I first met
when we trained at Reuters as foreign correspondents in the 1990s. He’d just got back from a trip watching U.S. missiles slam into Sudan, while I’d been getting slaphead stoned in the Himalayan foothills.Much has changed for us both in the meantime, as we discuss in this video dialogue at
. Matthew explores ways of healing collective trauma, and new forms of media that make that more feasible. My main focus is yoga philosophy, along with how it relates to modern life. There are plenty of overlaps!Here’s a brief snippet, bringing a yogic perspective to some of the challenges Matthew covers in his day job – as an investigate editor for the climate website DeSmog:
“Nothing lasts. Everything gets rearranged. In fact, the only thing that is standing outside of this never-ending cycle of change is the thing that the yoga sort of practice and philosophy is pointing towards, a way of being that can tolerate the fact that everything changes and falls to pieces and then gets rearranged again.
“And so being alive to the death of everything is part of facing our predicament as people in the 21st century. And that’s really what we’re looking at. And so, you know, I feel moved to make that connection. This is about everyday life for everybody, whether you want to think about it in yogic terms or not, these ideas are helpful.”
I highly recommend Matthew’s Substack – I admire his commitment to open inquiry, which takes many forms (click below and check out the menu for links to his projects, from the
to online men’s groups…):Our conversation touched on themes that I’m going to be exploring in The Path of Knowledge, a year-long immersion in yogic traditions. We also talked about the value of a long-term commitment to group inquiry – as Matthew puts it, that offers us space to embody new insights, facilitating “deeper transformation”. He adds:
“I also love the idea of the self-chosen project that participants get to create – anything from a conventional essay, to a yoga workshop, art installation or something else with a yogic flavour. Frankly, it sounds a lot more fun than studying the topic at university, and – as I can’t help but notice – Daniel’s course is a fraction of the cost.”
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i found you two drew us into the portal where yogic wisdom and healing collective trauma intersect beautifully with intelligence humor and humanity 🙂 thank you ! I, too, appreciate how Matthew explores ways of healing collective trauma with the wisdom he’s gleaned from his spiritual journey with Thomas Hubl and is integrating this hologram into new forms of media. Your yoga wise insights were beautiful additions to how we can evolve the modern with the ancient to shapeshift how we collectively dialogue beyond the media paradigms that only fuel antagonism sensationalize emotion and manipulate the language to data bomb our nervous system into fight flight or freeze states 😐
I found My training in Lifeforce Yoga has been a portal to a deep spiritual path and a healing of my psyche wounded and her shadow counterparts. As yoga became a personal practice over time healing my body and mind, I found a spiritual path that spoke to my intuitive parts who know what source feels like when my body is aligned with breath and restorative rhythms of presence and attunement found in the Natural world. No AI involved. My trauma informed professional skills have now been laser focused on my own befriending and tending to my nervous system with the support of Dr. Lissa’s Sacred Medicine, IFS informed trauma work and other spiritual guides like Thomas hubl and artists gathering in healing arts collectives. I think of my now daily yoga practice as a medicine for the body and mind and a tool I can use to regulate my own reactive parts and attune to my inner Source of wise peaceful warrior energy. I can see how shifting into my own presence is the best resource I have to remain highly attuned to how WE can shift the way we use language to access attune and recalibrate the collective media. We are one 🙏
I’ll look forward to hearing more from you guys and the depth of your understanding yoga text it’s roots and it’s philosophy, along with how it relates to shifts in our modern day life. As Bodhi and the Muse reimagine redesign our newsletter and add team, we’d love to quote from you and share yoga pearls of wisdom from you to the conscious collective communities. There are other souls who are open to seeing how yoga as a medicine for body mind can be a way to wisely Sourced nervous systems. 💕 Thank you to you and Matt for sharing your warrior to wise men pilgrimage stories as we are spiritually evolving in both the personal and the collective 🙏