Shows
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaAwakening to Natural Consciousness: Beyond Mindfulness PracticesWitnessing consciousness transforms our relationship with ourselves and others in ways mindfulness practices only hint at. Unlike deliberate attention practices, true witnessing emerges spontaneously when we make contact with our deeper nature – pure consciousness itself.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to...2025-05-0511 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaBreaking Through Meditation PlateausFeeling like your meditation practice has lost its spark? You're not alone. After years of consistent practice, many meditators encounter a mysterious plateau where the once-transformative experience becomes mechanical and seemingly lifeless. This conversation dives deep into the phenomenon of meditation staleness and offers a refreshingly practical path forward.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to s...2025-04-2811 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHealing Through Understanding: Moving Beyond Pain and ResentmentWe explore the journey beyond conventional forgiveness to a deeper understanding of compassion and healing. Discovering that true liberation comes not from pardoning others but from recognizing the divine nature within everyone – even those who have hurt us.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for fre...2025-04-2414 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe Birth of Ritam StudioJonni Pollard and Carla DiMattina introduce their new venture, Ritam Studio, which combines Jonni's meditation expertise in "Veda Therapy" with Carla's holistic physiotherapy approach "Chain Movement" to create a powerful system for transformation and healing.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head t...2025-04-2122 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaPerspective: How Cynicism Chokes Our Human ConnectionWe explore whether it's possible to raise children in our modern world without trauma and how belonging is essential to human wellbeing. The conversation delves into the shift from communal living to isolated households and offers insights on cultivating resilience, community, and human connection in an increasingly disconnected world.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and a...2025-04-1410 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaPain vs Suffering: Understanding the Critical DifferencePain is inevitable in life but suffering is optional and largely self-created. Suffering occurs when we feel trapped in narratives about our pain, believing we're victims rather than recognizing our capacity to overcome challenges.If you're finding yourself stuck in recurring patterns that feel too painful to address, please get help looking at them. What you're carrying is far worse than what you'll experience by processing it, and you're losing precious time that could be spent in joy.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With 2025-04-0709 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaCompassionate Boundaries: How to Give Without Getting DepletedWe explore how to be of service without being taken advantage of through understanding our inherent value and setting compassionate boundaries. When we resolve our need for external validation and recognize our worth, service flows naturally from a place of abundance rather than depletion.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can f...2025-03-3012 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHealing in a Traumatized World: Finding Your BaselineWhat we label as PTSD is actually a condition experienced by nearly everyone, with most people suffering from both past and present traumatic stress in our chaotic world. True mental health—the freedom to actualize our deepest desires—is declining as people feel increasingly overwhelmed, anxious, and unable to self-actualize in today's environment.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to 2025-03-2711 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaOur role in the Greater Evolution?Is it our role to educate others or is it enough to maintain our own patch?1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-11-2220 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe Rise of TechnologyAndrew asks for a perspective on the push-pull relationship between spiritual life and modern tech.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-11-1946 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHow Do We Reconcile The Darkness?How do we find that universal compassion for the most terrible violations of our humanity?1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-11-1519 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaProcreation?Laura asks Jonni for a perspective on if we should be bringing kids into the world or not.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-11-1118 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaCultivating Personal PowerNida asks jonni how can we no be in a hurry for the shift that we are collectively experiencing right now to be over?1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-11-0815 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhy does Nature need us?Nida asks the question, if there intelligence of Nature has orchestrated all that is in the universe, why does it require our participation? 1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-11-0417 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaFireStel asks Jonni to go a bit deeper on the element of fire (Agni) and how to deepen our relationship with it.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-10-2517 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhen Action becomes InactionMattie asks the question about when action becomes inaction.