The Souloist Podcast
By Zohara Zofia Rotem
The Souloist podcast brings you uplifting conversations about music, soul, education, life and many things in between. Inspired by years of studying music and soul, shamanism and archetypes, education, psychology and spirituality, Zohara shares her unfiltered truths with warmth, humour, authenticity and love.
“When someone shares their Soul with you, it assists you to see your own Soul in a new light”
The Souloist PodcastAug 07, 2021
#86. Teacher, Parent, Student -asking questions
Today I’m answering questions asked by a teacher, a parent and a student.
The teacher asked: what could I do with a parent who constantly tries to teach me what to teach in the lesson?
The parent asked :how can I make sure that my child practices everything the teacher assigned us to do?
The student writes :I really love my cello and I love playing it. But I don’t like 1. To practice difficult sections 2.When mum’s hovering around me with a demanding energy.
Thank you for sending your questions. Please keep them coming.
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#85.This Is What's Happening - with Lane Arye Ph.D
Today I’m in conversation with Lane Arye.
Lane Arye, Ph.D. is a senior Processwork trainer and a founding faculty member of the Process Work Institute in the USA.
Whether teaching, working in private practice, facilitating community and organizational conflicts, or learning and training alongside social justice groups, Lane partners with people to help create more inner and outer freedom and wholeness.
He helps people transform their music, creativity, and stage fright, and is the author of Unintentional Music: Releasing Your Deepest Creativity.
Lane co-led a six-year UN funded project in the Balkans that brought together Serbs, Croats, and Muslims after the war to work on ethnic tension, post-war trauma, and building sustainable community.
He has facilitated conflicts between Aboriginal Australians and European Australians, and between Dalits (so-called untouchables) and high-caste Hindus in India.
Lane is a facilitator and trainer for the Racial Justice Collaborative and is the author of “The Vicious Cycle of White Centrality” in Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy’s The Enduring, Invisible, and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness.
He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area (USA) and loves to hang out with his wife and kids, play music, meditate, and follow the mystery.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Lane's website
WE TALKED ABOUT:
· Processwork
· Dreams
· Worldwork (“what happens in the world- happens at the kitchen table”)
· Lane’s work with racism
· Unintentional Music, Lane’s book and how he brings Processwork to music.
· How our inner process changes the way we play
· The parts of us we don’t like and the ones we’d love to have
· The box that keeps us in our identities
· The pain, fear and exhaustion in war zones, and what can be done from a Processwork point of view.
· The essence of Processwork - This is what’s happening
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#84. And Then a Bud Appears...
“When will my son be ready to start lessons”?
this was a question asked by a mother of 4 years old.
As many mothers are asking the same questions, I’d like to shed some light on the topic, and share with you my experience.
You can also watch this episode on YouTube
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#83. Let the Sound Wash Over You - with MaryLou Roberts
Today I’m in conversation with MaryLou Roberts, a Suzuki Guitar Teacher Trainer.
(bio below)
We talked about:
· Suzuki approach in today’s world and how it is needed now more than ever
· How to keep finding new ways
· Music environment has changed
· Listening needs to be taught
· How to turn music into a habit
· Attention span
·Play the best you can, and let the sound wash over your student.
· Musical communication
· Children loved into existence
· Art isn’t in some far-off place
· The importance of community for our children
· Being with your child is one of the most important things in the Suzuki way.
· Everyone can talk, so everyone can be a Suzuki parent and student. …..and more.
· Find a way to love what you do
MaryLou’s Bio:
MaryLou Roberts is a Suzuki Teacher Trainer, who maintains an active Suzuki Guitar program in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She travels internationally as a Guitar Teacher Trainer for the SAA and the ESA. MaryLou is a Coordinator of the Ann Arbor Suzuki Institute of Music, and has served on the Board of Directors of the SAA and on the Guitar Foundation of America Board. She is Chair of the International Suzuki Association Guitar Committee, guiding the process of revising the Suzuki Guitar repertoire along with her international colleagues. She holds a Master’s Degree in Guitar performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with John Holmquist and received the Valedictory Award and was elected to the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda. Her favorite pastimes are daily Tai Chi, walks with her spouse Brian, and just being in nature.
You can watch this episode on YouTube too.
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#82. Alive Until Expired
Yesterday I was talking to a dear friend.
