

All That We Are
Amisha Tala Oak
All That We Are is where you find what you didn't know you needed - exploring what it means to be alive right now, discovering what happens when we refuse to live in boxes, and together - creating a more beautiful future.
Since 2010, through our 250+ podcast episodes, our book, courses and creative projects, we've brought you inspiration that bridges vision and reality, the personal and political, grief and joy.
Here we celebrate and navigate all that we are, all that we're becoming, and all that is possible.
Hosted by author of Intuition and leadership mentor - Amisha Tala Oak as she discovers with you and her guests how to live better and more creative lives.
www.allthatweare.org
Since 2010, through our 250+ podcast episodes, our book, courses and creative projects, we've brought you inspiration that bridges vision and reality, the personal and political, grief and joy.
Here we celebrate and navigate all that we are, all that we're becoming, and all that is possible.
Hosted by author of Intuition and leadership mentor - Amisha Tala Oak as she discovers with you and her guests how to live better and more creative lives.
www.allthatweare.org
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jun 14, 2018 • 1h 9min
Aviram Rozin on Reforestation, Compassion and Volunteering - E17
How to create an open sustainable living community, rooted in compassion and regeneration of the land. "To come to a place where people are willingly here to serve you, to give you a safe and transformative experience, that by itself is healing." ~ Aviram RozinIn this episode entitled Growing Forests and Community Off the Grid, Amisha sits down with Aviram Rozin, founder of Sadhana Forest - a reforestation project and sustainable living community, which was established in 2003 on 70 acres of degraded land just outside Auroville. The project is designed around the primary principle of compassion - from the vegan organic food to the hand chiseled granite building stone, everything is carefully and consciously chosen under the criteria of compassion for all life and for the planet. Unschooling and Gift Economy are some of the compassionate ideologies that underpin the social aspects of the project, and the community nurtures a culture of non violent communication and service. What began as a way for a family of three to live in alignment with their chosen principles, has blossomed quickly into a vibrant transformational community with two further projects being established in Haiti and Kenya. Aviram shares stories of daily life at Sadhana Forest and how the project brings people into greater contact with what nourishes and supports them, both within and without - carrying buckets of water for their daily use, charging their phones and laptops with the midday sun and discovering lifelong talents and passions. He goes on to explain some of the rituals and practises that create the foundations for a thriving sustainable living community and underpin the transformational effect reported by visitors and volunteers at Sadhana Forest. Finally, he shares a little about his newest project, the University of Compassion, which launched in February of this year and aims to bring compassion to the forefront of human thinking."I treat love as a resource that is never depleted. So sharing my love with people, animals, plants, water, this is the recharge- it is like a two way stream all the time. I don't feel like there is energy flowing out of me that will finish - it is all the time flowing in and flowing out." ~ Aviram Rozin Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/06/14/e17-aviram-rozin-on-reforestation-compassion-and-volunteering-growing-forests-and-community-off-the-grid/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

Jun 7, 2018 • 1h 5min
MARTI on Climate Change, Community and Transformation - E16
How can we better respond to the challenge of climate change by moving beyond denial towards graceful, united action? In this episode entitled Facing Climate Change with Grounded Optimism, Amisha is in conversation with environmental activist, writer, and photographer MARTI, who gave a keynote at the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 and more recently has been working with indigenous groups across the planet at the front line of the climate crisis. MARTI and Amisha discuss how the proximity of significant climate change so often gives rise to denial, why community is crucial to finding our way forward amid climate chaos, how the most humble acts can have incredible quantum impact, and why we must reclaim the wisdom of previous civilizations to unite and face our future together. "When you hear a glacier melting, the rivers of water emerging from beneath it, it is enough to make your heart break. When Ice from a glacier breaks off into the Fjord it takes about 6 weeks for it to disappear into the ocean. A glacier takes 150,000 years to form." ~ MARTI Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/06/07/e16-marti-on-climate-change-community-and-transformation/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

