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Apprenticing to Plant Medicine for 8 Years in the Jungle | Dean Pinon Sui (2020)

Dean Pinon Sui joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Dean has been living in Peru studying traditional amazonian plant medicine for the last 8 years in the Shipibo tradition through the Ayahuasca Foundation.
He has a background in psychology, buddhism and various body/mind synchronization practices, and is equally passionate about psychosis and awakening.
Dean has a vast interest in technologies that address healing and liberation through the somatic medium of the subconscious mind, and this has brought him to study and practice therapeutic breathwork, intuitive readings and energy psychology as adjunct therapies to the plant medicine work, but, the core of his passion currently lies in guiding people through the alchemical ritual retreat known as the plant Dieta.
 
Connect with Dean via his mailing list: pinonsui@protonmail.com

Ghost Dance, Talking Plants & ”Desheto” the Sacred Mushrooms of Oaxaca, Mexico | Michael Stuart Ani (2020)

Michael Stuart Ani joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Michael has been a student of plant wisdom for fifty years. As a young man, the Lakota sage, John Fire Lame Deer, guided Michael through his first peyote ceremony and then sent him south to Mexico in search of the steps of the Ghost Dance.
These steps led Michael to the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, famous for its sacred mushrooms. From the end of the 1960’s era through to the 1970’s, Ani lived in the most remote part of the region. He became the only outsider who was ever allowed to collect Desheto, the sacred mushroom species of the deep tropical cloud forest of Chicon Nindo.
He was instrumental in fighting the epidemics among the Yanomami people in the rainforests of Venezuela. He also helped to create a school to teach local indigenous people to be healthcare officers in the emerging Alto Orinoco Biosphere Reserve.
His work in Venezuela was subsequently featured in the 1994 documentary, Yanomami, Keepers of the Flame, which won the US Environmental Film Festival’s Best Documentary of the Year. Keepers of the Flame also became the feature film at the 1994 Brazilian Earth Summit.
In 2002, Ani focused his attention back on the Northern States of the Americas and worked to restore some of the very last genetically pure Bison to the Brule, Lakota tribes on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. While on Rosebud, Ani responded to the requests of tribal elder Leonard Crow Dog and brought an eyeglass clinic to the reservation.
Because of his efforts in South America and Mexico, and his work to build a ceremony house for renowned healer Grandpa Roy Stone, the Amazonia Foundation was honored by being included as an organization under the umbrella of the National Congress of American Indians.
Michael has fulfilled his promise to Desheto by writing the book, “The Ghost Dance; an untold history of the Americas”. His catchprase “TALKING PLANTS” refers to a small group of fungi and plants that he believes have developed the ability to communicate with both humans and animals.
Michael feels that these plants are key to survival in an uncertain future. 
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[6:05] Epidemics in the Amazon and losing jungle knowledge
[7:55] Shamanic knowledge is received directly from the plants and spirit
[10:34] LSD is GOD in pill form - Tim Leary
[11:30] Honouring the sacred by learning the region and communing with the “talking plants”
[14:30] Trailing the Ghost Dance, the very first ritual of the Americas
[16:15] John Fire Lame Deer, Wounded-Knee and Ghost Dance
[21:30] Communing with nature and learning from “talking plants”
[27:20] It’s not just difficult for US to survive in the forest…
[29:05] Apprenticing to the immediate ecology to receive the secrets of the talking plants
[31:38] Plants are part of controlling whats going on in the world today and the beginning of the “psychedelic movement”
[35:25] Gaian intelligence & our Achilles heel as a species
[38:50] Shamans are falling out of the trees
[39:55] Tribal communal ceremonies vs deep medicine man ceremonies
[43:17] Western culture and mental fragmentations
[45:22] Michael’s role to keep one lineage in-tact
[47:29] Spiraling around to new beginnings by looking to plant medicine cultures of the past
[50:00] Learning from Amazonian epidemics and returning to nature for CV-19
[55:16] Using cannabis in it’s whole form as a medicine
[56:49] Tobacco doesn’t carry the same risk when using in its natural form
[58:06] Mom + Pop farming is the way forward
[59:01] There’s a spiritual war in the jungles and it’s going to affect us all…
[1:01:51] How do you get people to care about ecological disaster?
[1:07:46] We are still facing a global witch hunt
[1:11:02] What myths of the ancient Americas can help us today?
[1:12:23] The different types of animal totems… for people, plants and places
[1:18:35] What does the ceremonial ritualistic context for taking the sacred mushroom look like?
[1:23:00] The entire ritualistic process… (this is a real gift to listen to!)
[1:34:02] Sacred things must be kept hidden… until the exact moment they are needed
[1:37:25] What message does Michael have to pass on to those walking the shamanic path?
 

