Brain Shaman

My brother Jason joins the podcast. We talk about how to optimize our communication and connection with all of life - birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, and the wider animal kingdom and human species. We discuss art, music, women, beauty, attraction, design, and how to be the best you. Homelessness is also a theme that runs in the background, as that is the world that my brother is living in. Learn about what it's like to be without a home, dancing on the border between nature and society, feeling and rationality, animal and man.  By experiencing things from such a raw and wide-open perspective, you can begin to rethink your ideas of success, money, beauty, friendship, love, possibility, good and evil, happiness, and what it means to be a homo sapien living in this modern world. Reconnect and play with the vast world of creatures inside of and around you, and re-enter life.  Wake up from the hypnotic trance of society, merge deeper into your authentic self, full of deeper relationships and a deeper connection with everything around you.

Richmond Heath is a physiotherapist and the founder of TRE Australia.  Join us on a story-filled adventure through death, pain, suffering, and grief, and into a beautiful vibrant land where trauma and pain are verbs and you are fully feeling, pulsating, and alive. By going into the darkness, you can reconnect with yourself, others, and reality.Learn more: - TRE Australia website: treaustralia.com - Free online TRE course: trecourse.comRESOURCES:GROUPS: - MenergyPEOPLE: - Alia Crum - Anna Lembke - Carol Dweck - David Berceli - Deva Daricha - Jonah Robins - Peter Levine - Stephen Porges - Tony FitzgeraldPLACES - Linga Longa Aboriginal Philosophy Farm- Grantville- Phillip Island 

Explore the illusion of free will and how it affects our lives. Discuss the interconnectedness of the brain, body, and world, and the influence of past experiences, culture, and instincts on our actions and thoughts. Discover the concept of a self as stories we create and the role of language and reasoning. Uncover the influence of unconscious actions on life choices and the importance of embracing change. Delve into innate desires, the power of language, and the impact of external forces on our lives.

In this episode, we talk about how to get rid of all the average or good junk in your life and fill it up with greatness. 

In this episode, we talk with Srini Pillay - a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, brain researcher, technology entrepreneur, author, speaker, musician, and much much more. We talk about the non-dual nature of the our mind, body, life, the world and how by reconnecting with the nonlinear patterns (of nature, technology, and ourselves), we can melt down the previous limits to our reality and discover new ways to think, experience, learn, and live. Some topics we get into include: perception (vision, embodiment, imagination ...), geometry (shapes, lines, fractals...), math, movement, technology (VR and AI), nature, distraction, identity, art, symbols, music, creativity, education, energy, life, subjectivity, discovery, and more. It's all about the rhythm and patterns of your thinking, perception, behavior, and therefore life. Let's adventure into the non-dual and non-linear spaces of reality, and, by doing so, feel more alive and rediscover and recreate who we are. Join this conversation to discover how to find those spaces and thereby enter into your new identity and reality.RESOURCES:BOOKS - Yoga Sutras of PantajaliCONCEPTS: - confabulation - default mode network - dharana - dhyana - epigenome - exposome - meaningful coincidence - methylation - mirror neurons - proteome - psychological halloweenism - samadhi - samyamaPEOPLE: - Carl Jung-  Joseph LeDoux - Krista Kim - Marianne Williamson -  Marsha Angell -  Martin Heidegger - Michael Gazzaniga  - Patrick Candela -----LEARN MORE ABOUT SRINI: - personal website: drsrinipillay.com - Reulay: reulay.com - NeuroBusiness Group: nbgcorporate.comCONNECT: - Instagram: @drsrinipillay - Twitter (X): @srinipillay - Facebook: /SriniPillayMD - LinkedIn: /drsrinipillay

Here are 5 more portals into the unconscious world of neverending possibility and imagination: mouth, posture, space, time, and identity. If you find more, please leave a comment. And also leave a key or magic spell to help open it.

This is an episode about how to unfocus your eyes, ears, nose, breath, and movement in order to tap into your unconscious, that inner land of imagination, where you can discover new possibilities and create a new you. Change how you use your body, and you can change your perception of what is possible. 

