​Episode 96 – Mya Joseph | Reset & discover your purpose

In this episode I chat with Mya Joseph, a Spiritual Guide, Shamanic Practitioner and Creator in service of others on their soul journey of uncovering their true nature, and guiding them to create and live a life aligned to their soul’s purpose.

Listen in your favourite app

Transcript

Murray Guest  

Mya, so good to be reconnecting with you on the podcast, I’ve got such great memories of our chat before and so good to talk to someone that’s so passionate about purpose, about legacy, about exploring what it means to be a being in this world. And obviously right now and 2021, wow, it’s, it’s a year we never thought we’d have, you know, carrying on from last year, of course, how are you, how are you going?

Mya Joseph  

I’m well thank you for having me on the show. Yes. And you’re absolutely right, the last couple of years have been very interesting, I think for everybody across the planet. So, yeah.

Murray Guest  

Yeah, I think interesting is a word, it’s funny, for sessions I’ve been running lately, you know, I say to people, how are you, and I get the good, the fine, the busy. And so I’ve actually been starting to say, Tell me how you are without saying good, fine or busy, and trying to get, as I know you are passionate like me, the deeper response, the deeper understanding so I like interesting. How else would you describe it right now?

Mya Joseph  

Transformative. 

Murray Guest  

Hmm. Tell me about that.

Mya Joseph  

Yeah so, I guess, with the work that I do and my path, you know, is quite a spiritual one as you said, sort of questioning all the things that are sort of going on, exploring life and, you know, as a being on Earth, you know, what’s it all about really. So for me, you know, I guess I can see a lot of the bigger picture things that are going on, even though we’re sort of really in the in the trenches at the moment right where we’re trying to work through all of these processes and events that have come up for us. And, and we’re down there in the dirt, but you’ve just really got to get to a point where you step out of that, become a little bit more of an observer and start to see what else is seeking to be revealed to us individually but also collectively, you know, as a humanity on the planet, and, you know, I spend a lot of time in that space, especially in the last couple of years so it’s, for me it is definitely transformative, you know we’re going through from a humanity perspective, massive transformation in our lives, just not even just individually but collectively. And you can see it across the board, you know there’s a lot of healing that’s taking place, or needs to take place. And a lot of awakening, you know it’s it’s us really starting to awaken and take that pause that we took specially last year during 2020, where we were basically forced to stop, and it was like, okay. So, firstly, there’s probably the more individual thing like, How can I exist within myself, like, you know, and spend time within myself, because now I’m isolated, you know, everything stopped. I’m no longer busy anymore. You know, I’ve got to deal with what’s coming up for me or what I’ve been suppressing or pushing aside to maintain that busyness, and, and things like that so there’s been that individual growth, transformation, healing and expansion, but also as communities, I mean we can see now in 2021, you know, in Australia, you know, we’ve got the lockdowns in the different states, different states have different levels of lockdowns, you know people are frustrated, we’ve now got, you know, rallies going on. People are like, just open the borders, it’s fine. You know we’ve got truckers deciding they want to stop trucking things, you know there’s a lot going on not just in Australia but across the world, again that’s really seeking to, to help us explore even deeper, what it means to be a community and not actually be seeking to be successful as individuals anymore. You know it’s really starting to, it isolated us to go deal with your own stuff and things. And now it’s like, what does that mean from a collective community perspective, why are we fighting one another instead of coming together and getting into that collaborative space and that energy and creativity that’s seeking to, you know, transform us right now.

Murray Guest  

It’s interesting when you talk through that connection and even collaboration. I find it interesting observing what’s going on, like you’re saying right now you think about premiers of states that are throwing barbs at each other or having a go at each other around the way they’re managing this state. I feel like that’s happening at that level, but then I feel like in an opposite way, locally, there’s a lot of connection and collaboration happening. For example, cafes and restaurants, pivoting around how they provide support for healthcare workers or how they provide takeaway meals. We’re buying a box of vegetables that gets delivered at home and it’s all locally grown and supporting local farmers, and we don’t know what we’re going to get and it’s basically what’s in season right now. And we wouldn’t have done that 18 months ago, and we just do it now and it’s fantastic. And so I feel like there’s this dichotomy happening around the connection and collaboration at different levels. What’s your thoughts about what’s going on there?

