Sandra is a world renowned teacher of shamanism and has been teaching for close to 40 years. She has taught workshops internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing environmental pollution using spiritual methods. Sandra is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture addressing the needs of our times.

This soulful episode brings to life the role of shamanism in today’s world and explores the powerful potential the ancient practise holds for healing ourselves and the planet. The episode includes a brief guided journey towards the end, so grab a cup of tea, find a peaceful place, and enjoy the heartfelt and enriching conversation.

We talked about 

- What is Shamanism? De-mystifying the word and grounding it in reality and bridging ancient methods into a modern context

- How, through challenges including near-death experiences, a young Sandra entered the world of shamanism 

- Guidance on developing our own direct connection with shamanic practices.

- Navigating questions around appropriating indigenous wisdom and practices.

- The importance of ceremony and rituals for connecting with spirit and listening to guidance. 

- Soul loss as an explanation to many of our present-day afflictions  and the medicine of Soul retrieval for reclaiming our spiritual essence. 

-Finding a balance of healthy spiritual practice while avoiding the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing.

You can connect with Sandra and her work on the web here.

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

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Bayo Akomolafe is globally recognised for his poetic, unconventional, counterintuitive, and indigenous take on the world's interlocking social and environmental crises. He is the Executive Director of the Emergence Network. A Post-Activist Project making radical and creative inquiries into the frameworks that govern our orthodox modes of responding to crises.

Bayo has authored two books: ‘We Will Tell Our Own Story' and ‘These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters To My Daughter on Humanity's Search For Home.' He considers learning how to be with his daughter, son and their mother, his most sacred work.

Learn more about Bayo Akomolafe’s work

The conversation was real yet touched upon the mysterious, we talked about:

- Post-activism: an invitation to be present with and listen to the troubles in the world

- Questioning concepts of “rightness,” “whiteness” and what it means to be “appropriate”

- The importance of becoming strangers, to “lose our way” to find new ways of living

- Embracing obstacles as gifts and allies on our path

- Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary world

- The failure of our politics in dealing with colonization and racism

You can connect with Bayo and his work on the web here.

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

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Francis Weller is a well-known psychotherapist, author and soul activist with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in grief work, shame and addiction. He has introduced the healing work of ritual to thousands of people and is the founder of WisdomBridge, an organization that aims to integrate the wisdom from indigenous cultures with the insights and knowledge gathered from western poetic, psychological and spiritual traditions.

Learn more about Francis Weller’s work

We touched upon:

We touched upon:

- Unprocessed grief as the central issue people carry today
- Western psychology's addiction to the idea of happiness
- The transformative power of grief work
- The connection between climate crisis and unmetabolised grief
- How ritual is a key element to processing our wounds
- The sacred activism inherent in entering the underworld of our grief

You can connect with Francis and his work on the web: francisweller.net

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

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Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.

Today we talk with Toko-pa Turner. A Canadian writer, teacher, and dream-worker who blends the mystical tradition of Sufism with a Jungian approach to dreams.

As the dialogue unraveled we explored the importance of dreams and working with our dreams in understanding reality from an intuitive perspective. A perspective that is much needed in today’s world. We touch upon:

- Dreamwork

- Collective consciousness

- Indigenous wisdom and practices

- Longing and belonging 

- Dealing with grief

You can connect with Toko-pa and her work on Instagram: @tokopa

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

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Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.

Today we talk with Will Siu. Will is a Los Angeles based psychiatrist providing psychotherapy and medication management using a holistic and integrative approach. Will maintains a belief in psychedelic medicine as a tool to heal our unprocessed emotional material and open us to a greater connection to life.

Our conversation revolved around how Psychedelics is can be used to heal trauma and how we can integrate this pathway in community in a way that is supportive of individual and collective healing. We touch upon:

- The definitions of 'trauma' and 'psychedelics.'

- The 4 distinct uses of psychedelics

- How to work with psychedelics in a balanced and grounded way.

- How catharsis helps us in healing and moving through trauma 

- Psychedelics, psychiatry, western medicine and spirituality.

- Psychedelic assisted therapy - the pros and cons.

- Synchronicity. Life purpose and heart alignment.

You can connect with Will Siu and his work on Instagram: @will.siu.md

For more information about upcoming speakers on the series and to donate visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

We deeply appreciate your support and generosity. Thanks for tuning in and if you feel inspired please leave us a review on iTunes.

Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.

Tyson Yunkaporta is an Australian academic, poet, carver of traditional tools and weapons, and member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland He is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of the book ‘Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World’.  

In this evocative conversation we explore how we can embrace diverse narratives as part of a collective worldview, how story and dialogue can offer pathways to healing and deeper understanding of our human culture..

- The existential threat of the domestication of humans as akin to “feedlot pigs.”

- Significance of yarning in human culture.

- Building relationships and trust as a way to help us imagine the world we want to live in.

- How we’ve diverged from this law of the land and how memory, story and connection to place can bring us back.

- How fostering space for “organic emergence” is one of the most important things we can do in facing the problems of our world today.

- The illusory nature of ‘hope,’ and what attitudes can actually help us at this time.

To learn more about Tyson’s work read his book: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.

For more information about upcoming speakers visit: The Human Potential Series.

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Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.

Amanda Tattersall is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sydney. She is an internationally recognised researcher and community organiser. In this podcast we looked at:

- Amanda’s personal journey and experience with bipolar disorder.

- The discrimination and stigma around mental health conditions in society today.

- Building relationships and trust as a way to help us imagine the world we want to live in.

- How space for reflection can save us from burnout as activists for social change.

- Finding the balance between reflection and action and some useful practices.

- Pathways to start engaging in social activist movements and how to get started.

To learn more about Amanda’s work visit the Changemakers Podcast.

Also check out Be The Change Australia for structured conversations that enable people to make sense of the great ecological and social dilemmas of our time.

For more information about upcoming speakers visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

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Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.

East Forest is a unique bird in the Wild West aviary of electronic-chamber music, bridging the digital and natural realms. This potent and insightful discussion revolves around:

- The healing and medicine creativity can offer us.

- Death & rebirth and grieving as a means to clear the way for something new to come to life.

- Practices around grief and processing crises. 

- Grounded action through the vehicle of inner work and inner listening.

- The significance of music in our lives and the integral it plays in the human experience.

- The significance of East Forest’s collaboration with Ram Dass.

You can connect with East Forest and his work at: http://eastforest.org/

For more information about upcoming speakers visit: The Human Potential Series.

To learn more about Earth Beat Festival and the values behind our organisation please go to: earthbeatfestival.com

Thanks for tuning in and if you feel inspired please leave us a review on iTunes.

Music courtesy of East Forest. Listen to his latest album Spores.