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NATURE TO NURTURE | Cultivating an Ecosystem of Care with Doula Carson Meyer

Release Date: 11/17/2023

FILLING THE VESSEL WITH SPIRIT with Baelyn Elspeth

SOUNDFOOD

We are honored to welcome tea and temple steward Baelyn Elspeth for a conversation held in loving communion with the divine, in celebration of Beltane and the lush fertility of this moment. Baelyn has been studying a lineage of Cha Dao “The Way of Tea” with her teacher WuDe since 2011, working with Zen and Tea as a daily practice to cultivate radical stillness and presence. With roots in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, NM, Baelyn dances in devotion to the cosmos, through community, artistry, the great mysteries and beyond. In this conversational portal we discuss: Baelyn’s...

CHAMPION OF THE HEART with Cesalina Gracie

SOUNDFOOD

“Being a Champion is a Condition of the Heart” We are honored to welcome a warrior for universal empowerment, Cesalina Gracie to SOUNDFOOD. Jiu-jitsu visionary, Olympics host, entrepreneur and multi-hyphenate athlete, Cesalina hails from the legendary Gracie martial arts lineage. Today she joins us from Los Angeles, home base for Women in Power - Cesalina's school where she teaches the art and philosophy of jiu-jitsu to girls and women. In May 2023 Cesalina made history for being the 8th Brazilian woman to summit Mount Everest -the world's highest mountain- during the deadliest...

OUR SACRED ROOTS with Sarah Britton

SOUNDFOOD

Gather around our proverbial table for a deeply nourishing conversation about food, family, and creativity. Our guest this week is holistic nutritionist and chef Sarah Britton who’s been publishing whole food recipes on her My New Roots since 2007. Our discussion touches upon the full spectrum of nourishment: beginning with Sarah’s childhood, her creative evolution in relationship to food, beauty, self care, working in professional kitchens like the esteemed NOMA, hosting Golden Circle Retreats in Bali and Tuscany, and how she was guided to write her books and grow her...

PROTECTING OUR SOIL AND CELLS with Kelly Ryerson

SOUNDFOOD

Today we explore the crucial connection between personal and planetary health. Join us in conversation with educator, activist, and whistleblower, Kelly Ryerson aka whose advocacy work is unveiling a public health emergency. Kelly works at the intersection of agriculture, nutrition and health. She regularly collaborates with regenerative farmers, scientists, policy makers, and media to address the growing agrochemical damage to our soil and cells. She started the site Glyphosate Facts and has contributed to several documentaries, including Common Ground. Kelly shares her journey, from her...

AWAKENING SPRING VITALITY with Colin Hudon

SOUNDFOOD

Join us to call in the vernal equinox with renewed energy, strength and vision. As we transition from Winter to Spring, we move from formlessness to form, contraction to expansion, Yin to Yang, and the Element of Wood. We welcome back dearest Colin Hudon, herbalist, acupuncturist, practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and founder of Living Tea for a wisdom-steeped dialogue on how to work with the energies of Spring in the year of the Wood Dragon. In Taoist medicine, Spring is associated with the liver, gall bladder, and the wood element, which represents growth and an unstoppable force...

FINDING SANCTUARY WITHIN LUMINOSITY with Tracee Stanley

SOUNDFOOD

Consider this truth: we are all a rest in progress. This episode beams light upon the path to become our most rested and luminous selves. We are honored to welcome author, speaker, yoga nidra teacher, and community tender Tracee Stanley to SOUNDFOOD. In this conversation, Tracee shares how her books came to be, the spiritual awakening in South Africa that ignited her soul purpose, how she came to study with the Himalayan masters and her ever-evolving journey inwards. We discuss the healing powers of deep rest, meditation, self-inquiry, spiritual ecology, ancestral reverence, nature as refuge,...

THE RITUAL OF BEING with Geneviève Medow-Jenkins

SOUNDFOOD

Today we celebrate our origins and micro-moments of magic. We welcome Nitsa’s oldest friend Geneviève Medow-Jenkins to SOUNDFOOD. Born 9 days apart, Geneviève and Nitsa spent their earliest years together at Esalen Institute — a retreat center and hot springs community perched over the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur, California. Geneviève reflects on how fundamental this wild landscape and Esalen in all its dimensions have been in shaping her current work as a creative director and founder of Secular Sabbath; an ambient music experience incorporating wellness and art, inspired by the...

PLEASURE IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT with Liz Goldwyn

SOUNDFOOD

Today we explore all the ways to make love. We welcome the radiant Liz Goldwyn, author, filmmaker and founder of The Sex Ed, to chat sex, health, and consciousness - which is also the title of her new book! Goldwyn has devoted her life to exploring the intersections of reproductive health, sexual wellness, spirituality, storytelling and the feminine. Fascinated by sex workers and women who have lived on the fringes of social acceptance, Liz has redefined the “sex ed” experience for many through her ongoing research, writing and online platforms. We cover everything...

AN ODE TO FERMENTATION with Sandor Katz

SOUNDFOOD

This episode is humming with microbial bliss! We joyfully welcome author, educator, fermentation revivalist and James Beard recipient Sandor Katz on to demystify the wild, effervescent realms of fermentation. Sandor’s first book “Wild Fermentation” came out in 2003 and inoculated a renaissance in fermentation arts. Today we discuss the origins of fermentation, its historical presence across cultures and food traditions, Sandor’s personal journey in healing, kitchen experiments, human evolution, the microbiome, food safety, fermentation encounters from around the world, tips...

MOMS ACROSS AMERICA | Shifting the Food Paradigm with Zen Honeycutt

SOUNDFOOD

Today we take an unfiltered look at America's food system and explore how eating Organic, Non-GMO, Local and Low-Tox may be the most critical move for individual and planetary well being. Join us in conversation with the unstoppable Moms Across America founder, Zen Honeycutt who is on a mission to protect and nourish our future generations. Zen’s research-driven commitment to reveal the deeply embedded presence and impact of GMOs, heavy metals, herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other chemical constituents in our food shed is powerful. Corporations are poisoning our...

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Today we welcome Carson Meyer, birth doula, certified nutrition consultant, activist, entrepreneur and mother, who gently reminds us that we are only as healthy as the environments which surround us.

Join us as we step into her world; into the wild mountains of North Carolina where Carson and her partner embrace the simple, slow life and create their dream nest for their 1-year old daughter Lou. As a co-chair on the Natural Resource Defense Council LA Leadership Council and founder of clean beauty skincare line, C & The Moon, Carson has followed in her Mother’s footsteps to create products and a lifestyle that harmonize our systems with nature, versus disrupting them.

This episode is a must-listen for mothers in all forms, those wanting to learn more about natural birth, pregnancy, holistic living, ancestral foods and pre + post natal care.

Thank you Carson for your angelic presence and nurturing wisdom!

Listeners will receive 15% off all C & The Moon products with the code: Soundfood

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