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The fourth and final episode in our series on the Jinshin no Ran: we cover the campaign in Afumi (aka Ōmi - 近江).  Prince Ōama and Prince Ōtomo (aka Kōbun Tennō), have drawn up their forces.  Last episode we covered the fighting in the Nara Basin, around the ancient Yamato capital: Asuka.  This episode focuses on the defense of the Karafu and Fuwa passes and the eventual march to the bridge at Setagawa. This is a name heavy episode, and we'll be noting some of it here: https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-132   Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 132: The Jinshin no Ran, Part 4: The Afumi Campaign The Afumi soldiers on the western side of the bridge looked across the open expanse of water towards their Yoshino rivals on the eastern side.  If it weren't for the banners and the red tags barely visible on the sleeves of the opposing forces, it would be hard to know which side was which.  Both were equipped in similar ways, and a few of the soldiers could even make out familiar faces on the other side.  That is the nature of civil wars—especially in a conscript society, where the soldiers often had little choice which side they were fighting for.  Not that it necessarily mattered much to them which side came out on top, whatever their commanders might have told them. The bridge across the Seta river was large and wide, and normally quite well traveled.  Now, however, the central boards had been pulled up for a span of about 30 feet or so, leaving a gap spanned by only a single, narrow plank.  That plank was, itself, tied to a rope, which was being held by the Afumi troops.  The soldiers knew that should any of the enemy try to cross, they could pull the plank out from under them and they would fall into the river, their metal armor dragging them down into the dark depths of swirling water below.  Even should they somehow make it across without being peppered by arrows, there would be no reinforcements coming: they would be slaughtered, and the trap would be reset. It seemed like the Afumi forces held all the cards in this battle, and yet they were still tense. Archers could still shoot across the distance. The front rank of troops held wooden shields as a defense, but there were still openings in the formation and the armor, and in the chaos of battle, nobody was truly safe. And so the Afumi forces waited.  Confident, but wary. A commotion on the eastern side of the bridge grabbed the spotlight.  The Yoshino forces had approached, and they were clearly preparing for something.  The Afumi soldiers strained to see what was going on.  Suddenly, the front line of the Yoshino forces parted, and a strange sight confronted the Afumi soldiers.  It took them a moment to fully comprehend what was barreling towards them at full tilt: a soldier that looked almost like two soldiers put together, wearing armor placed over armor, in an attempt to protect from harm.  It must have been heavy, and as he stepped on the beam, it visibly buckled under the weight.  The Afumi archers let loose with their arrows and crossbow bolts, but to no avail.  They simply stuck in the armor, adding to the bizarre and otherworldly appearance of their opponent. The spell was broken on the Afumi side as arrows came cascading in.  The Yoshino forces weren't just sitting idly back, they were making sure they were doing everything they could to keep the Afumi forces distracted.  And for a split second it worked—and a split second was all they needed.  Before the soldiers could gather up their wits about them enough to pull the rope there was a terrifying sound of metal on wood.  The Afumi soldiers pulled the rope, but it came all too easy—the Yoshino soldier had dashed across and cut the rope tied to the plank.  Behind him, the Yoshino forces were now pouring across the bridge.  Soon they would establish a foothold, and behind the front line they would be able to have other soldiers place more planks so that the number of Yoshino soldiers on the Western side of the bridge only continued to increase. Realizing that their trap had been circumvented, the Afumi forces fell back, but their strategic withdrawal soon turned into a full on retreat.  While pockets of soldiers resisted, many were suddenly all too aware that perhaps it was better to live and fight another day, instead.  Despite threats and even attacks from their own commanders, the Afumi forces fled the battlefield, leaving the Yoshino army victorious.  With the Seta bridge now secured, there were no more major obstacles in their way:  They would march to the capital at Ohotsu and finish this war.   Welcome back!  This is Part 4, and so if you haven't already done so, I recommend going back and starting with Part 1.  That said, we'll briefly recap here. Over the past three episodes, we've talked about the causes of the war between Prince Ohotomo and Prince Ohoama as they vied for the throne.  Prince Ohotomo seemingly had the stronger position, as he was actually running the Yamato state from the Afumi capital in Ohotsu.  He had the various ministers and all the official organs of the state on his side.   He was also 23 years old. Ohoama, on the other side, was Ohotomo's paternal uncle.  His own son, Prince Takechi, was 19 years old and helping to lead the army.   Upon learning that the State was gathering forces against him, Ohoama had quickly moved east, gathering forces as he went, and now he stood near Fuwa, modern day Sekigahara, prepared to begin his march on the capital.   This episode we are going to cover the conclusion of the war.  Warning, though, this is going to be a *lot*.  A lot of place names and people names.  Apologies if it is hard to follow.  I'll have a rough map and info on the various players on the podcast blog, so you may want to bring that up if you are having problems following. In Part I of this series we covered the causes leading up to the conflict.  In Part II we covered Ohoama's mad dash to Fuwa, at modern Sekigahara.  Last episode, Part III we covered the fighting in the Nara Basin. This episode we are going to talk about the last two fronts of the war: the defense of the Iga area and Kurafu Pass, and the march from Fuwa to the Afumi capital of Ohotsu. Before we go into the details of the next battles, let's look at what each side of the conflict was doing, what they are concerned about, and where they are on the board.  We'll then go into how the rest of the war played out, and its conclusion and aftermath.     Ohoama's Yoshino forces had largely been drawn from the countries in the east—the very same countries that Ohoama was denying to the Afumi court.  In response, the Afumi court had drawn their forces from where they could.  There were those that they had already called up under the pretense of building Naka no Oe's burial mound, but they had sent others out to raise troops in Yamato and out the western side of Honshu, all the way to Tsukushi—modern Kyushu.  However, not everyone in the Western region of the archipelago was friendly to the Afumi court—especially the regions of Kibi and Tsukushi.  This was significant.  Kibi was an ancient rival of Yamato, and likely could contribute a sizeable force.  Tsukushi, on the other hand, was quite large, and besides the conscripts from among the regular inhabitants, Tsukushi also was in charge of defending the archipelago from invasion—they were the first line of defense.  They had constructed numerous castles and fortifications to defend against a possible invasion, and those castles and fortifications were no doubt manned by troops that had been raised for that purpose.  If they could now be turned inwards, that could be enough to really turn the tide against Ohoama and his Yoshino army. The only problem was that neither Kibi nor Tsukushi were exactly sympathetic to the Afumi court.  The governor of Kibi and Prince Kurikuma, the viceroy of Tsukushi, both had ties to Ohoama, and the ministers suspected them of sympathizing with their Yoshino rivals.  As such the envoys that were sent out were authorized to take whatever drastic steps they felt necessary to secure the troops. So how did that all go down?  Well, last episode we talked about how Hodzumi no Momotari and his crew had been stopped from raising troops in Asuka by Ohotomo no Fukei, whose bluff of pretending to be Prince Takechi and a host of cavalry soldiers caused the conscripted troops to flee, and ended up in the death of Momotari and the capture of his compatriots. In Kibi, things took a turn in Afumi's favor.  When the Afumi government's envoy arrived at the government center in Kibi, he tricked the governor into taking off his sword.  Once he had done so, the envoy drew his own sword and killed the governor.  Without the governor to get in his way, the envoy then went about securing the land and troops for the Afumi court. Prince Kurikuma, the viceroy in Tsukushi, at the Dazaifu, was not quite so easily fooled, however.  Kurikuma knew how the court operated, and was apparently well informed of what was going on.  When the Afumi court's envoy met with Kurikuma, the Prince was flanked by two of his sons, Prince Mino and Prince Takebe, each one armed.  When Prince Kurikuma heard what the Afumi court wanted—for him to send the troops from Tsukushi to help quell Ohoama's rebellion—Kurikuma responded that he needed those troops to hold the border.  After all, the Tang dynasty was still a potential threat, and what good would it do to send the troops from the border regions to fight an internal war, only to then have an invader come in and destroy the state entirely?  No, he reasoned, he would not be sending the troops as the Afumi court requested. We are told that for a moment, the Afumi envoy thought about grabbing his sword and killing Prince Kurikuma, as the Afumi court had suggested, but with both of Kurikuma's sons armed on either side of him, he realized that he didn't have great odds, and so he eventually left, empty handed, but alive. This is significant.  While we don't know exact numbers, it is likely that there were quite a few troops stationed in Kyushu and the islands, all in case of foreign invasion.  By not supplying them to the Afumi court, Prince Kurikuma dealt a huge blow to the Afumi's ability to make war.  Add to that the fact that Ohoama had likewise blocked the court's access to the eastern countries, and that further narrowed the troops that Afumi had access to.  Nonetheless, they still had enough to be dangerous, and it is impossible to say exactly what might happen in a war. So we know where the Afumi and Yoshino forces ostensibly came from, but let's talk about the battlefield.  All of the fighting that we talk about was happening in an area between Naniwa—modern Ohosaka—and Fuwa, modern Sekigahara, northwest from the modern city of Nagoya. There are three main theaters we are talking about.  The first is in the Nara basin, which we talked about extensively in the last episode.  The Nara basin itself was not necessarily of the most strategic importance, militarily, but it was of huge symbolic importance.  After all, that was still the ancient capital, even though the governmental functions had been moved north, to Ohotsu, on the shores of Lake Biwa.  The second is in the Suzuka mountains.  This includes the areas of Iga and Kouka, and it is bordered by the Nara basin on the west, the Mie coastline on the east, and Afumi, the area around lake Biwa, to the north.  This is the same region that Ohoama had to naviagate through on his way from Yoshino to the east, and the mountains and valleys make it so that there are only so many traversable routes through.  For our narrative we are going to be primarily talking about the Kurafu Pass, between Kouka and Iga, at modern Tsuge city.  This pass  was an important route between Kouka, Iga, and Mie.  The road followed the Soma River which eventually flowed into Lake Biwa.  This made it a route out of Afumi, and if the Afumi forces could secure the Kurafu pass and the fields of Tara, just on the other side, they could split Ohoama's forces and cut off any help that he could possibly send to the Nara basin, and possibly even take Ohoama from behind. Finally, let's talk about our third theater:  Afumi itself.  Specifically, we are looking at the southern and eastern sides around Lake Biwa.  Biwa is the largest lake in Japan, and it is almost entirely surrounded by mountains except for where the Seta river flows south, eventually winding its way to Naniwa.  Today, the area of Afumi is largely co-located with modern Shiga Prefecture. Back in 668, after finding themselves on the losing side of the Baekje-Tang war, Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou, had moved the capital to Ohotsu, or Big Port, in Afumi, on the shores of Lake Biwa, likely for the protection it gave.  From Afumi, there were three major routes out of the basin, and a few minor ones.  All of them were through defensible mountain passes, like Karafu Pass, Fuwa Pass, and Suzuka Pass.  Three such passes:  Fuwa, Suzuka, and Arachi would become prominent barriers, or seki, along the ancient roads, and were known as the Sangen, or Three Barriers, protecting the capital region.  Suzuka no seki, at the pass of the same name, was in the south.  To reach it from Afumi, one crossed the Karafu pass, and then turned east through a pass near Mt. Miyama.  At the northern tip of the Suzuka mountains was Fuwa pass, future home of the Fuwa barrier.  The Barrier, or “Seki” would give its name to the area in another form:  Sekigahara.  This was along the Tousandou, the Eastern Mountain road, and even today it is the path through which roads and even the Shinkansen traverse between eastern and western Honshu.  Finally, though less important to our story, was the Arachi pass. Arachi no seki was part of the Hokurikudo, the Northern Land Route, and led to the ancient country of Kochi and the port of Tsuruga, which had a long history as an alternate port, especially for ships sailing from Goguryeo.  Later, Arachi no seki would be replaced in the Sangen ranking by another pass between Afumi and modern Kyoto, which would be known as the Afusaka, or Ohosaka, Pass.  This was the pass that would have been used to get to Yamashiro and, from there, to Naniwa and the Nara Basin. These three passes would come to define the island of Honshu, and became the dividing line between the Kanto region, in the east, and the Kansai region, in the west.  By holding the Suzuka and Fuwa passes, Ohoama effectively denied any travel to the eastern regions.  Sure, Afumi could have tried going through the Arachi pass and into Kochi, but then they would have had to traverse the Japan alps—no small feat, especially without modern conveniences like the trains and busses used today. From Fuwa Pass, where Ohoama and Prince Takechi had set up their headquarters, it was largely a straight shot to the Afumi capital of Ohotsu.  Between Lake Biwa and the Suzuka mountains is a wide, flat plain, divided primarily by the rivers and streams running out from the mountains into the lake.  Immediately west of Fuwa is the area of Maibara.  Following the shore of the lake one traverses through modern Hikone, to Yasu.  Yasu would also have been the location where the road to the Karafu pass broke off into the Suzuka mountains.  Beyond that was the bridge across the Seta River. The Seta river was one of the largest obstacles that would have to be negotiated, and the Afumi forces knew this.  Just as Ohoama would set up at Fuwa pass, a large number of the Afumi forces were set up on the western bank of the Seta river.  If the Yoshino forces could get across, however, it would mean that they had a more or less unimpeded route to the capital at Ohotsu. So now let's talk about what was happening in each of these places. Ohoama had set up at Fuwa—Sekigahara—and had begun to call soldiers to him.  Not only did did this allow him to block the rival Afumi troops from accessing the Eastern countries and possibly raising troops to use against him, but he was also able to maintain a line of communication with ancient Yamato, in the Nara Basin.  In order to keep his communication lines open, and to ensure that the Afumi forces couldn't sneak up behind him, Ohoama split his forces in two.  He knew that Afumi forces were trying to take his stronghold in Yamato, and if successful, from there they could move in to Uda and on to Iga.  thereafter that, they could march up behind him through the Suzuka pass.  Alternatively, the forces in Afumi could come up through Kouka and the Karafu pass, and then try to divide and conquer So the first group of Ohoama's army were to go south, through the Suzuka pass into their mountain namesake.  Once there, Oho no Omi no Honji was to hold Tarano, the Plain of Tara, where the routes to Suzuka, Kafuka, and Iga met.  Tanaka no Omi no Tarumaro went with him, with orders to guard the Kurafu pass, which is to say the road to Kouka.  This first group was headed by Ki no Omi no Abemaro, and also included Miwa no Kimi no Kobito, and Okizome no Muraji no Usagi.  Along with what we are told were tens of thousands of men, this first made their way south from Fuwa  through Mie and Ise and over the Suzuka pass.  Once there, they took up their positions at Karafu and Tarano.  It was a good thing, too, because only a couple of days after they arrived, the enemy struck.   Now as soon as he got there, Oho no Honji had fortified Tarano with some three thousand men, and Tanaka no  Tarumaro was sent to guard the Kurafu pass.  Prior to this, Tarumaro had been the official in charge of the Hot Springs in Ise, but he had joined Ohoama and the Yoshino forces when they first arrived over the Suzuka Pass.  Now he was in charge of a military force, encamped along the road through the Kurafu pass, waiting for the enemy. Unbeknownst to him, a deputy commander of the Afumi forces, Tanabe no Wosumi, was approaching from Mt. Kafuka.  Presumably he'd been sent out from Ohotsu and had followed the road along the Yasu and Soma rivers towards the pass.  Wosumi had  sizeable force with him, but he was not looking for a direct assault.  Even if he would win, he would suffer casualties, especially trying to attack an entrenched enemy in a fortified position.  He needed to be sneaky.  He had no way of knowing that, centuries later, the lands of Iga and Kouka would be known for their sneaky warriors—their legendary ninja—but I digressed.  What Wosumi did was this.  First, he rolled up his banners and muffled the drums.  He even had his men gag themselves—a continental custom where soldiers were given a stick to hold in their mouth, like a horse's bit, to discourage any talking amongst the ranks as they approached.  Presumably, they kept them in until just before attacking, because they also devised a watchword “kane”—transcribed as metal or gold.  Wosumi knew that it would be hard enough to tell who was who in the daytime—after all, it wasn't like these were regimented forces with uniforms.  The soldiers were likely all wearing whatever they had available, and clothing and armor would have been similar across the two armies.  At night, even some kind of mark or flag would hardly be enough to tell who was who in the dark.  As lines broke and melee ensued, it would be easy to get turned around, and find yourself facing a friend.  By saying the watchword you could distinguish friend from foe. Sure enough, this tactic worked.  The Afumi forces broke through the Yoshino fortifications in the middle of the night and swarmed into the encampment.  Men who had been asleep were waking up to chaos.  Tarumaro's Yoshino soldiers were thrown into confusion.  Tarumaro himself, escaped, but just barely.  we are told that he noticed that the enemy kept shouting the word “kane”, and so he started doing it as well. The Afumi forces, assuming he was one of their own, left him alone.  Still, he only escaped with difficulty. His escape was no doubt critical, however.   He presumably would have headed to Tarano to try and warn Oho no Honji, but this may not have been possible, as we are told that on the following day, after the attack at Karafu pass, the Afumi commander Wosumi continued his advance, and came upon the Yoshino encampment at Tarano unexpectedly.  Still, General Honji did not back down.  With a force of hand-picked soldiers, Honji counterattacked against Wosumi and struck him.  We are told that Wosumi made it out—the only one who did—but that he did not try and make another attack.  The Yoshino forces would ultimately hold the pass and the critical juncture of Tarano.  The Afumi forces would not get a second chance. By the way, a quick note here:  I can't help but notice a bit of a trope showing up in these stories:  At Narayama, General Fukei is defeated, and is the only person who makes his escape.  Then Tarumaro is the only person to escape his defeat.  Finally, Wosumi is the only one of his forces to leave the plain of Tara. I am more than a little incredulous that these generals are the only ones who actually survived, and that the rest of the army was slaughtered.  In fact, you may recall that at the battle at Taima, General Fukei told his men not to pursue the fleeing common soldiers.  As I've tried to point out, the common soldiers were not likely as invested in the cause.  In fact, it is just as possible that the common soldiers may have changed sides and joined the other army if they thought it would serve them well.  Or maybe they were escaping and just blending into the countryside.  After all, the elites weren't really spending the time to get to know them, let along record any details about them.  So I suspect that it was more about the fact that the various armies would be broken, and the soldiers flung to the four corners, rather than that they were necessarily slaughtered.  After all, if you had the choice, would you have stayed there? A few days after Wosumi was defeated, the Yoshino general that Ohoama had sent to Iga along with Honji and Tarumaro, Ki no Omi no Abemaro, heard that their ally, Ohotomo no Fukei was in trouble in the Nara Basin.  