Shamanic Approach To Story, Ayahuasca & The Evolution of Language | Matthew J. Pallamary (2020)

Matthew J. Pallamary joins us on Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Matthew is an award winning writer, musician, and sound healer who has been studying shamanism all of his life. Matt has spent extended time in the jungles, mountains, and deserts of North, Central, and South America pursuing his studies of shamanism and ancient cultures, who incorporates shamanic practices into his daily life as well as into his writing and teaching.
Through his research into both the written word and the ancient beliefs of shamanism, he has uncovered the heart of what a story really is and integrated it into core dramatic concepts that also have their basis in shamanism.
He has fifteen books in print that cover several genres, many of which have been translated into foreign languages. He has also lectured about writing and shamanism at numerous venues throughout the United States. 
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[4:56] Matthew’s response to honouring the sacred
[5:52] The journey from the head to the heart
[6:50] Egypt and esoteric heart wisdom
[7:50] We are all aspects and mirror reflections of divinity
[8:27] The Holographic Universe
[11:42] The acceleration of learning and morphogenetic fields
[12:55] Shamanism is all about energy
[16:05] What are the key pillars of shamanism at a universal level?
[17:37] Jesus was a shaman?
[18:35] Shamanism is based on direct experience
[19:56] Left brain and Right brain magic
[23:40] Traveling to the shadow realms
[25:39] Witness consciousness
[26:40] Matthew’s specialty is South American Indian shamanism
[27:14] Shapeshifting as a shamanic practice
[28:37] Archetypes are massively dense symbols of knowledge
[29:16] Sacred geometry as a universal language
[33:07] The evolution of shamanism and new-age traditions
[37:52] The more you expand your consciousness, the greater the responsibility
[39:14] Everybody is a shaman, only most of us don’t know it
[41:22] The one primary wound we all have…
[43:28] The heart is the compass
[46:00] The evolution of language and the path of literacy
[50:55] Australian Aboriginal walkabouts and songlines with an American twist
[54:04] Digital tech vs Jungle tech
[57:03] Musing on the two letter word: “it”
[59:44] The shamanic approach to story structure and journeying to the underworld
[1:03:05] Shamanism is all about transformation
[1:05:22] We’re four dimensional beings getting ready to embrace the fifth dimension
[1:05:55] Death: A Love Story
[1:14:30] Time goes in the blink of an eye
[1:17:17] What makes for a good day of writing?
[1:21:47] Distancing yourself from your writing
[1:22:50] Postpartum depression after finishing bookwriting
[1:26:10] Coffee + Cannabis + Writing
[1:28:47] Musing on the editing process
[1:32:15] Final remarks on the path of shamanism

Huachuma, Finding Your Voice, Hip-Hop Culture & Poetry of the Heart | Andrew ”FifthGod” Askari (2020)

