Meet Lexi Beal | Embodied Spirituality + Rewilding Teacher

We had the good fortune of connecting with Lexi Beal and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Lexi, why did you decide to pursue a creative path?
I’m of the belief that my Soul chose my life path and work long before I ever came to this world. That feels necessary to share because I wouldn’t say that “pursuing” an artistic/ creative career was something I consciously knew I was going to do. It wasn’t something I put a lot of thought into or prepared for… It was just what I HAD TO do. When I say “had to”, I mean my Soul already knew that this was the path I was going to take, and my human was (and still is) hilariously fumbling around putting the pieces of the puzzle of my life together. LOL I don’t think that will ever end and I’m ok with that.

But to be a little more specific, the creative career present in my life is all about radical self expression and embodiment. Living in deep resonant truth with who you are at your core. The REAL you. The RAW you. Learning to become the powerfully integrated and whole being that exists underneath all the layers of conditioning, pain, and suffering we take on throughout our lives.

So much of my life I spent completely disconnected from my body, my voice, my spirit and my inner wisdom. And let me just say, I’ve been a competitive athlete and performer my whole life— Gymnastics, Dance, Weightlifting, I did theatre for many years and have been classically trained in Opera so I was and am very aware of my PHYSICAL body. I knew how to perform, be the “best”, and strive to always be “good” and “perfect” at whatever I was doing. But the connection to my internal body and sense of self? NADA. There was such separation between the person I was pretending to be and who I truly was at my core. This led me for a long time to outsourcing my power, knowing and validation to people outside of myself. There was a deep emptiness I felt for such a long time, and nothing external could fill that void. Believe me I tried. Que Lexi getting sober back in Aug of 2016 and the official beginning of her Wild Spiritual Journey. LOL Maybe more on that later…

I think I want to close out this question with this… I often hear people speak about their purpose, as if it’s this external thing, job or career. It’s seen as a thing we’re “doing”. But I’ve found over the years that purpose is actually an internal mission— who were BEING. When you know who you truly desire to BE and how you wish to move through the world, everything externally just kinda starts to show up in order for you to fulfill that purpose.

My purpose here is to BE at home inside myself, exactly as I am. To lead my life and my work from a place of safety, acceptance and belonging internally. To lead by example as best I can and help others learn to create that HOME within themselves as well. For me, that is everything. Tuning in and asking myself every day, what do I need to BE at home inside myself? Whatever comes through, I honor it. Even when it really hard.

How rad would this would be if everyone felt so deeply loved and accepted within their own bodies and being?

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
My art and my business is everything that is in service to radical self expression and living a deeply embodied life. I call what I do Rewilding because thats exactly what this process is— getting back to our roots and remembering the inherent transformational power of our own bodies and voices.

All of my work is centered around that remembering, around the undomestication of our souls through energetic and embodied practices. Those being, Movement and Voice Medicine alongside integrative coaching. Not a single person who comes to work with me has to know how to dance, or sing. The point isn’t to look good, have rhythm or sound pretty. The point is to feel. To observe. To be with what IS in any given moment. To learn how move like YOU, how to sound like YOU, how to BE like you, rather than continuing to imitate and copy everyone else. Sometimes you just have to shut the hell up and let the language of movement and sound be the way you express, release and celebrate whats current within.

We as a culture and society have only learned one way of doing and being— We spend the majority of our time up in our heads, stirring in logic, cycling through never ending patterns of thought, intellectualizing and desperately trying to “make sense” of every single thing that happens in our lives so we can be the most “productive” and “useful” humans because thats what we’ve collectively accepted determines our worth. First off.. EW. And second, it’s fucking exhausting and doesn’t work anyways. What I’ve found working with many clients over the years is people exist in their heads so much that they actually forget they live in a BODY. Ok… This might make some people angry, but I have to say it. Talk coaching/ talk therapy has its limits, and it can only take you so far. The only way to fully experience and release old stuck emotions, traumas, beliefs, behaviors and patterns and live a truly free and expressed life is to get into the nitty gritty of your body and move that shit… literally! If you’re someone who’s looking for lasting transformation and change, that can only happen once something is truly felt and experienced in your body. Not your mind.

