Outer Travel - Inner Journey

Listen to the Outer Travel - Inner Journey podcast for an engaging conversation with Dr. Daisy Bowman. She shares her journey from traditional medicine to exploring the benefits of Ayurveda and sound therapy, particularly the power of chanting for healing and personal growth. Discover how you can achieve inner peace and balance through this practice.

Bio

An Ayurvedic practitioner specialising in conscious sound and music as a means for self empowerment, harmonisation and joy. She gave up working as a doctor in London, and moved to the black forest Germany to immerse in and dedicate herself to the deepening and practical application of sound -( in the form of kirtan, mantra, songs and sound meditation) as well as the wisdom of yoga and ayurveda and as way to live more joyfully and authentically. She also offers a unique online harmonium course which takes especially yoga teachers on a journey to discover not only to learn the instrument but also onto the path of sound based meditation practices such as om and bija mantra chanting and offering of kirtans which then inevitably result in a journey towards a truer relationship with ones own voice and self. Daisy is also a singer songwriter and a music producer in training. Since experiencing the profound impact of certain sounds and music to wake something up inside, to restore balance or simply to inspire and return the attention to the true joy. And she has a vision of producing songs and sound meditations which can be listened to by anyone anywhere and be used to bring about these effects.

Contact daisybowman.com

James Forest got his first electric guitar from his dad at the tender age of Eight. Going steady with his passion for creating and playing music, describing the world around him through his songs for at least 20 years, he has seen how the music industry has changed to a degree of the impossibility of earning good money from publishing pieces. But that has not stopped him. He is a true artist and musician who is devoted to his work. Meet him behind the scenes and listen to how Alexandra and James interweave their knowledge about the divine, music and Ayurveda.

And visit his own YouTube channel

 https://www.jamesforestmusic.com

https://www.youtube.com/@UCL4M8NERsRZUqDKR3Nvqwng

 #jamesforest #jamesforestmusic #musiclover #divineguidance #musicisthefifthelement

Why are we intrigued with Order but not with Chaos?
Is it only possible by throwing colours at a canvas, or how are these things intimately related to how we encounter life?
Bettina Semmer is an artist, art teacher, networker, and universalist - unafraid to stand in her truth. The moment she decided to not only draw portraits, her love for chaos, aka aliveness, and more of her insights about living a fulfilled life through her artistic career came to light.
Have a look at her Vita:
Bettina Elisabeth Semmer, born in Düsseldorf, became known for international exhibitions, films and interventions in the 1980s. Her studies with Polke and Richter in the film class in Hamburg and at Goldsmiths University in London contributed to her work becoming a complex questioning of her respective medium. Her recent activities include murals and workshops in the Western Sahara refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria, participatory work and workshops, interventions in the city of Potsdam (The Good Life 2015, Pleasure Ground 2016), the exhibition "Cosmic Online" in the project space Museum Teufelsberg, Berlin, and "The 80s - Figurative Painting in Germany" in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt and the Groninger Museum in Holland. Semmer recently spoke with Michael Friedman on "How political is art?" in the panel discussion about her painting "Olympia 1972" in the Städel Museum 2022 collection presentation.

An avid meditator found her life's work challenged & reaffirmed by going to her physical limits. Today I met with Vivi Letsou - CEO of Zen Rocks Mani. A retreat centre - that aims for more than giving you good vibes and a place to rest and ponder. Let's look behind the scenes at what length Vivi and her team go through to create what most of us enjoy beyond the measurable - a centre where we can take time out to yoga, meditate, and reconnect with ourselves. Not to make you feel guilty but also to reveal that people like Vivi Letsou are creating places in the world from a bigger Vision. She recently came to a point where life tested her idea. Will she continue to create a site that is more than an income to her and a place for you - and why? Find out by tuning into this interview - if you get a chance, watch it on YouTube -you will have a visual of how the place looks #vision #visiontoreality #beingtested #zenrocksmani #viviletsou #passion #foryou #challenges #retreatcenterowner

In this podcast, Adair speaks frankly about the ups and downs of pregnancy and maintaining mental health. A Stanford Study has revoked the myth that pregnancy protects women from mental disorders. In fact, 20% of pregnant women have difficulties during or postpartum. Adair took time to tell us how she used the swinging mental highs and lows in her own stride. About the joy she found, how she sought support and the possibility of moving through it and being calm. Take advantage of her courageous story.

