A former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains. Satish embarked on an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage. Carrying no money and depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers, he walked from India to America, via Moscow, London and Paris, to deliver a humble packet of 'peace tea' to the leaders of the world's then four nuclear powers.

In this episode Gary and Peter discuss how we can use empathy to enhance our personal and professional relationships and why some of the best leaders are empathic. They also explore finding the balance between being empathic and how to avoid empathy overload.

Xavier Rudd is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigenous Australians. Gary sits down with the  legendary musician and fellow Byron Bay local to discuss all things from Xaviers song writing process to how he finds himself as a vessel for his music and a voice for the voiceless. 

Peter and Gary sit down to discuss a rather uncomfortable subject for many, death. In this podcast we explore why death is hidden away in western cultures but often celebrated in others. Gary teaches us the Vedic view of death and why it can be looked forward to as freedom from our earthly body and a rebirth of our soul to the next reiteration of life.

Gary sits down with with Simon Borg-Oliver @simonsynergy, breath work, yoga master, university lecturer and owner of Yoga Synergy to discuss the science and metaphysics of controlling the unconscious mind through breath work and yoga. 

They discuss his experience of studying with the gurus, pioneering yoga in the west and his research into the purpose of yoga to be a recognition of our inherent interconnectedness and mutuality. Simon also uncovers why we could be using our breath incorrectly and how we may need to breathe less than we think.

In this episode, Peter and Gary sit down to discuss spirituality. A word that Peter finds overused and cringe-worthy, Gary articulates his contrasting understanding of the term. 

A word used to describe intuition, belief, and the sense of connection to something larger than ourselves, Gary explores that ancient spirituality can now be measured and articulated through sciences like quantum physics and quantum mechanics, confirming the once immeasurable and  the ability for us to tap in beyond our five senses as the ancient sages once did.