Part 2 ~ Tommy is a yogi in practice as most of us participating and listening are too. Tommy spent his life as a recording and touring drummer in bands with enough success to pack arena’s in and out of the U.S. Presently, he zooms his passions into another arena, turning him on for over 30 years – personal training with his company “Functional Body Movement”. Being a personal trainer, these topics may appear slightly out of the norm – that is if you’re on board with mainstream prevailing societal definitions of the words “health” and “conscious.” Health conscious people don’t normally ponder and chat about drugs, legalization, and investigation through experience. Or do they?
Visit with Katrina and Tommy as they continue their chat and discuss how neuroscience has identified some powerful medical uses of psychedelics, and a personal story Tommy shares of his experience with the “ritual” of DMT. The title of this episode inspired by the TV show “The Twilight Zone.” Cultivating the witness feels like activating a loving presence to self-questioning, to ask ”who in us is doing the seeking” and in regards to this topic, perhaps… “who in us is using the drug.”
The title of this episode is inspired by an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” Cultivating the witness feels like activating a loving presence for self-questioning as the twilight zone ep. reminded us ”who in us is doing the seeking” -regarding this topic, “who in us is using the drug.” Anotherwards, what is the intention behind the use.
CREDITS ~ intro and outro includes public access audio of an amazing lecture on this topic, of the amazing Timothy Leary. Thank you for giving Katrina words that match her intentions to use these podcasts as her personal practice.
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I am honored to have been asked to co-facilitate tonight’s meeting (Tuesday, June 7, 2016) in the San Fernando Valley for a Death Cafe event and a recording for a documentary, on topics I assume, of death and dying. This year I have been blessed to be a part of holding space as two had passed, and I was able to share in rituals with their families. I realize how it may come across to many reading this so I am open and willing should anyone have questions or curiosities as to the “why.” I will say that there are some practices that cut out all of my bullshit, immediately. And, I have witnessed the same as others deal with pending death or the death of a loved one, as the bullshit we all carry melts away as if it were never there. None more powerful for me than being pushed into the now at 17 years old when my father passed away, or when doing an autopsy or dissection, and none like the aging, dying and death experience as a witness with and without personal attachment or agenda.
I am honored to be a part of lessening my own suffering and anyone’s suffering that may be made worse by the shock of what has always been guaranteed and inevitable yet rarely discussed as adults or with children – a part of something that, for the most part is thought of as a morbid and negative topic and is pushed away to practice positive thinking. As if positive thinking could exist without knowledge of the negative. All carry this unseen expiration date. Inevitability is an invitation for wisdom and through rituals and a sacred-stepping-back of our small self to embrace the larger personal and universal self or whatever you believe is your truth, unveiled a profound naturalness for me. It feels like a moving-out-of-the-way. We can admit to an immense & inherent power within when we investigate how much we do not know – a surrender to something other than our limited ego-mind. I wanted to say thank you for inviting me and I look forward to tonight and all the teachings that lie waiting for me, seen and unseen. If you would like more information on a Death Cafe event near you, go to http://deathcafe.com and https://www.facebook.com/deathcafe/?fref=nf
Ram Ram – Love, Katrina
At the start of this episode is a small piece of a lecture given by Timothy Leary! It’s the best description of my own intentions for creating and releasing these podcasts. Why attempt to say it when some of the greatest minds have already done so? Graced through technology, we remember and honor them and their families who keep their names and teachings alive:
The guest for this episode, and the up and coming Part 2 (Ep.29), is Tommy Stewart. If you have read the description on the iTunes or FYO podcast page, you are aware he is a rare and special kind of personal fitness trainer- embodying his own mindfulness practice and studies, allow his students of fitness to expand in health through many modalities, inside and out. For more information on Tommy or to start training with him in the LA area, go to www.facebook.com/functionalbodymovement
Part 1 ~ Tommy is a yogi in practice as most of us participating and listening are too. Tommy spent his life as a recording and touring drummer in bands with enough success to pack arena’s in and out of the U.S. Presently, he has been targeting his passions in another arena, turning him on for over 30 years – personal training. Being a personal trainer, these topics may appear slightly out of the norm. “Health conscious” people don’t normally ponder and chat about drugs, legalization, and investigation through experience (that is if you’re on board with mainstream prevailing societal definitions of the words “health” and “conscious.”) Visit with Katrina and her beloved as they chat about making high school bathrooms unisex, acceptance, guiding children and secret messages sent by over-protection, neuroscience identifying some powerful medical uses of psychedelics, and Tommy’s personal story of his experience in the ritual use of DMT. This title is inspired by an episode of the TV show “The Twilight Zone.” Cultivating the witness feels like activating a loving presence for self-questioning, like ”who in us is doing the seeking” and in regards to this topic, perhaps… “who in us is using the drug.” Part 2 will be released ahead of time! Subscribe to be alerted in real-time. (at 7:16 minutes some alien force from the twilight zone invaded this audio. Goes away in a few seconds. Apologies.)
