The Future Is Beautiful with Amisha Ghadiali

This TIMELESS has actually never been shared on the podcast before. Our guest is Woman Stands Shining also known as Pat McCabe - one of the Diné Nation, and was adopted into the Lakota Spiritual Way of Life. Pat lives in rural New Mexico, but travels internationally to speak, pray, and share her journey with others. Descended from elders taken into residential boarding schools intended to strip her people of their culture, she is continually in the process of remembering and listening for the way Home, back to the true nature of being Human Being.   This little piece explores the sacred role of women in indigenous traditions and their deep connection to Mother Earth. With wisdom from the Lakota, Kogi, and other cultures, Pat describes how women are the backbone of families and communities. She shares with us the power of moon time, the importance of reintroducing Grandmother's Lodges and the need to restore balance between the masculine and feminine. This is a call for women to reclaim their spiritual authority—not through dominance, but by aligning with the natural laws and rythms of life. In this TIMELESS we go beyond the billionaire's boys club and explore How True Respect for Women Dismantles Toxic Power. We hope it moves you deeply.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org       

How do we find our way in the long dark?   In this episode, Amisha, Mary, and Lies engage in a heartfelt conversation about personal journeys, dreams, and the importance of resilience in the face of uncertainty. One of the themes that come up in this episode is about sharing your voice, allowing your truth to ripple out and inspire others. Together they reflect on past podcast episodes, highlighting the wisdom shared by our amazing guests, and conclude with insights on intuition and personal practices for reconnecting with oneself. In this conversation, the All That We Are team explores the themes of creativity, intuition, and compassion. They discuss how cooking reflects emotional states, the evolving nature of intuition, and the importance of navigating life's gray areas with openness and flexibility. The conversation emphasizes the need for compassion in personal growth and the significance of creating with love, while also encouraging you to embrace silence and breathe amidst the chaos of these times. We explore: :: How to keep our visions alive in a constantly evolving world :: How honouring all that we are encourages embracing the wisdom of diverse voices :: How embracing death and rebirth cycles helps us expand and meet the moment fully :: What happens when we learn to fully accept and be with what is :: How it's not about what's interesting to say but about saying what truly matters :: How releasing judgement and fear creates space for authenticity and connection :: Why fierceness allows us to embody our truth without fear We hope that this conversation gives you space to contemplate, integrate and embody what you hear. Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

What if you followed your heart for one whole year? How would your life look in 2026?  This week's episode shows us what is possible.    Our guest in this timeless episode is Lucile Yaney, a psychotherapist by training, high vibrational food and lifestyle specialist, and the visionary restaurateur behind the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga, California. Lucile shares her own journey, unfolding her path step by step, and reveals how it led her to a vision for a restaurant unlike anything; the Seventh Ray. Lucile recounts the origins of the Inn, a story that began more than 40 years ago with a chance encounter with what was once called the “last eyesore in Topanga.” Guided by her heart's wisdom and a year-long commitment to trust its whispers, she found herself on a path filled with surprising twists and profound discoveries. From an unexpected lesson in the healing power of food with Hazel Parcell in Arizona to crossing paths with a lifelong spiritual guide, Lucile's journey reflects the transformative power of saying yes to the unknown. This week's timeless is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 18 with Lucile Yaney – Food, Healing and Consciousness // Raising Vibrations and Starting Conversations With Food. You are so welcome to go and find this episode in the archives and listen in full.  We hope this timeless episode brings a moment to give thanks to the earth and everything and everyone surrounding us. Our hearts are with her and everyone affected by the fires in LA and beyond.    Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

Bringing diverse voices for peace, this episode is a special gem exploring the question ‘How can collective prayer create ripples that transform the world?'   In this final, heartfelt episode of the year, Ripples Collective shares their voices in a truly unique and tender way. Together they weave a moment of beauty and reflection gently infused with music, care and love. Ripples Collective is a group of Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists, artists, and heart-led humans working together in connection, strength and love to embody another possibility.   Together we explore: :: How music and ritual hold the power to transform our lives and communities :: What personal journeys have shaped the voices of Ripples Collective :: How activism and spirituality come together to forge a new path forward :: What stories emerge from Gaza and the West Bank and how they reveal an alternative reality :: What the significance of song and collective prayer is in creating unity and hope :: How we can navigate divisiveness to find common ground :: How the power of collective dreams can envision a better future :: How to honour the old while imagining and creating the new :: How the notion of home is rooted in a sense of belonging  We hope that this piece called ‘Embodying Another Possibility‘ brings forth a feeling hope of and a collective prayer for Freedom, Dignity, Equality, Safety, Justice, Compassion, Solidarity and Peace rippling out far and beyond.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

