultural but segregated environment, serving as a medic in the US Army, studying advanced bodywork techniques, and teaching across New Zealand.

    From confronting racism and bullying to unlocking trauma stored in the body's fascia, Leon shares extraordinary real-life stories—from veterans reliving battlefield moments to mothers releasing long-held post-cesarean pain. We also explore his philosophy on self-healing, mindset, and the innate intelligence of the human body. This is part biography, part masterclass in holistic therapy, and part celebration of a life lived on purpose.

    Topics Covered

    • Early Life in the US
      • Multicultural upbringing without initial racial divisions
      • Impact of enforced integration and the emergence of racism
      • Growing up Native American–Mexican in a society that encouraged cultural camouflage
      • Early lessons in self-defence and protecting others from bullies
    • Military Service
      • Joining the US Army during the Cold War and serving as a medic
      • Specialized skills: medical trauma care, weapons maintenance, vehicle operation
      • Life in Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall
      • Lessons from basic training and camaraderie among soldiers
    • Path to Neuromuscular Therapy
      • Personal injury led to the discovery of massage therapy
      • Training in advanced modalities, including trigger point therapy and myofascial release
      • Influence of Dr. Janet Travell & Dr. David Simons' work on referred pain patterns
    • Healing Stories & Case Studies
      • Veteran reliving battlefield trauma during fascia release
      • Post-cesarean patients completing "unfinished" birth processes
      • Restoring fertility through fascial unwinding
      • Emotional releases linked to stored trauma in abdominal tissue
      • Supporting athletes to improve performance through iliopsoas work
    • Mindset, Healing, and Self-Responsibility
      • The role of belief systems in recovery
      • How cultural programming and language shape health outcomes
      • Importance of diet, hydration, movement, and supportive relationships
      • Advice for questioning authority and seeking multiple opinions
    • Life Beyond the Clinic
      • Teaching and travelling extensively in New Zealand
      • Work with high-profile clients, from professional athletes to celebrities
      • Experiences in Hawaii, Houston, and luxury wellness settings
      • Philosophy of living naturally and embracing opportunities

    Want to connect with Leon for bodywork sessions or teaching inquiries?

    You can reach him at scubaman@hotmail.com

    or on his New Zealand mobile +64 21 080 84448.

    • Connect with Rob and Steve: Our instagram handle is @realityhub.love
    • YouTube is http://www.youtube.com/@realityhub-love
    • TikTok is @real8yhub, and naturally enough, our website is www.realityhub.love
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    1 h et 55 min
  • 78 RealityBites #19 Being Open To Life

    78 RealityBites #19 Being Open To Life
    Apr 26 2025

    Welcome back to RealityBites—a space where we explore what it means to be fully human!


    Today's episode is an invitation.
An invitation to open…
To life. To truth. To yourself.
To all of it. To healing. To maybe meeting yourself for the first time, in a while.

    You see, life isn't just the moments that make us smile, or the wins we post about.
Life is everything.
    
It's the quiet ache of grief, the sting of rejection, the trembling edge of vulnerability.
    
It's also the laughter that bubbles up from nowhere, the connection that surprises you,
and the peace that comes when you stop running from yourself.

    Somewhere along the way, many of us learned that to be safe, we must close.
Close our hearts. Our emotions. Our truth. We decided that hiding was safer than being seen.
    
We build walls, wear masks, and call it strength.
But in doing so, we also close ourselves off from joy… from intimacy… from the fullness of what it means to live.

    Being open to life means saying yes to all of it.
It means letting emotions move through you like waves—without labeling them good or bad.
    
It means standing in the fire of your fear or your grief, and saying:
"I will not hide anymore. I am here."
    This is not about being fearless.
It's about being courageous enough to be seen.
Because deep down, all of us want the same thing—to be seen, to be felt, to be known, to be loved for who we really are.

    So, in this episode, we'll explore what it really means to live with an open heart. 
Why we close off, and how we can begin to trust life again.
Because when you open…
You don't just let life in.
You also let yourself out.

    Key Topics and Talking Points:

    1. The IIlusion of Protection Through Control
    2. Why We Close Off
    3. Being Open Means Feeling Everything
    4. The Role of Vulnerability
    5. Living With an Open Heart
    6. The Gifts of Openness
    7. Spiritual Dimensions

    So… what does it mean to live a life fully open?
It means choosing presence over protection.
It means allowing yourself to feel deeply, even when it's messy.
It means recognizing that life isn't happening to you—it's happening for you… even when it hurts.
    When we open ourselves to life, we stop resisting the flow.
We stop numbing and running.
And instead, we begin to meet each moment as it is—raw, real, and alive.
    Yes, openness brings risk.
It brings the risk of being hurt, misunderstood, or let down.
But it also brings the possibility of love, connection, growth, and transformation.
It brings the gift of being seen—not as some perfected version of yourself, but as the real you.
    And that is the space where true healing begins.
Not when you close off and shrink to stay safe…
But when you expand—despite the fear—and say,
"I am willing. I am open. I am here."
    Because life isn't asking for your perfection.
It's asking for your participation.
    So as you move forward from here, ask yourself:
Where can I open a little more?
What emotion, truth, or part of myself have I been hiding from?
And what might change if I welcomed it all in?
    Thanks for tuning in to RealityHub.
Until next time—stay curious, stay open, and keep remembering who you really are.

