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In this podcast we talk to Morag Gamble who lives in a permaculture village near Maleny in the subtropical part of southeast Queensland, Australia. Morag explains that Permaculture is a One Planet way of life in each of our contexts, and in each of our communities. Morag talks about how permaculture has been a part of her life since her teen years. She says that permaculture is a practical way to live life in balance with ourselves, our communities, and our ecosystems. It is a way of approaching life. We talk about permaculture in the context of producing food but also in the context of education and life in general. Basically, we can permaculture our lives. Permaculture is a system approach where all the elements are considered as part of the whole, however, this does not mean that we need to understand the whole system before we interact with it or try to make changes, but we need to take steps in the direction of our curiosity and our interest and then observe and interact based on the steps we’ve taken and then creatively use and adapt to change. Find what makes your heart sing and go for simple and slow solutions.Permaculture is an invitation to live regeneratively rather than with the consumer-based mind frame. Morag shares Fritjof Capra's teaching that life is a learning system always adapting to its environment. Everything is in relation to everything else. We need to start from here. We also talk about how permaculture is being used by the youth. There is much negative news about the state of the world and in many cases, these issues are ignored and not addressed because of a lack of power to make any changes. However, this creates anxiety in the youth. On the other hand, permaculture provides tools to be able to address these issues and empower young people to take action. The youth want to tackle the problems now, not when they have such and such degree. The issues are now and the youth still have the creativity to come up with solutions that adults could not think of due to being stuck in our ways. Morag shares with us a tip to start designing our lives towards the way we want to live and it is to create a mind map of what we envision and she encourages us to do these mind maps with other people that know us so they can see where we are heading and they can help us get there.  Support the show

Karen’s journey started in her bedroom window where one day the forest was there and then another day the forest was gone. This left a mark in her. When she was older she decided to study Biology and she focused her work on landscape restoration. This work led her to Monteverde in Costa Rica, a place she fell in love with. However, her big shift was when her son was born and she had a realization that what needed deeper restoration were our human inner landscapes. She jumped in deep into this work.  Now she guides people to be their own inner naturalists using the metaphors of the wise Mother Earth, using an ancient rite of passage ceremony, the wilderness quest, a ceremony that has been practiced by all cultures. We all have ancestors that practiced wilderness quests. We are all indigenous to this Earth and through her, we gain deep wisdom into our life mission and into our medicine. Karen guides us in our Mytho-Poetic-Journey of life. Support the show

In this episode, we talk to Annette, Chanel and Allan the facilitators of PermaYouth Americas which is a container or platform for youth around the Americas to connect, learn from each other and empower themselves to be leaders and change-makers in their communities based on the Permaculture ethics of People care, Earth care and Fair share.PermaYouth Americas is a subdivision of the global PermaYouth.Annette, Chanel and Allan tell us about their journey that led them to this work. They also explain why they think the youth are so important in this journey of human transformation. The youth are the people that have the creativity to design a new way of human existence.Annette, Chanel and Allan describe themselves as the composted organic matter or soil that creates the space for the youth to flower and a new ecosystem to emerge.Support the show

Today we have the honor of interviewing Leonard Jacobson an awakened spiritual teacher, mystic, healer and an author who is deeply committed to guiding and supporting others in their journey towards wholeness.  Leonard teaches how to become fundamentally present and awaken into the truth of who you are. Leonard was born in Melbourne, Australia and resides in Wayzata near Minneapolis, Minnesota offering workshops and retreats throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia.  He is the author of five books: Words from Silence, Journey into Now, Embracing the Present, Bridging Heaven & Earth and In Search of the Light, a winner of the Indie Children’s book award. He is the founder of the Conscious Living Foundation, a registered non-profit organization established to support the awakening of human consciousness and to make his teachings widely available. As a mark of honor and recognition to his selfless efforts in spiritual awakening, in 2005, he was awarded the Peace Prize by Religious Science International, although he is not affiliated or associated with any religion or church. His teaching is both inclusive of, and transcendent of, all religions and spiritual traditions. In this episode we talk about Leonard’s spiritual journey which includes various unexpected and spontaneous awakenings. We also discuss his teachings that consists of the two-step dance of awakening – the first step leads to presence and the second step, to mastery of the mind and ego.Support the show