She celebrated her 80th a while ago.
A wise, talented, intelligent woman. A woman that you’d feel privileged to include in your circle of friends.
She apologised for wearing a sleeveless top.
It’s too hot, she said.
I asked why is she apologising, and she said ,she can’t show her arms “like that”.
She meant flabby arms.
It made me sad. Women of this calibre need to hide something that has to do with their appearance because it’s not up to the public standard?
What is this standard? I wanted to shout.
Something that looks like a young arm?
Is there an age limit or body appearance limit, that women are allowed to show in public, and hide the rest?
And who decides what this limit is ?
A panel of young people?
Or maybe Children?
Or elders who feel they need to apologise for looking their age ?
Society in its best is made of all ages.
From babies to old people.
Each one in its development stage is contributing to the whole.
Everyone is needed. Every one of us is a colour or a shade in a rainbow of human existence.
You were young once, and then you grew into an adult and after that you grew old.
Do you need to apologise for this?
Do you need to cover it up?
Do you need to be approved for the way you look?
This phenomenon of anti-ageing, what is it about?
Why are we trying to get rid of ageing?
Why are we fighting it?
We want to age without ageing.
We want to age pretending we are still young.
Why not embracing the process of ageing?
Society will change their attitude towards old age, when elders will change their attitude towards themselves.
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#81. Grief and Love
In the first stages of my grief I made a decision to experience it all; every emotion and feeling that came in the package of grief and loss.
I didn’t want to run away from it. Something in me knew that if I ran away, this monster will catch me at some point in the future. I knew it was unavoidable.
I sort of knew, that I’d rather experience it in real time, while it’s there, fresh… raw… cruel… fierce…uncompromising….
So, I made a place and space for grief, for pain. for cry, for anger and disbelief.
Now, from a vintage point of 2 yrs. + 7 months I can see that among the parts that make who I am, there was a wise old woman who knew how to guide all the other parts.
And while I was “away” crying the pain of a lost child, moaning the agony of the maiden, wailing the woman who lost her lover, and lamented the woman who wanted to get old side by side with her beloved, she – the wise old one – was holding me in her arms, waiting with love and permission to feel it all. As long as it takes...
She knew... She who knows.
We are brought up to believe that life is made of right or wrong, good or bad, ugly or beautiful, black or white.
And if so – there’s grief or love, sorrow or joy.
So, in order to live “normal” life you have to “move on from grief”.
These are WRONG messages. They have nothing to do with the real raw experience of grief.
I discovered that love and grief are not either or.
They are inseparable.
A few days ago, on our 50th anniversary day,I renewed my vow.
My vow to love with all my heart. To live my life from the heart. With the heart. And for the heart.
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#80. Let's Talk About Competition
Let’s talk about competition
When we look at competition and its meaning, we come across words like:
· Scarcity mentality
· Defeating
· Superiority
· Supremacy
· Opposition
We are conditioned to compare and compete.
We are raised to be individualistic.
The downside of competition is that we don’t compete WITH someone. We compete AGAINST someone.
When it comes to ART, can you judge art? can you judge beauty?
Competition ignores the history and the story of a person.
Children’s competition is my main concern.
What message we give children by sending them to competitions?
And there’s another side to the question of competition:
Wanting to be like somebody else could hint towards your golden shadow.
Deep inside, you might have a talent that hasn’t had its chance to reveal itself.
Your desire to have what another person is having ,might be a projection of a hidden talent you possess.
This is how competition could turn into inspiration.
And then there’s competing with our selves, which is a different aspect of competition.
You can strive to do better every day, and thus you can develop, expand, grow and explore more of who and what you are.
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#79. On Communication & Connection
Seeing people around me glued to their telephones prompted me to think about communication and connection.
Communication and connection are not the same.
Communication is the first step but not the last.
Most of us today suffer today from lack of connection.
Music connects.
Making music connects us with our hearts.
Playing with others connects us to ourselves and to each other.
You don’t have to be professional players in order to do it; you don't even need to play well...
We need to develop the awareness to the way we use devices and screens.
If we connect to each other at least as much as we connect to our devices, we'd be happier.
A short moment of connection creates a huge change in people’s hearts and brains.
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#78. Suzuki Way & Working Parents
What can we do and how do we practice when both parents are working parents?
