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An exploration of the simple, complex and everyday ways that yoga shows up in our minds, bodies and world.
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The Australian Psychedelic Society hosts integration circles, book clubs, film screenings and panels across Australia. We hope that in creating communities across Australia we can better advocate for the decriminalisation of psychedelics and break stigmas associated with psychedelic use. By creating a cohesive network, it is hoped that changes in drug policy, education and use will be established based on evidence-based information, rather than fear-based misinformation.
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Chara Caruthers is a skilled facilitator with decades of personal and professional practice as an educator, therapist and lifestyle medicine practitioner working with groups and individuals. Her life and work is grounded in eastern spiritual traditions, ancient and indigenous wisdom and modern science and philosophy. She holds a professional certif…
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Dr Alana (Lani) Roy is the Founder of The Signs of Life Psychology. She is a psychologist, social worker, and therapist and has spent the last 15 years working in mental health, suicide prevention, trauma, sexual abuse, family violence, and the disability sector. Lani is an Associate Research Fellow for Swinburne University and Founding Board Membe…
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EP51 - Transformation through Movement with Michelle Boulé
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Have you ever thought about the role that the body plays in… prosperity? In this fun meeting of the minds, Chara and Michelle Boulé discuss what has led Michelle to where she is today. With Michelle being a dancer, Chara was curious about the connections between how she moves, lives in her body, how she is in the world, and how that translates to h…
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Dr. Nigel Strauss, an Australian psychiatrist for over 40 years, has a special interest in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. He is an Honorary Research Fellow within Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, and he also holds Honorary positions at Swinburne University Melbourne, and as a Senior Consultant with St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. He…
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EP50 - Following Your Path with Julie Smerdon
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Who doesn’t love a story of embracing change and seeing where it will take you? In this conversation between Chara and long-time yoga teacher, trainer and mentor Julie Smerdon, we hear the story of how Julie came to yoga, or how yoga came to her. It’s one of the more colorful and beautiful stories of how yoga can genuinely change lives and it’s ful…
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EP49 - Mental Health + Yoga with Dr. Lauren Tober
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What are the most important synergies between yoga and psychology? Chara speaks with Dr. Lauren Tober about her evolution as a yoga teacher and psychologist and how that has been informed by the ways that yoga and modern-day psychology have slowly moved toward each other over the course of the last couple of decades. We explore why and how yoga is …
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EP48 - Active Peace Yoga with Reggie Hubbard
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The honest, fresh and activating energy of Reggie Hubbard shines through as he speaks with Chara about his passion for yoga, politics and activism. They dive into his background, ambitions and what motivates him. Reggie started Active Peace Yoga with a mission to make the practice of yoga and living the yogic lifestyle more accessible to all - rega…
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EP47 - Embracing the Experience of Living with Bronnie Ware
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Bronnie Ware shares with Chara some beautiful and inspiring lessons she has experienced. She has walked through life with her eyes and heart wide open and has generously shared the lessons of living and dying in her books, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Your Year for Change, and Bloom. Dig into this episode and embrace the richness found in liv…
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EP46 - The Yoga Sutras and Knowing Yourself with David Charlton & Ranju Roy
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Chara speaks with David Charlton and Ranju Roy to dig into some deep questions about life. They look at the many fibers that make up who we are in this moment and what the process looks like in getting to know yourself. They discuss the struggles and pitfalls that come up and the overall beauty within the gift of knowing yourself. Resources Embodyi…
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EP45 - What Does it Mean to Live Like You Love Yourself
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A diving off point for a deeper inquiry into the practice of Living Like You Love Yourself. What are the life challenges that keep us from holding ourselves in more sacred, informed and loving ways? What is our relationship with the concept of self love and how does that bleed into our actions with ourselves and the world? In this episode we explor…
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Eternity Hausen & Meg Wilson- Enlighten Mental Health
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In this episode listen to the delightful rain-scape of Nick Wallis (APS co-founder) in Melbourne while our APS Vice-President Antanika Hoberg talks to the CEO of Enlighten Mental Health, Eternity Hausen and Clinical Counsellor Meg Wilson about the recent changes to Decriminalisation legislation in ACT. They discuss the importance of harm reduction …
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EP44 - The Nature of Consciousness with Michael de Manincor
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A deep dive into the nature of consciousness, supported by the yoga sutras and our experience of everyday life! Michael de Manincor returns to the podcast to share wisdom and insights into the most challenging questions of our existence. In this brilliant conversation we wonder about unanswerable questions and how asking them can change who and how…
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EP43 - Waking up with Yoga Nidra: A Conversation with John Vosler
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What if the most powerful tool for waking up is sleep itself? Chara and Lucy chat with Lucy's dear friend, John Vosler, holistic wellness educator, conscious coach and yoga nidra guide and deeply wise soul about his practice of Yoga Nidra “Yogic sleep” and its potential to transform the way we relate to ourselves and the world around us. John Vosle…
