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No one knows everything, but everyone knows something no one else knows. In this time of crisis and chaos in culture and nature there is a dire need for honoring all sides of things. We have lost the art of nuance and subtlety. On The Other Side of Things Michael will take you on a deep AND accessible way of looking at yourself, others and the world so you can find a lucid sanity grounded in deep mystery. We will be exploring taboo topics around love, sex, death and madness. You can always c ...
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Welcome to Musitations™ – Sound Healing and Sound Wisdom for a world in need. On Musitations™ we explore all things musical, meditative and creative for healing, transforming and awakening the relationship between nature, culture and the soul. I'm Michael Brant DeMaria and I'm your host and guide on this journey on the edge of a new Millennium. I bring my 30+ years of experience as an integrative, holistic wellness guide, bestselling author, meditation/yoga/mindfulness teacher and a 4-time G ...
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The Other Side of Things (E11) Bipolar Awakenings with Sean Blackwell
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00:37 Introduction 01:39 Who is Sean Blackwell? 03:59 Our mutual connection to Holotropic Breathwork. 05:32 Sean's Bipolar Episode and Hospitalization. 07:22 Working with his partner's nieces psychotic episodes. 07:57 Dr. John Weir Perry and Dr. Loren Moser's influence on Sean. 09:38 Sean has done 60-70 retreat with people around the world. 13:16 T…
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The Other Side of Things (E10) The Aquarian Shaman with Linda Star Wolf #breathwork #healing #shaman
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00:00 Introduction 01:04 Who is Linda Star Wolf, Ph.D. 03:35 Star Wolf gives us a beautiful opening blessing 06:57 History of Michael and Star's relationship 11:50 The Spiral Path - the transformational process that requires change! 15:30 The origin of the word Shaman and it's true meaning as Shamaning... 19:16 Trusting when things need to end... 2…
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The Other Side of Things (Ep 09) - "My Mysterious Son" with Dick Russell
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00:00 Intro 01:05 Who is Dick Russell? 04:47 What is My Mysterious Son about and why Dick wrote it. 06:15 Other ways of looking at Schizophrenia and Otherworldliness . 08:44 Michael's soulchosis/spiritual emergency at 18 and how he worked through it. 10:55 Dick's first contact with Jung and Hillman 12:50 Hillman asks Dick to write his Biography - w…
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The Other Side of Things (Ep 08) - Trauma-Informed Personal Training with Gabi Varga
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00:00 Introduction 01:13 Who is Gabi Varga? 06:05 A Holistic Approach to Fitness 10:51 The Imprint of Trauma on our Bodies 12:18 Nurturing Our Nervous Systems 20:38 When Clients Feel Safe Even Tears May Come 23:16 Understanding What Dysregulation of The Nervous System Is 37:15 Fight, Flee, Freeze or Fawn Responses. 40:41 What Trauma-Sensitive Perso…
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The Other Side of Things (Ep 07) - "Moments of Eternity" with Michael Meade
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00:00 Introduction 01:00 Who is Michael Meade? 03:20 What Michael is tracking post election? 04:00 Manu and the Fish - a story about the origin of human consciousness 08:00 Moving from the Law of the Fishes to the Law of Manu 10:30 How do we feed that 'little fish' in our own life. 11:00 When we are following our calling we can deal with big heavy …
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The Other Side of Things (Ep 06) - "Intimacy with All Things" with Alyssa Morin
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00:00 Introduction 01:17 Who is Alyssa Morin? 02:22 Michael's early trauma 03:35 Gwyneth Paltrow Love, Sex and Goop 04:00 What is Somatic Sex Education? 05:00 Alyssa's background in Zen, Soulwork and being a minister's daughter. 06:00 Alyssa's journey to SSE and what it is. 09:35 Let me dive into everything during her first Saturn Return 11:00 Caff…
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The Other Side of Things (Ep 05) - "All The Honey" with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer #poetry #healing
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00:00 Introduction 01:40 Who is Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer? 03:10 All The Honey 04:20 How did you become a poet? 07:50 What opened your heart as a child? 08:19 A poem a day. 09:20 "I wrote the first bare line...pure wisdom...pure foolishness" 10:40 Poetry and dealing with darkness and her son's death. 14:00 Turning Towards What is True. 14:43 It doe…
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The Other Side of Things (Ep 04) - Stem Cell Therapy
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00:00 Introduction 01:37 Who is Kevin Lucas? 03:47 Who is Shannon Rogers? 05:40 How Kevin found stem cell therapy. 09:45 How Shannon found stem cell therapy. 15:18 Michael's experience with stem cell therapy. 19:00 You are not your diagnosis! 20:45 What is stem cell therapy and how does it work? 27:20 The rest of the world has been doing this for t…
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The Other Side of Things Ep 03 - "Polywise" with Jessica Fern