The question was asked by a Suzuki Teacher. It’s a question asked by many parents and teachers, as in Suzuki way parental involvement is necessary.
In this episode we’ll try to answer it by tuning into:
· Creating the desire
· Practising with joy
· Practice is integral for home environment
· No skill can be developed without practice.
Let’s reflect on how we can create practice environment when parents are working.
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#77. Stop - Breathe- Wonder
As the year draws to an end, many people are doing their new year resolution.
This invited me to ponder on the topic.
New year resolution is a plan; a decision we take about the coming year; a commitment.
It is a plan.
So, what happens when something goes out of the plan?
What do we do when we didn’t do what we had planned or promised to do?
And are we always trying to “fix’ ourselves in these new year resolutions?
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇o𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓?
We could do an end of year celebration instead.
We could celebrate ourselves and the year that has passed.
Even if it was rough and tough, we could still celebrate the way we handled it.
Let’s reflect on 2023 and congratulate ourselves for it.
Time to Stop, breathe and wonder.
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#76. But I Don't Want to Practice !!
How many times have you heard the above statement, when you invited your child to do her/his practice? I bet more than once.
“Every child loves to play, but most children don’t like to practice.” Haruko Kataoka
There are many reasons why children don’t want to practice;
some of them we might be able to change.
We'll explore some of them in this episode.
I truly believe that when parents pay attention to these points, their children become more willing to do the work.
I’ve seen it time and time again throughout my years of teaching.
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#75. In Praise of Praise
“We should say to children: You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the world, there is no other child exactly like you ... You have the capacity for anything... You must cherish one another. We must all work to make this world worthy of its children." (Pablo Casals)
We all need to be seen. We can’t live in a vacuum.
We need to feel we are on the right track especially when we step into unfamiliar territory. At any age, we need to know we are witnessed and noticed.
In this episode we explore:
- Why we praise
- How to praise effectively
- Is praise always effective or could it also be harmful
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#74. Home Coming
What is home for you?
Is home a place? a location? a group of people? a place in nature?
Could we have more than one home?
Could we create a sense of home as we go through life?
How does home feel for you?
Let’s explore the concept of HOME.
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#73. Are You Really Listening ?
Listening empowers both the listener and the person who is listened to.
Listening and hearing are two different things.
In Hellen Keller’s words: “Everybody talks. Nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.”
Let’s talk about:
+ why listening is so important
+ what is quality listening
+ how we can acquire and/or improve listening skills
+ what happens when we listen with our hearts
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#72. To Age is A Privilege
When we are children we want to be grown-ups.
As we grow up /old, things change.
What is your association with the process of ageing?
How do feel about getting old?
What baggage do you take with you to old age?
As a society we run away from the process of getting old and consequently miss out on the GIFT OF ELDERHOOD.
To age can be experienced as a privilege.
There's beauty in every age; we only need to develop the eyes to see it.
And most importantly - the world needs the wisdom of the elders.
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#71. When the Heart Whispers
- Why do we tend to ignore our heart whispers?
- How can we practice listening to them?
- Is it ever late to do so?
Follow your soul; she knows the way.
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#70. The Soul of Education
Coming back.... touching base.... reflecting... re-evaluating...
Talent education is about love and respect, about developing noble heart, about hope.
Touching the Soul of Education.
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#69. Suzukicast -But First Comes the Listening
Listening is one of the most important components in Suzuki Talent Education program.
Even if it seems to be the easiest task, it’s too often neglected.
Why is listening so important?
And why we neglect it so often?
Are you convinced that listening is important?
Have you created a habit of listening?
How much listening should we do?
How should we listen?
When should we listen?
Which recording should you listen to?
What device should you use?
Do or don’t we listen enough?
How to make listening a habit?
All of these and more in this episode of “But first comes the listening”.
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* The introduction music is " Prelude and Berceuse", Shinichi Suzuki's favourite composition, performed by Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, 1970.
#68.On Conscious Leadership - with Rupda Ji
Rupda is a councillor, therapist and corporate coach.
She works with people around the globe in areas of conscious leading, self-leading and self-development.
Rupda has spent over 45 years dedicated to a conscious path, bringing her knowledge, tools and techniques through the work she offers.