Hoy nos trasladamos a Playa Hermosa de Jaco en Costa Rica y hablamos con Melina Chacón  o Meztlikali desde Playa Hermosa de Jaco en Costa Rica. Ella es originaria de Grecia, Costa Rica y desde temprana edad y a través de su curiosidad, ha incursionado en un camino espiritual, llegando hoy en día a ser una guía espiritual que empodera a la gente a adueñarse de su vida y a caminar el camino de su alma. Nos cuenta que ella no puede caminar nuestro camino por nosotros pero nos puede guiar y acompañar. Melina dejo su trabajo en publicidad para dedicarse plenamente a una vida de conexión consigo misma y a guiar a gente a hacer lo mismo. En este episodio Melina nos da herramientas de como conectarnos con nosotros mismos para poder sostener nuestro espacio, tomar responsabilidad sobre nuestras acciones y relaciones y eventualmente adueñarnos de nuestro ser y nuestro camino. Support the show

En este episodio, Alejandro Junger, author del libro CLEAN, nos cuenta el motivo por el cual decidió perseguir diferentes maneras de curar al cuerpo y mantener la salud, además de la medicina tradicional, para poder curarse él mismo y así poder curar a otros. Tocamos temas como el ayuno, la salud intestinal, las fluctuaciones naturales del ambiente y la identificación con los pensamientos. Support the show

Summary: In this Episode Aanghel shares with us his experience on doing a dopamine detox, the quickest easiest simplest way to reset your mind. In addition, he shares the levels of detox we can do and how to do them, as well as the long lasting benefits that aligned with what we want to do in life and help us reach our potential.  Show Notes:  Your mind would go with what it knows is it the easy way out, quickest way to get dopamine Dopamine is a neurotransmitter as many others in the brain, but the point of a dopamine detox is to limit the sources of dopamine intake from technology sources (movies, music, video games, social media, internet)  The mind will reset and regulate the dopamine intake from a more natural source of dopamine intake. In other words the simple free things will give you a dopamine hit. The goal is to simplify your life, and asking yourself why is it that you want to do it, and what exactly you want to be doing.  The detox will show your mind where it has been getting its dopamine and where it will be getting its dopamine moving forward, while increasing your focus overtime and helping you reach your potential.  Learn to be ok in the discomfort and break free from your old rhythm (ingrain pattern of behavior that your mind would automatic default to)  Eliminating your distractions will increase your awareness. A dopamine detox is a temporary thing but it leads to a new lifestyle of alignment.  How to do a dopamine detox: Let people know what you are about to do.  Cut out all notification on your phone. Leave your phone on a particular spot in your house.  Limit all technology/screen intake. No music, no reading if possible.  Just sit with it.  Connect with Aanghel:  https://www.instagram.com/therealaanghel/ ttps://www.youtube.com/c/aanghel Support the show

Hoy nos trasladamos a Francia a entrevistar a Lucía Casanova. Lula nació en Uruguay el 31 de agosto de 1988.  Tiene una licenciatura en Administración de Empresas y otra en Audiovisual las cuales no las está ejerciendo en este momento. En 2016 comenzó a trabajar con plantas medicinales y a realizar ceremonias ancestrales en la selva. Vivió en Costa Rica, Brasil y actualmente vive en Francia. Tiene una formación en Registros Akáshicos y Constelaciones Familiares.  Actualmente se está enfocando en su Árbol genealógico y en la biodecodificación. Ofrece terapias de Iniciación y Caminante y es la autora del libro “El Viaje de la Vida”. Support the show

Grace MacNeil is a trained herbalist, an Arvigo therapist, and the founder ofMonarch Apothecary where she creates artisan herbals and soaps using herbssustainably, harvested and cultivated in a 24 acre farm in southern Indiana since2006 for the local and internationally community.She is a Certified Advanced Holistic Doula through The Matrona, Certified Cuppingtherapist and Reiki practitioner. She is the co-founder of the Heartland School ofHerbal Studies and mom to three grown children.She was born with an amniotic band syndrome and spent much of her childhoodhaving reconstructive surgeries.Her interest in Plant Medicine started 1995 when she got pregnant from her firstchild and read the book Hygieia: “A Woman’s Herbal” by Jeannine Parvati Baker aherbalist from Utah.In 2000, she moved with her husband to North Carolina and began her professionalherbal education training completing a 2 year and 400 hr certificate program inherbal medicine at the North Carolina School of Natural Healing with the herbalistHimani Ellis.Grace offers the Arvigo®Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy along with holisticassessment, herbal consultation, FIRE and biomagnetic cupping, self care massageinstruction, and other supportive modalities such as herbal remedies.Support the show