Andrew "FifthGod" Askaripour join us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Andrew is the host of the newly published podcast, Masters of Ceremony, where he focuses on the topics of Hip-Hop, Photography, Shamanism, Self-Development, Ancestral Wisdom, Health + Wellness, and more.
Andrew, also known as Fifth, is born of Jamaican and Iranian descent, and he is a creative artist from Long Island, New York who sheds light on his experiences in the world through varying mediums of expression. He has a strong passion for photography, record production, cinematography, plant medicine ceremonies, ancient wisdom, and various spiritual practices, and he’s all about documenting and creating genuine art that inspires others to walk a “Path of Remembrance” towards re-discovering their life's purpose and inner calling.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
 
[0:20] Caiyu tells a brief story about his connection with Andrew through drinking the plant medicine Huachuma
[6:20] Caiyu and Andrew begin the conversation
[6:54] Andrew opens up the space with a short prayer of gratitude
[9:46] The theme of finding one’s voice
[11:26] Andrew’s origin story beginning in Long Island, NY
[15:13] Becoming entrenched within hip-hop, skateboarding and NY culture
[21:30] Growing up on the Traditional American Diet
[23:38] Andrew’s 10 day fast as a catalyst for spiritual awakening
[26:28] Exchanging Eastern philosophies for Shamanism and Earth-based cultures
[27:09] Initiation into Ayahuasca + Huachuma in Ecuador
[28:10] “When I was in ceremony, I felt like I returned home…”
[29:33] The parallels between Andrew and Caiyu’s journey
[30:36] Exploring Hip-Hop with derogatory vs uplifting language
[32:30] The essence of Hip-Hop
[34:10] Many people are superficially exposed to Hip-Hop
[34:33] The Golden Era of Hip-Hop: Music of education + a culture that transcends music
[37:40] Trailing the similarities between Hip-Hop, Ceremony, Sacred Circles & Honouring the Sacred
[37:57] The ancient symbology of the Sacred Circle
[40:32] The original meaning of the “Cypher” in Hip-Hop context
[41:30] “Hip-Hop exposed me to my first psychedelic experiences…”
[43:57] The Sacred Plant Medicine Huachuma
[46:52] Andrew’s relationship to Huachuma
[47:41] Initiations into the Andean traditions of working with San Pedro Cactus
[49:20] “A sensation of feeling such a deep sense of ancient wisdom that there was no experience of time…”
[55:03] Articulating an overarching difference between Ayahuasca + Huachuma
[58:00] Finding one’s voice during Huachuma ceremonies
[1:01:01] Becoming a mouthpiece for other energies that can’t speak in the same way humans do
[1:03:29] Preparing for poetry
[1:04:05] The number one thing most people fear aside from death…
[1:05:40] An Offering to the East: A Poem by Andrew
[1:07:57] Becoming a hollow bone for nature to speak through us
[1:12:36] Everyone is a poet
[1:15:25] Our words, prayers and offerings carry frequencies that have an affect on all of nature
[1:15:40] Our words and poetry as an evolutionary life form
[1:18:06] Learnings and teachings from being the host of a podcast
[1:24:20] What is your mythopoetic title? (Andrew detailing his mission and message)
[1:27:26] How do we know which voice is ours?
[1:29:48] Letting go of the notion of possession
[1:33:00] Pausing before speaking: the deep reservoirs of stillness
[1:35:46] You must be patient with yourself
[1:37:19] Presence precedes patience
[1:38:53] Rapid fire questions
[1:39:30] Balancing between how much to share and how much to keep private.
[1:41:21] Bringing elements of the sacred into the digital world
[1:42:20] What would you like to do more of that you’re not currently doing?
[1:43:13] Singing as a deep and sacred communion
[1:45:57] Andrew’s sacred morning water prayer
[1:50:55] Closing up the conversation with a powerful and deep prayer: communing with our ancestors

Hidden Wisdom of the Serpent, Celtic Druid Shamanism, Atlantis & our Plasma Body Evolution | Thomas Sochowicz (2020)