She has captured the hearts of many influential people over the years, such as Tony Robbins, Bill Lipton, Russel Brand and numerous others through her one-of-a-kind approach. Her sense of presence and sense of humour brings both a lightness and a depth to how she works with individuals, groups and organisations alike.
Rupda's passion is to inspire people to discover their own unique qualities and how to apply them in their personal and professional lives.
We talked about:
- Rupda’s childhood in spiritual communes
- our need to belong
- how awareness creates choice
- our presence that pulls us together
- work with group dynamics
- what is leadership
- being conscious leads to conscious leadership
and more.
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#67. Whispers of Weather
Weather affects our being…our mood.
The changes of seasons, seasonal fruits, seasonal clothes, seasonal colours.
The weather whispers.
Weather brings different feelings, and sometimes even at the same time.
Feeling them all brings richness to our life.
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#66. Pearls and Lemons
Life gives us lemons, and sometimes life gives us pearls.
Things in life go in pairs: love and grief, light and dark, gain and loss etc.
It's only natural that we prefer the “good” side.
When we go through difficult times, we tend to not show our sadness. We prefer instead to go to our cave.
In the past we used to be surrounded by a tribe that supported us in times like these.
Now we more often find ourselves lonely.
The cave turns out to be a cage .
How can we help people who go through hardships ,without trying to fix it for them?
We can always offer our PRESENCE. We can simply be there for them.
In our presence we don’t have to DO anything.
Being present heals us and them at the same time.
( And watch for where you put your telephone when you meet a friend...Hopefully in your bag and not on the table).
Be gentle with offering help ( especially when not asked,) and be generous with offering your presence.
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#65. Love is not enough...
Since I remember myself, I wanted to be a mother and a teacher.
These two topics are very close to my heart – motherhood and education.
I was asked a question : “ How can we help our children today?”.
To raise children in today’s world is a mammoth task. Maybe more than ever.
Shinichi Suzuki’s words: “ Where love is deep, much can be achieved” echoes in our heart, but we need to add to love more things.
What is the essence of education?
We will continue to explore these questions in future episodes.
In this episode we’ll talk about listening.
In Suzuki Talent Education, listening comes before practice.
It’s the core of learning a mother tongue.
The question of how to establish listening habit has been asked through many years of teaching.
Working in a team of parents - teachers is necessary.
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#64. And then came the crow
Reflecting on life, big words, the universe within us and us within the universe.
On slowing down and the gift of our being.
And ending with John O'Donohue words:
"May we learn to return
And rest in the beauty
Of animal being,
Learn to lean low,
Leave our locked minds,
And with freed senses
Feel the earth
Breathing with us".
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#63. Too Many Activities
Many children suffer from having too many activities.
“Keeping children busy” has become a norm.
Children have their own pace and need to have time for thinking, for day dreaming, for wonder.
Helping children develop concentration is crucial.
“If children are trained with concentration in a single area for two or three years, their ability will startle their parents and others around.
If we first help them develop outstanding ability in one area, we ought to know that children can use that ability to absorb other things easily.”
- Shinichi Suzuki
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#62. Time Weaving Together -with Dr Marcus Bussey
Today I am in conversation with Dr Marcus Bussey.
Marcus is a futurist and educator with a keen interest in intercultural encounters. He has taught widely throughout Australia and currently works as a Senior Lecturer in History and Futures at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. In his work Marcus explores spirituality as a catalyst for richer futures… this leads him into many unexpected places.
Highlights from our conversation:
· What is a futurist
· We cannot free ourselves from the pain of the past.
· The evolution of consciousness through struggle
· Future as optimal engagement on behalf the 7 future generations
· The critical - questioning mind
· How we project ourselves to the world in meaningful ways
· The spiritual trajectory behind all things
· Longing calls us into our lives
· To be authentic we have to know ourselves
· Vision – Dream – Longing
· Time weaving together
· Discipline and love
· Intergenerational process
And more…
Marcus's website :https://www.futuresevocative.net/
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#61. Where Are the Elders
Introducing “Soul moments”- short episodes that will come to you between the longer ones.
And today we bring the question: where are the elders?
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#60. Grief is Universal
Everyone has been or will be visited by death and grief at some point.
We go through this experience in different ways.
We ignore, we deny, we avoid.
We might even not do it deliberately.
