The Evolutionary

Howard Martin is one of the original leaders who helped the legendary Doc Childre found HeartMath. He is the co-author of The HeartMath Solution (in 1999) and Heart Intelligence (in 2016) and he is today the Executive VP of HeartMath LLC.      In 2019 he produced The HeatMath Experience, a cinematic learning experience that has been featured in film festivals, found on Gaia, Amazon Video, Apple TV and more and has been viewed by millions of people worldwide.     Howard is a key spokesperson for HeartMath and has been interview hundreds of times including interviews with Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, Discovery Channel, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, US News and World Report, Coast-to-Coast and hundreds of other shows and publications!  And today he joins us on The Evolutionary where we talk about the most vital and underused component of the technology of the human self…the heart.

Today is part 3 of my conversation with Sarah McLean, best selling author and founder of The McLean Institute.  Last episode we were discussing the magic of meditation and finished up with Sarah giving us a very specific and incredibly useful tutorial on breath awareness meditation.  Today we are going to continue that discussion and slide right into a conversation on the cumulative effect of meditation, which includes an increase in synchronicities. Then we'll talk about Sarah's personal experiences with Mother Amma, Byron Katie, and Deepak Chopra.   https://mcleanmeditation.com

In this episode I continue my conversation with best selling author Sarah McLean.  We get into the value of a good mindfulness practice, the miracle of meditation, and her deep, rich history working for Deepak Chopra and Byron Katie and Gary Zukav.   Then, for anyone who has ever struggled to start or stay with their mediation practice, Sarah wraps up this episode with some specific and extremely useful guidance.     Sarah McLean is dedicated to helping people wake up to the wonder and beauty of their lives with daily self awareness practices and evolutionary meditation techniques. She's a best selling Hay House author of a book entitled Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, and another book entitled, The Power of Attention: Awaken to Love and Its Unlimited Potential with Meditation.   https://mcleanmeditation.com/

Join me for the lively and controversial part 1 of my conversation with Best Selling Author, Sarah McLean, where we talk about COVID, Medical Freedom, and the myriad issues surrounding them.     Sarah McLean is dedicated to helping people wake up to the wonder and beauty of their lives with daily self awareness practices and evolutionary meditation techniques. She's a best selling Hay House author of a book entitled Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, and another book entitled, The Power of Attention: Awaken to Love and Its Unlimited Potential with Meditation. https://mcleanmeditation.com/  

Join me for part two of my discussion with Viola Rose,  Sound Healer, musician, mystic and teacher of an ascension technique she learned from the great walk-in soul and aggregator/condenser of spiritual technologies, Drunvalo Melchizedek.   http://heartandsoundhealing.com/

Viola Rose is a certified facilitator for Drunvalo Melchizedek's School Of Remembering and has taught over 80 4-day classes called Awakening the Illuminated Heart workshop since 2012. Viola is here to be in service to Love, Ascension, opening the heart, all things beautiful, and to joyfully contribute to the process of Spiritual Remembering at this amazing and transitional time on Earth. Viola is also a Sound Healing practitioner, a certified Holistic Health coach, and Musician. Viola brings her lively spirit, joy, reverence for all life, and her love for all, to the work she offers to the world.    In this episode we talk about what it might look like when “it all goes down” and what you can do to be ready for it.     http:heartandsoundhealingcom/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w0_kazbb_U&t=343s

This week we continue our conversation with Richelle Ricard,  deep philosophical orator and author of The Yoga Engineer's Manual.  Last week we left off talking about her book and this week we are doing a deep dive into how we can expand our limits from within, in ways that preserve the integrity and health of the system.     Richelle Ricard is the author of the soon-to-be-best-seller “The Yoga Engineer's Manual”.  She is also a massage therapist and bodyworker, a teacher of bodywork, yoga and anatomy.  She has over 27 years experience in sports medicine, massage and energy-healing modalities, and education. She began teaching yoga formally in 2007 in Seattle. In 2008 she began developing anatomy curriculum for yoga teacher trainings and teaching across the western US and Canada, as well as programs in the UK.  Richelle believes that while the physical body is far from the only thing we address in our yoga practice, it is one constant when we bring it to the mat for asana. She asserts that the individual body has particular limits that should be understood and honored if we are to pursue a sustainable, life-long asana practice. Her book sheds light on those limits, and proposes options for approaching both the practice and teaching of asana with clear eyes and an open mind.    https://www.facebook.com/yogaengineer   https://www.instagram.com/teamyogaengineer/   https://twitter.com/engineer_yoga   book order: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670580/the-yoga-engineers-manual-by-richelle-ricard/   online pre-recorded classes: https://yogaengineer.com/resources/yoga-videos