He'd been defeated by the Afumi general Ohono no Hatayasu at Narayama,  and without reinforcements, the entire Nara Basin could fall, along with the ancient Yamato capital at Asuka. So Abemaro sent Okizome no Muraji no Usagi with more than a thousand cavalry to go assist.  They met Fukei at Sumizaka, and suddenly, things were looking up in the Nara Basin.  For more on how that turned out, check out last episode, where we covered the events in the Nara Basin. Once the events in the Nara Basin settled out, then both the Nara Basin and the Karafu pass would be well and truly in the hands of the Yoshino forces.  But there was no way for those guarding those locations to know that the fighting was over, and they would have to hold their positions until the fighting had definitively stopped.  Which brings us back to Ohoama and the Yoshino troops gathered at Fuwa, where things were about to kick off as well.  The troops at Fuwa, while being led by Ohoama and his 19 year old son, Takechi, were placed under the command of Murakuni no Muraji no Woyori—who, , as things progressed, would be noted as the primary general for the campaign that would lead Yoshino troops from Fuwa, on the offensive towards Ohotsu. The only reason that they seem to have waited before going on the offensive was that every day, more troops were coming in.  So even as the fighting was going on in Nara and at the Karafu pass, the Yoshino army at Fuwa gathered men and made their preparations.  As they did so, the Afumi court Was going to do whatever they could to try and break them, hoping that they could stop the threat posed by Ohoama and his men before they began their march. For the Afumi forces first attempt to break the Yoshino defenses at Fuwa pass, they picked troops to try and make an incursion into the village of Tamakurabe, which appears to have been in the pass itself; it was probably modern Tama district of Sekigahara.  They were repelled, however, by Izumo no Omi no Koma, who drove them off. Later, the Afumi court ordered another force of several tens of thousands of men to attack under the command of Prince Yamabe no Ou, Soga no Omi no Hatayasu, and Kose no Omi no Hito.  Soga no Hatayasu and Kose no Hito were both part of the inner circle of the Afumi court, or so it would seem.  When Prince Ohotomo had taken the reins of the government in a ceremony in the Western Hall of the Palace, he was attended by the ministers of the right and left, as well as Soga no Hatayasu, Kose no Hito, and Ki no Ushi.  They were at the very heart of this whole matter.  Prince Yamabe is a little bit more of a mystery.  We know he was someone of note, and when Prince Ohotsu was brought to his parents, they were apparently traveling under the guise of Prince Yamabe and another prince, Prince Ishikawa.  But we know little else. The three men and their Afumi troops headed out and camped on the bank of the Inukami river, near modern Hikone.  There, however, trouble broke out. The Nihon Shoki does not record exactly what it was, but there must have been some kind of falling out.  Prince Yamabe no Ou was killed by Soga no Hatayasu and Kose no Hito.  We don't know if this was due to some quarrel or what, but either way, it threw the army into a state of disarray and there was no way for them to move forward.  Soga no Hatayasu appears to have taken responsibility for whatever happened, as he headed back from Inukami, presumably back to Ohotsu, where he took his own life by stabbing himself in the throat.  There would be no attack on Fuwa Pass, however. Finally, the Nihon Shoki also recounts the story of another Afumi general, named Hata no Kimi no Yakuni, and his son, Ushi.  Together with others, who remain unnamed, they surrendered themselves to Ohoama and the Yoshino forces, rather than fighting.  It isn't clear if they were deserters, if they had been part of one of the other two attempts to take Fuwa Pass, or if there was something else going on.  Either way, Ohoama was so pleased that he welcomed them in and we are told that Hata no Yakuni was “granted a battle axe and halberd” and appointed a general.  This is probably stock phrasing, but it does seem he was given some measure of trust.  Yakuni's men were then sent north, to Koshi. We aren't quite sure what those forces' ultimate objective was.  It may have been that he was to take the northern pass and make sure that none of the Afumi troops tried to escape and head to the East along that road.  Many of the accounts of this war seem to suggest that he, or at least some part of the forces, were to head north and then come around Lake Biwa the long way.  This would mean that if Ohoama attacked, there would be no easy way to flee.  From Ohotsu they couldn't turn north without running into more troops, and their only escape would seem to be through the Afusaka pass towards the area of modern Kyoto.  And of course, whoever was victorious in the Nara Basin would then be able to control the route to the coast. It is unclear how much Ohoama could have actually known, though, about what was happening across the various distances.  Messages would have meant riders on swift horses carrying them; they couldn't just text each other what was going on. And so, with one attack repelled, another aborted, and a turncoat now on their side, Ohoama's Yoshino forces were finally ready to head out on the offensive themselves.  According to the Nihon Shoki this was on the 7th day of the 7th month—Tanabata, today, but I doubt people were paying much mind to the Weaver and the Cowherd.  Murakuni no Woyori, with the group advancing from Fuwa to Afumi, set out, and met with their first resistance at the Yokugawa river in Okinaga.  As far as I can tell, this is likely the Amano River in modern Maibara, which anyone who takes the Shinkansen between Kanto and Kansai probably recognizes as one of the usual stops.  Once again, we have a situation where, while they would have had banners flying, in the crush of battle it could be quite easy to mistake friend for foe, especially with large numbers of troops who were pulled from vastly different regions.  You had to have some way of knowing quickly who was on your side – that's why the Afumi commander Wosumi had his troops use the password “kane”, for example.  Ohoama's approach was to have his men place a red mark—possibly a ribbon or similar—on their clothing so that one could tell who, at a glance, was on their side.  As a note, later samurai would sometimes attach flags to their shoulder armor, or sode, and these “sode-jirushi” would help identify you even if people didn't recognize your armor.  Ohoama's troops may have used something similar. And so Woyori's Yoshino forces attacked the Afumi defenders, and the Afumi troops were clearly outmatched.  Woyori's men killed the Afumi commander and defeated the opposing forces. But that was just the beginning.  Afumi forces had been stationed all along the route from Fuwa to Ohotsu.  Thus it was that only two days later Woyori and his men made it to Mt. Tokoyama, probably in Hikone, by the Seri river.  There they met more Afumi soldiers, but once again they were triumphant and slew the opposing commander.   Woyori and his men were on a roll. I would point out that these battles aren't given much detail, but we do see how it progressed.  There are names of various individuals and commanders—certainly not much on the common people.  From what we can tell, this was not a rush to Ohotsu, but rather a slow march, probably doing their best to fortify their positions and make sure that nobody was sneaking up on them.  After each battle, it is some days before the next, probably spent spying out ahead and formulating plans. Woyori and his men next fought a battle on the banks of the Yasukawa River, presumably near modern Yasu city.  Here, Aston's translation claims that he suffered a great defeat, but more likely I suspect it means to say that he inflicted a great defeat on the Afumi forces, because if he had been defeated, how would he have pressed on only a few days later.  We are told that  two men, presumably the Afumi commanders, were both taken prisoner. Since we don't have anything more about them in the narrative all we can really do is assume that they must have therefore been on the side of the Afumi forces. By taking Yasu, that would have likely cut off the Afumi forces from any future considerations about using the Kurafu Pass.  The noose around Ohotsu was slowly tightening. Four days after that, on the 17th day of the 7th month, Woyori attacked and repulsed the Kurimoto army—presumably a force loyal to the Afumi court under a general named Kurimoto, or possibly raised from a place called Kurimoto, perhaps over on Awaji.  Either way, it was another victory on Woyori's belt. From there, Woyori and his men arrived at Seta, where they would have to cross the Setagawa—the Seta River. The Seta River is a wide river, and the only one flowing out of Lake Biwa.  It winds its way south and west, eventually becoming the Uji and then the Yodo rivers, which flow all the way to Naniwa—modern Ohosaka.  At the Seta river, there was a major bridge, the only way across, other than to swim.  Prince Ohotomo and his ministers, along with their entire army, were encamped on the west side of the bridge.  Their forces were so numerous that it was said you could not see all the way to the back of them.  Their banners covered the plain, and the dust of their movement caused a cloud to rise into the sky.  Their drums and songs could be heard for miles around.  We are told they even had crossbows, and when they were discharged the arrows fell like rain.  Of course, some of this may have just been more poetic license by the authors of the Nihon Shoki, but you get the picture:  There were a lot of troops on the western side of the river. The bridge itself was defended by General Chison.  We know very little of this general, as he only appears in this one part of the record, but his name implies that he may have been from the continent.  We aren't given a surname, and it is possible he was one of the Baekje refugees, now fighting for the Afumi court.  He led an advance body of specially selected troops, and in the middle of the bridge they had removed planks for about three rods or thirty feet.  Across that span was a single plank, daring anyone to try and cross it.  Of course, if they did, they would be a sitting duck in front of the enemy archers, and the plank was attached by a rope so that it could always be pulled out from under them.  It seemed as if it were impossible to advance. Finally, one of Woyori's soldiers, Ohokida no Kimi no Wakaomi, got up the courage to cross.  We are told that he put on double armor, put down his long spear, and drew his sword.  He then charged suddenly across the plank and cut the rope on the other side before the Afumi troops could pull it back.  In spite of the arrows that were raining down on him, he entered the ranks of the Afumi troops, slashing with his sword as he went.  The Afumi forces were thrown into confusion and some of them tried to leave, but General Chison drew his own sword and began to cut down anyone who tried to flee.  Still, he was unable to check the rout.  Woyori's troops secured the bridge and soon were pouring across it.  They cut down General Chison and advanced into the Afumi army, who broke and ran.  The Afumi sovereign, Ohotomo, aka Koubun Tennou, along with the Ministers of the Left and Right, narrowly escaped with their lives. Woyori and his troops marched to the foot of Awazu hill, and we are told that Hata no Yakuni, the Afumi commander who had earlier defected, and whose men were sent north to Koshi, set a siege to Miwo castle along with Izumo no Koma, who had defended against the attempted seizure of Tamakurabe.  Presumably this is Mio, south of Ohotsu, and it was likely guarding the southern approach to the Afumi capital. The only thing here that gives me pause is that we were earlier told that Yakuni's men, after he defected, were sent to Koshi.  So was Yakuni not with them?  Had he returned?  Or had the troops made it all the way around Lake Biwa already, taking the longer route up and around the lake? Regardless of how it happened, Yakuni and Koma were able to take Miwo castle.  As a reminder, a “castle” at this time would have likely been defined more by its walls, which were probably rammed earth and wood—not the elegantly sloping stone walls and  donjon base that would come to typify castles of the Warring States period. The following day, Woyori and his men continued their pursuit.  At the Awazu marketplace, Woyori ran into the Afumi generals Inukahi no Muraji no Isokimi and Hasama no Atahe no Shihote.  We mentioned Isokimi last episode—he was the Afumi commander attacking the Middle Road in the Nara Basin.  His deputy, Kujira, had been defeated, and it seems Isokimi had retreated back to Afumi and rejoined the main force. He would not be quite so fortunate this time.  Isokimi and Shihote were both slain, and Ohotomo fled once again.  He didn't get very far, hiding at Yamazaki, thought to be near the site of the modern city hall, in Ohotsu. Despite his best efforts, he knew he would be discovered, and he eventually strangled himself, rather than facing the humiliation and punishment that would come with capture. With Ohotomo dead, the other ministers of the Afumi court dispersed and fled.  Woyori and his men, meeting up at Sasanami, hunted down the Ministers of the Left and Right—Soga no Akaye and Nakatomi no Kane—as well as others who had fought with Ohotomo and who were considered criminals. They were all marched back to Fuwa, where, on the 25th day of the 7th month, Ohotomo's head was presented to Ohoama.  The war, it seems, was over. Or at least, the fighting was over.  There was still a lot to be settled.  First off, it would hardly have been practical to wipe out every single person on the losing side.  For one thing, that would have devastated the Court even further, likely creating a huge power vacuum.  In addition, many of the supporters on both sides were not necessarily there out of purely partisan reasons.  I would point out that many of the family names that we see in the record are found on both sides of the conflict.  Inukahi no Isokimi may have fought for Ohotomo, but we also see an Inukahi no Ohotomo fighting on the behalf of Ohoama.  Fumi no Nemaro was a major commander in Ohoama's army, while Fumi no Kusuri had been sent by the Afumi court to raise troops in the East Country.  And Hasama no Shihote was killed with Isokimi at Awazu, while a Hasama no Nemaro was working under the command of General Fukei, in Nara, to guard Tatsuta. There wasn't necessarily a simple divide along family lines.  It is possible that these individuals were all fairly well removed from each other, and from different parts of their respective families, or clans. They are often given different kabane, the family rank system used at this time, though I suspect that may have more to do with later changes, with those on the winning side being promoted over those who supported the Afumi court.  However, it is also the case that Japan has a long history of family members supporting both sides in any major conflict.  That way, no matter who wins, the family itself finds itself on the winning side. But there did have to be some accountability.  This is something that one can point to time and again—if the losing side is not held accountable for their actions, then what is to prevent them from just regrouping and trying again?  And yet that need for justice and punishment must be tempered with some amount of humanity. Ultimately, about one month after the end of the war, eight of the Afumi ministers were found guilty of truly heinous offences and they were condemned to suffer what the Nihon Shoki says was the “Extreme Penalty”.  The Minister of the Right, Nakatomi no Kane, was executed at Tane, in Asai.  Meanwhile the Minister of the Left, Soga no Akaye; along with the Dainagon, or Grand Councillor, Kose no Hito, as well as their children and grandchildren, along with the children of the late Nakatomi no Kane and Soga no Hatayasu, were all sent into banishment.  All others were pardoned. And of course those who had supported Ohoama, and who had come to his aid, were given public favour and reward.  In many cases this likely meant receiving high office and corresponding rank, along with increased stipend payments.  There is a notable shift in the makeup of the court, going forward, and it seems clear that families would want to associate themselves with those who fought on Ohoama's side, rather than Ohotomo's, if they could help it.  That was no doubt a part of works like the various diaries and house records that would have been used to compile the Nihon Shoki, recording the deeds that any house did for the throne. Along with all of the punishments and plaudits that were meted out in the 8th month of 672, there was one more event—something of an outlier.  We are told that Chihisakobe no Muraji no Sabichi, the governor of the province of Wohari, went off into the mountains and committed suicide. Sabichi had originally met Ohoama at the Kuwana district house—the local government office—when he had first arrived from Yoshino.  He had a large number of troops—20,000 by the Nihon Shoki's count—which helped Ohoama to ultimately defeat the Afumi court.  So why he would go off into the mountains and commit suicide was anyone's guess.  The Nihon Shoki suggests that it was possible that his allegiance had changed, and he may have been trying to plot against Ohoama.  Perhaps he had been convinced that Afumi court was going to come out on top, and so had begun some plot.  Or he just had a falling out or became disillusioned for some reason.  Whatever it was, it remains a mystery, even today. With the war concluded, it was time for Ohoama to make his way from the field to the Capital so that he could transition to ruling the State properly.  But Ohoama was not interested, it would seem, in setting himself up in his brother's capital.  Setting up in the Ohotsu capital may have raised a few eyebrows.  It had not been a completely popular move to begin with, and it was also the home of the Afumi court's legitimacy.  To take up the throne there, I can only imagine that it would have further reinforced the idea that Ohoama was the usurper, taking the throne that was meant for his nephew.  Instead, he made the decision to travel to the ancient capital, in Asuka, but he was not in a hurry. They headed out on the 8th day of the 9th month of 672, making it from Fuwa to Kuwana.  Here he likely met up with his wife, Princess Uno, and his ten year old son, Prince Ohotsu.  The following day they headed out, traveling back along the route that they had taken from Yoshino, but at a much more leisurely route.  The royal carriage stayed the night in Suzuka.  From there, it was another day to Abe, likely referring to modern Ahai county, in Iga, near Ueno city.  They then continued on to Nabari.  Finally, on the 12th day,they arrived at the Yamato capital—that is to say Asuka—and Ohoama took up residence for a time at the Shima Palace.  This was only, it seems, to give people time to get the actual palace ready, because three days later, Ohoama moved into the Wokamoto Palace.  And with that, Ohoama began the work of running the state—but there was still plenty to prepare.  For one thing, there were foreign embassies—Kim Ap-sil and others arrived.  It was still going to take a while to get the capital ready for guests, though.  From what we can tell, they were probably building a grand new palace, and it would take some time for it to be prepared.  So the Silla embassy was entertained in Tsukushi, where Prince Kurikuma would have been in charge of hosting them.  They were likely filled on the new developments and provided a ship. Meanwhile, Ohoama made sure that all of the appropriate rewards were given out.  On the 4th day of the 12th month, we are told that all those who had rendered services were given higher cap-ranks, based on what they had done. And as the year 672 closes out—and with it, the first of the two Chronicles for Ohoama, the soon-to-be elevated Temmu Tennou. But there is one final entry, marking the death of Wina no Kimi no Takami in the 12th month of the year.  We know that Wina no Kimi no *Iwasuki* was working for the Afumi court, sent to rally troops in the East, but he fled when they encountered Ohoama's troops at Fuwa Pass.  Takami, on the other hand, we know little about, but I suspect may have been on the side of Ohoama.  It is an odd entry, and, like so many, unexplained.  Perhaps it meant something to the people of the early 8th century, but if so, that meaning is likely lost to us. And so we close the book on the Jinshin no Ran—the Jinshin War, or possibly the Disturbance or even Rebellion, depending on how you feel about it.  This account is one of the most detailed we have of this kind of event, and yet it does not seem that it was entirely unique.  There are plenty of indications that previous sovereigns had to fight their way to the throne, or else had to repel others who would try to take it by force.  This was almost a tradition among the royal house of Yamato.  But now that the matter of succession was well and truly settled, it was time to get on with other things. Who knows what an Afumi court may have done and how they could have changed things.  What we do know is what Ohoama—and his queen, Uno no Himemiko—did.  They built upon, or in some cases possibly even fabricated, the legacy of Naka no Oe.  They would set in stone many of the things that had been put in place, and at the same time make certain changes, as well.  The Yamato state was getting started. And we'll start to dive into that next episode.  Until then, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  

