Jyoti Ma is someone I was guided to years ago — sitting at my tree, in tears, asking for direction — when my tree told me to go inside and Google “grandmother wisdom keepers.” She was the first answer that came up. And everything that has unfolded in my life since then traces back to that moment.

She is the Grandmother Vision Keeper for the Center for Sacred Studies in Northern California. She’s the co-founder of the Fountain, which builds bridges between Indigenous-led alliances and the protection of traditional medicine ways. She was largely responsible for the convening of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. She has a global intentional spiritual community called Kayumari that is almost 40 years old. She has been a student, a seer, and a servant of Mother Earth for her entire life.

And she is 79 years old and still going strong.

She also says something in this conversation that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. That the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers wasn’t just a gathering of elders; it was a catalyst seed to awakening the grandmother archetype that lives in every one of us. That wise elder inside you. She says it’s time for her to wake up now.

This one healed my soul. I think it might do the same for you.

3 Things You’ll Take Away:

1. The world is in an ending cycle. Jyoti Ma frames what we’re living through with such clarity and steadiness that you’ll feel your nervous system actually settle. This reframe alone is worth the listen.
2. The hardest journey is from the mind to the heart. When the mind drops into the heart, everything changes. How we think, how we walk, how we relate to each other and to life itself. This episode is an invitation into that journey and it makes it feel possible.
3. You’re already in elder training. If you’re in your 50s and feeling the call to teach, to lead, to share what you know while also feeling unqualified, your’re not alone. Jyoti Ma speaks directly to this.

Want to go deeper with Jyoti Ma’s work?

🌐 The Fountain: thefountain.earth

🌐 Center for Sacred Studies: centerforsacredstudies.org

🌐 Mother Earth Delegation: motherearthdelegation.com

✨ Want to attend Guardians of the Sacred?

Jyoti Ma will be there. November 13-15, 2026. Buffalo Thunder, Santa Fe, NM. In person and livestream.

Tickets and info: guardiansofthesacred.earth

Email: connect@guardiansofthesacred.org

About Jyoti Ma

Jyoti Ma is an internationally respected spiritual teacher, seer, and visionary who has spent over 40 years in service to Mother Earth, Indigenous wisdom traditions, and the awakening of humanity.

She is the Grandmother Vision Keeper for the Center for Sacred Studies — a worldwide community she helped found in Northern California, rooted in reciprocity, collaboration, and prayer — and the co-founder of the Fountain, which flows philanthropic funding to Indigenous-led initiatives and builds bridges between sacred economies, sacred cultures, and sacred territories. She is a delegate and elder council member of the Mother Earth Delegation of United Original Nations.

She was largely responsible for convening the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. She leads the Kayumari community — an intentional spiritual community now in its 40th year — and is currently engaged in restoring the 9-part Golden Body with the Kogi Mamos of Colombia as an instrument of spiritual assistance to the Earth’s ascension.

She holds a background in transpersonal psychology. She has been initiated into five lines of prayer that go back to original times. She has walked with elders, wisdom keepers, and grandmothers from dozens of nations across the planet.

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Heather Hall-Dudney Stone grew up watching her mother, Grandmother Flordemayo, a Curandera Espiritu and founding member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, pour her life into gathering people together in the name of healing.

Now Heather does it too.

In her upcoming gathering, “The Guardians of the Sacred”, she brings elders, grandmothers, wisdom keepers, and allies from traditions all over the world together each November outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This conversation is about why that matters. Why gathering is not optional. Why the elders in your life - famous or not, Indigenous or not - are living libraries you are running out of time to visit. And why, as Heather’s mother says, we’re each holding a piece of the puzzle.

This is a rare chance to hear intimate accounts of being with, learning from and steeping in the medicine of our ancestors' wisdom.

3 Things You’ll Take Away:

1. Elders are living libraries. Go get the wisdom while you can. Your grandmother. Your aunt. The local senior center, church or volunteer opportunity. The wisdom is there. Are you humble enough to go get it?
2. Gathering is not a luxury. It’s medicine. It’s steeping in wisdom and ceremony with people who understand the greater unfolding of life’s mystery. This episode makes the case for why showing up in person for the things that matter is worth every inconvenience.
3. First them, then us. When you’re in the presence of an elder, they eat first, sit first, and are given the best. It’s a practice of reverence and Robyn shares a story of learning it the hard way.