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely agree there’s, as you’ve said there. It’s really forced us to change how we think about how we’ve been doing stuff in the past, as I said there was, there’s always been that understanding that, to be successful, you know you need to do it all yourself, you know you do all the stuff and things. I was successful because I did it all, you know, I was the parent, you know I was the homemaker, whatever it might be, I brought the money in. I was successful. I created this life for myself. There’s always been that separation that we’ve created, you know, over the decades or even millennia, possibly, we could probably go back that far. Now this pause and the stop is really getting people to think well how can I do business differently, you know, how can I show up differently, how can I change and pivot my business, or how I show up in the world, or my service to others in a different way and you’re absolutely right, people are starting to build those communities and that collective stuff locally instead of always thinking about this global market, and I absolutely love what you said there you’re getting the produce that’s in season I mean that is just in total, I guess, coherence or resonance with Mother Earth, you know, in and actually working with her, as opposed to our own desires of wanting, you know, that particular produce all year round, all of the time, you know, sort of thing so I think the strength lies in that connected community, local basis now, and if we can build on that and build that and grow that, you know, I think that’s going to be a beautiful way forward for all of us.

Murray Guest  

Yeah. I totally agree, and I feel like, whilst we’re doing the local delivery for what’s in, in, in season. I also still feel like there’s more that we could do and just talking about this is bringing my awareness around what else could that look like, how else could we be even more connected to our community, more supportive. And I think that there’s so many little opportunities to do that. One thing that we just did, which I’m so super proud of, my wife found is out at Wilcannia which is a town right out Western New South Wales, their struggling from a whole range of, you know, you think around COVID restrictions and and financially. And so the school there said make up shoe boxes of things for people at certain ages, a bit like you might do like a mystery gift for a charity at Christmas time. So you pick, you know, is it for a boy or female, or sorry a boy/girl/non-gender specific and what age group, pack that up and send that out and we’ve sent that out and it just, it’s so easy to do and providing that value so I’ll make sure there’s a link to it in the show notes because it’s so simple to do, but providing someone some real value right now.

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely, and I’m hoping we see more of that that community spirit, you know, in the past, I think, just before COVID hit in Australia we had those fires, I think it was in the end of 2019. And it seems to be you know those big events where you would see communities come together. But now, you know, we’ve had this longer term event. And now I think people are starting to get a feel that this is how life could be, you know, if we come together collectively and support one another in these ways like what’s possible, you know what could we create together. If we do this.

Murray Guest  

So I agree also with your comment around transformation, around transformation at a personal level, community level, business level. The other word that I’m hearing with people I’m working with is reset, which I think reset sort of comes with the transformation, and how people are resetting what’s important, what’s not, how are they investing in themselves, how are they investing in what’s important. And I’m actually working with a company where the challenge for them is leaders they thought would take up opportunities in different countries or different areas are now saying, hang on, this idea of climbing the corporate ladder and changing functional areas or leading a different, you know region or whatever it might be, they’re saying, hang on, I don’t want to do that. My priorities have been reset and I feel like family is more important, or where I’m living is more important. What’s your, what are you seeing around that as well?

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely agree, reset was a big word that came through for me in 2019. And I know during 2020 it became a very political word, there was a lot of people going, Oh this is our reset and we’ll get back to normal soon. So I think it got sort of taken over a little bit in that space, more from that, you know the headspace, the logical thinking type space but if we delve into more of the feeling space you’re absolutely right, this reset is helping people to understand what is important to me. You know, what is true for me, you know who am I really, what is true for me and how do I want to live going forward, and a lot of what we believed was important to us before we’re realizing no longer is, you know it’s..