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00:00 Intro 01:55 Who is Jessica Fern? 04:00 What is love? 06:00 I wrote this book for love. 08:00 Jessica's finding the language of polyamory 10:00 Paradigms, Mindsets and Social Lenses 11:50 Emotional Wiring from our Conditioned Mindsets 14:00 Polyamory - different ways of understanding many loves 16:15 What are polyintimates? Emotional connectio…
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Musitations™ - Healing Vibrations with Travis Schumacher (E19)
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00:00 Intro 06:23 Travis' Journey 12:20 Travis attacked by Dogs in a Monastery in Thailand! 17:00 Travis and Drew's humbly start their YouTube channel in a 350sq ft studio apartment! 21:00 Travis shares about surprises and insights about his Sound Healing Journey 25:00 Michael's Yoga Nidra, Samskaras and release of emotions in Sound Healing and Med…
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The Other Side of Things Ep 02 - "A Fight to Be" with Dr. Ron Bassman
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00:00 Intro 06:04 How we met and how he finally published his book 07:30 Madness and Alternative states of reality 11:00 Mad in America and Others Stories 13:04 A Fight To Be - his book 14:07 Ron's 23rd Birthday in the Psych Ward 16:26 "You don't look schizophrenic." 17:00 Auntie Ray, Ron's Mentor 17:33 Fugitive Literature 18:28 Insulin Shock 19:01…
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The Other Side of Things - Introduction - Episode 1
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Happy Halloween and welcome to my new podcast! I will still be doing my other podcast: Musitations™: Exploring Music, Meditation, Creativity and Wisdom, however, this is the beginning of a much deeper and larger conversation on many challenging topics where we need to begin to move from the friction of contradiction to the possibilities of creative…
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Musitations™ - Burnout and Soul Renewal with McCall Erickson (E18)
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I was so honored to be interviewed on McCall's podcast Falling Into Soul: An Exploration of Inner Alchemy on the subject of Burnout & Soul Renewal, a subject near and dear to my heart. Having burned out 3 times in my life, I knew this would be a deep dive and it was! She graciously agreed for me to post it on my youtube channel and included it on m…
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Musitations™ - Surviving Storms - with Mark Nepo (E17)
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For those who know Mark Nepo's work he needs no introduction. For those who are not yet familiar with his work, Mark Nepo has been called “one of the finest spiritual guides of our time,” “a consummate storyteller,” and “an eloquent spiritual teacher.” A bestselling author, he has published twenty-three books and recorded sixteen audio projects. Hi…
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Musitations™ - You Must Change Your Life - with Rachel Corbett (E16)
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00:00 Intro 04:17 Letters to a Young Poet Inspiration 05:51 Rodin and Rilke’s Relationship 08:00 Rilke asks, “How should I live?” 09:22 Rodin’s Answer 11:51 Rilke’s quest for a Muse 14:29 Heart Work and Empathy 19:45 Creativity and Madness 21:12 Do we need demons to create? 26:00 Art and the Mystery of Being 27:45 Seeing with Awe and Wonder 30:37 L…
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Musitations™ - Being In The Music - A Soulversation with Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli (E15)
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Chris and I have been having musical soulversations for close to two decades. An accomplished film composer, conductor and musician based in LA, he has worked with Michael Bublé, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera and many others. More importantly, he has a deep and profound understanding and approach to the art and practice of creating music. We went thr…
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Musitations™ - Serious Fun - A Soulversation with Will Clipman (E14)
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Thrilled to have my good friend, colleague and fellow Multi-Grammy® nominee Will Clipman on Musitations™ for the kick off of season 2! I have admired Will and his profound work in world music and percussion for more than 3 decades! It is such an honor and treat to have him on the show. Little did I know we had so much in common; both being publishe…
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Musitations™ - Art as Meditation - A Soulversation with Felipe Munoz (E13)
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I first met Felipe when he asked me to be part of a local PechaKucha, a fascinating form of storytelling that celebrates humanity. Felipe was the driving force and organizer for our local chapter. For those that don't know PechaKucha’s 20x20 presentation format allows each presenter 20 chosen images, each for 20 seconds. In other words, you've got …
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Musitations™ - Music Heals - A Soulversation with Sherry Finzer (E12)
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I am thrilled to have my good friend, fellow flutist Sherry Finzer on Musitations Episode 12! We've known each other close to a decade and share a love of the flute and a passion for bringing more healing, meditation and mindfulness into the world through music. Topics we explore: What led you from classical/jazz to more healing music? How do you u…
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Musitations™ - Continuum Montage - A Soulversation with Susan Harper (E11)
