Teachings In The Air

"It brings me such pleasure and honor to meet people that say 'I listen to your podcast and it helped me.' Cause that’s what the intention is, to help people, to motivate and inspire. Thank you." – Saa Hiil Thut (Gerry Oldman) Welcome back for Episode 8 of Season 7 titled #InnerPeace This season finale episode is titled “Road Man” Hello Friends and Relatives. Welcome back to Teachings in the Air!...

“Soul food. Indigenous soul food is Good food. It’s food to keep our children strong in mind, body, and spirit.” – Gerry Oldman Greetings friends and relatives! Welcome back to episode 7 of Season 7 which is called #InnerPeace This episode is titled “Food for the Soul” Today’s episode of TIA has host Saa Hiil Thut(Gerry Oldman) sharing about the importance of indigenous soul food and food nourishm...

Greetings Friends and Relatives! Welcome back to TIA with Gerry Oldman aka Saa Hiil Thut This week’s episode is titled “Podcast about Podcasting” This is episode 6 of season 7 which is titled #InnerPeace Hello friends and relatives, this episode is Gerry sharing his experience with going into the world of podcasts! Featuring his guests/nephews/podcast crew members Jakob Knudsen and Jordan Robinson...

“As a friendly suggestion, that we decolonize by not giving that word power anymore, and that we put it in our mind that we’re going to become solution focused from the problems that were caused by colonization” – Saa Hiil Thut (Gerry Oldman) Hello Friends & Relatives and welcome back to another episode of Teachings in the Air! This episode is titled “Colonization: A Thief of Inner Peace” We are i...

“You teach about commitment, and be consistent with that commitment, and that person will appreciate you” – Gerry Oldman Greetings to all our Friends and Relatives! Welcome back to Season 7 of Teachings in the Air, which is titled #InnerPeace This episode is titled “The Babies & Children Are Crying” This episode is about aggression and how it can effect our own and other’s lives around us. Gerry t...

“Put that energy out into the universe and one of the healers or teachers will feel it, and they’ll end up being with you” – Gerry Oldman Greetings Friends & Relatives! Welcome back to Episode 3 of Season 7 titled #InnerPeace This week’s episode is titled “Going Home” Hello and welcome back to another episode of Teachings in the Air with your host Gerry Oldman AKA Saa Hiil Thut. This week’s episod...

Hello Friends & Relatives! This is a special episode release from TIA Live! Welcome back for another episode of Teachings in the Air. This week’s episode is a special recording from our TIA Live event from Victoria, BC in December 2023. Gerry hosted a fantastic gathering in the end of '23 where he shared stories and thoughts for the end of Season 6 as well as record a podcast! This special episode...

Welcome back friends & relatives to Episode 2 in Season 7 of Teachings in the Air with host Gerry Oldman. This week’s episode is titled “Fire Water: The Thief of Inner Peace” Featuring guest Natalee Dennis, who is a Manager at BC Emergency Health Services. In this episode Gerry talks about the impacts that Fire Water(alcohol) had on his own life and the Indigenous community. Gerry talks about enco...

Hello friends and relatives, welcome back to a new season of Teachings in the Air! We are starting our 7th season titled “Inner Peace” TIA host Gerry Oldman is back and ready to share more teachings, these podcasts will be covering themes around inner peace, which is a subject Gerry reflected on when thinking about himself helping others. Episode 1 is the introduction to Inner Peace, and Gerry sha...

“Let’s understand that the children are relying on us adults to do the right thing, and when we do the right thing let’s celebrate” – Gerry Oldman Welcome back to the Finale of Season 6 of Teachings in the Air! The last episode of this season is titled “Celebration” Hello Friends & Relatives, this is the last episode in the sixth season of Teachings in the Air. This episode is a look into Gerr...

Welcome back to Teachings in the Air season 6 titled #TheHealingRoad This week's episode of TIA is titled "Oh Canada" Welcome friends and relatives to another episode of Teachings in the Air with host Gerry Oldman. This episode is about the impact identity had on Gerry's life. Gerry shares his experience with struggles of identity and growing up Indigenous in Canada. This episode contains an audio...

Welcome back to TIA Season 6 called #TheHealingRoad This week’s episode is titled “Ground Zero: Land Back” TIA’s Gerry Oldman talks about his experience at Plymouth Rock which he called “Ground Zero.” Gerry shares his experiences and stories from a lot of his travelling. The many communities that have left Gerry with an impact, a teaching, and a story to share. We get some insights into what Gerry...

