We welcome you to our inaugural episode! The pilot! The first iteration of Vegetation: Meditation in Community. We have put all of ourSelves into creating this for our Digital Village and it means so much to us that you are reading these words right now.

In honor of February we wanted to talk about love beyond the romantic – all different kinds of love. In this episode we explore the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships. We talk about creating intimate friendships and why we may not be experiencing the deep friendships we long for.

We also begin to explore what it feels like to be a caregiver instead of a caretaker in relationships. For us, caregiving includes ensuring that we are whole, centered, and energized; and then helping others from an abundance of energy.  Caretaking is when we try to share energy from a deficit, which often ends up serving our own ego instead of the person we want to help.  This is something that has been so important as we have learned to care for others while trying to stay centered and tethered to ourselves.

RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode

Human Design: https://www.jovianarchive.com/Human_Design/What_is_it

FREE Human Design chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com

We mention this QUOTE and wanted to give credit to the author:

“No todos los milagros son inmediatos, algunos suceden lentamente.” - Luis Davila (“Not all miracles are immediate, some happen slowly.”)

What’s next?

In our next episode we will go deeper into this idea of caregiver vs caretaker, and continue our reflections on relationships. We will also share personal experience about coming together for friends in ways that honor this idea of true caregiving —no matter how far apart we are.

Over the next several weeks we will release one episode a week focusing on relationships and love as well as the meditation we used during the Vegetation session you’ve been listening to. You can use this in your own Vegetation or use a meditation of your own choosing.

Stay in conversation

We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), and/or send us an email at TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com.

Intro Music:

1. Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from Pixabay
2. Second Wind, madirfan from Pixabay

Outro Music:

1. Summer Forest, NaturesEye from Pixabay
2. Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ from Pixabay
3. Pause, madirfan from Pixabay

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