In this episode, I joined Paul of The Paul's Body Engineering Podcast, where I shared practices and learning on sustainable organic growing, overcoming the lockdown period and establishing our Shambhala Food Growing Course.
In this episode, we're gonna discuss, how to increase the yield in your vegetable garden to the few simple tricks...
" The ancient knew something, which we seem to have forgotten ", " The more I learn of physics, the more I'm drawn to metaphysics ", " One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike. We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden, of which we are unaware ”. These are some quotes from Albert Einstein and in ...
In this episode, we're going to talk about the cycles of nature and how to understand the cycles of nature, that it can be so much easier to grow food and abundance and health for your family...
In this episode, we explore growing with nature and living as part of nature. First, we look at what is nature? What is the biosphere? What is an ecosystem? We explore the sun and it's role in this amazing phenomenon called nature. We also look at the role of the moon and how that has an affect on not only the tides but the water in all of life including us as a humans, and the plant life, and the soil life...
We've all heard of the word "prepping". Prepping often brings to mind bunkers and doomsday ideas, but actually prepping is just simple, smart, it makes sense, that's what our parents' used to do, having our food storage on hand. So in this episode, we're gonna talk about what are the things you would want to have on hand if there's time of disruptions...
In this episode, I'm going to share the time that I was in Nepal, searching for Shambala and I found myself in a Buddhist monastery facing my death. It was 2008, I had Isaiah, I had a one year old. I was living in Shambala, one that I call it and I had an opportunity to go to Nepal. I already had an experience with the concept of Shambala. I'd read a few different books and perspectives, and I was in love with this concept, this magical way of living this place that we could potentially visit in...
This episode is all about turning our biggest waste into our most precious resource. Humanure is basically the science behind composting toilets. A compost toilet requires no water, plumbing, pipes, vents, drains, electricity, or urine separation. It's a toilet that makes gardens. It's designed to collect toilet material for composting in a separate location. This 11 minute video provides a brief overview on the toilet and the processes. You can read the whole book in our course library for free...
This episode was recorded on Father’s Day 2021. I reconnected to the 3 times I witnessed my children being born. I realised how that birthed my deepest journey so far in a quest to provide them the healthiest life possible. I found the best way to nurture their health and future was by nourishing the soil and plant life that provided them with the best food and natural life possible. My life as a regenerative food gardener was born. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/...
In this episode I share the final days before the launch of our recent Shambhala online 12 Week Food Growing Course and some of the stories about this. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this episode I share a meditation I had 2 decades ago when holding a piece of meteorite. I was with a good friend Paul Barnet and we were at the time doing a year long meditation and energy healing course. I sat in meditation this particular night and went deep inside to another plane of existence. It felt like it wasn’t so much a planet like I call it in the episode but more a level of existence within my own heart. Another plane of existence that my higher self was existing upon or within. ...
This episode explores the amazing work of Syntropic food forests and how we can work with nature to regenerate the land and grow food. I share my story of seeing this practice for the first time in a video called ‘Life in Syntropy’ https://youtu.be/gSPNRu4ZPvE I believe this way of working with the land is the most important way we can regenerate our connection to this planet.
In this episode I share ways to sow the seeds of change in the soil, the garden, our hearts and our life. I discuss why it’s so important to become a gardener and a guardian of the seeds of diversity. Now more than ever before the Earth is calling us to wake up and plant seeds of change. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
When planning a vegetable garden it’s all too easy to jump in with both feet and try to grow as much as possible in the first year. Many experienced gardeners will tell you that this is just setting yourself up for disappointment as the amount to learn, maintain and weed can quickly become overwhelming. Wholistic garden design is a set of design principles centred on whole systems thinking, utilizing the patterns observed in natural ecosystems. Holistic Garden Design Before you even begin to thi...
I share an idea to bring the ‘The magic of food growing’ to an online live audience. I had a conversation with my sister Leanne about how much her little girl loves eating the fresh snap peas from the garden. She asked about me putting on a little garden show online for her daughters day care as they have a garden there. They are all still in lockdown where they live in Sydney. So after that conversation that inspired this episode to share it into creation. A magic and food growing show live on ...
In this episode I share the Desiderata, a powerful poem and message that was on the wall of the kwoon (our Kung Fu training space) and I would read it often during the time I was training for my black belt. It was a foundational message for my life and reading it again all these years later I still find it just as powerful. I hope you get something of value from this message. Desiderata: GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible...
