Galactic Gaggle

Welcome to our first episode! We are simply thrilled to introduce our guest, Jonathon Stalls. Jonathon is a prolific artist, a visionary wordsmith, and a dedicated walker. We have been deeply moved by Jonathon's presence and we hope you'll be equally challenged and inspired by his call to bear witness to the world that is our home. Learn more about Jonathon's work at Intrinsic Paths, where you can follow a link to support his work, see his art, and watch his videos. We highly recommend his contemplative walking guides as a place to start. Finally, our full conversation with Jonathon will be shortly posted on our Patreon stream. Hop over there for an hour-long dose of raw feels. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegagglepod/message

Welcome to The Gaggle, a collection of eco-spiritual exiles in search of a more inclusive home. The Gaggle recognizes that each of us needs one another for the journey of dealing with the past, embracing the present and shaping a future where all can flourish as they are. These conversations could evoke strong reactions tied to challenging life experiences, so we invite you to join The Gaggle at your own pace, tuning in or out as you feel most comfortable. May this be a safe container for spiritual exploration, belonging, and alignment of body, heart and mind. For more information, go to thegagglepod.com Send us an email at thegagglepod@gmail.com Consider becoming a Patron by going to Patreon.com/thegagglepod for more episodes and unedited interviews. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegagglepod/message

Welcome to The Gaggle, a collection of eco-spiritual exiles in search of a more inclusive home. I’m Ryan David, I’m Ryan Welborn and I’m Will Boesl. The Gaggle recognizes that each of us needs one another for the journey of dealing with the past, embracing the present and shaping a future where all can flourish as they are. These conversations could evoke strong reactions tied to challenging life experiences, so we invite you to join The Gaggle at your own pace, tuning in or out as you feel most comfortable. May this be a safe container for spiritual exploration, belonging, and alignment of body, heart and mind. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegagglepod/message

The Gaggle is going under construction. Thank you for a year of laughs and exploration. Here's to the next chapter! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

In this episode, we recap our chat with Greg Weber of Driving Peace. On the one hand, we really appreciated Greg's emphasis on the importance of mindfulness practice. On the other, we both find discomfort with efforts that seem to be focused on treating symptoms instead of zeroing in on root causes. If you'd like to become a patreon, you can do so at patreon.com/thegagglepod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

We asked Greg Weber from Driving Peace to spell out the phenomenon of driving anxiety, why it's so prevalent, and what people can do about it. For more information about Greg's work, you can go to drivingpeace.com. If you'd like to be a patreon, please go to patreon.com/thegagglepod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

We made it to 50 episodes and we are more lost in what we are doing than ever before. In this episode, we break down CCM artist Sixpence None the Richer and discover their connections to the Kabal of children eating elites. Here's to another 50 episodes of bodily noises, confused discussions on reality and lots of new geese to the gaggle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Horsetail and Sumac try to wrap their heads around the Q-Anon phenomenon and what it means for society today and far into the future. Behind the Q-Anon beliefs are even deeper woes, from the social isolation of our time to the xenophobia that ties the paranoia puzzle together. In finding compassion for conspiracists, rather than laugh at or dehumanize them, Sumac and Horsetail turn their attention to another wild idea that has been difficult for many to swallow: that fossil-fuel transportation is far more problematic than our society is willing to admit, yet most still laugh at ideas of “banning cars” or visions of mass numbers of Americans on bicycles as an actual form of transportation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Isaac Gendler is a climate adaptation researcher and an advocate for sustainable housing policy. We talked bay area wildfires and why fire is not the real problem. Warning: this conversation questions the broadly-accepted sanctity of single-family homes. You can read more of Issac’s work at isaacscienceblog.com. Terms to know: NIMBY (not in my backyard); YIMBY (‘yes’ in my backyard); Infill = building more densely in developed areas, the opposite of sprawl. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

We invited interior design and psychology student Natalie Ricci for a conversation on all the myriad ways that the objects and colors and beings around us impact how we feel inside. Natalie is full of both information and advice for anyone wishing to improve their mood and well-being both inside and outside the home. Specifically, anyone dealing with chronic stress, anxiety or depression would greatly benefit from Natalie’s insights into the nervous system and the need for restorative places. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Our first attempt at a themed episode! We have so much raw data and piping hot research to share with you about the essential question: “How do I, like, feel good?” Let’s talk about: nature restoration, jagged edges and curvatures, listening to the body, the wisdom of the wigwam, the truth about modern buildings, what evolutionary biology means for highways, hobbits versus beasts, and the secret to true happiness. All of this in under two hours. A world record no doubt. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Balding. There’s nothing like it. Did you know men have weird body-image issues? Let’s tell you all about ‘em. Is cyber-reality better or worse than reality? Both, maybe. How can we connect with our emotions on events when we don’t know what really happened? Finally, is America heading towards a violent war over ideology and what would that mean about the increasingly tyrannical nature of this presidential administration? P.S. Was the internet always toxic? Or did it devolve from a more innocent state? Perhaps this one depends on which corner of cyber-reality you hail from. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