In this episode, we talk with Alex Greene about how to reconnect and align with our bodies and the energy of the universe, and how all that affects our being and mind. He's body worker, somatic coach, TRE provider, nervous system therapist, zen priest, and the host of the Red Beard Embodiment podcast. We dig into a lot of interrelated topics, including: Taoism, Zen Buddhism, breathing, hara, muscles, trauma, stress, tension and trauma releasing exercises (TRE), physical habits (sitting, posture, walking, etc.), polyvagal theory, the Feldenkrais Method, Rolfing, gravity, early childhood development, bodily awareness, speed of movement, neuroplasticity, massage, touch, memories, connection, disconnection, dissociation, the nervous system, perception of possibility, modes of focus and attention, Eastern vs. Western art, language, fluidity vs. rigidity, sense of self, parenting, learning, communication, voice, and martial arts.Connect with Alex Greene: - personal website: www.alexgreene.com - podcast: Red Beard Embodiment (also available on Spotify, Apple, etc.)- therapy practice: www.redbeardsomatictherapy.com - Youtube channel: @AlexGreeneTRERESOURCES: BODYWORK PRACTICES: - Feldenkrais Method - Rolfing - TRE BOOKS: - A Zen Approach to Bodytherapy by William "Dub" Leigh- Stalking Wild Psoas by Liz Koch - The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Sōhō- The Vital Psoas Muscle by Liz Koch CONCEPTS:- dantien (丹田) - dissociation- hara (腹) - mushin (無心)- qi / ki (气 ) / 気) - samadhi (समाधि) - tao (道) - zazen (座禅)PEOPLE - Bodhidharma- Everett Ogawa- Ida Rolf- Moshé Feldenkrais - Norman Doidge - Tanouye RoshiPLACES:- Chozen-ji (Zen temple & dōjō  in Honolulu, Hawaii) PHYSIOLOGY: - iliacus (muscle)- iliopsoas (muscle) - motor cortex (brain region) - psoas (muscle) - sacrum (bone) - sensory cortex (brain reg

This is a conversation with Molly Watts (host of The Alcohol Minimalist podcast) about alcohol and the brain. We discuss the harms and benefits of the substance, what it does to the brain, how we can start drinking less, and how we can change any harmful habit. Some of the questions we ponder include: - What happens in the brain when we drink alcohol? How does it impact neurotransmitters like glutamate and GABA?- What are some paths to overcoming alcohol addiction, aside from AA and abstinence programs?- What are some misunderstandings we have about alcohol, and why do we have them?- What is "gray area" drinking?- How can you determine whether your habit of drinking alcohol is serving you?- Is alcohol actually relaxing you and reducing your anxiety, or is it making things worse?- How can education about the neuroscience of alcohol help you recover from your overuse of it and find better alternatives to feeling better?- What happens after your blood alcohol concentration is past 0.005%? - Are there any therapeutic benefits to alcohol?- How does alcohol give us happy neurochemicals? How long does that last?- How do our thoughts drive us to drink, or help us stop drinking?- How do we change our habits (of thought and behavior)?- How can we strengthen (and stop weakening) our prefrontal cortex?- What are some basic things you can do to help curb your addictive cravings toward things like alcohol?- Do we desire alcohol more when we are lacking certain things in life (e.g. neurochemicals, resources, relationships, etc.)?- What role does dopamine play in all of this? How does it drive our behavior?- How can we take more conscious control over the unconscious processes in our brain?- How can changing your thoughts change your desires?- What's the process of habit change? How long does it take?- What can you do to calm yourself down in moments of craving? How do you resist the urge to drink or keep drinking?- What are some things we can substitute alcohol with? What can we do or drink instead?- Are all humans addicted? Is society making us more addicted? - What is Molly's history with alcohol, and how did she overcome her negative drinking habits?RESOURCESConnect with Molly / learn more: www.mollywatts.comAlcohol Minimalist Podcast: www.mollywatts.com/podcastAlcohol Minimalist Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholminimalists

Talking with Sae Kani, we dig into Japanese culture and trauma. We discuss various aspects of this society, including: relationships,  communication, work, technology,  parenting, marriage, sex, dating, power, men-women dynamics, parent-child relationships, maturation, language, intercultural interaction, virtual worlds, distractions, dissociation, biology, the nervous system, mental illness, and more.  We also talk about how by gaining awareness of our own body, learning about neurology, and nurturing our nervous system by doing things like TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises), we can heal ourselves, release our stress, overcome our trauma, and become more anti-fragile and resilient, both as individuals and as a society.To learn more about TRE or connect with Sae, you can visit:www.saekani.comwww.treforall.comwww.youtube.com/@treforall312