'How to Reconnect in a Disconnected World?' we ask ourselves in this new timeless episode.   Our guest is Johann Hari, the author of the New York Times bestseller: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention, executive producer and Tedtalk speaker. His books have been translated into 40 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people including Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein.   ​I ​don't ​think ​it's ​a ​coincidence ​that ​grief ​and ​depression ​have ​the ​same ​symptoms. I ​think ​what ​depression ​is, ​in ​part ​is ​grief ​for ​your ​own ​needs ​not ​being ​met. - Johann Hari   Hari invites us to reconsider what it truly means to find ourselves, not as isolated beings, but as interconnected individuals whose happiness and healing emerge from shared experiences and mutual support.   This week's timeless is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 47 – Johann Hari on Depression, Addiction and Connection entitled Lost Connections: Finding Others Instead of Ourselves. You are so welcome to go and find this episode in the archives and listen in full. We hope that this timeless offers you a new way of looking at your life and how you spend your time.      Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can understanding astrology support us in riding these times?    This episode brings forth a powerful way of hearing, feeling and seeing the art that astrology is. A deeply misunderstood sacred practice that Amanda is enormously passionate about. As a consulting astrologer, acutonics practitioner and artist, currently studying an MA in Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths University, Amanda anandita Simon brings the poetics of this practice out of the astrological arena into spaces where it can offer and be recognised for its contribution to join other acts of resistance. “To re-member a living relation with an ensouled cosmos, to restore and restore our dreaming heart and cultivate sensibility to subtlety - the intricacy and specificity present in each thread of our lived life.” Amanda shares.  Together we explore:     :: How to cultivate a bodily awareness that allows us to deeply touch and be touched by the world around us   :: What it means to return to the city after countryside life and how to prevent being overwhelmed by its intensity   :: What Pluto's recent transition from the Earth-based Capricorn to the Air-focused Aquarius signifies for us   :: How to understand astrology as an art and sacred practice      We hope that you enjoy this episode and that something here really lands for you.    Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

Drawing on her work as an educator, indigenous and land rights advocate and her mixed family history, Vanessa invites us to reflect on what it means to die well. How to become good elders and ancestors? “It ​cannot ​be ​just ​about ​us. ​It ​has ​to ​be ​about ​our ​responsibility ​to ​the ​time ​when ​we ​are ​no ​longer ​here. ​And ​it ​cannot ​be ​a ​choice ​either. ​It ​has ​to ​be ​something ​visceral.” Vanessa Andreotti    This timeless wisdom teaches us about the ways in which we can be in service of the greater good. The times we are living in often make it difficult for elders to play their role and teach the younger generation about the mistakes and successes they have experienced. Vanessa sparks ideas around the multiple layers of time, aging and pain and opens up opportunities to interact differently with our elders and ancestors so we can let their stories be medicine for generations to come.   This is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 156 with Vanessa Andreotti on Radical Tenderness, Eldership and Decolonisation // Embracing Our Pain. We hope that hearing this small piece will allow you to find new insights, embrace them and continue this practice of becoming a good elder and ancestor.    Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

What is the true cost of our numbness, and how can we alchemize it into deep, loving intimacy?     This conversation with Dr. Jaiya John is a balm, for tender times, tender hearts - a remembrance of how to touch tenderly, inwardly and outwardly. Dr. Jaiya John, born as an orphan on the sacred lands of the Ancient Puebloans in New Mexico's high desert, walks the world as a freedom worker, poet, author, teacher, and speaker, revered across continents. In this tender episode, Amisha and Dr. Jaiya weave a story of human connection—layered with vulnerability, healing, and the soft light of hope. Together, they lean into our collective longing for liberation from oppression, the raw courage needed to meet grief and emotional pain, and a soul-deep inquiry into how technology shapes intimacy in a world that often feels so far apart. We hope this episode invites you into deeper layers of tenderness and presence.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

In this TIMELESS episode we hear from Sophie Strand and Bayo Akomolafe. Together, we explore how the sacred is less about certainty and mastery and more about dwelling in the unknown, the disruptive, and the in-between. As we open ourselves to this journey, we consider how unlearning and openness might guide us toward a deeper, more grounded sense of the sacred—one that emerges in moments of humility, fragility, and genuine encounter.   “And  I  was  thinking  that,  at  least  in  my  own  situated  experience, my  approach  to  the  sacred  would  be  to  flip  the  paradigm  and  to  ask,  what  if  the  sacred  researches  you?” Sophie Strand   As a writer, Sophie focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. She believes strongly that all thinking happens interstitially between beings, ideas, differences, and mythical gradients. Bayo is a poet, philosopher, psychologist, professor, and chief-curator of the Emergence Network. He curates this earth-wide project for the re-calibration of our ability to respond to civilisational crisis. We hope this TIMELESS episode invites you to pause and reflect on the sacred in new and unexpected ways.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we emerge into a new future from here?   In this week's conversation with award-winning novelist, smallholder, contemporary shamanic trainer and host of the international chart-topping Accidental Gods podcast Manda Scott, we explore the edges of shaping the future of our wildest dreams.   ‘The ​not ​knowing ​is ​what ​allows ​the ​space ​for ​the ​web ​of ​life ​to ​send ​the ​knowing ​in.' and it is this not knowing that gives us room to dream, rise and change this system. ‘It's ​not ​predictable. ​If ​we ​can ​predict ​it, ​then ​it's ​not ​the ​new ​system, ​​but ​we ​can ​take ​ourselves ​​to ​the ​emergent ​edge ​of ​inter ​becoming, ​from ​which ​​emergence ​into ​that ​new ​system ​is ​hopefully ​more ​likely ​than ​the ​chaos ​and ​extinction.'   We hope this episode encourages you to explore deeper what invitations the web of life is making to you.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org        

In this week's TIMELESS episode, Patrisse Cullors highlights the urgent call for a softer, more connected world where care is the base of everything we do. As an Artist and Abolitionist, born and raised in Los Angeles and being on the frontline of abolitionist organising for 22 years, Patrisse offers us a powerful vision for how we can cultivate healing through active, compassionate engagement in our communities and how we can move beyond propaganda and embrace true transformation. “Our work is to show up and reshape this place.” Patrisse Cullors   This is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 201 with Patrisse Cullors on Abolition, Art Activism and Courageous Resourcing // Cultures Of Care.   We hope that this little piece called ‘How to Move Beyond Propaganda and Embrace True Transformation' will give you what you need in these important times in our evolution as humanity.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

