Ram Dass is among the world’s most influential spiritual teachers and kicking off season two is an interview from India recorded with someone who had an amazing awakening experience meeting Ram Dass.
Whilst staying at Amritapuri Ashram in Kerala, the home of spiritual leader and humanitarian Amma, I met a devotee named Madova. In 1973 he met Ram Dass and experienced a one to one awakening process and he recounts what happened in this interview.
Ram Dass, who died in 2019, famously experimented with psychedelics in the 1960s whilst being a psychologist at Harvard and later Stanford universities. He wrote many best-selling spiritual books based upon his experiences travelling India and meeting his guru Neem Karoli Baba.
In his book about living the Bhagavad Gita titled ‘Paths To God’, Ram Dass wrote about the ‘process’ which Madova experienced for himself.
How do you really feel about your mother? Was she a loving role model? Is she emotionally present? Did she guide and support you emotionally as you grew up in the family home?
Like it or not, our parents wound us and give us conditioning and issues to work through. For most people, their mother is the strongest influence during the early years of life and likely to have been the source of the most conditioning. Often it is the mother’s presence that sets the tone of the household.
To bring awareness into this difficult subject I invited my life partner Christine Robinson to have a conversation about recognising our mother wounds. She is a Heart-Centred Life Coach working mainly with women which allows her to have a deep understanding of this area of life.
She also experienced a difficult childhood and relationship with her own mother which she is able to reference during this frank and open conversation.
During the podcast Christine recommended a helpful book on this subject:
The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to recognise and heal the invisible effects of childhood emotional neglect. It’s author is Jasmin Lee Cori
You can connect with Christine on Instagram @christinerobinsoncoaching
My personal journey into exploring my father wounds brought me into contact with the unique talent that is Scott Grace, author of Mindful Masculinity: A Book for Men and the Women Who Love Them.
Scott Grace is a much sought-after singer, speaker, workshop leader, life coach and stand-up comedian (who used to open for Robin Williams and Dana Carvey). He rose to prominence opening for rock star authors and personal growth celebrities such as Deepak Chopra, Louise Hay, Ram Dass and Byron Katie.
Scott’s book tackles overcoming the innate driving desire to live up to dad’s or one’s own expectations, the addiction to not feeling, transforming the inner critic, becoming aware of the fear of fear, transcending the compulsion to fix things for a romantic partner, grieving lost ideals and painful experiences, releasing the hold the ego has over heart, letting go of anger and rage self-or-other-inflicted, and much more.
Our 45-minute or so conversation covers many things including the nature of masculine love, how we over compensate, grief and shame in relationships and parenting offspring and ourselves.
He’s probably the most entertaining guest I have had yet on the podcast and our chat also includes a song written to and from his mother and a brilliant improvised poem.
To hear the song again please use this link:
During the interview Scott referenced a poem by Kahlil Gibran titled ‘On Children’ which you can read in full here:
https://poets.org/poem/children-1
To connect with Scott and his work please visit his website here:
On YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@scottgrace
You can find him on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/scottkgrace/
My search for more information about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) led me into this conversation with multi-disciplinary therapist Richard Osterfield from London, UK.
He has been working with people suffering this condition for most of his adult life due to growing up in a military family.
An expert in this field, Richard developed a new treatment technique with Nottingham University and has also explored many different holistic approaches to treatment of PTSD.
In this podcast we cover the nature of PTSD and why many conventional treatments fall short of a cure.
Richard gives helpful signposts for self-diagnosis and what to look for in people who may be subject to PTSD.
He also gives an insight into how he works with his clients using VortexHealing® tools.
For more information about Richard please visit his website elitesuccessclinic
NOTE TO THERAPISTS: A video from Richard explaining how to help clients with PTSD is available upon request. Please email me at simon@anamcaraenergyhealing.com
Father Wounds most often occur when our father is either emotionally or physically absent, super critical or mentally/physically abusive.
This may lead to both anxiety and confusion in the son or daughter and cause issues with how they relate to men. A father’s influence also has a big effect on the understanding of masculinity in both genders.
This subject is deeply personal for presenter Simon North, who tells of journey exploring his own father wounds and how it became the basis for this episode.
His guest is Sam Adams from First Men, an organisation specialising in helping men with understanding the impact of both father and mother wounds.
During this insightful conversation Sam rhetorically poses the big question ‘What does it mean for me to be man?’. His answer is fascinating.
His work is dedicated to guiding men into finding a healthy masculinity through group sessions often in nature.
For more information about First Men’s programme please visit its website or link up via social media:
https://www.instagram.com/firstmen.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/firstmen.co.uk
https://www.youtube.com/@FirstMenUK
Awakening, Egypt’s secrets, extraterrestrial technology, sacred geometry and a unique healing art are all at the heart of this fascinating episode.