✨ Want to attend Guardians of the Sacred?

November 13-15, 2026. Buffalo Thunder, Santa Fe, NM. In person and livestream.

Tickets and info: guardiansofthesacred.earth

Email: connect@guardiansofthesacred.org

Elder Fund donations: givebutter.com/EldersFund

About Heather Hall-Dudney Stone

Heather Hall-Dudney Stone is the Executive Lead and Event Director of Guardians of the Sacred, an annual multi-day gathering that brings together Indigenous elders, grandmothers, wisdom keepers, and seed stewards from around the world. She is the daughter of Grandmother Flordemayo — a Curandera Espiritu, founding member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, and founder of The Path, an organization dedicated to the conservation of heirloom and heritage seeds. Heather has spent her life in service to her mother’s living legacy and the wisdom traditions she carries.

🔗 Connect with Heather and Guardians of the Sacred

🌿 Website: guardiansofthesacred.earth

💌 Email: connect@guardiansofthesacred.org

🌿 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardiansofthesacred

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579864503995

About Robyn Ivy

Robyn Ivy sees people for a living. A trusted mentor, intuitive, and fierce advocate for a creative life, she spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer — honing her powerful skills as a witness.

She guides clients 1:1 through transitions, deep growth, and meaningful change. Her workshops, groups, and programs give you the insights and practices to live more confidently, creatively, and from your truest wisdom.

You'll often find her traveling in a camper van, sitting with the trees, or capturing the beauty of nature. Raising her now-grown sons Rook and Cole has been the greatest joy of her life.

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My friend Julia got married a few weeks ago in British Columbia.

She and Richard dated 40 years ago. Went their separate ways. Found each other again. And standing there in front of a lake with mountains behind them, saying yes to each other — I've never seen anything quite like it.

Watching them, I kept thinking about love. Not the Hallmark version. The real one. What it takes to open yourself to it. What it costs when you don't. And what it looks like when someone is so fully in it that everybody around them gets a little elevated just being in the room.

This episode is about that. What love actually is, what it asks of you, and where you might have more room for it than you think.

3 Things You’ll Take Away:

1. Love is something you open to. It doesn't require a perfect mood or a high-vibe day. It can look like stillness. Presence. Paying attention. This episode helps you see where you're already doing it — and where you've quietly closed.
2. Love has more forms than we give it credit for. A hard conversation. A boundary. Showing up for someone. A month away because your heart told you to. Once you see them all, you start noticing love everywhere.
3. There are so many places to send your love. To the people in front of you. To the ones who've passed. To the earth itself. This episode leaves you with real, practical ways to give and receive more of it.

⏰ Timestamps

(00:00) Why we haven't talked about love much here — and why now

(03:00) Getting close to episode 200 — what's coming next

(05:00) Where the podcast is headed: artists, theologians, wisdom keepers

(06:00) Julia and Richard: a love story 40 years in the making

(11:00) Standing at that lake watching his joy

(13:00) What love did to everyone at that wedding

(16:00) Love as presence, stillness, and vessel — not just a feeling

(17:00) The Occupy Mind movement — and why we need to come back to the heart

(21:00) What crosses all traditions: contemplation, humility, love, the great mystery

(24:00) Trusting love through heartbreak, rebuilding, and the both-and

(27:00) The 90-year-old who just finished the Appalachian Trail — love as courageous action

(29:00) Mehdi in Greece — love guiding you toward what your body needs

(30:00) The tsunami of love — what Mimi Samus taught me

(33:00) Sending love through the roots of trees — the science behind it

(35:00) Worthy questions: who needs your love today? Where are you running low?

🔗 Connect with Robyn Ivy

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🎧 The Robyn Ivy Podcast – Listen on Apple | Spotify

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About Robyn Ivy

Robyn Ivy sees people for a living. A trusted mentor, intuitive, and fierce advocate for a creative life, she spent over 20 years as a commercial photographer — honing her powerful skills as a witness.

She guides clients 1:1 through transitions, deep growth, and meaningful change. Her workshops, groups, and programs give you the insights and practices to live more confidently, creatively, and from your truest wisdom.

You'll often find her traveling in a camper van, sitting with the trees, or capturing the beauty of nature. Raising her now-grown sons Rook and Cole has been the greatest joy of her life.