We grieve differently and at the same time there are common feeling and experiences we go through.
Participating in a seminar about the future of death and dying, recently, made me realise the richness of this topic.
It’s a topic that embraces many things.
In a mysterious way it makes my reach a depth it hasn’t been there before.
Death brings grief.
And grief deserves to be treated with respect.
Grief is both personal and universal . It’s a personal and collective experience at the same time.
I’d like to see our society becoming more open to talk about death.
Death education very is needed in our society.
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#59. Expectations VS Trust
When children are seen and trusted in their ability, they learn with joy and ease
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#58. Educating Heart and Soul
Changes in the world and life will continue to occur and accelerate.
Since it is difficult to keep up with the pace of change, it might be a good idea to re-evaluate and learn what is important to keep and what we could let go of.
Meeting children and parents in different countries, re- informed and confirmed for me the important things in life.
How can we get “education changed from mere instruction to education in the real sense of the word. “(Shinichi Suzuki)
Educating the heart and soul of a child, of all children in the world, through music.
In these changing times, we need to ask ourselves:
- What are the things that are beyond fad?
- What are the values that humanity could not survive without them?
- What is in the core of being human?
Children and adults alike, cannot live without love.
The need to love and be loved is existential.
Children love to learn; this too is an existential need.
In order to survive we need to learn.
All of us feel loved when we are seen and listened to.
How can we give more by doing less.
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#57. It's OK to be sad
#56. TRAVEL and TIME
Today i'm talking with you while travelling, about:
- Time and Travel
- Unpredictability
- The core of being / the place that Soul resides
- Finding our centre in the pace of the world
- "Adopt" a person a day
- Creating quiet, precious moments daily chaos
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#55. Important Questions in Life
- What's the point of life?
- What sustains life?
- What nurtures life?
- How do we find meaning in life?
I was invited to school to discuss these topics with groups of young adults.
Here's what I learnt from them.
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#54. Never Too Early to Become an Elder
In this episode we talk about:
Age- ageing- ageism
To “look young”
We need to change the way we look at age
To become old is a privilege
We get perspective on life as we age
The bonus in every year
Everything changes
We invest too much effort in “staying young”
Breathing in the different stages and ages
The joy of being in different stages of life
Life brings small gifts
The social pressure to look young
The world is in urgent need of elders and crones
Mentoring the young ones
Finding the inner elder
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#53. Tone Has a Living Soul - with Braxton Neate
Today I'm in conversation with Braxton Neate, a Suzuki Talent Education Cello teacher.
We speak about:
· Tone and Soul
· Suzuki’s Vision
· Changing ourselves, changing the world
· The seeds of potential
· How can we make life force more sustainable
· The Suzuki movement in war time
· How to live with changes
· Environment as nurture and nature.
· What is Nine Star Key School
....and more....
Links mentioned in this podcast:
* The book Nurtured by Love /Shinichi Suzuki
* Alice Sommer - Everything is a Present (Documentary of 2009) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymwVc162GGA
* 9 star ki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_Star_K
* Braxton's website https://www.braxtonneate.com
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* The intro music is " Prelude and Berceuse", Shinichi Suzuki's favourite composition, performed by Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, 1970.
#52. Children Do Not Start a War
Reflecting on children in wars, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Trying to foster hope in my heart and inquire what I can do in times like these.
Sparks of hopes for me are reading wisdom words:
§ Our purpose does not lie in a movement to create professional musicians, but to create people of beautiful minds and fine ability through an unparalleled, uniquely musical approach. We engage in human education through music so that children will grow beautifully with high sensitivity. - Dr Shinichi Suzuki
§ To teach the arts to children is nothing less than to be charged with their destiny. -Dr Katoaka
§ This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. -Leonard Bernstein
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#51. A Seed is Planted in the Earth
"Every child has an unlimited potential", Dr Shinichi Suzuki
So, how do we motivate children to do their work - practice their instrument, do their homework, help in the house etc.
Do we need to motivate them?
Anything we learn needs encouragement and acknowledgement, in order to make us want to repeat it.
When we want our children to have the desire to do learn, play and practice, we have to reflect on our role in it.
Love and desire are necessary to acquire ability.
The thirst to learn is innate in every child. We don't need to create it, but we need to make sure we don't harm it.
How can we allow it to grow and continue to develop?
