Vegetation: Meditation in Community

By Tharavada Yoga

We are Jamie and Hannah, two working mamas of color who created Vegetation: a mindfulness practice that we enjoy so much that we do it twice-weekly at 5:30 in the morning (seriously!). Join us as we r... more

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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

Vegetation: Meditation in Community episodes:

May 03, 2022 7: Moving Softly through Transformation | Series 2: Origin Story
Welcome to episode 3 of our Origin Story series. We invite you to join our Future Selves as we reflect and comment on the Vegetation session from exactly a year ago, where we first connected with many of the themes that are still relevant to us today and named this sacred practice of Vegetation.
Some of the themes that have arisen for us throughout this series have centered around our attempts to cultivate relationships with our ancestors, our parents’ homelands, and our cultural heritage, while also being submersed in discomfort about never fully fitting into the American life around us. We shared the ways we have worked through feelings of shame and developed more Self-trust.
In this episode we reflect on what it has been like living through our personal transformations of Self-trust and fostering connections that are beyond our own lineage. All while living in the reality of multicultural households where not everyone may be ready to open up and engage in ancestral and cultural connections, including our partners.
The focus of our conversation evolves as we dive into an intimate introspection of how our physical bodies sometimes comprehend that we’re on a path of transformation before our thinking brains become aware of the journey. We go into our personal experiences dealing with life-changing physical conditions and the loss of control over one of the few things that truly belongs to us, our bodies.
Warning: Between minutes 32-33 of this episode, we mention the word rape. There is no description of assault or violence, but the word is said. We also advise that we talk about physical sensations associated with mental, spiritual, and physical pain. These topics may be sensitive for folx and we wanted to provide notice on what to expect when listening in. We are not providing any medical advice and we acknowledge that the path for healing looks and feels differently for each person.
RESOURCES and LINKS
Cultural Appropriation - 2 points of view:
How I (unintentionally) Quit Yoga and What it Taught Me About Being White, Marika Heinrichs
How to Decolonize Your Yoga Practice, Susanna Barkataki
Human Design Profiles: Meaning
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Episode Music from Pixabay:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic
Second Wind, madirfan
Summer Forest, NaturesEye
Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ
Pause, madirfan
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and other episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), and/or send us an email at [email protected].
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39min
April 30, 2022 6: The Richness of Small Talk and Trusting Our Magic | Series 2: Origin Story
Welcome to episode 2 of our second series, Origin Stories. Today we invite you to join our Future Selves as we reflect and comment on the Vegetation session from exactly a year ago, where we first connected with many of the themes that are still relevant to us today and named this sacred practice of Vegetation.
In this episode, The Richness of Small Talk and Trusting Our Magic, we explore how we can cultivate relationships and Self-trust through both small talk and deep (ass) conversations with ourSelves and our ancestors. We are reminded that by making space to listen to the Self we can disarm shame, grow Self-trust, and attend to our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. This also primes us to start trusting in the magic and wisdom that lives in us.
It can be uncomfortable along the path as others around us question or need to be reintroduced to the people we are becoming, but there are ways we can support ourselves on the journey. We invite you to join this conversation and reflect on how you can include deeper small talk in your daily rituals.
RESOURCES and LINKS
Bagua map
Vastu Shastra
Moon Chola
Podcast: Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness: What is Astrology All About? (3/30/21 Episode 207)
Not-Self Themes and Questions in Human Design
Episode Music:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from Pixabay
Second Wind, madirfan from Pixabay
Summer Forest, NaturesEye from Pixabay
Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ from Pixabay
Pause, madirfan from Pixabay
What’s next?
Over the next several weeks we will release new episodes from our series Origin Stories and share how we discovered our life’s passion of cultivating the next generation through the foundation of Vegetation.
In our next episode we continue reflecting on what it has been like connecting with our personal magic while living in multicultural households and fostering connections that are beyond our own lineage.
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), and/or send us an email at [email protected].
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43min
April 05, 2022 5: Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla - Somewhere in the Middle | Series 2: Origin Story
Welcome to Series 2 of Vegetation: Meditation in Community. We are so glad you are here. We are beyond grateful for the love and support we have received from our digital village since our launch, and are so excited to share Episode 1 of our new series, Origin Stories. In this series we invite you to join our Future Selves as we reflect and comment on the Vegetation session from exactly a year ago, where we named this sacred practice of Vegetation.
This week’s episode, Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla, begins the series with an exploration into what it was like growing up in the US as first generation children of immigrants. We felt like we were consistently failing at cultivating a relationship with our ancestors, our parents’ homelands, and our cultural heritage, while also being submersed in discomfort about never fully fitting into the American life around us.
Join us as we reflect on some of our first attempts to create these connections, while recognizing–with love and empathy for our Past Selves–that these connections have been here all along.
RESOURCES and LINKS
Selena, Fotos y Recuerdos
Arangetram
Vastu Shastra
Bagua map
Moon Chola
Creating altars and the importance of intention (in Spanish)
Episode Music:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from Pixabay
Second Wind, madirfan from Pixabay
Together Forever, from Pixabay
Summer Forest, NaturesEye from Pixabay
Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ from Pixabay
Pause, madirfan from Pixabay
What’s next?
Over the next several weeks we will release new episodes from our series Origin Stories and share how we discovered our life’s passion of cultivating the next generation through the foundation of Vegetation.
In our next episode we continue our discussion about how we are connecting to our ancestors and some of the challenges we are encountering in our multicultural households while raising children and reconnecting with ourSelves.
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), and/or send us an email at [email protected].
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45min
March 15, 20224: A Gentle Kick in the Ass | Series 1: Love Beyond the Romantic
Welcome back to part 4, the last episode of the Love Beyond The Romantic series. In episode 1, Love Beyond the Romantic, we explored the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships. Episode 2–Authenticity and the Discovery of Self–had us diving deeper into what it feels and looks like to be a “caregiver” instead of a “caretaker” in relationships. And we hope you enjoyed and were nourished by last episode’s meditation guidance.
Last week’s meditation episode was the recording of our “dhyana”--silent, absorbed meditation; and this week, we re-join our past Selves to listen to what came for them during that part of the Vegetation journey. We hear ourSelves identify our own self-sabotage and then school ourselves on how to move forward with grace and power–if we dare to take our own advice.
RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode
Jamie got out of the house! Check out her tiny adventure.
What’s next?
This is our last episode in the first series of Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast! Woohooooo!!! We’ll be back next month with a new series and bonus meditation episode for you, our Digital Community. From here on out we will be releasing a new 3-4 episode series on the first Tuesday of every month until winter break.
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), TharavadaYoga.com, and/or send us an email at [email protected].
Music from Pixabay:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic

Second Wind, madirfan

Summer Forest, NaturesEye

Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ

Pause, madirfan

Both of Us, madirfan
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46min
March 08, 20223: Guided Meditation | Series 1: Love Beyond the Romantic
Welcome back to episode 3 of the Love Beyond The Romantic Vegetation series. In this episode, we are sharing the guided meditation channeled by Jamie during our Vegetation practice on December 31st, 2021.
We offer this to you, our Digital Village, as a support in your spiritual practices or sadhanas; and perhaps in your own Vegetation practice!
The guidance is approximately 22 minutes, with about 8 minutes of soft background music.
Time Stamps
1:40 - Vegetation Lead in
4:15 - Vegetation recording begins
5:00 - Meditation Guidance begins
11:16 - Pause in guidance, soft music continues
24:05 - Silence
24:50 - Guidance resumes
Vegetation Themes
Honoring our desires
Connection - self, earth, life, ancestors, expansion/universe
Being part of the great cycles
Looking for trust in the in-betweens of the somatic body
Sahasrara (crown) chakra
Ajna (third eye) chakra
Svadistana (sacral) chakra
Muladhara (root) chakra
RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode
AMKK Presents: “Story of Flowers”: when our future-Selves revisited this Vegetation, we were called to share this video.
What’s next?
In our next episode–the last of this series–you’ll hear our past-Selves process what arrived for us during our silent inward journey, and some colored commentary from our-future Selves.
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), TharavadaYoga.com, and/or send us an email at [email protected].
Music from Pixabay:
Second Wind, madirfan