Richelle Ricard is a massage therapist and bodyworker, a teacher of bodywork, yoga and anatomy, and the author of The Yoga Engineer's Manual. She has over 27 years experience in sports medicine, massage and energy-healing modalities, and education. She began teaching yoga formally in 2007 in Seattle. In 2008 she began developing anatomy curriculum for yoga teacher trainings and teaching across the western US and Canada, as well as programs in the UK.  Richelle believes that while the physical body is far from the only thing we address in our yoga practice, it is one constant when we bring it to the mat for asana. She asserts that the individual body has particular limits that should be understood and honored if we are to pursue a sustainable, life-long asana practice. Her book sheds light on those limits, and proposes options for approaching both the practice and teaching of asana with clear eyes and an open mind. https://www.facebook.com/yogaengineer   https://www.instagram.com/teamyogaengineer/   https://twitter.com/engineer_yoga   book order: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670580/the-yoga-engineers-manual-by-richelle-ricard/   online pre-recorded classes: https://yogaengineer.com/resources/yoga-videos

Welcome to part 2 of my discussion with Shaman, Healer, and Goddess of Wisdom, Karen Hefner!  At the end of part one, we were discussing Karen's own miraculous healing from stage four, breast cancer that had already metastasized.  In this episode we dive straight into another story of miraculous healing.  We also talk about her sacred relationship with Egypt, the power of Sacred Geometry, and how to stay happy, healthy and highly productive in today's messed up world.  Learn more or contact Karen at ignitingspirit.com

After studying, experiencing, and practicing alternative modes of healing and shamanism for more than two decades, Karen Hefner has dedicated herself full-time to being in service as a catalyst for personal growth, expansion and healing. She is an Associate Teacher of the LightSong School of Shamanic Studies, a Usui/Tibetan and Karuna Reiki Master, holds Master's degrees in Science and the Arts, a Doctoral degree in Shamanism, is certified as a Life Coach, an Angelic Guidance Counselor® and is a certified F.I.R.E.walk Facilitator. Karen has a strong teaching background that dates back to the mid 1980s. She is also a minister, cancer survivor, mother, and grandmother. Deeply invested in the areas of healing and personal growth, Karen gently guides people toward their own innate health and happiness through education, ceremony, soul retrieval, extraction work, and Reiki. Karen's intention is to assist clients and students in finding their soul's path, their true self, their source of power and freedom. She offers this with deep gratitude to her teachers, spirit guides, and the native healers and communities who have been so generous with their teaching, healing, and ceremonies. https://www.ignitingspirit.com

Part 2 of my discussion with Peter Benjamin, co-founder and CEO of The Connection Institute, and on-line learning platform and methodology that turns the standard model of education on its head (at a very affordable price point i might add) and teaches leaders the skills to connect, facilitate, transcend conflict, and create rich, mutually beneficial relationships in any area of life.  At the end of the last episode we were just opening the conversation regarding how to transmute conflict into connection.  Please enjoy Peter Benjamin Part 2!    Theconnectioninstitute.net peterwillcoach@gmail.com

Peter Will Benjamin is one of the joyful co-founders of The Connection Institute.  As lead staff trainer and CEO he delights in caring for the staff and students.  Peter also works as a Professional Coach and teaches continuing ed for Coaches and Therapists. Peter's mission is to support everyone he knows in feeling worthy of love and goodness, and accessing their personal power.  He's also an intimacy junkie, community builder, and dancer. On top of all of this Peter is a disruptor in the education industry and an agent for change in our world. https://theconnectioninstitute.net/

In this episode I share with you some reflections regarding the state of America today and a possible evolutionary path for us.  Specifically we discuss the process of evolving from the bad stuff we do, both as individuals and as a nation, and we have look at some ways in which the US has become stuck.  But the fact is that America and its people are complicated, and while we have some massive, blaring issues, we also have some amazing qualities that we can leverage to pull us through this dicey historical moment, evolve the species and save the world!

This week's episode is an addendum to episode 56 with Dena Justice which was entitled The Frequency of Safety.   This discussion is a beautifully meandering conversation about all kinds of things.  We talk about the corona virus and its lessons for us about mental health and the feeling of safety.  We talk about the role that the frequency of safety plays in our evolution, and how we can come together to evolve as a species.   We also talk about Money, our relationship to it, and its relationship to our value system and then reveal the element we can install into our belief systems to draw more of it into our lives.  Then, we spend much of the episode talking about surrender and intention and how to resolve the seeming paradox of their necessary co-existence.  Finally, you'll hear about a miracle that happened in Dena's life and how to tune into the miracles that are happening in your life all of the time.   Connect with Dena at http://ecstaticcollective.com

““Its how to tell the truth without blowing up your relationships” ”  Jason is the Author of a new book called Conflict = Energy, The Transformative practice of Authentic Relating. Jason is what you'd call a modern renaissance man. Equal parts artist, philosopher, teacher, and media producer, from 2003-2012 he worked for Integral Institute to create thousands of hours of educational media on the topics of transpersonal psychology, spirituality, productivity, and personal growth.  Obsessed with how humans can live and relate optimally, he's facilitated groups and taught authentic relating and circling since 2012 and he has led courses in over 20 cities around the world. www.jasondigges.com www.authrev.org

“Stay embodied, stay human”  Jason is the Author of a new book called Conflict = Energy, The Transformative practice of Authentic Relating. Jason is what you'd call a modern renaissance man. Equal parts artist, philosopher, teacher, and media producer, from 2003-2012 he worked for Integral Institute to create thousands of hours of educational media on the topics of transpersonal psychology, spirituality, productivity, and personal growth.  Obsessed with how humans can live and relate optimally, he's facilitated groups and taught authentic relating and circling since 2012 and he has led courses in over 20 cities around the world. www.jasondigges.com www.authrev.org

Join host David Knox for a deep dive into The Matrix we were all born into; the construct of our worldview that undermines our freewill, constricts possibility, and co-opts our energy for use in creating a world that we do not want.  But what if there was a way to take the reins and start to program this matrix to create the world the way we desire it to be?