May 31, 2018 • 1h 14min
Anand Semalty on Yoga, Veda and Health - E15
What are the real teachings of yoga beyond the physical poses and how can this lead us to a healthier future? In this episode entitled Why Yoga is Much More Than Moving Your Body, Amisha spends time with teacher, Vedic astrologer, and all round wise man Anand Semalty. They speak of the all-encompassing embrace of India, the deep essence there drawing seekers from across the globe, and why there are more saints than soldiers. We hear stories of his childhood growing up as a Brahmin and his choice to raise his own daughters in the Vedic educational tradition. He shares concerns about the widespread modification of yoga, the troubling ego expansion fuelled by asana-only practise, and the rise of the Facebook yogis. He points us back to the ancient codes of wisdom at the core of yogic tradition - tools for receiving and integrating all the powerful energies we invite in with our practise. "Knowledge is knowledge, its free in the universe. You just need to connect to the universe and you can download everything." ~ Anand Semalty Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/05/31/e15-anand-semalty-on-yoga-veda-and-health/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

May 24, 2018 • 1h 6min
Lynne Franks on Collaboration, Creativity and Community - E14
How women will shape a more beautiful future for the planet.In this episode entitled How Women will Shape a More Beautiful Future, Amisha sits down with wise woman, entrepreneur, and activist Lynne Franks - who launched London Fashion Week and the entire PR Industry at a time when female-led businesses were almost unheard of.Lynne believes our future lies with women and girls and it is they who must lead change from the grassroots. She is developing a well-being hub, an archetypal model for women's collaboration, and an intergenerational women's mentoring programme. As an elder, she embraces a role in service of the younger generations, speaking about how to tackle depression among young people, the crucial role of 11 year old girls for our planet's future, and how we can equip them to fulfill it."I meet so many women who want to change the world on their own. They will burn out. Can we do it together - collectively, generously, compassionately, nurturingly? Yes we can." - Lynne Franks Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/05/24/e14-lynne-franks-on-collaboration-creativity-and-community/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

May 17, 2018 • 1h 13min
Bayo Akomolafe on Reality, Post-Truth and Sacred Activism - E13
"Dancing with my daughter and singing my son to sleep is just as cosmic as a star exploding and expiring in space." - Bayo AkomolafeIn this week's episode These Times are Urgent, Let Us Slow Down, Amisha takes a deep dive with poet, philosopher, psychologist and professor Bayo Akomolafe into the nature of truth, reality and activism. Bayo offers observations on how our responses in these urgent times may well perpetuate the crisis we try to escape and what the alternatives might be. He expounds the opportunity that lies in the depths of confusion, the indigenous wisdom found at the heart of quantum physics and how caring for our children is as cosmic as an exploding star.At the heart of his invitation lies a simple but radical shift of perspective and a new question to walk with, that might lead us to new forms of activism and new ways to serve the times we are living in."If you find yourself right all the time, then look around you you are probably alone. To be flawed, wrong, wounded, is to recognise that we are in a world of other beings. We live and thrive and emerge in the orbit of other beings, and that is beautiful and tragic all at once." - Bayo Akomolafe Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/05/17/e13-bayo-akomolafe-an-aesthetic-of-entanglement-and-the-sacred-gift-of-stopping/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

Feb 8, 2018 • 1h 26min
Boe Huntress on Music, Menstruation and Mythology - E12
Mapping the experience of cyclical being through archetypes, stories, and song "The more I am in my power the more everything can be empowered - it's not a personal thing - you can't be powerful on your own, its part of a bigger thing." - Boe Huntress In this episode entitled Unveiling a Female Power, Amisha meets singer, songwriter, and creative Boe Huntress. Informed by a long line of songwriters from Bob Dylan, to Kate Bush, to Joni Mitchell, Boe's mytho-poetic songwriting is archetypal and inspired particularly by the feminine experience. Boe works with women's groups, looking at the cycles of the moon, menstruation and the creative process. Together they weave a collective picture of cyclical and intuitive ways of being, exploring the value and gift of changeability in a world where consistency is king. We hear about the collective dreams of bleeding women that could feed tribes and what the modern equivalent might be if we can only remember how to want it. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/02/08/e12-boe-huntress-songs-spiral-path/ Learn more about Union Chapel - https://unionchapel.org.uk/ For Amisha's new book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