Murray Guest  

It’s interesting, Tammy and I were talking a little while ago about the shift that we were having around from planning for the future, you know, planning for retirement or whatever it might be or, you know, that, you know investment property strategy or whatever people have and things like that. Versus, hang on, things can change so quickly right now. Restrictions, travel overseas. And so how do you, how do you live for the right now, connected with who you are, but also where we’re going. That’s it. Yeah, it’s an interesting one.

Mya Joseph  

That is definitely a great question. Being a person, like, I’ve never, I think in my younger years I would have been, okay what am I planning, sort of for the future. I was not that person who was planning five or 10 years ahead. I had many conversations with people who used to do that and I didn’t, I couldn’t fathom it. But you always have that thing, okay I want to do this that and the other, especially, you know, in a family basis, obviously, growth and expansion, you know, within your family on what direction you want to head and things like that, if you want to travel, etc, your own personal business, you know like or in the work that you do, you’ve got those promotions and things that, that you might be seeking and yeah to all of a sudden have a stop and a reset to say, Well, okay. Have a good look at what you really want. And is it still true for you. And then to sit in that space and go, Well, how am I going to plan you know the next even 12 months or probably you know at the moment next three months, you know, yes, it’s almost impossible to do. I think the biggest thing is having that trust and faith in yourself and really connecting to your own inner wisdom on what is right for you and your family unit. At that point in time, you know, for right now and one of the big things, you know is, is that whole concept of surrendering into the moment, and sometimes that surrender word can be quite abrasive for people or it could be like, ah, you know, I don’t want to surrender. I want my sort of thing.

Murray Guest  

And I think some people can put some thoughts or emotions around that of I’m giving up. 

Mya Joseph  

Correct, yeah absolutely. 

Murray Guest  

So what’s the difference between and when you say surrender, what does that really mean do you think?

Mya Joseph  

If you change the word surrender because that does confront our ego quite a bit, because we, we are beings, I mean we’re limitless limitless beings, you know in a limited body, when you, when you get down to it. And so we’re always seeking this freedom even though we may not realize it and even now in lockdown I mean, everyone’s talking about freedom. Freedom to choose whether they get jabbed or not, freedom to cross the border, all that sort of thing. 

Murray Guest  

Freedom to wear a mask because I think whatever. 

Mya Joseph  

Yeah, all those types of freedoms that we’re seeking so as soon as you say surrender, it’s like, oh, and I’m giving up or something external is going to be stopping me from or influencing or controlling my life. And so we go, nup, not gonna happen. So if you change that word to allow it can sometimes really give you a different sense of what that can really mean for you because that’s now a choice. You know, you’re choosing to allow the ebbs and flows to to happen on your journey and getting into that space, it’s not the easiest thing to do, you know, there’s always those worries or concerns or fears that we need to face within ourselves, and you’re stepping into that place of surrendering to the now, or allowing the ebbs and flow to happen while we’re going through all of this, this stuff around us, you know it can be a little tricky to to lean into, for sure.

Murray Guest  

So, building off that. The other element that I’ve picked up with people I’ve been working with is, you know life has got some heavy emotions to it right now. So with that, you know, people feeling that they can’t visit their family, family overseas or can’t, the feeling of grief and loss, of loss of freedom or loss of travel or loss of seeing their friends and family, so there’s that. And then there’s what’s been happening, you know locally with, as you said restrictions and lockdowns and then the sense of globally what’s happening with you know places like Afghanistan and other places of how heavy that feels. If someone’s feeling that that heaviness, how do you think they can shift that, how can they start to move that forward?

Mya Joseph  

If you’re taking that on board, or you’re sensing it, or feeling that because there’s a lot of people who naturally will feel those vibrations. The key to it is to know that it’s not yours, that it doesn’t belong to you. And you don’t belong to it. Essentially.

Murray Guest  

So the emotion, the energy, is that what you’re thinking there? 

Mya Joseph  

Yes, absolutely. So while those things can definitely, you know that they exist, they’re happening, as you said grief is probably the perfect word summing up a lot of everything going on, in that dense energy, heavy energy space, is to identify that it doesn’t belong to you. Now there’s a saying that I received from my shaman teacher, it came down through his grandfather and it was: nothing is yours, but everything is for you.