Send us a textToday's guest speaker is Chrissa Karagiannis, a fourth year medical student at Touro California College of Osteopathic Medicine, who is currently in the thick of the residency application and interview process for Family Medicine. In today's episode, Chrissa will share with us her experience participating in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, as an excellent way for students interested in primary care specialties to alleviate the financial burdens of becoming a physician. Chrissa will share her journey to osteopathic medical school, and her passion for working with underserved populations, specifically in overdose prevention. Chrissa will share her involvement with SOMA's Overdose Prevention Committee, and her experience with the AACOM Health Policy Internship, advocating for vulnerable populations and focusing on education for overdose training. Ultimately, I was inspired by Chrissa's passion for advocacy and service with the opioid crisis, and I know you will enjoy this episode as much as we did.

When it comes to digestion, understanding our rest & digest and fight or flights states is very important. We want to be able to absorb and use our nutrients to fuel our bodies for energy and repair. Breath or oxygen is life and I wanted to dive a little deeper than the basic breathing exercises that I know. So, I joined a Soma breathwork class in Cavan to learn more from Maria McIntyre and she has kindly agreed to be interviewed in this episode so that we can share with you, just how powerful our breath is.Maria is the founder of Mind Body Breath Healing. She returned to Ireland in 2024 after 6 years abroad — including deep immersion in Māori culture in New Zealand — and has since reconnected deeply with her Irish Celtic roots and the magical power of our land. As a certified SOMA Breathwork facilitator & sound healer she guides transformative journeys through breath, movement and sound. Using binaural & curated beats, her voice, drums, guitar, crystal singing bowls and other vibrational instruments, she creates immersive, multi-sensory experiences that awaken the body and soul.Maria's work helps quiet the thinking mind, soften the body, reap many health benefits, reset the nervous system and reconnect you to the stillness and wisdom beneath it all, tapping into the power of the breath. Her approach blends modern science with ancient wisdom.ResourcesMaria's website https://www.mindbodybreath.eu/aboutSoma Breath Meditation https://open.spotify.com/track/6aGGC4u1z4wGcuL9jb5kVb?si=02e697ba32f4448bSomatic Shake Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oLqy_K5TDkHealthtea.ie https://healthtea.ie/product/simply-chamomile/Podcast episode with Roisin, Healthtea https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mShdC5GHDizytc68xSFr1?si=e860662b60424424Podcast episode about Cortisol https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Iz2mkkUCKlXMiAyZ2HhCl?si=23d910cb106b41efThe Encylopaedia of Healing Foods by Dr Michael Murray, Dr Joseph Pizzorno with Lara Pizzorno MA, LMTMusic composed by cascreativearts, copyright Lyn Sharkey Nutrition. Lyn's website www.lynsharkeynutrition.ie

