The Sacred Gut Punch
with Dr. Tomi Bryan
Sometimes, life delivers a blow that shatters who we thought we were. "Sacred Gut Punch" features intimate conversations with everyday wisdom keepers who share their stories of these divine disruptions - not to solve our problems, but to show how we might outgrow them.
Alicia Rodriguez's sacred gut punch came in waves. First: an electrical charge when she met Napo, a sixth-generation shaman in Ecuador, recognizing him as the figure from a dream decades earlier. She uprooted everything to build a healing retreat center with him. Second punch: he turned dark, aggressive, and dangerous. Third: fleeing with only a backpack and her dog, her life on the line. The final blow that became salvation: landing in Portugal with nothing, starting over in a new country. Each gut punch was a sacred intervention, forcing her to trust herself completely — wisdom discerned from the stillness.