#mentalhealth #selfcare #mentalhealthawareness #selflove #fitness #love #mentalhealthmatters #supportive partner #bellypregnancyonly

If there were a Crystal Ball that would tell the future - sure, we would all buy it because we are all driven to know what lies ahead. In this conversation, Gary O'Toole and I are pondering astrology. A way to map out what the year ahead holds for us while knowing we can't avoid misfortunes, but we can always embrace them with more grace. Gary also introduces his latest book that he produced within a year. Twenty years of Astrology Study compiled in this new beautiful book - describing the timelines or phases we are all going through, some of us without knowing and being surprised.

About Gary O'Toole

Gary O'Toole has studied astrology since 1996, specialising in Indian astrology. He has lectured at the Astrological Association and British Association of Vedic Astrology conferences. His first book, Cosmic Bodies explored the relationship between Āyurveda and Jyotiṣa. His new book, Timeline Astrology: Timing Techniques of India describes a common thread we all experience; natural stages of life and personal turning points. He writes a daily blog for patrons of his work and produces a magazine, podcast, and online learning platform. His readings impart an empowered view of the timeline of your life, available at www.timelineastrology.com

#astrology #vedicastrology #sunsigns #moonsigns #outertravelinnerjourney #alexandrakreis #tantra #phasesofthemoon #garyotoole #timelineastrology

In this episode of Outer Travel, Inner Journey, listen to Ulli and I give you a female and male voice for Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush’s Just Like Me meditation. This is part of our podcast series wherein we find ways to strengthen relationships and intimacy. In practicing this, we hope that we help you in your personal relationships as well.

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• 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑

Pocket Quotes

Just Like Me by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush

This person has a body and a mind, just like me.

This person has feelings, emotions, and thoughts, just like me.

This person has experienced physical and emotional pain and suffering, just like me.

This person has at some time been sad, disappointed, angry, or hurt, just like me.

This person has felt unworthy or inadequate, just like me.

This person worries and is frightened sometimes, just like me.

This person will die, just like me.

Math and Physics are two of science’s fundamental and most exciting branches. For centuries, scientists have used Math and Physics to answer some of the world’s most fascinating questions and help us understand the universe that we live in. But no matter how important it is in our daily lives, most students now shy away from these subjects and is disinterested in them. For this week’s Outer Travel, Inner Journey, we will talk with Ulli and Daria, two teachers of Math and Physics, as we dig deeper into the cause of students’ fear in these subjects and find ways to bring a positive light to it.

For Ulli and Daria, the low interest and fear of taking up Math and Physics stem from how it is taught in today’s educational system. These subjects are taught by teachers and educators that are not experts on the topics, making it hard to translate concepts into simple explanations. Since Physics and Math are complicated and complex, making them as basic as possible is crucial to allow students to grasp the concepts. It does not also help that the system is forcing teachers to take a shortcut in teaching these subjects with the view that not all are good at them; therefore, students won’t need it. This is a struggle that Daria deals with because she believes that students must understand the whole process to connect with the subject and apply it in the real world.

Both agreed that to capture the interest of their students and increase their appreciation of Math and Physics, teachers like them should engage their students based on their interests and relate them in a way that students can easily understand the concepts. For parents, it is also vital to continue being curious and open to learning themselves. This way, they can be students and models themselves for their children too.

Join us to learn more about being better teachers and students in learning about ourselves and the universe in this week’s episode!

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• 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑

• “Physics and Math are some of the most fundamental sciences that we have to understand the world. It explains the universe or tried to explain the universe, and how it works. But there's a contrast that it has very low interest in school.” - Ulli Helmstetter
• “It's the fear, that they always, or so many of them, fail in Math or Physics. And this failure is maybe the biggest reason why also the joy is gone.” - Ulli Helmstetter
• “The simpler an explanation is required, the more of an expert you need to introduce it.” - Daria
• “Slowing down and always taking a look at the ability to estimate an answer and to take as many steps as are required in order to see the logical progression of the question as opposed to taking a shortcut.” - Daria
• “The fun is in the understanding, and not so much in the use of the stuff.” - Ulli Helmstetter
• “Know who you are, what is your key interest, and come back to what is your key interest in learning. We can inspire ourselves, and we can be inspirational to others. as teachers or as parents who find inspiration for their kids.” - Alexandra Kreis

If you are a new parent, have you ever wondered why no matter how much you take care of your baby, give them milk, sway them, sing a lullaby, sometimes it’s just not enough? Do you ever ask yourself if what you’re doing is correct? Do you ever question why parenting portrayed by the media is different from what you are experiencing? Don’t worry you are not alone.

In this week’s episode of Outer Travel, Inner Journey, Alexandra Scherzer, a parenting educator and counselor shares how becoming a mother pushed her to look within herself more, which made her a better parent to her child.

