THE MASON TAYLOR SHOW
Potentially returning soon
The Mason Taylor Show has been resting, and it may well be on its way back. The archive of past episodes lives below in the meantime.
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Awesome Levels Of Health in 2016 with Mason
In this one I ride solo jamming about my favourite things that I've learn from the guests so far on the podcast in 2015 and how to deepen these distinctions to make 2016 the healthiest and best year possible. I also share (for a but longer than I originally intended) how I use an Awesome List (kind of an upgraded bucket list) to ensure the momentum of my life stays focused on taking me in the direction that will be the greatest for my body, mind and spirit. It's seriously a profound tool that will enrich your life.
Get primed to make this the best year yet for your health and your life with this one.
In this one I ride solo jamming about my favourite things that I've learn from the guests so far on the podcast in 2015 and how to deepen these distinctions to make 2016 the healthiest and best year possible. I also share (for a but longer than I originally intended) how I use an Awesome List (kind of an upgraded bucket list) to ensure the momentum of my life stays focused on taking me in the direction that will be the greatest for my body, mind and spirit. It's seriously a profound tool that will enrich your life.
Some of the topics I go into are spring water, beer, being infinite and the beautiful longevity frame of mind that the Taoists embodied and can now teach us. It's a fun and cheeky show that I know you'll love. As will be reiterated in the episode, ensuring that you do not ignore or negate your passions and desires when crafting your life is important, and I share with you what I'm doing to ensure that no part of me remains ignored this year. I intend to bring more adventure to my life and my health this year, and I can't wait to experience what new aspects of health this will open up for me. I invite you to embark on the adventure also and get curious about just how good your health can get!
Stay Enchanted!
Riding The Waves Of Flow States with Jiro Taylor
In this episode I interview an incredible adventurer, founder of Flowstate Collective and flow coach Jiro Taylor. He's neck deep into the research and application of the flow state phenomena. We delve into what this phycological state of mind and being is and how to access it to bring a state of high performance to your life. We of course delve into the side of looking at what these flow states do for our physical health and their implications on the brain waves that ripple out to all areas of life to bring more flow and grace to our personal world.
In this episode, I interview an incredible adventurer, founder of Flowstate Collective and flow coach Jiro Taylor. He's neck deep into the research and application of the flow state phenomena. We delve into what this phycological state of mind and being is and how to access it to bring a state of high performance to your life. We of course delve into the side of looking at what these flow states do for our physical health and their implications on the brain waves that ripple out to all areas of life to bring more flow and grace to our personal world.
The interview takes a beautiful balancing act approach to flow states in dancing between the modern neurological research and ancient Eastern philosophy and practices that were ensconced in accessing these states of flow to ensure that we are gaining the greatest levels of joy, adventure and experience from this lifetime. Jiro is an epic surfer, snowboarder and entrepreneur also and he discusses how these things have given him a vessel to explore his own potential and how you can follow the clues from your passions, things you are interested in doing already, to bring some beautiful flow states into your world.
Enjoy!
Links:
Jiro's site
The Flowstate Collective
http://www.flowstatecollective.com/
Jiro's epic podcast The Flowstate Performance Podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/flowstate-performance-podcast/id1049563447
Play Your Way To Extreme Longevity with Peter Ragnar
Today’s enchanted health guest on the show is Peter Ragnar. He’s an internationally recognised author of twenty-nine books, as well as a speaker, qi gong master, and spiritual mentor. He has close to sixty years of heart-based experience as a martial artist and an expert in health, fitness, and organic living, and is absolutely rocking the longevity lifestyle. In his 70s now, Peter still trains world-champion kick boxers and Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductees, while continuing to peel years off his life through embodying longevity and anti aging ways of being, philosophies, techniques and practices. We discuss these at length.
Today’s enchanted health guest on the show is Peter Ragnar. He’s an internationally recognised author of twenty-nine books, as well as a speaker, qi gong master, and spiritual mentor. He has close to sixty years of heart-based experience as a martial artist and an expert in health, fitness, and organic living, and is absolutely rocking the longevity lifestyle. In his 70s now, Peter still trains world-champion kick boxers and Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductees, while continuing to peel years off his life through embodying longevity and anti aging ways of being, philosophies, techniques and practices. We discuss these at length.
The conversation is heavily grounded in key distinctions and teachings of how to break free of the mental lethargy that drags most into a life destined to end in degeneration, and step onto a path that is fun, exciting, engaged in life and, of course, adding years and years to your life, cultivating true vitality. We touch on breath work, herbalism and martial arts training, so you’ll have some key take aways to ground into your days and begin embodying the path of longevity.
