Nigel Dawes has been practicing and teaching East Asian Medicine for 35 years. He lived and studied in Japan for 5 years followed by hospital internships in China in the 1980’s. Prior to moving to the United States, he founded the London College of Shiatsu in 1987, and in addition to acting as director and lead instructor, began lecturing at various Oriental Medicine (OM) schools in England, France, Israel and the U.S. Since 1994, New York City has been his home, where he has continued his invol...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Bio: Amy Edelstein, educator, author, and public speaker is a powerful communicator of ideas and beliefs that can help us transform ourselves and the culture we live in. In 2014, she founded Inner Strength Education, a non-profit organization that has empowered 15,000 Philadelphia high school students in mindfulness and systems thinking and 1,400 Philadelphia teachers in self-care strategies. Inner Strength received the coveted Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)-rec...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Bio: Noor Kyle George has been meandering a Sufi-esque path for over a decade and, along the way, somehow grew into a teacher in spite of herself when her teacher invited her to do so. She is a co-founder and co-faciliator of The Nine-Sided Circle, a mostly-virtual, no-mystery school in which the wisdoms of esoteric traditions and members’ life experiences are drawn upon in support of the pursuit of human adulthood and conscious Awakening. She co-hosts live public talks via Zoom every week -- an...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Bio: Tyson is Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Studies at Deakon University in Victoria, Australia. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=59079037 Contact: theapricotjam@gmail.com
Jun 05, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Bio: Dr. G. William Barnard , (B.A. Antioch University; M.A. Temple University; Ph.D. University of Chicago) is a Professor of Religious Studies, as well as a University Distinguished Teaching Professor. His primary areas of research interests are the comparative philosophy of mysticism, contemporary spirituality, religion and healing, and consciousness studies. Professor Barnard’s new book Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Visions and Embodying Divinity in the Santo Daime Religious Tradition , on a syncr...
May 29, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Bio: Tom Bisio began his study of the martial arts at age 14, achieving a Black Belt in Isshin Kempo. He later trained in the Filipino Martial arts for many years before going on study to Chinese medicine and internal martial arts. Tom made numerous trips to China and South East Asia where he studied both medicine and martial arts with many different masters. Tom has taught martial arts since 1979. During that time, he apprenticed with Chinese herbalists and experts in acupuncture, qi gong, Chin...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Bio: Bonnie is an integral process philosopher and Daoist Horse Whisperer. She hosts collective insight retreats at her home/farm, Alderlore Insight Center, and teaches a Master's course in Consciousness Studies and Transpersonal Psychology at The Graduate Institute, is an associate editor of Integral Review and an associate at Perspectiva. What daily practice do you currently find most nourishing? In terms of "formal practice" I do a breath practice slow and deep (3 breaths per minute) I also d...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Who is Amashé Etz Alon? I am first and foremost a human being. Born in Northern Florida, and grown as a teenager in Southern California, I was raised with deep Jewish roots, and connectivity with the African American and Native American communities where I lived. I was also in the front wave of gender spectrum children daring to live openly, having expressed my Intersex/Intergendered nature from age four and becoming as an adult, one of the first Non-Binary Transgender rabbis of the Jewish peopl...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Welcome to the Apricot Jam! Join Chinese medicine practitioners Taran Rosenthal and Lukas Wolf as we explore interdependence and consciousness through conversational jazz. In each episode, we chat with interesting guests, riff on ideas, and see where the changes take us. We never know what will emerge from these long-form improvisations, but we often brush up against the intersections of art, movement, medicine, philosophy, and spirituality. We hope you enjoy the jam sessions! https://www.patreo...
Apr 29, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Brad Kershner is a school leader and independent scholar, and the author of Understanding Educational Complexity (available from amazon and Brill ). His research, teaching, and writing cover a wide range of interdependent topics, including education, leadership, parenting, race, technology, metamodernism, integral theory, meditation, complexity, and developmental psychology. Some of his public lectures are available on YouTube. You can learn more about his work and access recordings of his guide...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 2