Star Magic Healing’s Jerry Sergeant is a transformational frequency healer who’s life was turned on its head after a car crash triggered a spiritual awakening experience.
He talks informatively about his experiences and how he was guided to create a healing art. He recounts his own transformational journey inside the King’s Chamber at the Giza Plateau and some of the incredible healing stories his clients have experienced through Star Magic Healing.
On his website you will find some free meditations and other things you can engage with as described in the podcast.
https://www.starmagichealing.org/
There is also much to discover on his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@StarMagicHealing
On social media you can find Star Magic Healing here:
https://www.facebook.com/starmagichealing/
https://www.instagram.com. @sargeantjerry
Authors and Tantric Practice Teachers Dr Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver have helped thousands of couples and singles create lasting intimacy and fulfilment in their life and relationships. So, I invited them to join me for a discussion about sexual energy and sexual enlightenment.
We take a whole new look at the energy created during intimacy and ways to use it to open consciousness. This includes looking at the importance of ‘conscious breath’ in this context - there is a short breath-work session in the podcast.
Elsbeth and Freddy run TantraNova and as well as being business partners are husband and wife residing in Chicago.
FREE GIFT FOR LISTENERS ONLY:
Introduction to Sexual Meditation - Video Class
Learn distinctions and practices of Sexual Meditation to access and channel your creative spark
https://tantranova.lpages.co/introduction-to-sexual-meditation/
LINKS TO THEIR BOOKS
Sexual Enlightenment book in hard copy and audio on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452585431
The Social Sexual Power of Infinity Flow in e-book
https://www.tantranova.com/global/humanrelationshipmastery/
LINKS TO CONTACT OR FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR WORK:
TantraNova website to find out about TantraNova workshops and programs
Sexual Enlightenment book in hard copy and audio format
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452585431
Social Media Info:
https://www.facebook.com/TantraNova/
https://www.instagram.com/tantranova_institute/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKincrF-VHfsabcIvsbQEhQ/videos
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452585431
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsbethmeuth/
Sinead Duffy is a non-prescriptive Consciousness Coach working with essential oils in an exciting and innovative way.
Our interview covers many interesting areas connected to plant consciousness and how to access it for healing. She explains how and why plant essences work so well with humans through instant interaction with the limbic brain - the part which handles emotions.
She explains how essential oils work both vibrationally and bio-chemically but also goes into the fascinating way plant wisdom knows where to go in humans to manifest healing and restore harmony.
We also clear up the definition of Plant Medicine.
During the conversation Sinead refers to a definitive book about touch by Ashley Montagu:
To find out more about Sinead’s online course please click here:
This link will take you to her Award-winning wellness oils for mood and mind: yogandha.com
Social media:
@theconsciousness.coach
@yogangha_wellbeing
A secular meditation sign posting listeners to a special place in the heart, where you can feel safe and secure.
Simon introduces this episode with a personal story about overcoming his survival issues and explains why people often feel unsafe in the world today.
From the moment of separation at birth, we are constantly looking for a safe place. When this is no longer provided for us by our parents or if there is a family trauma that interferes with the nurturing process we actively seek a safe haven.
Often we look for someone else to provide this safe place for us, usually in our relationships, but this can put a huge strain on us and the other person.
Ultimately, we have to find our own secure place and no longer rely on others.
Meditating in the spiritual heart is a helpful support for this journey of self enquiry and particularly useful during times of anxiety, low mood, constant worry and depression.
Low mood, excessive worrying, anxiety and depression are the result of our Survival Issues getting the better of us. The majority of Survival Issues are stored in the Root Chakra and Second Chakra and this guided meditation shows you how to work on clearing them using the power of universal love.
The meditation asks you to welcome feelings of low mood, worry, anxiety and depression as old friends, which is a healing technique designed to change the way your mind attaches itself to Survival Issues.
By finding love in your heart and sending it to heal Survival Issues in either the Root or second chakras, you can start moving them away from being centre stage in your energy system.
Any movement of Survival Issues in your energy body allows you to physically relax and gain a renewed sense of freedom.
This episode is dedicated to giving you a new perspective of the meaning of love.
It takes us away from seeing love as a personal possession and into an understanding of love as a universal form.
Listening will move you into an intimate conversation with your heart where you will find the light of Divine energy residing within.
Simon's blog explains more Understanding Love
Author and researcher Dr Dawson Church recently published a ground-breaking book about meditation called 'Bliss Brain' making him the ideal guest to talk about meditation.
We launched in the big question from the start. Is meditation a spiritual practice or simply brain training? Dawson had much to say in answering this core question.
