On sonic gratitude, developing our deeper gifts, the peril of expectation, the potency of the present, and the beauty of self-acceptance.

• (0:00) - Musical Journey and Transformative Work
• (5:12) - Early Career Challenges and Breakthroughs
• (12:25) - Personal Transitions and Professional Growth
• (14:57) - The Power of Gratitude and Creative Process
• (15:38) - The Role of Meditation and Yoga in Creative Work
• (19:35) - The Impact of Friendship and Support
• (19:57) - Arlie's Musical Projects and Future Aspirations
• (20:21) - The Influence of Elena's Writing on Arlie's Music
• (20:42)- The Importance of Self-Acceptance and Present Moment Awareness

Arli Liberman is an award-winning screen composer, producer and guitarist who creates vibrant, immersive music for film, TV, multimedia and live experiences. With an unwavering dedication to his craft, Arli's approach to music serves as a transformative force that resonates both on and off the screen. As a screen composer, Arli has worked on a wide range of films, including Sam Kelly's gang movie 'Savage', winning the 2021 APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award. In 2024, he collaborated with Tiki Taane to create the score to the historical drama in Te Reo Māori 'Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End' directed by Mike Jonathan, with the theme song 'Hold On To The Dream' featuring Louis Baker, released as a single. Arli composed the original score for NZ film 'The Mountain' (2024), with music by Troy Kingi, directed by Rachel House and produced by Piki Films and Sandy Lane Productions. In 2023, he scored 'Stylebender' a documentary directed by Zoë McIntosh about Nigerian - New Zealand mixed martial artist Israel Adesanya, which was premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. His signature sound can be heard on the 36th America's Cup theme, the opening titles of the FIFA Women's World Cup, The All Blacks Experience at SkyCity, and in the Auckland Art Gallery's filmic exhibition Te Mata. As a solo artist, Arli is also prolific, with his fifth solo album coming out on Bigpop Records, in addition to creating a new collaborative album with renowned composer Rhian Sheehan due out in 2024. Arli's production work on Ngatapa Black's album 'I Muri Ahiahi' earned a nomination for Māori Album of the Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards, and he has performed at MoMA New York and the Montreux Jazz Festival, among other international festivals. Originally from Israel, Arli was a member of the groundbreaking White Flag Project, a pioneering crossover band uniting Palestinian and Israeli musicians. Under the mentorship of platinum-selling English record producer Mark Smulian, he was urged to 'find the back door of the electric guitar sound', which marked the beginning of Arli’s journey in developing his sonic identity. In 2009, Arli moved to Aotearoa New Zealand, where he continued to develop his innovative approach to music and began exploring the synergy between composition and visual storytelling.

On rest as our birthright and the vital importance of remembering to pause.

• (0:00) - Rest and relaxation with a focus on honoring ancestral heritage and claiming birthright to rest.
• (5:09) - Rest and self-care, with a focus on yoga nidra and inner peace.
• (13:06) - Rest and self-care with a meditation course and 21-day program.

Born in the Caribbean Dominican Republic and living now in Mianjin/Brisbane, Australia, Rocío is dedicated to finding inner resources of ease. Offering Restorative Yoga, Meditation and Nidra for almost 10 years, building bridges with community and world, Rocío is a woman of color, devoted to honoring the space her ancestors missed to pause.

Claiming rest today, she nurtures the lineage before her. She encourages us to "Think less. Feel more."

https://rociomarte.com

On growing up at fifty, practice as a modern-day chaplain and cultivating a domestic monastery.

• (1:48) - Parenting Practices and Transitions
• (3:51) - Addiction Recovery and Personal Experience
• (5:33) - Talking to Children About Addiction
• (10:02) - Living in a Domestic Monastery
• (15:24) - Marriage and Personal Growth
• (23:50) - Chaplaincy and Palliative Care
• (26:13) - End-of-Life Celebrations and Legacy
• (29:07) - Connecting with the Community and Future Plans

Melissa Berry Appleton is a Buddhist Chaplain, lay ordained in the Soto Zen Prajna Mountain Order, by Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center.

Currently serving as a Chaplain with the University of British Columbia Okanagan, British Columbia Interior Health Physicians and the clinical counselling and social work graduate intern practicum program, Melissa has worked as a front-line worker in geriatric cognitive impairments, palliative care, and residential treatment centers for addiction.

Almost complete with her Masters of Clinical Counselling in Psychology she's practiced and taught yoga, somatics and meditation for more than 20 years.

Melissa is mama to three incredible humans now launching as young adults; her deep commitment to practice in the Domestic Monastery is her greatest source.

On rest as the way to reclaim your brilliance, at the altar of now.

