Grand Rising: Ryan Stober & Sheela Rahman Guide Sedona's Weekly Consciousness Check-In

Some gatherings inform. Some inspire. Grand Rising does both while inviting you to breathe first, think second, and remember you're part of something larger than the chaos of the news cycle.

Broadcasting live from Sedona's Humankind center, the weekly show hosted by Ryan Stober and Sheela Rahman has become the consciousness community's answer to the morning news—except here, the weather report includes lunar eclipses and the traffic update is about energy flows, not freeway congestion.

What Makes Grand Rising Different From Every Other Community Update Show?

"Let's go ahead and do some breathing exercises," Sheela offers early in the episode. "This is like a staple to the show... It gives us an opportunity to get grounded into your body. It really sets the tone for the rest of your day."

And they mean it. Before a single event gets announced, before the QR code appears on screen, Ryan and Sheela guide viewers through three rounds of box breathing: inhale for four, hold for four, exhale for six. It's a small ritual that transforms what could be mere information delivery into embodied practice.

Ryan brings the energy of someone genuinely excited about what's coming—ecstatic dance nights, DNA activation workshops, sound baths with hand pans. "I'm a big hand pan fan," he admits. "So I always look out for the hand pan events." His enthusiasm is infectious but never pushy. When he jokes about having "an aversion to immersion," Sheela quickly reframes: "If you have an aversion to immersion, you should challenge yourself and come anyway."

Sheela holds the cosmic perspective. Speaking about the lunar eclipse that had just passed, she offered: "It's all about letting go what is no longer serving you. Just imagine this being like a toilet. What do you want to flush into the toilet that you never want to see in your life again?" It's earthy wisdom delivered without pretense—the kind of teaching that makes astrology feel practical rather than abstract.

What Actually Happens During An Episode?

The format flows: breathwork opens into event previews (Frequency Fridays, AIR Ecstatic Dance, Jerome Martin's Stargate DNA Activation), then pivots to "live look-ins" where Ryan pulls up webcams from random locations worldwide. "I found a site that just shows random places around the Earth that we can look at," he explains, clicking through views of Leavenworth, Wellington, Colorado Springs, Estonia. It's a small gesture toward global connection—a reminder that while they're broadcasting from Sedona, consciousness work is happening everywhere.

The show includes a weekly call with Gisele, who phones in from New Hampshire to discuss her current read. This week: "Who Moved My Cheese," the 1998 fable about dealing with change. "It's about these two mice, Sniff and Scratchy, and two little people called Hem and Haw," she summarizes. "Every day they have to go out into the maze to find the cheese, and then... what happens when one day the cheese got moved."

Their conversation meanders into eclipse protocols—Gisele mentions indigenous practices of staying inside during eclipses, closing windows, praying rather than watching. "You don't look at eclipses," she explains. "From an indigenous perspective... you actually stay inside, you close the windows, the shades, and you pray." Sheela grows curious: "Why do you think they would go inside and not look at it?" The answer comes later in the show: "It was too intense. It was too powerful. It was like an amplifier of energy."

Watch the full episode to catch the moment where they lose connection for what Ryan jokes was "two hours of time" but handle the technical difficulty with the grace of people used to riding waves rather than controlling currents.

Who Should Tune Into Grand Rising?

The preview interview with Jerome Martin—whose Stargate DNA Activation workshop was coming up—offers a glimpse of the caliber of practitioners moving through Humankind. Jerome speaks casually about learning "light body mechanics from extraterrestrials" and having "friendly visitations with beings known as the Arcturians." What could sound fringe becomes grounded through his specificity: "When we activate a certain encryption key, they will start releasing information, and that information travels back from the stargate back into your DNA."

Ryan's response reveals his own journey: "I can say from personal experience, having lived a lot of my life without experiencing a lot of these things... you know when those visions come, and you know it's not you. And I can say that with confidence."

This is the thread running through Grand Rising: it's not for people who already have it all figured out. It's for those willing to sit with "I don't know" while also staying open to "but I'm curious." Ryan admits to feeling "wired" even after breathwork. Sheela confesses her own confusion about indigenous eclipse practices before researching on the spot. The show doesn't pretend to be polished—there are technical glitches, awkward transitions, moments where Ryan jokes "Let's start over"—but that rawness is the point.

"Do your best," Ryan offers as they close. "That's all we have for today." It's an understated mission statement for a show that treats consciousness exploration not as achievement but as practice—the kind you show up for weekly, breathe through, and build together.

Stream the full Grand Rising episode and discover why Sedona's consciousness community keeps coming back to this unpretentious, heartfelt weekly gathering.

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