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-10-2118 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaDetecting SubtletyLise asks how do we increase awareness of the subtle aspects of our experience.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-10-1814 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaTrust Vs KnowingNiko asks Jonni to explain the difference between trust and knowing and the value of investigating the relationship between the two. 1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-10-1419 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaCovid, What Happened?In this episode show producer Dan asks the question- What was that covid thing all about? 1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2022-10-1016 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaSensitivityThe mighty Jez asks about increased sensitivity as he progresses toward enlightenment. Jonni reflects that as we become more able to process the data that our senses yield we increase sensitivity to detect ever more subtle layers of information.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free t...2021-04-1514 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaElegant SufficiencyDaniel takes the hot seat to make an enquiry about a seeming lack of abundance and limiting self belief structures. Jonni explains that not having the distraction of money can be a gift to help to refocus on what is actually most important.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.2021-04-1120 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaSpeaking in TonguesGuest Haley asks about her spiritual practice of Speaking in Tongues now that she no longer practices in a religious setting. Jonni reveals that it is an intimate practice that can be a powerful tool in self development.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today h...2021-04-0815 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHaving our needs metJosh jumps back in the hot seat to delve deeper into relationships, specifically how to know when you’re asking too much of a partner to fulfill our needs.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2021-04-0415 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaNight terrorsOur guest Bish asks for Jonni’s perspective on night terrors & sleep paralysis1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2021-04-0117 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaVictimhoodOur guest Niko asks a juicy Q about how to interact with people that seem to be trapped in their story of victimhood.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2021-03-2819 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaIntegrating Higher states of ConsciousnessIn this episode Bini asks how to bring the experience of going beyond boundaries and being quite expansive in Meditation back into a relative and relevant form and follows up with a second question around the enquiry into- "who you are"?Jonni unpacks both offering a different perspective on a question that many are seeking to answer.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks o...2021-03-2524 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaRelationshipsOur guest Jen asks what is the purpose of a committed relationship outside of procreation and what is the basis for cultivating a healthy and loving relationship. Jonni explains that relationships are the format for our deepest expression.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today h...2021-03-2125 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaMedia MadnessIn this episode Julie asks one of the most important questions of the season regarding feeling overwhelmed and isolated because of divisive news and information circulating the internet. She asks how to best wake people up and Jonni sheds light on the un-sustainability of taking our life cues from outside of ourselves particularly from the news or online.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of m...2021-03-1825 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaFunctions of the MindThe next inquiry came from Vanessa and she asks Jonni to break down the different types of meditation in relation to the 5 functions of the mind and why practicing a being technique is so important as a solid foundation.Refer to earlier episode*1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align2021-03-1423 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaLetting GoOur guest Damien asks Jonni about surrender and how do we let go when we realize something is no longer good for us? What unfolds is a discussion on the misconceptions around the ego.For deeper exploration see previous 1GM podcast episode #10 Meditation and the Ego.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align2021-03-1117 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhat is Embodiment?In this episode Josh asks Jonni exactly what he means when he says that the world needs more embodiment. What unfolds is an interesting conversation about staying diligent and vigilant with the process of unfolding our potential.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head t...2021-03-0420 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWill Nature support us?In this episode Stellios asks an important question regarding the awakening of humanity and wanted to know if nature will support us or the environment? Jonni elaborates on the role that Nature (creative Intelligence) takes creating circumstances that bring about the awakening of humanity.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can f...2021-02-2821 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaLoveOur guest Ashwin asks Jonni to share his perspective on the experience of Love as it pertains to unfolding our human potential through meditation and more importantly how to gain deeper access to our full expression of Love.