Shambhala Living

In this episode, I wanna share with you the experience I had this morning out in the ocean with the dolphins and what that has to do with growing foods...

In this podcast we gonna talk about wealth, the real wealth what's worth more than the trillion dollar industry out there and it's right beneath our feet...

This episode is a little bit different, its recorded in 2020 just after Birdie Skye was born. We were walking around the farm, I had my mic on and we just went for a deep dive through lots of different topics in the areas of sustainable living, regenerate living, the magic of photosynthesis and so many other concept..

In this episode, I'm on the outside late at night, under the stars and we explore stars our place in this universe and what a call one breath meditation practice... 

In these episode, we're gonna discuss s eed saving and how can you setup your own seed bank to protect the future of your plants your food and your health for your family...

In this episode, I joined Paul of The Paul's Body Engineering Podcast, where I shared practices and learning on sustainable organic growing, overcoming the lockdown period and establishing our Shambhala Food Growing Course.

In this episode, we're gonna discuss, how to increase the yield in your vegetable garden to the few simple tricks...

" The ancient knew something, which we seem to have forgotten ", " The more I learn of physics, the more I'm drawn to metaphysics ", " One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike. We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our sens...

In this episode, we're going to talk about the cycles of nature and how to understand the cycles of nature, that it can be so much easier to grow food and abundance and health for your family...

In this episode, we explore growing with nature and living as part of nature. First, we look at what is nature? What is the biosphere? What is an ecosystem? We explore the sun and it's role in this amazing phenomenon called nature. We also look at the role of the moon and how that has an affect on not only the tides but the water in all of life including us as a humans, and the plant life, and the...

We've all heard of the word "prepping". Prepping often brings to mind bunkers and doomsday ideas, but actually prepping is just simple, smart, it makes sense, that's what our parents' used to do, having our food storage on hand. So in this episode, we're gonna talk about what are the things you would want to have on hand if there's time of disruptions...

In this episode, I'm going to share the time that I was in Nepal, searching for Shambala and I found myself in a Buddhist monastery facing my death. It was 2008, I had Isaiah, I had a one year old. I was living in Shambala, one that I call it and I had an opportunity to go to Nepal. I already had an experience with the concept of Shambala. I'd read a few different books and perspectives, and I was...

This episode is all about turning our biggest waste into our most precious resource. Humanure is basically the science behind composting toilets. A compost toilet requires no water, plumbing, pipes, vents, drains, electricity, or urine separation. It's a toilet that makes gardens. It's designed to collect toilet material for composting in a separate location. This 11 minute video provides a brief...

This episode was recorded on Father’s Day 2021. I reconnected to the 3 times I witnessed my children being born. I realised how that birthed my deepest journey so far in a quest to provide them the healthiest life possible. I found the best way to nurture their health and future was by nourishing the soil and plant life that provided them with the best food and natural life possible. My life as a...

In this episode I share the final days before the launch of our recent Shambhala online 12 Week Food Growing Course and some of the stories about this. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message

In this episode I share a meditation I had 2 decades ago when holding a piece of meteorite. I was with a good friend Paul Barnet and we were at the time doing a year long meditation and energy healing course. I sat in meditation this particular night and went deep inside to another plane of existence. It felt like it wasn’t so much a planet like I call it in the episode but more a level of existen...

This episode explores the amazing work of Syntropic food forests and how we can work with nature to regenerate the land and grow food. I share my story of seeing this practice for the first time in a video called ‘Life in Syntropy’ https://youtu.be/gSPNRu4ZPvE I believe this way of working with the land is the most important way we can regenerate our connection to this planet.

In this episode I share ways to sow the seeds of change in the soil, the garden, our hearts and our life. I discuss why it’s so important to become a gardener and a guardian of the seeds of diversity. Now more than ever before the Earth is calling us to wake up and plant seeds of change. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shambhalaliving/message

When planning a vegetable garden it’s all too easy to jump in with both feet and try to grow as much as possible in the first year. Many experienced gardeners will tell you that this is just setting yourself up for disappointment as the amount to learn, maintain and weed can quickly become overwhelming. Wholistic garden design is a set of design principles centred on whole systems thinking, utiliz...

I share an idea to bring the ‘The magic of food growing’ to an online live audience. I had a conversation with my sister Leanne about how much her little girl loves eating the fresh snap peas from the garden. She asked about me putting on a little garden show online for her daughters day care as they have a garden there. They are all still in lockdown where they live in Sydney. So after that conve...

In this episode I share the Desiderata, a powerful poem and message that was on the wall of the kwoon (our Kung Fu training space) and I would read it often during the time I was training for my black belt. It was a foundational message for my life and reading it again all these years later I still find it just as powerful. I hope you get something of value from this message. Desiderata: GO PLACID...

In this episode I tell the story of how a rare chance meeting I had with a native tribe in Costa Rica saved my life. I share the journey from my lowest point when my world came crashing down and how a transformational journey in the jungle ignited a passion for living in harmony with the Earth. After being on this 3 month pilgrimage I came back to the farm inspired to grow food forests and dive in...

This episode is part 2 of the interview with Chrissy. We talk about what lights Chrissy up, how to connect back to your heart compass and navigate through these challenging times with a peaceful and joyful heart. You can find more about Chrissy on Instagram under @tinyyogi and you can listen to her podcast here https://open.spotify.com/show/7tpKBrq06FqAo6zq9iFNlY?si=Azc0X5m7S7uQEMzGwpgflA --- Send...

In this special episode I share the first interview of the Shambhala Living podcast. This late night chat by the fire with the co founder of Shambhala Living and my loving wife and the mother of our baby girl Birdie Skye. Chrissy talks about her journey from the U.S. to Brisbane and her love of yoga, movement and music. We talk about meeting in Bali and coming back to Shambhala Farm inspired to bu...

In this Episode I share the story of waking up in the middle of the night with the light manifesto epiphany. The story is in the episode and the manifesto is here: Shambhala Living Manifesto: I am light in form and in motion as the dance of a flame upon the backdrop of time. My breath is the wind, my body the earth, The ancient ways flow through my veins, Like rivers flow from the nourishing rains...