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    http://www.realityhub.love/ where you can also listen to the podcast online and read Rob's blog!
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    20 min
  • 77 RealityBites #18 The Universe Only Says Yes!

    77 RealityBites #18 The Universe Only Says Yes!
    Dec 12 2024

    Hello Friends! Thank you so much for joining me for another episode! Below is a brief summary of the talking points relevant to this episode. Enjoy!

    What is your I Am? - Neale Donald Walsch

    As a universal response to every thought is yes

    God only knows one word and that is yes

    Yes to what? Yes to whatever you think, say or do…

    The good side of this the positive side is universe never says no…

    The bad side of this is for those that don't know how the system works is..universe only says yes

    So if you say, I am sick and tired of my life going like this… the universe says …yes that's true

    I want more money…universe says yes, indeed that's true

    And you will have the experience of wanting money, because you are declaring in fact what's true for you

    The principle of correspondence

    "As above, so below; as below, so above." —The Kybalion or "As within, so without"

    Going a bit deeper into the art manifesting - what we hold energetically within us is what we will attune to, resonate with in the so called outside world - by correspondence

    In the other words the very thoughts you emit will correspond to the reality you create - as creator beings we have the capability to intentionally create by the process of thoughts, intention and aligned action

    I've always been fascinated by how we create our reality and therefore how we create or day to day lives, our habitual thoughts, sub-conscious programming and belief systems influence our world

    In other words what you embody as a frequency or vibration is that which will be reflected back to from the field the universe

    Simply put you create more of what you already are -

    It influences the field because you are the field and the knower of the field

    You are that with what you want to attract

    If you are habitually positive, joyful, optimistic then you will create and attract more of these experiences by virtue of the people , places and experiences

    So it comes down to the beingness which is a distinction between wanting something through lack or fear or desperation -

    Or if you are emitting a resonance or energetic field or instilling or programming the field with frustration or lack or anger or bitterness then that's what you will reflect back!

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    12 min
  • 76 RealityBites #17 True Freedom - Beyond the Conditioned Mind

    76 RealityBites #17 True Freedom - Beyond the Conditioned Mind
    Nov 13 2024
    Hello friends! And welcome back to this episode of RealityBites. Please find below a list of talking points relevant to this episode as well as the 5 questions that I posed to Deepak Chopra's digital twin - digitaldeepak.ai Enjoy! The story we create for ourselves through the lens of the conditioned mind. From birth we are programmed by our parents, societal, cultural programs, the construct of our reality. Our lives are dictated by the narrative we construct in our conditioned mind. This narrative is the self- concept we carry as our reality as we go on through life, further conditioned to those early briefs we attached to. We often go on reinforcing and confirming those beliefs in order to belong in society. Unfortunately many of these self beliefs are self limiting and born from a desire to belong but are anchored in a lack of self worth. So we navigate through life looking for that external validation and approval we may not have learned in our formative years. In essence, we go through our adult lives with a self-construct that has been distorted by the consensus conditioning of society. To stray form the norm is often seen as being outsider, or alternative and so society quickly judges and criticises this in order for its own survival. So much of our conditioning is based in competitiveness, division and lack. We all carry deep within us a story moulded and shaped in order to survive in a complex world which continually tells us a story that is often not questioned. Which leads the spiritual seeker on a quest through deep self inquiry to know themselves perhaps for the first time who they really are beyond the constraints of society. Often this is seen as the hero journey, the dark night of the soul or merely the souls desire to know itself beyond the conditioned mind. This can be a process of un-condioning, un-programming a distillation and refinement process whereby we de-tach and let go of outdated beliefs and ways of thinking. This of course is a scary place for the ego identity which relies on the story it created in order to feel safe and a part of the world. This inner work requires effort and diligence to gain an awareness of the deeper layers of consciousness within us, that have been unconscious and move towards an integration of the total self. As Carl Jung said - to make conscious that which is unconscious - we realise how much of our lives are dictated by unconscious patterns and the recycling of conditiond mind beliefs. The ultimate path to freedom is to transcend the conditioned mind to our true nature of the eternal self, our soul, our divine nature. Our fundamental nature lies beyond the conditioned mind which cannot fathom or comprehend our infinite nature our timeless essence. 5 Questions with digitaldeepak.aI I would like to further explore the idea that true freedom is beyond the conditioned mind. As our perception of reality is governed primarily by the thoughts we create and beliefs we have been programmed with, to transcend the conditioned mind would grant us access to our true nature and ultimately the fundamental nature of reality. True freedom indeed transcends the conditioned mind. Our minds, shaped by language, culture, and history, limit our perception of reality. To reach beyond, we must transform our minds from their old conditioning. This process, akin to separating water from milk, allows us to access our true nature and the fundamental nature of reality. What are some practical ways one on a spiritual journey can transcend the conditioned mind, and transform ourselves from our old conditioning? Practical ways to transcend the conditioned mind include setting personal goals to explore alternatives to conditioned thinking. Embrace meditation to loosen habits and conditioning, and welcome change instead of resisting it. See experiences as self-reflections and take regular 'in time' and 'down time'. The essence of transformation is allowing the light to do the work, aiming for revelations and insights. Do you see the influence of social media as further conditioning our minds as a distraction from knowing our true nature? Yes, social media can condition our minds, often distracting us from our true nature. It reflects our level of awareness and can both benefit and harm us. However, it's crucial to remember that we have the opportunity to free ourselves by undoing our own conditioning. What would you consider to be the greatest challenge facing humanity to transcend our current level of collective conditioning that the majority of people are influenced by especially through all media channels? The greatest challenge is our underdeveloped collective consciousness. It's reflected in unsustainable practices and problems like environmental degradation. These issues stem from policies and practices rooted in greed and unconscious behavior. Transcending this requires an evolution of human consciousness, moving away from pseudo-Gods and towards unity among an awakened ...
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    15 min
  • 75 RealityBites #16 The 7 Hermetic Principles of Reality Series #7 "The Principle of Gender"