Hoy nos remontamos al estado de Carolina del Norte donde tengo el gran honor de entrevistar a Alelí Lauría originalmente nacida en San Carlos de Bariloche en la Provincia Argentina de Río Negro,  situada en la base de los Andes y  a las orillas del Lago Nahuel Huapí.  Alelí es una mujer sanadora, que desde muy chica se intereso en temas espirituales y esotéricos y hoy nos comparte su jornada en el camino de su sanación personal que incluye el trabajo con sus ancestros. En su adolescencia se intereso y estudio las cartas del Tarot.  Le gusta mucho leer y es autodidacta en estos temas. Alelí comenta que sus caminos de crecimiento espiritual son mas bien solitarios y son basados en su propia intuición. A su llegada a Carolina del Norte, se conecto con Asia Suler de One Willow Apothecaries tomando varios cursos entre ellos el de “Winter Intuition School “ interesándose mucho en el tema de los Sueños y también en las Piedras y Cristales.  Mas adelante empezó a trabajar con esencias florales en One Willow Apothecaries y hoy maneja la parte operativa de dicha organización. Actualmente Alelí esta profundizando los estudios sobre la  Biodecodificación Emocional  originados por el Dr. Hamer y la Medicina Germánica y nos cuenta que fue lo que la llevo a seguir ese camino. El Dr. Hamer nos comparte que detrás de  los síntomas y de las enfermedades hay un tema biológico y emocional que es muy importante.  Alelí Lauría nos cuenta que ella llego a este camino de la  Biodecodificación a través de la rama de Humano Puente que esta en Argentina y como esta practica la ayuda a conectarse con sus ancestros que la ayudan a entender su misión y su trabajo en esta vida. Alelí nos nuestra como podemos aprender mucho sobre nosotros mismos al conectarnos con nuestros ancestros.Support the show

Today we are interviewing Shlomo Friedman. Shlomo Friedman has a YouTube Channel where he covers the topic of “Reality Transurfing.” He was pulled to this topic by a friend who was reading the book “Reality Transurfing” written by Vadim Zeland. In today’s Episode Shlomo Friedman gives us many examples of what we can do to apply this concept as well as tips that can help us understand how “Reality Transurfing” works. In addition we talk about possible new changes coming from the current pandemic and what we can do to focus on the “Why” versus the different mechanical “How”. Support the show

Today I am very honored to interview Asia Suler who currently makes her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, the ancestral lands of the Cherokee, and some of the most coves on Earth.  Asia Suler is a writer, a trained herbalist, an earth medicine teacher, a medicine maker and a seeker. She is the founder of One Willow Apothecaries, an online gathering place for learning healing and connection with the living world.  Asia Suler shares with us that she discovered the altar of the green world when she was in the midst of dealing with chronic pain. The pain inside of her was so great that she simply had to go outside. It was in that world that she started to listen to the flowers and hugging the trees and slowly she started to heal on subtle energetic and emotional levels.  Asia Suler is the creator of the Online Intuitive Plant Medicine Course in which she explores Dreamwork – Medicine Making – Earth Ritual – Shamanic Journeying – Flower Essences – Plant Communication – Earth Acupuncture – Land Healing – Creative Channeling.  Asia Suler has been one of my most influential teachers in the last past years and her online course on Intuitive Plant Medicine has made a huge impact in my life.  Thank you, Asia.  PS: This year we are honored to be affiliates to Asia’s Intuitive Plant Medicine Course so if you resonate with this course please check it out here: https://onewillowapothecaries.com/ref/rootsofimpactpodcastSupport the show

In this episode, we are interviewing Audrey Darrow, CEO and Owner of Righteously Raw Chocolates, who shares with us her breast cancer healing journey which started in 2006. After having surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation she started working at a Health Food Store in San Diego, California in order to get a 15% discount on healthy foods which she believed would help her to become cancer-free. Through her health journey, she started Righteously Raw Chocolates in 2007, a line of raw, organic chocolate desiring to create healthy food that was delicious and affordable. In July 2008 her daughter Jaymie passed away in a drowning accident. Instead of falling to negativity, she continued to draw on her energy as fuel to keep Righteously Raw moving forward. Audrey shares with us how she made it through breast cancer and the loss of her 20-year-old daughter, how food helped her heal herself, and explains how we always have the choice to change the dial from our negative thoughts to start creating a better life.  Support the show

