Episode 153: "Why I am wet?" and other stories with Kristina "Nekyia" Cañizares

Firstly, putting this here so it's easy to find COME HANG WITH ME AND KRISTINA IN MEXICO!  

What you'll hear:

• a brief and brilliant follow up tip on last week's episode from wise sister Shannon!  1:00  
• Introducing my very dear friend Kristina Cañizares of Fit & Bendy 2:00
• Immediately go into a rando tangent on sleep paralysis lol 3:45
• How we met way back in 2007 (spoiler:  it was on MySpace)  6:00
• Background info and education on Kristina (worth every word as she pulls no punches) and why she no longer works anywhere within the industry of her degree 10:00
• Sex work vs. Agronomy (SW wins) 15:30
• Paris is Burning- a documentary on the ballroom scene in NY mentioned around 16:56
• Years of chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and illness- and the story of moving through that one inch at a time 17:00
• Life on Tour as Kristina the Body Wizard 24:00
• How Kristina wizarded my SI joint and finally moved the dial after months of PT, chiropractic, and massage (click here and scroll down to see the photo we reference) 26:15
• Dirty Three and Warren Ellis 30:00
• On being Disabled and creating art about it (the fabled leg braces act) 31:00
• Current art interests and new portraiture (also the hardest I've ever laughed on the podcast) 42:00
• Natalia Fabia painting 44:30
• About wanting to write a book and not being able to write the damn book 45:00
• On the value of looking like an idiot 49:00
• On observing her fellow Gen Xers 52:55
• Aerial Serpent: Circus for Life takes place January 10-17, 2026 - come learn from me and Kristina and extend your creative life to match your human life!  58:00

You can follow Kristina here on Instagram, or check out her website here!

Don't go back to sleep.

xoRachel
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