    75 RealityBites #16 The 7 Hermetic Principles of Reality Series #7 "The Principle of Gender"
    May 1 2024
    Here we are at the final episode of this series! Just acknowledge it has been a while! Welcome to the seventh and final episode of a 7 part RealityBites Series featuring and exploring the 7 Hermetic Principles as told in The Kybalion - In The Kybalion, a book first published in 1908 by the "Three Initiates" the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus are conveyed in the study of hermetic philosophy. These teachings can be dated back 5000 years and is a branch of spiritual philosophy has influenced both Ancient Greek and Egyptian cultures! To recap we have introduced the Hermetic wisdom in our first episode in the series- and we've explored the principle of mentalism, correspondence, vibration and polarity , rhythm and cause and effect and I encourage you to check out the previous episodes to know more about these principles. Hope you have all enjoyed this journey and exploration! What are the 7 Principles? Seven Hermetic principles The principle of mentalism. The principle of correspondence. The principle of vibration. The principle of polarity. The principle of rhythm. The principle of cause and effect. The principle of gender. 7. The Principle of Gender: Gender is in everything; Everything has its masculine and feminine principles; Gender manifests on all planes. The seventh principle states that all things have masculine and feminine qualities. Yes, the two sexes can be thought of as a physical manifestation of this principle, but as we're all coming to understand, on an internal level, all of us hold both energies. (Think the left and right brain) The word "Gender" is derived from the Latin root meaning "to beget" to procreate , to generate, to produce. Feminine, magnetic, calls things in, allowing, attraction, bringing things in. The feminine is the receptive, sacred, treasured, protective energy, that maintains tradition and honors the priority of what is most important, while nourishing that which is most essential to life. Masculine, directive, creative, outward production, making things happen, taking action. The masculine is the penetrative, assertive, progressive, conquesting, explorative energy that drives progress. All beings contain this great Principle within them, as two parts. Every male has feminine energy, and every female has masculine energy. There is a great analogy in Native American tradition, where the wings of a bird symbolise the two energies of masculine and feminine so each wing is important for balance and harmony and together give rise to creation and motion. The two energies are foundational for creation… the masculine of thought and action, feminine and magnetism coming from the emotional body… Allowing - feminine Creation - masculine Its a dance….creation… Creation is a Spirit led dance… To get back into your centre Dance, movement is connection to divine, source, goddess energy Yin and yang energy Left and right brain The left brain is connected to the right eye, the right brain connected to the left eye.. We've seen the patriarchal energy dominate and as we move into the aquarian age we are seeing a rebalance to be addressed towards the feminine energy. Mental Gender ( the dual mind ) There is this dual aspect in the mind of every person; The "I" represents the masculine principle of mental gender, the "Me" represents the female principle.The "I" represents the aspect of Being; the "Me" the aspect of becoming. Really hoped you've all enjoyed these short introductions to the 7 Hermetic Principles! Hey Reality Hub fans! Please support the podcast by following RealityHub on Instagram, Facebook and on Youtube for future videos and visit our website: http://www.realityhub.love/ where you can also listen to the podcast online and read Rob's blog!
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    13 min