Borealis Meditation Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kathleen Borealis
Welcome to Borealis Meditation, a geology podcast for nature lovers and tree huggers of all spiritual paths! I am your own personal geologist Kathleen. Geology is the study of the earth and gives you new eyes to read the landscape around you. Please use this podcast as a starting point to further your explorations into this wonderful planet we are fortunate enough to call home. The more I know about this amazing planet the more I am filled with AWE and WONDER! Come join me in learning about your environment and this amazing planet we are fortunate enough to call home!
We have reached the time in my PhD when I need to buckle down and focus on writing and also work on getting a job for my next adventure.
So we are going to stop here and end the season now and pop back in when all that is done!
But I can't leave you with nothing so here is a discussion on the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004
Please send any comments or questions to borealis.meditation@gmail.com
Show Notes are found at: https://katborealis.com/2025/01/borealis-meditation-s05e06-the-end-of-the-season-and-the-indian-ocean-tsunami/
Can't wait to be back with more fun! Take care!
Welcome to Season 5 Episode 5 for this episode I had a nice chat with my good friend Althaea Sebastiani! We talked about all sorts of things including gravel and tea cups. Althaea has a new book out that was just published! I recommend picking it up and following her online.
Please send any comments or questions to borealis.meditation@gmail.com
Show Notes are found at: https://katborealis.com/2024/05/borealis-meditation-s05e05-gravel-and-tea-cups-a-conversation-with-althaea-sebastiani/
In this episode we talk about the formation of hydrocarbons and what shungite has to do with petroleum!
Please send any questions about hydrocarbon extraction to borealis.meditation@gmail.com
Show Notes are found at: http://katborealis.com/2023/08/borealis-meditation-s05e04-humans-and-hydrocarbons
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In this episode we talk about some of the ways that the ocean can make rocks!
Show Notes are found at
https://katborealis.com/2023/03/borealis-meditation-s05e03-how-the-ocean-makes-rocks/
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Welcome to episode 2 of season 5! In this episode we talk about the three main rock types, along with stones and the history of the use of stones. Show Notes are found at
http://katborealis.com/2022/05/borealis-meditation-s05e02-rocks-and-stones/
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Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 5! All about the eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga on Jan. 15th 2022. In this episode we discuss the chronology of the eruption along with background information on aviation hazards, tsunami early warning systems, and how we calculate plume heights. Along with answering your questions about the eruption.
Show notes and transcripts:
https://katborealis.com/2022/02/borealis-meditation-s05e01-hunga-volcano-tonga/
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Welcome to Season 5 of Borealis Meditation Podcast!
We are back and to start just some business to get out of the way.
Show notes are on my website https://katborealis.com/2022/02/borealis-meditation-podcast-welcome-to-season-5/
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New music is by Mystery Arc
This is the end of Season 4. I am simply put burned out!
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As always I have show notes on the website http://katborealis.com/
Thank you for joining me for Season 4! Talk to you soon in Season 5!
In this episode I interview Nicholas Pearson the author of Crystal Basics The Energetic, Healing, and Spiritual Power of 200 Gemstones. As usual more information is available in the show notes on the website
http://katborealis.com/2021/05/borealis-meditation-s04e17-working-with-crystals-with-nicholas-pearson/
~ Kathleen
This is part 2 of a two part series on Crystal Ethics. This episode focuses on the supply chain and how to be an ethical crystal consumer.
Please see the show notes for more information on
http://katborealis.com/2021/02/borealis-meditation---s04e16---being-an-ethical-crystal-consumer
~ Kathleen
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This is part 1 of a two part series on Crystal Ethics. This episode focuses on Extraction and the supply side.
Please see the show notes for more information on
http://katborealis.com/2021/02/borealis-meditation-s04e15-crystal-ethics-extraction/
~ Kathleen
@katborealis
From the archives! This is an old episode from 2011 on mineral color.
Music played is by Gaia Consort and was used by permission
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In this episode we have a speed mineral identification class going over the major types of distinguishing features used in mineralogy.
Music is by Kai Altair and SJ Tucker and used by permission
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In this episode I answer questions covering a variety of topics! I start this episode with a little overview
Show notes are available at http://katborealis.com/2020/10/borealis-meditation-s04e12-ama
In this episode we talk about Ley Lines and their history and theory along with some discussion on plate tectonics.
Show notes are available at http://katborealis.com/2020/09/s04e11-ley-lines-part-1-history-and-theory/
Music played by permission
Trail of Prayer by Sharon Knight https://sharonknight.bandcamp.com/album/portals
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In this episode we explore the difference between minerals and rocks, and how that relates to crystals and gems.
Show notes available at http://katborealis.com/2020/08/borealis-meditation-s04e10-what-is-the-difference-between-a-crystal-mineral-rock-and-gemstone/
Music played by permission:
Folds of Evening by Aazav https://aazav.bandcamp.com/album/the-looking-stone
Iron from Stone - Dahm the Bard https://paganmusic.bandcamp.com/
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In this episode I talk about Deep Time and how that concept can be used to add context in uncertain times.
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Here is a recording of the version of a grounding meditation that I personally use. I hope that this helps especially since right now stress is building on stress and is starting to build up. Take care!
This is a quick mini-episode going over something basic we all KNOW is good to practice but tend to forget about.
Breath.
Take a deep on and get comfortable. Full episode notes on katborealis.com
Answering some common earthquake questions
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Thank you for listening!
Come and hangout and myself and an old friend of mine Sarah Rose chatting about making things!
~ Kat
I hope you enjoy this latest episode of Borealis Meditation. In this episode I sit down with a collector friend of mine who has spent a lot of time in the Indonesian side of Papua, and I asked him some questions I had been thinking about for a while. I hope you enjoy our conversation and please excuse the bad audio quality in the intro and outro I am prepping for a big work trip and had to squeeze in getting this episode edited
~ Kat
In this episode we talk about making friends with volcanoes and what two of my friends were up to last year. Enjoy!
~ Kat
Foundations - "You don’t understand something until you have to teach someone else"
Welcome to something new. Unscripted Kathleen!
In this episode we cover some concepts I started going over with a friend of mine I am currently teaching. This is a very personal episode because it dives into my thinking. Please let me know what you think.
Get ready to welcome into your life:
Sparkle!
Sparkle Body!
Conservation of Sparkle!
Season 4 Episode 2 Palu earthquake and tsunami
short conversation on the facts of the event, what was unusual and where the uncertainty comes from.
Enjoy and let me know if anything is broken!
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Hello! I am back! I wanted to test that I got everything configured right again so I am releasing a short first episode with a quick overview of forest fires. Also turns out I need to remember not to talk so fast!
Enjoy and let me know if anything is broken!
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While I edit what I recorded, and worry about it not being good enough, and think about redoing it.... I am getting everything set up again. Its been a while since I have done any of this admin and it is slow going.
This is a test post to test the feed.