The New Year: Desire for Freedom and Fulfillment

This episode marks a threshold—a bridge into the next season (our 3rd) of The Wild Temple Podcast.

Here, Brooke reflects in a solocast, on the transition from a year devoted to Dharma—structure, coherence, and sacred technologies—into a new season centered on Desire. In the Tantric tradition, desire is not something to overcome or supress, but a living intelligence that, when understood, becomes a path toward freedom (mukti) and fulfillment (bhukti).

Drawing from Tantra and lived practice, this episode explores:

• Desire as a generative force that moves through a dharmic life
• The relationship between bhukti (enjoyment, participation in life) and mukti (liberation, freedom)
• How desire matures when guided by vimarśa—reflective wisdom and clear seeing
• Why this New Year moment invites orientation along with resolution
• How desire can support self-mastery, clarity, and conscious direction when held with discernment

This is an episode that offers a contemplative entry into a season where desire is approached as a teacher, a current, and a companion on the path of dharmic living.

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As we step into the new era of 2026, we are invited to delve deep into the realms of Vedic astrology and the teachings that guide us towards understanding our true essence. In this episode, Brooke speaks with Sara of SaraVedicSoul.com and together they explore how the celestial influences can empower individuals to live more consciously and align with their unique dharmic path.

Vedic astrology provides a map to the unseen realms of life. As Sara eloquently explains, it offers insight into the cycles upon cycles of time that influence our lives beyond a single lifespan. By understanding these astrological forces, we gain a powerful tool to navigate our dharma and karma, ultimately leading to a more fulfilled existence.

This episode is a reminder of the profound interconnectedness between our spiritual practices and the celestial patterns that guide us. By embracing the teachings of Vedic astrology, we unlock doors to our past, present, and future, weaving a tapestry of awareness that extends beyond the stars.

As we look to 2026 with anticipation, let us carry forward the wisdom of our lineage, the peace of self-awareness, and the courage to chart new paths in the light of dharma. Here’s to an extraordinary year of exploration, reflection, and growth.

Connect with Sara via her website at https://www.saravedicsoul.com/

When you sign up for our newsletter at www.thewildtemple.com you will receive seasonal recipes, herbal inspiration, and first access to our upcoming events, retreats, and special teachings.

Each letter we send is a love offering—woven with insights from our Tantric Yoga teachings, designed to nourish your heart, align your rhythms, and awaken your inner Sage.

Come be part of the living practice. xobrooke Director of The Wild Temple School

In this episode, we explore what happens when truth is suppressed and desire is smothered… and how Shakti rises in ten fierce directions to reclaim her power. This myth is a map of what happens inside each of us when the feminine is silenced, when desire is suppressed and the importance now of finally saying: “no more.”

From Shiva’s retreat into grief, to Sati’s self-immolation, to the falling of the Goddess’ yoni in Assam — this story reveals the spiritual and psychological roots of awakening, shadow work, and the return to our deepest dharma.

Brooke also shares reflections from recent time in Kamakhya — the cave, the water, the pulse of the land — and what it stirred in her own heart.

This is a sensorial, embodied entry point into the heart of Shakta Tantra and a reminder that every true path of awakening begins in the body, in honesty, and in the places where we have not yet dared to feel.

This episode is for anyone drawn to the Divine Feminine, shadow work, the origins of Tantra, or the fierce grace of the Goddess who rises from the ashes of our own suppression.

Please stay strong in your self care practices, and live YOU big. Share, follow and leave us a comment to help us make this podcast the best it can be.

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Books by Linda Johnson: Daughters of the Goddess; The Living Goddess

Gratitude to author and religious scholar Tova Olsson, for her beautiful interpretations of the story of Sati and Sīva, that enabled me more insight for its heartful retelling. https://saraswati-studies.teachable.com

When you sign up for our newsletter at www.thewildtemple.com you will receive seasonal recipes, herbal inspiration, and first access to our upcoming events, retreats, and special teachings.

Each letter we send is a love offering—woven with insights from our Tantric Yoga teachings, designed to nourish your heart, align your rhythms, and awaken your inner Sage.

Come be part of the living practice. xobrooke Director of The Wild Temple School