To those of you who are aware that you spend a lot of time up in your head, but can feel this deep guttural pull within directing you somewhere different that you cant quite explain, this is for you. You are exactly where you’re supposed to be on your journey. This is your sign to start tuning in and really listening to the communication thats coming from within. Your BODY is what houses your deepest truths, power, wisdom, curiosity and desire. Its diving into the depths of your BODY, and shedding light on the parts of you that have been disowned and abandoned out of shame that opens the door for you to experience yourself in your most raw, big, playful, powerful and liberated state. Your BODY is what holds your most powerful healing instrument in all of existence… Your VOICE. Your voice which speaks, expresses, asks, screams, sounds, sings, and creates out of nothing. When you can learn slow down and tune in, you open yourself to hearing the only voice that truly matters— YOURS. Moving through life from that place of deep connection and intimacy with YOU, is a Mutha F*ckin game changer. Is cussing fine? I have a potty mouth I can’t help it. Open throat chakra probs. Haha!

Ok I’m not sure I’m answering all the questions LOL I’m just letting whatever wants to pour through me right now come through. So… thats fine right?!

How did I get to where I am today professionally? And was it easy? HELL NO. Everything I wrote above, I know deeply BECAUSE it’s the exact process I’ve gone through and am continuing to deepen into every day. The process of UNBECOMING all I thought I was. Learning grace and compassion as I was tearing down everything that wasn’t true to who I was. Getting to know, love and celebrate my most honest and raw self, exactly as she is. Learning to shut the f*ck up and listen to the wisdom of my body, and obey the communication that came through. The process of taking responsibility for ALL OF IT— my life, my body, my voice, my desires, my pain, my suffering, my pleasure, my joy, my everything. That is some of the hardest work, is really looking at yourself and learning to love yourself as you recognize that ultimately, you’re the reason you aren’t who you want to be or where you want to be. It’s a painful truth. But I can say from experience, that through that process of letting go you finally feel with every part of your being what I means to be free and at peace. And that is worth every bit of the journey.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
OoOooh I love this.

For a week long trip I would absolutely take my best friend to a combination of both Palm Springs and North County San Diego

I think id like to begin with 3 days in Rancho Mirage/ Palm Desert. My family has been taking my brother and I to this area for fun little get aways every year since we were little babes so I know the area very well.

These 3 days would be a bit more relaxed to start. Each day would consist of breakfast at either:
– French Corner Cafe, Wilma & Friedas Cafe (their homemade cinnamon pop tarts are a MUST) or Cafe Des Beaux.

From there the day options are:
– SHOPPING— There are a ton of incredible thrift stores around Palm Desert, and honestly some of the best Marshalls and Ross stores as well!

– Swimming in the pool, tanning, and midday naps. OR find a cute little hotel that offers a day pass to use the pool, and all their amenities.

– Heading into Downtown Palm Springs to check out the Palm Springs Art Museum.

– OR if she’s totally up for it, one of the days I would take her on the tramway to Mt. Jacinto where we can do an easeful little hike, get some fresh crisp mountain air and eat at the cute little bistro.

– Oh and coffee, lots of coffee is required. And for lunch something easy like either— In’n’out, Chipotle, Jersey Mikes. Or one of my favorite spots in El Paseo is the Tommy Bahama restaurant. Sooooo good.

Lastly, our nightly options would be:
– A delicious dinner at Kobe’s (ya girl loves Teppan) or literally any other restaurant because it is hard to find a place that isn’t incredible in the Palm Springs area.

– A nice little night time drive into Downtown Palm Springs to have dinner, walk around and enjoy the sights of P.S. at night.

– Or we could cook dinner at home, watch movies and gossip about all things life.

– And then maybe finishing off the night with some sort of sweet treat! I am a chocolate chip cookie/ fudge brownie kind of girl, and I know my bestie is too so something like that.

Then OFF to North County San Diego. I lived in Oceanside for 4 years before I moved here to Mexico and all of those small beach towns you pass by to get to San Diego are absolute magic. Don’t skip past them!

