by Joanna | Dec 19, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s episode, Oliver Hockenhull speaks with Joanna about: entheogens as cultural medicines; Aldous Huxley: a holistic intelectual; a longer version of his film “Neurons to Nirvana” to be released soon; societal healing: towards a culture of empathy and imagination; his new project “Ctizen Planet: The Meaning of Interbeing”; the algorithm of evolution; slowing down and recognizing our interconnectedness. Oliver Hockenhull...
by Joanna | Dec 13, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s episode, Kosha Joubert speaks with Joanna about the longing to connect with the land; her first experience of intentional community in Nature; the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN): buliding conversations between cultures; the sense of not-knowing and deep listening; conflict as “evolutionary tension”; ecological and emotional composting; the four dimennsions of sustainability; an ancient future: celebrating each other’s...
by Joanna | Dec 5, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s episode, Sandor Katz speaks to us about the fascinating world of fermented foods. He introduces us to fermentation as food activism; the association of traditional fermented foods and good health and longevity; easy ways of making fermented food in your home; entering in relationship with (micro)ecology: our bacterial allies; how the art of fermentation is attracting growing numbers of people. Sandor Ellix Katz is a self-taught ferementaiotn...
by Joanna | Nov 28, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s interview, David Spangler talks to us about his recent contact with the Sidhe: the cousins of humanity, nature-centric beings; their worlwide effort to reconnect with human beings on behalf of Nature and the wholeness of the Earth; the Gaian connection and our spiritual common ancestor; awakening the resonance with the life of Gaia and discovering new aspects of our own humanity; the spontaneity of undomesticated energy; our star origins; the...
by Joanna | Nov 21, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s episode, Kristi Nelson speaks to us about her personal experiences and insights about money and social change; the powerful currency of gratefulness; a deep sense of receiving and true community, gratefulness as a key to happiness and justice. Where is is our real wealth as people; what really nourishes our lives and feeds the earth our true home: gratefulness as the reverence generator; the ongoing Indiegogo campaign “Grow, Grow,...
by Joanna | Nov 14, 2014 | Gaialogues |
This week, Oliver talks with Joanna about the process of remembering who we really are with the help of “psilohuasca”, a combination of mushrooms and a MAO inhibiting plant source; he candidly shares with us his lifetime learning in the “long way to the light” and the numinous encounter with the Mystery at the heart of everything. Oliver talks to us about his combined approach to the healing experience with spiritual wisdom, and non...
by Joanna | Nov 7, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s interview, Nora Caron explores with Joanna the journey of self-discovery through creative expression and Nature. Nora shares her adventure in Chichen Itza. She talks with us about the courage of following one’s path and about the challenges of escaping the limiting paradigms of Western culture. Exploring one’s heart with humility and simplicity. How it was to grow up in a multicultural religious home; the mysteries of discovering...
by Joanna | Oct 31, 2014 | Gaialogues |
In this week’s interview, Joanna speaks with Rachel Bagby. She works all over the world with thousands of people devoted to bringing their voices to life. Rachel talks with us about the double gift of relationship we can have with the Earth and all our relations. How we can re-plant ourselves; retrieving the blessing of our voice; the renewing, freeing energy of air and the nourishing hum of aliveness. She also introduces us to a simple, deep practice of...
by Joanna | Oct 24, 2014 | Gaialogues |
What is kindness? How can we develop our capacity for connection, love and wisdom? When faced with despair, fears and doubt, how can we develop faith in our own inner-strength, and the bigger picture of life? In this week’s interview, Joanna explores these questions with Sharon Salzberg, who offers words of wisdom grounded in her journey as a meditation teacher, and the important turning points she experienced along the way. Sharon also talks with us...
by Joanna | Oct 17, 2014 | Gaialogues |
An independent scholar living in Berkeley, Kenneth Worthy is research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Environmental Studies and teaches at UC Santa Cruz, St. Mary’s College of California, and UC Berkeley. His research and reviews have been published in books, articles, and an encyclopedia. His new book “Invisible Nature: Healing the Destructive Divide between People and the Environment” was recently released by...