Thomas Sochowicz from Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Thomas exclaims that his very first memory was riding down a ray of plasma light, from a star, into this realm when he was born. His first notable initiation was when he was 7 or 8 years old via Carlos Castaneda's "A Fire from Within".
This led him to the study of nature and various esoteric lineages via books on Buddhism, Music, Hinduism, Alchemy, Astrology, Shamanism, Science, Occultism, and others. After high school he went through a hard life initiated by the streets of Detroit and the underground festival culture.
From there he spent significant time in hermitage for meditation, retreat, initiation with teachers, elders (in particular through the red road), and other branches of self work.
In February 2020 he had his third major near death experience, which we talk about in the show, alongside many other fascinating themes along the lines of Celtic Druidic shamanism, entheogens, the hidden serpents of wisdom, we unpack the concept of the 13th dimensional memory complex, we weave in Atlantis, and our plasma body evolution into the Aquarian age.
Somehow Thomas has a way of tying this all in together in a very articulate way so that we can gain an understanding of where we are and where we’re headed as a species…
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[2:55] Thomas opens up the space with a lovely honouring
[5:18] Touching on Thomas’ backstory and his car accident prior to covid-19
[7:47] Synchro-mysticism
[8:22] Near death experience & the soul grid reconstruction with Sara Eaglewoman
[12:50] Earth-based vs theatrical ceremony
[13:21] The ability to dive into someones energy body for healing
[14:30] Ectoplasm and ghostbusters
[15:31] Trauma isn’t exclusive to humans, but occurs to our Earth as well
[18:07] The link between the 13 Collectives of the Pheonix + the 13th Dimensional Memory Complex
[19:11] Morphogenetic fields of species… AND planets
[23:23] Why is the phoenix and 13 dimensions linked into this, and can these states of consciousness be cultivated by all human beings?
[26:03] The Phoenician language
[27:04] The way that languages work & the importance of heart-brain synchronization
[29:54] Plasma body evolution and preparing for the Aquarian age transition
[32:33] Aquarius + Uranus = electricity + aliens
[32:49] Aquarius is the water bearer but an air sign… what is the mysterious link to water?
[35:36] Cosmological changes affect our DNA + nervous system
[36:41] Spiraling and expanding to peak states of consciousness
[38:13] What can we do on a practical level to prepare ourselves for plasma body evolution?
[42:08] Getting clear and getting callings: tapping into certain frequencies
[44:55] Circling back to: why the number 13?
[48:43] Celtic Druidic Shamanism; Tuatha De Danaan
[52:29] Energetic transmissions through oral traditions
[54:39] The hidden serpents of wisdom
[59:34] The connection between the ouroboros and reptilians
[1:06:01] The prophecy of the serpents of wisdom, ouroborus AND aurora borealis
[1:09:30] The lack of knowledge re: our own ancestral lineages and the desire to latch onto other cultures
[1:11:31] Working directly with trees to connect with esoteric knowledge
[1:17:54] Introduction to entheogens in sixth grade
[1:24:00] Psychonautic explorations + the dark side of music festivals
[1:24:46] Going to Peru for Dec 21st 2012
[1:26:43] Exploring plant medicine through Changa
[1:28:55] Engaging with plant medicine in the right environment
[1:30:40] The dark side of the dark side
[1:31:30] The importance of plant medicine integration & thinning of the veils
[1:35:59] The astrology wheel and Piscean / Neptunian themes
[1:39:08] Closing up the container

Planetary Human Vision Keys & The Astronaut Overview Effect | Richard Whitehurst (2020)