Links:
Peter’s site
Peter’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/sensei.peter.ragnar?fref=ts
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Dancing The Patterns Of Permaculture with Tania Leilani
Tania Lailani has been rocking the permaculture path, a deep and special expression of gardening, for 25 years. She’s taught all over the world and is currently a custodian (and is living at) a 200 acre property in the Byron Bay Hinterland which is seriously one of the most incredible places I’ve ever been! It’s an amazing food forest and living system that has emerged and thrived from previously being a cow paddock 15 years ago based on her insights, wisdom and experience of working with the natural living systems of nature; with the Earth. This interview will inspire you like crazy to reconnect with the natural patterns of life and nature and generally live an incredible healthy, yet balanced life, no matter where you live.
Tania Lailani has been rocking the permaculture path, a deep and special expression of gardening, for 25 years. She’s taught all over the world and is currently a custodian (and is living at) a 200 acre property in the Byron Bay Hinterland which is seriously one of the most incredible places I’ve ever been! It’s an amazing food forest and living system that has emerged and thrived from previously being a cow paddock 15 years ago based on her insights, wisdom and experience of working with the natural living systems of nature; with the Earth. This interview will inspire you like crazy to reconnect with the natural patterns of life and nature and generally live an incredible healthy, yet balanced life, no matter where you live.
We talk about core permaculture and living principles, developing immunity, embodying energy efficiency for the most incredible life possible, immunity, vaccines, community, wild food and heaps more! Tania’s land is where I run my retreat from also, and you get an insight into why it’s so important to have a well tended to land to work with in these instances that support the work that we are doing as humans to heal, flourish and live the best life ever.
Strap yourselves in for this one, it’s truly enchanting and I know you will absolutely love it.
Tania doesn’t have a website, but if you sign up for my newsletter over at my website we’ll be doing some videos together to give you some further insights. If you’re up for coming and experiencing it for yourself come along to one of my retreat to immerse yourself in the elements and deeply feel what we are discussing in this interview.
Enjoy!
Links:
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The Communication Of Unification with Jon Low
Ooooooo it's a good one today, once more diving deep into the more multidimensional realms of health, this one being a conversations about the multidimensional aspects of ourselves and how to communicate with ourselves in a way that makes this whole journey of life a beautiful, insightful experience. Jon Low is traditionally a writer and brand strategist, but shows his true colours in this ep. as he shares deeply about the ways to bypass waging inner war with yourself, shedding the need and/or want for attachment to the labels that are used to describe us (in the health realm this looks like vegan, macro, paleo, crossfitter blah blah blah), and how to tap into and begin to delve into the underlying and evolving aspect of yourself that is giving rise to your outer experience. These can be seen as core values, and they'll get your cells singing when you hear us jam about them.
Ooooooo it's a good one today, once more diving deep into the more multidimensional realms of health, this one being a conversations about the multidimensional aspects of ourselves and how to communicate with ourselves in a way that makes this whole journey of life a beautiful, insightful experience. Jon Low is traditionally a writer and brand strategist, but shows his true colours in this ep. as he shares deeply about the ways to bypass waging inner war with yourself, shedding the need and/or want for attachment to the labels that are used to describe us (in the health realm this looks like vegan, macro, paleo, crossfitter blah blah blah), and how to tap into and begin to delve into the underlying and evolving aspect of yourself that is giving rise to your outer experience. These can be seen as core values, and they'll get your cells singing when you hear us jam about them.
Enjoy everyone, go deep when listening to this one, allow it to be slippery for the mind and start that beautiful communication with yourself that leads to the best health ever!
Entering The Wild Imaginal Realms with Stephen Harrod Buhner
In this special interview I have a deep conversation with one of my greatest inspirations in my work and life, Stephen Harrod Buhner. His work into herbalism, heart perception, plant medicine, Earth poetry, Lyme's, bacterial intelligence and more has reignited many people's journey into the indescribable "imaginal" realm that plant enthusiasts, artists and adventures through time have known well, beyond the reductionist mental approach to life that our culture insists upon and "trains" us for; it's time to invite the wildness to grow from within you once more.
In this special interview I have a deep conversation with one of my greatest inspirations in my work and life, Stephen Harrod Buhner. His work into herbalism, heart perception, plant medicine, Earth poetry, Lyme's, bacterial intelligence and more has reignited many people's journey into the indescribable "imaginal" realm that plant enthusiasts, artists and adventures through time have known well, beyond the reductionist mental approach to life that our culture insists upon and "trains" us for; it's time to invite the wildness to grow from within you once more.
We touch many beautiful topics ranging from wild terrain medicine, herbal antibiotics and the effect of pharmaceuticals on the planet. We delve into talking about this mystical and empowering realm that is driven by feeling, the place where you can start to develop a deep relationship with the planet, with the plants that help heal us and your self-healing journey.
His books and work are transformational and I can't recommending getting your hands on some highly enough and letting the inspiration roll. I especially recommend The Lost Language Of Plants, The Secret Teachings Of Plants, Plant Intelligence And The Imaginal Realms and Sacred And Herbal Healing Beers.
Enjoy the show!
