Spiritual Autopsy Podcast
Spiritual Autopsy is a short voice series I created, examining what dies when we keep taking spiritual advice from men. In the opening episode, I Don’t Take Spiritual Advice from Men, I unravel decades spent inside systems that demanded my disappearance in the name of devotion. Part memoir, part reckoning, part reclamation, this podcast is a cutting open of what’s been called sacred to ask: sacred to whom? And at what cost?
Going Inward is a Tool, Not a Destination – I Don’t Take Spiritual Advice from Men
You know her. She has done the therapy, the breathwork, the retreat, the somatic work. She knows her attachment style and her nervous system states. And she is still stuck.In this episode I talk about what I see repeatedly in my clinical practice; women who have done everything right by wellness standards and haven’t changed. What their bodies are actually telling me. What Ayurveda says about where suppressed anger goes. And the one thing the wellness industry will never help them look at because naming it would end the revenue.I also talk about what clinical Ayurvedic care actually looks like; the negotiation between what is ideal and what is possible, and why real transformation requires looking at the whole structure of a life.Going inward has a place. But it is a tool, not a destination.Substack: magnoliazuniga.substack.comWebsite: magnoliazuniga.com About Magnolia Zuniga:Magnolia Zuniga is a former Certified Ashtanga yoga teacher and one of only 20 women worldwide who were certified by the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) before publicly walking away from the lineage. After abuse allegations against Pattabhi Jois became public, she stopped teaching Ashtanga sequences and lost her certification—choosing survivor solidarity over professional advancement.She now teaches at ABQ Yoga Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focusing on decolonizing yoga practice, recognizing cult dynamics in spiritual communities, and building accountability in yoga spaces. She speaks publicly about institutional abuse, guru culture, and what yoga becomes when you remove the harmful power structures.Find me at http://www.magnoliazuniga.com and https://www.youtube.com/@MagnoliaSezSo