Richard Henry Whitehurst from Season 1 (2020).
Richard is an Educator, Ericksonian Psychotherapist, Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, published author, and an international speaker, having been involved in meditation, transformation, and helping others expand their awareness since 1970.
He has roughly 30 years of clinical experience when it comes to therapeutic trance states and heart-centring orientations to heal trauma, increase emotional maturity, gain freedom from emotional pain, and engender positive changes in thousands of clients from all over the world.
He’s the former president of the Ericksonian Hypnotherapist Association of Australia, the former vice-president of the Queensland Professional Hypnotherapists Association, a certified HeartMath trainer and has lectured extensively in colleges, universities, workshops and conferences in America, England, Europe, India and Australia. Richard is the founder of The Overview Institute of Australia and its sister organisation, Planetary Human.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:55] Richard opens by detailing his relationship to honouring the sacred
[4:30] The foundational intrinsic awareness & heart-breath synchronization
[5:25] The sacredness of the heart
[6:35] The four beats in - four beats out meditation
[7:15] Everything is sacred
[7:35] The Planetary Overview
[8:39] The wonderment of telescopes and our moon
[9:44] Buckminster Fuller: We’re all crew on a spaceship
[10:37] Questions on being a Planetary Human & The Planetary Human Vision Keys
[12:16] Planetary outlook and the only border that really matters
[13:50] The Home Planet by Kevin W Kelley
[15:31] Byron Bay & the Intense Raging Ball of Fire in our Sky
[16:30] Lewis CK: You don’t have the right to be bored
[18:46] Birth and destruction: it’s bloody and it’s intense
[20:05] An overview of The Overview Effect
[21:00] The two most important things of psychedelic journeys
[32921:38] Terrence McKenna: Culture is not your friend
[21:50] Thomas Aquinas: Give me the boy til he’s 7 and I’ll have him for life
[22:30] Cartesian split and extrapolating out “mind”
[22:50] Cognizing “empty-ness”
[24:54] Be the change you wish to see in the world
[25:28] King Warrior Magician Lover
[26:00] Resonant causation vs Impact causation
[27:41] Intrinsic Awareness
[28:40] OVERVIEW on Vimeo
[29:23] “My websites are like home movies”
[31:30] Edgar Mitchells succinct and potent quote
[32:20] Suggestive language and gaining access to the imaginal realms
[36:24] In the hood: Richards rapport on the streets
[38:10] Emotional response from the planetary effect
[39:30] Virtual reality and the magi-pod
[41:13] The importance of reorienting our language and perspective
[43:46] The various ways in which synchronization manifests
[44:45] Living life as a waking dream
[46:05] Idio-dynamic methods of inducing trance & integrating the masculine + feminine
[51:30] Coronavirus: If this was a dream, what would be the characteristics of the symbolism of this dream?
[53:10] It’s all synchronicity and all consciousness matters
[54:30] Musings on quantum entanglement and the interconnectedness of life
[57:05] David Hawkins and the Map of Consciousness
[59:30] Physics is coming around but some of the “old-school” just need to die off
[1:00:00] We live in a misdirected civilization
[1:01:55] Richard’s experience with a bikie who did “collections”
[1:03:10] Follow your bliss BUT ALSO follow your blisters
[1:04:37] Jumping over stuff with our spirituality AKA spiritual bypassing
[1:05:14] Men have been conditioned to be tough: “be a man”
[1:06:40] Carl Jung: Neurosis is the result of insufficient suffering
[1:07:45] If we fight our emotions they cling on
[1:08:35] Psychedelics, skilled supervision and the need to suffer
[1:09:40] Very few parents are trained to be parents
[1:10:45] Resonant vs impact causation & the heroes journey from a masculine vs feminine perspective
[1:12:59] Revisiting Terrence McKenna
[1:13:30] Integrating resonant causation and impact causation
[1:14:40] Supporting the re-emergence of the goddess principle
[1:16:05] Joseph Campbell & The Hero’s Journey
[1:16:54] Douglas Gillette & The Shamans Secret
[1:17:45] Embrace death from a place of intensified being
[1:19:16] William Wordsworth Poetry - Ode: Intimation to Immortality
[1:19:50] The Hero’s Journey is not just for men
[1:20:19] Many women are overbalanced in their masculine
[1:22:25] Men need the empowered feminine principle
[1:22:40] Islam gesture of receiving
[1:23:57] Bottom Feeders: A Poem by Richard spoken by Caiyu
[1:27:30] The key is we: the time of the lone wolf is over
[1:230:48] Richard closes up with a short prayer: don’t forget your magnificence

