Being huMAN with Chris Walker

On today's episode we are talking about full spectrum living, finding peace in high points of life and the low points. We will dive into the 3 reasons why is it so challenging to embrace the positive, happy, joyful, and "good" times in life as well as the negative, sad, sorrowful, and "bad" times in life

Today I am joined by friend, boss babe entrepreneur, creator of Experience Freedom, and all around incredible human being Nina Camille.

We are going to dive right into my favorite topic CONNECTION and how Nina fell in love with connection and why she was so bad a connection. From there we will discuss the beauty of intimacy, what intimacy means, and why we as humans can be so scared of true intimacy.

From there,  we'll tackle how to truly experience freedom in life. Why do we where mask? How can we cultivate courage and vulnerability to actually be seen and believe that people can love and will love us just being us.

This and sooooo much more on this episode.


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Join Nina's Free 10 Day Challenge "The Freedom Challenge" @ https://experiencefreedo.krtra.com/t/CnEq1ilV5YXc

Find Nina at:
Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsninacamille/
Experience Freedom IG: https://www.instagram.com/experience__freedom/
Web: https://www.experiencefreedom.co/

Today I am joined by the brother from another mother and OG yoga homie from London Marc Laws. Marc is an epic yoga teacher, loving husband, dedicated father, all truth speaker, and the ONLY human being I have ever met who enjoys riding public transportation around London.

On this episode we are going to dive right in to the what made Marc fall in love with yoga. We are then going to dive into Marc's dedication to both his wife Amanda and their son Sage, which is truly an inspiration. With so few examples in my life of "successful", conscious, and dedicated relationships, we will pick up a few pointers of how Marc cultivates and continues to co-create a loving relationship with his wife, and we will hear about the epic story the led to his proposal in Fiji. 

The biggest lesson that I took away from this episode, is how we can fully dedicate ourselves to those we love without losing ourself in the process. 

You can find Marc at:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/marclawsii/

On today’s episode we are going to get comfortable getting uncomfortable, embracing discomfort, and understanding how discomfort is a fundamental human need. 

It is only through physical discomfort that own body can maintain strength let alone get stronger. It is only through mental discomfort that we learn and avoid cognitive decline, and it is only through embracing the uncomfortable full spectrum of emotions that we can live our fullest lives.

Through embracing and even seeking discomfort we will enable the following 3 superpowers:

1. Resilience
2. Creativity & Innovation
3. Confidence and Increased Self-esteem

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https://www.instagram.com/thebeinghumanpodcast/
https://www.instagram.com/chris.walker.official/

Today I'm joined by friend, personal trainer, female transformation coach, and all around lovely human being, Jade Joselyn. We are going to talk about all things LOVE related. 

Jade will tell her inspiring story of loving love even when you are raised recieving little to no love. Her journey of loving herself as well as men has had its high and lows and many lessons along the way. From her time a stripper, hating men and not even able to afford bus fare all the to life as a womens coach and personal trainer here in Bali, love is core to who she is committed love because that is just who she it. 

We will discuss what its like to love others more than they love us, how to commit to love in challenging times, and how inspiring big love truly is.

Find Jade at:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jadejoselyn/
Web: https://www.jadejoselyn.com/

In the episode we are going to dive the difference between expression and performance and speaking our truth versus being an asshole saying whatever you want, whenever you want. 

At our core as humans, we want to be safe, and being seen and heard are two core ingredients for us to feel safe. This core need to be safe can lead is in the direction of performance, to put on a mask, to put on a show that we believe allow us to not just be seen but be accepted. Performance is critical tenant of perfectionism. If you put on the perfect performance we will be accepted by everyone, we will be a part of the group and therefore safe, connected and loved. To express is to allow what is truly inside of us out. To do you, to do me because it is true to us. 

With expression comes the need to be aware of why we are expressing. A core yoga philosophy is Ahimsa before Satya meaning non-violence before truthfulness. To express to allow what is truly inside out is beautiful, but to do it with an intention, consciously or subconsciously, to hurt or cause harm needs to be called into check. If you are "speaking your truth" to try and make someone feel bad or get back at them, maybe you need to find a different outlet to express your truth.