Welcome back to TIA Season 6 #TheHealingRoad This week’s episode is titled “The Benefits of Touch Therapy” This week Gerry share’s the space with guests Susan Dupuis, and Aaron Strong. They are massage therapists sharing about their stories of how they got into touch therapy. Gerry shares about the tension his body used to carry throughout his life, the muscle and back problems that plagued him un...

Welcome back to this week’s episode of TIA! This is episode 8 of season 6 which is titled #TheHealingRoad This is titled “Resilience & Perseverance” Gerry reflects on a trip he took to South Africa in 2022, learning about, and experiencing, the land that one of his role models Nelson Mandela used to walk. Gerry shares stories about his learning of history, and admiration of people who stood up to...

“There’s a need, at that time and still today, for culturally relevant services. Services that our people feel comfortable with and understand” Welcome back to the 7th episode of Season 6 titled #TheHealingRoad This week’s episode of Teachings in the Air is called “Memory Lane” Gerry joins us this week after a stroll through memory lane. After a recent trip to his home territory, he shares the pat...

“1 by 1 we’re gonna win, and we are winning. We must keep that in our mind, what are we winning? We’re winning ourselves back” – Gerry Oldman Welcome back to TIA, this is the 6th episode of Season 6 titled #TheHealingRoad This episode is titled “The Lost Generations” Welcome back friends and relatives to this week’s episode of Teachings in the Air with Gerry Oldman. Gerry shares this episode with...

“I started to free myself of that negativity. I started to change, I became hungry for healing.” This is the 5th episode of Season 6 which is titled #TheHealingRoad This episode is called “Free Saa Hiil Thut” Today’s episode is an in-depth look into Gerry’s commitment to freeing yourself. Gerry talks about what it takes to maintain self and mental health in the modern world. He talks about where h...

Episode 4 of Season 6 of TIA titled #TheHealingRoad This weeks episode features guests from the Strawberry Medicine Counselling. Gerry shares the space with Stephanie Erickson, Sara French, and Vanessa Carpenter. They are the hard workers behind Strawberry Medicine Counselling. Gerry and guests shares their personal experiences and approaches to helping anyone facing challenges. From Strawberry Me...

"There's no way around it, no way over it, no way under it. I have to walk straight through that sacred fire of healing" - Sam Alec Welcome back to Season 6 of TIA! This season is titled #TheHealingRoad Episode 3 of The Healing Road is called "Returning to Circle 2" This weeks episode sees a special returning guest(back from Season 4 of TIA) Sam Alec. Gerry shares the space again with previous gue...

This part 2 of 2 episode special is a release from the Teachings in the Air season 6 launch event which was held live in Vancouver, BC. In this special recorded from the live event, Gerry shares a presentation about Healing with the audience, leading into the theme of season 6 The Healing Road. Gerry had witnesses on stage to listen to his presentation and absorb some teachings. Gerry shares about...

“I know there’s good medicine, and there’s a healing road that’s never gone away” - Gerry This part 1 of 2 episode special is a release from the Teachings in the Air season 6 launch event which was held live in Vancouver, BC. In this special recorded from the live event, Gerry shares a presentation about Healing with the audience, leading into the theme of season 6 The Healing Road. Gerry had witn...

"When we decide to change, that's when the healing begins for us.." -Gerry Oldman Season 6 of Teachings in the Air is titled "The Healing Road" Episode 2 is titled "I Can Change My Mind" In today's episode of TIA, host Gerry Oldman shares his experiences with changing from staying stuck in old feelings, thoughts, and negativity. With things that have been projected towards him at a young age that...

Welcome back to Teachings in the Air, and join us as we go into our 6th season titled "The Healing Road" The first episode is titled "Let the Healing Begin" and host Gerry shared some words about this upcoming season: "This series of podcasts are going to be on healing for the mind, body, and spirit. When our mind, body, and spirit is damaged or hurt we weaken and our lives can become unmanageable...

“I look forward to working on Let the Healing Begin” – Gerry Oldman This is the finale episode of Season 5 of Teachings in the Air titled “The Healing Road” Season 5 of TIA titled “Strong Mind, Body, Spirit, & Heart” has come to a close, and host Gerry shares his stories and experiences with the latest season, reflecting on how he wants to remain on the Healing Road. Gerry goes in depth about his...

“We are the ones that our ancestors have been waiting for” – Rose Melnyk **This episode is a re-recording due to audio issues with the original, our apologies go out to the Indigenous nurses who took the time to share their stories & experiences with Gerry. ** This weeks episode is titled “Celebrating Indigenous Nurses” This is a very special episode for Gerry, as he shared the space with Indigeno...