In this episode we are joined by Paige Hasaballah, otherwise known as Delta Venus. Delta is a visual communicator and intuitive conduit whose art and offerings are primarily about exploring consciousness. She works with her Egyptian lineage incorporating ancient spiritual practice into her creative expression. Her aim is to create space for the experience of oneness. Each artwork is designed to be lived with, meditated on, and experienced through.

In this episode, we hear from Caroline Blanco - Mother, Vedic Meditation teacher, creative consultant & mentor. She lives and works on Bundjalung country nurturing individuals and teams to create, birth and live with deeper connection, purpose & freedom. After a deep healing journey from her traumatic first birth, Caroline recently free birthed her 2nd child undisturbed at home and in this episode she shares with us her learnings and experience.

In this episode Mahasoma teachers Laura Poole and Sarah O’Brien come together to talk about Sarah’s journey into Vedic meditation. Sarah’s comes from a background in legal advocacy. After finishing her law degree, Sarah jumped straight into working in human rights and administrative law, which was what she had spent her 7 years at university hoping to do. In a pretty short period of time, she witnessed the way we currently try to make change in the world and it began to feel that for her, the legal industry wasn’t the way she could have the best impact. As Sarah went deeper into Vedic knowledge, travelled to India and really allowed herself to dream, she came to understand that teaching people new (or should we say re-enlivening old) ways of seeing the world was going to have much more of an impact than her current work.

In this episode our Mahasoma teacher Laura Poole speaks with our Vedic Astrologer, Blaine Watson. Vedic Astrology, or ‘Jyotiṣa’ as it is called in Sanskrit, has become an increasingly popular way of taking care of one’s future. Jyotiṣa means the ‘best of lights’. It’s the Vedic science of bringing awareness or light to the evolutionary process of life, predicting what’s coming and revealing that which is hidden from view, so we can adapt, adjust our behaviour, make better decisions and create greater coherent flow for ourselves as individuals and our society as a whole.

In this episode we are joined by our dear friends, Danielle Escobar and Sole De Riccio from Soma Shakti Postpartum Care. This conversation is a beautiful continuum from two our previous episodes with Ayurveda practitioner, Dylan Smith from Vital Veda. In Episode 5 of the Mahasoma Podcast we explored Ayurveda for menstruation, pre-conception and conscious conception, then in Episode 6 we dived into Ayurveda for pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. In this episode, we focus on the postpartum aspect of pregnancy and how to apply the wisdom of Ayurveda to create greater health, nourishment and vitality.

This episode features Meg Ulman of Artist as Family. Meg lives with family in Daylesford, Victoria on a ¼ acre permaculture plot. It’s home to their ‘School of Applied Neopeasantry’ at Tree Elbow University on Djaara peoples' country. They live a life of deep connection to Nature and community, teaching radical neo-peasant homemaking, community economy making and other accountable living skills.

We’re in conversation with Simon Borg-Olivier, biologist, physiotherapist and yoga teacher based in Sydney, Australia. Dive in deep with Laura and Simon as they discuss modern vs. traditional concepts of yoga and meditation, static vs moving meditation and how to live in your body in a relaxed way.

In this episode of the Mahasoma podcast, we are really excited to have Etienne Peirsman come on the show and share with our community his life’s work. In this episode we speak about what craniosacral is, the therapy side and the ‘non-doing’ meditative side. We explore how to heal our hearts to let love flow, a new way of working with trauma and the healing power of doing nothing.

Laura Poole is in conversation with Nicole Azzopardi - journalist, cook, gardener and devoted parent. Nicole shares more about journeying to the south of India to find her life-long spiritual teacher Sri Sakthi Amma, and then the two woman share their views on many topics, such as the true purpose of our human birth, using our privilege for good and the spiritual practice of seva (self-less service).

Laura Poole is in conversation with Dylan Smith from Vital Veda talking about pain, suffering, and the awakening journey of meditation. If you suffer from physical pain, chronic pain, feel trapped in your body, or have been given an 'incurable' diagnosis, then take a listen as there may be some inspiration in here for you to open up to another perspective of health and healing.

Laura is in conversation with Sophie Weldon, Founder and Managing Director of Humankind Enterprises - a social enterprise which uses the ancient process of storytelling and the modern innovation of StoryTech and StoryData to help create a world that is more connected, inclusive and empathetic. 

In Part 2 of the Mahasoma Podcast with Dylan Smith from Vital Veda, Laura and Dylan explore more about pregnancy, birth and post-partum care through the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda.

In this 2 part episode with Dylan Smith from Vital Veda, we’re in conversation about menstruation, pre-conception and conscious conception, asking what Ayurveda has to say about these vital aspects of women’s health.

Laura interviews Myra Lewin from Hale Pule on coming back to our nature through Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedic farming practices.

We’re kicking off the Mahasoma podcast with a 2-part episode of an incredible conversation between our founder Laura Poole, and rebel of the heart Alice Miller. Recorded on the banks of the Ganga River in Northern India.

We’re kicking off the Mahasoma podcast with a 2-part episode of an incredible conversation between our founder Laura Poole, and rebel of the heart Alice Miller. Recorded on the banks of the Ganga River in Northern India.

Welcome to our new podcast! Sharing stories and Vedic wisdom for living a new normal.