Dena is the CEO of Ecstatic Collective. She is a master breakthrough coach and trainer. Dena trains and certifies phenomenal coaches in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy®, Hypnotherapy, and NLP Coaching. Her trainings specialize in integrating all these modalities with non-ordinary states of consciousness (such as meditation, breath work, movement, and psychedelics). Dena is also a relationship expert, helping people evolve and transform their relationships so they experience even deeper love and connection. Sign up for Dena's new program, The Frequency of Safety here:  ecstaticcollective.com/safety

Victoria Wilding is an evolved being and the creator of http://www.evolutionary-accelerator.com/ Today we continue our discussion from last episode, meandering through topics such as insanity, worldview, experiencing the unified field, influencing the collective morphic field of humanity, tearing down the patriarchy, reconnecting with the sacred feminine, changing the world, and more. Listen in any platform or here: https://theevolutionary.libsyn.com

Victoria Wilding is an evolved being and the creator of http://www.evolutionary-accelerator.com/ She joins us from her home in Melbourne Australia to discuss the question of how we can cultivate our connection with the aether, the field that gives rise to the physical universe, to enhance our lives, evolve humanity, and heal the world.   

This week we resume my discussion with Molly Mandelberg and Chris Tomasso, co-host savants of hot new podcast Reveal The Game of Life.  Last episode explored the relationship between creating and receiving and what it would take to invite 100 million dollars into your bank account.  We are just wrapping up that discussion and are getting ready to talk about the seeming paradox of the power of intention vs surrendering to the will of the universal mind. https://wildheartsriseup.mykajabi.com/reveal-the-game-of-life

Molly Mandelberg and Chris Tomasso are the co-hosts of the hot new podcast, Reveal The Game Of Life.   I asked them to be on the show because one of the things we talk about ad nauseum on The Evolutionary is that we all have a highly unique evolutionary path and that finding/defining it and getting into motion along it will open up your life is so many ways, while also helping to heal the world.  This is because your evolution is the evolution of the species.  But moving along our path is sometimes easier said than done.  Every step of the journey has it gifts and challenges. And each must be received and addressed for each was sent as a guide (to quote Rumi)...So it is vital that we find the information or inspiration we need in those moments to continue on our journey.  Almost everyone is stuck on something in their life, and many are getting pulled under in some way.  Reveal the Game of Life, in my view, is a resource for people to a) get a hit of some good stuff in their day, and b) maybe get some wisdom that will get them through something that has been impeding their flow.      Chris Tomasso excelled from a young age. It wasn't until adulthood that he realized the game of life was a little different than the academic world he had quickly mastered as a child.  After searching and trying all kinds of tools, Chris found his way to a healing/awakening experience that changed everything.  Life became a pleasure cruise in a way he had only dreamed about before. He lives in Hawaiian paradise and does gamification and transformational narrative consulting for businesses that do good in the world.  After having his own direct experiences, (and 'getting' some powerful truths about the game of life) he loves to talk about what he's learned and the roundabout way he discovered his new reality.    Molly Mandleberg is Not your average digital marketer, content creator, or business strategist, Molly runs her 6-figure business from her self-converted sprinter van, while traveling the world full-time. (i.e. living her dream) She has been in the conversation of consciousness for a lifetime, (maybe more than one) as she was brought up believing in the Law of Attraction.  Molly's awareness of the magic available to her has continued to expand and evolve. She's built her career on synthesizing that magic, with the practical tools of running a business, to support coaches and healers to go big. When she's not gallivanting and being a boss, she makes art, writes books, and snuggles her chiweenie, Atreyu. https://wildheartsriseup.mykajabi.com/reveal-the-game-of-life

Several years ago Kristina Pisani suffered a serious spinal injury.  Doctors wanted to fuse her spine together with titanium rods and screws.  Instead, Kristina listened to an inner knowing and embarked on a journey of what some would call a miraculous healing.  Since then Kristina has continued to explore and grow and has evolved past the need for physical food, water, or even sleep.      She has discovered the potential of the human body to exist as a self-sustained ecosystem.    Now Kristina is helping people to become stable and centred in their inner joy, stillness,  and aliveness by tapping into their inner intelligence.    She is a founder of a start-up called Science of Inner Intelligence or SII for short, and she joins us from smack in the middle of the mediterranean sea, from the beautiful island of Malta.   You can contact Kristina at https://www.facebook.com/kristina.pisani iG@Kristina.Pisani Kri.Pisani@gmail.com