This episode is a very special one. A pure and raw sharing by the fire behind ‘All that we are', Amisha Tala Oak. A sacred ritual, a ceremony where she lets her heart speak and where words come from a very deep place inside of her. This episode called ‘Tending to the hearth in a world ablaze // the language of ritual, ceremony and intuition' takes us on a journey. It's a remembrance to listen to our heart and inner fire while not losing courage and hope amidst the chaos. "We ​must ​create ​beauty ​in ​the ​mess." Amisha Tala Oak   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

In this TIMELESS episode, we hear from Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Nobel Prize nominated international speaker on Peace, Indigenous and Mother Earth perspective. He is member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota, with a long history in Indigenous activism as well as a master musician. He shares a lifechanging perspective on how we can understand the language of the earth and how she speaks and listens to us. We discover how learning to listen to earth leads us to true inner and outer peace. "The ​earth ​is ​listening ​to ​us ​first and ​if ​we ​do ​not ​​understand ​how ​the ​earth ​listens ​to ​us, ​then ​we ​will ​have ​a difficulty ​listening ​to ​the ​earth." Tiokasin Ghosthorse This week's timeless is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in E107 with Tiokasin Ghosthorse on Earth Languages, Consciousness and Indigenous Intelligence entitled Walking Earth With The Gifts Of The Stars . We hope that hearing just this small part will give you space to contemplate, integrate and embody what you hear.   Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

What if we are mushrooms having a human experience?   In this conversation called ‘Mushrooms and Mycelium: Nature's Network', Amisha Tala Oak meets Darren le Baron, an educator specialising in mycology and psychedelic research based in the UK and the Caribbean. Known around the world for his Shroomshop Master classes and mushroom educational programs, he is a keen cultivator and teacher who is passionate about sharing his research and findings on ethnomycology, ancient African plant medicines and their various applications.   Together we explore: :: How understanding yourself can help you build deeper, more meaningful connections. :: The challenges young people face in finding their purpose—and how to guide them. :: What mushrooms and mycelium can teach you about connection and renewal. :: How you are a mushroom having a human experience.  :: How you, as a gardener or nature-lover, play a vital role in our planet's future.  :: How money really does grow on trees.  :: Why plant wisdom is essential for your survival and living in harmony with the Earth. (Please note despite much research and clinical trials of the benefits, one of the mushrooms we discuss in this conversation are illegal in some countries) Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org

Welcome to our new fortnightly offering - TIMELESS.  Drawing on her wellspring of experiences as a writer, activist, and Black feminist, adrienne maree brown shares some timeless wisdom that teaches us about rituals of grief and spiritual healing that can bring us closer to our free and pleasurable futures. She sparks ideas around the construct of linear and layered time, opening up possibilities for spiritual shifts and healing across timeless. “Grief ​is ​a ​way ​that ​we ​ritualise ​and ​honour ​what ​we ​love ​and ​stay ​in ​a ​relationship ​with ​it.” adrienne maree brown This is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 146 with adrienne maree brown on Future Visioning, Layered Time and Grief // entitled Microcosms of Liberation, Justice and Pleasure.  We hope that hearing just this small part of timeless wisdom will give you space to contemplate, integrate and embody what you hear. Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