Regardless of where you are on the journey of self-expression, hopefully you can continue to reclaim your power over the critics inside and out, stay open, and feel free to be you.

Today I'm joined by friend, coach, owner and founder of SOMA Fight Club, and all around character Mike Ikilei. 

On today's episode, I am just going let it all out on my thoughts on the yoga and wellness industry.

I love yoga and have so much compassion for all those in this space, but oh man sometimes this shit is so frustrating. As capitialism, ego, and a disconnection for the core essence of yoga shape much of what is seen and known as yoga, it leaves me feel sad and disheartened at times, so let's talk about it!

Today I am joined by friend, devoted wife and mother, designer, yogi and so much more Myrah Penaloza. The creation of her brand that now bares her namesake, Myrah Penaloza, began when she met my husband Robindra and he looked her in the eyes and said "I believe in you". She's always been into fashion and bringing her love for Kundalini Yoga and fashion together has been a dream come true.

On this episode we will discuss her love of nature an how everything in the world can be tied back to the beauty and balance that we see in nature. We will expand into a deep yet ground conversation about SPIRIT and her journey from being raised as a Catholic Latina in Los Angeles, to yoga, to dropping out a college and following her teach to India, to now raising her beautiful family in Bali. 

Find Myrah at:
https://myrahpenaloza.com/
https://www.instagram.com/myrahpenaloza.bali/
https://www.instagram.com/myrahpenaloza/ 

In a time of great sadness as the events of the last 48 in Israel and Palestine unfold, I had a choice, a choice that I am privileged and entitled to even be able to make. 

My choice was to ...

1) turn it off, delete Instagram for the next couple weeks or month, stay off Youtube. I can just put my head in the sand and ignore it until the next new cycle
2) I can play the let's share meme's and videos adding intentionally or unintentionally to division of the world
3) I can speak on this matter and share what is in my heart

I chose three. So here is me, not knowing, not trying to know, being vulnerable, hoping to bring humans together in the only way I know how, using my voice the only way I know how.

Can we find compassion to stop cycle of one loss leading to more losses?

Inclusion and need to be included and connected to human beings is a DNA coded requirement of being a human. In this episode, we will explore why and how this core human need combined with scarcity create separation and division, and how we can use compassion and empathy to create inclusion in a divided world.

Today I am joined by Justin Sidelle friend, amazing human being and founder of Rituals Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu based here in Canggu Bali at Wanderlust Fitness Village. 

You don't look like a yoga teacher is something I get a lot. But what does a yoga teacher look like? What does a yogi look like?

The answer for me is someone who is committed to their practice, the practice of connecting to ourselves, atman - true self, to in return connect on a deeper level to everything else around us, brahman - the infinite universe.

What this practice is may look like the varying styles of yoga we see on the mat: vinyasa, power yoga, ashtanga, hatha, yin, kundalini, etc. Each of these practices have different intentions that can all serve us in different ways at different moments in our lives.

Sometimes doing the same practice serves us best, but sometimes it is what we have become comfortable with. Our brain pre-schedules that dopamine hits we get from completing the preprogrammed task/routine. So I decided at the age of 37 to mix it up a little bit and take my practice on the mat and expand it back to the gym and strength training. Taking nearly 6 year off from strength training, here is my reflection on "The yogis return to the gym".

Today I am joined by hip hop mogul, producer, writer, fashion icon, entrepreneur, yogi and friend, Russell Simmons.  He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, and is currently developing GDAS Health and Wellness Resort in Bali. 

We will jump right into the cultural phenomenon that is Hip Hop. 

Why did he fall in love with hip hop? What is Hip Hop?  

We will dive further into the connections between hip hop and spirituality, Russell's journey into yoga, and how hip hop entrepreneurship exploded. 

Thank you Russell

Instagram:  @unclerush - https://www.instagram.com/unclerush/?hl=en
GDAS: https://gdasbali.com/

I am proud of my journey to evolve into the man I am today. For most of my life I let society tell me what being a man meant. My focus on winning, needing to be seen as a winner, and most importantly not seen as a loser disconnected me from my true self. It took hitting rock bottom before I finally listened to my therapist's advice around introspection. 

