Earth Conversations Podcast

Ilarion (Larry Merculieff) was raised in a traditional Unangan (Aleut) way and received his Unangan name Kuuyux. The name is given to one person in each lifetime amongst his people. Kuuyux means an arm extending out from the body, a carrier of ancient knowledge into modern times, a messenger. Today he is living the legacy of his name. Merculieff’s life and teachings are featured in a chapter of a book titled: Native Men of Courage published by Second Story Press. He co-authored a book about traditional worldviews and cosmology entitled “Aleut Wisdom: Stories of an Aleut Messenger” released on October 18, 2009, by French publisher Les Intouchables. His lifelong efforts on behalf of his people and the environment have been honoured with the Buffet Finalist Award for Indigenous Leadership (2007); the Alaska Forum on the Environment Environmental Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement (2007); the Rasmuson Foundation Award for Creative Nonfiction, 2006); the Alaska Native Writers on the Environment Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation (2004) and the Wisdom Fellowship Award given by The Sacred Fire Foundation (2017). Merculieff published a book about the wisdom he has learned locally, nationally, and internationally from Indigenous Elders and others from different cultures through the lens of his life experiences, titled Wisdomkeeper: One Man’sJourneytoHonortheUntoldHistoryoftheUnanganPeople, North Atlantic Books (available on Amazon). He co-authored a book titled: IndigenousWaysofTeachingandLearningandDifficultDialogues, University of Alaska Anchorage. His current book is called: Perspectives on Indigenous Issues: Essays on Science, Spirituality, Partnerships, and the Power of Words, also available on Amazon. You can also read more on grill.org or at www.wisdomweavers.world Original Podcast release date: 28. September 2019 on SoundCloud.

The wonderful music on this podcast intro and exit has graciously been lent out to me by the composer Troels Hammer and the track is called INFINITA. For more about Troels's music go here: ⁠www.troelshammer.dk⁠. You can also find Troels's music on Spotify here: ⁠open.spotify.com/artist/6BG79szH5…WbTv-dfsigMgCRoA

Cynthia Jurs is a Tibetan Buddhist lama and a Dharmacharya in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh whose source of refuge and spiritual inspiration is Mother Earth; Gaia. In 1990, she made a life-changing pilgrimage to meet the hermit and meditation master, Kushok Mangden Charok Rinpoche, a 106-year-old lama living in a remote cave in Nepal from whom she received the practice of the Earth Treasure Vases when she asked him “What can we do to bring healing and protection to the Earth?”. For thirty years, Cynthia has been building a global community committed to planetary healing and collective awakening in partnership with elders and activists around the world. Cynthia teaches an innovative blend of engaged Buddhism and sacred activism through the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project, the Open Way Sangha in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the international Gaia Mandala Community. Through her nonprofit, Alliance for the Earth, Cynthia has worked in Liberia, West Africa with former combatants and the women who stopped a war, building peace, teaching mindfulness and co-founding the Peace Hut Alliance for Conflict Transformation. Cynthia’s book, Summoned by the Earth, is forthcoming. On the following links you can explore more of Cynthia’s work and join in on the Full Moon Meditations and Workshops mentioned in the podcast: – Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project. – Get Involved by subscribing to our monthly newsletter, etc. The newsletter is the best way to stay informed about our activities, courses, calls, and pilgrimages. – Register for the Full Moon Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Meditation which is a free monthly call via Zoom. Recordings are sent to all who register. Tara Gaia Practice Retreat this year in July and November. Dates TBA soon. Let Cynthia know you are interested here. – Gaia Calling; Being a Vessel for Global Healing & Collective Awakening — 7-week course co-taught with David Nicol. The dates are April 29-June 10th. We will do a free introductory call on April 4th. Registration opens soon. Let them know you are interested here. Original podcast recording date: 8. March 2020 on SoundCloud.

The wonderful music on this podcast intro and exit has graciously been lent out to me by the composer Troels Hammer and the track is called INFINITA. For more about Troels's music go here: ⁠www.troelshammer.dk⁠. You can also find Troels's music on Spotify here: ⁠open.spotify.com/artist/6BG79szH5…WbTv-dfsigMgCRoA

