We are grateful to have you at our virtual table where we center food as connection, storytelling as medicine, and pleasure as resistance! Grab a plate because we are diving right in! This episode features Eric Abel Esquivel-Gutierrez (any pronoun with respect). Eric is an Actor, Teaching Artist and Health Educator reborn and currently based in Oakland, CA. He is knowledgeable in creating safe, nonjudgmental and fun spaces where human beings of all ages can connect and learn from one another. For the past eleven years Eric has worked with various Bay Area youth-centered organizations using theatre arts and music creation to engage students in a myriad of health-related topics. He is also passionate about using himself to bring stories to life onstage. Eric shares his Grandmother Natalie’s soup recipe that is a truly versatile dish you can enjoy when you want something hearty and flavorful. This soup brings together various spices and herbs to help warm up the body and get your kitchen smelling amazing. Get Eric’s full recipe here. Through Eric’s stories and reflections we learn about what it was like growing up as a kid who loves art, performance, and making music, and how art culture continues to shape him into a teaching artist who is dedicated to spreading the message of community love and personal power through theatre, movement, and conversations. Eric’s journey is a beautiful example of being Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla (not from here or there) and how living at life’s many intersections of culture and identity can be messy and joyful. About this podcast: Each episode of This American Rice features one of our favorite co-conspirators who will share personal stories about the (sometimes messy) intersections of culture and identity, personal practices, and a delicious recipe we can all enjoy together. By sharing these simplest of pleasures we are weeding out the legacy of manifest destiny. Stay in conversation We hope you're enjoying This American Rice! We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Instagram: @TharavadaYoga Facebook: @TharavadaYoga Youtube: @TharavadaYoga Email: TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com Episode Music from Pixabay: Together Forever, Anton Vlasov Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

Pull up a seat and grab a plate! At this virtual table we center food as connection, storytelling as medicine, and pleasure as resistance! We hope you are hungry. We are grateful to have D. Anaya as our special guest on this episode of This American Rice. She is the Founder and Creative Grief Guide at Adventures of Grief Girl, Co-host of Grief after Dark Podcast, and Indie Publisher,  AGGink.  As a Grief Guide, D. uses over 35 years of performance arts research and experience in visual arts, storytelling, poetry, puppetry, physical theatre, painting, photography, book making and journaling to encourage bereaved (mothers) to consider “play” as a healing experience. She is a true innovator, creator, and healer. Through multisensory installations, live performances, and grief talks, D inspires creativity and a passion for surviving crisis through creative means. D. shares a recipe that is simple, spicy, and warming - The Mystic Fireball. This drink is perfect as we head into shorter days, darkness, and coldness. Whether enjoyed hot or iced, with whiskey or without, the spicy notes and delicate cream of The Mystic Fireball help us find a good excuse to slow the F down and breathe. Grief is truly complex and in this conversation with D. we explore its many dimensions. D. shares insight on her practices and rituals that help to uplift and empower individuals (and herself) to take ownership of their human experiences, create play and pleasure as a ritual practice, and to share their own stories with others in solidarity. About this podcast: Each episode of This American Rice features one of our favorite co-conspirators who will share personal stories about the (sometimes messy) intersections of culture and identity, personal practices, and a delicious recipe we can all enjoy together. By sharing these simplest of pleasures we are weeding out the legacy of manifest destiny. Resources https://www.facebook.com/adventuresofgriefgirl/ https://instagram.com/adventuresofgriefgirl?igshid=187lrqaql06oi Stay in conversation We hope you're enjoying This American Rice! We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Instagram: @TharavadaYoga Facebook: @TharavadaYoga Email: TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com Episode Music from Pixabay: Together Forever, Anton Vlasov Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