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University, Monica Barratt sits down with our VP Antanika Hoberg to explore the potentials of psychedelics and motherhood. Is pregnancy a psychedelic experience in itself? How does the body prepare us for parenthood and can psychedelic experiences integrate maternal/paternal wisdom? For more informat…
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EP42 - Moving Beyond Borders with Maya Breuer
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Lucy and Chara are joined by Maya Breuer, to talk about the shape and future of yoga as a tool for connection across and within cultures. Maya shares the story of the creation of the retreat for women of color and how she sees yoga alliance expanding its focus and reach to better include and support its diverse membership and ever-broadening reach.…
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For the past few decades we have been humming along to the many hits from this music veteran, but did you know that Ben is also well versed and experienced in the world of not only Psychedelics, but indigenous-shamanic ritual and activism? In this premiere episode of the Australian Psychedelic Podcast, our very own Nick Wallis discusses the current…
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EP41 - Finding Our Way Home with Jana Long
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Chara and Lucy connect with Jana Long, the founder and executive director of Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, in an exploration of the stories that define who we are and provide a foundation for who we can be. We get a look into a life touched by 50 years of yoga practice and we get a sense for why Yoga Journal named Jana one of it’s Game Changers! Re…
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EP40 - A Meditation on Pain with Marlysa Sullivan
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What is pain and how can the tools of yoga and yoga therapy best acknowledge, manage and heal the complex experience of those living with it on a daily basis? Lucy and Chara speak with Yoga therapist, researcher and author Marlysa Sullivan about her work in Yoga therapy and pain management and how yoga provides a holistic lens for understanding and…
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EP39 - Jacoby Ballard and the Art of Embodying Compassion
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Who could you be if you knew that just by loving yourself you could change the world? Chara and Lucy speak with yoga teacher, social justice educator and author Jacoby Ballard about the beauty, power, and challenges of making a difference in the world by starting from within. They discuss Jacoby’s new book and his path as a queer activist, educator…
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EP38 - On Yoga and Body Image with Janet Lowndes
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How can yoga support us in improving our relationship with our bodies? This was the question that we explored with psychologist and yoga therapist Janet Lowndes, a dear friend of Lucy’s and a woman who is doing amazing things in the world. Her Melbourne, Australia based practice assists people with eating disorders and body image challenges. So we …
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Touching base to let you know what’s coming up in Season 2 and to introduce you to my guest Co-host for the season! Resources & Mentions Elements of Yoga Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers Course The Center for Holding Space - Foundation Program Yoga CommunicationBy Chara Caruthers
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EP 37: The Art & Science of Finding Yourself [SEASON 1 FINALE]
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How to find yourself is a question that new age self help… and yoga, to some degree, have made infamous. But it's a journey that all of us are consciously or unconsciously engaged in every day. In this final episode of season one of the podcast, Maria and Chara unpack the principles and particulars of self seeking. What does it really mean? What do…
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EP36 - The Pelvic floor and so much more with Shannon Crow
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What do we all need to know as human beings walking around on this earth with a pelvis? What are some of the misconceptions around what the pelvic floor is, how it supports and impacts our experience of living and how to keep it (and us) healthy In this penultimate episode of Season 1 of the Live Like You Love Yourself podcast, Chara and Maria spea…
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EP35 - Saying Hello and Goodbye to Maria Kirsten
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A beautiful moment of connection and introduction. Saved from an earlier start at the podcast, this unpublished conversation was one of the first recorded conversations we ever had. It was a “first meeting” on air and has turned out to be a sweet goodbye to a beautiful friend. Chara interviews Maria about her life, her discovery of yoga and what sh…
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EP34 - Michael de Manincor and the Yoga of being in community
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What is the role of yoga in times like these? Who must we be as practitioners to experience its full potential and ours as well? How can we characterize the dance that yoga and modern science are currently engaged in, and what are the potential pitfalls and windfalls of this pairing? What does the world need from yoga teachers right now? These are …
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EP 33 - What does the world need from yoga (and yoga teachers) right now...?
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A candid conversation with Maria and Chara about the challenges of living and how our yoga can serve us when aspects of life (like Covid and cancer) take us by surprise. The conversation started as an inquiry into what the world needs from yoga right now. Our answer came through the lens of our own current struggles and hopes for the future. Resour…
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EP32 - The Path to Wellbeing with Fleur Marks
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What do you do when the physical and financial foundation you’ve been building all your life starts to crumble? What is the process for coming to terms with the reality that you’ll never be disease free? What goes through the mind of someone who has lost everything and gained themselves in the process? And what does it look like to discover your tr…
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EP31 - Getting to the truth of life, yoga & meditation with Caitlin Cady
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What is meditation supposed to look like? How are meditation and yoga supposed to serve us in our lives? What happens when reality messes with our stories about how things are supposed to be? We dive into these questions and so much more with the amazing Caitlin Cady author of Heavily Meditated and self professed Meditation Junkie, who’s used the p…
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