Born From Nature with Monty Sharma

Step into the wonderful world of decomposition and composting! If you have been wanting to know a bit more about composting and how it can support you and you local environment this is the podcast for you, where we are focusing on developing culture, the creative journey of creating composting communities and all points to get you started on your composting journey! Here's a composting quiz to see how much you know about compost (let us now how you go): https://compostrevolution.com.au/australia-wide/quizzes/ Shout out to @montycompostco (www.heymonty.com) & @feedbackorganic who are two of our favourite local waste cycle companies! You can find my mushroom grow kits via my bio @urban_botanica_collective or https://urbanbotanicacollective.square.site/ 

Joining me I have the amazing Chè Prichard and together we will be discussing Zenthai Shiatsu which is a holistic therapy integrating Zen Shiatsu, Traditional Thai Massage and Osteopathic techniques. This practice is an effective structural and energetic form of bodywork that invites freedom into the body, releasing areas of held tension, and increasing the flow of energy in our lives. Prepare to let go and sink into this episode as we talk about the journey of life, the power of language, embodying one’s highest self and expanding our hearts through the power of touch!

Today we have your local mushroom Farmer Madi from Samford Valley Mushrooms who runs a family owned business, working hard at producing fungi in the natural environment of Samford Valley in South East Queensland. In this episode we dive into conversation on sustainable food production, our favourite medicinal mushrooms, tinctures and how mushrooms are going to play a pivotal role in supporting healing in our bodies and minds! Timo Mendez: @organiccultura Paul Stamets: @paulstamets Ecology Academy: @ecologyacademy Fungi Academy: @fungiacademy Silvan Fey: @mycocreative Lala: @weaving.remedies If you haven't already you can find more delicious content @urban_botanica_collective. Thank you for your support and we look forward to the next discussion with you all!

On this podcast episode we have Mason Taylor from Super Feast. We will be moving the discussion deep into our relationship with food, tonic herbs and how medicinal plants/mushroom are playing a critical role in building a culture of wellbeing with the power of nature beside us! Instagram plugs for Mason are: @masonjtaylor & @super feast If you haven't already you can find more delicious content @urban_botanica_collective. Thank you for your support and we look forward to the next discussion with you all!

Ok guy... Wow what a crazy year 2020 has been! After spending a bit of time in hibernation I'm back out ready to create some jam packed content for you all as we step into a new world and era of collective consciousness. Here are my top tips that I would recommend to anyone feel not quite themselves and how nature can support you and cultivate fertile ground to start planting those literal and psychological seeds! Next podcast we have Mason Taylor from @superfeast coming on to talk to us about his business and the amazing powers of incorporating medicinals into our lives!

In this episode we take the plunge with Executive Director Violet Reed from MEVO... A youth lead and youth empowering organisation. MEVO goes above and beyond traditional environmental organisations by training youth to become environmental leaders and change agents. She believes in leading by example and engaging in direct hands-on action towards creating a more sustainable world. Listen in as we take the time to talk and go deep into the topic of the importance of reconnecting with ourselves through growing, looking inside to find our magic through more connection to our land and food! www.mevo.org Instagram: @mevoearth, @violetreed

We are all architects of our world and as we transition to a new way of living and supporting mother earth. Graham Whiting from White Fish Architecture comes in to talk about the Design Mind, Architecture, Nature and how this all will play a pivotal role in building a new home we can all coexist in the world together. Grahams plugs are @whitefishdesign @whitefisharchitecture

This week marks an incredible milestone in the mushroom world. If you don't know Paul Edward Stamet he's an incredible Mycologist and mushroom entrepreneur who has been an advocate for mushroom based solutions for most of his life and recently released his Film Fantastic Fungi. The movie shows a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago. The Stamets Stack - Stacking Formula for epigenetic neurigenesis

In this Episode of Born From Nature we look at Love, Nature and Fear. Join me in the discussion of learning how to spread more love consciously into ourselves and our communities. Bringing awareness to our fears and how we can empower ourselves on our journey of life. The Coronavirus has brought a lot of fear into the world let’s embrace the unknown with support and love!

Join me in my first episode of Born From Nature as I talk about some big problems our generation is faced with and how Permaculture can an amazing practice to bring us closer to living more integrated and connected to not only nature but ourselves. In this first episode I lay down the foundations for future discussion and share the core fundamentals of this amazing framework. Instagram: urban_botanica_collective