Most of you have heard of breatharianism, right?  It's where you don't need food to live.  What about water?  What about sleep?  This one will expand your worldview!      Kristina Pisani is a transformational neuro-coach.  Having repaired her injured  spine through a natural healing process she experientially discovered that the body does not need to receive any water or physical food from the OUTSIDE to live. The Body is a sustainable ecosystem by itself. This experience demonstrated the power of questioning and breaking through the mainstream paradigm. Kristina is helping people to become stable and centered in their inner joy, stillness,  and aliveness as an existing fundamental already inside by tapping into inner intelligence. There is an infinite source within each of us and instead of using and exploiting nature  and the external world, the time has come to learn to consciously manifest directly from it. She is a founder of a start-up called Science of Inner Intelligence or SII for short, and she joins us from smack in the middle of the mediterranean sea, from the beautiful island of Malta.

Description: Join Host David Knox as he gives an insightful recap of The Evolutionary Framework, a model of understanding our world that shows us how it is possible to live a Big, Bright, Beautiful, Sexy, Abundant Life and Heal The World...all in the same motion!  In this episode we reveal the Secret to The Secret, the truth about DNA, and the folly of Darwin.  We also discuss the foundational elements of intentional evolution, and learn the 7 factors that make this a very special time in human history, a time when your actions can change the world.     And this is the fulcrum point in the season!  The rest of this season will be dedicated to The Evolutionary Dynamic, which David introduces in this episode.  The Dynamic shows us how we can each find our own highly unique evolutionary path, and then accelerate along that path through and ever expansive worldview, a fluid utility-based belief system, and through cultivating an open and active dialogue with the universal mind.  Other topics include self-love, surrender, intuition and discernment, desire, and a ruthless commitment to joy, bliss and ecstasy. 

The results Eric gets are nothing short of amazing in terms of changing posture and gate, increasing strength and flexibility, and reducing or eliminating body pain.   Eric Fair-Layman practices a meridian- and fascial-based form of body work performed on a mat (on the floor). He uses his feet to massage and then employs a series of dynamic resistance stretches to help create lasting change in your body.   He has also been trained to perform Integral Breathwork which combines rebirthing breathwork and abdominal massage, which can be integrated into a mat work session or into a table massage.   Eric was born with a mild form of cerebral palsy and spent much of his childhood in physical therapy and wearing leg braces.  Beyond a general practice of being active and healthy that has always served him, the resistance stretches made the first significant difference for him with his physical limitations,  a difference that was not available even in yoga or Haitian Calisthenics.     Eric lives in Portland, OR with his two children,  and enjoys travel, time in the woods and hopes to someday live closer to nature and to make a difference in the world across socioeconomic and cultural lines.       Contact Eric or learn more at EricBodyRestoration.com

This week is part 2 of my conversation with Libby Leyrer, author of Step Into My Green World: Awakening Through Walking Meditation.  In this conversation Libby and I continue our discussion about her bereavement and healing, step by step along the Camino De Santiago, a 500 mile pedestrian pilgrimage through Northern Spain to the Shrine of Saint James.  We will also talk about how to get started using walking meditations, and we also spend some time talking about the ancient Toltec spiritual philosophy described in the book called The Four Agreements.  But we pick up right in the middle of our conversation regarding the loss of Libby's beloved niece only days before she set out on the Camino de Santiago.   And with that, here we go, please enjoy.

According to "family lore" Libby took off on walking explorations so many times before the age of two, that her mother baked a cake for the fire department. So began her quest for adventure which continues to this day. In her teens she ventured into Guerrilla Theater, dramatically condemning cultural conditioning of the patriarchal vision of women as submissive & inferior. Being non-linear & eclectic, she found various ways to express her need for growth, through creativity & discovery.. Fast forward to the present day; her newly published book "Step into my Green World: Awakening Through Walking Meditation" is an invitation to a very personal account of her mystical awakening through the spiritual practice of walking in nature.

Amy Hyatt has worked for over to decades as a Corporate Executive, currently in the tech sector.  She has traveled to 6 continents and has been privileged to receive healings and teachings from medicine people from around the world.  Her spiritual awakening occurred in 1995 during a trip to Egypt when she witnessed and felt the sacred geometry from the sun to the earth through the Abu Simbel Temple.   For the last 25 year Amy has studies past life regressions, indigenous medicine, mysteries of ancient cultures, the importance of ceremony, sacred science, and the energetic lay lines of the earth.  She is a reiki master, advanced sound healer, and shamanic healer.  She attended and is an assistant at the Lightsong School of Shamanic Studies and resides in Portland, Oregon.   In this episode Amy and I talk about spiritual awakenings in general, as well as her own, ancient temples, lay line work, and her initiation in wilderness through Lightsong.   Follow her on Instagram @ameliajo66

