Soma Collective Podcast

In this episode of the Soma Collective podcast, Gary Gorrow sits down with Dr Arne Rubenstein. Dr Arne Rubinstein is an expert on adolescent development, with 30 years’ experience as a doctor, counsellor, mentor, speaker and workshop facilitator. His Rite of Passage programs and seminars are designed to support boys and girls to successfully make a safe, healthy transition from children to young adults, with a particular focus in coming of age. In 2008, he was nominated for Australian of the Year for his groundbreaking work with youth.

Dr Arne’s book , The Making of Men, has become a bestseller and is a practical handbook for parents and teachers of boys. It is the culmination of his years of experience in working with teens and their parents, in particular fathers and sons.

He was the Founding CEO of the Pathways Foundation, an organisation that creates contemporary Rites of Passage for adolescents. More recently, Dr Arne was the founder of Uplifting Australia, a not for profit set up to improve the emotional wellbeing and resilience of children and their families around Australia. His work has also been informed by practicing for 15 years as a GP specialising in adolescent health, and preventative and emergency medicine.

Linguist, author and film maker, Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures, a pioneer of the new economy movement, and the convenor of World Localization Day. She is the author of several books, including ‘Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh’, an eye-opening tale of tradition and change in Ladakh, or “Little Tibet”. Together with a film of the same title, Ancient Futures has been translated into more than 40 languages, and sold half a million copies.

Her latest book is ‘Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness’. Other publications include ‘Bringing the Food Economy Home’ and ‘From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture’. Helena is also the producer of the award-winning documentary ‘The Economics of Happiness’.

Educated in Sweden, Germany, Austria, England and the United States, Helena specialised in linguistics, including studies at the University of London and with Noam Chomsky at MIT. Her work, spanning almost half a century, has received the support of a wide range of international figures, including Jane Goodall, HH the Dalai Lama, HRH Prince Charles and Indira Gandhi.

From 1975, Helena worked with the people of Ladakh, to find ways of enabling their culture to meet the modern world without sacrificing social and ecological values. She was the first outsider in modern times to become fluent the language.

She has helped to initiate localisation movements on every continent, particularly in South Korea and Japan, and co-founded both the International Forum on Globalisation and the Global Ecovillage Network.

Helena is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Right Livelihood Award (aka the “Alternative Nobel Prize”), the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalisation of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.” Grab a notebook and enjoy the chat!

This episode of the Soma Collective podcast is a blast from the past conversation Gary had with Thom Knoles a few years ago at the Bondi Pavillion. Thom first learned meditation in the 60’s with Maharishi who is the guru which popularised  Vedic Meditation to the west. For over 40 years, Thom has personally taught meditation, Vedic philosophy, and applied spirituality to over 40,000 students worldwide. He is a celebrated speaker on cognitive sciences, on the relationship between quantum physics and human consciousness, and on the 5,000 year-old body of wisdom known as the Veda. Gary trained in Vedic Meditation and became a Master Teacher under the guidance of Thom 22 years ago. We hope you enjoy the chat with Thom Knoles.

In this episode of the Soma Collective podcast, Gary sits down with Matthew Bourke of Optimum Essentials. Matthew is the founder and director of Optimum Health Essentials and specialises in Chiropractic, Applied Kinesiology, Neuro Emotional Technique, Neurolinguistic Programming (Master Practitioner), Positive Psychology, Peak Performance, Functional Biochemistry and Breath Enhancement Training. His approach and healing is a truly integrative one. We look forward to you listening to his journey and diving deep into this conversation.

This episode of the Soma Collective podcast explores the concept of Wealth.  Gary & Peter unpack what constitutes wealth in a modern society, such as financial freedom, health and time.  We delve into Gary’s journey of overcoming limiting beliefs around finance and Peter’s long term strategy on wealth creation and impact investing.  All this within the back drop of the economic constraints that the current pandemic is placing on individuals and businesses throughout the world.

In this episode we explore Indigenous Wisdom and Culture with Jarmbi, a regional custodian of the Northern Rivers. Through his own journey of healing and deep connection with culture and spirit, Jarmbi guides people to the natural wisdom of who they are through culturally informed teaching.

An experience that left us all deeply shifted in heart, mind and soul.

Melissa Ambrosini sits Gary Gorrow for her podcast "The Melissa Ambrosini Show". A powerful mix of interviews with the biggest thought leaders and experts in the world.

Gary’s message is simple but life changing. He says that there is incredible power in getting present, and that this power is accessible to ALL of us — no matter how time-poor or stressed you may be, and no matter how many times you’ve tried (and “failed”) to start a meditation habit. Gary is sharing the Vedic practices that can help you tap into your inner stillness, access your inner power, and create a happier and healthier you from the inside out.

Tamara Dean is a critically acclaimed photo media artist working in photography, installation, moving imagery and performance art. Her works explore such themes as the tender relationship between humans and the natural world, the role of ritual in daily life as well as the fragility of our precious planet.

Tamara studied at the College of Fine Arts and went on to work as a photojournalist before dedicating herself solely to her artistic career. She has won a multitude of awards and her works have been exhibited around the world and are held in numerous private collections as well as several of Australia’s finest galleries. Whilst photography forms the basis of her means of expression, to describe her simply as a photographer would be an injustice. She’s an artist poet, a storyteller, an activist, a devoted mother and someone who is deeply connected to following the calling of the heart where ever it may take you.