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today h...2021-02-2519 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHistory of 1GMIn the first episode of season 3 podcast producer Daniel asks Jonni to bring us up to speed on the history of 1 Giant Mind. Jonni reflects on his encounter with the Dalai Lama that shifted the trajectory of 1GM from a science based endeavor gathering data on mass meditations, back into the heart.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to 2021-02-2123 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaStronger TogetherIn our final episode of season 2 our guest Sarah asks about the importance of community and the role it plays in our pursuit for self knowledge, belonging and having impact in the world. Jonni shares his view of how community forms the basis for all of it.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align s...2020-08-2014 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaPsychedelics?In this ep our guest Shaunn asks Jonni’s perspective on using substances for accessing higher states of consciousness. Jonni shares a view of the pro’s and con’s the need to be honest about why we would trade them. Then Shaunn asks a bonus question for Jonni’s take on meditation reaching a critical mass in the mainstream. Both answers may not be what you would expect.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever dee...2020-08-1625 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe Whitewashing of WellnessOur guest Rachael asks for Jonni's perspective on the lack of racial diversity in the wellness industry. Jonni welcomes the highlighting of the issue and encourages everyone to have the difficult conversations around creating equality in the world and then asks Racheal what she sees as a solution.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align2020-08-1312 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaLeading from BeingOur guest Harriet asks how do we break the habit of getting caught up in the doing so that we can come back to Being. Jonni explains that going against the mainstream requires being uncomfortable and requires diligence to resist the powerful pull of that current. He then shares about the power of action that is driven from a state of Being and the effect it has.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take...2020-08-0921 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWaking Up At WorkOur Guest Nat Brooks describes the challenge of being more conscious and aware in her workplace environment and questions if staying in her role in TV industry will slow down or stop her personal growth. Jonni points out that she is uniquely positioned to be a champion for change. Remaining in the place of need can actually accelerate and assist that personal growth but reinforces the need for her to be patient in her approach.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses...2020-08-0610 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaManaging emotional turbulenceIn this episode our guest Cimarra asks for some advice on maintaining a meditation practice while being confronted with the emotional turbulence that can come with working through past trauma. Jonni encourages Cimarra to remember the reason why we are meditating and points out that the first phase of healing and recovery can be the purging of emotion, stress and agitation. A key take away was the importance of being surrounded by community to support us in our experiences.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of...2020-08-0215 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhat Comes Next?Our guest Lindon has been using the 1 giant mind app for a few months with great effect and asks Jonni what to expect from deepening his understanding and experience of meditationby learning with a teacher and how to bring the family along. Jonni offers insight into the intelligence that is structured within our awareness. How meditation enlivens our capabilities and the knowledge of how to fulfill our desires.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to...2020-07-3019 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhy Are We Afraid Of Love?Our show producer Dan explains his familiarity with the way our thinking can seemingly create fear in the body more easily than love chemistry and asks, why are we afraid of love?Jonni highlights that it isn’t necessarily thinking that creates the body sensations that we refer to as fear, nor absolutely body sensations that create fear based thinking. He suggests the solution is the resolution which comes through acceptance of the thoughts and feelings whilst connecting to our deeper experience of Being within us. 1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project R...2020-07-2621 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe reward for embracing our potentialOur host Skye Tipler asks “Why do I avoid my second meditation”. Jonni asks her to explain the reason she thinks she avoids it which reveals an underlying fear that becoming all that is possible might render her irrelevant in her role in life. Jonni unpacks the reasons why we self sabotage and place an upper limit on our potential such as fear of rejection or failure before explaining theexponential benefits we gain from the second meditation of the day. 1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With...2020-07-2324 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaSuffering, Non attachment & CompassionOur guest Sam asks if we need to cultivate a level of non-attachment in response to the amount of suffering in the world. Jonni speaks about the need for us to stay connected and practice compassion in place