Balance Garden Podcast

For this summer solstice episode, we tap into the fiery passion of this peak solar energy as I speak with community activists Sophie Cowen (XR, Insulate Britain, Switch It Green) and Michelle Killington (Vinyl Memories, Artistic Development Programme)

A Spring Equinox to see us through this seasonal transition, exploring transformations of creativity, masculinity, love and grief. The artist, spiritual coach and creator of Cheza Roho - Mikel The Energy, joins Tiger Lily for a deep-dive conversation about his tools and guidance for spiritual health.

A summer solstice episode celebrating the warmth inside & out, through connection with nature, the self & each other. Featuring wellness practitioner Jasmine Pradhan, with special guest - food & tea as medicine facilitator & cook, Hannah Yu.

The Balance Garden podcast returns with a springtime special celebrating the resurgence of nature with special guest Sam Lee, talking about Singing with Nightingales and other unusual outdoor events.

E09 - Still Here, a summer solstice special, explores how we mark and value the passing of time. Tiger Lily has a chat with her father, Nick Manasseh, a musician, producer and DJ, about creativity, parenthood and changing seasons.

The myths that bind us. The podcast is back after a month off with some musings on mythology, psychology, and a conversation about mental health, mindfulness and music with rapper and musician, Dizraeli.

E07, In Between, explores the transitions happening inside and outside as we pass the Spring equinox & mark one year in lockdown. I discuss paths through creativity, womanhood & mental health with singer, music industry counsellor and mother, Denise Sherwood.

In E06 we're musing over what love is, like Biophilia (love of nature), about which I talk to leading sustainable architect and interior designer, Oliver Heath, after digging into some of the layers that have built on beliefs about love over the centuries

In E05, ‘Up Hill', we ask what it means to take care of ourselves inside & outside this January - a month traditionally associated with new resolutions & regimes. We talk to yoga teacher Elle Daniels & hear a poem by Theresa Giffard, ‘Self Portrait'.

The last episode of the year, E04 looks back on 2020 & forwards to 2021, exploring what winter solstice celebrations might mean across time, place & purpose, & reflecting on the challenges & learnings from this year with writer, speaker, entrepreneur and futurist, Ed Gillespie.

In episode 3 of the Balance Garden podcast, Coming Home, explores ideas around migration, home and the crossroads in between. We're chatting with award-winning wildlife film-maker, Nina Constable, about how she came to work with the first beavers living in Cornwall for 400 years, and we hear what Thanksgiving means to Syracuse 5th District Councillor and musician, Joe Driscoll.

In episode 2 of the Balance Garden podcast, Blue moon, we explore the passing of time and days of the dead that are celebrated around the world this month, against the backdrop of a blue moon. We hear the story of Skeleton Woman, as told by the Embers Collective, and have a chat with the musician Cosmo Sheldrake, about the animal and musician maybe most associated with the dead - the owl.

Welcome to the first episode of the Balance Garden podcast! The podcast arrives with the equinox, as we ask what the transition between summer and winter might mean outside, on the land and in our communities, and inside, for us individually and collectively. Producers Tiger Lily Raphael and Jasmine Pradhan will be discussing the ideas behind the podcast, talking to Tom Mettier from Haddon Copse Farm, and looking at the stories and traditions around this time, including Jewish New Year, with special guest Melissa Raphael, a Professor of Theology and Modern Jewish Thought, sharing her thoughts on the month of ‘Elul'.