Ce mois-ci je reçois Rifampicine, créateur du Tomberry Musical, podcast de musique de jeux video pour nous parler de jeux de rythme, de Soma, pour trasher sur Blue Prince et de son amour pour Mystic Quest mais pas que. Attention. ça va spoiler sec sur Soma

Interview by Kris PetersSwiss extreme metal duo BØLZER formed in Zürich in 2008 by Okoi Jones (vocals/guitar) and Fabian Wyrsch (drums). Known for their unique blend of black and death metal, the band creates a raw, atmospheric sound characterized by complex riffs, atonal elements, and mythological themes influenced by Nietzsche, paganism, and ancient cultures.Their music is described as an "intuitive art project born from raw passion," delivering a chaotic, spiritual live experience they liken to an "atavistic vortex." BØLZER gained significant acclaim with their 2013 EP Aura, praised by NPR and Stereogum as one of the year's best metal releases, followed by Soma (2014) and their debut album Hero (2016). Their unconventional approach, blending brutal intensity with psychedelic and doom elements, has earned them a cult following in the extreme metal scene.BØLZER is touring Australia in August 2025 as special guests of PORTAL, an Australian extreme metal band known for their dissonant, horror-infused fusion of death and black metal for what promises to be the most brutal tour to grace these shores this year.Heavy sat down with Jones and Wyrsch to get the lowdown on what to expect. It has been a while between drinks for Australian fans, so we ask the boys what has changed with the band since they last visited."We just finished a studio session for a new album," Wyrsch replied. "But that one is due for next year. So for now, we're just preparing everything and also starting to play a few new songs live. So definitely some of them will appear on this Australian tour as well. Very much looking forward to playing some fresh material."We ask what fans can expect."I think we're immersive in the sense that the music's very powerful in an organic sense," Jones measured. "There's a lot of not just aggressive energy, but powerful, human, honest energy around, and people seem to connect with that when we play live. We put a lot of our passion into it.""In a personal way," Wyrsch added. "We're not putting up theatrics. It's more like really…""There are no masks, no makeup," Jones finished. "It's very down to earth, but in your face."In the full interview, Okoi and Fabian expressed excitement about returning to Australia after several years and highlighted their recent studio session for a new album, set for release in 2026. They plan to incorporate new songs into their live performances during the tour and reflected on their past collaborations with Portal.They described their live shows as immersive experiences filled with powerful energy and recommended their EP Aura and the Hero LP for new listeners. They discussed their artistic evolution and the challenge of maintaining originality while expressing confidence in their new material, which they believe will resonate with both current and new fans. We spoke about how BOLZER approach music festivals and if they take time to listen to the local bands, the growth in their music and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

Label Head of ANAØH, born in Mexico City and with more than 25 years as a professional DJ and more than 20 as a producer working from the studio. Fixon is one of the most respected, renowned and active American artists abroad. In 2008 he published his first release under the Argentine label Mind Trip, by Juan Pablo Pfirter and since then he has not stopped working on countless releases, regularly presenting his work on labels such as ANAØH, MORD, Soma, Rekids, Nachtstrom Schallplatten , Be As One, Modularz, Suara and more. Fixon continually has presentations throughout Mexico, the United States, South America and Europe. Having presentations in Clubs such as Tresor (Berlin), Fabrik (Madrid), Transformator (Wroclaw), Gare (Porto), Gordo (Valencia), Closer (Milano) Glazart (Paris) Razzmatazz (Barcelona), Specka (Madrid), The Garage (Barcelona), John Doe (Amsterdam), Tunnel (Pereira), Terraza (Medellin), Bifröst (Ruan) to name a few. Since 2016 he has worked on his label ANAØH where he has managed to provide a musical and graphic identity, launching artists from all over the world, giving a transcendent presence to the project, which has more than 130 releases in Vinyl, Cassette and Digital formats. Tracklist via -Spotify: bit.ly/SRonSpotify -Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Slam_Radio/ -Facebook: bit.ly/SlamRadioGroup Archive on Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/slam/   Subscribe to our podcast on -iTunes: apple.co/2RQ1xdh -Amazon Music: amzn.to/2RPYnX3 -Google Podcasts: bit.ly/SRGooglePodcasts -Deezer: bit.ly/SlamRadioDeezer   Keep up with SLAM: https://fanlink.tv/Slam  Keep up with Soma Records: https://linktr.ee/somarecords    For syndication or radio queries: harry@somarecords.com & conor@glowcast.co.uk Slam Radio is produced at www.glowcast.co.uk

Music Not Diving is supported by Acid Nation (formerly AC55ID)... head over to www.acidnation.com to check out the fastest growing electronic music marketplace, a central hub for music discovery, streaming and purchasing!--Watch the video episodes of Music Not Diving over at youtube.com/@WeNotDivingStuart McMillan is half of Slam, one of the most important UK techno acts in history and absolute key players in the world of Scottish electronic music.The new Slam album, Dark Channel is out now on their own Soma imprint - one of the most important UK techno labels and a conversation in itself.We discuss the story of Slam from the mid 80s onwards, traversing the Acid House experience in Glasgow into the 90s rave era and beyond. We talk about Daft Punk releasing their early singles on Soma and the history of the label more generally. And we discuss the modern techno scene in Scotland and across the world.Another point of conversation is the 2018 Slam album Athenaeum 101 - a really great piece of work which very much deserves another look and listen.Scotland has been criminally neglected on the podcast up til now so this is a great way to start addressing the balance! --If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Music Not Diving Podcast Spotify playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rushkoff joined Carolina Busta and Lil Internet for a conversation about the evolution of the Internet, media theory, psychedelics, and more. Learn more and subscribe to New Models. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Struggling with Burnout, Exhaustion, or Stress - Get 1-to-1 support here: https://ra.takeadeepbreath.co.uk/book-a-callFollow me on Instagram for daily tips on how to balance your nervous system: https://www.instagram.com/mike.maher.coach/Today's guest is Alex Greene, a somatic coach and trauma therapist helping people heal through nervous system regulation, embodiment, and deep inner connection. He blends modalities like TRE, Somatic Experiencing, and Internal Family Systems to support real, lasting transformation.Watch my first TRE Podcast with retired founder Dr Berceli here: https://youtu.be/YPYUbqEmhMw?si=Pb8_fTifIWT3UY7nConnect with Alex here: https://www.alexgreene.com/Get The Best Night's Sleep with RA Optics, use this link to get 10% off: https://www.raoptics.com/TADB100:00 What stimulates the tremor reflex?  2:50 Individual variability in awakening tremor  4:54 Decision: live demonstration now or later?  5:49 Preparing the body: settling in and body scan  8:11 Open butterfly + bridge exercise explained  10:22 Objective benefits and PTSD research  13:01 TRE research on MS & chronic pain  14:21 Common subjective benefits people report  15:58 Minimum effective dose guidelines  18:53 What does the second “T” in TRE stand for?  19:47 Unpacking what “trauma release” really means  25:29 Moving beyond tremor: stretching & unwinding  28:56 TRE combined with grounding, daylight, earthing  32:08 Breathwork vs tremoring — your experience  36:01 Listening to your body — spontaneous patterns  38:56 Conscious shaking, Qigong & energetic moves  40:14 Where is “body intelligence” located?  42:54 Neural basis: central pattern generators & coupling  48:15 Feedback touch & somatic attunement  55:44 Tension release when startled or cold  59:37 Breathwork integration: Soma‑breath & TRE  1:03:06 TRE for better sleep: when and how?  1:04:39 Conscious shaking as nervous system reset  1:07:26 Gongs and sound baths: vibration and tissue  1:09:08 Guiding a live tremor demo (practical guidance)  1:20:07 Wrap‑up guidance for self‑practice  1:29:49 Closing reflections & next steps

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we mark a milestone of change, transition, and reflection. Michael and Andrew reunite—this time from across international borders—as Andrew shares the exciting news of his move from Houston, Texas to Victoria, British Columbia. Hear the backstory behind his new pastoral role at West Village Church, a Soma-affiliated community passionate about … Continue reading "Episode 206: Where in the World is Andrew?"

Brandon is the owner of SOMA Performance and Fitness in Centennial Colorado where they specialize in helping youth athletes improve speed, strength, and confidence as well as active adults improve overall health and fitness.Brandon has been training competitive athletes since 2010 and has helped well over 1,000 athletes improve their performance! He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach through the NSCA and holds multiple other certifications in the field of Strength and Conditioning.At SOMA Brandon and his team offer comprehensive in-person semi-private and team training programs as well as several online training options to help competitive athletes all over the country, and world.Brandon is also the head strength coach for the Athlete EDGE Program at EDCare Denver where he, and his team, work with highly competitive athletes who are currently in treatment for and eating disorder. Brandon has been working with EDCare since 2015.SOMA is also very active in the community and heads up several give back initiatives through their SOMA Gives Program.Brandon and his team are very passionate about helping their clients meet, and even exceed, their training goals!Listen to hear more about:How to approach long term athletic development for kids and adultsIdentifying strengths and weaknessesProper rest and recovery as part of programming Injury preventionRestoring mind-body connection as an athleteOverreaching to adapt vs. overtrainingTraining cycles with strength trainingHow virtual training and coaching workAnd so much more!Check out Brandon's FREE E-book: The Youth Athlete Handbook | Unleashing Your Full Athletic Potential with 5 Proven StrategiesBrandon's email: brandon@somapf.comStay connected:•Brandon Kress on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_brandonkress/•SOMA Performance and Fitness on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soma_sportsperformance/•SOMA Performance and Fitness website: https://www.somapf.com/•Stevie's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/•Stevie's website: https://stevielynrd.com/

A wide variety of styles clock in for zoned-out mass production. Donations, Merchandise, Newsletter, more: https://www.groovelectric.com Podrunner: Workout Music mixes: https://www.podrunner.com PLAYLIST 01. Fred again.., Angie McMahon - light dark light 02. Haris Kate, Sobhan - Galazio (Krama Remix) 03. Manu Riga - Last Grain of Sand (Enertia-Sound Remix) 04. Oleg Espo, Alexander Smith - Flying Birds (Progressive House Version) 05. Joezi, Cesaar - Black Sand 06. Nico Sparvieri, Larrosa (AR) - Levitation (Lopezhouse Remix) 07. Proff, Khen, Volen Sentir - Mirage (Extended Mix) 08. Laroz, Agma - 25k 09. Paul Thomas - Hippias (Agustin Pietrocola Remix) 10. Sinan Arsan - Beginnings (Melodiam Rmx) 11. Hakan Ozurun - Shecko (Cathy K Remix) 12. The Cooler - RiP the Cooler (Kolombo Remix) 13. Dawid Web - Bobotie 14. Taylan - Nectar (Matan Caspi Remix) 15. Soulphonious - Ancestral Calling (Haptic Remix) 16. Saeed & Palash - Sub Attack (Original Digitally Remastered) 17. Teckaiser - Soho (Micfreak Remix) 18. Amtrac - Accessorize 19. Freuds - Must Be Behind 20. Tauon - Going Home == Please support these artists == Music copyright the respective artists. All other material c2006, 2025 by Steve Boyett. For personal use only. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized copying editing, exhibition, sale, rental, exchange, public performance, or broadcast of this audio is prohibited. No part of Groovelectric or its website and associated content may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.