CREDITS ~ intro audio includes the voice of the amazing Timothy Leary. Thank you for giving Katrina words that match her intentions to use these podcasts as her personal practice. ~ ending audio includes the voice of James Hillman, a brilliant man.
~ Music and editing by Emmy Nominated composer, Ian Hatton - www.IanHatton.com ~ To subscribe & be alerted of new ZITL episodes, use this subscribe link ~ Bit.ly/ZITLPodcast
Questions and ideas for topic encouraged - zitlcourse@gmail.com
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(Part 2) Hi, I’m Olivia May, here with my teacher, friend, and boss, Katrina Chester as we press RECORD at WORK in our studio – welcome to Imprecise storytelling. On an average day at work, so many teachings appear, showing us how limiting the stories of ourselves are! Are we more or less than our stories? What if belief in these stories cloud “what is” – does it stop curiosity, to explore? If you think you know everything….you MIGHT be your own imprecise storyteller. Subscribe to this series and ZITL main podcast and automatically be alerted to every episode released.
With Olivia May & Katrina Chester of FunctionalYogaOnline.com and Zooming in the Lens courses and podcasts. Music and editing by Ian Hatton of Mixforpix.com. FACEBOOK ©FunctionalYogaOnline.com/ZITLCourse@gmail.com
Hi, I’m Olivia May, here with my teacher, friend, and boss, Katrina Chester as we press RECORD at WORK in our studio – welcome to Imprecise storytelling. On an average day at work, so many teachings appear, showing us how limiting the stories of ourselves are! Are we more or less than our stories? What if belief in these stories cloud “what is” – does it stop curiosity, to explore? If you think you know everything….you MIGHT be your own imprecise storyteller. Subscribe to this series and ZITL main podcast and automatically be alerted to every episode released.
With Olivia May & Katrina Chester of FunctionalYogaOnline.com and Zooming in the Lens courses and podcasts. Music and editing by Ian Hatton of Mixforpix.com. ©FunctionalYogaOnline.com/ZITLCourse@gmail.com
Along with our regular Podcast releases by ~Zooming in the Lens Podcast~ on Itunes, NEW this WEEK is the debut of short – new – series – called ~
“Imprecise Storytelling” ~ with Olivia May and Katrina Chester
♥ ~ the average work day
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“Imprecise storytelling”
A Marathon With Katrina Chester & Cara Albero. Cara in NY joins Katrina in LA for an impromptu practice! Aren’t those the best though? With Passover honored this week, the topic of family naturally arrived. Cara shares her recent practice moment involving her mom and her aunt Shirley related to relationships and the navigation of practice when reactions of obligation and guilt arrive. Katrina shares her beginner amazement after diving into one of the five books of Moses (Exodus) from the Jewish Bible. “I am so honored that now I can open up to ancient wisdom from many religious teachings. Way more than I was exposed to growing up, and once only seen through my individual lens of limits. Please pardon my naive, but heartfelt, interpretation fueled by excitement of the symbology of another profound living, breathing road map” As Ram Dass might say “an accomplishment for an Italian girl from NY” – Maybe someday we can live in a world where all, no matter what Religion, what is heard in “Good Pesach” is a message of compassion for one another because we have all felt “passed over” or a lack of Freedom, from something at some point in each of our lives.” ~ Katrina Chester
~ Apologies for the length! Maybe listen in parts! Good thing Passover IS a week long 😉 ~
www.FunctionalYogaOnline.com ~ Music and editing: Ian Hatton
Often in practice, there is an invitation to open the parts of our minds that as we get older, are not used as much, if at all – imagination. I use dinosaurs. How I use them is too much to post here, however, there is a great discovery recently by a paleontologist who discovered an 85 foot, 65-ton dinosaur, he named “DREADNOUGHTUS schrani“, which means “FEAR NOTHING.” Imagine THAT! 145 bones of an animal discovered that roamed right where your sitting and reading this post. This paleontologist described our world, it’s graces and everyone who has ever inhabited it, with these words- “each one a small miracle- each one inevitable”….inevitable miracles fearing nothing… I can see it now, can you?
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UPCOMING EPISODES INCLUDE GUEST TOPICS like ~ “the spirit – of drugs and legalization” a talk on spirit-behind-the-intent and much more.
And ~ “Reading the labels” – one way or another everyone’s labeled as something. Some may relieve us from feeling crazy, and some tell us we are crazy. Medical, emotion, hormonal, etc. There are no denying labels help a lot of people. Have they helped you? Please message us here with your story on being labeled in school, work, family, medically, emotionally, etc., and how you have been affected positively or negatively by it. All ages welcome.
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