of detachment, understanding that the individuals acting in ignorance are part of a larger problem and not the source of it. He also points out that contributing to the solution will set our frustration at ease knowing that we are acting to bring positive benefit to the world. Growth happens by transmuting our frustration and anger into positive...2020-07-1920 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaCalm Mind, Busy BodyRachael asks if her ability to witness her experience and quickly move through emotional difficulty with a knowingness that everything is going to be ok is preventing her from feeling on a deeper level. Jonni offers the perspective that if we are “doing the work” any suppression of emotion will be short lived and that if the intelligence of the body is suppressing emotion that it is for good reason. Rachael then asks a follow up question about the body struggling with stress while the mind is clear which leads to an explanation of evolutionary biology and...2020-07-1621 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhat is Enlightenment?Our guest Emily asks for a clear definition of Enlightenment. Jonni describes Enlightenment as a knowingness of oneness and reveals the importance of this an experience directly and not just an idea to be contemplated on the level of thinking. He presents the concept of human awareness as being infinite in its nature and describes how we’re all working out how to be infinite while existing within finite boundaries. Racheal poses a very interesting connecting question, do we still feel emotions in an enlightened state?1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam St...2020-07-1228 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaRevealing our truth.Welcome back! Our guest Allie Oishi asks “If we are all at our essence, love. Why must we go through struggles, pain and suffering to find our way back to our nature of love? Jonni shares a perspective that this life is one of many on a journey to reveal the truth of who we are. Moving from a sense of separation into connection and unity of life. Jonni suggests that our personal suffering is an extension of the suffering that we inflict on the planet and it’s inhabitants. But zooming out further what we find is that it’s...2020-07-0819 min
Spiritual Tradie PodcastAlign MovementIn this pizza & poddy I chat with Carla Dimattina Owner of Core Living NYC and creator of Align Movement. We chat forth about Pilates and Physiotherapistical stuff as well as about getting spiritual.We touch upon her upbringing and coming to meditation and how other people noticed the benefits of her practice before she did. We talk about how Carla teaches, practices, diagnoses and treats clients with a wholistic approach to untangling the physiology and how that relates to the psychological / emotional aspect of our being. Bruce Springsteen gets a plug as well as I...2019-11-211h 10
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe Evolution of Meditation & Wellness"What do you make of the generational shift?" asks Leslie Hoffman, President of the New York City Open Center. From Boomers to Gen Z, the range of students, teachers, and wellness practitioners has never been so diverse as today. But in the modern, stressed out world, holistic life has become a survival mechanism, rather than a way of enlightenment.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks o...2018-11-1622 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaMainstreaming MeditationHas meditation been ruined by the mainstream? Alida Brandenburg, a daring brand strategist and former Director of Social Media at Refinery29, talks about the commodification of the wellness world. This is an increasingly relevant topic and Jonni delivers a response that trades the cynicism for an outlook of grace and personal responsibility.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to 2018-11-0919 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe Myth of Teaching and PerfectionJesse Israel, founder of The Big Quiet and a certified meditation teacher with 1 Giant Mind, asks: Can you teach meditation even if you struggle with stress and anxiety yourself? Jonni explains that meditation teachers don't need to be perfected humans, because the role is not to sell perfection but to teach an elegant process of self-discovery.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes w...2018-10-2622 min
Homecoming33 | Understanding childbirth | Carla Dimattina & Jonni PollardCarla & Jonni share their journey of choosing to birth their first born at home. It's a beautiful, intelligent, vulnerable, rare and insightful sharing of one of the most incredible things we can do as human beings; bring life into being!
Carla opens up about overcoming fear, educating herself, finding her innate power, and whole heartedly going through a woman's greatest right of passage.
Carla Dimattina is a physical therapist, and Jonni Pollard is a meditation teacher and author.2018-10-261h 43
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaAmbition vs Non-AttachmentAlida, a digital strategist and the daughter of a Zen Buddhist priest, inquires about how to live a life where we’re not attached to results but also still be someone who is ambitious and seeks to excel in their life, studies, and career. Does meditation inherently make us passive, or can it help us be passionate, dedicated, and even more engaged with the world around us?1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper in...2018-10-1923 min
Homecoming29 | Listening to your body | Carla DimattinaCarla explains the importance of listening to your body, for not only treating it's problems, but for optimising it's function. And how combining science and spirituality gives a more complete understanding of your mind body connection.