Self motivation might be the key here. Self motivation comes with self discipline.
When children become self motivated it transfer to other areas in their life. It becomes a part of their character.
" Man is a son of his environment", Shinichi Suzuki.
If art and music are in the environment , children will naturally absorb the love for it.
When a parent asks, "how can I help my child love doing this", the answer will be, " love it yourself".
The way you approach the practice will be the way your child approaches the practice.
Like what you want your child to like. Invest the love, and trust that it will be in the heart of your child.
One of my favourite quotes:
“A seed is planted in the earth. We don’t see when the germination begins.That is the doing of Mother Nature. We have to wait patiently.We cannot dig up the seed to see wheatear it is really growing; to do so would be to destroy everything. Suddenly a bud appears. What a joy and pleasure to watch it grow! At the same time the root, unseen in the ground, is getting stronger and has the power to produce a big, sturdy tree”. (Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love)
Love and nurture the seed with curiosity and wait to marvel in the flower or tree.
Don't judge day by day. keep the big picture in your heart. Believe in your child.
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* The intro music is " Prelude and Berceuse", Shinichi Suzuki's favourite composition, performed by Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, 1970.
#50. We Don't Know the Whole Story Yet
When we stop and slow down the minutes become thicker and longer.
When we slow down we have more time ; time becomes more spacious.. more precious.
When we empty the mind the heart fills up.
Grief contains wisdom. And on my day of retreat I heard its whispers .
Things in life cannot be judged merely in "good" or "bad". Only time will tell the whole story.
Like in the Taoist story about the old farmer.
As we go through the transition in the world we are invited to let go of things that belong to the world we leave behind.
To tune in... to take a breath... to trust the inner voice, our soul.
To dare to not know.
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#49. Let Soul Speak
How can we go beyond division
Sweet intimacy and/or Self love
The place we could meet beyond our divide.
Let Soul speak and wait for the wonder.
“Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other” doesn’t make any sense.” - Rumi
Thank you for coming.
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#48. Wonder. Hope .Change
Everything in life changes, if we like it or not.
As 2021 is coming to an end i reflect on language, hope and wonder.
Wishing you a year of wonder.
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#47. "How are you? "
"How are you ? "
A very common question that is asked and answered almost automatically.
Here's another perspective on this loaded , encompassing and important question.
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#46.Living in a Circle -with Moana Pearl
Today I’m in conversation with Moana Pearl.
Moana is a culture activist, ritual maker, mother and dreamer of a new paradigm. She supports women to reclaim and remember their inherent relationship to Earth, spirit and the Sacred Feminine. For decades she has been involved with women's circles, as a facilitator, educator, and participant.
This is how I first met her, many years ago in a women’s retreat.
As a family counsellor, menstrual educator, and community builder her deep connection with the natural world is reflected in a grounded and compassionate approach to life’s challenges.
Moana offers programs for mothers and their adolescent daughters, to welcome young girls into womanhood.
She offers workshops and mentoring for women's personal development.
Inspired by the connections between psychology, physiology and cultural influences, and the spaces in between, Moana provides a space for nurturance, authenticity, inquiry and compassion.
We talked about listening, sitting in circles , making a different mark on the Earth, changing our neuropathways, the importance of keeping the questions, the call to be initiated, crone-hood, elderhood, community and connection, and so much more.
Moana's Website : https://sacredwisewoman.com.au
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#45.Knowing your own darkness
" Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people" - C.J Jung
Shadow Work is the way of becoming aware of what we are unaware of.
Exploring our hidden parts.
Getting to know in ourselves the parts that we disowned.
Making the unconscious conscious.
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#44.Healing, Howling, 'Wholling'
- The need to express feelings, emotions and meaningful transitions
- Personal and collective grief
- Delayed grief
- Grief work - what to do / not do
- Sunrise & the experience of 'Yugen' (see previous episode with Paul Cadzow )
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#43. Are You Afraid? - with Dr Paul Cadzow
Paul is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and an artist.
He holds a medical degree and Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists with a Certificate of Advanced Training in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry.
In addition to his medical qualifications, Paul has Masters of Arts in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), majoring in painting,
Paul had short stories published and two painting exhibitions, as well as being a finalist in a number of painting prizes.
Paul is a father of three sons who learnt with me , which is how I got to know him.