Is intuition the key to flourishing a better culture? In this special episode Amisha Tala Oak and Annegret Affolderbach celebrate the end of a chapter of co-creation of this podcast as Annegret is leaving to pursue new creative paths and 'all that we are' takes fresh directions. They share how they have witnessed each others creative growth for the past 15 years and how they have shaped lives, nurtured new cultures and communities guided by their visions and intuition. We explore :: creative and artistic practices attuned with visions, intuition and generosity :: transformative cultural change :: daydreaming :: podcasting  :: the positive power of technology :: tending to our nervous system :: all that we are's new pathways including the re-imagining of Presence Collective Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can we become catalysts for change? In this special episode entitled ‘The Butterfly Effect' Amisha gathers with Ebyän Zanini, Jimena Paratcha, Darren Le Baron and Nathaniel Dunn during Noisily Festival to share insights and ideas around the theme ‘We Are Change'. We explore :: duality as a form of balance for change :: interconnectedness and unity with each other and the more-than-human-world :: rites of passages :: plant allies and the power of psychedelics  :: forming intentions for change Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we honour diverse ways of life and all that we are? In this episode entitled ‘Mysterious Riddles', Amisha Ghadiali talks with Dr Andy Letcher, Senior Lecturer at both Schumacher College, Devon UK, where he is Programme Lead for the MA Engaged Ecology, and at the University of Exeter, where he teaches on the PGCert Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture. He is the author of “Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom”, and numerous papers on psychedelics, ecology, animism and paganism. Andy researches the contemporary use of psychedelics with a particular focus on the role psychedelics might play in our cultivating an ecological self. He is currently researching ritual and animistic usage of psychedelics by contemporary British Druids, and the contemporary use of the Fly Agaric mushroom. A folk musician, he plays English bagpipes, low whistle, and Dark Age lyre.  We explore :: folk music and birdsong :: deep listening and living in seasonal interconnectedness with nature  :: psychedelics and plant ceremonies :: Animism and Druidry :: pilgrimages and Rights of Passages Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we create planetary scale transformation on a local level? In this live episode entitled ‘Future Visions' Amisha gathered with Helena Norberg-Hodge, Anthea Lawson and Jae Spencer-Keyse to explore how we can create a collective vision that is aligned with what the majority of humanity is yearning for and that can forge transformation from a local level to a global level. We explore :: our relationship with the more than human world :: diversity :: economic literacy :: localised food economies :: parenting :: radical and meaningful education :: sacred and big picture activism Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we reclaim our intuition and make better decisions for ourselves and the collective? In this special episode entitled 'The Path Of Beauty' Jasmine Louella Paprika talks with Amisha Ghadiali, our podcast host. Amisha reveals her journey of creating this podcast, her book “Intuition” and her new offering 'Reclaim Your Intuition', a live online journey that emerged from it. This journey brings us into a powerful relationship with our intuition through an immersion of weekly calls, games, rituals and more. They explore :: podcasting off the mainstream :: Reclaim Your Intuition course :: experiential and somatic learning :: networks of belonging :: astral journeys :: interbeingness Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we remember and cultivate our shared humanity? In this special episode entitled 'Collective Care' we gather in a circle with Sally Zlotowitz, Vanessa Englert and Chris to explore remembering our shared humanity. This circle was hosted by Amisha during our Remembering Retreat in the Forest Of Dean; an invitation for us to come together in community to unveil collective wisdom. We explore :: collective care :: community building :: diverse ways of how we can build a better world :: activism and burn out :: kindness vs cancel culture Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we tend our personal and collective grief? In this episode entitled 'Networks Of Care' Amisha talks with Camille Sapara Barton, a writer, artist and somatic practitioner, dedicated to creating networks of care and livable futures. Rooted in Black Feminism, ecology and harm reduction, Camille uses creativity, alongside embodied practices, to create culture change in fields ranging from psychedelic assisted therapy to arts education. Their debut book Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community was published in April 2024 by North Atlantic Books. We explore :: conflict resolution :: numbing and regaining sensuousness :: somatic and grief practices and spaces :: processing collective grief in peer support groups and gatherings :: trusting our innate skills and qualities to support ourselves and each other :: resilience and grief tool kits Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we reclaim health for our food systems? In this special episode entitled ‘Earthly Delights' Amisha talks with Vandana Shiva on her infamous farm in India. Vandana is a world-renowned environmental thinker, activist, feminist, philosopher of science, writer and science policy advocate. She is the founder of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (India) and President of Navdanya International. In 1982 she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE), an independent research institute that addresses the most significant problems of ecology of our times, and two years later, Navdanya (‘nine seeds') the movement in defense of biodiversity and small farmers. Vandana is recipient of many awards, including in 1993 the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize', and named among the top five “Most Important People in Asia” by AsiaWeek in 2001, she is is a prolific writer and author of numerous books and serves on the board of the International Forum on Globalisation, and member of the executive committee of the World Future Council.  We hear from Chander Shaker who is one of the core team at the farm, as well as a multitude of participants of the Earth Democracy seminars with Vandana.  We explore :: bio and culturally diverse food systems and farming :: seed libraries :: universal laws :: soil health and its impacts on our health Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we live in intimacy with ourselves, each other and nature? In this episode entitled 'Wellsprings Of Dreams' Amisha talks with Zoë Tryon, an activist, speaker and artist known for her work with indigenous communities. She is the founder of “One of the Tribe Journeys”, a travel company offering immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes. Zoë has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 whilst living and working with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador. She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights in the Ecuadorian constitution. She is a Cultural Ambassador for the Stop Ecocide campaign and ambassador for the Sacred Headwaters Initiative. We explore :: environmental activism and reconnecting to ancestral land and practices :: indigenous led conservation, cultural preservation and wisdom in the Amazon rainforest :: indigenous practices of dreaming, healing and living in community and in harmony with Earth :: Amazonian spirituality, dreams, and plant medicine :: addictions and intimacy in the Western world :: motherhood Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we tantalise our spiritual paths to flourish a creative, equitable and harmonious future? In this episode entitled ‘ The Art of Life' Amisha talks with Ben Vereen, an American actor, dancer and singer. Vereen gained prominence for his performances in the original Broadway productions of the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, and Pippin, for which he won the 1973 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Ben takes us on a sermon of insights into how our creative expression and spirituality can forge life paths. We explore :: destructive impacts of technology distractions to human connection :: the role of spirituality on our collective growth :: the power and interconnectedness of art and life :: Humans as expressions of God :: the importance of stillness :: the true meaning of abundance Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can our eco systems of relationship shape our collective future?  In this episode entitled ‘Nothing But Love' Amisha talks with Raio, a musician, producer, ceremonialist and DJ who's been uplifting the tribe in Bali for the last 18 years. A devotee of movement and dance as transformational practices, he plays organic-electro live dance music sets and DJ's ecstatic dance. He's the co-founder of Wakamaia School of Sacred Fun, where they share the art of Ecstatic Dance DJ'ing, sound healing, and more. Raio is also co-founder of an eco-community as well as Colibri Spirit Festival and BaliSpirit Festival. We explore :: ecstatic dance and music ceremonies as healing and transformative practices :: transformative power of kindness in resolving conflicts :: grief rituals :: AI vs Humanities unique qualities of emotional intelligence and interconnectedness :: parenting and fathering  :: human capacity to create magic  Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we cultivate our intuition for collective change? In this special episode entitled 'An Invitation To More Aliveness' we gather with Niharika Sanyal, Léa Bourratiere, Naveen Vasudevan, Nikhil Kale, Ajay Makhija and Aurora Esmeralda to explore intuition as a guide for collective change; a way of life drawing from the wisdom of our bodies to move us into a life of discernment, simplicity, humbleness and grace. This circle hosted by Amisha is an invitation for us to come together in community to unveil collective wisdom.   We explore :: Intuition as a guide to navigate uncertain times  :: Intuition as a tool for collective liberation :: Signs and Symbols for collective growth :: Grief and Joy to counterbalance our worlds of darkness Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we journey into our full presence and power? In this episode entitled "The Golden Path" , Amisha welcomes back Zach Bush, MD, a physician specialising in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care. He is an internationally recognised educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease and food systems. He founded ‘Seraphic Group' and the non-profit ‘Farmer's Footprint' to develop root-cause solutions for human and ecological health. His passion for education reaches across many disciplines, including topics such as the role of soil and water ecosystems in human genomics, immunity, and gut/brain health. We explore :: rewilding our dreams and hearts as pathways for inner healing and reconnecting with nature :: recognising our wounds and sacredness as the healing medicines of our own body :: practicing spirituality, consciousness and personal growth in sovereign community :: breath work and plant medicine as tools for healing and coming into presence :: polyamory and unconditional love as baselines for future society :: sexuality and fertility :: soil based nutrition Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we learn to live in a state of harmony and action?  In this episode entitled ‘Poetry Of Souls' Amisha talks with Deepti Tewari, a teacher at Last School, Auroville, sharing sessions on poetry, literature, culture studies, and exploring Sri Aurobindo's philosophy. The school is based upon Free Progress, an approach which is not governed by habits, conventions or preconceived ideas, but guided by the soul. Auroville, want to universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose is to realise human unity. We explore: :: sovereign education as a way of unlocking integrity and inner fullness as a key to growth :: harmony and beauty as the undercurrents of all of life that unlock our soul's purpose :: Auroville's as a blueprint city for peace and harmony for all humanity :: the transformative power of wisdom revealed in being present Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can we unfurl the authenticity of our lives? In this special episode 'Wisdom For These Times' we gather with Khrisha Ambani, Brusellas Gomez-Andersun, Zach Bush, Barnaby Maichael Andersun and Kieran Butler to explore the wisdom unleashed during troubling times that might hold the keys to living our lives guided by authenticity, joy and the creativity of nature. This circle hosted by Amisha is an invitation for us to come together in community to unveil collective wisdom. We explore:   :: the importance of leaning into community to cultivate joy and creativity as a compass for life :: forming our authentic voice through sensory experiences :: following our bliss and finding freedom in times of uncertainty and change :: nature as our mirror and guide Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org 