I would get us a cozy little Airbnb or Beachside hotel in either Carlsbad or Encinitas. And if you didn’t already know, I’m a full on summer girlie. As someone who was born and raised in Southern California, thats pretty typical and I’m 100% proud of that haha.

Mornings:
– Breakfast at my FAV spot Shorehouse Kitchen in Carlsbad I could eat there every morning! BUT there is also Cafe Topes (their cinnamon roll is to die for), OR Beach Plum Kitchen which is also fantastic. I could name a hundred more spots but those are by far my TOP favorites.

Mid-Mornings:
– After breakfast, since they’re generally all in Downtown Carlsbad area, we could walk around, grab more coffee, do a little shopping in town or walk right to the beach for a little stroll on the Carlsbad Boardwalk.

Afternoons:
– BEACH, of course. We would head to one of my favorite beaches in Encinitas, Moonlight beach. We’d do a fun rotation of laying in the sun and swimming in mama ocean until we got tired.

– From there id take her for something tasty and refreshing, like a cold pressed juice, smoothie or Acai Bowl from CHOICE Juicery before we went home.

Nights:
– Dinner at some of my favorite spots. Theres Le Papagayo a delicious Mexican and Seafood spot for a more fun bar type casual vibe. Union Kitchen is also delicious and has that same vibe. For some Italian, I would take her to either Ciccotti’s Italian + Seafood, or 264 Fresco. For the BEST pizza we would go to Roosevelt Pizzeria. For top notch Sushi by far, Blue Ocean. And for Asian style I would absolutely take her to Harumama Noodles and Buns. OMG, my mouth is watering thinking about all these places.

– After dinner either walking caround wherever we are to watch the sunset or head home to get cozy and watch a movie.

I have to be honest, narrowing down ALL of the fun possibilities was HARD. There’s a huge handful of things I didnt mention so I’ll do a quick honorable mentions list to complete this.

– A full day exploring Solana Beach and all the beautiful shops.

– A trip to San Diego Botanical Gardens/ Self-Realizatiob Fellowship Meditation Gardens.

– A morning hike around Torrey Pines.

– A full day trip to La Jolla.

Ok, done! haha.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Picking a single person would be literally impossible. So I’m going to share the a few incredible people who have forever shifted who I am and the course of my life forever.

The first would be my first ever Coach and Spiritual Guide Tracey Livingston. I actively worked with her for 3 years straight and could not and would not be where I am today without her. She showed me the true meaning of what it meant to be thee Heart Led Leader of my own life and not a day goes by where I don’t think about the significant impact she has had on me, my life and my transformation. I love you Tracy. Thank you.

Next would be Alexander James (of course!), and everyone who was a part of the 16 Keys Mastermind (both rounds I was a part of). That year of working with him and everyone in it was some of the most earth shattering, paradigm shifting, flip my whole life upside-down energetic and transformational work I’ve ever done. That container ended end of 2022 and I’m STILL integrating so much from that experience. Never have I been so witnessed, and so extrodinarily held in all my life than I have with Alexander and those people. So much of my relationship with intimacy, like really letting love and people IN to my life shifted during that time. Thank you Alexander.

Obviously, Holly Pendergast! Who I met during my 2nd round of The 16 Keys Mastermind and who has become my deepest, closest and dearest Best Friend. In fact, I would say instead, Soul Sister. And that is not a title I hand out easily. She is one of the main reasons I have been able to repair my relationship to women and having a loving community of healthy female friendships. There is no fawning, shrinking or overstepping of boundaries in our relationship, and it has allowed each of us to BE exactly who we are, in all our bigness, messiness, chaotic nature and Truth with one another unapologetically. I fucking love you my Bougie Bestie.

Lastly, but certainly not least, my incredible boyfriend Kirk Fagan. Who has always, and I mean ALWAYS deeply supported and believed in what I’m creating. There has never been a single moment in our last 8 years of being together where he doubted or questioned what I was doing or who I was becoming, even when *I* was doubting myself and had no clue what the hell I was doing. The gratitude I have towards this man is infinite. Thank you for being such a pillar of strength. Thank you for keeping me grounded and anchored into my spirit. Thank you for relentlessly and ruthlessly believing in ME. I love you with all my heart.

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Image Credits
Holly Pendergast.