Mangu.TV Podcast

Flor Bollini joins Giancarlo on the Mangu.tv podcast to discuss Feminine Shamanism, the new paradigm of Transformative Medicine, and the importance of serving medicine to the individual, centered in empathy and compassion.

Flor has worked with many doctors and big entrepreneurs and has even been called the “Corporate Shaman” by Forbes Magazine. An initiated priestess, she carries over a decade of experience as a pioneer in the plant medicine world.  She has led the way forward by developing an expert system that sets the standard for the administration and integration of 5-MeO-DMT, the most potent psychoactive compound in the world. She is now building NANA, the world's first comprehensive integrative therapy solution for mental health and wellness. This holistic system combines technology, counseling, and lifestyle modification to scale and standardize the preparation, administration, and integration of any psychoactive medicine.

Flor searched for her purpose for many years, under the guidance of Ayahuasca, until one day she found her path - the master plant told her to serve by serving 5-MeO DMT. Her approach is led by compassion and empathy, rooted in the recognition that not everyone needs or can even handle a “heroic” dose. Her method is individual-specific, that is focused on set, setting, and ultimately slowly teaching people how to trust their gut. This approach can create radical change with progressive dosing without causing negative side effects.

Flor and Giancarlo dive deep into the importance of recognizing the mystical experiences that occur within psychedelic therapy, and the importance of integrating these experiences on a personal level as well as within one’s group, greater community, and life.

We are honoured to host Christian Jochnick as a guest on the Mangu.tv Psychedelic Confessions series.  Christian is a venture investor, a regenerative farmer and a friend. He is dedicated to exploring and discovering new ways in which we can live better together with ourselves and our communities. An experienced psychonaut, he is passionate about the intelligent and sustainable use of psychedelics.

Giancarlo and Christian dive deep into Christian’s personal experiences of ten compounds, the differences between natural and synthetic substances, and the importance of cultivating a positive relationship with the medicines you choose to use.

Christian shares the personal teachings he received as a student of Ayahuasca and the Santo Daime tradition. He sheds light on the true value of using psychedelic medicine to develop discipline as well as to celebrate life, connect to each other and to nature, and their role as teachers and guides on the path to self-discovery.

Daniel Pinchbeck continues our Mangu.tv Psychedelic Confessions series.

Philosopher and author Daniel Pinchbeck, who co-founded the Evolver Social Movement and featured in the documentary 2012: Time for Change joined Giancarlo to discuss the limit of scientific reductionist materialism to understand the nature of reality.

Daniel currently has a seminar titled Crossing the Threshold: Realms of Consciousness beyond Physical Death. This explores arguments for and against any kind of afterlife. He notes in our episode, how you are unable to explore the concept of continuing consciousness unless you have interrogated scientific materialism.

This is a productive idea that consciousness is just an expression of physical matter like the complexity of the brain, and corresponds with many mystical and shamanic traditions.

Daniel goes on to explain; it still feels like we're trying to break out of the obstruction of reductive materialism, we need to get to an understanding that we're participating in larger cycles, this too is also good evidence for reincarnation, etc.

This then begins to shift our whole way of understanding ourselves. And actually leads to changes in our structures, in society, education, and, technology and so on.

Daniel delves into a wide range of topics with Giancarlo including the ‘beautiful’ uncertainty caused by COVID, the riots, and Trump. Professor Cristopher Bache’s vision for the future. The importance of regenerative media. Neo shamanic mystery schools. Psychedelics, Blockchain, transitional justice, students' futures plus much more.

We are excited to host Maya Magdalena on the Mangu.tv podcast series. Maya is a shamanic sexual somatic practitioner, trained by ISTA - International School of Temple Arts, an embodiment guide, and a Serpent High Priestess. She studied at numerous modern-day mystery schools dedicated to soul initiation, cosmology, the body and deep feminine mysteries. Maya is part of a global tribe dedicated to the emergence of temple and mystery schools around the world, recognizing the need for them to anchor a new soulful civilization on earth.

Sexuality is such an important part of being human, for Maya, the tantric path is one of welcoming everything that life brings us with presence, awareness and love; integrating piece by piece.

‘I help people to really see and change the narrative about judging emotions. And then as they start to feel safe, they start to calm deeper into their bodies, they are opening more, they feel safer, and then we can go into sexuality. Some people can go right away into sexuality, but for many people, the journey (at least the clients that come to me) it's connected with the emotional body first.’

Maya believes once we go from the mind to the heart, we expand our consciousness, we have awareness present, and then we have the love. This is when we can dive into the mysteries of our bodies and our sexualities, and harvest the power that is available there.

Maya also gives us a glimpse into her liberation ‘I felt ecstatic, and I was so open, so receptive, flowy and pleasurable. When emotions were coming, they were flowing, they were not getting stuck. It feels like the very powerful energy of the earth wants to move through you, from your base, and up out through your crown.