How do we become soul models that can lead our evolution from a place of love and authenticity? We are kicking off our new season with ‘The Essence Of Grace', a conversation with Amisha and Dr Jude Currivan, a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author and Evolutionary Leaders Circle member. She is a scientist specialising in cosmology and quantum physics. Having travelled to over 80 countries and worked with traditional wisdom keepers she is a life-long researcher into the nature of reality and author of award-winning and bestselling book “The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation” and “The Story of Gaia: The Big Breath and the Evolutionary Journey of Our Conscious Planet”. She co-founded “WholeWorld-View” to serve unitive awareness, conscious evolution and transformational change in service to our collective and planetary healing. We explore :: how we may form ‘soul models' to contribute to collective awakening :: how we may live in unity and embrace our interconnectedness to heal the disease of separation and evolve into co-creative partners with Gaia :: living authentically and trusting our intuition as our superpower in this time of metamorphosis :: cosmos and the universe as a living and loving entities :: emergence of reality that embraces the convergence of the science of unity and wholeness with ancient wisdom teachings :: how to create spaces for deep connection and slowing down Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we align the law and ourselves with nature to enrich life? In this episode entitled Future Source Code Amisha talks with Paul Powlesland, a barrister and lawyer for nature who acts to protect trees and rivers in the courts and speaks for the Rights of Nature. He is a founder of Lawyers for Nature, which aims to transform the relationship between law, lawyers and nature, introducing nature's voice into our legal and economic systems. Paul lives on a boat on the River Roding in East London, and set up the River Roding Trust, through which he carries out hands-on restoration, guardianship and protection of the river. We explore :: Nature guardianship, activism and the challenges of caring for our land and rivers :: Future Source Code for ‘Nature Rights' reflecting a relationship of protection and care between humans and nature in our legal systems :: an ecosystem of interventions that changes the relationship between humans and nature across our legal, social, economic and religious spiritual systems :: Ecocide Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org For early access to Reclaim Your Intuition     