Amy Hyatt has worked for over to decades as a Corporate Executive, currently in the tech sector.  She has traveled to 6 continents and has been privileged to receive healings and teachings from medicine people from around the world.  Her spiritual awakening occurred in 1995 during a trip to Egypt when she witnessed and felt the sacred geometry from the sun to the earth through the Abu Simbel Temple.     For the last 25 year Amy has studies past life regressions, indigenous medicine, mysteries of ancient cultures, the importance of ceremony, sacred science, and the energetic lay lines of the earth.  She is a reiki master, advanced sound healer, and shamanic healer.  She attended and is an assistant at the Lightsong School of Shamanic Studies and resides in Portland, Oregon.     In this episode Amy and I talk about spiritual awakenings in general, as well as her own, ancient temples, lay line work, and her initiation in wilderness through Lightsong.     Follow her on Instagram @ameliajo66

Nadi Hana Part 2: Channelling, Letting Go, and The Archturian Message (S1:E43) In this episode we get to finish our two part conversation with artist, teacher, geometrist, and as you'll learn today, channel for The Archturians, Nadi Hana.  Nadi is a Portland-based artist, teacher and geometrist. She has been sharing her knowledge about Sacred Geometry, Crop Formations and Human Consciousness through public presentations since 2015.   Nadi is an instructor of drawing Sacred Geometry at Portland Community College, and she offers group classes and private instruction.  She has been a crop circle enthusiast since 2010.  Since then, the advanced technologies of the formations have activated her capacity to be of planetary service in humanity's collective evolution.    She currently offers international calls sharing the intelligence and technologies of Advanced Civilizations and Galactic Councils.  She shares transmissions for the activation of human consciousness, including channeled information, access codes to DNA activation,  and neural pathway reconstruction and Light Language. Nadi's passion to be of service in the Collective Awakening of humanity manifests in her artwork and teaching the intelligence of our Galactic Community. Learn more about Nadi and her work at www.GalacticRoseGeometry.com

Nadi Hana is a Portland-based artist, teacher and geometrist. She has been sharing her knowledge about Sacred Geometry, Crop Formations and Human Consciousness through public presentations since 2015.     Nadi is an instructor of drawing Sacred Geometry at Portland Community College, and she offers group classes and private instruction.    She has been a crop circle enthusiast since 2010.  Since then, the advanced technologies of the formations have activated her capacity to be of planetary service in humanity's collective evolution.      She currently offers international calls sharing the intelligence and technologies of Advanced Civilizations and Galactic Councils.  She shares transmissions for the activation of human consciousness, including channeled information, access codes to DNA activation,  and neural pathway reconstruction and Light Language.   Nadi's passion to be of service in the Collective Awakening of humanity manifests in her artwork and teaching the intelligence of our Galactic Community.

Join me for an in-depth conversation with La Laurrien, Artist, visionary, and co-founder of the intentional community, Atlan!   La Laurrien has spent her life creating in this world: Creating Businesses, Creating Community, and Creating Art… Her spiritual practices include medicines and Meditation, Yoga, Ayahuasca Shamanism, Hindu Tantra, and Living Life as Art. As an artist she has spent many years making ceramics, painting, batik, henna and photography. As a writer she has focused on the formation of new words also known as Word Magic……She has created a playful website called MirrOracle (which is beautiful i must say) and it includes art and writing, and is like taking a journey into the Mystery of words and the visual arts.   La is also one of the founding members of an Intentional Community called Atlan.  Situated in the Columbia River Gorge in the Pacific Northwest, Atlan is an emergent and experimental Village and Learning Center that is building culture on a foundation of gratitude, reverence and the celebration of life.   She is also one of the founders of CultureSeed, a non-profit that is assisting under-served youth in their area.  She also produces a salon called Mystery Loves Company.  A very strong passion of hers throughout this life has been her interest in ExtraTerrestrials and The Galactic Family.  She has found myself questioning everything that our culture says is true, and I am right there with her…. See some of La' work at www.mirroracle.com

Angela Rose Fields is a Holistic Health Coach who is Certified in Integrative Nutrition, Yoga, and Advanced Energy Healing.  Once called by her mentor and "Esoteric Biohacking Coach" the primary focus in her practice is healing the microbiome of the gut in order to uplevel sleep, brain function and overall well being, which she facilitates through a process of integrating mind, body and soul.  Angela's journey getting here was a combination of having been raised by parents who initiated her into the world of spirituality and shamanism during her childhood, mixed with her own process of waking up to the importance of learning how to stay present through this human experience as a highly sensitive person.  The longing to be normal led her to dive deeply into personal studies of neuroscience and somatic therapies. The acceptance that normalcy is overrated, and that all is relative has allowed her to embrace her unique gifts and show up to support clients in doing the same. https://www.expansioncollective.com

In this episode Laura and I talk some more about Burning Man (duh) and their sustainability goals, then we reveal who is really to blame for 2020,  and then shift into epigenetics,  the plasticity of the morphic field, and visions for the future of humanity,  Burning Man 2030 Sustainability Roadmap: https://burningman.org/wp-content/uploads/BMW_Burning-Man-Project_-2030-Environmental-Sustainability-Roadmap.pdf Burning Man year 1 report against 2030 roadmap:  https://medium.com/beyond-burning-man/burning-man-project-2020-environmental-sustainability-report-df757260c9c5

