Covid has disrupted our habitual ways of gathering and meeting one another. It forced us to slow down, to stay at home. The air got better, Animals came out. AND since it has somewhat subsided. MOST people just want to go back EXACTLY to the way it was. And to do this ignored or suppressed the knowledge that it is actually still dangerous and killing people and causing long-term changes. The VAST majority have brought with them the gifts that Covid gave.

Loneliness increases risk of death by 47%

revealing the love shimmering below the surface of our every day lives

What is the music at the end of the piece?

Charles

British bass guitarist Yolanda Charles carries some powerful stories
about trust, luck, mentorship, motherhood, and music. She shares some of them in our far-reaching conversation on these and other topics. Why does luck sometimes happen in life? Are some people born lucky? Do we make our own luck? What choices and conditions invite it in? This conversation gave me insight into these questions, and I hope it will for you as well.

About Yolanda Charles:
Yolanda Charles is a touring musician and mother of three, who has
played and toured with Squeeze, Hans Zimmer, Robbie Williams, Mick
Jagger, and others. You can support her on Patreon and find her work on Youtube, Soundcloud, and her website.

MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/yoyobasscharles 
WEBSITE: https://g4dz.com/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/YoBassCharles/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yolandacharlesmusic

NAAS

Yolanda Charles: Trusting Life (E55)

My Set from Elements Festival 2022. A selection of original tracks and remixes of my tracks performed under the moon in a tribal dance floor called the Elemental Stage.

Elements Festival 2022 Set

Track List:

Camel Power Club - Hekla
Hadouk Trio - Lomsha
Jin Yerei - Canción de la Nostalgia
Superpoze - Opening
Gelka - Eau Rouge pt. 1
Lund Quartet - Love's Madness
Islandman - Zebra
Trippin Jaguar - Oratory
Ezéchiel Pailhès - River Day
Yaron Herman Trio - No Surprises
Lund Quartet - Merula
Kuba - District 6
Phaeleh - Empty Jar
Pete Kuzma - Lullaby for Little Spoon

SUPERDOSE MIXTAPE

Desert Trax's #ThrowbackThursday post #4 features Bellhop's "Fly Away". This album premiered on Desert Trax on October 15th, 2016.
BANDCAMP:: https://deserttrax.bandcamp.com/album/fly-away

Follow Bellhop:
https://soundcloud.com/bellhop-music

This full length album brings Bellhops fun and whimsical attitude out on display for all to hear. This is a collection of music for dancing, love making, and of course.... pool parties. 

From Disco Caravan, a driving bouncy gypsy tune,fresh out of a Berlin after party, to cuts like Owl Creek that are calm, melodic and forward thinking, Bellhop consistently delivers a positive message with a bouncy backdrop. If you like grime, there is some dirty hilarious vocals on 'I want the Seeds Baby', one that is sure to rage festivals and clubs alike.

Buy all

Bellhop - Owl Creek

This continuous mix is made of  Daydream EP mixed with field recordings made in magnificent Bali.
The Daydream Project is the hauntingly delicate music collaboration of artist/singer Meghan Currie and sound engineer/producer Nenad Radosevic’s ‘The Blend Orchestra.
‘Stay Awake’ connect your ‘Pieces’ and ‘Daydream’!

Daydream EP - Continuous Mix(Feat. Meghan Currie and The Blend Orchestra)

What is mine to do? This is the mantra of Gigi Coyle, a revered veteran of social, political, and spiritual movements going back to the 1970s. Gigi was instrumental in the founding of the Ojai Foundation, Youth Passageways, Beyond Boundaries, and other groups. She is a true elder, someone whose experiences, successes, and especially failures give birth to wisdom in the soil of her humility. I hope listeners benefit as much from this conversation as I did.

This is Part One of a two-part conversation. You can find Part Two at:
https://charleseisenstein.org/podcasts/new-and-ancient-story-podcast/gigi-coyle-what-is-mine-to-do-e42/

More about Gigi's work: 
http://schooloflostborders.org/content/virginia-gigi-coyle

A New and Ancient Story

Gigi Coyle: What is Mine to Do? Part 1 (E42.1)

Gigi Coyle: What is Mine to Do? - Part 1 (E42)

Covid-19 is like a rehab intervention that breaks the addictive hold of normality. To interrupt a habit is to make it visible; it is to turn it from a compulsion to a choice. When the crisis subsides, we might have occasion to ask whether we want to return to normal, or whether there might be something we’ve seen during this break in the routines that we want to bring into the future.

You can also find the original essay here: https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/

The Coronation

The Coronation - read by Charles Eisenstein

The Coronation - Read by Charles Eisenstein

This rich dialog treats the evolution of activism beyond us-versus-them thinking, with special reference to current events around race, the indigenous, and the Amazon rainforest. Alnoor Ladha’s work focuses on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rules (TR), a global network of activists, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers and others focused on changing the rules that create inequality, poverty and climate change. Currently, he is active with Cura Da Terra (#CuraDaTerra), a campaign of and for the indigenous of the Amazon in their role as healers of the earth. Alnoor comes from a Sufi lineage and explores/writes about the intersection between politics and spirituality in times of crisis.

The Rules: https://therules.org/

New & Ancient Story

Alnoor Ladha: Oppression, Interconnection, Healing (E48)

Galina Angaraova is an indigenous rights activists and the Executive
Director of the nonprofit Cultural Survival. Her stories from her native indigenous village in Siberia illuminate vividly and poignantly the topics we visit, such as gift culture in indigenous societies, the
tragedy of "development," the power of ceremony, healing trauma, and the nature of true wealth. What she describes in Siberia -- the damage and the healing -- applies powerfully to our modern condition.

Articles on philanthropy -https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/reimagining-philanthropy-towards-relationships-trust-abundance-and-radical-love  and
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/indigenizing-philanthropy-rematriating-distribution-wealth    
Website: www.cs.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/culturalsurvival/
@culturalsurvival
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/culturalsurvival/  @culturalsurvival 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSORG   @CSORG

Galina Angarova: Cultural Survival (E53)

Huge gratitude and appreciation to all the artists on this set. Extra special thanks to Climbing Poetree feat. Ayla Nereo for the opening piece. It speaks so perfectly to the intent of my experience with Momentom Collective. Studying permaculture in close community and communion with the land, dreaming and implementing solutions, and redefining progress. Endless respect for your brilliance and genius. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

May all beings be well. May all beings be happy. And may dance always guide you home to your heart through your body.

The Coronation - Read by Charles Eisenstein

Charles Eisenstein

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