Feb 1, 2018 • 1h 13min
Tony Riddle on Rewilding, Wellbeing and Health - E11
Bringing ancestral benefits into the modern world by re-connecting to ancient human ways. In this episode entitled Ancestral Health is Modern Wealth, Amisha sits down with Natural Life-stylist Tony Riddle. Tony tells of his quest to live a biologically normal life without raising social eyebrows, the island where his dream became possible, and how he is helping stressed out urbanites reconnect with the ancestral wisdom of the hunter gatherer within.We hear why night shift workers have higher than average rates of cancer, why he has sawed up his sofa, why you shouldn't be walking if you cannot squat, and how the hard ground teaches us to be soft.Amisha and Tony share visions for a biologically normal lifestyle that starts with taking our shoes off, taking diet tips from our Bonobo cousins, reclaiming human play from the education system and recovering our innate ability to self-medicate. "People know more about their cell phone than they do about their own cells." - Tony Riddle Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/02/01/e11-tony-riddle-ancestral-health-is-modern-wealth/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

Jan 25, 2018 • 1h 15min
Imogen Butler-Cole on Sexual Assault, Me Too and Creative Activism - E10
Exploring the role of performance to promote healing and raise awareness. "We have to get really clear about the fact that any sex without full consent is rape. I think it is very difficult for people to hear that." - Imogen Butler-Cole In this episode entitled The Power of Theatre to Change Perspectives, Amisha meets actress and writer Imogen Butler-Cole, creator of acclaimed theatre show "Foreign Body" exploring the subject of sexual assault. Imogen speaks about creating theatre that is both deeply personal and highly political, how "Foreign Body" is helping other survivors to process their own experiences, and why she invited the perpetrator of her own assault to be part of it. In the wake of the #metoo and #timesup campaigns, she explores why it is so difficult to accept that people we know and trust are capable of sexual violence, and how doing so might bring constructive responses such as workplace guidelines around sexual violence and healing interventions for people who are at risk of perpetrating. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/01/25/e10-imogen-butler-cole-art-activism-arena-sexual-violence/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ If you have been triggered by this conversation and need to talk to somebody, please call: 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247 The Rape Crisis National freephone helpline on 0808 802 9999 (12-2.30pm and 7-9.30pm every day of the year)

Jan 18, 2018 • 1h 27min
James Hanusa on Blockchain, Burning man and Consciousness - E9
An exploration of how technology and human consciousness can come together as a force for good to support the evolution of humanity. "The questions about reality are going to be come deeper and deeper as these technologies are adopted more and our ability to create new realities for ourselves and our communities is not science fiction anymore." - James Hanusa In this episode entitled Creating New Worlds at the Frontiers of Technology and Human Potential, Amisha enters the colliding worlds of new technology and consciousness with venture catalyst, cultural strategist and co-founder of Digital Raign James Hanusa. James is exploring the frontiers of emerging technology and the intersections with social justice, sustainability and conscious evolution. James invites us on a whirlwind tour of future technology - explaining how the "empathy machine" of virtual reality is employed by non-profits, meditators and the medical world, the applications of augmented reality from epic street art to jet engine mechanics, how the blockchain revolution might signal an end to banking and even governments, why refugees ask for WIFI first and starting a new country based on advanced technology. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/01/18/e9-james-hanusa-creating-new-worlds-frontiers-technology-human-potential/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

Jan 11, 2018 • 1h 27min
Sally Kempton on Meditation, Authenticity and The Goddess - E8
Cultivating inner power and understanding the tantric perspective of the divine feminine. In this episode entitled Awakening the True Blueprint Within, Amisha sits in reflection with writer, teacher and former swami Sally Kempton. Sally grew up in a secular, socialist environment as the daughter of a well-known liberal journalist in New York, until what she calls a "download of love" during her first psychedelic experience led her to study non-dual yogic philosophy and to meet and follow her guru, Swami Muktananda. Sally shares the tantric understanding of the true meaning of Shakti and where to find the Goddess, why there is more to meditation than mind-hacking, and how patriarchy is in fact a function of the goddess. They discuss what discovering the divine feminine means for men in modern practice. "Learning to walk humbly on the cusp of what needs to be done and what we are capable and qualified to do is a huge thing that every one of us needs to find a way to navigate." ~ Sally Kempton Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/12/28/e8-sally-kempton-awakening-true-blueprints-within/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/