How do we envision and shape a world without oppressive systems? In this episode entitled Cultures Of Care Amisha talks with Patrisse Cullors, an Artist and Abolitionist born and raised in Los Angeles. Cullors has been on the frontline of abolitionist organising for 22 years. She has advanced a term called abolitionist aesthetics. Her latest work is examining an art practice that leads through west African spirituality as well as pushing the culture to adopt abolitionist beliefs in order to build our imagination towards a world we all deserve.  We explore: :: abolition, a practice that helps us envision a world without oppressive systems and practices, such as policing and imprisonment :: Art and imagination as tools to shaping a new world and tapping into our spiritual and creative potential :: resourcing ourselves through therapy, community, and self-care as essential for sustaining activism and navigating challenging times :: Patrisse latest artwork embracing Yoruba IFA traditions respecting Earth and each other as a path towards healing & transformation :: the balance between accessibility and appreciation in the digital age and the power of collective experience Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How have we and the world changed in these past seven years? In this epsiode entitle In Reverence Of A Beautiful Future, we are celebrating 200 episodes of ‘all that we are'; our podcast that is an epic gathering of more than 200 voices of change and insight from all over the globe; powerful reminders of all that we are and can be in this future we all hold in our hearts. Amisha, our podcast host, talks with Floss Barnett-Howland taking us into the deeper layers of Amisha's journey over the past 7yrs of creating this podcast and her other offerings that have come alive. Together they hold a ritual honouring this milestone. We explore :: Amisha's journey bringing alive this podcast  :: reflections on this 7yr cycle, cycles of life and creation :: Amisha's new offering ‘Reclaim Your Intuition' :: the importance of pause, ritual and ceremony Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we co-create humanity? In this episode entitled Ubuntu Amisha talks with Dr Dianne Regisford, a dynamic Social Sculpture practitioner, Dianne is invested in regenerative ARTivism for belonging, racial equity and cultural transformation through a social justice lens. Dianne is the founder, visionary and creator of the Evoking Belonging Social Sculpture practices. She designs and stewards inclusive, participatory approaches to belonging through equitable enquiry into power and privilege, racial justice and cultural transformation. This is an innovative approach to  socio-cultural co-imagining for a regenerative, equitable, humane and just society. We explore :: what it means to belong & belonging as a co-creative cultural practice :: embodiment practices as storytelling tools & tools for evolution :: how to connect to our innate soul and indigenous knowledge :: uncertainty & unison :: Artivism & the evolution of activism into pleasure and joy motivated action :: the cultural phenomena of Ubuntu & unison Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can we learn and unlearn to bring forth cultural, personal and planetary transformation? In this episode entitled Interconnected  Learning Amisha talks with Ruby and Christabel Reed, co-founding directors of the holistic wellbeing and transformative education platform Advaya, and of the Initiative Earth Charity, which runs the online nature skills platform Earthed and narrative campaign EcoResolution. Over the last ten years they have been building networks and bringing tens of thousands of people together in joyful spaces that reframe how we see the world around us, and our role within it, so that we recognise our ecological relationality, fall more in love with life, and actively participate in its ecological and spiritual regeneration. We explore :: the creation, growth and intentions of educational platforms Advaya and Earthed  :: holistic educational systems considering ecology, consciousness and the body as antidotes to dominant forms of education :: deep learning in community :: their personal journeys into educational activism :: cancel culture & the challenges of social media and influencer posturing :: creating long term embodiment practices Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can we flourish new forms of activism and leadership to create collective liberation? In this episode entitled The Art Of Activism Amisha Talks with Ebyän Zanini, a writer, visual storyteller, and poetess of Somali-Italian descent. She is the founder of ‘Mother Tongue' and teaches at the intersection of decolonisation, eco-sensuality, and feminine mysticism. Ebyän's offerings are deeply inspired by the animist spirituality of her Nubian ancestral heritage weaving us closer to the enchantment that is available in all Life.   We explore  :: antidotes to oppressive systems  :: ‘medicines' of collective liberation :: redefining activism into forms of daily practice and art as activism :: harnessing guilt and shame as powerful emotions to guide us through transitions and birthing new worlds :: collective expansion of resilience :: non-binary consciousness :: how to be a sacred activist at a time of genocide  Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How can we bring alive sustainable forms of activism that honour authenticity and humanity in each and everyone of us? In this episode entitled The Path Forward Amisha talks with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, an award-winning writer, editor, speaker, and communications consultant. She is the author of three books, including the recent ‘Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways'. Dorcas has nearly twenty years of experience as a nonprofit and social enterprise professional. She served as the first director of communications for d.light, one of the world's leading social enterprises, and has provided communications consulting for social-benefit companies around the world. We learn about  :: diverse, authentic and sustainable forms of activism :: activism strategies for highly sensitive people  :: how we can appeal to people in power to forge change :: examples of innovative creative peacemaking strategies, such as FARC in Columbia :: tools and methodologies of overcoming division and stand in integrity :: intentional relationship practices :: tools for processing and avoiding burn out and anxiety :: forming unexpected friendships that might change our lives :: the impacts of social entrepreneurship Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we cultivate our relationship with nature? In this episode entitled Wisdom Cycles Amisha talks with Alana Bloom, a facilitator, artist and activist stewarding eco-centric and animist ways of being that bring us back into connection with the wider living world, each other and our deepest and truest nature. Alana guides transformational experiences working with hundreds of people and a variety of organisations on the frontiers of personal and planetary healing.  We learn about :: how to rediscover and orientate our relationship with nature :: learning and living attuned with the cycles and rhythms of nature :: the power of growing our own food :: how to create a culture of coming together :: grieving as an expression of the depth of our love :: healing sister wounds :: cultivating nourishing and successful collaborative working relationships with our kin Links from this episode and more at all that we are For Amisha's book INTUITION Be part of AllThatWeAre community