Carla Dimattina is a physical therapist.2018-09-3050 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaRecovery & SurrenderingHow do we truly heal and recover after a period of self-loathing and self-harm? Aloynka, a Russian born journalist and television personality now living in the US shares her challenges as she recovers from a life-threatening eating disorder. The deepest truth emerges in the end and results in one of the most powerful and insightful 1 Giant Mind podcasts to date.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. S...2018-09-2825 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHow to Stay With Your PracticeAlida Brandenburg (digital brand strategist, of a Zen Buddhist household) asks: in times of anxiety or depression, how can one still prioritize a daily meditation practice? We examine the way that personal goal-setting and resources such as friends, family, and even certified professionals, can give us the capability to keep our practice in difficult moments.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with C...2018-09-2122 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaTrying to Change Our ThinkingCan we change our thoughts with thought alone? Caroline asks Jonni what role meditation plays in shaping how and what we think. In this episode we consider the problems of over-identifying with the “thinking mind” and we explore how meditation leads to a deep form of human intelligence.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so...2018-09-1415 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaIncessant Thinking MindLeslie Hoffman (president of New York's Open Center) asks Jonni why we can't stop the chatter in our heads.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio 2018-09-0723 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaResponding to Negative PeopleHow do we remain positive and engaged when we’re around friends or colleagues who tend to rant or complain? Olivia is a Canadian lawyer who asks Jonni for advice on how she can maintain her cool and not become affected by people who tend to be negative. In the conversation, Jonni uncovers the truth of the responsibility we all have to each other and ourselves in these situations.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ev...2018-08-3119 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaIs Meditation for Everyone?“If I’m not stressed and I’m a generally happy person, why should I meditate?” Nick DiMattina, a recent graduate of the 1 Giant Mind Teacher Training Academy and now meditation teacher explains to Jonni that he sometimes gets this response from people. As Jonni explores the topic with Nick, a deeper insight about why we meditate emerges.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement...2018-08-2418 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThought, Emotion, and MaladaptionThe mind thinks and the body feels. But does the mind tell the body what to feel? This week's question is from Caroline Aulis, who prompts a deep exploration of maladaptation.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free today head to ritam.studio...2018-08-1720 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaMeditation & the IntellectOur guest Caroline, a meditation teacher in training asks: How do we use the intellect in conjunction with meditation? Jonni first makes the important distinction between the intellect and intelligence and this provides a foundation for the discussion. The discussion makes it way through our relationship to our thinking and how meditation is an extraordinary tool that causes us to access our intuition, creativity, and sense of ourselves. Jonni explains how that after a regular practice we start to ween ourselves off the addiction of our intellect and the need to control everything.1 Giant Mind is evolving...2018-08-1022 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaTeaching & VulnerabilityWhen does sharing vulnerability cross a line and become exploitative? The most impactful leaders have overcome personal strife, and Jesse Israel is no exception. Once at odds with bouts of anxiety and depression, today Jesse is an influential community leader. Co-founder Cantora Records, signing bands such as MGMT and Francis and the Lights, Jesse now leads some of the world's most innovative mass meditations, through The Big Quiet & Medi Club. And certified as a meditation teacher by 1 Giant Mind, he asks: are there boundaries to how far a teacher should go in revealing their personal vulnerabilities, while teaching and...2018-08-0315 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaBecoming a Meditation TeacherCaroline, a meditation practitioner, asks Jonni about the 1 Giant Mind Teacher Training Program and how she can incorporate teaching meditation into the coaching practice that she is developing. Her sincere inquiry about how to do this the right way starts a beautiful conversation around leadership, the role of a teacher, and our desire to help others. This is a great podcast for anyone considering becoming a meditation teacher while continuing their own personal development. Since recording this episode, Caroline has enrolled as a student in 1 Giant Mind's Teacher Training Program.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's...2018-07-2023 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaWhat is the Point of Meditation?What is the point of meditation and is there a "best" kind of meditation? Ameena, a practicing Sufi meditator of 20 years shares her experience as a student who was challenged by a teacher who didn't agree with her open-minded perspective on meditation. The story inspires Jonni to explain the 6 categories of mediation and how each stimulates specific functions of the mind. Jonni suggest that meditation, in all of its forms, are processes of increasing our awareness and that it's a modern misconception it is exclusively about stilling the mind. The conversation ultimately reveals 1 Giant Mind's inclusive and sequential model...2018-07-0623 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaResponding to InauthenticityHow do we reconcile our disappointment with people that may be great at marketing a life of wellbeing and kindness but not living it in real life? Liz, a marketing and communications strategist in the wellness space shares how she sometimes finds herself confronted by the inauthenticity and contradictions she sees in the wellness world. The question leads Jonni to help open up our minds to how we respond to situations when we feel disdain for someone because we believe they are being inauthentic or misleading. His practical advice provides tangible steps toward avoiding the trappings of being righteous...2018-06-2924 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaThe Roots of MeditationAs meditators, do we have a responsibility to investigate the origins and history of meditation? Joey, a creative professional who discovered meditating after working on 1 Giant Mind's Teacher Training Programs, poses this question to Jonni as he seeks to have a deeper understanding of the practice. The question inspires Jonni's perspective on not mistaking the map for the terrain but also honoring our innate desire to understand the source of things. 