Ten Laws with East Forest

In this episode East Forest tells the story of how his eponymous song, "10 Laws" came to be.  "10 Laws" features the voice of VCJ, a mystic and friend who spoke his hunter gatherers code of ten which became the sample for "10 Laws" - the first East Forest song and most popular East Forest track to date. From VCJ,"I have not paid much attention to the praise or criticism by the public, about my work over the years, but  I am very grateful to the nation which has granted me such freedom of expression and I feel indebted  to those who have seen to the matter of securing the right for its citizens, have encouraged it and exampled  it in so many beautiful ways. Art is a game worth playing and its effects should be shared. An artists works are not always published, but when they are, they give inspiration to so many who might not otherwise see the originals. I am one  such person. I am glad to have enjoyed the works of the masters in their published forms and I feel that I  must share some of my work in pen, brush, woodcut and scratchboard at this time. I am not   expecting to publish a book of my work any time soon, so I apologize and offer it in this form.”  See VCJ's art (aka Mr. 10 Laws) - VCJ GraphicsEastFroest.org Do not sample these recordings without express permission.  And don't go looking for VCJ in the woods for your personal development as he doesn't want to be found!© East Forest 2008 - 2019

Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom and connecting them to the stories we are living today. He is the author of The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of The Soul, Why the World Doesn't End, The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul; editor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart; and editor of Crossroads: A Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage. Meade is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artist, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples. mosaicvoices.org eastforest.org

Christopher Shinn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and lives in New York. His plays have been premiered by the Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast Rep, and Soho Theatre, and later seen regionally in the United States and around the world. He is the winner of an OBIE in Playwriting (2004-2005) and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting (2005), was a Pulitzer Prize finalist (2008), was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play (2008), and has also been nominated for an Olivier Award for Most Promising Playwright (2003), a TMA Award for Best New Play (2006), a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play (2007), and a South Bank Show Award for Theatre (2009). In 2009, his adaptation of Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway at the Roundabout (American Airlines Theatre) and he has also written short plays for Naked Angels, the 24 Hour Plays, and the New York International Fringe Festival (2002 winner, Best Overall Production). He has received grants from the NEA/TCG Residency Program and the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and he is a recipient of the Robert S. Chesley Award. He teaches playwriting at the New School for Drama. https://www.christophershinn.co eastforest.org

Here is a 20 min guided meditation to take you through those moments when your mind is racing and you just can't sleep - for when you're feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of it all and need to step back and see the bigger picture. East Forest music in the background, East Forest guiding in the foreground. eastforest.org

Reared among the three cultures of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S., Poranguí was steeped in various traditional forms of music, healing and ceremony since birth. Drawing from his cross-cultural background and ethnomusicology training at Duke University, Poranguí has over twenty years of international work experience as an artist, musician, educator, filmmaker, consultant and therapist, utilizing the healing properties of sound and movement to foster our individual and collective well being. As a live looping artist and one-man orchestra Poranguí weaves ancestral songs and indigenous rhythms from around the globe. Creating his performances from scratch using looping technology, Poranguí’s live grooves range from meditative to dance party, moving the body, lifting the spirit, and transcending the divide between performer and audience. His World Soul concerts have taken him around the globe and led him to collaborate with many artists, including current works with Shamans Dream and Liquid Bloom. porangui.com eastforest.org

An interview with East Forest from the Love Service Wisdom podcast. For the past 25 years, Marisa Radha Weppner has been exploring what it means to be human, what is the nature of reality and how we can know our true selves. The Love, Service, Wisdom podcast is a collection of collaborative content with thought leaders and spiritual teachers from diverse backgrounds plus Marisa Radha's personal musing, all designed to dig into the deeper aspects of truly feeling what it means to be alive and on a journey to accepting all parts of ourselves. Expect to hear stories to inspire strengths, honor your shadow, and invite a new found sense of playful exploration into living your most loving self. Listen regularly for Guided Meditations to give you an embodied sense of connection to your soul's wisdom. Hosted by Marisa Radha Weppner. Check it out - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-service-wisdom/id1475969262 or at, http://www.marisaweppner.com/podcast