Murray Guest  

Say that again for me and for everyone, I want to lock that one in.

Mya Joseph  

Nothing is yours, but everything is for you. Now when we talk about that, I guess from that energy perspective, is you can say, well, that’s not, that doesn’t belong to me, but it is for my growth and expansion, it is for me to work my way through and understand what’s seeking to be revealed to me, whether it be a lesson, whether it be something for others as well, you know. So, it’s one of those statements I really love or that’s it’s a wisdom teaching basically within itself, within the words that you can share with others, and to really tap into for yourself and to understand well where are these dense energy feelings coming from. And do I need to hold on to them, or can I allow them to be exactly as they are and allow them to flow through me. You’re not denying these energies, you’re not denying these feelings or thoughts, that is not the path. It’s definitely not the way, way to go through these experiences. What you’re doing is you’re essentially stepping aside perhaps as the observer of that that’s flowing through you, allowing it to flow through you, acknowledging that it exists and that’s okay, but not attaching to them and taking them on within your own vibration. If that makes sense.

Murray Guest  

Yeah, okay, that makes sense. And I think there’s a piece in there that I think is really valuable and standing out for me is, don’t just try and push it away, because then that’s resistance and when you have that resistance that’s going to then, you know, flare up around as you said, let it, acknowledge it, let it flow through, and I’m feeling like there’s a bit of a mantra or a saying around, whether it’s the nothing is ours but everything is for us, or you know this isn’t for me, or, or some of that that people can connect with they help them process that and let it go.

Mya Joseph  

So when, when we get into that space as I said you allow it to flow through you, you acknowledge it. I think the biggest thing is acknowledgement and acceptance. So you’re acknowledging that the feeling exists, you’re accepting it exists, but there is non attachment to it. And that’s probably the art of it, is not attaching to the emotion, and allowing it to be to just be what it needs to be for you in that moment to process those kinds of emotions and events that that come through us, is about tapping into it’s simply your breathing like it’s a lot of what I teach others is around breathing, and to breathe in, unconditional love and to breathe out, unconditional love as simple as that. It could be just a breathing technique of seven to seven or something like that, you know, breathing in for the seven holding for two and releasing for the seven. Different ways to just breathe in and out and through those processes and not attaching to them can definitely help you manage the vibration and the denser energy that comes into your being. If you take those on.

Murray Guest  

If someone’s, you know, sitting in some of that heaviness and feeling that energy, and they’re listening to this, and they’re thinking, Okay, I’m going to try that, that triangular breathing of the seven two seven. Do I do it once, do I do it 1000 times? Like what’s your guidance say around to get some impact of that breathing pattern.

Mya Joseph  

So three times, is plenty enough, if that’s all it really takes for yourself. Or multiples of three. Essentially, I mean there’s different techniques. Some people talk about multiples of seven doing it for seven repetitions so 7/14/21. No more than 28, you know, things like that. That’s just one, you know, technique, but yes three breaths, is quite sufficient enough. Now, you may do, there’s plenty of different, some of them called box breathing techniques, 777 or the triangle ones, etc. So yeah, just find what suits you, because not everyone can do that on the first, first go so trying to breathe in, or even hold for 20, that’s a challenge, and things like that but find what works for you, don’t, don’t not do it because you can’t get to that number, if that makes sense.

Murray Guest  

Yeah, I think what I’ve learned over the years of learning about this and focusing on my breathing or even some of that meditative state is be easy on myself. Yes, there’s no hey, getting it perfect. But I think that’s been really helpful.

Mya Joseph  

Yeah, you don’t win awards for that stuff. And seriously, don’t be so, you know, don’t be judgmental of yourself, you know, just ease into it because that just creates the stress and more suffering that you don’t need, you know, so it’s it’s just go with whatever works for you.

Murray Guest  

And I, I know that you talk also about the power of self forgiveness and I feel like there’s some good links here. When you, you work with people tell me about what that looks like and where’s that power in that self forgiveness.

