[This episode was filmed in Mumbai, apologies for the Indian surround sound

throughout which kind of adds to the atmosphere].

Chant your heart out. Roshmin talks to us about how he stumbled into his

Buddhist chanting practice that he has been keeping up for the past 12

years and how it changed many aspects of who he was. He describes the

fundamentals of Buddhism and how it works not just at an individual level

but impacts our communities too and he tells us how his practice helps him

to have a strong inner life force regardless of what is surrounding in his

outer world. Enjoy learning more about Buddhism in practice with this

episode!

Shardai opens up about how she tackled the state of depression that she

experienced from her teenage years up until her mid-20s. Transitioning from

a DJ and party girl to stumbling into the medicine kambo at a festival and

using that to heal and her journey to then becoming a healer and holding

sacred space for others with kambo for the past 7 years. We discuss the use

of plant medicines in bringing ancient knowledge forward to us and things

to consider before embarking with them and kambo. Hope you enjoy this

episode from our medicine woman.

Emm discusses her awakening journey with us in this episode, which was

triggered by a life-changing incident where she was almost sexually

assaulted. The direction of her life and who she defined herself to be

crumbled after this point and she had to build herself up anew. We talk

about how she stepped away from her troublesome past, her depression after

the incident, how she found tarot and used it as therapy and different

shades of becoming when you wake up. Enjoy the episode.

Bilkis talks to us about leaving her job in the city to follow her life

purpose in tackling gender stereotypes in schools. How depression tied into

this transition, going against the grain of what society tells us and how

she dealt with prejudice, using it to fuel her life’s work.

Our botanist Chris delivers the goods on all things plants, herbs and plant

medicines. He talks to us about his connection to plants and the healing

properties they have. He also opens up about his transition from working as

a building constructor to finding a more fulfilling path that brings more

happiness, not just for himself but for his family too and breaking the

cycle of trauma that was passed down to him and finding the light within.

Niaby discusses her transition from working as a stockbroker to becoming a medium, yes she sees dead people! How illness urged this transition in career, her journeying with Ayahuasca, which she has taken 10 times and dealing with the fear of humiliation in talking about these mystical experiences.

Josh discusses his transition to a plant-based diet 5 years ago, the search

to find his "people" and releasing himself from the view of polarity that

he was experiencing life within.

Josh discusses his transition to a plant-based diet 5 years ago, the search to find his "people" and releasing himself from the view of polarity that he was experiencing life within.

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The New Monks created by parth_é is a series designed to dive into the lives of individual people and gain insights from their journey. In each episode we spotlight a "sensei" - we believe that everyone is a teacher, that we can learn from each other's experiences and that it all starts with the telling of our stories.

May we continue to gain many insights from each other with a whole load of understanding, compassion and love for our fellow human beings.

Tom talks about his interest in self-development since the age of 22, the

resources that helped him to live within truth and his more recent

kundalini awakening.