Filipino Shamanism, Myth, Traditional Tattoos & Cultural Connection | Lane Wilcken (2020)

Lane Wilcken from Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Lane is a scholar, cultural tattoo practitioner, known as a mambabatok, and an advocate for the critically endangered practice of "batok" which are the cultural tattoos of the Philippines.
He’s studied many of the indigenous traditions of the Philippines and greater Pacific, with nearly three decades of research and experience. He’s the author of "Filipino Tattoos Ancient to Modern" and "The Forgotten Children of Maui: Filipino Myths, Tattoos, and Rituals of a Demigod."
He’s also been a contributing writer to "Back from the Crocodile's Belly: Philippine Babaylan Studies and the Struggle for Indigenous Memory" and "Shamanic Transformations: True Stories of the Moment of Awakening," as well as several articles for various magazines and journals.
In this conversation, we cover traditional cultural tattoo, animism, shamanism, mythology, origin stories, similarities between not just the Philippines, but many of the islands and cultures within and around the Pacific, cultural restoration, and several other threads that we stitch into the fabric of our dialogue.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:35] Lane open the conversation with a Filipino prayer
[6:25] How did Lane get started on this path?
[7:30] The Philippines are a product of an admixture of peoples for over a millennia
[8:15] Why did Lane feel so comfortable around Hawaiian culture?
[9:15] The similarities between pre-contact Philippines culture and Polynesia
[10:00] Lane’s rite of passage into tattooing
[18:20] Philippines: The Island of the Painted People
[19:00] Ancient tattoo artifacts discovered roughly 4,000 years ago
[19:45] The link between ancient tattooing and Chinese medicine / acupuncture points
[21:20] Sacred geometry in tattoos and the potential link with psychedelic trips
[21:56] Animistic relations and tattoo symbology
[23:00] Filipino plant medicine and acacia??
[25:30] Animism and the understanding that everything has a spirit
[26:00] Banyan trees and deification of the dead
[26:35] Filipino afterlife beliefs
[28:15] Filipino shamans (Babaylans) and ancestral rituals
[31:36] Lanes grandmother as a Filipino healer
[32:23] Lane discussing his “activation” of ancestral healing knowledge
[35:00] Self-initiation as a response to the lack of connection with our ancestral roots
[36:00] Was it predominantly the women who became the shamans?
[37:47] The matriarchal thread throughout traditional Filipino culture
[41:00] Women were considered spiritual portals into this world and the other
[41:23] The story of the Babaylans being fed to the crocodiles
[42:42] Headhunting traditions and eating part of the warrior as spiritual culture
[44:00] Is there a link between symbology and practicality when it comes to shamanic canoe travel?
[46:46] Cross-cultural pollination between seafaring Pacific cultures
[49:33] The great debate of whether the Philippines is linked to South East Asia or Pacific Island
[51:15] Mainland Asian culture vs Pacific culture
[53:00] Linguistic similarities between traditional cultures
[54:50] The sweet potato of the Philippines is of Native American origin
[56:15] Did Maui, the Demigod, bring sweet potato to both the Philippines and New Zealand?
[57:20] Laumuaig / Maui fishing up the islands
[59:00] Tattoos as mnemonic devices that commemorate ancient mythology
[1:00:36] For Filipinos, the Philippines is not our original homeland
[1:01:30] The link between ancestral arrivings by bamboo tube and the symbolic feminine
[1:05:10] Nurturing the soils of cultural restoration
[1:15:38] The tribe known as the Dreamweavers
[1:21:30] Cultural appropriation and rebuilding a visual vocabulary of entholinguistic groups of the Philippines
[1:23:00] From pottery and textiles to tattoos on the skin
[1:24:40] Receiving tattoo meanings through dreamtime realms
[1:27:12] Lane gives thanks to close up the conversational container