Aude Barras joins us on the Mangu.tv podcast. Aude works at the intersection of intimacy, feminine embodiment, and tantra. A practitioner of beauty and seeker of truth, she is immersed in a life of devotion and has studied the art of sensuality with masters throughout the world.

In ancient cultures, there was this deep knowledge of the power of lifeforce. And lifeforce is known as creative energy, it's known as sexual energy, as something which we call in tantra, Shakti. This power that moves us, that is moving all of life. This power of creation.

We are distracted in the world we are in today which makes it difficult to get at it, but it's coming back.

Understanding how the lifeforce energy that we have, that sexual energy can be channeled from Qing, which is the essence of the energy to Qi, which is lifeforce to Chen, which is spiritual energy. And by doing certain practices, we are able to channel that energy to awaken our consciousness.

This is not about sex in order to get power, but sex as love because it's the infinite source.

We are excited to host Louie Valotti on the Mangu.tv podcast series. Loui is a shaman, spiritual guide and visionary. He co-created the  Genesis Holistic Medicine protocol and is a medicine carrier of the elixirs of life. He was a student of Dr. Alberto Villoldo, and initiated in the Q'ero lineage of Andean shamanism. Louie offers a sacred space where you can explore the multidimensional layers and evolution of being with his clients.

Together Giancarlo and Louie discuss Genesis Holistic Medicine and Louie’s three core principles for creating an evolution of an understanding.

This is a detailed yet clear conversation that delves into many topics focused on healing and developing one's true self. One of which is the four layers of perception; the four dimensions of being that we hold.

‘We are our body in this physical world. We are our mind with our thoughts, perceptions, and projections. We have a soul, and the soul has memories and emotions. When we come to that third level, the level of the soul, the memories that we carry, and it is the memories and the energy, the emotion and the memories that are driving the mind. That means whatever belief one carries, whatever projection that comes from that, negative thought patterns, self-limiting beliefs, they come from the energy of the memory and the emotion of memory.’

Listen to the full episode to learn about the prophecy of Pachacuti, Alberto Villoldo, the shamanic Medicine Wheel plus much more.

We are delighted to host Zoran Todorovic on the Mangu.tv podcast series. Zoran is a one-of-a-kind coach, way-shower, strategist, author, and speaker. With over 20 years experience in the field of coaching, Zoran has had an enlightening and successful journey that began from a genuine desire to help others unlock their potential, and strive to be equally happy and successful in both their careers and personal lives.

Together Giancarlo and Zoran explore 5 human conditions; anxiety, depression, fear, addiction, and self-esteem.

Where do these originate from and how do they manifest?

They discuss allowing ourselves to experience everything, observing the beautiful state of vulnerability,  being in a relationship with our authentic selves, magnetic feelings and redefining self-esteem to self-love.

Listen to the full episode for a deeper understanding of Zoran's observations, and useful accessible tools to assist in addressing these human conditions which are so prevalent in today's society.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." Albert Einstein.

We are excited to welcome Monika Aimie on the Mangu.tv podcast series. Monika is an ICF accredited transformational and empowerment coach living between Ibiza, Barcelona, London and working with clients around the globe. Her mission is to help clients to connect to the deepest authenticity or who they are, so they can intentionally design deeply fulfilling lives that are right for them.

She combines psychology and coaching methodology with energetics embodiment practices and archetype work, influenced by her experience in the field of tantra. She currently supports women, and occasionally men, through one-on-one coaching and her signature group coaching program, Stepping Into Your Most Empowered Self.

Monika describes the difference between therapy and coaching, and how with therapy there is a deep focus on the past to bring about healing in the present. And whilst coaching does go into the past, there's much more of a focus on the future, future momentum, and movement and progression.

Giancarlo and Monika touch on the subconscious mind, limiting beliefs and the antidote to shame. As well as an understanding of Monika’s work, they discuss Ibiza's magnetism, and coaches leading by example, living their best lives.

For the second episode of the Mangu.tv Psychedelic Confessions series, Giancarlo chats with his good friend Alejandro Lozano. An investment banker in a former life, Alejandro Lozano has spent the last two decades exploring new economic paradigms, psychedelics, and classical tantra.

Together they talk through Alejandro’s experiences, touching on; dancing with God, set and setting, learning not to cope when experiencing dopamine depletion, meditation, the difference between medicinal and celebratory use and effect on the body, plus the most transcendental experience of his life and how we have no right to make any plant illegal.

In this episode, they also explore the more unfamiliar (in the West) psychoactive plants Iboga, Mambe, and Kanna in addition to the many other psychedelics from our usual selection.

We are delighted to invite Ethan Nadelmann on to the Mangu.tv podcast for our first episode of psychedelic confessions. Described by Rolling Stone as "the point man" for drug policy reform efforts and “the real drug czar,” Ethan Nadelmann is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of drug policy reform. Here he shares a wealth of personal stories giving us an insight into the Psychoactive hosts psychedelic journeys.