Mya Joseph  

So this spans a lot of different areas in our lives. So, if you prescribe to the understanding that we chose to come to Earth. And we chose our challenges. And we chose the paths and all that sort of stuff, we chose to be born to the people and the area that we were born into, and the location and everything like that. If you prescribe to that, that understanding, the self forgiveness part is super important because sometimes during our childhoods, there are a lot of trauma, stressors, wounds throughout our life, that, that come upon us. Yeah, and we tend to blame others. It’s something external to us, that is being blamed for what we’ve experienced. And a lot of people talk about forgiving others, of any wounds, or things like that that have occurred to us. But the first step is actually self forgiveness in that space and that, that can be really hard for people to, to swallow that because it’s like well that person did the thing to me or you know that person said something about me, other things so it’s their fault. But if you come within yourself and you forgive yourself for the choices for the challenges that you’ve, you set yourself in this lifetime, and come to that self forgiveness, and then forgiving others comes just naturally from that space.

Murray Guest  

I love your reference to choices here too, because I believe that no one sits there and intentionally says, I’m going to make a bad choice now. And even if there are bad choices. But I think we can get hung up on what’s happened, or the choices or decision based on some other perspective that they made. And then that self forgiveness, Have I made the best choice I can make at that time.

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely. And it is all a series of choices, life. I remember reading many years ago, was his name Stephen Covey’s, The Seven Habits. And there was a story that stuck out and there was a I think a teenager who was playing tennis, or he was going to tennis training and he goes, Oh I have to go to training now because my parents want me to learn tennis. And I think Stephen said to him, Well, do you have to though? And he was trying to work with this teenager around, it’s your choice. At the end of the day you’re choosing. What if you change the words from I have to or I should, to I am choosing to go to tennis training, you know, and that really stuck with me over the years, and understanding, you know, the choices that we make and we do we make them every, every single day, even if we think somebody else is making them for us. The reality is we are still choosing. 

Murray Guest  

And I, I am such a big believer in the power of words and the words that we use and how they shaped the way we see the world and our thinking. And what I’ve also, I’ve tried to do, again, far from perfect but what I’ve tried to do myself and share with people is shifting that from, I have to do something to, I get to do this. Like, I have to go to the shops and do the shopping. Actually I get to go to the shops and do the shopping because honestly there’s some people in this world right now that can’t get to go to the shops and do the shopping, buy the groceries. Yeah, I have to take the bins out, I get to, this might be silly, but again, I get to take the bins out because you know what someone’s going to pick my bins up in the morning and empty them out and say you know what, there’s some people right now in the world that don’t have that. Yeah and I think that that can shift, shift perspectives and bring in some gratitude for that as well.

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely. And yeah, changing that mindset around I have to do or should to, you know, I get to or I choose to.

Murray Guest  

Aren’t shoulds, just let’s let’s not should all over the place. Let’s let it go, yeah. Hey, I was thinking about you in preparation for us catching up, have, have you seen the new Disney Pixar film Soul that came out earlier this year? 

Mya Joseph  

No I haven’t. 

Murray Guest  

Oh you need to watch it. I’m a big Pixar fan, I mean I think they make great films. So I’m gonna read you a quote from the Pixar film, so I don’t want to spoil this. Pretend you, after this conversation, you’ve forgotten that when you watch the movie. Or look out for it either way. So, in the film, Dorothea is talking to the guy about purpose. And she shares this story. And she said, I heard this story about a fish. He swims up to this older fish and says, ‘I’m trying to find this thing they call the ocean.’ ‘The ocean?’ says the older fish. ‘That’s what you’re in right now.’ ‘This?’ says the younger fish, ‘This is just water.’ I honestly, I was watching it, and I just went, that just, a) I wanted to share with you and b) I thought wow that is just so cool.