We are so glad you have joined us to convene around the virtual table where we center food as connection, storytelling as medicine, and pleasure as resistance! This episode features Certified Professional Men’s Coach, facilitator, and teacher, Mike Sagun. Mike facilitates EVRYMAN's FUNDAMENTALS program -- a monthly virtual experiential intensive program that helps men develop and strengthen emotional intelligence and he leads men's retreats all over the United States. His work is simple: he helps men feel. Mike is currently launching a brand new retreat in Mexico in February 2023! This exclusive experience will be an opportunity for men to let go of energetic weight and reset their nervous systems. The impact of Mike’s work has a ripple effect well beyond his clients -his work truly impacts families, friendships, and communities. Mike shares his special Golden Milk Smoothie recipe with us. This recipe is inspired by the traditional Indian drink made with tumeric, cinnamon, ginger, and other spices. These spices come together to soothe the gut and reduce inflammation. Mike transforms golden milk into a smoothie that can be enjoyed as a meal or after a workout. Mike also shares stories and history about his Filipino ancestry, learnings from his immigrant family,  and what it was like growing up in the US and discovering the many facets of Self. Mike currently lives in the iconic little town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico with his husband and pitbull rescue. When he's not working with men, he's probably tending to his plants and garden, moving his body, watching the Golden State Warriors, or in the kitchen cooking a meal. About this podcast: Each episode of This American Rice features one of our favorite co-conspirators who will share personal stories about the (sometimes messy) intersections of culture and identity, personal practices, and a delicious recipe we can all enjoy together. By sharing these simplest of pleasures we are weeding out the legacy of manifest destiny. Resources www.mikesagun.com IG: @mike.sagun Book a free intro call: www.mikesagun.com/contact Internal Family Systems website:  https://ifs-institute.com/ Stay in conversation We hope you're enjoying This American Rice! We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Instagram: @TharavadaYoga Facebook: @TharavadaYoga Email: TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com Episode Music from Pixabay: Together Forever, Anton Vlasov Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Vegetation podcast. This is episode 2 of the Winter Solstice Vegetation session with our magical co-conspirator, Jen. Our introspection on (re)generation continues and we begin to explore the connections among grief, eldership, and the shadow self. Can we challenge ourselves to begin to see grief as a medicine that can hold us? What if we believed that grief could be an expansive space where we could allow for a deeper understanding and connection to love and humanity? We know these are some deep questions and we do not have answers for you, but we have a comfy seat waiting here for you to listen in and ponder alongside us. We can't wait to see what sparks for you after listening to this episode! Resources In this episode we discuss  The Kiss of Death. This illustration is included in propaganda  that was distributed at a KKK rally in Covington, Tennessee in 1966 (only 56 years ago). 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

Annnnnnd we are back! We have been on sabbatical for the past two months and we are so excited to share an all new series of the Vegetation podcast. In this series we travel back to 2021 Winter Solstice and our Vegetation session with one of our favorite co-conspirators, Jen (she/her).  Jen is a speech therapist by trade and a deep feeler by inheritance. She is interested in seeing the world through a lens of emotions, loves a ritual, and cherishes the ever-growing connections to the Grandcestors. Together, we begin to explore (re)generation: the continual cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Life is constant regeneration, yet we move too quickly or are too focused on the many “what ifs” of the future to acknowledge or recognize our incremental evolution and growth in this continual cycle of (re)generation. Join us as we pause to (re)connect with the love and magic that surround us, helping to guide us with every step of our own (re)generation.  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

This episode feature’s Tharavada Yoga’s own Hannah (she/her/ella). Hannah Cordero Chen is a daughter to Mexican immigrants, public health leader, philanthropist, and is an aspiring curandera and community healer. During the pandemic she has been exploring what the concept of “(w)holistic care” really means, especially for herSelf. Through the sharing of personal stories we learn how Hannah has transformed her goal  of ‘trying to be happy all the time’  to just letting herSelf feel whatever comes up. . . and learning that light and darkness can coexist. Hannah believes that by allowing more curiosity and ease into her life, she is actively working to dismantle ancestral shame and heal not only herSelf, but also her lineage. Hannah shares a special chocolate chip cookie recipe she put together for her daughter, who has egg and peanut allergies. This recipe is easy, great to share, and a great way to treat yo’ Self! (get recipe here) This is a new flavor of the Vegetation podcast: This American Rice! We are so glad you have joined us to convene around the virtual table where we center food as connection, storytelling as medicine, and pleasure as resistance. Each episode features one of our favorite co-conspirators who will share personal stories about the (sometimes messy) intersections of culture and identity, personal practices, and a delicious recipe we can all enjoy together. By sharing these simplest of pleasures we are weeding out the legacy of manifest destiny. Hope you’re hungry because here we feast! Resources El Fortín, Michoacán Mexico City, Mexico/ Distrito Federal (DF)  Chamula, Chiapas How I Learned About and Honor my Indigenous Roots in Mexico, Sofia Aguilar Defining: Chingona Human Design What is a Projector? Hannah collage examples Stay in conversation We hope you're enjoying This American Rice! We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Check out the poll and tell us what you thought about this episode, it takes about 1 min. Got more to say? Fill out the Q&A! Instagram: @TharavadaYoga Facebook: @TharavadaYoga Email: TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com Episode Music from Pixabay: Together Forever, Anton Vlasov Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