Join me for a deep dive the Associate Director of Event Operations and the Sustainability Lead for Black Rock City (aka Burning Man), Laura Day.  Laura combines conscious event production, environmental stewardship, and operational strategy.  She has a variety of successful startups under her belt and a dynamic perspective steeped in realism, yet with plenty of creative ideation sprinkled throughout. Laura graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Environmental Science with a focus on Sustainable Communities. After graduating, she attended her first Burn in 2009, inspiring her to found Firefly Gathering, a sustainability-focused music, art, yoga, learning, healing community festival in northern Arizona. She went on to imbue her entrepreneurial ventures with environmentally sustainable and community-focused missions, setting industry standards for best business practices and placing in the top 10 Greenest Workplaces in Oregon three years running as well as in the 100 Best Companies to work for in Oregon. Laura's approach to inspiring change through inclusive experiences has proven both effective and transformational.    In this episode we talk burning man, sustainability and the elements of community that create a transformational experience.     Links germain to our conversation:  Burning Man 2030 Sustainability Roadmap: https://burningman.org/wp-content/uploads/BMW_Burning-Man-Project_-2030-Environmental-Sustainability-Roadmap.pdf Burning Man year 1 report against 2030 roadmap:  https://medium.com/beyond-burning-man/burning-man-project-2020-environmental-sustainability-report-df757260c9c5

Chris Tomasso is a Transformational Narrative Designer and Consultant. His expertise includes gamification, storytelling, and embedding consciousness expansion in systems. He has facilitated experiential workshops with Google, Intuit and Facebook, he has consulted on holistic health and personal development apps, and he has coached via multiple energy work modalities. He graduated high school at age 12 and he has only had a 9-5 for about 3 months in his entire life. When he's not waxing about how reality is a hologram and or spreading the message about humanity experiencing unprecedented awakening, he's playing ultimate frisbee or body surfing waves in Hawaii. If you resonate with his message you can contact him at chris_tomasso on Twitter or via email at chris@octalysisgroup.com   Today's episode is a little bit unique.  You see, the way these episodes normally come about is that I end up getting connected with someone who I might like to have on the show, and then i have an introductory call with them to get acquainted and see if we both would like to do the actual interview.  Then we schedule it and proceed with all the normal preparatory stuff.     At some point pretty early on I learned that it was a good idea to record those initial meetings on zoom so that I could go back and listen to them again while preparing for the interviews.  This allows me to be more present in those conversations because I don't have to take notes.     So I got on this initial call with Chris and at some point I realized that if we were to have an interview I would just want him to say all of the stuff that he just said, so by the end of our chat we both decided that, since I was recording, that the interview was already done...it just happened.  So this not only a recording of our introductory chat, it's also a really fun interview and a 2 parter at that!  However, one consequence of doing it this way is that, since neither of us were thinking this would be an episode, it's a little more gritty than the normal episode, with a more casual tone and a lot more explicatives.  So hopefully it is not too spicy for you!

Chris Tomasso is a Transformational Narrative Designer and Consultant. His expertise includes gamification, storytelling, and embedding consciousness expansion in systems. He has facilitated experiential workshops with Google, Intuit and Facebook, he has consulted on holistic health and personal development apps, and he has coached via multiple energy work modalities. He graduated high school at age 12 and he has only had a 9-5 for about 3 months in his entire life. When he's not waxing about how reality is a hologram and or spreading the message about humanity experiencing unprecedented awakening, he's playing ultimate frisbee or body surfing waves in Hawaii. If you resonate with his message you can contact him at chris_tomasso on Twitter or via email at chris@octalysisgroup.com   Today's episode is a little bit unique.  You see, the way these episodes normally come about is that I end up getting connected with someone who I might like to have on the show, and then i have an introductory call with them to get acquainted and see if we both would like to do the actual interview.  Then we schedule it and proceed with all the normal preparatory stuff.     At some point pretty early on I learned that it was a good idea to record those initial meetings on zoom so that I could go back and listen to them again while preparing for the interviews.  This allows me to be more present in those conversations because I don't have to take notes.     So I got on this initial call with Chris and at some point I realized that if we were to have an interview I would just want him to say all of the stuff that he just said, so by the end of our chat we both decided that, since I was recording, that the interview was already done...it just happened.  So this not only a recording of our introductory chat, it's also a really fun interview and a 2 parter at that!  However, one consequence of doing it this way is that, since neither of us were thinking this would be an episode, it's a little more gritty than the normal episode, with a more casual tone and a lot more explicatives.  So hopefully it is not too spicy for you! 

This episode wraps up the discussion on the7 factors that make this a very special time in human history, a time when the accelerated, intentional, wholistic evolution and consciousness expansion of a very few people can have a powerful, unstoppable, up-levelling effect on the collective of humanity and the subsequent healing of the planet.  The remaining factors, 6 and 7, are entitled Magic and Miracles, and A Massive Conspiracy, respectively.  The former discusses the refinement and proliferation of techniques for operating the Human Self that yield results that appear miraculous and magical as they fall outside what is possible in the failing materialist worldview.  The latter discusses the conspiracy being orchestrated by the universal mind designed to see us through our current evolutionary challenge so that a new human race may emerge.     