Mya Joseph  

Very powerful, very powerful lessons in that, I mean it’s each and every one of us you know we’re here, you know, on our own little unique, individual journey, and we perceive things from different perspectives which is so beautiful, I think it’s the most beautiful thing that we can do that we can allow ourselves to do. And from those different perspectives you know we can sometimes get a little bit stuck in thinking and it is thinking, it is our mind that that keeps us stuck. But when we move into that, that inner wisdom and the inner space, we can start to expand that out a little bit more of expand our perspective out and start to embrace different points of view, different ways of being. Without the judgment, without the criticism or without putting things into little boxes and categories to attempt to understand it. So yeah, I love that. I love that saying.

Murray Guest  

Yeah and I think it links back to what we’re talking a bit about before and transformation and reset and renewed or different perspectives. And what jumps out to me is, you know in that story around this idea of you’re looking for something that you know what, it’s right in front of you right now and as part of your life right now. And, you know, my wife and I love to travel, we’ve had, to be honest I did hardly any travel up until I was in my 30s. And then, this, this idea of experiencing different cultures and going places. And of course that’s changed in the last nearly two years, totally. And you know what, where can I travel locally, where can I be a tourist in my own neighborhood, where can I look at things differently, where can we go on different trips. And so, what can I do with what’s in front of me right now.

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely, and you did mention about purpose earlier. And we all go on this little journey, I believe, you know, to try and to understand this concept of purpose or most of us sort of get to that place along our path. And it can come about for many different reasons, and exactly what that saying is actually saying is, just living life, doing exactly what you’re doing right now is your purpose. Yeah, we’re getting people to come around to that thinking and understanding, you know that that’s a journey. Yeah, because a lot of us, generally start in a space within our mind on going well, what am I really doing here, you know what is my purpose, what should I be doing, and that can range from everything from what work should I do in the world, or I want to do work that I love and enjoy through to more deeper existential crisis. Right, purpose, exploration, but when we come back around and we and we realize and we get into that space of understanding that, being here doing exactly what we’re doing is exactly what we’re supposed to be doing. And that’s very hard to get, get your head around and be at peace with.

Murray Guest  

And I even think drilling it down a little bit further of what does it look like to do the things you do each day with purpose in itself.

Mya Joseph  

Mm hmm. Yep, finding purpose in what you do every day.

Murray Guest  

Yeah. So, with the work that you do, that has a strong spiritual connection, how do we then build this link here with purpose and that spirituality in our day to day life. That is not, I’m going to go off and do my spiritual retreat, I’m going to be spiritual. One day, or whatever, you know frames people put around it, what does that look like as a, as a way of being.

Mya Joseph  

Yeah, I think, because we’ve built such separation within our lives and that separation includes this concept of ego and spirit. You know we often hear that still spoken about now, when we get to a place where we understand that those two things aren’t two things, they’re actually just you, it’s all it’s all of you. You’re one thing. When you get to that point I mean separating them out is very useful to to explore and to, to work through some of those deeper meanings for yourself the deepest stories the deeper wounds and healing, definitely helps to have that separation of ego and spirit, but in reality it’s, it’s just one in the world, we have sort of separated ourselves out, and we’ve separated you know spirituality as being something like you said, we do on a weekend or I might do five minutes in the morning every day or something like that, you know, but that’s not that’s doing spirituality, that’s not being spiritual. And when we get to a place of I guess living consciously. And with that awareness, that’s the connection. So instead of going about your day in what I would call an unconscious state of being. You’re, you’re living life in a conscious state of being, which is that that greater awareness that observation, as I mentioned earlier about stepping outside of the stuff and things that are going on, you know the chaos going on around you and being able to navigate that, you know, instead of responding to us, reacting to it, sorry. We’re actually responding to it and making choices from a grounded conscious state, essentially instead of just the trigger responses that we’re so used to in a more unconscious state of being.

Murray Guest  

And I know that when we talk about that conscious state, unconscious way of being that that links to my thoughts around inspired energy and how you sort of get that definition together with that.

Mya Joseph  

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, yeah, when, you know, your podcast’s called inspired energy, you know, it’s just, to me it, it actually gives me a little buzz when I even say those words or read those words inspired energy.