This is a new flavor of the Vegetation podcast: This American Rice! We are so glad you have joined us to convene around the virtual table where we center food as connection, storytelling as medicine, and pleasure as resistance. Each episode features one of our favorite co-conspirators who will share personal stories about the (sometimes messy) intersections of culture and identity, personal practices, and a delicious recipe we can all enjoy together. By sharing these simplest of pleasures we are weeding out the legacy of manifest destiny. To kick off This American Rice, we have a very special guest. Our very own Jamie Asdorian (she/her). You may know her as the founder of Tharavada Yoga and the co-host and co-creator of the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast, and she is also a first generation daughter of Indian immigrants, a teaching artist, yoga instructor, actor, director, and health educator. In this interview you will learn more about Jamie’s journey to re-indigenize herself, and how her passion for helping people connect to their own wisdom and power makes her a prime example of what it looks like to be an ancestor-in-training. During the interview we are feasting on delicious (and simple) Mulagu Pottichethu + Madhura Uralai Kizhengu (Sweet potato w/smashed chili chutney). Get recipe here. Hope you’re hungry because here we feast! Resources Kerala: https://www.keralatourism.org/specialities/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnJStyNiORo Bangalore (Bengaluru) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40iMqvy4G7s Malayalam: https://omniglot.com/writing/malayalam.htm Bharatanatyam: https://youtu.be/JWhA3ldZcyY Indian Catholicism: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/11/13/501710006/products-of-the-soil-identity-crisis-in-an-indian-catholic-church Ehlers-Danos Syndrome Bhagavad Gita https://www.worldhistory.org/Bhagavad_Gita/ Race Forward’s Model: 4 Levels of Racism Stay in conversation We hope you're enjoying This American Rice! We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Check out the poll and tell us what you thought about this episode, it takes about 1 min. Got more to say? Fill out the Q&A! Instagram: @TharavadaYoga Facebook: @TharavadaYoga Email: TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com Episode Music from Pixabay: Together Forever, Anton Vlasov Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

We close out the Origin Story series by exploring the role that privilege plays in accessing mindfulness and Self-care practices, especially for people living in the intersections of facets like race, sexual preference, gender Self-identification, and economic status. We know that there are so many facets that make us each unique and that impact our healing and Self-care practices. There is no hierarchy, timeline, speed in the healing process. All of us can approach this Self-work in any way that works for each of us. This is truly a life-long journey, and our ancestral heritage and epigenetics can serve as our map and compass along the way as we connect with all facets of the Self and dismantle the facade of colonialism. 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. Resources and Links You might be a grihasta if… What is dhyana? Episode Music from Pixabay: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic Second Wind, madirfan Summer Forest, NaturesEye Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ Pause, madirfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

This is episode 5 of our Origin Story series. 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 fundamental to our practice and our mission today. In this conversation we spill the tea and share the origins of one of the biggest game changers we have discovered to help us live a more Self-loving and mindful life - the practice of Vegetation. We had always wanted to live that “meditative monk life,” and yet we kept feeling self-defeated when we “couldn’t do it right.” Vegetation has allowed us, grihastas (see link below), to explore mindfulness in a non-judgemental way where we center ourSelves, our needs, our pleasure, and our desires. Vegetation has also become a safe space where we can begin to deprogram the capitalist and colonized messages we receive regarding scarcity, lack, and the endless need to be productive. Come, sit with us as we look to nature and ancestral practices to remind us of the abundance and love all around us, that is waiting for us to recognize and receive it. All we have to do is just be. 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. RESOURCES and LINKS You might be a grihasta if… Fantastic Fungi: Movie and background information  The Fundamentals of Teaching Artistry, Eric Booth Episode Music from Pixabay: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic Second Wind, madirfan Summer Forest, NaturesEye Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ Pause, madirfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

