Ep. 5 — Cultivating Authenticity and Deep Presence with Bela Crowder

In this episode, Amber and Kurt introduce the heart of iSōma—a community rooted in facilitation and leadership that nourishes the human spirit.

Joined by special guest Bela Crowder, they delve into the inward journey of healing, exploring how to turn toward pain, meet it with presence, and discover the transformative power of vulnerability and truth. Bela shares intimate reflections from her personal path, offering insight into the deepening of intimacy with self and others. Together, they discuss the vital distinction between feeling and emotion, the courage it takes to truly feel, and the liberation that comes from living one's embodied truth.

This conversation also opens the doorway to the upcoming iSōma year-long Practitioner Path—an immersive journey for those called to guide, support, and embody authentic leadership. Tune in for a powerful and heartfelt dialogue that invites you to reconnect with your most honest and soulful self.

Our 12-Month Practitioner path is both a personal and professional walk through the layers of transition.

It is an immersive training in embodied facilitation, rooted in the original technologies of healing: rhythm, ritual, story, animism, Spirit, nature, community, relationship, and the soma (body).

You’ll spend a year experiencing our archetypal framework through your relationship with — and orientation to — these foundational elements, beginning September 2025.

You can explore the practitioner path here.