Naomi Xu Elegant investigates the largest office-to-residential conversion in American history, which was recently completed in New York.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here comes part 2 of our second adventure as soma sova, the collab "supergroup" of the all:ambient podcast with each release born out of a "4 songs in 4 hours" exercise. Marshall, Ben, Kirk, and Mike each took 60 minutes to begin a song & hand it off to the next person without ever touching it again. Day 2, we each took a day-1-starter song and put 60 minutes of work into it, handing it off when done... and so on.By the end of the 4 day exercise, we landed 4 incredible songs with all 4 of us touching each of the songs at various stages. And with the time constraints, the results are simply stunning! Today's part 2 episode walks through songs 3 & 4 of the four-song collection – make sure to check out the part-1-episode if you missed the first two! And you can also listen to the entire 4-song EP NOW wherever you stream music. Go check out the latest soma sova release at https://on.all-ambient.com/for-hours-02Got any questions you want answered in an upcoming episode? Email us at podcast@all-ambient.com.The⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ all:ambient Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now live! Come join the community & conversation with a bunch of like-minded artists & creators. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join us here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – you'll need to create a Discord account if you've never done so – and welcome to the all:ambient family!the all:ambient podcast is an inside look at the incredible artists in ambient music, digging into creative processes, hearing untold stories, and following the rabbit trail to wherever that conversation may lead.Don't forget to leave a review and text a friend or fellow musician about the podcast. We really appreciate it!

Text me your thoughts about this epidode ...In this episode, I explore Saturn and Neptune as they journey through Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra. Have you been feeling squeezed in 2025? That cosmic pressure isn't just life—it might be the rare Saturn–Neptune conjunction coupled with Saturn retrograde in Pisces, activating karmic lessons and reshaping our collective ideals through this penultimate Vedic Lunar Mansion.I unpack a specific Nakshatra meaning in Vedic Astrology by delving into the mythic symbolism of the Ahirbudhnya serpent and connecting that to the “Oil Mill Lord” metaphor from "The Greatness of Saturn". You'll discover how planetary transits like — Neptune in Pisces, Saturn Transit of 2025 (including Saturn retrograde), and their Nakshatra transit — press out the essence of your life experiences similar to a powerful Soma extraction ritual. Whether you follow Tropical or Sidereal Vedic Astrology, you'll gain fresh insights into this Vedic Nakshatra, Pisces Rasi, retrograde interpretation, and Neptune's visionary influence.Along the way, I share my experience and discuss practical astrology tools like yin-yoga spinal twists to embody the cosmic squeeze, and ask journaling prompts to help you extract your personal Soma. Tune in now to align with these planetary transits, transform celestial tension into sacred essence, and deepen your astrology practice.Join me at Fiona Marques | The Vedic Astrology Podcast and more! | Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fionamarques if you would like to explore Vedic Astrology more deeply in a warm and inviting community.And you can learn all about Vedic Astrologer and become a Vedic Astrologer at https://www.fionamarques.com/become-a-vedic-astrologerWatch this episode at https://youtu.be/DxKKxjvAQT4Read about the episode at www.fionamarques.com/thevedicastrologypodcast/saturn-neptune-transit-uttarabhadrapada#VedicAstrology #SaturnTransit #NeptuneTransit #Nakshatra #Uttarabhadrapada #PiscesInVedicAstrology #AhirbudhnyaSerpentSupport the show

Here comes part 1 of our second adventure as soma sova, the collab "supergroup" of the all:ambient podcast with each release born out of a "4 songs in 4 hours" exercise. Marshall, Ben, Kirk, and Mike each took 60 minutes to begin a song & hand it off to the next person without ever touching it again. Day 2, we each took a day-1-starter song and put 60 minutes of work into it, handing it off when done... and so on.By the end of the 4 day exercise, we landed 4 incredible songs with all 4 of us touching each of the songs at various stages. And with the time constraints, the results are simply stunning!Today's part 1 episode walks through the first two songs of the four-song collection – and surprise! – you can listen to them NOW wherever you stream music. Go check out the latest soma sova release at https://on.all-ambient.com/submergedGot any questions you want answered in an upcoming episode? Email us at podcast@all-ambient.com.The⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ all:ambient Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now live! Come join the community & conversation with a bunch of like-minded artists & creators. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join us here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – you'll need to create a Discord account if you've never done so – and welcome to the all:ambient family!the all:ambient podcast is an inside look at the incredible artists in ambient music, digging into creative processes, hearing untold stories, and following the rabbit trail to wherever that conversation may lead.Don't forget to leave a review and text a friend or fellow musician about the podcast. We really appreciate it!

Not too long ago, the United States Government confirmed the existence of UFOs, but we had too much going on to care at the time. Maybe we needed more concrete evidence. What if ET arrived on our doorstep? But he was already dead? That's the premise of Alienated, the new Comixology Original written, colored, and lettered by Taki Soma, with art by John Broglia and covers by Michael Avon Oeming. Alienated begins with one of our great mysteries solved, but done so in a horrifying, unsatisfying way. Alien arrival on Earth shakes society's core, spreading panic and existential dread...until people get distracted and move on to the next day's news cycle. There's only one problem: a single Alien survives, and it's on one disconnected family to keep them breathing. We're ecstatic to have creative couple Taki Soma and Michael Avon Oeming on the podcast this week. We discuss how storytelling impacts every element of their relationship, their fascination with UFO mythology, and how Taki Soma's graphic novel memoir Sleeping While Standing impacted her method of creating fiction. The first four Alienated issues are out now, and the fifth issue will arrive on August 5th. Please follow Taki Soma on Blue Sky and Instagram, and follow Michael Avon Oeming on Blue Sky, Instagram, and his Website. This Week's Sponsor We're sponsored by 2000 AD, the greatest comic you're not reading! Within its pages is a whole universe of characters, from Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog to Rogue Trooper, Shakara, Halo Jones, and the poor sods slogging across the Cursed Earth in The Helltrekkers. Get a print subscription at your door every week - and the first issue is free! Or subscribe digitally, get free back issues, and download DRM-free copies of each issue for just $9 a month. That's 128 pages of incredible monthly comics for less than $10. This July, IDW Publishing's Eisner-nominated cozy horror hit series returns in Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #1. Superstar Cartoonist Patrick Horvath's delightfully twisted tale about an anthropomorphic serial killer bear is returning to comic shops for a new story that is guaranteed to shock readers. Return to the seemingly idealistic suburban town of Woodbrook as Samantha, the bloodlusting brown bear, got away with her crimes and is now the town's one and only serial killer. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #1 is out now from IDW Publishing. This July, one of the greatest creator-owned comic series of all time begins a powerful new chapter! From Oni Press, return to the Eisner-nominated world of The Sixth Gun as creators Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt reunite for The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1 – an extra-sized comics' event told across three prestige format issues. The Sixth Gun is about to be Reborn anew - as it has been countless times across the centuries. This time, however, a brigade of familiar fighters is ready and waiting to challenge a secret cabal. The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere on July 23rd. Other Relevant Links to This Week's Episode: Subscribe to the CBCC YouTube Channel and Prepare for The Stacks David Brothers and Chip Zdarsky in The Stacks at Third Eye Comics Benjamin Percy in the Stacks at Third Eye Comics Join Comic Book Club in Person CBCC's Comic Shop Road Trip Patreon Exclusive: Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Club Support Your Local Comic Shop Free Patreon Series Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY. The Comic Book Couples Counseling TeePublic Merch Page. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Bluesky @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Jesse Lonergan and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

In this episode of Closed!, Lee Bergstein sits down with Brian Steinwurtzel, co-CEO of GFP Real Estate, to discuss one of New York City's most ambitious office-to-residential conversions to date: 25 Water Street. They unpack the challenges of converting a commercial tower into housing—from financing and zoning to adding modern amenities that meet today's tenant demands. Brian shares how GFP Real Estate is addressing affordable housing needs, incorporating community feedback, and helping transform the Financial District into a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood, and how this increasing trend of commercial to residential conversions will be impacted by the upcoming mayoral election. Whether you're in real estate, housing policy, or just curious about how NYC is reinventing its urban core, this conversation offers a firsthand look at the future of adaptive reuse.Learn more about SOMA and GFP's work:SOMA: somanyc.comGFP Real Estate: gfpre.comInstagram: instagram.com/gfprealestateTwitter: twitter.com/GFPRealEstateAnd as always, for more from Lee and the team at BFKP, visit: bfkplaw.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a preview — for the full episode, subscribe: https://newmodels.io https://patreon.com/newmodels https://newmodels.substack.com Our guest is American media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. He is the author of such seminal books on digital culture and networked communication as Cyberia (1994), Media Virus (1995), and Coercion (1999); and numerous further titles including, Program or Be Programmed (2010/2025) and Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires (2022). He is also the host of Team Human and a professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics as CUNY/Queens. On this episode, Doug speaks with us about the evolution (and devolution) of digital culture across web 1, 2, 3, and beyond via a synthesis of media theory, psychedelic thinking, and practical wisdom for navigating our contemporary networks. Names cited: Adam Curtis, Alex Garland, Allan Kaprow, Amazon, Art Bell, AT&T, Bernie Madoff, CNN, Cyberia, CVS, Dan Rather, Daniel Dennett, David Bowie, David Hershkovitz, David Lynch, Donna Haraway, Douglas Rushkoff, Elon Musk, Emmanuel Levinas, Francis Bacon, Genesis P-Orridge, Jake Tapper, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey Epstein, Jesse Armstrong, Joe Rogan, John Brockman, John Perry Barlow, Joseph Chaikin, Kamala Harris, Lauren Sanchez, Louis Rossetto, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Madonna, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Marshall McLuhan, Martin Buber, Martin Heidegger, Media Virus, Michael Jackson, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, Naomi Wolf, Neil Simon, New Models, New York Times, Norbert Wiener, Orit Halpern, Paper Magazine, Peter Thiel, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Present Shock, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Dawkins, Robert Anton Wilson, Ross Douthat, Skinny Puppy, Spinoza, Star Trek, Team Human, Temple of Psychic Youth, The Long Boom, The Process Church, The Simpsons, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, Walter Benjamin, William S. Burroughs, Wired Magazine

Na stronie kampanii „Porozmawiajmy szczerze o otyłości” www.ootylosci.pl czytamy:Otyłość to przewlekła choroba o złożonych przyczynach, która została umieszczona na liście Międzynarodowej Klasyfikacji Chorób (ICD-10) pod numerem E66. Otyłość w Polsce dotyczy 9 milionów dorosłych a blisko 12 mln Polaków w wieku powyżej 20 lat ma nadwagę. Oznacza to, że ponad 20 milionów Polaków ma nadmierną masę ciała. Prognozuje się, że w 2035 roku liczba chorujących na otyłość wzrośnie. Nawet co trzeci Polak będzie się mierzyć z otyłością. - te dane nie mają za zadanie straszyć, a jedynie pokazać, że skala problemu jest istotna. W tym odcinku przyjrzymy się medycznym i psychologicznym konsekwencjom otyłości, a także jakie skuteczne metody leczenia są aktualnie rekomendowane. Jest to odcinek, gdzie swoją wiedzą podzieliły się ze mną specjalistki: dr Anna Ścibisz - kardiolożka i bariatrka oraz Adrianna Sobol - psycholożka, psychotraumatolożka i psychoonkolożka. Patronem tego odcinka jest Novo Nordisk.Czy zdarzyło Wam się słyszeć stygmatyzację osób zmagających się z otyłością? Czy uważacie, że jesteśmy gotowi na społeczne zmiany związane z ocenianiem ciała innych?Montaż: Eugeniusz KarlovLiteraturaKral, T. V., & Rauh, E. M. (2010). Eating behaviors of children in the context of their family environment. Physiology & behavior, 100(5), 567–573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.031

"Soma" means "of the body" so what is the somatic nervous system? How is this dividing up of the nervous system useful? I'll try to describe this neuroanatomy concept in 5 minutes.