In celebration of the final lap of Sumac’s 20s, we contemplate Saturn’s return and emerging from the cocoon. We are blessed with surprise visits from Phat Wiggy and Cinco, long-time friends and bonafide members of the Gaggle. Horsetail interviews his seniors on questions of growing into oneself at this stage in life, offering advice to younger beings and finding balance between an open heart and self-care. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Men have been raving about their sexual desires in popular music for decades and few have taken notice. In this episode we confront the ‘boys will be boys’ mentality that allows men the privilege of making a public show of their sexuality while revolting when a woman tries to do the same. Of course, we’re talking about Cardi B’s wet-ass P-U-S-S-Y. Let’s dive into the deep of our collective white man comfort and be shaken by the celebration of flesh and blood and the spirit of the people rising out of captivity. In other words, let’s get over ourselves and join the party, the fight, the revolution. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

It sounds like an oxymoron: challenging yourself to accept and love yourself. We are ever-becoming creatures, though, and for some of us it may take a challenge to find new ways of treating ourselves. Following the theme of our recent episodes, this conversation is again gushy, a little weighty at points, but finds an overall optimistic tone about our ability to rewrite personal narratives and embrace the things we have denied in our lives and ourselves. Before all of that, however, we take up the “dark psychic force” (Marianne Williamson’s words) of Q Anon, the phenomenon sweeping the globe with promises of a great awakening. While we don’t buy into the politics or beliefs, we also hope there is an awakening, one free of violence and floods of misinformation. On Bright Eyes Day, we honor the question so eloquently offered in 2011’s The People’s Key: How did we get so far away from us? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Is anxiety a concept or a condition? Is it personalized in how it has formed in the minds and bodies of those who struggle with it? Horsetail is not sure what he thinks about anxiety anymore. How far back can we go in our physical history and our energetic history that will objectively inform our sense of reality and perception? Why do we tend to focus on what has caused so many problems in our mental health rather than encompassing all the beauty from this life and the energy of lives before us? We have zero answers to any of those questions, but Horsetail wants to dig into it... and pulls Sumac along for the journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

This one’s heavy, y’all. If you grew up in an unstable household or were part of a fundamentalist Christian church or were heavily indoctrinated with a world view as a child, this may bring up some discomfort, but our hope is to be a friend. Our discussion goes deeper into what it means to search for meaning as a recovering evangelical Christian and why it is so damn hard to find inner peace after leaving the church. We also look into the roots of our culture of radicalized sects, each finding meaning in the purity of their beliefs and actions. I think we can all feel the heaviness of our moment, but the question asked here is how much of that weight are we carrying with us from the past for no other reason but that we can’t seem to let it go? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Follow us on a detour through the colonized mind of a Christian empire, into the dark backdrop of European Celts, the Gauls of the continent, as we struggle to find an expanded self-identity against the will of power-thirsty overlords. Our final destination: the early-2000's "screamo" scene and the 2004 spark lit by Underoath in the untouchable, "They're Only Chasing Safety". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Meaning is essential to human existence, but what is it? This raw episode struggles to untangle meaning from concepts like belief and happiness. We arrive at a few answers or universal truths, but we get darn deep into it. Plus, a special surprise from Horsetail in honor of our Katy Trail cycling tour and its crown city, Sedalia, MO, the town that puts the 'misery' in Missouri. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

The Best Town To Bring You Down --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Trump wants to bring back the good old days of a "thriving" suburban America, you know, when suburbs offered their residents a refuge of belonging in a vibrant diverse community with an abundance of healthy lifestyle options and dignified opportunities. When was that again? We're not quite sure. Also, why is it so awkward to sell eastern medicine in a western culture? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Follow us underground from an 18th century reading party with our conflicted renegade Thomas Jefferson into the labyrinthian tunnels of America’s future under President Musk. Then emerge into the daylight to have a look around at an even worse nightmare, the faceless beast known in some circles as Car Culture. Finally, hop on a bicycle with us as we reclaim our innate human freedom immersed in a two-wheeled, human-powered dream. Have a spring-fed shower, drink some hemp tea and roll into a cozy hammock for the night. Dream about a new world where bike touring is just another term for going somewhere and having a good time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Zac Efron sold us Chinese cave water and we are glad to say hello from the other side of the cosmic curtain. So, hello. Here's why the Backstreet Boys sold out and pop radio has never been the same since TLC. Also feature: what is a water sommelier andhow we plan to ride bikes and work outside forever and ever.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

