The Essence of A Soldier’s Heart with Vela Giri and Adam Jackson | SSP 207

On this episode of Sacred Sons Podcast, we are honored to share this community conversation on our upcoming co-ed gathering REMEMBRANCE: Seeds of Change. You are invited to drop in, feel the resonance, and join us!    Learn more about REMEMBRANCE, here:   https://remembrance.sacredsons.com    September 4 - 7, 2025 Brinnon, WA   On this Episode:    Kumu Anna Liza | @kumuperpetuatehula   Kale Ka’alekahi | @kale.kaalekahi Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson   Connect with Sacred Sons:  Start Here–Check In With Sacred Sons: Check-In Survey    Join The Circle Online Community: Join The Circle Join a Sacred Sons Event Near You: Event Calendar Sacred Sons Signature Events:   CONVERGENCE X: Across Nations   REMEMBRANCE II: Seeds of Change Shop: Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram: @sacredsons  Website: sacredsons.com   YouTube: Sacred Sons    Music: Ancient Future Want to become a Sponsor of Sacred Sons Podcast? Sponsorship Request Form   

Joshua Cogan is an Emmy Award-winning Photographer, Anthropologist and Ethnobotanist whose assignments have taken him to 65 countries to create work that expresses his deep love and curiosity for human life, culture and spiritual ecology. His work lives in print, film, digital and physical installations around the world and within major institutions. Joshua specializes in telling stories of people and the land they inhabit, whether it be 10th generation Totem carvers from Alaska or pioneers of Hip Hop in his hometown of Washington DC. The urgency that drives his work is to bring people in contact with each other through intimate imagery that is crafted to evoke shared meaning and invite people to collective process. With his decades-long study of sacred practices alongside first nations communities, Joshua is equally focused on his work as a community builder and facilitator. Using his training in Insight Meditation and Mindfulness under his teachers Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, as well as Peter Levine's modalities of Trauma Healing through Somatic Experiencing he founded and stewards the men’s community Journeymen, which is dedicated to restoring men’s full humanity by deepening lives through communal practice.  On this Episode:    Joshua Cogan | @joshuacogan | https://www.journeymen.co Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson   Connect with Sacred Sons:  Start Here–Check In With Sacred Sons: Check-In Survey    Join The Circle Online Community: Join The Circle Join a Sacred Sons Event Near You: Event Calendar Sacred Sons Signature Events:   CONVERGENCE X: Across Nations   REMEMBRANCE II: Seeds of Change Shop: Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram: @sacredsons  Website: sacredsons.com   YouTube: Sacred Sons    Music: Ancient Future Want to become a Sponsor of Sacred Sons Podcast? Sponsorship Request Form

Mischa Byruck is a men’s sexual integrity coach. As an expert in accountability and harm reduction following accusations, callouts and cancellations, he has supported over 100 clients to transmute conflict into transformation. He also supports organizations, including ISTA, Kink(dot)com, and DanceSafe to proactively create systems to prevent harm. He is a men’s work facilitator with Sacred Sons and sits on the Board of Embrace, an interfaith community-based organization.  Mischa’s writing has been published in O.School, the New Modality, and The Good Men Project. He is a professionally trained coach, with supplemental training in abuser counseling and sexuality.   On this Episode:    Mischa Byruck | @mischabyruck Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson   Use the Promo Code: ‘SUMMER20’ for 20% Off All Sacred Sons Offerings! Start Here: Check In With Sacred Sons: Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Join The Circle Join a Sacred Sons Event Near You: Event Calendar Sacred Sons Signature Events: CONVERGENCE X: Across Nations REMEMBRANCE II: Seeds of Change Connect with Sacred Sons:   Shop: Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram: @sacredsons  Website: sacredsons.com   YouTube: Sacred Sons    Music: Ancient Future Want to become a Sponsor of Sacred Sons Podcast? Sponsorship Request Form   

Vivien Vilela has 10 years of experience pioneering ethical relations with Indigenous peoples across the Americas. She has played a crucial role in supporting the preservation of Indigenous cultures and global grassroots efforts to protect and restore wild spaces. Born and raised in Brazil, Vivien has dedicated her life to her spiritual studies under the mentorship of some of the most respected Indigenous elders from South, Central, and North America. Through this work, Vivien founded Aniwa©️, an international platform that shares Indigenouswisdom and amplifies the voices of Indigenous leaders through an online education portal, an annual gathering, and in-person retreats. Driven by her profound reverence for indigenous culture and medicine, Vivien's vision expanded to create the Huya Aniwa Foundation and Institute, dedicated to her continued efforts to preserve sacred land and live in alliance with native collectives. Join ANIWA GATHERING https://www.aniwa.co/  May 29th - June 1st, 2025 Use the Promo Code: ‘sacredsons’ for 15% Off!  On this Episode:  Vivien Vilela | @vivilela Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson Start Here: Check In With Sacred Sons: Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Join The Circle Join a Sacred Sons Event Near You: Event Calendar Sacred Sons Signature Events: CONVERGENCE X: Across Nations REMEMBRANCE II: Seeds of Change Connect with Sacred Sons:   Shop: Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram: @sacredsons  Website: sacredsons.com   YouTube: Sacred Sons    Music: Ancient Future Want to become a Sponsor of Sacred Sons Podcast? Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!  