High NRJ for your summer, much love !Peace Playlist : 1Matt Sassari / BLRThe Incident (extended mix) (5:51) 126 BPMTruesoul; 2BLR / Matt SassariClose Encounters (extended mix) (4:48) 128 BPMTruesoul; 3Carlo Lio / BorisJAQ (5:15) 131 BPMArcane; 4THE DEVIANTTNoir (5:27) 142 BPMSoma; 5DJ DextroBeautiful Day (4:59) 142 BPMMutual Rytm; 6JancenVertex (6:25) 142 BPMDrawner; 7Johannes AstrupSalsa Lessons (5:53) 142 BPMDrawner; 8DJ DextroMero Acaso (5:00) 142 BPMCodein Music; 9Genex / STIPPOut Of Turn (6:20) 144 BPMPlanet Rhythm; 10Confidential Recipe / DJ HausFlange Romance (4:32) 133 BPMDance Trax.   minimal show on iTunes minimal show rss feed   

Julie's brand new Big Gorgeous Goals: Official Workbook can be ordered now! Grab your copy.Amber Briggle shares her inspiring journey from hands-on massage therapist to CEO of Soma Massage Therapy, a business that has grown to two locations grossing over a million dollars annually with plans to franchise nationwide.Amber Briggle (she/her) is the founder and CEO of Soma Massage Therapy, which was recently voted Best Pain Management 2023 & 2024, and Best Massage Center in Denton for the last 11 consecutive years.Amber grew her business literally with her bare hands, starting in a spare bedroom of her home to now operating a downtown business and a growing franchise brand that employs nearly 30 people. During covid, her business was ordered to shut down entirely, and nearly closed permanently. Excess pressures put on the female workforce during the pandemic amplified the challenges of being a woman-owned business that employs primarily women in a woman-dominated industry! Today, Soma is located in a beautifully renovated downtown building and rebounded stronger than ever, with 2 locations, a gross annual revenue of over $1 million, and plans to franchise coast-to-coast.Amber has been published in numerous trade-specific publications and featured on dozens of podcasts because of her unique and successful business model. She is currently offering Soma Massage Therapy franchise opportunities to individuals with an interest in the wellness industry, so that this successful business approach can be duplicated across the country, bringing high paying jobs and healing touch to thousands of people while transforming the massage industry as a whole.You can connect with Amber on LinkedIn.You can also find out more about Soma Massage Therapy on their website.Love the show or want to request a topic? Send us a text! (All submissions are anonymous, so if you'd like a reply, please include your email address!)You can connect with Julie on LinkedIn or Instagram. Find Julie's writing at her blog or by ordering her book Big Gorgeous Goals and the brand new official companion workbook! What did you think of this conversation? We'd love if you'd rate or review our show!

Run it Red episode 123 is here. As always, it's a big show this month with new music from Santos, Tiger Stripes, ANNĒ, DJ Bone, Harvey McKay, Ken Ishi, Oscar Mulero and loads more. Tracklist below...  Hit the charity links if you can, too...   Charity Link: fanlink.tv/Charities Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT   BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 123. JUNE 2025   1. Jan Kincl - Sygar Beats 1. Cycle 2. Jan Kincl - Love's So Far Away Beats 2. Cycle 3. Nature Boy - Unaffected (Raw Demo). Nature Boy 4. Distant Lover - Green Eyes. Soiree 5. D'Julz - Nu Bass (DJ Deep Remix. Bass Culture 6. Nature Boy - Your Body. Nature Boy 7. DMND Soundsystem - Bad Rouge. Skylax 8. Lomax - Dance To The House (Rokuhara Mix). West Harlem Kyoto 9. Tiger Stripes - Rockin'. Rekids 10. The Echols Brothers - Detroit is Techno 11. Drivetrain - Persuasion. Soiree 12. Tiger Stripes - The Street. Rekids 13. Santos - Fragment 8 Endorphins. Let Me Understand 14. Jeff Rushin - Analysis. ON 15. Mathias Kaden - No Looking Back. Uncage 16. Russ Denman - Untitled 5. Calder City Development Corp. 17. Rene Wise - Sakar. Enemy 18. R.M.K - Personal Waveforms (Burden Remix). Fossil Archive 19. Knay - Deceptions. NODE 20. Obscur - Diamond City. Moving Pressure 21. Sarf - Elemental Particle. Dynamic Reflection 22. NWHR - Falla Gravitacional. Warm Up 23. FGarciolo - Memory Is Unreliable. FGarciolo Recordings 24. Svreca - AW08 (Stanislav Tolkachev Remix). Semantica 25. NWHR - Encarnacion Interna. Warm Up 26. Operator - Rain Slick Streets. Gnosis 27. Jerical - Fast Lane. TH Tar Hallow 28. NWHR - El Titere. Warm Up 29. DJ Bone - Wardance (MB Remixto). Further 30. Ignez - Satindancer. Somov 31. Madben - Dat Groovy Chord. Core 32. Stephen Disario - Out Of Tune. Token 33. Yazmin - Enough. Unreleased 34. NWHR - El Ojo De La Tormenta. Semantica 35. ANNĒ - Urban. Sotor 36. Exit to Tomorrow - Open. TH Tar Hallow 37. Exos - Of My Life. Unreleased *Sims JFF Edit 38. Rene Wise - Cutting Thick. Enemy  39. Huebl, Albin Brezlan - Ipanema Boy. NINE O NINE *Sims JFF Edit 40. FGarciolo - Mouth Full Of Wires. FGarciolo Recordings 41. Fukumachi - Scandal. Tzunami 42. Luigi Madonna - Borderline. Planet Rhythm 43. Fhase 87 - Sun In The UK. Unreleased *Sims Edit 44. Introversion - Covington (Disguised Remix). Makatao 45. Harvey Mckay - Only 909. Hardgroove (Forthcoming) 46. Oxygeno - Dirty Mind. Soma 47. Theia Daja - Deep Inside Me. U-Traxx 48. JC Laurent - Rekt (Casual Treatment Remix). Cielo 49. Relic Radiation - Limited Range (Mal Hombre Remix). Edit Select 50. NWHR - Voces. Semantica 51. Glaskin - Blended. Yael Trip 52. Ken Ishii - Scapegoat. Sway 53. Jen Cruz - Untitled. Unreleased 54. Obscure Shape - Elemental (Cleric Remix). Clergy 55. Oscar Mulero - Invisible Star. Semantica 56. Ruman - While Force. Evil Groove 57. Ketzaal - Cellular Chain (Raw Mix). Edit Select 58. Introversion - Get Out. Makatao 59. Adoption - Expander. Merien 60. Peverelist - Pulse XIX. Livity 61. A Thousand Details - Cabrita Times (Cave Dweller Version). ATD 62. BLZS - Repont. PTRL WRX 63. Oscar Mulero - Shiny Gold And Green Spots. Failing Ethics 64. Hemka - Eternity. Mutual Rytm 65. Morning - War Road. circuit|breaker 66. Earwax - The Extraordinary. Mord 67. Bidoben - Torment. Sublunar 68. Mike Larry - Mire. Mia Mao 69. DJ Bone - D. D. COD3 QR 70. Format - The Session Continues. OV Bandcamp 71. Lake Haze - Particles Collision. clone West Coast 72. Chino - Wschód. Recognition  73. DJ 3000 - Waiting in the Dark (Aux 88 Remix). Motech 74. Junior Loves - Piper. 5 Gate Temple 75. Forest Drive West - Ruins. Ilian Tape 76. Element - Warrior No Tarry Yah (Remix). Unknown 77. Nicolini - Sharp Shin (Inst). South of North 78. NPLGNN - Sirens Steppa. Dubplate 79. Eusebeia - Root Out. Samurai Music 80. Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity (Red Axes Edit). Africa Seven 81. Alex Dolby - EV06. EVOD

This episode is a live recording of Love Is The Author's debut event this past month at Light And Space Yoga in Ojai, CA featuring a one of a kind conversation with SOMA (Sacred Order Of Mystic Apogees) who were just coming off of participating in an historic countercultural event in Los Angeles: opening for Tyler Childers at the iconic Hollywood Bowl to a sold out audience. The recording begins with a touching introduction and blessing ceremony by legendary founder/editor in chief of Shambhala Publications Samuel Bercholz and his daughter Sara, followed by Jaymee's interview with the group. The episode concludes with a live ecstatic kirtan performance by SOMA recorded at a fundraiser for The Kali Mandir Ashram this past month in Laguna Beach, CA. You can watch the introduction and interview portion of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://shorturl.at/D7owbSOMA: https://somakirtan.bandcamp.comSHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS: www.shambhala.comKALI MANDIR ASHARM: www.kalimandir.orgLITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, mixed and edited by Jaymee Carpenter. LIVE SOUND: Chris FallerInterested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymeeemail: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: RAUM GOODS (www.raumgoods.com)INDIAN LODGE ROAD (www.indianlodgeroad.com) GUAYAKI YERBA MATÉ (www.guayaki.com)VALLEY OF THE MOON (www.shorturl.at/dCVh2)THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: jaymee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM:  @soma_kirtan / @robertryan323 / @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener

After 20 years of incessant and persistent work-in clubs all over the world, Victor M- -has become one of Spain's top DJs and producers -whose influences have been hip-hop, funk and the house, among other styles. Pushmann, delivers techno for the mind body and soul. PUSHMANN produces a Detroitesque sound with clear and strong influence of European sound, Berlin and Birmingham. His imaginary sound is based on the fast-paced, industrial and mechanical high-octane techno. In his classic genre he delivers raw goodness to intrigue the listener and take him or her to a higher level. Power, darkness and fierceness serving the dance floor. His special attention and taste for metallic percussion and steel cavernous drums well located in front of everything, almost martia, or warlike. Also draw attention to their surgical and haunting melodies, looped and accelerated to paroxysm. Sophisticated bestiality that stuns and spreads like wildfire. As a DJ, this self-confessed lover of vinyl-and three deck performances- enjoys a refined technique after many years of selecting only the best techno, house and ghetto-techno- sessions defined as strong, energetic and vibrant. PUSHMANN is label owner on N&N Records and cuarator on Lila Session at Höhle club. PUSHMANN is working for labels like Axis, Hardgroove, Symbolism, KMS Records, Be As One, End Of Dayz, SOMA.. colaborating with artists like Ben Sims, Ken Ishii, Alexander Kowalski, Anne, Paula Cazenave, Cravo, Ritzi Lee, Jeroen Search, Head Front Panel, Dj Rush.. Tracklist via -Spotify: bit.ly/SRonSpotify -Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Slam_Radio/ -Facebook: bit.ly/SlamRadioGroup Archive on Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/slam/   Subscribe to our podcast on -iTunes: apple.co/2RQ1xdh -Amazon Music: amzn.to/2RPYnX3 -Google Podcasts: bit.ly/SRGooglePodcasts -Deezer: bit.ly/SlamRadioDeezer   Keep up with SLAM: https://fanlink.tv/Slam  Keep up with Soma Records: https://linktr.ee/somarecords    For syndication or radio queries: harry@somarecords.com & conor@glowcast.co.uk Slam Radio is produced at www.glowcast.co.uk

Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, eds. The Witch Studies Reader. (Duke University Press, 2025). Stories about witches are by their nature stories about the most basic and profound of human experiences—healing, sex, violence, tragedies, aging, death, and encountering the mystery and magic of the unknown. It is no surprise, then, that witches loom large in our cultural imaginations. In academia, studies of witches rarely emerge from scholars who are themselves witches and/or embedded in communities of witchcraft practitioners. The Witch Studies Reader brings together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners who examine witchcraft from a critical decolonial feminist perspective that decenters Europe and departs from exoticizing and pathologizing writing on witchcraft in the global South. The authors show how witches are keepers of suppressed knowledges, builders of new futures, exemplars of praxis, and theorists in their own right. Throughout, they account for the vastly different national, political-economic, and cultural contexts in which “the witch” is currently being claimed and repudiated. Offering a pathbreaking transnational feminist examination of witches and witchcraft that upends white supremacist, colonial, patriarchal knowledge regimes, this volume brings into being the interdisciplinary field of feminist witch studies. Contributors. Maria Amir, Ruth Asiimwe, Bernadette Barton, Ethel Brooks, Shelina Brown, Ruth Charnock, Soma Chaudhuri, Carolyn Chernoff, Saira Chhibber, Simon Clay, Krystal Cleary, Adrianna L. Ernstberger, Tina Escaja, Laurie Essig, Marcelitte Failla, D Ferrett, Marion Goldman, Jaime Hartless, Margaretha Haughwout, Patricia Humura, Apoorvaa Joshi, Govind Kelkar, Oliver Kellhammer, Ayça Kurtoğlu, Helen Macdonald, Isabel Machado, Brandy Renee McCann, Dev Nathan, Mary Jo Neitz, Amy Nichols-Belo, Allison (or AP) Pierce, Emma Quilty, Anna Rogel, Karen Schaller, Jacquelyn Marie Shannon, Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Gabriella V. Smith, Nathan Snaza, Shannon Hughes Spence, Eric Steinhart, Morena Tartari, Nicole Trigg, Katie Von Wald, Tushabe wa Tushabe, Jane Ward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, eds. The Witch Studies Reader. (Duke University Press, 2025). Stories about witches are by their nature stories about the most basic and profound of human experiences—healing, sex, violence, tragedies, aging, death, and encountering the mystery and magic of the unknown. It is no surprise, then, that witches loom large in our cultural imaginations. In academia, studies of witches rarely emerge from scholars who are themselves witches and/or embedded in communities of witchcraft practitioners. The Witch Studies Reader brings together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners who examine witchcraft from a critical decolonial feminist perspective that decenters Europe and departs from exoticizing and pathologizing writing on witchcraft in the global South. The authors show how witches are keepers of suppressed knowledges, builders of new futures, exemplars of praxis, and theorists in their own right. Throughout, they account for the vastly different national, political-economic, and cultural contexts in which “the witch” is currently being claimed and repudiated. Offering a pathbreaking transnational feminist examination of witches and witchcraft that upends white supremacist, colonial, patriarchal knowledge regimes, this volume brings into being the interdisciplinary field of feminist witch studies. Contributors. Maria Amir, Ruth Asiimwe, Bernadette Barton, Ethel Brooks, Shelina Brown, Ruth Charnock, Soma Chaudhuri, Carolyn Chernoff, Saira Chhibber, Simon Clay, Krystal Cleary, Adrianna L. Ernstberger, Tina Escaja, Laurie Essig, Marcelitte Failla, D Ferrett, Marion Goldman, Jaime Hartless, Margaretha Haughwout, Patricia Humura, Apoorvaa Joshi, Govind Kelkar, Oliver Kellhammer, Ayça Kurtoğlu, Helen Macdonald, Isabel Machado, Brandy Renee McCann, Dev Nathan, Mary Jo Neitz, Amy Nichols-Belo, Allison (or AP) Pierce, Emma Quilty, Anna Rogel, Karen Schaller, Jacquelyn Marie Shannon, Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Gabriella V. Smith, Nathan Snaza, Shannon Hughes Spence, Eric Steinhart, Morena Tartari, Nicole Trigg, Katie Von Wald, Tushabe wa Tushabe, Jane Ward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, eds. The Witch Studies Reader. (Duke University Press, 2025). Stories about witches are by their nature stories about the most basic and profound of human experiences—healing, sex, violence, tragedies, aging, death, and encountering the mystery and magic of the unknown. It is no surprise, then, that witches loom large in our cultural imaginations. In academia, studies of witches rarely emerge from scholars who are themselves witches and/or embedded in communities of witchcraft practitioners. The Witch Studies Reader brings together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners who examine witchcraft from a critical decolonial feminist perspective that decenters Europe and departs from exoticizing and pathologizing writing on witchcraft in the global South. The authors show how witches are keepers of suppressed knowledges, builders of new futures, exemplars of praxis, and theorists in their own right. Throughout, they account for the vastly different national, political-economic, and cultural contexts in which “the witch” is currently being claimed and repudiated. Offering a pathbreaking transnational feminist examination of witches and witchcraft that upends white supremacist, colonial, patriarchal knowledge regimes, this volume brings into being the interdisciplinary field of feminist witch studies. Contributors. Maria Amir, Ruth Asiimwe, Bernadette Barton, Ethel Brooks, Shelina Brown, Ruth Charnock, Soma Chaudhuri, Carolyn Chernoff, Saira Chhibber, Simon Clay, Krystal Cleary, Adrianna L. Ernstberger, Tina Escaja, Laurie Essig, Marcelitte Failla, D Ferrett, Marion Goldman, Jaime Hartless, Margaretha Haughwout, Patricia Humura, Apoorvaa Joshi, Govind Kelkar, Oliver Kellhammer, Ayça Kurtoğlu, Helen Macdonald, Isabel Machado, Brandy Renee McCann, Dev Nathan, Mary Jo Neitz, Amy Nichols-Belo, Allison (or AP) Pierce, Emma Quilty, Anna Rogel, Karen Schaller, Jacquelyn Marie Shannon, Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Gabriella V. Smith, Nathan Snaza, Shannon Hughes Spence, Eric Steinhart, Morena Tartari, Nicole Trigg, Katie Von Wald, Tushabe wa Tushabe, Jane Ward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the PFC Podcast, Dennis interviews John Dominguez, a veteran with extensive experience in the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA). They discuss the origins of SOMA, its evolution into a global organization, and its impact on interoperability among special operations forces. John emphasizes the importance of networking, professional development, and learning from failures in medical training for medics. The conversation highlights how SOMA serves as a platform for sharing experiences and knowledge among medical professionals in the military and beyond. The conversation delves into the importance of experiential learning in medical training, particularly through SOMA's various labs and courses. It highlights the challenges faced in organizing medical conferences, the professional development opportunities available through SOMA, and the significance of leveraging technology for enhanced learning. The discussion also emphasizes the importance of early engagement and membership in SOMA for career advancement and knowledge sharing.Listen to this episode ad-free with our membership.TakeawaysSOMA was established to improve interoperability among special operations medics.The organization has grown to include international representation from over 30 countries.Networking at SOMA events fosters relationships and collaboration among medics.SOMA provides a platform for professional development and training for medics.Learning from failures is crucial in medical practice, especially in high-stakes environments. Experiential learning enhances the connection between theory and practice.SOMA offers various labs that provide hands-on experience in medical training.Attendees can gain different perspectives through international training opportunities.The organization of medical conferences faces unique challenges, especially in funding and logistics.SOMA's growth in attendance reflects its importance in the medical community.Vendors play a crucial role in funding and supporting SOMA events.Professional development opportunities are available for those interested in advancing their careers.Mentorship is a key component of SOMA, aiding in career guidance and development.Technology is increasingly important in medical education and training.Engagement in SOMA can lead to leadership opportunities and influence in the field.Chapters00:00 Introduction to SOMA and Its Origins07:49 The Evolution of SOMA and Its Global Impact14:53 Networking and Interoperability in Special Operations21:59 Training and Professional Development for Medics26:59 Learning from Failures and Sharing Experiences33:54 Experiential Learning in Medical Training41:06 Challenges in Organizing Medical Conferences47:40 SOMA's Professional Development Opportunities55:30 Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Learning01:01:28 Engagement and Membership in SOMAThank you to Delta Development Team for in part, sponsoring this podcast.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠deltadevteam.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more content, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prolongedfieldcare.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Consider supporting us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ProlongedFieldCareCollective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lobocoffeeco.com/product-page/prolonged-field-care⁠⁠

Carolina Fusilier (b.1985, Buenos Aires) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the physicality of technology, notions of non-linear time, and post-human imaginaries at the intersections between organic and mechanical bodies, industrial and domestic settings. Her work takes various forms through moving image, painting, sound, and site-specific projects. Carolina Fusilier lives and works in Oaxaca, Mexico. She studied at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and completed postgraduate programs at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (2011), SOMA in Mexico City (2016), and was a guest student at the Düsseldorf Academy under Rita McBride in 2018. Recent solo and duo exhibitions include Imago, Margot Samel, New York, NY (2025); ¿Cómo se escribe muerte al sur?, Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico (2025); Isla Eléctrica, PEANA, Mexico City, Mexico (2024); Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada (2024); Espejo-Espectro, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2024); Corrientes Mercuriales, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico (2023); Clepsidra, Daniela Elbahara Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (2021); Kitchen with a View, Locust Projects, Miami, FL (2019); and Angel Engines, Natalia Hug, Cologne, Germany (2018). Selected group exhibitions include Otr's Mund's, curated by Aram Moshayedi and Lena Solá Nogué, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (2025);Yendo de la cama al living, curated by Enrique Giner, Salón ACME, Mexico City, Mexico (2025); Breaking up of ice on a river, curated by Lilian Hiob, Margot Samel, New York, NY (2024); Casa Ideal, Proyectos Multipropósito, Mexico City, Mexico (2024); Linhas Tortas, Mendes Wood, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); Hic Sunt Dracones, Deli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (2023). Carolina Fusilier, Súbitamente (IMAGO station), 2025, Oil on hexagonal canvas, stainless steel and speaker. Audio by Miko Revereza., 90 1/2 x 157 1/2 x 2 in | 230 x 400 x 5 cm. photo by Matthew Sherman Carolina Fusilier, Altar II (Imago Lab), 2025 Oil on hexagonal canvas, stainless steel frame 35 3/8 x 25 5/8 in | 90 x 65 cm. photo by Matthew Sherman Carolina Fusilier, War song II, 2025, Oil on hexagonal canvas, 31 1/2 x 19 3/4 in | 80 x 50 cm. photo by Matthew Sherman

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On today's episode, Victoria Castle, author of The Trance of Scarcity, reveals how the stories we tell and the way we embody them — our "Soma" — shape our reality more than our circumstances ever could. Learn how shifting your internal state can unlock new possibilities, deeper clarity, and the power to live a more aligned and liberated life.Source: Victoria Castle: Embodying AbundanceHosted by Sean CroxtonFollow me on Instagram Check out the NEW Black Excellence Daily podcast, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon.

Rudy Corpuz, Jr. has been a fixture in the San Francisco community as the founder of United Playaz. His work focuses on violence prevention and youth mentorship, headquartered in the SoMa District. As the child of Filipino immigrants, Rudy struggled with identity issues and began getting into trouble at an early age. This led him towards selling and eventually using drugs, which landed him in jail. After turning his life around, he got a job doing outreach to Filipino gangs who were involved in riots at Balboa High School. After helping bring Black, Samoans, and Filipinos together at the school, Rudy started United Playaz.--For promo opportunities on the podcast, e-mail info@historyofthebay.com--History of the Bay Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZUM4rCv6xfNbvB4r8TVWU?si=9218659b5f4b43aaOnline Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlAInstagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_oneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_oneTwitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_oneFacebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone41500:00 How Dregs met Rudy05:42 Philippines to SF10:52 SoMa & Manilatown18:57 Identity crisis24:26 Crack era31:20 Life in SoMa35:31 Asian gangs40:24 Dope game, jail, addiction52:34 Making a change56:52 Filipino gang prevention1:08:53 United Playaz1:13:22 Working with the youth1:17:24 SoMa today

Dare to Dream with Debbi Dachinger Soma ARah: Starseed DNA Secrets They Don't Want You To Know! What if your cosmic origins hold the key to Earth's ascension? In this extraordinary episode, Debbi Dachinger is joined by Soma ARah — a Pleiadian-Lyran hybrid and channel — to uncover suppressed truths about Starseed DNA, Atlantis, multidimensional healing, and more. Soma reveals how 144,000 Starseeds answered an ancient cosmic call, why Atlantis fell, and what DNA upgrades are being activated now. You'll hear her powerful personal story of trauma-to-transcendence, a divine encounter with Yeshua, and how she channels galactic beings to assist others on their awakening journey. If you've ever questioned your origins or felt like you don't belong, this transmission is for you. What You'll Learn in This Episode: • Discover the 144,000 timeline shifts happening now • Who interfered with Atlantis—and why they still affect us • Why Starseed DNA was intentionally modified • How to reclaim your ancient origin and divine memory • Soma's live Pleiadian channeling and messages from the Akashic realms Guest Resources Guest Website: https://substack.com/ @SomaARah

