Conversations with Kara-Leah

Welcome to the second episode of season 3 of Conversations with Kara-Leah, recorded in my new home - Squamish Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Canada.  My guest today is Bhairav Thomas English. Bhairav is a dedicated teacher, practitioner, and empowered guru of Tantra and Kundalini Yoga with over 25 years of experience. His journey began after a near-fatal car accident, which led him to travel the world and be initiated into various traditions and lineages. He spent four years living in India, studying under his first yoga teacher until he met his Guru, Maharaji Guruji of the Bhairavananda lineage. Bhairav is the author of The Power of Tantric Meditation and the visionary behind Anuttara Ashram. As a co-creator and facilitator within the Anuttara School, Bhairav continues to share his deep wisdom, guiding others on their path to self-realization through authentic spiritual practices. Bhairav & I talk about all the things including: ✨ the near-death experience that changed everything for him ✨ what happened when he met his first yoga teacher in the foothills of Rishikesh ✨ how yoga healed him from an old car accident, including finally becoming medication-free ✨ what becoming a renunciate meant to him ✨ the impact of immersing in yoga practice for 6+ hours a day ✨ why he resisted teaching when his teacher asked him to ✨ how he met his tantric Guru and what happened when he first met him ✨ how the car accident blocked ajna chakra and what his Tantric master told him about it ✨ what it was like to go through a guru initiation ✨ the meaning of Tantra ✨ his understanding of karma ✨ astrology, Bill Gates, billionaire and being wealthy as a karmic tendency ✨ the intersection of destiny, free will, and karma ✨ Grace and Kundalinī ✨ what causes Kundalinī to awaken ✨ why a Guru is necessary once Kundalinī is awakened ✨ what happens when Kundalinī gets blocked at certain chakras ✨ the difference between awakening to the energy field, and Kundalinī awakening   Find Bhairav here: https://www.anuttara.org/ https://www.instagram.com/anuttara_ashram/    Show Credits Audio • Luke Bowman Music • Sexy Urban Beats by PenguinMusic Photo • Pete Longworth Graphic Design • Tara Spice   Subscribe to KL's newsletter https://karaleah.com/subscribe/

Welcome to the first episode of season 3 of Conversations with Kara-Leah, recorded in my new home - Squamish Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Canada. (Listen to the correct pronunciation here.) My first guest this seasion is Warren Hooley. Warren Hooley is from Penticton, British Columbia and was born of Okanagan/Syilx, English and Ukrainian heritage. He is passionate about nonviolent communication, decolonization and healthy masculinity and has facilitated over 2500 workshops in the past 13 years. Today Warren is based in Vancouver, BC and his overall vision is to help create communities where everyone can thrive and find genuine happiness. In his workshops, Warren loves to weave engaging activities with fascinating diagrams. He has a talent for creating spaces where people can learn skills that measurably impact their lives for years to come.  Warren & I talk about all the things including: healthy masculinity and why Warren prefers the term restricted masculinity to toxic masculinity relational neurobiology, nervous system regulation, shame and humility how tools like NVC (non-violent communication) can be used to manipulate the gift of fawning the Missing Factor in the Fight, Flight, Freeze & Fawn Model the ineffectiveness of cancel culture confidence as a coping mechanism the tragedy of men trapped in shame - and how to climb out the continuum of emotional expression, processing and containment what it means if you can't handle an action-adventure movie staying safe as a male facilitator decolonization, the wall of shame, the river of grief and the ocean of possibility the danger of prioritizing productivity as a value and finally, Warren's vision for the more beautiful world.  Find Warren here: https://www.warrenhooley.com/home https://www.instagram.com/mrwarrenhooley/ https://www.facebook.com/Warrenseannhooley Credits   Audio • Luke Bowman Music • Sexy Urban Beats by PenguinMusic  Photo • Pete Longworth Graphic Design • Tara Spice

This conversation went to ALL the juicy places - the playful, the painful, the divine, and everything else in between.    We talk about Adam's personal journey with trauma and how he found healing. We get into hot-topic issues around gender, sexuality, identity, and Adam's experiences as a gay man in New Zealand. And we talk about making Transformational Festivals into spaces that are TRULY safe and inclusive because as much as we love these Festivals we also recognise how they could be better. Oh, and there's a bonus twerking lesson in there too! You're welcome.   Adam Robertson is a Neurosomatic Facilitator, Public Speaker, Coach, and founder of Twerkwerk.   Find Adam here:   Website • https://www.adamrobertson.co.nz/ Instagram • https://www.instagram.com/adamtrobertson/ Facebook • https://www.facebook.com/adamtrobertson0 Twerkwerk • https://www.twerkwerknz.com/   Credits   Audio • Luke Bowman Music • Sexy Urban Beats by PenguinMusic  Photo • Pete Longworth Graphic Design • Tara Spice

Aaron Hendry is a Youth Worker, rangatahi advocate, writer, and political commentator on social justice issues. In this episode, we focus on youth homelessness in Aotearoa and how Aaron's Christian faith motivates him to work with the most structurally marginalised people in our society. We also get into personal responsibility vs collective responsibility, ideologies of hate and fear, what it really means to 'be the change', and explore how Love can be the guiding force in our lives. Aaron is incredibly articulate and passionate. I can't recommend this episode enough.   Find Aaron here:   Substack • https://wlas.substack.com/ Instagram • https://www.instagram.com/a.j.hendry/ Facebook • https://www.facebook.com/aejayhendry Twitter •  https://twitter.com/AeJayHendry   Credits   Audio • Luke Bowman Music • Sexy Urban Beats by PenguinMusic  Photo • Pete Longworth Graphic Design • Tara Spice