Now I sit 5.5 years into this journey, and I feel lost again. Men are being pulled into these two poles. One side is saying don't be toxic, be soft and emotional. The other side is doubling down on being strong rich and powerful, only then can you be "free".

We will discuss today how neither pole is definitely right or wrong. I/we men or really us HUMANS, need to connect to ourselves on a deeper left, look past the conditioning and the bull shit to find balance in our own life to truly be at peace and then ultimately free, free to unconditionally be ourselves.

Today I am joined by friend, fashionista, founder of Anna The Label, creator of the Bali Garment Factory, Only Fans star, and all around beautiful human being inside and out Carla Asister. Carla shares her truly inspirational story that started growing up in a small impoverished island in the Philippines watching mom work tirelessly to support their family. It was her love for her mom and her family that led her to travel alone at the age of 12 to Manila in search for work in hopes being able to support her family. 

We will dive into not judging a book by it's as it is almost second nature for humans to judge other humans based on how they look. With a goal of building her mom a house and land she just bought, Inspired by beachwear of tourists as a child, we will discuss Carla's love of fashion and the creation of her brand Anna The Label, a brand created to empower all size women to be confident and feel sexy in their own skin. With no one to help, we will talk about her decision to do Only Fans and how she finds balance in light and dark side of this platform. With the love of her family being so strong we will also talk about the cultural challenges that exist around expressing love.

You can find Carla and her brand's details below:

Persona IG: https://www.instagram.com/carla.asister/
Anna The Label IG: https://www.instagram.com/anna_the_label/
Anna The Label website: www.annathelabel.com

We are DNA coded for belonging. We as humans yearn to belong for belonging is a very special type of connection, so we look to feel a sense of belonging for deep down it represents safety and love.

As the need to belong is core to our being, we must find peace in times closeness as well as in times of spaciousness, for both of these will happen in our life. If we don't find this peace we risk our authenticity and integrity in exchange for attachment, connection, and belonging.

Today we talk about love and connection. Love is just a special kind of connection. As human beings, we are DNA coded to yearn and need connection and love. We further yearn to feel a sense of security and safety that the love we feel in unconditional and "everlasting". 

For me both love, connection, and deep relationships never came easy for my. We will explore not only my journey to find the beginnings of self-love and self-connection, but how interconnected self connection is to self love is loving another is connecting with others. 

We will discuss overcoming shame to believe that we are worthy of being loved and of loving another person. In the journey of love, we must also be aware of our needs for both closeness and spaciousness along with the 

Today, I am joined by my good friend and all around amazing human Robin Seeger. He is a compassionate husband, father of 2, intuitive mentor, Shamanic Reiki Healer, and published bestselling author. He retired from what might have looked like a perfect life to the outside world, but in return, he reconnected to himself and his family. After leaving the safety of his high paying job and the familiar surroundings of Vancouver, Canada, he and his family embarked on a healing journey of reflection and self-discovery which allowed him to find his true calling of being a leader and mentor in Bali.

This discussion gets so good so quick as we dive right into the deep exploring "GOING WITHIN". As life teaches to look outside ourselves for answers, we we never taught to go within to look within. From regulating our nervous system, to love, to overcoming limiting beliefs, it is all possible within each of us. This also doesn't mean that what is outside isn't important or it can't help, but the secret sauce is within.

Today we dive into the history of Juneteenth (please accept my apologies for consistently say 1965 instead of 1865), a day in which it took an army nearly 6 months after the surrendering of the confederacy to ensure slaves in Texas knew they were free.

We will dive into the mindset of a freed slave and discuss if being granted freedom from enslavement equals true freedom and equality while also looking into the mindset of white America, specifically the mindset of pro slavery,  pro-confederacy, white America. If something is taken from your that you believe is unjust, what is your view on that thing and that new law?

If you were willing to go to war to keep your right to own another human being, if you believe in that right that you are willing to kill or be killed for it, how do those views change once the war is lost? How are those view pasted down to you children, children's children, and so on and so on?