Links:
Stephen's site
Lyme's Crowd Funding - please donate and support
The Cosmic Adventure Of Life with George Kavassilas
George Kavassilas and I join forces for this conversation into the realms of cosmic health. He has had experiences throughout his life that have allowed him to gain key insights into the true nature of this universe, this planet we call home, and what it is to be human which have incredible and deep implications on our ability to ease into our lives, access our true state of multidimensional freedom, and cultivate true vitality and joy.
George Kavassilas and I join forces for this conversation into the realms of cosmic health. He has had experiences throughout his life that have allowed him to gain key insights into the true nature of this universe, this planet we call home, and what it is to be human which have incredible and deep implications on our ability to ease into our lives, access our true state of multidimensional freedom, and cultivate true vitality and joy.
We delve pretty deep, touching on concepts that are what some would call "out there," however I felt it was time to open the entire playing field around this health conversation and ensure that this one was included up there with food, herbs and movement.
Get ready to come home to yourself in this one, remember just how infinite (literally) you are, and appreciate the sweet nourishment you receive from the Earth.
Resources:
George's Website
http://www.ourjourneyhome.com.au
George's Book:
http://www.ourjourneyhome.com.au/our-universal-journey/
Money, Adrenals and Plant Medicine with Jeffrey Slayter
I think you all going to REALLY love this interview. Jeffrey Slayter is an incredible teacher and educator in the field of entrepreneurialism, business and self-transformation. He has literally training hundreds of thousands of people to breath passion into their lives and business while creating that sense of financial freedom for people who he believes are here to make a difference in the world.
I think you all going to REALLY love this interview. Jeffrey Slayter is an incredible teacher and educator in the field of entrepreneurialism, business and self-transformation. He has literally training hundreds of thousands of people to breath passion into their lives and business while creating that sense of financial freedom for people who he believes are here to make a difference in the world.
We get real on how money, your finances and your experience of freedom effects the adrenals and nervous system when the skill of creating safety and balance for yourself through the planet's agreed trading system (money) is not cultivated; this calls for a mature conversation around money. Jeff also dives deep into his work with plant medicine and how he sees the dissolving of borders between the deep inner work and the big business world being a major player in create a big shift on the planet.
Links:
Jeff's website
http://jeffreyslayter.com/
The Grand Initiative
http://thegrandinitiative.com/
The Spirit of Tonic Herbalism with Rehmannia Dean Thomas
Rehmannia is one of the major players in the world dedicated to bringing the timeless wisdom of the ancient Taoist tonic herbal tradition to the wider world. His integrity and commitment to honouring the essence of this incredible health tradition is palpable throughout the interview and gives an incredible insight into the true potential and intention behind adopting a prevention-based approach to health through the inclusion of tonic herbs.
Rehmannia is one of the major players in the world dedicated to bringing the timeless wisdom of the ancient Taoist tonic herbal tradition to the wider world. His integrity and commitment to honouring the essence of this incredible health tradition is palpable throughout the interview and gives an incredible insight into the true potential and intention behind adopting a prevention-based approach to health through the inclusion of tonic herbs.
We dive pretty deep into how to develop a relationship with these herbs, as well sharing insights into what makes them so special, where they came from and the possibilities that they open within our capacity for physical health and immunological freedom.
I think you'll particularly appreciate the simple yet deep way in which the information and insights are delivered, they go beyond just being another source telling you to include something in your diet because it's healthy, but offer the opportunity for you to get very clear and empowered around this conversation of tonic herbalism in a modern context.
LINKS:
Rehmannia's Website
http://www.shamanshackherbs.com/
Gate Of Life Course:
Deep Body Perception and Movement with Benny Ferguson
To kick of The Mason Taylor Show I interview Benny Ferguson, a movement coach and evolutionary who for 11 years has delved DEEP into the realms of movement, mind-body unity and true physical potential. It is an absolutely fascinating and clarifying look at what the true essence of our movement practice is and how it can be embodied to build greater freedom, happiness, strength and unity within our physical (and beyond) body.
To kick of The Mason Taylor Show I interview Benny Ferguson, a movement coach and evolutionary who for 11 years has delved DEEP into the realms of movement, mind-body unity and true physical potential. It is an absolutely fascinating and clarifying look at what the true essence of our movement practice is and how it can be embodied to build greater freedom, happiness, strength and unity within our physical (and beyond) body.
We end up coming back to the conversation of how we can bypass the noise and stress of the exercise and fitness industry and return to simply being in direct perception of our body, and how to move from that space. Lots of tips and insights are shared that you can take right away to embody what Benny is sharing and begin to truly release the tension that causes so much pain and stagnation in the body.
Pay spacial attention to the distinctions on how true relaxation and softness allow you to integrate the mind and FEEL yourself deeply within your connective tissue; the fascia. We especially nerd out about this topic and I feel it is a game-changing and beautiful emerging approach to moving our bodies that will see you kick-started into discovering that freedom and potential that has been within your body ALL along.
LINKS:
Movement Monk Website
Free Flexibility Course by Benny