Dr. Tara Swart

No, I've not seen Coco. You haven't seen it? I thought you were going to say Sol. I've seen that, but I've not seen Coco.

No, I've not seen Coco. You haven't seen it? I thought you were going to say Sol. I've seen that, but I've not seen Coco.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, no, no. And dark retreats too. Like, I think it's interesting that all of it's trying to get us to just be. Like, it all starts with this sense of just being. But some of these activities, I think for a lot of people, they seem so foreign, right? Like, I think dark retreats seem foreign, silent retreats seem foreign. Obviously, they're quite... big differences to the way people live.

Yeah, no, no. And dark retreats too. Like, I think it's interesting that all of it's trying to get us to just be. Like, it all starts with this sense of just being. But some of these activities, I think for a lot of people, they seem so foreign, right? Like, I think dark retreats seem foreign, silent retreats seem foreign. Obviously, they're quite... big differences to the way people live.

And even things like chanting and humming and being in nature, like those, I think coming from a Indian background, like chanting is somewhat far more accessible or normal or a practice that you grew up with, whereas in the Western world, that wouldn't necessarily have been a practice. What has been the neurological impact of chanting?

And even things like chanting and humming and being in nature, like those, I think coming from a Indian background, like chanting is somewhat far more accessible or normal or a practice that you grew up with, whereas in the Western world, that wouldn't necessarily have been a practice. What has been the neurological impact of chanting?

I'm intrigued by that because that's always been something I've been fascinated by.

I'm intrigued by that because that's always been something I've been fascinated by.

Well, I didn't know about the science behind that. It's so funny because one of my teachers would always tell us, he said, if you have a conflict with anyone in the monastery, you should dance and chant together.

Well, I didn't know about the science behind that. It's so funny because one of my teachers would always tell us, he said, if you have a conflict with anyone in the monastery, you should dance and chant together.

That was literally what he would say.

That was literally what he would say.

He would always say that and he would always tell everyone that. It's like, if you're having a conflict with another monk or someone in the monastery or there's something, you should dance and chant together. And we'd always thought it was like a nice cute thing. Like, you know, you don't realize just...

He would always say that and he would always tell everyone that. It's like, if you're having a conflict with another monk or someone in the monastery or there's something, you should dance and chant together. And we'd always thought it was like a nice cute thing. Like, you know, you don't realize just...

how much you recognize there's spiritual depth behind it, but to even hear the idea that it's actually creating trust on a chemical level is pretty far out because... Well, it's clearly creating coherence in terms of you wouldn't chant out of tune with each other, would you? Correct.

how much you recognize there's spiritual depth behind it, but to even hear the idea that it's actually creating trust on a chemical level is pretty far out because... Well, it's clearly creating coherence in terms of you wouldn't chant out of tune with each other, would you? Correct.

And that simple act of doing it even subconsciously is going to bleed into when you're trying to consciously operate. Yeah. I mean, that's fascinating from a romantic perspective too, I guess. And from a relationship perspective of how often are couples spending time together in nature or how often are couples spending time in the same frequency and vibration together?

And that simple act of doing it even subconsciously is going to bleed into when you're trying to consciously operate. Yeah. I mean, that's fascinating from a romantic perspective too, I guess. And from a relationship perspective of how often are couples spending time together in nature or how often are couples spending time in the same frequency and vibration together?