BigTreeMind with Lana Lontos‪̌‬ Lana Lontos

A five-time lifetime achievement award recipient, Mike Hoolboom and I speak about making films, zen, motherhood, Judy Rebick, and our internal barriers to creativity. This episode explores the question of 'how to work' as a creative being.

Mike is a Canadian Filmmaker. 100+ film/vids. 20 features. 89 awards, 20 international retrospectives. 5-lifetime achievement awards. www.mikehoolboom.com

For more information about the artist: www.mikehoolboom.com
Introductory music by: Ronin Imperial
Artwork by: Antonia LaMantia | www.antonialamantia.com

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This is a short episode that focuses on learning how to develop a practice of caring for oneself, learning how to relate and connect to oneself and learning how to engage in this process of listening to ourselves.

Emerset gives a helpful explanation of this process and what this looks like in his own life of practicing and engaging in mindfulness and reflective practices.

Recorded spontaneously in Toronto on September 7th, 2022, at Ezra's Pound patio.

Introductory music by: Ronin Imperial

Artwork by: Emerset Farquharson

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Jay Tropianskaia, Registered Psychotherapist, Director of Training and the Senior Faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Toronto, Canada, has practiced as a Gestalt psychotherapist for the past 28 years.

In this special interview, we speak about the process of feeling more alive and present with the world around us.

We also speak about the current state of the world which is much faster to respond.

The insight and perspective Jay shares on presence and aliveness stem from her work in Shamanism, Gestalt Psychotherapy, and her own personal life.


We hope this episode can be a support for anyone working with their own abilities to be present or any therapist, helper, or healer who is in the role of working with others and seeking to understand the world beyond what is being said.

Introductory music by: Ronin Imperial

Artwork by Toronto-based artist and jeweller: Antonia LaMantia



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“Why do we have writing as human beings? It’s to express, to communicate and to design other future possibilities”. C.K.

Celeste Kirsh is a former middle school teacher. She's the host of the most excellent podcast called Teaching Tomorrow (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/teaching-tomorrow-podcast/id1433809331), and she is a first-year Ph.D. student at OISE.

We talk about nourishing imagination and confidence in children and adults and how the process of writing can change the world. Celeste also speaks about her writing process and how different parts of her being (planner, creative, critic and editor) play into the process.

This conversation touches upon school curriculums, creative writing, parts therapy, meditation, the art of good conversation, and the process of putting one foot in front of the other. I hope that you enjoy it.


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Carmelinda Di Manno ( www.carmelindadimanno.com ) speaks about her path to yoga and rituals of self-care. She's a practitioner of Emotional Freedom Technique and is a conscious DJ having taught and practiced all around the world. In this episode, we speak about practices that support anxiety and movement of energy.

Note: It is ok to not have a practice or rituals in mind when you listen to this episode. It is about finding moments of space to connect to self, such as, listening to this podcast episode and just taking a moment to yourself.


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Emerset Farquharson speaks about the body and the mind and how the body and the mind support each other. We are talking about the body and the mind working with each other rather than two parts fighting against each other. In this candid interview, Emerset shares his journey to this new perspective. This short episode is the inspiration for this season which focuses on presence and connection to self.

To give further context:

Imagine being tired and just lying down and taking a nap instead of feeling like you have to keep pushing. This episode has something to do with that. It has to do with what part of ourselves do we listen to? Do we listen to the body? Do we listen to the mind? When the body needs to rest or to move, how can the mind honour this need? When the mind needs to work through something, how can the body honour this need? Which part of us takes the lead and how can they work together instead of fighting each other?

Join us for this conversation by subscribing to the big tree mind podcast: www.lanalontos.com/podcast

For further opportunities to connect with Lana:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lana_lontos

Support for this podcast comes from donations from people like you. Became a patron and help produce more talks like this one by visiting www.bigtreemind.com/donate