Two ex-special operations guys armed with MBAs seek out people leading lives less ordinary, in order to find out how they fill their ‘unforgiving minutes’, and what helps them go, always, a little further. Like intellectual bowerbirds, we collect shiny little objects of knowledge that will help build better humans. Co-hosted by Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Nicho Plowman reckons our lives are like an amazing movie – the trouble is that most of us are sitting way too close to the screen and being overwhelmed by it! In this podcast, Nicho, an entrepreneur and vedic meditation teacher, talks to us about the incredible benefits of using a meditation practice to move a few rows back in the movie of your life. Reflecting on his own journey into meditation, Nicho shares the history and principles of vedic meditation and some of the benefits that he has derived from his practice – not least of which is the ability to get to further back in the cinema of his life and enjoy the show!
Intelligence Summary (INTSUM)
02:45 Nicho’s background and how he got into meditation
04:45 Burning the candle at both ends – which eventually caught up with him and prompted Nicho to try meditation
06:30 On having the book Autobiograpy of a Yogi around for 10 years – and finally reading it, which ‘lit a spark’
08:00 Trying a variety of meditation techniques – most of them ‘monastic’, which work well on retreats, but were difficult to maintain in the ‘real world’
10:30 Discovering vedic meditation – and its benefits for us ‘householders’
11:30 Nicho then took 12 months to undertake vedic teacher training
12:30 The importance of experiential ‘research’ – sometimes we need to be ready to receive new knowledge
15:30 The history of vedic meditation
17:45 The relationship between vedic meditation and transcendental meditation
20:30 Overcoming the barriers to entry to meditation – what is meditation and how can we make it more accessible, particularly to guys?
22:30 The importance of the mantra in vedic meditation – a simple, yet powerful, technique to rest your mind and release stress and fatigue
26:15 Nicho on his acquisition of Insight Timer as a means of bringing meditation to more people – and its evolution from there
29:50 The benefits (unexpected or otherwise) of a meditation practice
33:45 Will meditation slow me down and make me lose “the edge”?
34:30 Enjoying the movie more by moving back a few rows from the screen
36:50 The differences – and added benefits – of meditating as a group
39:00 The application of meditation to military and first response organisations – and competitive sports
46:50 Meditation – less about learning something knew, and more about remembering something we’ve always actually known!
48:40 Is there a place for psychedelics as a complement to meditation?
55:00 How are corporates approaching meditation?
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External Links
- Nicho’s website
- Insight Timer
Music
The Externals – available on Spotify
Ben Frichot - available on Spotify