The human body is an ongoing expression of its well-being or it’s lack of. This can be seen in everything, from how you move to how you speak, people around you normally pick up on it, while you may be unaware yourself. Sensie, with the use of your phone and the sensors will pick up on the overall harmony or disharmony of your movements and provide a signal. Sensie detects a neuromuscular signal that represents the stress response from the body. By applying research from the fields of neuroscience and psychophysiology with machine learning techniques and the sensors on your smartphone, Sensie is able to measure the fluidity of your movement - sensing whether stress is present or not and guiding your through a specific mindfulness technique to help you achieve peace and calm. Mike is a co-founder at Sensie app, a mobile platform that uses sensors on a smartphone to detect stress and emotions. We help a user learn their emotions, identify the cause of stress and reduce it on demand. An entrepreneur from an early age, Mike’s accomplishments include starting one of the first social media promotional platforms, helping to lead the international expansion of Groupon, running business development for yCombinator startup Grouper Social Club and co-founding 1Apeiron, a venture incubator. At the age of 21 Mike suffered a concussion with amnesia, his future looked bleak but with the help of a friend he learned to meditate to help with the recovery process. Miracles happened and he has been passionate about consciousness, mindfulness and the mind-body connection ever since. Mike sits on the board of Miami Beach Botanical Garden and is an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher – leading retreats around the world with his wife twice a year. http://sensieapp.com/ http://eastforest.org/podcast

In this engaging discussion, Erik Davis, an expert on West Coast counter-culture and author of the cult classic 'TechGnosis,' explores how technology intertwines with spirituality and psychedelics. He shares vivid tales from his transformative backpacking journey, emphasizing nature's spiritual rewards. Davis tackles the complexities of modern consciousness, the commercialization of psychedelics, and the need for a balanced approach to technology and personal growth. His insights encourage reflection on how we connect with our spiritual selves in today's fast-paced world.

Hear the story of what it was like sitting in the room with Ram Dass and the process of recording Ram Dass in his study in Maui. Radha and East Forest join in conversation to go through the highlights and details of their time in Maui with Ram Dass. This was recorded right after to returning the mainland so it was all fresh in their heads. They explore the story of how it all came to be, how they were named, what it was like to meet and start working with Ram Dass, swimming with a shark, and more stories from the trip! The full Ram Dass album releases August 9, 2019 on all music platforms. ramdass.org eastforest.org

American singer-songwriter Laura Bird is a shape-shifter who can't sit still. Since 2010 she's worked under the moniker The Mynabirds, releasing four critically acclaimed and stylistically different albums on Saddle Creek: What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) and GENERALS (2012), both produced by Richard Swift, Lovers Know (2015), and BE HERE NOW (2017). She has also toured as a member of the Postal Service (2013) and Bright Eyes (2011), helped found Omaha Girls Rock (a non-profit helping young girls find their voices), and in 2013 gave a TED talk based on her "New Revolutionists" portrait project, exploring what it means to be a revolutionary woman in this day and age. Before The Mynabirds, Laura was a member of DC indie band Georgie James with Q And Not U's John Davis, and also put out two self-produced solo albums on the label she founded herself, Laboratory Records. The Mynabirds' newest album, BE HERE NOW, is a collection of 9 songs written and recorded in just 2 weeks in January 2017 following the Inauguration and the Women's March. Singer Laura Burhenn worked with producer Patrick Damphier in his Nashville studio (which he was being evicted as the neighborhood began to gentrify, old warehouses turning to tech offices and luxury condos) to document the news and peoples’ intense emotional responses to it all in real time. No stranger to politics in her songwriting, Laura aimed to speak from the voice of the collective consciousness in a work of "Emotional Journalism," singing the heartbreak, anger, exhaustion and resolute hope she witnessed during the Muslim travel ban, the final stand at Standing Rock, and every other news story that rattled America in that period. The album vacillates in style and feel to reflect a frayed nation, featuring the legendary McCrary Sisters on title track “Be Here Now,” a Burundian refugee choir on a song for immigrants, and a cacophony of dissonant saxophones in a new national anthem on another. It is the last recording made in that space. http://www.themynabirds.com eastforest.org/podcast