Cinematic Ambient Emotional (Main), ZakharValaha

In The Beginning, ZakharValaha

Tibet, SergeQuadrado

Bang - Olistik Sound Project, Patrizio Yoga

Together Forever, Anton Vlasov
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30min
March 01, 20222: Authenticity and the Discovery of Self | Series 1: Love Beyond the Romantic
Welcome back to part 2 of the Love Beyond The Romantic Vegetation series, Authenticity and the Discovery of Self.
In episode 1 we explored the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships, and why we may not be experiencing the deep friendships we long for. We also began to explore what it feels like to be a care”giver” instead of a care”taker” in relationships.
In this episode, we go deeper into what it feels and looks like to be a “caregiver” instead of a “caretaker” in relationships. For us, caregiving includes ensuring that we are whole, centered, and energized and then helping others from a place of self love and cup overflow. For us, caretaking is when we try to share energy from a deficit, which often ends up serving our own ego instead of the person we want to help.
Our past Selves also inspire us to believe that we do not need to prove our worthiness or suffer through pain in order to form strong bonds or feel intense love or intimacy with others and ourSelves, it can be easeful. They remind us that we have tools at our disposal like Human Design, adornment, and rituals to help us honor our authentic selves; and that we can get better at recognizing when we need to rest, feel unsafe, or when we carry feelings that are not truly ours. This acceptance and rebalance of the Self allows us to show up more fully and be ready to receive and give love.
RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode
What is Human Design: https://www.jovianarchive.com/Human_Design/What_is_it
FREE Human Design chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com
Kodo Nishimura: (him/his) a Buddhist monk, Makeup Artist, LGBTQ Activist, and Model.
https://www.kodonishimura.com
Alok Vaid-Menon (ALOK): (they/them) an internationally acclaimed writer, performer, and public speaker. https://www.alokvmenon.com/about
What’s next?
Next week’s episode will be different from the first two episodes of our podcast. We will be sharing the actual meditation from our Vegetation session on New Year’s Eve–the session that these 4 episodes are based on. We invite you to use this in your own Vegetation or use a meditation of your own choosing. The following week we will close out our Love Beyond the Romantic series by sharing our post-mediation reflections.
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), TharavadaYoga.com, and/or send us an email at [email protected].
Music from Pixabay:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic

Second Wind, madirfan

Summer Forest, NaturesEye

Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ

Pause, madirfan

Both of Us, madirfan
...more
44min
February 22, 20221: Love Beyond The Romantic | Series 1: Love Beyond The Romantic
We welcome you to our inaugural episode! The pilot! The first iteration of Vegetation: Meditation in Community. We have put all of ourSelves into creating this for our Digital Village and it means so much to us that you are reading these words right now.
In honor of February we wanted to talk about love beyond the romantic – all different kinds of love. In this episode we explore the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships. We talk about creating intimate friendships and why we may not be experiencing the deep friendships we long for.
We also begin to explore what it feels like to be a caregiver instead of a caretaker in relationships. For us, caregiving includes ensuring that we are whole, centered, and energized; and then helping others from an abundance of energy. Caretaking is when we try to share energy from a deficit, which often ends up serving our own ego instead of the person we want to help. This is something that has been so important as we have learned to care for others while trying to stay centered and tethered to ourselves.
RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode
Human Design: https://www.jovianarchive.com/Human_Design/What_is_it
FREE Human Design chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com
We mention this QUOTE and wanted to give credit to the author:
“No todos los milagros son inmediatos, algunos suceden lentamente.” - Luis Davila (“Not all miracles are immediate, some happen slowly.”)
What’s next?
In our next episode we will go deeper into this idea of caregiver vs caretaker, and continue our reflections on relationships. We will also share personal experience about coming together for friends in ways that honor this idea of true caregiving —no matter how far apart we are.
Over the next several weeks we will release one episode a week focusing on relationships and love as well as the meditation we used during the Vegetation session you’ve been listening to. You can use this in your own Vegetation or use a meditation of your own choosing.
Stay in conversation
We hope you're enjoying the Vegetation: Meditation in Community podcast. We’d love to hear your reactions and feedback on this and future episodes. Stay in conversation with us on Instagram (@TharavadaYoga), Facebook (@TharavadaYoga), and/or send us an email at [email protected].
Intro Music:
Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic from Pixabay

Second Wind, madirfan from Pixabay
Outro Music:
Summer Forest, NaturesEye from Pixabay

Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ from Pixabay

Pause, madirfan from Pixabay
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44min

FAQs about Vegetation: Meditation in Community:

How many episodes does Vegetation: Meditation in Community have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.