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Podcast LIstener Highlights: Discover the 140,000 timeline shifts* Who interfered with Atlantis—and why* Why Starseed DNA was intentionally modified* How to reclaim your ancient origin and divine memoryMy guest, Soma ARah is a Pleiadian and Lyran Starseed hybrid with a mission to assist humanity during this era of ascension. Known as a Pleiadian Ambassador and warrior of the heart, she has served as a channel for the Pleiadians since childhood, sharing their wisdom to inspire, uplift, and guide humanity toward higher frequencies and a New Earth. As a healer, visionary, and intuitive, ARah is an Ascension Guide for navigating awakening and transformation. She is a Psychic Medium and Starseed Reader offering insights through Akashic Records and multidimensional connections. Plus, Soma is a Reiki Master, shamanic practitioner, and channel for divine light. ⁠ @SomaARah ⁠

In this episode, we explore SMS and email list growth for direct-to-consumer brands on Shopify.  Our guest is Soma Toth, founder and CEO of recart.com. He shares insights on building active subscriber lists, creating effective popups, and why traditional list growth methods often fail. Soma discusses their innovative one-click opt-in system that eliminates typing friction and reveals how popups can impact revenue by 10-20% when done right. Topics discussed in this episode:  What list growth really means for e-commerce brands. Why 84% of top Shopify brands use welcome popups. How popups drive 5-15% revenue increases. What makes the perfect popup discount offer. Why technical popup optimization matters more than design. How timing affects popup visibility vs conversion rates. What screen recordings revealed about user behavior. Why one-click opt-in eliminates the biggest conversion killer. How audience networks work while respecting privacy. What impact popups have on overall business performance. Links & Resources Website: https://recart.com/ Shopify App Store:  https://apps.shopify.com/recart LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/somatoth/ Get access to more free resources by visiting the show notes athttps://tinyurl.com/2hp3phme SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Ahrefs — the all-in-one marketing intelligence platform trusted by SEO professionals, content creators, and digital marketers around the world. Whether you're doing keyword research, checking backlinks, or analyzing competitors, Ahrefs gives you the tools to make smarter marketing decisions.

Little Luxuries:Peace and quietHigh-speed InternetGood quality coffeeNext day deliveryGrocery deliveryGood quality skincareA TV show with no adsRobot vacuum cleanersHaving an after-dinner treatAir fryerLetting Your Kids Plan Your VacationNew research suggests that allowing your kids to have a say in planning a family vacation is the way to make it better.According to a new survey, 82% of parents say their best trips happened when their kids helped with planning it.That may be why 22% have actually let their school-age child plan every detail of a vacation.⠀Moms and dads have learned that when kids are involved in planning, they help with activities (89%), and restaurants (54%), and make sure that the trip involves things their kid likes (76%).And the kids are up for the task, as 86% of them want to be more involved in planning family vacations and 53% want to plan as much of the trip as possible.So, what would a kid's dream vacation look like? It would include having a meet-and-greet with their favorite celebrity (34%), sitting in the front row of their favorite artist's concert (29%) or having backstage access at that show (27%).Riding on an amusement park parade float is another top choice (26%), along with having a meet-and-greet with their favorite cartoon characters (24%), or sitting in the front row at a professional sports game (20%).To turn a regular trip into a dream getaway, kids also want to go to fun restaurants (54%), have a chance to swim (51%), and do outdoor activities (49%).Some kids dream big, with their ultimate dream trip including a 13-day-journey across six states and five countries on an epic road trip (60%), a flight (57%) and a cruise (33%).Even parents who aren't letting their kid plan an entire vacation want to get their input and 84% say they try to take inspiration from their kids' imagination when creating a vacation.How To Avoid Post-Vacation BluesBefore you leave - Tidy up your home. Clean your sheets, empty the trash, and clear the fridge, so you get to return home to a welcoming space instead of chaos.After you return - Give yourself a day (or two) to unpack and reset before diving back into work and obligations.Keep the joy alive - Plan little treats like a night out, a new recipe, or a cozy evening at home to recreate those memorable vacation moments.Listen to the blues - If your mood lingers or you think it might be a sign of some bigger issues, consider what changes you might need to make, and reach out for help if it feels like it's more than just a passing slump.Second Date Update: Greg takes Lissa on a date in Soma. The weather was great, eh even wore shorts. Did that have something to do with her ghost?

Send us a textIn this molten episode of Third Eye Roll, Dr. Justine Lemos and Scarlett Trillia dive into the myth-soaked, soul-scorching waters of Gandanta—those karmic knots where water signs dissolve and fire signs ignite. Drawing from Vedic astrology, ancient myth, and modern mood, the duo unpacks how these liminal spaces catalyze profound emotional transformation and spiritual awakening.Expect a heady mix of Agni and Soma, the elemental lovers of fire and nectar, as they explore the psychological and energetic tension that arises during Gandanta transits. From Venus and Mars blazing through these zones to cultural reflections in fashion, music, and film, this episode reveals how Gandanta moments often show up in our lives as breakdowns, breakthroughs, or the beach trips we didn't know we needed.✨ Along the way, you'll meet:Alchemical lovers balancing masculine and feminine forcesThe mythic tides of transformation hidden in pop songs and wave-washed ritualsThe zodiac's own meltdown points, where karma tightens—and then lets goWhether you're riding the edge of a personal shift or just curious about why your life feels like a spiritual soap opera lately, this episode offers insights, tools, and a cosmic mirror.Takeaways:Gandanta is not a problem—it's a passage.Transformation requires both fire to burn and water to flow.Your emotional chaos might just be sacred architecture.Tune in, untangle, and let the river burn.

Greg takes Lissa on a date in Soma. The weather was great, eh even wore shorts. Did that have something to do with her ghost?

Ever find yourself caught in a loop of analyzing what you're feeling—trying to think your way through the ache, the confusion, the rage, the numbness? Or find that it feels easier to let your mind fix or solve the hard things rather than sense in or move with them? In this short practice episode, Jennifer England invites you into a somatic experience of feeling—beyond story, solving and fixing. Inspired by her recent conversation with therapist and writer Lisa Olivera, you're invited to drop the narrative and let music, movement, and presence guide you into a relationship with aliveness.You'll be guided through:A simple, intuitive practice to shift from analysis into sensation.Choosing music that mirrors your current emotional tone—no need for it to be calm or upbeat.A movement invitation that meets you exactly where you are—angry, tender, exhausted, joyful, or stuck.Whether you're overwhelmed, can't access how you're feeling, or somewhere in-between, this episode offers a powerful way to grow your fluency in feeling—by letting your body lead. Gratitude for this show's theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented Yukon musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. Artwork by the imaginative writer, filmmaker and artist Jon Marro.

In this episode, I continue our journey through the Universal Architecture series by focusing on the physical body as a sacred temple.As we turn our attention to the physical body, it is imperative to remember that the physical body is comprised of two parts: the chemical body (matter) and the alchemical body (life force, metabolism, qi). These two work together to embody our spirit and carry out divine functions on Earth. Healing isn't just about detoxing or exercising; it's about understanding how these physical actions shift our vibrational frequency. When we restore metabolic energy, we enable the body to communicate with the spirit and mind more clearly. Fragmentation—whether from trauma, mineral deficiencies, or emotional suppression—interrupts this harmony. Coherence is the path to healing: when we restore flow, light, and nourishment, we re-integrate ourselves as divine, conscious beings.Healing through coherence is about remembering and reclaiming our wholeness by reconnecting to the breath of life and the Holy Spirit. This is a process of deep restoration—not only physically, but emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Coherence is not just about balancing the body, but about aligning with divine truth, returning to our sovereign state, and allowing the Spirit to fully dwell in the temple of the body. When we tend to our body—when we hydrate, nourish, breathe, move, rest, and align—we're not just doing something “healthy.” We are participating in a divine act of remembrance and restoration. We're letting the divine move through us, sing through us, live through us. That is the true essence of healing through coherence. Tune in today for more on this topic as we continue our Universal Architecture series. I know you're going to love it!In this episode:[00:37] Welcome back to The Fully Nourished Podcast![02:05] Here's a quick recap of our Universal Architecture series.[08:16] How does the body fit into this Universal Architecture? [09:46] What is frequency, and how is it measured? [12:36] The difference in frequency between our spirit and our physical forms.[14:13] The physical body and our life force. [20:12] The impact of fractures in our mind field and low-vibrating emotions. [22:24] What is healing through coherence? [26:54] How do physical healing modalities shift our frequency? [32:56] Healing is a ripple effect.[35:09] Physical health and healing are connected to vibration. [40:07] We should approach healing as a recalibration of the life force and the physical body. [41:17] Thanks for joining me today on The Fully Nourished Podcast! See you next week!Links and Resources:Get more info on Philosophia Society Here:https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/philosophia-societySubmit a Question for our Next Q&A:https://airtable.com/appoicByQy3UFoSXs/shrXwD7wQFJQr68NnSign Up for Sunday Tea Here: https://jessica-ash-wellness.ck.page/04f86a550fConnect with Jessica:Have Sunday tea with me! Sign-up for my Sunday newsletter where I share what's on my brain from the nutritional to spiritual: https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/email-subscribe. Join the Fully Nourished community! Follow me @jessicaashwellness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaashwellness/

In this heartfelt and practical episode, Mark Jewell sits down with Jody Soma, General Manager at Radcliffe Co-op in central Iowa. Jody shares how his leadership journey has been shaped by humility, long-standing community roots, and a commitment to culture. From replacing three legacy roles in his first year to helping his team transition into a new era of agriculture, Jody opens up about what it really takes to lead with purpose. If you've ever wondered how to attract the right people, stay grounded through change, and build a company people want to work for—this episode is for you.Key Takeaways:“Have a bad minute, not a bad day.” – A small shift in mindset can make a huge difference in how leaders show up during challenges.Culture starts at the top. Great leaders model the behaviors they expect from their team—leadership isn't just a speech, it's how you walk.Don't underestimate your impact. Every employee, no matter the role, carries influence. Sometimes the most unexpected voices bring the greatest insight.Hire for culture, not just for need. Bringing in the wrong fit can cost more than just time. Build slow, build smart, and build with people who share the vision.Leadership is lifelong growth. Jody reminds us that at 45—or 85—we're never done learning. The best leaders stay curious and humble.Notable Quotes:“The most successful people aren't the ones who choose the easy things—they're the ones willing to shoulder the hard stuff with grace.” – Jody Soma“Culture isn't a memo—it's modeled. People remember how you live more than what you say.” – Mark Jewell“If you have to let someone go, ask yourself first: how did I fail them as a leader?” – Jody Soma“You don't need more structure—you need the right structure to flow between the banks like a river.” – Mark Jewell“Just because someone's been quiet doesn't mean they haven't been paying attention. Every person matters.” – Jody Soma

Episode 981-Jason Interviews Taki Soma, John Broglia, Mark Schey, Michael Avon Oeming - Alienated - ComixologyALIENATED - The time has come. The world wakes one morning to the news of alien contact. Finally. But they are all dead...except for one. What does it want, why did they arrive, and why did they all perish? When TJ, a retired teacher, and his grandkids come in contact with the alien they are determined to protect it and find some answers.Alienated is a science fiction drama series written by Taki Soma, who is best known for her work on Bitch Planet, Rapture, The Victories, Dick Tracy, Iron Man, and the autobiographical comic Sleeping While Standing, and drawn by artist John Broglia, whose most recent work includes Nice Jewish Boys.Buy It: https://www.amazon.com/Alienated-Comixology-Originals-Taki-Soma-ebook/dp/B0F1ZP93X1Theme Songs by Drew: Only One Left & StarlightLike & Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@comicsforfunandprofit5331Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comYour Support Keeps Our Show Going On Our Way to a Thousand EpisodesDonate Here https://bit.ly/36s7YeLAll the C4FaP links you could ever need  https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/

Rahibai Soma Popere (1964 - present) is an Indian farmer known for her work preserving indigenous seed varieties and promoting sustainable agriculture. She is often referred to as the “Seed Mother” for her commitment to protecting biodiversity and traditional farming practices in India. For Further Reading: Rahibai Soma Popere ‘Seed Mother’ documentary makes it to Cannes Episode 4: Padmashri Rahibai Popere - Soulsome This month, we’re talking about cultivators — women who nurtured, cross-pollinated, experimented, or went to great lengths to better understand and protect the natural world. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates, Vanessa Handy, Melia Agudelo, and Joia Putnoi. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Brittany Martinez. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.