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I so loved doing this podcast with one of my newest soul friends Susan Harper - a true moving storyteller, dream weaver and continuum teacher who opens portals to the vast space of creativity we all have within us! This last year, I became a huge fan of the work of Emilie Conrad. I spent most of COVID reading, re-reading, digesting and book marking…
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Musitations™: Emotional Sobriety - A Soulversation with McCall Erickson (E10)
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In episode 10 I'm thrilled to have the talented musician and author McCall Erickson back on Musitations™! I first read a quote 5 years ago by McCall that touched me deeply, “Soul work is not a high road. It's a deep fall into an unforgiving darkness that won't let you go until you find the song that sings you home.” It was a beautiful distillation …
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Musitations™: Soundful Living from the Heart - A Soulversation with Dr. Karen Olsen (E9)
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I was thrilled when my good friend and musical colleague from my Music for People days asked me to be on her wonderful Sounds of Healing Podcast. We decided to create a 'soulversation' for both of our podcasts as we dove into The Sounds of Mindful Living from the Heart which I have renamed Soundful Living from the Heart for our Musitations podcast …
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Musitations™: Make A Sound - A Soulversation with Jonathan Best (E8)
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Jonathan Best is a multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist who is devoted to helping the world transform through music. A true music gardener, Jonathan and I met while we were both going through a life changing program known as Music For People guided by our beloved teacher, friend and fellow musician David Darling. We had scheduled this session befo…
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Musitations™: The Origin Story - A Soulversation with Dr. William Chisholm Schulz (E7)
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Bill Schulz (Chiz) has been my oldest and dearest soul brother and friend for the last 42 Earth years. He was the first one that awakened in me both the practice of meditation at the age of 16, and the first person I explored musitations and soulversations with. We have shared a love of using music as a form of inquiry into the nature of reality an…
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Musitations™ - Episode 6 - The Alchemy of Awakening the Soul - A Soulversation with McCall Erickson
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In episode 6 I have the wonderful opportunity to have a deep soulversation with musician and author McCall Erickson. I first read a quote 4 years ago by McCall that touched me deeply, “Soul work is not a high road. It's a deep fall into an unforgiving darkness that won't let you go until you find the song that sings you home.” It was a beautiful di…
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Musitations™ - Episode 5 - Radical Wholeness - A Soulversation with Philip Shepherd
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In this episode I have the unique opportunity to have a deep dive conversation with the author of Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being, Philip Sheperd. This profound book really touched me and gave expression to many of my own experiences of wholeness. Philip shares my love of creativity and the power of present m…
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Musitations™ - Episode 4 - Breath Beyond Death: The Song of the Soul
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Today is my paternal grandfather's spiritual birthday - the day he took is last breath 47 years ago. It is also the birthday of one of my dearest soul mentors who transitioned 13 years ago, Hugh Carter, whose soul name was Pilgrim - a deeply humble, wise and compassionate soul who taught me so much. Hugh was a musician, teacher, and life long minis…
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Musitations™ Episode 3 - Being Music and Resonant Breathing
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In this episode Michael takes listeners into his micro-musitation practice: Three breaths to de-stress. It is a resonant breathing practice that calms the nervous system, reducing fear, anxiety and increasing blood flow. This also has been found to be very beneficial in boosting immunity and also help you in dealing with respiratory distress. Being…
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Episode 2 - Each Moment Is A Note In The Song of Today - Meditation As Music
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"Each moment is note in the song of today," is a line in a poem I wrote many years ago while going through a dark night of the soul. It was my attempt to stay with my experience of grief and despair, to feel my feelings all the way through until the grief and sadness cleansed me of all that was not essential and I found myself changed by the experi…
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Musitations™ - Episode 1 - The Bill of Creative Rights - Embrace Your Inner Artist!
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On this first episode of Musitations™ - Michael shares his Bill of Creative Rights. Modeled after his teacher, friend and improvisational musical mentor David Darling's Bill of Musical Rights, Michael shares about the creative crisis on the planet today. We all need a creative outlet to help us maneuver the rapids of modern life like never before g…
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