She starts with explaining that in babies and toddlers, behavior and emotions are what we see. It is important to understand what lies under their behavior, what influences it, what part of one’s parenting is going to affect their behavior, and what part of a child’s in-born genes is going to affect certain behaviors. These are the factors that most parents are not aware about because these things are not explicit. She said that parents need to consider what they want for their children to be in 30 years time, and reverse engineer their strategy to support their children reach that goal. It is important for the steps to start early because the first five years of a child’s life is at its most formative. What happens early on will impact what will happen to their family life 40 years from now.

The way a person was raised in early childhood will impact on how they will parent in the future. It is called the Inner Parent - gut response and emotion when something happens as a parent. How you parent your child during their formative years will also be their parenting style when they themselves become one. This is why parents must focus on what they want for their child, in order to work on it on the long haul.

To raise a child that can trust him/herself and his/her intuition, a parent must respect their child from the start and not try to box or conform them to what society dictates. Parenting is a long game and to develop a healthy relationship with your child, you must not try to change them. Build their confidence and uplift them by encouraging them to trust themselves.

Both Alexandra’s share their parenting experiences, which concluded in a realization that in parenthood and to be better parents, one still has to look from within and understand oneself.

Links mention in the podcast

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• Faye Blake Website
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• 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑

Pocket Quotes

• The way that you are parented in your early childhood, before your memories really begin have  a long term impact on them (your child) when you become a parent. Your inner parent is your gut response when something happens, your gut emotion when something happens, as a parent. The way that you're driven to automatically respond is very in line to how you would respond when you were so young. - Alexandra Scherzer
• Knowledge is extremely powerful. Once I understood the main goal that my son's brain was trying to reach in the first 18 months, it made a lot of small decisions get smaller. Our framework is what we do with that one main thing, and everything else is secondary. When you have that type of focus, it's just like with anything. All of the noise starts to settle down. - Alexandra Scherzer
• To establish trust as a primary caregiver, is to understand your child's inborn characteristics and what that means in terms of their behavior, because they are actually expressing emotions through their behavior. Understanding that piece of the pie is actually really valuable because what many parents start to feel as the beginnings of negative emotions within themselves because it's frustrating. If you understand why your child is behaving in a certain way, and then you understand that responding to them in a way that they are expressing it. - Alexandra Scherzer
• Parenting is such a long game, that if you hope to raise a child who can trust him or herself in the long run, who can trust him or her intuition in the long run, the best way to do that is to respect who they are from the very get go. If you truly respect who they are, and not try to conform to everything that society is sometimes pushing and pulling us to do, you truly respect your child for who they are, and not try to change them. - Alexandra Scherzer
• Looking within can be very powerful in our relationship with ourselves and our relationship with everybody. Our children, family, parents, friends, colleagues, everybody. Starting within first applies to anybody in any circumstance. Whether they are a parent of a young child, not a parent at all, or just looking at who they are day-to-day, living through life in their own life's journey, or interacting with the other adults in their life. - Alexandra Scherzer

Guest Bio

Alexandra Scherzer is a parenting educator and consultant at W.I.S.E. Parenting Academy. She focuses on parenting for secure attachment. Her passion for helping parents started when she herself became one and what she was experiencing was far from what she expected. As a mother experiencing new things, she had a lot of questions that traditional sources were not able to answer. She teaches parents like herself how to manage parenthood and raising children especially in their formative years of first 5-6 years, which will impact how the child will grow to be themselves in the long run. Alexandra conducts one-on-one sessions and pod/group sessions and works with parents and expecting parents alike.

Retreats are meant to encourage healing and self-discovery by focusing your attention inwards, calming your senses and clearing your mind. A holiday does the opposite. It encourages you to open all your senses to experience the world and leaves your mind busy processing all you've seen.

Listen to me and Ulli discuss what it means to have a meaningful traveling experience. In this episode of Outer Travel, Inner Journey. We will discuss what’s the difference between holidays and retreats based on our personal experiences. And hopefully it will guide you in pursuing experiences that can enrich your inner self.

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Pocket Quotes

• “In retreats, I'm forced to sit for hours and hours without doing anything and have some spiritual talks and it goes so deep that even for weeks after I see the results and I see the positive influence it has in my life. Whereas holidays, it's good, it's wonderful to relax and don't have to be in the daily chores. But on the other hand, also I'd like to do my job so sometimes I think do I really need holidays?” - Ulli Helmstetter
• “Self-care retreats are time where you take time to go deep and use methods to be really clear with yourself." - Alexandra Kreis