Christopher, AKA  “Chase” Carey spent 20 years in Corporate America holding executive and leadership positions in the Health Insurance and Consulting industries. As early as 1998 Chase was trying to bring mindfulness and meditation to the workplace.   But the corporate world wasn't ready yet, so Chase embarked on his own journey of discovery, studying extensively with The Monroe Institute in Virginia where he remains an active member of their Professional Division. He also trained with Harvey Grady of the Center for Human Potential,  and Drunvalo Melchizadek and other remarkable teachers.  Through this, Chase developed a unique model for the understanding and elimination of fears that underlie stress, and the practice of something he calls Personal Self Integration where he utilizes a meditative technique to help people dialogue with their subconscious mind to make permanent, positive change in their lives.  Chase is also a blackbelt in taekwondo and has written three books, on mindfulness, meditation and the application of martial arts philosophy into various aspects of modern life.    His clients include the US Army, nursing organizations, national Insurance companies, engineering firms, and a major university business school.  Chase joined me for our chat from his home outside of Atlanta Georgia.  https://www.chasingmindfulness.com

Christopher, AKA  “Chase” Carey spent 20 years in Corporate America holding executive and leadership positions in the Health Insurance and Consulting industries. As early as 1998 Chase was trying to bring mindfulness and meditation to the workplace.   But the corporate world wasn't ready yet, so Chase embarked on his own journey of discovery, studying extensively with The Monroe Institute in Virginia where he remains an active member of their Professional Division. He also trained with Harvey Grady of the Center for Human Potential,  and Drunvalo Melchizadek and other remarkable teachers.  Through this, Chase developed a unique model for the understanding and elimination of fears that underlie stress, and the practice of something he calls Personal Self Integration where he utilizes a meditative technique to help people dialogue with their subconscious mind to make permanent, positive change in their lives.  Chase is also a blackbelt in taekwondo and has written three books, on mindfulness, meditation and the application of martial arts philosophy into various aspects of modern life.    His clients include the US Army, nursing organizations, national Insurance companies, engineering firms, and a major university business school.  Chase joined me for our chat from his home outside of Atlanta Georgia.    

Carri Munn has an amazing blend of intuition and intellect.  Her business, Context For Action helps organizations and their leadership to align their people and systems to their purpose and reimagine their roles and processes to create an entity that is resilient and effective at consistently moving toward that purpose.   With a career spanning 25 years in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Carri embodies extensive experience and pattern recognition. She brings business rigor and heart to key areas of organizational development, including business modeling, leadership development, governance design, stakeholder engagement, and internal communications. She holds a Masters in Public Administration, a BA in Political Theory and Philosophy, and is a recognized corporate shaman certified as a True Purpose and HeartMath coach. Carri is devoted to supporting collaborations where people do what they love and work together in service to life. Learn more about Carri at http://www.contextforaction.com  

Molly Mandelberg is the Founder of Wild Hearts Rise Up and Creator of the Magnetic Influencer Collective, The Copywriting Cohort and The Wild Hearts Rise Up Oracle Deck.  As a tech-savvy strategist, Molly supports coaches, healers,and emerging thought-leaders to expand their outreach, so they can connect with more people,and make more money with less time spent. With the heart of a writer and the brain of an engineer, Molly is uniquely qualified to support her people to not only connect the dots and tackle the tech, but also to craft their deep work into inspiring content and hot copy She is known for taking the overwhelm out of big exciting projects, so that they can be birthed into the world and received by those who need them. Join us as we discuss burning man, tarot, the upside of Covid, and value of bringing your gifts to the world!  Wildheartsriseup.com  

In this special addendum I share our post-interview conversation where we end diving deeper into the experience of unity perception and even wander into a discussion on the essence of surrender.      Victoria Wilding is an evolutionary activist with a particular interest in advancing human development. Her focus is on the development of a new level of psychological management and its importance to the future of humanity. She believes humanity needs to consciously and intentionally develop their social, emotional and cognitive capacities to affect sustainable change. As an advocate for the advancement of human development and the evolutionary worldview, Victoria has dedicated the past twenty years to training and mentoring change makers, influencers and business leaders through her role as Founder and CEO of the SHIFT Foundation, and Victoria Wilding Consulting and through her former  consulting business, Symplicitus. In the past ten years she co-founded the Higher Mind Initiative and co-developed something called “The Program” with John Stewart, author of “Evolution's Arrow.” and “The Evolutionary Manifesto”  She offers an extensive body of knowledge in consciousness, higher cognition, complexity and leadership.   Victoria's most recent project is the Evolutionary Accelerator. She brings to the project a strong belief that intentional evolution is core to the sustainability of life on Earth. She sees the Evolutionary Accelerator playing a part in moving the conversation from theory into action by focussing on the development of practical, tangible and worthwhile projects for advancing evolution. Learn more about Victoria at  www.victoriawilding.com www.highermindinitiative.com www.evolutionary-accelerator.com  

