Apricot Jam

Henry Andrews stumbled into interactive theater and performance in 2015, and became enamored of its ability to invite people into meaningful authentic experiences. He performed with Barron Scott Levkoff’s Mystic Midway over the next several years and became involved with several other interactive projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. These experiences eventually combined with his interests in metamodern philosophy, Gravesian developmental theory, and Batesonian warm data in the form of HELLAMETAMODERNISM, an experiential approach to metamodernism. With an intentionally ridiculous name derived from an art project for an interactive theatrical party, HELLAMETAMODERNISM is a still-emerging set of concepts that brings our attention to the power of shared experience, while reminding us not to take ourselves too seriously along the way.

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Amba J. Sepie works in the realm of cultural ecology, soul medicine, and decolonisation. She is also a research fellow at the University of Canterbury in Aotearoa New Zealand, teaching, writing and collaborating on projects grounded in traditional knowledges and respect for Earth’s sentience.

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We're back at it with Josh Paynter, diving deeper into his specific Taoist lineage. It's an incredible and wild ride. Please enjoy responsibly.

Josh has been dedicated to Chinese studies for nearly thirty years. He received a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Bard College with a focus on Daoist traditions, including studying at Yunnan University in Kunming, China. His Master’s Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine is from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He haa also completed training at Memorial Sloane-Kettering in acupuncture for the treatment of cancer patients.

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Dare Sohei (they/them/cat) is an animist artist, practitioner, facilitator. Their work dances with the integration of animist/indigenous lifeways with liberatory anti-oppression principles and non-dual somatics, which can be pithily summed up as Death Practice.
They are based in Chinook Lands aka Portland, OR, USA.
www.bodyaltar.org
www.patreon.com/animistarts 

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Josh has been dedicated to Chinese studies for nearly thirty years. He received a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Bard College with a focus on Daoist traditions, including studying at Yunnan University in Kunming, China. His Master’s Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine is from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He haa also completed training at Memorial Sloane-Kettering in acupuncture for the treatment of cancer patients.

Ken Crouse is a native of Wilkes County, NC where he has lived for
most of his life. He grew up working on a farm that raised cattle,
tobacco, corn, other grains, and a large vegetable patch. Having
always had a love of plants, he went on to study horticulture and
mycology and got involved in the nursery and landscaping business.
Twenty-five years ago, Ken and his wife Cindy bought a place in the
mountains known as Peaceful Valley. At about this time, Ken was
introduced to the concepts of permaculture and decided to adopt
these principles whenever possible. Living and working on the land
allowed him to bring together his plant knowledge and more than forty
years of study devoted to the field of mycology. Peaceful Valley is
now a botanical collection, garden, and food forest where he lives
with his wife Cindy, two cats, and a small flock of chickens. Ken often
teaches classes on mushroom identification and cultivation as well as
permaculture topics.

Bringing an infectious warmth and playful levity
wherever she goes, Monica Rodgers is a tireless
advocate for the full actualization of women,
inspiring women everywhere that saying “YES to
the MESS” is the missing link to self-love and
personal awakening.

From Monica: Patriarchy impacts all people, regardless of gender, all over the world. 

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Hello audience! (Lukas here) I just wanted to apologize straight away for the sound quality of this episode. We will do our very best to maintain better standards in the future. It's a great conversation with someone I've admired for a long time so I think you'll enjoy it regardless.

Thanks for listening!

I have been practicing Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi, and Qigong for over three decades. I began training at the age of six under the guidance of my father Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming.

I received my Master’s degree with distinction in Chinese Medicine from Middlesex University in London, UK with a joint degree from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. I also hold my BSc in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Boston University and was honored with the Scarlet Key Award, one of the University’s highest academic honors. I bring a wide range of clinical experience and knowledge working in a Beijing hospital and in neuroscience research at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

I created TCM Time as a resource for you to discover Chinese medicine through videos, online classes, blog posts, podcast, and much more. With this platform I will introduce you to some of my favorite topics such as:

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Also we mention ways to inquire about purchasing the YMAA Retreat Center

Please follow the link for more information. It's absolutely gorgeous!

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Dare Sohei (they/them/cat) is an animist artist, practitioner, facilitator. Their work dances with the integration of animist/indigenous lifeways with liberatory anti-oppression principles and non-dual somatics, which can be pithily summed up as Death Practice.
They are based in Chinook Lands aka Portland, OR, USA.
www.bodyaltar.org
www.patreon.com/animistarts 

Big thanks to our sponsor The Apricot Grove! 

Zoey Gong is a Traditional Chinese Medicinal (TCM) chef and nutritionist. Born in Shanghai, China, she grew up with the wisdom of medicinal cooking. She now resides in New York City, where she hosts pop-up medicinal dinners and educates the public on TCM food therapy. With a background in both western and eastern clinical nutrition, she founded Five Seasons TCM in 2021, a boutique wellness brand that shares and modernizes the knowledge of TCM food therapy.

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