• (0:00) - Octavia's Background and Introduction
• (2:16) - Losing Parents and Spiritual Connection
• (2:58) - Rest as a Healing Practice
• (16:03) - Reading from the Book "Rest is Sacred"
• (16:19) - Personal Reflections on Rest
• (16:38) - The Power of Rest and Collective Care
• (27:01) - Daily and Collective Rest Practices
• (27:19) - Protecting Energy through Rest
• (31:57) - Practicing Self-Care and Listening to Oneself

Octavia Raheem is a mother, author, yoga teacher and practitioner, and activist. She has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. Her work as a yoga professional focuses on practical tools to teach individuals how to manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue through yoga and meditation in a way that is accessible to all levels/abilities, and restorative to the nervous system. Her work has been featured in Yoga Journal, Mantra magazine, Well+Good, CNN, WXIA, and Atlanta Magazine.

Excerpt from Rest is Sacred by Octavia F. Raheem:

Divine One of Rest,
You said come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest. You said I will fight for you; you need only to be still. You said be still and know. And here we are. Here, being this portal within these pages. Here, being this place. Here, at this altar called right now. We come in gratitude for our Ancestors who are well enough in spirit to tend to our wellness. Because of them, we found a way to rest. We made a way to rest. We are here to reclaim rest as our birthright. Let it be so.

On the temple of your regular life, and the daily practices of attention, surrender and wonder.

• (0:00) - Introduction to Mirabai Starr and Her Work
• (2:16) - Discussion on "Ordinary Mysticism"
• (5:15) - Accessibility and Intended Audience of "Ordinary Mysticism"
• (7:18) - Personal Stories and Everyday Mysticism
• (11:34) - Mirabai's Identity and Role as a Young Elder
• (14:29) - Current Rituals and Spiritual Practices
• (19:03) - Memories from Taos and Early Influences
• (21:29) - Embodying Contemplative Practice
• (25:44) - The Practice of Wonder and Surrender
• (32:13) - Final Reflections and Mantra Practice

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and a leading teacher of interspiritual dialogue. In 2020, she was honored on Watkins’ list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. Drawing from 20 years of teaching Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos, Mirabai now travels the world sharing her wisdom on contemplative living, writing as a spiritual practice, and the transformational power of grief and loss. She has authored over a dozen books including Wild Mercy, Caravan of No Despair, and God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Mirabai has received critical acclaim for her revolutionary contemporary translations of the mystics John of the Cross, Teresa of Ávila, and Julian of Norwich. Mirabai offers the fruit of decades of study, teaching, and contemplative practice in a fresh, grounded, and lyrical voice to a growing circle of folks inspired by the life-giving essence of feminine wisdom. Mirabai continues to teach seminars, workshops, and retreats, both in person and through her online community Wild Heart. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

https://mirabaistarr.com

On the soul of our work, the re-indigenizing of our minds and the vital force of sisterhood.

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• (2:21) - Nisha's Background and Family Life
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• (4:09) - Hiro Boga's Influence on Nisha's Work
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• (7:55) - The Concept of Devotion and Partnership
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• (10:43) - Civilization and Disconnection
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• (15:26) - The Muse and Creative Practice
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• (23:37) - Global Sisterhood Day and the Importance of Friendship
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• (36:43) - Cultivating Friendship and Community
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• (42:52)- Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts
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Nisha Moodley is an integrative leadership coach that holds her work – and our collective work – within devotional, animist relational ways. Nisha has 15 years of experience leading mastermind groups, online courses, and nearly 60 retreats. She was first trained to work with subtle energy nearly 30 years ago, and has since received in-depth Health Coach and Executive Coach training, become a Family Constellation facilitator, and deepened her practice through breathwork training, Ancestral healing, and archetypal studies.

All of these teachings and modalities (and others) are integrated for guidance that works not just on the level of mindset, but also through much deeper listening and moving.

Nisha is the mother of two small children, a newbie land steward, constantly seeking to understand the deeper systemic and historical implications of the individual and collective challenges we face today, weaving those considerations into the work as well.

On bringing joy to justice; learning how to bear witness to our oppressive patterns and tendencies; fierce compassion as a quality of mind, heart, body and spirit.

• (2:41) - Engagement with Music and Nature
• (4:23) - Application of Enlightened Mind
• (9:06) - Oppression and Human Revolution
• (17:41) - Emergent Strategies and Joyful Just Action
• (28:38) - Fierce Compassion and Self-Care
• (37:54) - Language and Terminology
• (46:32) - Conclusion and Resources

Dr. Kamilah Majied is a mental health therapist, clinical educator, researcher, and consultant on advancing equity and inclusion using meditative practices. Drawing from her decades of contemplative practice and leadership, Dr. Majied engages people in experiencing wonder, humor, and insight through transforming oppressive patterns and deepening relationships toward ever-improving individual, familial, organizational, and communal wellness.

Author of Joyfully Just: Black Wisdom and Buddhist Insights for Liberated Living

On the origins of our best behavior, managing undue shame and the price women pay to be good.