If you haven't made it through part 1 of my interview with Evolutionary Activist Victoria Wilding yet (Episode 28), do yourself a favor and dive in!  Its rich, evolutionary stuff, and Part 2 (launching tomorrow) is even better!  We talk about societal change, meta cognition, mutants, and a vision for how human evolution might unfold in a way that heals our society and our planet.     Victoria Wilding is an evolutionary activist with a particular interest in advancing human development. Her focus is on the development of a new level of psychological management and its importance to the future of humanity. She believes humanity needs to consciously and intentionally develop their social, emotional and cognitive capacities to affect sustainable change. As an advocate for the advancement of human development and the evolutionary worldview, Victoria has dedicated the past twenty years to training and mentoring change makers, influencers and business leaders through her role as Founder and CEO of the SHIFT Foundation, and Victoria Wilding Consulting and through her former  consulting business, Symplicitus. In the past ten years she co-founded the Higher Mind Initiative and co-developed something called “The Program” with John Stewart, author of “Evolution's Arrow.” and “The Evolutionary Manifesto”  She offers an extensive body of knowledge in consciousness, higher cognition, complexity and leadership.   Victoria's most recent project is the Evolutionary Accelerator. She brings to the project a strong belief that intentional evolution is core to the sustainability of life on Earth. She sees the Evolutionary Accelerator playing a part in moving the conversation from theory into action by focussing on the development of practical, tangible and worthwhile projects for advancing evolution.  

Victoria Wilding is an evolutionary activist with a particular interest in advancing human development. Her focus is on the development of a new level of psychological management and its importance to the future of humanity. She believes humanity needs to consciously and intentionally develop their social, emotional and cognitive capacities to affect sustainable change. As an advocate for the advancement of human development and the evolutionary worldview, Victoria has dedicated the past twenty years to training and mentoring change makers, influencers and business leaders through her role as Founder and CEO of the SHIFT Foundation, and Victoria Wilding Consulting and through her former  consulting business, Symplicitus. In the past ten years she co-founded the Higher Mind Initiative and co-developed something called “The Program” with John Stewart, author of “Evolution's Arrow.” and “The Evolutionary Manifesto”  She offers an extensive body of knowledge in consciousness, higher cognition, complexity and leadership.   Victoria's most recent project is the Evolutionary Accelerator. She brings to the project a strong belief that intentional evolution is core to the sustainability of life on Earth. She sees the Evolutionary Accelerator playing a part in moving the conversation from theory into action by focussing on the development of practical, tangible and worthwhile projects for advancing evolution.  

Join host David Knox for this special solcast where he continues his three part discussion on the powerful factors that have made this a very special time in human history.  A time when, now more than ever, the consciousness expansion and evolution of the collective of humanity can be significantly and positively influenced by relatively few people.  In this episode we cover two powerful factors.  Factor 4 is called Nature Abhors Devolution.  Factor 5 is called Morphic Resonance and is based on the work of Rupert Sheldrake and others.

Join me for an illuminating discussion with activist and community leader Dawniel Miller as we continue and deepen the dialogue on the system of racism that permeates every fiber of our society in the United States.  This is The Evolutionary's 5th installment in the subseries on the Black Live Matter movement.   

Join me in the fourth installment of The Evolutionary's subseries on Black Live Matter (they do btw, in case you have picked that one up yet) for a two part discussion with EDI leader Dawniel Miller.     Dawniel is black, female and lesbian.  She is in a same sex marriage with another black woman and they have 2 teenage daughters.  She immigrated to this country from Saint Lucia, in 2000.  She was only 16 years old.  She is the first in her immediate family to graduate high-school and college. Her and her wife are the first in both their families to own their own home and the first in their families to establish the kind of financial security which allows them to focus on their healthcare, raising their children and living their lives as much as society will allow.    None of the aforementioned has been accomplished without significant loss, opposition, ridicule, exclusion and discrimination.  Nevertheless Dawni continues to focus on the wellbeing of herself, and her family- continuously fighting the social injustices to keep their well earned and deserved place in this world and this country.    Dawnielle is a powerful voice for the rights of people of color and the LGBTQ community.   

Part 2 of 2.  John Folta is a Doctor of Chiropractic, Former submarine nuclear electrician, student of life, and an individual on the path to experiencing the full human potential.  He graduated Cum Laude from Life University and top of his class in Nuclear Power School.  Dr. Folta brings a unique understanding of science and spiritual energetics to the healing arts.  Learn more about John and his practice at https://www.newleafhealthclinic.com

Part 1 of 2.  John Folta is a Doctor of Chiropractic, Former submarine nuclear electrician, student of life, and an individual on the path to experiencing the full human potential.  He graduated Cum Laude from Life University and top of his class in Nuclear Power School.  Dr. Folta brings a unique understanding of science and spiritual energetics to the healing arts.  Learn more about John and his practice at https://www.newleafhealthclinic.com