Wild Intelligences of Nature & Navigating Ecological Crisis | Skye & Miraz (2020)

In this Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong we have Skye and Miraz joining us.
We go deep into a number of themes exploring the culture of separation that plagues the collective sphere we all find ourselves in, the re-orientation of our perception to animistic worldviews, their many years in the amazon jungle studying amazonian shamanism, the frameworks that the indigneous shipibo people passed onto them to assist in the relating with a living breathing jungle, and extrapolating from that, a living breathing planet, and how this path interrelates into the work that they’re currently doing, known as deep ecology, aka, the work that reconnects.
Skye was raised on (and by) a farm on the edge of a wildlife reserve in South Africa. Her early childhood was spent wandering barefoot, immersed in the imaginal worlds that emerged between her senses and the touch of lion’s roar, river song, and rolling thunderstorms across the bushveld.
Her teen years were spent hand-raising and rehabilitating wildlife, she later became a wilderness guide, she trained in traditional Taoist healing practices for three years, became a qualified yoga instructor, and this was all before travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to undergo an in-depth apprenticeship in Amazonian curanderismo.
Miraz also grew up close to nature, but attempted to ‘civilize’ himself through higher education and for a few years as a corporate lawyer, but through the good fortune of an existential crisis he wound up in the jungle, where he and Skye met, and where there was a remembrance in what it felt like to belong to the world.
Along the way he trained as a counsellor, a psycho-therapeutic journey practitioner, alongside breathwork and bodywork practices. They now apprentice themselves to the deep ecological movement arising in response to the darkness of the modern industrial growth culture, which includes the work of John Seed and Joanna Macy: The Work that Reconnects.
Their offerings are a synthesis of plant medicine practice and ecological awakening, including the facilitation of study groups, retreats and intensives, and one-on-one sessions.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[5:14] Opening the Container: Skye opens the container with an acknowledgement of the beauty and pain that exists in the land and a gratitude to the world that supports us in this moment
[11:06] Going real with gratitude
[12:39] Disconnected perspective
[18:28] Personal development vs social activism
[25:32] Cultural duality
[33:25] Skye’s crisis
[38:30] Miraz's journey
[47:35] The jungle apprenticeship
[51:54] A re-introduction to animism
[52:32] A new perspective on an oak tree
[53:40] Dietas
[58:49] Reconnecting to our wild senses
[1:08:49] Challenges on the path
[1:12:00] A beautiful passionflower story
[1:20:17] The emotion medicine in plants
[1:25:00] How do we become fully human?
[1:27:49] The Work That Reconnects
[1:30:29] Back to civilization
[1:39:30] Starting to reconnect
[2:03:00] Closing the Container: Miraz closes the container with a very interesting poem about whales...and you’ll have to see and hear it

Demystifying ”Starseeds & Lightworkers” Soul Aligned Service & Spiritual Purpose | Heath Myers (2020)