Happy #EarthDay2020Owen Lindsay originally from Oregon shares with us his life journey with his wife Amber and his daughters in Nevada City California.Owen transitioned through being a DJ and a gardener to being a plant communicator and a medicine plant maker growing most of the plants that he and his wife use for the medicines they make.He grew up in the forests of Oregon where his father and grandfather were in the logging business.In the 60 and 70 logging was a way to earn a paycheck.His dad was his first plant teacher. Through long walks in the woods, his father taught him which plants were edible and which plants were poisonous.Mushroom finding was something that he became very attracted too.As a young man he was immersed in the DJ business in Portland, Oregon. It was for him a community service activity as he helped people have a night of fun. He also shared with us that as a DJ he could bring energy into the place.At the age of 22, meditating and repeating a kundalini mantra to a flowerpot, he had a very impressive experience. When opening his eyes he saw that the flower in the pot was transmitting a very high energy, he was connecting to the plant, its colors were brilliant and it was glowing. Then he went for a walk and the same experience happened while looking to other plants and trees. At that time he didn’t like very much the experience, he didn’t know how to internalize the information. Years later, he found out that there were herbalists like Asia Suler and others that were giving courses on plant communication. At that point, he understood the experience he had had many years ago and was very happy that he had found his tribe of plant communicators and that he was not alone. Owen shares with us that in the last few years he has been more proactive communicating with plants and listening to their messages and speaking up for them.To top it off here is gift from Owen, get your boogie on: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uJGdCWwSwF6sEUG9MGsHQ?si=xXrQax98ShC9Goh5346C8gSupport the show

Ellie Rome, Holistic Health Coach and Nutrition Counselor, Founder of Mindfulbellie, shares with us today her transformational journey of overcoming her sugar addiction and becoming a Health Coaching Practitioner.  She is a Chemical Engineer who became a certified Health Coach after recovering from an autoimmune thyroid condition, chronic fatigue, stubborn weight gain, sugar addiction, IBS, brain fog, acne eczema, and the list goes on.  In college, she started struggling with many health issues, like the ones mentioned above, so she decided to ask for help visiting 6 different conventional doctors. Not having found a solution for the root cause of her problem she visited a naturopath and discovered that her eating habits were one of the main drivers for her health disorders. It was then when she was tested for food sensitivities and discovered that she was sensitive to gluten, dairy, soy, and eggs and started a 3-month diet with no results. Finally, she decided to try again a dairy‐gluten free diet for 30 days, excluding sugar. This diet changed her world, “it was the first time in my life when I didn’t crave sugar which I really thought it was not humanly possible.” By the 30th day, all her symptoms were gone. These results were life changers for Ellie so she decided to dedicate her life to study nutrition and health disorders in-depth to help others with similar problems. Navigating her sugar addiction journey towards becoming a Holistic Health Coaching Practitioner has become her path.Support the show

Today we go all the way to Costa Rica where I have the privilege to interview my best friend which is also the co-host of this show, David Grillot.Dave is passionate about life. He moved to Costa Rica years ago to follow his dream of living a simple life connected to his community and Mother Earth.Dave is originally from Canada and holds a degree in physics from Texas A&M University. After University he travelled through the United States and Mexico, then worked in Uruguay managing a restaurant and finally worked as a free lance translator in Argentina. Some years later Dave moved to Costa Rica to follow his dreams and he currently works as an Environmental IT Consultant.Dave created Karma Tribe a generosity exchange platform to empower people to live independently of the economic system cycles. A global community of kind-hearted people who helped each other for free and believed in the power of kindness.Now he is the co-founder and co-creator of the ThankYouPlantMedicine movement with the mission of raising global awareness about the benefits of psychoactive Plant Medicines and their dramatic results and how they are invaluable tools for overcoming drug and alcohol addictions as well as deep-rooted emotional issues as depressions and PTSD. #ThankyouplantmedicineSupport the show