Coach JV (John Vasquez) is a former banking VP turned founder of the 3T Warrior Academy. He has helped thousands of people achieve freedom in mindset, health, and wealth. With over 2M followers, he's a powerhouse content creator and a leader in the crypto space. Coach JV shares his remarkable journey from being broke on his parents' couch to building multiple seven-figure ecosystems and establishing a Rockefeller Trust for his family's future. Coach JV's story includes a period of personal struggle, including an attempted suicide, which led to his spiritual awakening and pursuing his passion and purpose.  On this Episode:    Coach JV | @coachjv_Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson Start Here: Check In With Sacred Sons: Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Join The Circle Join a Sacred Sons Event Near You: Event Calendar Sacred Sons Signature Events: CONVERGENCE X: Across Nations REMEMBRANCE II: Seeds of Change Connect with Sacred Sons:   Shop: Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram: @sacredsons  Website: sacredsons.com   YouTube: Sacred Sons    Music: Ancient Future Want to become a Sponsor of Sacred Sons Podcast? Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!

Join Sacred Sons Co-Founder Adam Jackson as he sits with Dr. Kelly Brogan, holistic psychiatrist, bestselling author, and unapologetic voice for sovereign healing. Known for challenging the pharmaceutical model and championing self-initiation, Kelly brings embodied wisdom and unfiltered clarity to this powerful conversation. They explore healing and personal reclamation, not as a response to illness but as a return to wholeness. Kelly shares how her awakening unraveled the foundations of her medical training and led her into a life grounded in emotional healing, feminine embodiment, and personal responsibility. The conversation dives into the power of presence, the shadow of the savior complex, and the courage it takes to truly feel. Kelly names “entering through the upset” as the only spiritual practice a woman needs and speaks to the importance of honoring the “quiet no,”  before it turns into suffering. Kelly calls forward a rewriting of distorted narratives that deny biological truth and opens up about the grief and growth within single parenting. She reminds us that fulfillment comes through intimacy, integrity, and the depth of connection we share with others. This episode is an invitation to reclaim your clarity, trust your inner knowing, and return to the truth of your body, your choices, and your relationships. On this Episode:  Kelly Brogan MD  | @kellybroganmdAdam Jackson | @adam___jackson Start Here: Check In & Connect With Us Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Sign up to join our exclusive online community! Join The Circle Join An Event Near You: Event Calendar Save Your Spot! Remembrance II Co-ed Gathering Seeds of Change CONNECT: Shop | Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram | @sacredsons  Website | sacredsons.com   YouTube | Sacred Sons    Music | Ancient Future Sponsor Sacred Sons Podcast: Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!

Join Sacred Sons Co-Founder Adam Jackson as he sits with Vela Giri, a Vietnam War veteran, devoted meditation practitioner, and elder in our Sacred Sons community. Vela has spent years supporting veterans in their return home not just physically, but spiritually and emotionally - guiding them through the long-neglected path of reintegration. Speaking to the essence of what lives in a soldier’s heart, Vela brings deep presence, clarity, and hard-won wisdom to this conversation. Together, Adam and Vela explore the critical importance of establishing a protocol for integrating soldiers back into society- a need that remains painfully unmet in this country, where we lose 44 veterans a day to suicide. While they briefly touch on the potential of psychedelic therapy, the conversation moves deeper into the power of meditation as a tool for healing, remembering, and reclaiming one’s life. They speak of moving beyond default reality programming, breaking free from societal conditioning, and consciously creating a new reality grounded in truth and inner knowing. This episode is an invitation into the heart of a returned warrior and elder to feel, to remember, and to return home to who we truly are. On this Episode:  Vela Giri  | @velagiriAdam Jackson | @adam___jackson Start Here: Check In & Connect With Us Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Sign up to join our exclusive online community! Join The Circle Join An Event Near You: Event Calendar Save Your Spot! Remembrance II Co-ed Gathering Seeds of Change CONNECT: Shop | Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram | @sacredsons  Website | sacredsons.com   YouTube | Sacred Sons    Music | Ancient Future Sponsor Sacred Sons Podcast: Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!

