Welcome to episode 2 of our second series, Origin Stories. Today we invite you to join our Future Selves as we reflect and comment on the Vegetation session from exactly a year ago, where we first connected with many of the themes that are still relevant to us today and named this sacred practice of Vegetation. In this episode, The Richness of Small Talk and Trusting Our Magic, we explore how we can cultivate relationships and Self-trust through both small talk and deep (ass) conversations with ourSelves and our ancestors. We are reminded that by making space to listen to the Self we can disarm shame, grow Self-trust, and attend to our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. This also primes us to start trusting in the magic and wisdom that lives in us. It can be uncomfortable along the path as others around us question or need to be reintroduced to the people we are becoming, but there are ways we can support ourselves on the journey.  We invite you to join this conversation and reflect on how you can include deeper small talk in your daily rituals. RESOURCES and LINKS Bagua map Vastu Shastra Moon Chola Podcast: Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness: What is Astrology All About? (3/30/21 Episode 207)  Not-Self Themes and Questions in Human Design Episode Music: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from Pixabay Second Wind, madirfan from Pixabay Summer Forest, NaturesEye from Pixabay Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ from Pixabay Pause, madirfan from Pixabay What’s next? Over the next several weeks we will release new episodes from our series Origin Stories and share how we discovered our life’s passion of cultivating the next generation through the foundation of Vegetation. In our next episode we continue reflecting on what it has been like connecting with our personal magic while living in multicultural households and fostering connections that are beyond our own lineage. 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support