Today we are interviewing Julie Bray.Juls grew up in a small Texan town. She is M.A. Clinical Psychology, had a private practice working with those in crisis, before having her own crisis and running to heal her own soul. Juls is also a Biofeedback Therapist, a Tree Talker, Cannabis Shaman and Activist and she also is researching the healing effects of being around the beehives.Juls bought a one-way ticket to Samara, Costa Rica listening to that little girl inside who always wanted to be immersed in nature. She traveled often to Peru seeking unconventional healing in Plant Medicines.She published her first book The Year of the Frog which is her own journal full of meaning and healing. Juls details her account applying her therapeutic advice to her own life in an attempt to practice what she preaches after leaving her private practice during what she calls her “Midlife Awakening”.Juls also talks about the Bidirectional Healing Device, the “Bee hotels”. Through vibrations and air inhalation coming from the beehives you can reduce inflammation in your lungs, your brain and other parts of your body.Bees are an integral part of our ecosystems.Juls also shares the Teachings and her Plant Medicines journey.Support the show

Gina Solorzano (Mamaya) lives in the Tarn department in the South of France together with Kevin (Baba Bear) and their little daughter.She started her working path as a Veterinary Nurse focusing on alternative and holistic medicine for cats and dogs.Gina is also an artist, a doula, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a fierce lover of life.A severe accident of a close friend was a wake-up call and a turning point in her life.From that happened, she took a sabbatical time to take care of him and start a journey of self-discovery and inner growth.She travelled to India and met Baba Bear on a bus and the connection was instantaneous.She joined him in some of his travels, returned home for some working projects, and finally decided to travel with him to Mexico and Guatemala and founded a school. She then moved to the South of France where she created together with Baba Bear a Holistic Garden (Jardangle) a farm retreat center to help others be fully themselves.Gina’s main project amongst others is her platform called Lardette.com L’Art D’Etre, meaning the Art of Being. In this platform she expresses herself as an artist, an empowered woman, a creator of fun ideas, tasty recipes, sharing her interesting insights and tools and providing experiences that help live more blissfully.Support the show

Jenna Jasso, Mindfulness and Transformation Coach, Community Facilitator and Event Producer shares with us today her transformational journey. She walked away from her career of Mechanical Engineer to follow her heart’s call to a higher purpose. After a period of depression realizing that mechanical engineering was not her path she did some self inquiry and explorations traveling around the world, studying yoga, meditation, body healing and the power of the mind. She now teaches mindfulness and supports the transformation of people’s lives, their businesses and communities in Austin Texas. Since 2011 she is the founder of Love ATX, an initiative with a vision to evolve our culture into harmony with ourselves and the planet living Local, Healthy, Creative, Conscious and Sustainable. Jenna organizes and facilitates transformational group experiences which expand conscious awareness, awaken of self of purpose, compassion, encourage connection and empower individuals and groups to overcome the challenges of today.  In these group experiences she teaches yoga, energy healing, guided meditations and self healing tools. Jenna is also a Permaculture Designer, certified by Austin Permaculture Guild.Support the show

Charly Galdona originario de Uruguay, es un emprendedor desde su temprana edad y hoy nos habla sobre la importancia de lo que llama  “Actitud Ganadora”. Vive con su esposa y sus dos hijos en una ciudad pequeña cerca de Amsterdam en Holanda. Es Coach de Emprendedores, tiene una licenciatura en Negocios Internacionales y un Master en Imagineering & Business Innovation. Empezó su primer proyecto a los 15 anos en Montevideo Uruguay en un programa llamado Junior Achievement. Mas tarde con la ayuda de su padre y la complicidad de su abuelo creo su propio estudio de grabación y ensayos siendo este su primer emprendimiento propio. Su tercer emprendimiento fue la discoteca llamada Party Time, y luego la productora donde tuvo sus primeras experiencias de “high performance”.  Las exigencias para continuar con resultados de excelencia lo llevaron a tener un “burnt out” y tomar una pausa para recalibrar su vida. Cambio de destino físico hacia Holanda donde su mujer tuvo una nueva oportunidad laboral. Después de un periodo de pausa nació su primer libro, su Podcast y su nuevo emprendimiento de Coaching Empresarial llamado Actitud Ganadora. Charly Galdona nos habla sobre la resiliencia para continuar el camino. Nos habla de la importancia de la superación de las Creencias Limitantes creando y repitiendo nuevos hábitos. Como herramientas menciona la importancia de empezar el cambio HOY haciendo un Mind Map de nuestro presente, evaluando lo que nos da energía y lo que no, y de ahí diagramar otro con lo que queremos lograr. Que acción voy a hacer HOY para lograr lo que quiero.  Finaliza concluyendo que ser emprendedor no es para todos. Support the show