Join Sacred Sons Co-Founder Adam Jackson in this unique opportunity as he sits down with Grand Master Taejoon Lee, a lifelong warrior of Hwa Rang Do - a martial arts tradition meaning the flowering of man. They explore the lineage, philosophy, and unshakable principles of this ancient path, discussing early life in Korea under Japanese occupation, the ancestral roots of Hwa Rang Do, and the challenges of immigrating to the U.S. while preserving martial integrity. This conversation dives into the origins of Karate, the warrior way, and the discipline of selflessness over self-indulgence - honoring a path that transcends the individual and aligns with the unifying essence of existence itself. Taejoon Lee shares lessons from childhood, forging strength by confronting life’s obstacles head-on. The Five Codes of the Hwarang - loyalty to king, parents, and friends, never retreating from battle, and practicing mercy in killing - timeless principles that reflect the warrior’s recognition of duty, honor, and the deeper truth that I am is inseparable from all that is. Together they explore the profound power of love for one’s brother, recognizing that true strength found in battle is rooted in the bonds of loyalty, respect, and shared purpose. This episode embodies the warrior’s path, honoring discipline, resilience, and the wisdom of generations. Whether you are a martial artist, seeker, or drawn to timeless warrior ethics, this is an invitation to embrace the warrior spirit in all aspects of life. On this Episode:  Taejoon Lee  | @hwarangquestAdam Jackson | @adam___jackson Start Here: Check In & Connect With Us Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Sign up to join our exclusive online community! Join The Circle Join An Event Near You: Event Calendar Save Your Spot! Remembrance II Co-ed Gathering Seeds of Change CONNECT: Shop | Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram | @sacredsons  Website | sacredsons.com   YouTube | Sacred Sons    Music | Ancient Future Sponsor Sacred Sons Podcast: Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!

In this powerful episode, Adam Jackson sits down with the luminous Blu of Earth to explore the profound art of surrender. Blu shares her recent experience of being displaced by the LA fires, a moment that profoundly tested her faith and led to an almost biblical revelation - one that reaffirmed the power of divine guidance and inner knowing. Together, they dive into the depths of faith, trust, and the beauty of surrendering to life’s unknowns. This conversation explores the resilience that comes from surrender, the wisdom found in grief and loss, and the miracles that emerge when we relinquish control. Blu speaks to the essence of becoming a hollow bone - a vessel for selfless service beyond personal identity and the radical transformation that happens when we let go, trust, and embrace faith.  At the heart of this episode is the recognition that inner knowing is the ultimate anchor, empowering us to remain steady and resilient in any circumstance. When we surrender, we do not fall - we rise. On this Episode:  Blu of Earth | @bluofearthAdam Jackson | @adam___jackson Start Here: Check In & Connect With Us Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Sign up to join our exclusive online community! Join The Circle Join An Event Near You: Event Calendar Save Your Spot! Remembrance II Co-ed Gathering Seeds of Change CONNECT: Shop | Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram | @sacredsons  Website | sacredsons.com   YouTube | Sacred Sons    Music | Ancient Future Sponsor Sacred Sons Podcast: Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!

Join Sacred Sons Co-Founder Adam Jackson as he sits with Lunita Velasquez, a first-generation healing arts practitioner, writer, and mother. Whose mission is to reconnect people to their true selves. As an Expander, Lunita widens hearts and consciousness, bridging cultures and perspectives through deep embodiment and presence. In this conversation, she shares her journey of living outside the status quo, embracing life’s varied experiences with a wide, panoramic lens, and cultivating a deeper connection to Source. Together, Adam and Lunita discuss decolonization of the mind, the ancestral prayers that still echo through us today, and the impact of current times on family and community. Touching on prayer, remembrance, pregnancy, and the desire of the One, this episode is an invitation to step into the experiment of creation with openness, purpose, and devotion. On this Episode:  Lunita Velasquez | @lunitayogaAdam Jackson | @adam___jackson   Body Prisms with Lunita Join Now! Start Here: Check In & Connect With Us Check-In Survey    Join ‘The Circle’ Online Community Sign up to join our exclusive online community! Join The Circle Join An Event Near You: Event Calendar Save Your Spot! Remembrance II Co-ed Gathering Seeds of Change CONNECT: Shop | Sacred Sons Apparel & Cacao  Instagram | @sacredsons  Website | sacredsons.com   YouTube | Sacred Sons    Music | Ancient Future Sponsor Sacred Sons Podcast: Sponsorship Request Form  Use Code “BROTHERHOOD” for 10% OFF all Sacred Sons Events & Merch!