How do we build future cultures rooted in care and regeneration? In this episode entitled Vacuums Of Collapse Amisha talks with Daze Aghaji, a climate justice activist whose advocacy for radical systemic change centres on youth political engagement, regenerative cultures, social justice, and intersectionality. The Guardian has described her as a ‘ball of energy, conviction and warmth'. Her bold activism has led her to working with an array of leading NGOs, governments, institutions and grassroots change-makers globally. We learn about  :: her personal experiences of activism and empowering change in communities :: climate grief and eco anxiety :: nature as a place of safety & how to build connection with nature in cities  :: how to cultivate agency to change our world :: connecting with beauty amidst the collapse of society as a way to propel us forward :: to create useful tools for activism, care and regeneration :: how AI may help us towards a regenerative future :: how to create and enact policy making :: how we can support the younger generations on their mission to shape the future Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2023/11/02/e194-daze-aghaji-on-climate-activism-grief-and-future-democracies-vacuums-of-collapse/ 

How can we cultivate creativity to imagine a society that serves all of us? In this special episode we gather with Chris Bullzini, Kay Michael, Gaia Harvey Jackson and Dannii Evans to explore the power of creativity. This conversation is an invitation for all of us to connect and grow our creativity in whichever ways accessible to us, wherever we find ourselves. It is a call for us to create space for play, for embodiment and feeling a sense of awe so we can reimagine and recreate our societies into works of art that serve us all. We learn about :: their different creative practices and personal journey's as creatives reconnecting and blooming their imagination and creativity  :: what creativity looks like in these times and the impacts of creative monocultures  :: about presence and the state of awe  :: the relationship between creativity and the divine :: about the power of collaboration :: about how to create safe spaces where we can freely express ourselves and grow our creativity from an authentic place Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we work with plant medicines in a meaningful and respectful way? In this episode Amisha talk with Emma Fitchett, a plant spirit healer, shamanic teacher and author initiated into and trained in indigenous healing and magical lineages of the British Isles and the Ecuadorian Amazon whilst being a Yew Mysteries initiate and holds the lineage of the White Serpent. This conversation illuminates how we can grow our spiritual sovereignty and balance our inner and outer worlds in co-creation with nature's medicines. It is a gift for all of those who want to explore more in relation to plant medicines, don't know how to go about it and are uncertain of what such explorations might reveal. We learn :: Emma's powerful personal journey and initiations into working with plant medicines and wisdom  :: her work with plant essences and the mysteries of nature's gifts :: how we can address root causes of our imbalances with plant medicine :: how to shift the world into balance in collaboration with nature :: how to use and how to not abuse plant medicines :: how to create sacred spaces and their importance for our healing Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we create radically new perspectives and prosper antidotes that forge systemic change? In this episode we hear powerful voices gathered from previous podcast episodes including Bayo Akomolafe, Lyla June, Manish Jain and Helena Norberg-Hodge; all of whom recently shared their insights at Planet Local Summit. This episode gathers deep insights into the predicaments of our time. It is an invitation to radically inspire our imagination, shift our perspectives, ask different questions and explore new ways to become involved in serving each other and the world we live in during these turbulent times. We learn about  :: their personal lives and motivations to serve humanity and the wider living world :: what it means to live in a “post-truth” world :: how we can free ourselves from the reductionist and destructive systems of our time and its consequences :: what antidotes we can cultivate to forge systemic change :: how we can unschool, revolutionise learning/education and create future vision to serve humans and more than humans better :: sacred knowledge & activism :: listening to each other & listening to Earth :: localism, alternative food systems and gift culture Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we grow wholesome sisterhoods and creative futures? In this special episode we hear from the multicultural all female team behind ‘all that we are'; Amisha Ghadiali, our host, Mary Chan, our sound editor and Annegret Affolderbach, our writer & visual curator. In this joyful exchange they reveal behind the scenes of making this podcast and deeper insights into the creative and visionary lives of the women who create it. We learn :: about the creation of this visionary podcast in a multicultural and all female team :: about the wholesome sisterhood they have forged :: about their personal journeys of growing creative and visionary livelihoods :: how to find courage to carve a fulfilling path and how to stand in our truths  :: about trust and the power of anger and what it means Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org  

How do we cultivate a new collective global power and reverence that thrives in a balance of our spiritual, intellectual and ancient wisdom? In this episode Amisha talks with Fernanda Baraybar, a transpersonal psychologist, writer and practicing Shaman. Working with the Qero Paqo communities of The Andes in Peru, she's helping keep her ancestors' traditions alive by learning from their ancient practices. She works as a consultant for ‘Synergetic Press' and she writes for ‘Psychic Garden' whilst pursuing an MSc in Spirituality, Consciousness, and Transpersonal Psychology with the aim of creating further research on parapsychological phenomena and shamanistic psychology. We learn about :: Fernanda's life growing up in Latin America during a time of conflict and resistance :: Shamanic prophecies and practices :: the impact of our collective imprints and entanglements with different cultures and nature  :: gaining new perspectives by addressing distorted belief systems created by Westernism  :: activating codes of lineage and ancient wisdom :: the release of anger and leaning into joy and bliss Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How can we align ourselves with the possibility and intelligence that lives inside of us? This episode is an invitation by our host Amisha Ghadiali to experience and cultivate Beautiful Leadership, a practice she has evolved over the past decade and now shares as a one-to-one mentoring programme. Amisha has been hosting ‘all that we are' fka ‘The Future Is Beautiful' podcast exploring the weave between activism, the sacred, creativity & regeneration. It's a space for deep, insightful, unedited conversations with guests, who share their unique point of view and approaches to life. Amisha has a gift of bringing people into connection with themselves, each other and the Earth. She has hosted many retreats, workshops, programmes and rituals around the world. She creates brave, tender and inclusive spaces. We learn  :: about ‘Beautiful Leadership', Amisha's one-to-one mentoring programme  :: practices that support our mind, body and soul :: about igniting the power and possibility that lives within each of us :: aligning with the intelligence of our bodies :. how to let go of conditioning and trauma to step more fully into our lives path :: about Amisha's personal journey of learning and how to grow from life experiences :: about myths of New Age spirituality Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

