Soma Collective Podcast

Join Gary and Peter as they investigate the personas and purposes of world class athletes and entrepreneurs. We are fascinated by the people who rise up and change the game, the industry, the culture. What can we learn from these individuals and what do they teach us about how we should act and view ourselves. 

Welcome to the Soma collective podcast with me your host for this episode Peter Ostick, where we look to find the intersection between consciousness, creativity and the art of living.  This week I am delighted to have on the show Megan Osborn.  Megan specialises in Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) which is a process for unlocking negative emotional complexes that are stored in the body.  I have bee...

Damon Gameau is an Australian film director, producer, author and activist. In 2015, he released his debut feature documentary That Sugar Film, which became the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time, it was released in over 25 territories and picked up a host of awards around the world. His accompanying campaign book, That Sugar Book, was a best seller and has been published in 20 co...

Jasmine Hemsley is a three-time best-selling author, the Founder of Hemsley + Hemsley  and East by West , a TV presenter with a show broadcast in over 25 countries.  She's Listed in the top 20 UK chefs. A writer and consultant on food and wellness lifestyle for numerous brands including Goop and Chopra , Jasmine is a contributor for Eco Age and the app I Am Me ; she is part of the MindBodyGreen Co...

According to science, happiness occurs when chemicals like endorphins, dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released. Dr Saamdu Chetri, however, defines happiness as "living in harmony with nature, living in harmony and balance with others around you and being in touch with yourself and your own wisdom." Since 1971, the country of Bhutan has prioritised its citizen's happiness over economic growth...

Today on the podcast we're sitting down with Mukti the founder of Australian eco luxe beauty brand Mukti Organics. She is a real pioneer in the beauty industry creating one of Australia's first certified organic brands over twenty years ago. Mukti set the benchmark for certified organic skincare in Australia.   She is the author of Truth in Beauty an incredible resource for holistic beauty where s...

2020 has been a tough year of isolation and personal challenges. The festive season is traditionally a time to share with our loved ones, yet unfortunately for many of us, the holiday season doesn't look like a postcard this year. With the yearning to be with family, a sense of loneliness may occur in many of us making the holiday season a tough time for many.   In this episode Peter and Gary disc...

This weeks show is an example about how big dreams and hard work can overcome life's challenges. Thalison Soares @thalisonvsoares is a Jiu Jitsu blackbelt, multi-time World Champion and the only person in history to win the International Gran Pris on three occasions.   If you're not interested in Jiu Jitsu you still need to listen to this podcast. Thalisons story of growing up in a village of 500...

Our guest this week is Tim Noaksmith.  Tim is the co-founder of one of the hottest early stage companies in Australia right now Vow foods. Vow is re-building our food system from the ground up, by making meat with animal cells, and not the animals themselves. Vow is part of a collection of companies that is developing the cultured meat industry. An industry that has the potential to solve one of t...

In this podcast we dive into the game of life and explore the power of perspective and the ways in which the meanings we ascribe to life events has a magnanimous culturing impact on our consciousness. We ask the questions; is it important to pursue victory and avoid failure? Do we ever really win or are we in fact mastering the art of endless learning? What is worth striving for anyway?

A former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains. Satish embarked on an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage. Carrying no money and depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers, he walked from India to America, via Moscow, Londo...

In this episode Gary and Peter discuss how we can use empathy to enhance our personal and professional relationships and why some of the best leaders are empathic. They also explore finding the balance between being empathic and how to avoid empathy overload.

Xavier Rudd is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigenous Australians.  Gary sits down with the  legendary musician and fellow Byron Bay local to discuss all things from Xaviers song writing process to how he finds himself as a vessel for his...

Peter and Gary sit down to discuss a rather uncomfortable subject for many, death. In this podcast we explore why death is hidden away in western cultures but often celebrated in others. Gary teaches us the Vedic view of death and why it can be looked forward to as freedom from our earthly body and a rebirth of our soul to the next reiteration of life.

Gary sits down with with Simon Borg-Oliver @simonsynergy, breath work, yoga master, university lecturer and owner of Yoga Synergy to discuss the science and metaphysics of controlling the unconscious mind through breath work and yoga.   They discuss his experience of studying with the gurus, pioneering yoga in the west and his research into the purpose of yoga to be a recognition of our inherent i...

Founders of the transformative retreat space Soma Byron, Gary and Peter interview a collection of visionary's and game changers in the field discussing practical questions about meditation, Vedic philosophy, science and spirituality in the modern world. You will also find episodes of a student-teacher dialogue where Peter will ask Gary practical questions on everything from trouble mediating to in...

In this episode, Peter and Gary sit down to discuss spirituality. A word that Peter finds overused and cringe-worthy, Gary articulates his contrasting understanding of the term.   A word used to describe intuition, belief, and the sense of connection to something larger than ourselves, Gary explores that ancient spirituality can now be measured and articulated through sciences like quantum physics...