Teachings In The Air

Today's episode of Teachings In The Air is called Healing For The Family, Gerry shares a conversation with his guests Denise Findlay and Marla Klyne Kolomaya. Healing for the family focuses on traditional and modern healing for Indigenous families. Healing is a continuous journey with many different paths - helping and building bonds with others can strengthen families, community and ourselves.

Gerry, Denise, and Marla share in-depth conversations about their paths that led them to promoting wellness in communities. They share stories of culture, tradition, older ways that may have been lost over time, that can be so vital to helping the community thrive.

“Movement is Medicine..” – Gerry Oldman

Gerry shares stories and teachings about the ways running and movement have helped him physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Gerry starts at the beginning before he was actively running for healing and freedom. This episode is about Gerry's life long healing journey.

“That’s what I see resilience as, we shall bend but not break” – Gerry Oldman

In today’s episode of Teachings In The Air, Gerry hosts the Xpey’ Wellness Team: Larissa Coser, Beangka Elliot, Harlee McArthur and Marco Caffiero.

Xpey’ Wellness Team started on Vancouver Island as in-person health and wellness promoters, which currently due to the 2020 pandemic has adjusted to the digital demands of home quarantine, hosting wellness Webinars and online workshops that share traditional teachings. Some of the teachings include fitness classes, traditional medicines, Indigenous harm reduction, quitting commercial tobacco, and resiliency through physical activity.

Season 4's theme is "Indigenous Is.." and hanging onto traditions, ceremonies, and teachings is Important and Indigenous. Gerry shares his thoughts about resilience, and the new generation of resilient Indigenous peoples. He also expresses gratitude to the Xpey’ Wellness Team for combining modern and traditional techniques in their approach to promoting health wellness.

“The way that I release pain is my responsibility.” – Marilyn Jensen

In today’s episode of Teachings In The Air, Gerry Oldman and guest Marilyn Jensen share a conversation about “Lateral Kindness”. Marilyn talks about her journey leading up to her work involving lateral violence. Through Lateral Kindness and story-telling, they are trying to inform and help communities move forward, away from all forms of displaced violence and harm.

On this special episode* of Teaching In The Air, Gerry hosts a conversation with special guest Sam Alec. Their conversation reveals teachings about healing and returning to circle.​

*Content Note: Teachings In The Air periodically introduces content that may impact the wellbeing of individuals who have experienced corresponding traumas in their own lives. Such individuals are encouraged to have necessary supports (such as Elders, counsellors, your doctor or therapist or a trusted friend or relative) accessible in the event that one's mental health is impacted. Such content is not engaged with lightly; however, our aim is to openly acknowledge and accurately illustrate the oftentimes abnormal history of Indigenous peoples. Because as Gerry says "You can't say goodbye to your problems until you say hello to them.”

Season 4 of Teachings in the Air premieres with Gerry sharing his vision of the new season and introducing "Indigenous Is".

Indigenous Is will be a series that honours what it means to be Indigenous.

“And I realized that Gerry needs a transformation.”

In this Season 3 finale episode of Teachings In The Air, Gerry talks about the influences that help shape and transform us on our paths to wellness. Heroes, Transformers, and Tricksters is about the influences we find throughout our lives, Gerry shares personal stories and stories that have been shared with him.

S3 - E10 Worrier to Warrior by BC PHSA

"We must come together. We must become one and make noise with the intention of creating change." Listen to Gerry's stories on lessons on what is happening today on this special episode of Teachings in the Air.

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Ceremony at a Distance is a conversation with Cole Daley, recorded live for a webinar hosted by UBC Learning Circle on March 21st, 2020. Gerry discusses physical, emotional and spiritual wellness during quarantine. Ceremony is an important part of Gerry says it is important to center ceremony in our lives despite the current limitations.

This is Part 2 of Ceremony At A Distance series.

During part 2, Gerry answers questions from the virtual audience.

Kustkum'ckuw (thank you)