What insights gleaned from this lifetime can we pass on to nurture the beautiful future we are creating? In this special episode we gather with cherished members of our community to wisdom weave for our future grandchildren. Stepping into eldership, each sharing in this circle, lovingly reveals meaningful stories and insights gleaned in this lifetime inviting the grandmother and grandfather in all of us to shine a light for our future generations. Make a cup of tea, and cozy up around the fire with us for this one.  Amisha is joined by Esteban Ruseler, Isla Macleod, Jessica Ferrow, Guy Ogilvy, Hely Cameron and Barbara J Hunt.    We are encouraged to  :: reclaim beauty in the world and be guided by truth :: to understand death and heartache as nourishment for rebirth :: become good listeners and to be intentional  :: to be compassionate and humble and to allow ourselves to be :: to honour our bodies as vessels of wisdom :: make our body, our energy and our mind a safe space    Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we re-awaken and re-foster our ancient love and connection with nature?  In this special live episode coming from Wilderness Festival, Amisha talks with Sam Lee, a Mercury Prize-nominated and BBC Folk Award-winning singer, conservationist and curator. With a lifelong passion for wilderness studies and nature connection, Sam is a folk music specialist dedicated to collecting, sharing and interpreting ancient oral music from Britain and Ireland. He has been instrumental as one of the new wave of young activists shaping the landscape of the folk world and roots music in the UK. With two critically acclaimed albums, Sam works holistically in challenging the very nature of our heritage music in the 21st Century. They explore  :: the magnificence and wisdom of fire and storytelling by the fire side :: nature as our playground, teacher and elder :: our estrangement from nature & how to connect with nature in times of ecological collapse :: folk song traditions and their cultural significance :: camping in wilderness and access to land Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we create moments of collective care and sanctuary in troubled times? In this episode Amisha talks with zoë laureen palmer, a multidisciplinary artist, co-creator and human ecologist working at the intersection of the arts, health and ecology. Her regenerative practice explores our relationship with the more than human world centering embodied ecologies, underrepresented narratives and knowledge through a decolonial lens. She is a gentle beekeeper and a plant medicine student cultivating an afro-futurist apothecary in response to climate breakdown. In this intimate conversation Amisha and zoë laureen unearth a flow of big questions arising from living in troubled times of system collapse and climate crisis. Together they ground us in ideas and practices that can help us nourish and flourish whilst being present to the complexities unfolding around us.  They explore  :: beekeeping as practice of collective and community care; a teacher of reciprocity, interbeingness and storytelling :: collective dissociation and creating sanctuary reclaiming shattered lives and places :: our relationship with slowing down and decolonising time as an act of collective care :: interspecies grief and finding ways of flourishing in a world that's diminishing :: how we can rekindle our intimacy with each other and the natural world, and how to open this conversation up to to the wider living world Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org

How do we decolonise and reclaim the sensuous powers of our divine feminine? In this episode Amisha talks to Mallence Bart-Williams, a Sierra Leonean-German multi-facetted social entrepreneur who uses film, fashion, botanical alchemy, writing and philanthropy as forms of expression to instill balance in this world, and Shilo Shiv Suleman, an award-winning Indian artist whose work lives and breathes at the intersection of Magical Realism, Art, Technology and Social Justice. Her work is unapologetically embodied weaving together the sensual and sacred, past and future- through paintings, wearable sculptures, interactive installations and public art interventions.  Mallence and Shilo reveal the facets of their newly launched collaborative space ‘Lineage' that draws on their personal cultures and lineages. ‘Lineage' is a diverse cultural space in Ubud, Bali, containing a library, art gallery, chai and wine bar. The intention of ‘Lineage' is to be an offering for us to reimagine our futures and to bring alive practices of embodied decolonisation that reclaim ancient trade routes and our imagination, so we may reconnect with our sensuous bodies and a culture of abundance. They explore :: insights and stories revealing their personal cultural lineages and ancestral practices :: cultural appropriation and capitalisation of ancestral practices, such as yoga :: cultural regeneration and to how to reclaim our sensuous power of the divine feminine :: culture of shame & colonial laws of oppression that continue to reap hate and division in our communities  :: joy as a form of resistance & reclamation Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org    

How do we embrace our bodies as sensuous landscapes flourishing with the seasons? In this episode Amisha talks with ChaNan Bonser, a healer, teacher and creative, who's practice is catering to the highly sensitive amongst us. Her work is rooted in the cycles of the seasons and in ecological imagination practices that help us flourish resilience and robustness whilst harnessing our sensitivity as a superpower. ChaNan shares insights into her practice and the superpower of being a highly sensitive person in a fractured world. She reveals that the ways we tend to ourselves is the way we tend to Earth, and that we experience our wholeness and forge change by embracing slowness, fully listening to our bodies and honouring our interconnectedness with Earth. We explore :: how we can use imagination and dreams to understand our bodies as sensuous landscapes to embody our interconnection with nature and ecologies :: the idea of our biomes as fluid identities :: harnessing our gifts of sensitivity and HSP's perspectives as life's superpower :: integrating plant medicines & sugars as prosperous substances & sacraments :: how we can understand our cravings as a longing for the Earth to hold us :: ecological imagination practices for regulating our nervous systems and auric fields Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org