Heath Myers join us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Heath is a Quantum Evolution and Leadership Coach, a Divine Channel for various Star Races, Elementals and Enlightened Masters, a healer, thought-leader, and he’s the Founder of Mastery Matrix® and The Starseed Activations™.
His mission is to activate The Starseeds and mobilise their service to the world, in pursuit of the rapidly accelerating planetary evolution. Now if you don’t know what starseeds are, alongside other words like lightworkers, timelines, codes, well, these are some of the terms we dissect and demystify in our dialogue.
Heath’s journey into spiritual evolution and purposeful business work was catalysed by a life-changing spiritual awakening; the result of which saw him searching for answers. It marked the beginning of nearly 20 years dedication to a vast array of personal and professional development, healing modalities, shamanic practices and embodiment arts.
In that time he’s built a successful, impact-driven business that’s transformed the lives of thousands of people and assisted 100's of other way-showers to expand their influence and aid humanity, through holding channeled planetary activation ceremonies, coaching purpose-driven business owners, conducting social responsibility programs and leadership facilitation for senior leaders in financial institutions.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[5:21] Opening the Container: Heath opens up the space with chanting and clearing the space for our spirits to work at the highest vibration in this moment
[9:48] What is channeling?
[11:58] The pivot point that led to Heath’s spiritual awakening
[23:32] Lightworkers
[25:35] Improving our connection with Nature
[30:56] Shadow work
[32:00] Starseeds
[36:57] Quantum spirituality for the rest of us
[45:24] Understanding reality in 4-D
[47:37] Choosing a better reality [48:34] Timeline
[51:33] Coding (from a spiritual perspective)
[1:00:28} Fatherhood
[1:07:01] The divine spark within us
[1:09:08] Inner vs Outer Purpose
[1:14:48] There is no difference between me and you
[1:26:03] Mentors
[1:30:33] What do you need to get better at?
[1:30:08] Closing the Container: Heath closes the container with the ritual he uses to reconnect to higher vibration throughout the day

Ancient Remembering & The Wild Wisdom of Nature | Jiro Taylor (2020)

Jiro Taylor joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.Jiro is a mystic, a poet, a storyteller, he facilitates wilderness rites of passage, he’s an artist, a creative, and a mentor to those seeking deep connection with their soul path and their wild wisdom within.
His work honours ancient wisdom and flows into modern life through art, nature based mentoring programs and wilderness quests, with the intention to help individuals remember who they are.
Jiro is the founder of Shambhala Warriors and the flowstate collective, and I consider him to be an all round great guy, stepping into the role of wise sage and seer in the larger community, and to me, he’s both a comdrade and a teacher in many ways.
We cover a lot of fertile ground here, from nature immersion, the domestification of humanity, remembering our roots, ways in which we can cultivate a deeper connection to nature, similarities between various wisdom traditions, we talk about soul language, language of the earth, we riff on shamanism, we explore how the mind is not exclusively a human possession but mind extends out to the entirety of our environment, and, a lot of other ideas, and ways of living and breathing.
 
EPISODE NOTES:
A powerful story to remind you about the incredible mystery of spirit
The importance of sharing your creativity
Honoring the Story inside of you
The mental traps of civilization-Disconnect, Individualism, and Mental Overdrive
Why our “Nature connection” needs to be more
How can I connect better with Nature?
Is our culture too obsessed with the “mind” and “mindset”?
Remembering our “wild” past Do we have a “flat” imagination?
Learning how to listen on a deeper level
Have we made “spirituality” too complicated?
Going deeper into the wisdom of Shamanism
Being comfortable with yourself...without labels, without justification, and without excuses
The pure ceremony and wisdom of fire
What does prayer mean to you?
Honoring the sun
Remembering the medicine and wisdom of plants
The wisdom and blank slate of a vision quest
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[5:23] Opening the Container: Jiro reminds us to reconnect with the wonder and awe of spirit in a story from “Women Who Run With Wolves”
[11:43] Honoring the Story
[18:49] Balancing the “high” of spirit with the “low” reality of living on Earth [20:06] Making a deeper “nature connection”
[25:06] Improving our connection with Nature
[34:18] Too much “mind” in the mix
[41:16] Remembering our wild
[42:00] What do we really know?
[43:56] Expanding your imagination
[44:17] The skill of story listening
[45:44] Communicating with society and ourselves
[53:51] The “Pathless Path”
[1:03:20} shifting from “knowing” to “experience”
[1:06:28] Shamanism
[1:11:00] Daily Rituals
[1:17:00] Prayer
[1:18:04] Honoring the life-giving powers of the sun
[1:21:05] Honoring the wisdom and medicine of plants
[1:23:42] Vision Quests
[1:30:08] Closing the Container: Jiro closes the container by reminding us to give respect and thanks for those who came before us (ancestors) and those who carry us now (plants, Sun, nature, and more)