Jude integrates leading-edge science, research into consciousness and universal wisdom teachings into a wholistic whole-world-view. This underpins her work aimed at enabling transformational and emergent resolutions to our collective planetary issues, raising awareness and empowering fundamental change and sustainable solutions to global problems. She holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Reading in the UK researching ancient cosmologies and a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University specialising in cosmology and quantum physics. She is the author of six non-fiction books currently available in 15 languages and 25 countries including CosMos – a co-creator’s guide to the whole-world co-authored with Dr Ervin Laszlo. Her first fictionalised e-book Legacy is available on Amazon. Her latest is The Cosmic Hologram- In-formation at the Center of Creation, the first book of the Transformation trilogy which won a silver Nautilus Book Award for 2017. She is currently writing book two Gaia: Her-Story. Her international corporate career culminated in her being the Group Finance Director of two major international businesses. She has extensive experience and knowledge of world events, international politics and global economic and financial systems and has spoken on transformational reforms in the UK, US, Europe, Japan and South Korea. For the last seventeen years she has also travelled around the world in service to planetary and collective healing, some of which is described in her books The 8th Chakra, The 13th Step and most recently HOPE – Healing Our People & Earth. In 2010 she was presented with a CIRCLE Award by WON Buddhism International cited for her ‘outstanding contribution towards planetary healing and expanding new forms of consciousness’. In 2014 she was invited to become a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle which includes Deepak Chopra, Barbara Marx Hubbard and Jean Houston. In 2017 she co-founded WholeWorld-View as a growing community of global change-makers serving the understanding, experiencing and embodying of unity awareness to facilitate conscious evolution and the collective healing of our relationship with Gaia. Original podcast recording date: 16. July 2019 on SoundCloud.

The wonderful music on this podcast intro and exit has graciously been lent out to me by the composer Troels Hammer and the track is called INFINITA. For more about Troels's music go here: ⁠www.troelshammer.dk⁠. You can also find Troels's music on Spotify here: ⁠open.spotify.com/artist/6BG79szH5…WbTv-dfsigMgCRoA

Leslie Davenport brings the role of psychology into interdisciplinary dialogues that advance creative and effective solutions to climate change. Leslie is a founding member of the Institute for Health & Healing, one of the first and largest hospital-based integrative medicine programs in the United States. Her 25 years of medical experience developing an empowering and collaborative approach to resolving crises has informed her climate psychology model. She is the author of three books: Healing and Transformation through Self-Guided Imagery, Transformative Imagery: Cultivating the Imagination for Healing, Change, and Growth (Ed.), and Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change. Her upcoming book, to be released in August 2021 with Magination Press, will provide kids with resiliency tools for navigating a warming world. Currently, she serves in a Climate Psychology advisory role to Project InsideOut and the CO2 Foundation. She has participated in interdisciplinary climate think tanks hosted by the Post Carbon Institute and Institute for Policy Studies. Leslie is a licensed psychotherapist practising in California and Washington and is also the creator of the Deep Imagination program at John F Kennedy University, and Associate Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Original Podcast release date: 5. June 2020 on SoundCloud.

The wonderful music on this podcast intro and exit has graciously been lent out to me by the composer Troels Hammer and the track is called INFINITA. For more about Troels's music go here: ⁠www.troelshammer.dk⁠. You can also find Troels's music on Spotify here: ⁠open.spotify.com/artist/6BG79szH5…WbTv-dfsigMgCRo

Lisa Podosin started her professional career with horses when she moved to Byron Bay in 2007 and became an accredited Level 1 General Coach with Equestrian Australia. She was fascinated with connecting with horses using less and less gear. Her passion led her to work with many top trainers such as John Chatterton, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, and Mark Langley. What began as an inquiry learning from experts who connect with horses in a compassionate way evolved into a journey of personal growth and transformation and eventually into a book. These extraordinary people paved the way to an alternative path that is as much about connecting with horses as it is about becoming the best version of yourself in the process. Ultimately, Lisa is interested in people radiating their authentic selves and interacting with horses as both an advocate as well as a student. Her main interest is supporting people to break through their current beliefs and create the life of their highest passion through their relationship with horses. Original podcast recording date: 27. November 2019 on Soundcloud.

The wonderful music on this podcast intro and exit has graciously been lent out to me by the composer Troels Hammer and the track is called INFINITA. For more about Troels's music go here: ⁠www.troelshammer.dk⁠. You can also find Troels's music on Spotify here: ⁠open.spotify.com/artist/6BG79szH5…WbTv-dfsigMgCRo

Katarina’s passions are understanding and working with equines and humans in therapy, so it can benefit both clients and horses. She is involved in research and educational projects to spread knowledge, awareness of ethics, welfare and best practices when we work with Equines in Therapy. The research she is involved in focuses on equine-equine and equine-human interaction. She is currently writing her master’s thesis on equine-human interaction in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. She is an Equine Professional who works in teams and offers experiential learning and therapy with horses. She travels the world to educate about teamwork, the equine’s role and welfare needs and the Equine Professional’s role, need of knowledge, awareness and responsibility in Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies. She is a co-founder and chair of the board in MiMer, a small independent education, research and treatment centre. MiMer is a co-organizer of the Minds-n-Motion “A Horse is a Horse, of Course?!” International Symposiums on Equine Welfare and Wellness and the publisher of the following compendiums with the same name. Original podcast recording date: 19. Juni 2019 on SoundCloud.

The wonderful music on this podcast intro and exit has graciously been lent out to me by the composer Troels Hammer and the track is called INFINITA. For more about Troels's music go here: ⁠www.troelshammer.dk⁠. You can also find Troels's music on Spotify here: ⁠open.spotify.com/artist/6BG79szH5…WbTv-dfsigMgCRoA