How does a gutted railway, 240-mile corridor, lost in history with the polluted Missouri river get up into the scene with the big kids--talkin' bout the MKT--now know simply the Katy, turn heads and bike spokes from city to city? Let's review Pt. II of the Katy Trail experience in light of Pt. I of our new favorite musical, Hamilton. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Katie's journey began with a series of health issues, feeling exhausted & depleted; confused from all the conflicting advice. It wasn’t until she turned inwards & really connected with herself that she truly started to honour her body & heal. On this journey, she has picked up so many wonderful tools of health – she loves sharing this & empowering you to connect with your body & intuition to do the same. Her practice stems from the knowledge learned at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition, as well as her Psychology degree at Western University. She has also studied Reiki, Ayurveda, Flower Essences & Axiatonal Alignment. Katie’s intention is for you to feel as good as possible. She helps you simplify and enjoy the journey to vibrant health. It is her greatest joy to educate, inspire, and empower you to take your energy and health to the next level. Making it fun, making it happen, grounding the action steps to get results. She offers Energy Boosting Seminars, Holistic Healing Sessions, Cooking Retreats and Vibrant Health Coaching. Connect with Katie to feel motivated and inspired as you nourish and balance your mind, body, and soul - www.soulfeastkatie.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Sumac and Horsetail report from the first half of the Katy Trail bicycle tour in Missouri. Tales of mosquitos, poison rashes, bike blowouts, but equal amounts of delight. We also consider stereotypes of southern culture and what they may conceal about some of the friendliest people we have met. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

In the era of the virus, we aren't able to get intimate greeting others the way we once were. But our social rituals weren't exactly perfect before the virus, especially compared with other cultures or even other species. What can we learn about ourselves by looking at greetings around the world, or between dogs? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Theresa Canosa is the creator of Tulsi Rose Botanicals, a boulder based company that offers alternative health solutions and natural plant based products. She is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Flower Essence Practitioner who studied at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism. She is dedicated to helping others recalibrate their lives to achieve deeper alignment with themselves and their environment. She believes deeply in the therapies that have helped her to heal and is passionate about sharing them with others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

What are cities or towns and what are they for? In many parts of the world, their purpose appears to be helping the rich get richer at the expense of everyone else. In this personal conversation we discuss the concept of places created and designed for flourishing, settlements for healing. What would or what does is it look like when a place is designed to allow everyone to flourish and heal from generations of trauma in community? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

This episode reaches back into our pasts and how the nutritional environment we were born into continues to shape us today: from tragically malnourished to nutritional hyper-fixation, our experience with food often unfolds in dramatic expressions of our lives and personalities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

This episode explores intergenerational trauma and family conflict through a personal lens. We ask how we can transcend who we are by fully embodying our pain passed on throughout centuries and millennia of human struggle. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

In our second episode on trauma, we discuss the impact of city life on mental health, specifically focusing on buildings and architecture. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

This is the first episode in a new series on trauma.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

In this episode, we discuss our experience with race and our thoughts regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

Ryan interviews Ana Medina who is a Shadow Worker, Pranic Healer and Subconscious Excavator. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegaggle/message

This is the trailer for our new series on trauma and the environmental, cultural and industrial impacts on our mental and physical health. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

A few weeks ago, Ryan sat down with Herbalist, Sarah Troupes to discuss plant medicine and various ways to care for our bodies using energy from the earth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

During a road trip across the country, Ryan and Ryan discuss American culture and history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, Ryan interviews a professor at Naropa University during the Covid-19 pandemic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, we talk about the impact of mankind on the earth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, we discuss various developmental models and Rainer Maria Rilke. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, we talk with our friend Meg about her experience on a wilderness retreat with Animas Valley. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, one Ryan talks to Brian Stafford from Animas Valley about his work with people in a wilderness setting as they descend into their souls. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, we talk with an old friend about his work to decriminalize mushrooms. Find more information about how you can help and sign the petition at decrimca.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

One Chest, Solid Chest, is the destiny of every man. We are born into division, represented in the painful daily reminder of our own bodies, which bear the scars of hostile femininity. In removing these scars (barren nipples), we open the channels of pure masculine energy and allow ourselves to begin the process of healing. A moment of pain is embraced for a life of truth, unity and pleasure. Join us in freedom; Unity of Chest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

Listen to Sade's, "Diamond Life" with us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

Listen to Sade with us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

Ryan and Ryan discuss their friend Lonnie Catsdad, Orgasmic Enlightenment and the pitfalls of transitions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, we explore the wonders of Cardi B and the visceral reactions some may have to Elvis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

In this episode, we talk about dreams, yoga and the candidates for presidential election.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message

Pt. 2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/galacticgeesegaggle/message