We talked about:
· Death ,grief and the journey of mourning.
· Paul ‘s exhibition named ‘Journey into Mourning ‘, based on grief that is passed down through generations.
· How trying to make sense of things experienced in childhood, led him to become a psychiatrist,
· ‘Yugen’ – an aesthetic experience.
· Flow
· The gift of consciousness
· Existentialism
· Suzuki way and reverence to the learning soul.
· Helping children reveal their gifts
· Choices that define our lives
· The building of character
· Parenting from a state of fear
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Paul's webpage: paulcadzow.com
instagram: @paulcadzowart
Mentioned in the conversation:
1. Eli, Eli (link to the song)
2.“A Tractate On Japanese Aesthetics” by Donald Richie (book)
3."In Praise of Shadows” by Junichiro Tanizaki (book)
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#42. An Era of Confusion
“Inspired” by the current lockdown here...
Reflecting on the frustration I hear children expressing about drifting in and out of schooling in lockdowns...
Youth contemplating about their future in today’s world...
My students and children in general are very close to my heart.
I keep thinking – what I could do to help them move through these uncertain times...
Aware of the presence of death and grief ...
Elders have an important role with young people...
When children cannot go to school could it be any blessing in the situation?...
When everyone is confused, could we find the solution within?...
Creating a parallel education system that won’t be crashed when things change?...
This time invites us to be more creative instead of complaining. ...
How could the topic of death be an eye opener...?
Death is not skipping anyone after all....
How can we look at life through other lenses...?
What is really important? ...
We want children to do what they are good at and what they were born to do and share with the world.
Is school going to teach them how to do it?...
Music is very important in the life of every human being.
How can we bring more music to the lives of children...?
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves” - Viktor frankl.
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#41. The Hidden Power of Words
How many times have you heard:
- "I don't want to offend you but..."
- "I don't want to undermine you but..."
- "I don't want to put pressure on you but..."
Let's talk about what your words really mean.
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#40. She - Grief
We are back after more than 2 months away.
This has been time of walking in the valley of death with my beloved man.
I'm sharing here little snippets of the journey of loosing loved ones, the new relationships with grief and mourning, and how we could all help people who are in this place.
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#39. From Chaos & Frustration to Boundaries & Validation
“I’ve been reflecting on your lecture which I appreciated so much. Thank you. Especially the part about how families /society have changed. It was a relief for me as a young teacher to hear that what happens now is not all about me being a “bad “ teacher. So, I wanted to share with you this story of a family.
There's a mother in my studio who's doing such a fantastic job with her two children. She drives them to lessons, does her best to practice with them while she’s also working full time as a lawyer. I don’t know how she manages...
The truth is that they rarely practice, being either too tired or the kids don’t want to do it. The mother thinks that everything is up to what the child feels like doing, so they rarely listen to her and only to their immediate feelings.
It’s difficult for her to set boundaries and say ‘NO’. It’s always chaos when they enter and lots of frustration
Also, the father is not really involved. Today I got a message saying that the young child doesn't want to come to group lessons ( he's nearly 5 and has only started recently). I wanted to ask you what you think. I think the youngest feels the mother’s stress and wants unconsciously to protect her through not wanting to play, seeing the stress it brings her.
I also think he sees that his father is not involved.How can I say this to a mother who desperately wants to give her children the gift of playing an instrument? I don’t want to lose this family but I think the only way is to get the father on track. What do you think? I’d be deeply grateful for any idea or though. Thank you again for being a continuous inspiration.”
This has been the question asked by a teacher.
It could have been asked by any teacher of any subject, about any parent. This is a question often asked .
In my reply I touched a few highlights. Hope you find it beneficial.
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* Intro & outro music is " Prelude and Berceuse", Shinichi Suzuki's favourite composition, performed by Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, 1970.
#38. Motherhood
On Sunday we'll be celebrating Mother's Day here.
This is a perfect time to reflect, celebrate, acknowledge and appreciate on the role of motherhood.
The ritual of saying "Mama, Thank you" by children of all ages and stages, is celebrated around the world ( in different dates).
The job description of a mother is never ending. It's a role that has the biggest effect on the family, the world and the planet.
Therefore it's worth replaying last year episode : To the Mothers of the World.
Happy Mother's Day !!
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