Welcome to episode 4 of our Origin Story series. 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. This episode, In Service of the Self is the direct continuation of the last episode where we talked about fear and healing around losing control of our bodies. Today, we dive into the ways our connection to the Self is colonized out of us, the ways that we feel unworthy of love, and how we can struggle to trust ourselves in situations–like birth–that are natural and timeless. Join us as we navigate these complexities with each other and with you. Know that as we record, edit and produce our conversations we hold you, the listener, as a person in the discussion. You taking the time to listen in and process your own experiences alongside us is an act of decolonization. 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. RESOURCES and LINKS Ehlers-Danos Syndrome Tourmaline: Keynote Speaker, Artist, Filmmaker & Activist Empowering Womxn of Color Conference (EWOCC) 5 I's (Faces) of Oppression  Chanee Momoko: How to Step into Your Purpose Episode Music from Pixabay: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic Second Wind, madirfan Summer Forest, NaturesEye Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ Pause, madirfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

Welcome to episode 3 of our Origin Story series. 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. Some of the themes that have arisen for us throughout this series have centered around our attempts to cultivate relationships with our ancestors, our parents’ homelands, and our cultural heritage, while also being submersed in discomfort about never fully fitting into the American life around us. We shared the ways we have worked through feelings of shame and developed more Self-trust. In this episode we reflect on what it has been like living through our personal transformations of Self-trust and fostering connections that are beyond our own lineage. All while living in the reality of multicultural households where not everyone may be ready to open up and engage in ancestral and cultural connections, including our partners. The focus of our conversation evolves as we dive into an intimate introspection of how our physical bodies sometimes comprehend that we’re on a path of transformation before our thinking brains become aware of the journey. We go into our personal experiences dealing with life-changing physical conditions and the loss of control over one of the few things that truly belongs to us, our bodies. Warning: Between minutes 32-33 of this episode, we mention the word rape. There is no description of assault or violence, but the word is said. We also advise that we talk about physical sensations associated with mental, spiritual, and physical pain. These topics may be sensitive for folx and we wanted to provide notice on what to expect when listening in. We are not providing any medical advice and we acknowledge that the path for healing looks and feels differently for each person. RESOURCES and LINKS Cultural Appropriation - 2 points of view: How I (unintentionally) Quit Yoga and What it Taught Me About Being White, Marika Heinrichs How to Decolonize Your Yoga Practice, Susanna Barkataki Human Design Profiles: Meaning  The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem Episode Music from Pixabay: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic Second Wind, madirfan Summer Forest, NaturesEye Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ Pause, madirfan 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 other 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

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

Welcome to Series 2 of Vegetation: Meditation in Community. We are so glad you are here. We are beyond grateful for the love and support we have received from our digital village since our launch, and are so excited to share Episode 1 of our new series, Origin Stories. In this series we invite you to join our Future Selves as we reflect and comment on the Vegetation session from exactly a year ago, where we named this sacred practice of Vegetation. This week’s episode, Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla, begins the series with an exploration into what it was like growing up in the US as first generation children of immigrants. We felt like we were consistently failing at cultivating a relationship with our ancestors, our parents’ homelands, and our cultural heritage, while also being submersed in discomfort about never fully fitting into the American life around us. Join us as we reflect on some of our first attempts to create these connections, while recognizing–with love and empathy for our Past Selves–that these connections have been here all along. RESOURCES and LINKS Selena, Fotos y Recuerdos  Arangetram Vastu Shastra Bagua map Moon Chola Creating altars and the importance of intention (in Spanish)  Episode Music: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from Pixabay Second Wind, madirfan from Pixabay Together Forever,  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 our discussion about how we are connecting to our ancestors and some of the challenges we are encountering in our multicultural households while raising children and reconnecting with ourSelves. 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

