Edu Ara is a consciousness musician and a director of the NGO, Aldeia do Futuro, (Village of the Future), a group that empowers the Huni Kuin people, an indigenous group out of Acre, Brazil, by cultivating autonomy and safety from the effects of deforestation, and preserving Huni Kuin culture. Edu is a bridge between the Huni Kuin and non-indigenous people, helping facilitate retreats in the Amazon rainforest that offer healing ceremonies and other ancestral wisdom teachings and offerings.
In this episode, we talk about:
- What is consciousness music? (5:36)
- Health crisis of the modern world: disconnection from nature (6:51)
- The role that music plays in returning to ourselves: tuning the guitar of our consciousness (14:26)
- Mythology: where did the gods hide the secret of life? (20:26)
- The Americas are the spinal cord of the world (25:58)
- Colonization of the Americas and the oppression of its peoples (29:12)
- Coca leaves vs. pearls: we’ve been in trouble for the past 500 years… BUT we are finally at a global awakening (30:15)
- Listening to the gift of pain (35:10)
- Listening to the message of traditional medicines like ayahuasca and tobacco (43:25)
- Edu’s origin story- how he entered the world of healing (46:10)
Links:
Edu's insta: @edu_aramusic
Aldeia do Futuro's insta: @aldeia.dofuturo
Edu's Patreon, a portion of which goes to indigenous tribes and protecting the Amazon rainforest
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