In this episode I tell the story of how a rare chance meeting I had with a native tribe in Costa Rica saved my life. I share the journey from my lowest point when my world came crashing down and how a transformational journey in the jungle ignited a passion for living in harmony with the Earth. After being on this 3 month pilgrimage I came back to the farm inspired to grow food forests and dive into the practice of Syntropic growing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving...
This episode is part 2 of the interview with Chrissy. We talk about what lights Chrissy up, how to connect back to your heart compass and navigate through these challenging times with a peaceful and joyful heart. You can find more about Chrissy on Instagram under @tinyyogi and you can listen to her podcast here https://open.spotify.com/show/7tpKBrq06FqAo6zq9iFNlY?si=Azc0X5m7S7uQEMzGwpgflA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this special episode I share the first interview of the Shambhala Living podcast. This late night chat by the fire with the co founder of Shambhala Living and my loving wife and the mother of our baby girl Birdie Skye. Chrissy talks about her journey from the U.S. to Brisbane and her love of yoga, movement and music. We talk about meeting in Bali and coming back to Shambhala Farm inspired to build the Yoga Shala. Chrissy shares how she lives with her heart wide open, and trusting in her heart...
In this Episode I share the story of waking up in the middle of the night with the light manifesto epiphany. The story is in the episode and the manifesto is here: Shambhala Living Manifesto: I am light in form and in motion as the dance of a flame upon the backdrop of time. My breath is the wind, my body the earth, The ancient ways flow through my veins, Like rivers flow from the nourishing rains, I am the mountaintop and the valley below, I know the ways of the trees, the soil, the flowers and...
In this episode I share a vision for a new future. A sustainable future where we as humans are living in balance with the Earth. A green and abundant future that supports the diversity of all life on this planet to thrive. We can be part of the solution to making this vision come to fruition. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this episode I share a message from a Hopi Indian and I explore the concept of Deep Ecology. A way of looking at the Earth and moving from a human centric to an eco centric. Deep Ecology teaches us the current way of seeing humans as the dominant species is imbalanced and doomed for failure, deep ecology is about seeing our species as part of the web of life. This concept was resonated during a recent message I received from a Hopi Indian elder. He talked about their own ancient prophecy that...
The Shambhala Prophecy talks about a time when the Earth is plunged into darkness! It is then the Shambhala Warriors emerge. Shambhala, which is a Sanskrit word meaning “place of peace” or “place of silence”, is a mythical paradise spoken of in ancient texts, including the Kalachakra Tantra and the ancient scriptures which predated Tibetan Buddhism in western Tibet. Shambhala is said to be the land of a thousand names. It has been called the Forbidden Land, the Land of White Waters, Land of Radi...
This episode I share the main benefits why to start a garden and also how to first begin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
This episode explores how we can navigate through the collective anxiety and return to our energy centre. There is a storm coming and changes are coming and we can respond so that we can have calmness in the middle of the storm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this episode I share my experience after watching the documentary Fantastic Fungi that is currently available on Netflix. Directed by Louie Schwartzberg and featuring Paul Stamet. Fungi is the most foundational source of life on the planet. https://youtu.be/bxABOiay6oA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this episode I share some of the failures and successes as we started Shambhala Farm. We lost many crops and almost got wiped out from floods taking over our crops and ducks eating thousands of plants in one night. Come along for the journey as we discovered what worked and what didn’t. As we learn from the greatest teacher of all, ‘nature’ to find, test and implement the regenerative methods that we now call the Shambhala growing method. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambha...
In this episode I go on a rant about it’s to wake up and start your garden and take back control of your food, your health and your life. It’s time to start your garden. I can be your coach to get started but I need you to get started. Find out more on our blog page at www.Shambhalafarm.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this Episode I share the story of when I met my farming mentor Jim Hunt and how it change the direction of my life. I had been practicing self sufficiency and after seeing his farm for the first time I moved from Self Sufficiency to Community Sufficiency. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
In this episode I share the story that took me from Sydney to Shambhala and how life has our best interest in mind if only we let go of the need to control the outcome all of the time. I had a very different life planned in my mind and life had a better version that was more aligned with my hearts yearning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message
