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In this episode I interview Mark Turk, the director and founder of Beat for Beat, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing music education to students in public schools. Mark shares personal experiences and insights, shedding light on the transformative power of music and the importance of arts education in fostering creativity and innovation.   

Topics discussed:  

- The importance of creativity and music education 

- Beat for Beat's double impact model 

- Partnerships with Ableton and other organizations 

- Transformative experiences and changing lives through music education 

- Challenges faced by Beat for Beat 

- The need for a holistic approach to education 

- Assessing a child's emotional well-being in music programs 

- The power of performances and their impact on confidence 

- Podcasting as a learning tool and student-generated mini-podcasts 

- The cognitive and emotional benefits of playing music 

- Mentoring musicians for professional growth 

- The journey of Beat for Beat from a small teaching effort to a nonprofit organization 

- Advice for starting a nonprofit 

- Future goals of Beat for Beat 

- How to support Beat for Beat  

Tune in to explore the transformative potential of music education and its role in nurturing creativity and empowerment in students.  You can watch the video version on YouTube and learn more about Beat for Beat's initiatives and the impact of music education on students' lives.   

Connect with Beat 4 Beat: https://beat4beat.org/

In this episode of Amplify What You Love, Jaya Marks, AI software engineer & tech trailblazer, delves into the intersection of math, physics, and spirituality. Jaya shares his journey of studying math and physics in college, traveling to India to become a celibate monk and study Vedanta and Bhakti Yoga, and returning to the West and starting a family. He talks about the importance of finding a spiritual teacher while also discovering the truth for oneself.

With wisdom, humor, and personal anecdotes, Jaya discusses concepts like zero, one, and infinity as profoundly intimate, personal, and spiritual concepts. He explains how our projection into the future is based on who we are and what we seek, and how the desire for a flavor that comes from the deepest core of the self is what reality itself is made of.

Tune in to this intriguing and inspiring conversation, and visit jayamarks.com to find out more about Jaya's work.

Topics discussed: Math, physics, spirituality, meditation, psychedelics, the hero's journey, relationships, startups, cyclic conformal cosmology, hypergraph, art, morals.

Entities mentioned: Jaya Marks, the Maha mantra, Srila Narayana Maharaja, Gurudeva, Bhakti Yoga, Roger Penrose, Wolfram.

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My guest today, is Melissa Meader, founder of Synchrosoma, teaches a unique approach to working with our unconscious and shadowy material. Combining over 30 years in the yoga tradition, Jungian psychology, and intuitive archetypal based somatic practices, she has been helping others learn the art of “Shadow Stalking”.

She shares powerful modalities for self revelation through deep understanding of how the archetypes and shadows work in our lives. By doing this work we have the ability to mature our soul and co-create our mission on earth. In his book The Body Keeps The Score, Dr Bessel Vander Kolk says: Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.

In this episode Melissa shows us how to do this practically, and turns my world upside down in the best way. She shares powerful tools, universal truths, and hilarious stories that will help you to unlock your own Body’s wisdom and deepen your shadow work practice through embodiment practices.

Get Melissa's Free Intro To Shadow Work Guide: https://sunny-creator-907.ck.page/21280d5773

Or Signup for her amazing Shadow Work 101 Course: https://synchrosoma.thinkific.com/courses/shadow-stalking-101

And tune into her powerful podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/SPs51lg8

Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synchrosoma/

Her Website: https://www.synchrosoma.com/

When I started this podcast there was one guest in particular that I immediately wanted to interview, but I wanted to build up an audience before doing so. Here we are two years later and I was finally able to sit down with my spiritual teacher BV Siddhanti Maharaja.

Born in India, He has been a monk for over 30 years, in the Vaisnava tradition of Bhakti Yoga. He has personally served and cared for several of the most honored and respected gurus in this tradition and is an expert on speaking on the famous sacred text of India, the Srimad Bhagavatam. He travels all over the world speaking and sharing on spiritual topics about developing love of God, and is spreading a message of divine love through the chanting of God’s names.

We discuss:


The meaning of Bhakti Yoga, and how it's different then what we normally think of when we think of Yoga.
Who is a true Guru and how do we find one
The importance and wisdom of Vedic Philosophy and practices
Developing a personal relationship with God
An overview of one of India's most famous texts, the Srimad Bhagavatam, AKA Bhagavat Purana
The power of conversation
The supreme goal of life

Learn more about BV Siddhanti Maharaja and subscribe to his wonderful YouTube Channel: @SripadBVSiddhantiMaharaj

Website: http://bvsiddhantimaharaj.com

You can also watch this interview on my Youtube channel.

Mentorship can unlock the world. When elders share knowledge, skills, and support with youth, magic and transformation happen. I'm grateful for my guest today as he shares stories and lessons that have impacted and transformed him.On today's episode, I interview Anthony Thomas, athletics teacher, coach, and podcast host, and we dive deep into how Anthony's community impacted him greatly, the power of role models and mentors, the origin of Anthony's podcast a Long Way From The Block, a show about how stories of how passion and craft take us to the corners of the world. Listen to Anthony's podcast here: https://www.withanthonythomas.com/episodes Follow Anthony on YouTube: @A Long Way From The Block with Anthony ThomasFollow Anthony on Instagram: @alongwayfromtheblock

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