Leadershipedelics Season 2 Ep. 11: Jason Grechanik on the wisdom of plants, ancient cultures, martial arts, ayahuasca, and more...
This week we meet with Jason Grechanik. I met Jason 7 years ago when he was a facilitator for ayahuasca ceremonies at the Temple of the Way of Light in the Amazon jungle. I was super impressed then and I’m even more impressed now after our conversation. Jason has such a depth of knowledge. He shares the wisdom he’s gained from his fascination with ancient cultures and what he’s learned from his lifelong journey working with plants as food, nutrition, and medicine. We also talk a bit about martial arts, where he got his discipline from and the importance of principles in challenging times. And of course, we all connect it with leadership. I really loved this conversation. Enjoy.
💡Highlights💡
- Plants as food, medicine, and nutrition
- Martial arts, shamanism, ancient cultures
- Insights from running dietas and facilitating ceremonies
- What it means to be a “bridge keeper”
- Self-discipline in spiritual work
- Shift of consciousness
- Fear as the root of suffering
- Leaders as a reflection of us
- The profound resonance within
- Principled leadership
- Trusting in a higher source of goodness
🧠Memorable Quotes 🧠
(there were even more but couldn't list them all)
“Nothing is free there is a reciprocity for everything.”
“Most of us, we’re constantly in this state of all of these thoughts arising and we believe they’re all real and we live our lives in this cloud, in this fog.”
“We want the world to be sane or good and yet we don’t want to be doing the work ourselves, so we expect other people to change the world. That’s one of the things these plants are pointing towards, it’s that it’s up to us to change the world, it’s not up to anyone else.”
“It’s much easier to have a principle when we agree with the thing that is happening. It’s much difficult to have a principle when we don’t but that’s when the principle becomes so vital.”
“When something is coming from the heart, there is truth there, it’s ‘life giving’ and that principle we should cherish like a gem.’”
Connecting with Jason
His podcast:
- YouTube: bit.ly/YouTubeUW
- Apple : bit.ly/AppleUW
- Spotify: bit.ly/SpotUW
- https://www.facebook.com/universewithinpodcast
- https://www.instagram.com/universewithinpodcast
About Leadershipedelics, Sébastien, and upcoming retreat
- www.leadershipedelics.com
- Sébastien's projects: fooyad.com
- October 2022 Creativity Retreat: https://www.fooyad.com/sacredmedicinecreativity