Welcome back to part 4, the last episode of the Love Beyond The Romantic series.  In episode 1, Love Beyond the Romantic, we explored the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships. Episode 2–Authenticity and the Discovery of Self–had us diving deeper into what it feels and looks like to be a “caregiver” instead of a “caretaker” in relationships. And we hope you enjoyed and were nourished by last episode’s meditation guidance. Last week’s meditation episode was the recording of our “dhyana”--silent, absorbed meditation; and this week, we re-join our past Selves to listen to what came for them during that part of the Vegetation journey.  We hear ourSelves identify our own self-sabotage and then school ourselves on how to move forward with grace and power–if we dare to take our own advice. RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode Jamie got out of the house!  Check out her tiny adventure. What’s next? This is our last episode in the first series of Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast!  Woohooooo!!! We’ll be back next month with a new series and bonus meditation episode for you, our Digital Community. From here on out we will be releasing a new 3-4 episode series on the first Tuesday of every month until winter break. 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), TharavadaYoga.com, and/or send us an email at TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com. Music from Pixabay: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, IvymusicSecond Wind, madirfanSummer Forest, NaturesEyeJho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZPause, madirfanBoth of Us, madirfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

Welcome back to episode 3 of the Love Beyond The Romantic Vegetation series. In this episode, we are sharing the guided meditation channeled by Jamie during our Vegetation practice on December 31st, 2021. We offer this to you, our Digital Village, as a support in your spiritual practices or sadhanas; and perhaps in your own Vegetation practice! The guidance is approximately 22 minutes, with about 8 minutes of soft background music. Time Stamps 1:40  - Vegetation Lead in 4:15  - Vegetation recording begins 5:00  - Meditation Guidance begins 11:16 - Pause in guidance, soft music continues 24:05 - Silence 24:50 - Guidance resumes Vegetation Themes Honoring our desires Connection - self, earth, life, ancestors, expansion/universe Being part of the great cycles Looking for trust in the in-betweens of the somatic body Sahasrara (crown) chakra Ajna (third eye) chakra Svadistana (sacral) chakra Muladhara (root) chakra RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode AMKK Presents: “Story of Flowers”: when our future-Selves revisited this Vegetation, we were called to share this video. What’s next? In our next episode–the last of this series–you’ll hear our past-Selves process what arrived for us during our silent inward journey, and some colored commentary from our-future Selves. 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), TharavadaYoga.com, and/or send us an email at TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com. Music from Pixabay: Second Wind, madirfanCinematic Ambient Emotional (Main), ZakharValahaIn The Beginning, ZakharValahaTibet,  SergeQuadradoBang - Olistik Sound Project, Patrizio YogaTogether Forever, Anton Vlasov --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

Welcome back to part 2 of the Love Beyond The Romantic Vegetation series, Authenticity and the Discovery of Self. In episode 1 we explored the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships, and why we may not be experiencing the deep friendships we long for.  We also began to explore what it feels like to be a care”giver” instead of a care”taker” in relationships. In this episode, we go deeper into what it feels and looks 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 a place of self love and cup overflow. For us, 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. Our past Selves also inspire us to believe that we do not need to prove our worthiness or suffer through pain in order to form strong bonds or feel intense love or intimacy with others and ourSelves, it can be easeful. They remind us that we have tools at our disposal like Human Design, adornment, and rituals to help us honor our authentic selves; and that we can get better at recognizing when we need to rest, feel unsafe, or when we carry feelings that are not truly ours.  This acceptance and rebalance of the Self allows us to show up more fully and be ready to receive and give love. RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode What is Human Design: https://www.jovianarchive.com/Human_Design/What_is_it FREE Human Design chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com Kodo Nishimura: (him/his) a Buddhist monk, Makeup Artist, LGBTQ Activist, and Model. https://www.kodonishimura.com Alok Vaid-Menon (ALOK): (they/them) an internationally acclaimed writer, performer, and public speaker. https://www.alokvmenon.com/about What’s next? Next week’s episode will be different from the first two episodes of our podcast. We will be sharing the actual meditation from our Vegetation session on New Year’s Eve–the session that these 4 episodes are based on. We invite you to use this in your own Vegetation or use a meditation of your own choosing. The following week we will close out our Love Beyond the Romantic series by sharing our post-mediation reflections. 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), TharavadaYoga.com, and/or send us an email at TharavadaYogaChat@gmail.com. Music from Pixabay: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, IvymusicSecond Wind, madirfanSummer Forest, NaturesEyeJho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZPause, madirfanBoth of Us, madirfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support

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: Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from PixabaySecond Wind, madirfan from Pixabay Outro Music: Summer Forest, NaturesEye from PixabayJho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ from PixabayPause, madirfan from Pixabay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vegetation/support