1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to t...2018-06-2221 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaMeditation and CreativityHow does meditation cultivate creativity, and how do we become intimately connected with how it works? Sofia, a Columbian-born brand strategist and designer now living in New York, seeks to understand the relationship between meditation and creativity. The conversation not only answers this question but goes deeper into the source of our primal creative instinct to innovate, and how our suffering is rooted in our resistance to this instinct. Jonni presents a new way of looking at creativity and also challenges the notion that some people are creative and others are not. The conversation continues with a practical look...2018-06-1519 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaCo-existing without Disdain and JudgmentHow do we live a more meaningful and holistic life without disregarding or judging the rest of world? There's a growing movement towards minimalism and away from materialism but with this lifestyle shift comes its own challenges. In this episode, Rita, a stylist in the fashion world, shares her experience of weening herself off the addiction of status and possessions. Living in New York, she is confronted with how to co-exist in a world so consumed by so many of the things she rejects. Jonni reveals an entirely new, and a surprising perspective on how to reconcile this conflict...2018-06-0824 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaMeditation and the EgoIs the ego a good thing or a bad thing? And what is the ego's role in meditating? Our guest Kenny returns for more deep questions around topics we don't always talk about. In this episode, Jonni shares his view on the ego's role in our pursuit for living our deepest truth. The discussion challenges some of the conventional thinking about our ego as it's often demonized and misunderstood. The exchange takes some unexpected detours and what results is a memorable podcast that gives some new insights on a very misunderstood subject.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check...2018-06-0139 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHumanity in an Information AgeHow do we navigate the hyperstimulation of a data-driven world and reconnect with ourselves and humanity? Jonni provides a powerful case for meditation as the foundational practice for combating information fatigue and discerning what information we really need in order to flourish and connect with the world around us.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and a...2018-05-2533 min
Behind The Human with Marc Champagne15 | Connecting The Mind & BodyCarla DiMattina is a holistic physiotherapist with over 15 years of experience transforming the lives of others through Align Movement. We chat about the mind/body connection, her first celebrity clients (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) and a few easy practices we can do right now to improve our alignment and energy. Align Movement - A proven methodology to re establish connection to the natural state of equilibrium, stability and power, while simultaneously engendering empowerment—physically and emotionally. Align Movement is informed by both eastern and western medicine and philosophy. https://carladimattina.com Visit journal.kyoa...2018-05-181h 04
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaFaith vs. KnowingHow can we truly know when we are living from a place of deeper truth? And, what role does faith play in accepting the present moment for what it is? Our podcast guest Kenny poses these questions to Jonni in front of a small live audience in New York City. Jonni responds to Kenny's inquiry with a not-so-expected perspective on trust, faith, and its relationship to consciousness.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper...2018-05-1827 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaHow to be an Embodied LeaderNow that we have a vision of what true leadership is, Andrea asks Jonni how we develop this ability to be embodied and the role of meditation plays in connecting us to the place where our personal power is.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hours of courses and knowledge content to take you ever deeper into understanding and supporting your growth & evolution. Stacks of movement classes with Carla Dimattina to strengthen and align so everything can flow.Try for free t...2018-05-1127 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaLeading and MisleadingWhat does it mean to have power and how does that translate into leadership? Guest Andrea Stern poses this and many questions about power, leadership, and what to do in the face of misguided power. Jonni responds with a new definition of leadership and reveals how all of us are leading in every moment as we interact in our daily lives. He proposes that if we want to see our world change, we must first recognize that we are all leading, and with that comes an immense responsibility to serve the good of all.1 Giant Mind is...2018-05-0432 min
Ritam Studio Podcast With Jonni Pollard and Carla DimattinaCareer and PurposeOur Guest Nick Dimattina, a senior recruiter for Pandora asks Jonni the question so many of us are asking, “Do we have to leave our jobs, develop new skills and let go of our salaries to find our purpose and experience fulfillment?” Jonni proposes a paradigm-shifting perspective on purpose and fulfillment and where it comes from that enables us to re-envision our current roles, and make them the most relevant and important thing we can be doing right now.1 Giant Mind is evolving!! Check out Jonni's new project Ritam Studio.With hundreds of hour...2018-04-2728 min