#97 Death, Sex, Pain and Pleasure with Chris Ryan and Tao Ruspoli

Tao Ruspoli Christopher Ryan Anya Kaats

Tao Ruspoli Christopher Ryan Anya Kaats

Tao, Chris and Anya have a three-way… conversation. Sitting in Tao’s shipping container gallery in Yucca Valley, the three of us speak about the interwoven relationship between life, death, sex, pleasure, pain and creativity, and how the absence of death can directly correlate to an absence of eroticism. We question the hypocrisies of mainstream environmentalism, and whether individual action can influence collective change. We also speak about disagreement, the purpose of podcasts, and the art of conversation.

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Songs featured: “Pure Imagination” by Dave Harrington Group and “Human” by Sevdaliza

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#96 Everything is Beautiful and Dying: A Solo Episode

In this episode, I talk about how I’ve been feeling and what I’ve been thinking about over this past summer. Namely, about the intersection of beauty and death. I speak about how as I get older, a lot of my optimism and my desire to find “purpose” and “meaning” has become supplanted with unavoidable grief, death and sorrow. I question whether believing that everything happens for a reason is really just a manic and delusional avoidance of truth, honesty and sadness. I explore whether pessimism equals complacency, and if we’re kidding ourselves by thinking any one of us can make a palpable difference in the way we, as a species, operate in the world.

Song featured: “Mama” by Lola Kirke & Kelly Zutrau

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#95 Movement and Embodiment as Keys to Access Our True Self with Melayne Shayne

Melayne Shayne Anya Kaats podcast

Melayne Shayne Anya Kaats podcast

Melayne is a Budokon Mixed Movement Athlete and founder of the Warrior Women Tribe. She is the VP of the Mixed Movement Arts System Budokon and Director of the Budokon Yoga Program and Teacher Training. We speak about movement as a tool for self-exploration and as an invitation to think about how we exist in the world as a whole. We touch on imposter syndrome, sexuality, non-monogamy, and unpack the warrior woman archetype, as well as the mother archetype. We also discuss community and how it acts as a mirror, plus how moving toward fear and risk provides us with an opportunity to grow.

Find Melayne on Instagram and at Budokon.com

Melayne’s book recommendations: Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha, Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel, Intimate Relationships by Stephen Wolinsky & Conscious Loving by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks

Songs featured: “Iluminar” by Porangui, Sumeru by Islandman and “Feeling Good” by Sofi Tukker

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