Murray Guest  

So, that’s what that’s the, that’s the hope that’s the aim that we, yeah, and I’ve had you know over 90 people give me their thoughts about that. You’re right that there’s a buzz and energy that I hope that that brings, again words are powerful.

Mya Joseph  

Absolutely, yeah, yeah. And for me yeah that that whole conscious way of being is that inspired energy is, is bringing our whole selves into our experience. And that’s, as we said the connection that you’re talking about before bringing that spirituality to our everyday.

Murray Guest  

So, to help us give people some steps to move forward to sort of bring together, or bring together this great conversation to have a more conscious life, a more connected spiritual life, what would be your three tips you’d like to leave people with today.

Mya Joseph  

The key is the connection to self. That’s probably the number one thing that we can do even if that’s the only thing that you do, is developing that connection with your true self, again, and learning to trust and have faith in that, you know wisdom that we all have, you know, we’re always seeking that outside stuff to tell us how to live our lives and do the stuff and things. But really, we have the ability to tap into that inner wisdom ourselves and be guided by it every single day. So it’d be pretty much it, but if you want three…

Murray Guest  

Well, let’s build on that, what if we, how does someone have that connection, how do they, then, as you said, let go of the outside influences, not take them on board so much, the shoulds and some of the things we talked about today. How do I take some steps forward in that being and that more connected to myself.

Mya Joseph  

So practically speaking, it is finding that quiet within, so it is, whether you meditate or not or whether you just do breathing practices, it’s whatever resonates for you. The other side of it is nature. Nature is our big connector. It is because we are all connected. And that’s why nature is a big connector. It’s why we always talk about going out in nature, barefooted. Go to the beach, visit the ocean, go into the, into any sort of water source, you know, connect with those elements, even if it’s standing in the sun for 10 minutes. Just connecting to those elements, that’s where the breathing comes in, that’s the wind element, you know air element, the earth, the water, the fire that’s a little bit different. That’s the sun, so you just, You can either work with fire as an element, or you just let that sun shine on you. And even if it’s for a moment of your day. That connection that’s how you build and strengthen that connection within yourself. But seeking the silence beyond the monkey mind, that’s, that’s where it’s at. And learning to trust yourself, developing that that trust and wisdom, again, the trust and faith within, within what is seeking to be revealed through you.

Murray Guest  

Yeah and I think that’s such a great link back to our conversation earlier around being okay or being kind to yourself through all this as well. Yeah.

Mya Joseph  

Yes, and that’s exactly right that self forgiveness piece is sitting with a moment and just saying, you know, I forgive myself. You know there’s no judgment. You know there’s no guilt, there’s no shame. I’m good. Yeah.

Murray Guest  

So Mya, thank you so much. Great to have you on the podcast again, I’ll make sure I’ve got a link in the show notes to our previous chat as well because that was, again, awesome. Also, I’ll make sure there’s links to your Instagram page and your own podcast A Groovy Enlightened Life, which I love, love that as well. The other part is, you have a great newsletter that comes out, I love it. I love your personal stories, your, your revelations through that and what you’ve revealed through all that. So, honestly, jump on Mya’s website and sign up for that newsletter, it comes out about monthly I think doesn’t it?

Mya Joseph  

Yeah, it’s, I let it just go with the flow, sometimes it’s weekly sometimes it’s monthly. Yeah, it’s whenever the stories, wish to be revealed. 

Murray Guest  

And what I love too is, it’s not a billion pages, there’s a good length. It’s a good length to read, and your stories and your insights are fantastic, so check that out as well. But definitely check out the podcast as well, all that will be in the show notes, so check that out. So good to catch up, and to get your perspectives on the energy and what’s going on right now and some real practical tips to help people with that reset, and that transformation that I know a lot of people are feeling right now. So wonderful to share this energy and space with you today. 

Mya Joseph  

Excellent, thank you very much, Murray, it’s been very groovy. 

Murray Guest  

It’s been groovy and inspiring. Thank you.