Ten Laws with East Forest

Marc " Byrd is an American musician, writer, and producer best known as one-half of the post-rock / ambient duo Hammock , along with former Common Children band-mate Andrew Thompson. Since its formation in 2005, Hammock has released ten full-length albums and five EPs. One review of Hammock's 2013 record Oblivion Hymns remarked that Hammock "...has gone on to become one of the foremost purveyors o...

We are facing an unprecedented crisis and the chaos around us is often reflected inward.  Now more than ever, we need to take the time to build our internal fortitude.  Use this free 15 min guided meditation to allow the words and music to provide a small opportunity for solace and rebuilding.  We can do this, together.   http://eastforest.org

Aubrey Marcus is the founder and CEO of Onnit , a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is an Inc. 500 company and an industry leader with products optimizing millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world. Aubrey currently hosts the Aubrey Marcus Podcast , a motivational destination for conversations with the b...

Venomous bites, kangaroos, new friends and fans, hot box shows, going to the doctor from diving on the left, and more form this episode cataloging the recent East Forest Australia tour.   Radha joins East Forest to discuss the take-a-ways from the tour and tell stories from behind the scenes.   http://eastforest.org/podcast

Based in the hills outside of Ashland, Oregon, Peia is a soft-spoken songstress with swathes of caramel curls that spill over her shoulders. She is gentle and sweet, wrapping herself in earth tones that accentuate her natural beauty. Her wide vocal range resonates with a piercing clarity that can soothe and awaken, like feeling the sunshine after weeks of rain. “One of my earliest memories is of s...

In this guided meditation we explore what needs to wash away in order for something new to be born - what needs watering for the garden to grow?  Take just ten minutes to give space to listen to that which is always there and only needs to room to be heard. More meditations and music plus retreats and more at,   http://eastforest.org

Paul Selig is considered to be one of the foremost spiritual channels working today. In his breakthrough works of channeled literature,  I Am the Word, The Book of Love and Creation, The Book of Knowing and Worth ,  The Book of Mastery ,  The Book of Truth  and  The Book of Freedom, Beyond the Known: Realization, author and medium Paul Selig has recorded an extraordinary program for personal and p...

Kim John Payne has been quietly and passionately working to help tens of thousands of people give voice to the feeling that something is not okay about the new normal of overwhelm that so many people are now experiencing. He offers do-able ways to realize the hopes and values we all have for ourselves, and build deep connections with our children that gives families resiliency and simple joy. A co...

Trudy Goodman Kornfield, Ph. D., is a vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA . She also teaches residential retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA, Big Bear Retreat Center , and Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, among others. Trudy has trained in two fields: meditation and psychotherapy. She had the privilege of studying developme...

London-based songwriter Nick Mulvey already had a wealth of musical knowledge before coming to the fore with a solo project in 2012, with years of formal education in Havana, Cuba studying music and art, as well as being an active member in Mercury Award nominees Portico Quartet. His first musical interactions were with piano and drums before he acquired a guitar in Southern Spain at the age of 18...

Julian Treasure is a sought-after and top-rated international speaker. Collectively his five (yes five) TED talks on various aspects of sound and communication have been viewed more than 80 million times. His talk How To Speak So That People Want To Listen is in the top 10 TED talks of all time. Julian's first book, Sound Business, is the seminal work on creating effective business sound, now in i...

It's that time of year again - the annual "Ask Me Anything" episode.  I got questions around what are meaningful rituals and traditions, how to hold space for someone in a psychedelic journey, and questions around navigating single life after leaving a relationship.   Plus a message to our brothers and sisters in Australia facing fire and intense change.   Final song, "End Of The Road" from Music...

Mona Haydar is a young Syrian-American Muslim who gained national and international press for her and her husband’s “Ask A Muslim” project- a booth that invited dialogue and questions in the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks. The Boston Globe, NPR, People Magazine, The New York Times and others all covered the project and the collaborations that followed.  In 2017 she broke in...

With tender hearts we share that Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert) died peacefully at home in Maui on December 22, 2019 surrounded by loved ones. • He was a guide for thousands seeking to discover or reclaim their spiritual identity beyond or within institutional religion. • We are grateful for the heart to heart connection we have cultivated here and appreciate all the love that has poured out today...

Folks often ask about how the song, "Grandmothersphere" came to be, or what it's all about, or where the vocal field recording came from - or just who is that?  It is one of the most popular East Forest songs to date and it most certainly was birthed out of unique circumstances.  In this episode, East Forest tells the story of the song, complete with the original full field recording from the fate...

The Houston multi-instrumentalist Matt Kidd, who writes pastoral, deeply felt compositions as Slow Meadow.  Despite initially having minor recognition outside Houston — where glacial, melancholic, piano-centered sound experiments aren’t the city’s chief concern — Kidd’s 2015 debut was still eagerly received by critics like Echoes ’ John Diliberto, who elevated Slow Meadow on the same storied Publi...

East Forest joins Radha to recount his recent tour to China -- they traveled there to perform outside Shanghai for the At One International Festival.  Listen in for stories, insights, and high weirdness abounds! http://eastforest.org/podcast marisaweppner.com

Peter Broderick is a prolific, genre-defying American musician, composer, and producer. He is known internationally for a diverse range of solo projects, collaborations, and compositions for cinema and dance. A gifted multi-instrumentalist who is equally versed in a wide range of styles, Broderick's extensive discography -- on a range of labels including Bella Union, Erased Tapes, Staalplaat, and...

When Rob Lowe and Michael Muller founded Balmorhea in 2006, their goals and expectations were modest, as they created music to share with friends and family, and slowly developed a following in their hometown of Austin and beyond. They couldn't have anticipated that their music would take them on multiple tours of the US and Europe, and even to Asia. Nor did they expect the praise their work would...

Synthesis offers legal, medically supervised, and scientific based psychedelic retreats in Amsterdam. They make the psychedelic experience accessible for curious individuals who want to utilize moderate-to-high doses of psilocybin truffles to catalyze creative breakthroughs, explore consciousness, find meaning, improve confidence, and search for a mystical experience.   Martijn is the Co-Founder o...

Hailed as one of the forefathers of both ambient electronic and new age music, Laraaji is best known for his 1980 collaboration with Brian Eno, "Ambient 3: Day of Radiance." Born in 1943 as Edward Larry Gordon, Laraaji attended Howard University in Washington D.C. on a scholarship to study composition and piano. He later spent time in New York persuing a career as a stand-up comedian and actor. In...

In 2014 Cody watched as his father and close friend were swept over a 100ft avalanche;  his own life still in balance on the precipice of that cliff. While they all survived, the impact of the event left a wound on Cody's psyche that the tools of traditional psychotherapy he had been trained in were inadequate to heal. Determined to find a way back to himself, he set out on a journey. From ancient...

Enjoy this guided meditation that takes you through a thought experiment of the perfection of our path, and the merging of the divide between material rationalism and divinity.   eastforest.org/podcast

Dr. Bruce Damer is a liminal traveler of many realms, some magic, others mundane. His work focuses on the origin of life on Earth and finding a pathway for us, a remarkably rare form of complex life, a sustainable path forward into the cosmos. He also places matters of healing and coming from the heart at the heart of his work and life. His Ancient Oaks property hosts transformative retreats and t...

Recorded live at the East Forest "Spirit Dive" Fall Retreat in Southern Utah. Recorded in the Psiloon with live East Forest music, plus discussion with the retreat participants and moderated by Marisa Radha Weppner. The East Forest retreat is a chance to dive into the inner space through a mixture of wilderness, music, yoga, dance, co-creative music, meditation, organic food, and technology detoxi...