We then talked about what happens to the brain during meditation and Dawson outlined his unique stack of seven mind and body techniques found in his popular 'EcoMeditation' guided practice.
Here are the links talked about during the podcast:
https://eftuniverse.com/ecomeditation/ for the EcoMeditation recordings
https://eftuniverse.com/free-gift-from-dawson/ for the immune system version.
The magical and somewhat mysterious Yew tree is known to help support us through the grieving journey. Simon talks about this healing aspect of Yew and its ancient connection to the creation cycle.
Yew is also synonymous with Winter Solstice as it acts a a still-point in the forest, very much like the celestial pause the sun appears to make around the shortest day of the year.
Recorded live in ancient woodland for authenticity, meaning it includes all the natural and unnatural sounds found in the landscape.
An in-depth exploration of energy medicine with author and practitioner Ellen Meredith as her new book 'Your Body Will Show You The Way: Energy Medicine for Personal and Global Change' is published.
Having worked with over 10,000 clients, Ellen is vastly experienced and therefore well-placed to write a book on energy healing.
She takes the view all of us can have an impact on our own healing. Her book offers readers unique tools to activate your inner guidance system and use it to gain a better understanding of your energy.
To buy a copy please visit New World Library 'Your Body Will Show You The Way' or visit the author's website Ellen Meredith
Simon explains why Autumn is the traditional time of the year to connect to your ancestors and why this is a helpful practice.
Created to coincide with outdoor ceremonies, this episode takes you on a journey to your internal ancestral land.
It includes practical tools and a guided meditation explaining how to use your navel to make a profound ancestral connection.
The intention is for listeners to build it into a practice of creating an altar space for ancestors and using it to ask for wisdom and guidance.
This is particularly helpful when going through the grieving process.
More about ancestral connection and healing can be found at anamcaraenergyhealing.com
Gaia is the living consciousness of planet Earth and this meditation will help you develop a deep sense of your intrinsic Gaia-self.
It will help you to create for yourself a heartfelt sense of Gaia and bring an honouring of the Earth's energy into your self-care practice.
“Having a strong sense of Gaia as a part of your energy system is vital for both Grounding and Earthing your emotional charge. This special meditation will help you release anxiety and feeling depleted leaving you restored and rejuvenated”, Simon commented.
Elder is among the most ancient trees of the United Kingdom, having been traced back 1.5 million years. She brings unparalleled wisdom and aspects of transformation and protection to our consciousness.
This recording in the forest was made a few days before Autumn Equinox so it can be used in conjunction with your ceremonies and rituals.
Simon talks about the mythology of Elder and what the tree means to him personally. This is followed by a 10-minute period without narration for your own meditation with Elder. There is a call back chime at the end.
A Grounding Cord is your vital energetic connection with the Earth and this meditation helps you to reconnect to it.
Just like electrical devices need an Earth connection to order to function, the same is true for the human energy field. Often in modern life this essential pathway into the ground beneath our feet is weak, damaged or completely lost. When this happens we can feel disconnected from the world, lonely or isolated as emotional charge starts to build and has safely nowhere to go.
Without a strong grounding cord our emotional charge becomes stored in the body, sometimes this manifests as pain or an intense feeling of stress. It can also lead to problems falling asleep or staying asleep throughout the night.
Simon talks through the aspects of your grounding cord and guides you to find it in the body then connect to the Earth.
It is recommended a grounding or earthing meditation becomes a regular part of your self-care practice.
The first of five evergreens in the series, Holly embodies love and passion. Its mythological quality of connection to immortality also brings in the aspect of unconditional love.
Although strongly associated with winter, Holly arrives in the Ogham calendar in May reflecting its connection to the path of the sun through the wheel of the year.
Holly grows in a very protective way, both for itself with its prickly lower leaves and by entwining itself close to other trees. This characteristic led ancient people to consider Holly as a protective spirit, which is why it is used to decorate home and hearth in winter.
The five evergreens in the Ogham is symbolised by the pentagram magical protection symbol.
This meditation was recorded inside a huge grove of Holly in Bradenham Woods, near West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and includes the sounds of nature.
In the fifth episode in this Tree Meditation Series, Simon goes to Ladywell a sacred grove of trees beside an ancient well in West Oxfordshire.
He tells us about a personal journey he made with Oak in 2020 when the world was seemingly falling apart and explains how its symbolic qualities of strength and endurance helped him to change his life.
Meditation with Oak is recommended when you face a difficult decision or need support in making hard life choices.
This episode was recorded on a windy day in mid May and the sound of the wind rushing through the ancient Oak tree is all part of the natural atmosphere Simon loves to create making this podcast.
