The V_Va_Ya Podcast

Welcome to another installment of my series on “The Art of Peace” by Morihei Ueshiba. Today’s passage is much longer than usual but chock full of practical martial artistic perspective. Su refers to the cosmic breath of the universe that we must seek to harmonize our own voices with. I ponder this while sharing my immediate thoughts and reflection on the passage. Hope this helps you bring some peace into your life as it does for me.Wanna Support the Show? Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Instagram🤳🏽➡️Substack✍🏼 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Hello, and welcome back to another installment of my finding peace in stillness. My usual go-to’s for peace involve movement, and lately I’ve found myself needing to sit still much more often and regularly. So when I came across “The Art of peace” by renown martial artist Morihei Ueshiba, I took that as my sign to sit still and reflect on his wisdom.Today’s reflection is on a passage of about the meta astro physical origin of everything and how everything works best together. In other words, the universe and all it’s components, including our little galactic corner, are all connected and emerged from one thing and want to exist as one thing. This thing, among other things, and collections of things, will be discussed!Wanna Support the Show? Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Instagram🤳🏽➡️Substack✍🏼 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Heaven is right here! That is, according to the “Art of Peace” by renowned martial artist, Morihei Ueshiba. I read another passage and offer my immediate reflection. Morihei believed everyone could be a warrior for peace, and that we need nothing else than what we’re born with: mind, body, and spirit.Another passage and another day of me trying to focus on finding peace in stillness. I will admit, I feel very peaceful when I record these, so… so far, so good.Wanna Support the Show? Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

I continue my reading of the “Art of Peace“ by Ueshiba Morehei, reknowned martial artist who founded aikido, the way of unifying harmony. It’s a compilation of his philosophy, as recorded and compiled by students and/or admirers.I started this series as a way to guide my journey to find more peace and presence in stillness.Today’s passage focuses on how anyone can be a warrior for peace.Wanna Support the Show? Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

…After a well needed Summer hiatus…I've returned to uploading fragments of myself to the e cloud.And I'm starting a new series!I introduce the written work “The Art of Peace” by Morihei Ueshiba, how it relates to my life, and that we can all fight for peace without actually fighting each other.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼.Discussion about this episode This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

We're back with another minimally edited installment of the ¡V VA YA! Podcast. Follow your intrepid host and main character traverse the Buffalo Summer scape, completing one side quest after another. And a special guest😎.Links to accompanying photos coming soon.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

In this long overdue episode, I break the hiatus silence, shooting from the hip, and reveal thunderous news: I’m still kicking after 39 rotations around the sun. There’s so much to share these days, I can’t keep up. But don’t worry, you can, cus you literally control the speed of the audio. I’m throwing caution to the wind and investing in the spiritual trust fund. I’m recording this as is, with minimal post, no re-listen nor post edit. Just all of it, unadulterated, and hot off the V vocal chord press. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

In case you missed it two episodes ago, here’s a standalone release for easier sharing of Bath Time with SJ! 🛁🧖Buffalocal sassy babe SJ decants the details of her signature ritual, how it’s evolved, and why you should make more time for selfcare.If you want more, let me know!I think she’s unlocked more podcasting cred in five minutes than the entirety of my multi year span of podcasting efforts. So, also let her know (nicely) how fun that segment was and that y’all definitely want more.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

I post up under a balcony to wait out the rain for a quick update episode. And location wise it’s thematically relevant, cus I recap some fun from Porchfest, among other happenings!Play Where’s Waldo but instead it’s my friends and I at porchfest.https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7DDNNR6v_/?img_index=10&igsh=MWcydmZyZGh4Y2hyWanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

The Buffalo Bicycle life continues as I share a typical weekend day in the life of Buffalo Bicycling. I just finished an epic manga that’s taken me years to read. I share a quick synopsis and my initial thoughts before arriving at our next debut segment…Bath Time with SJ! 🛁🧖She shares the details of her signature ritual, how it’s evolved, and why you should make more time for yourself.If you want more, let me know! I think she’s unlocked more podcasting cred in five minutes than the entirety of my multi year span of podcasting efforts. So, also let her know (nicely) how fun that segment was and that y’all definitely want more.Then I’m back on the road, gathering ingredients to make a soup for a sick clown girlfriend. Feeling pensive and reflective after finishing that epic manga, I opt for a sunny day rip around in one of Buffalo’s prettiest and (bikeable) cemeteries while I share some more thoughts about life and death.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

May is National Bicycle Month! Here in Buffalo, the bicycle community comes out in full. To semi-quote a bicycle song, get on your bikes and ride!I open the show with a personal update: slightly less depressed! Bicycling is not only my primary mode of transport (no car), it is also my favorite mode of recreation and go-to mood booster. If I’m on my bike, I’m having fun, minimum. I practice some gratitude before activating bike podcast mode.I hop on my bike, activating bike podcast mode, sharing my Bike Month favs here in Buffalo as I intermittently interweave my navigational narrative. Many of my favs are also regular staples but are concentrated and more frequent in May to kick off the warm bike season. Check out the 2025 calendar compiled by Gobike.I’ll share some bicycle riding tips and advice for newbies from a defensive bicyclist perspective. That means I assume (at best) I’m invisible to motorists. At worst, I’m a target for motorist harassment since my legal bicycle’d existence on public streets is a perceived inconvenience to car-world-domination.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Another episode in the life of the car-less, and bicycle-fueled! Listen to your domestically heroic host hurdle over motorized obstacles with careful abandon. I also share my thoughts on defensive bicycling and weather appropriate bicycle gear, as I take Buffalo rush hour traffic by the mechanical horns.Oh and a debut unexpected surprise guest.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

A quick fan featured episode!I really appreciate all the support. So glad the show has fans. If you want to be on the next fan segment, you can reach me at thevmang.substack.comWanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

A short episode documenting my temporary escape from work.I contemplate life and death aloud as I watch imperceptibly slow drifting chunks of ice, while enjoying the shoreline view of Lake Erie. Expect a steady stream of seagulls squawking it up in the background.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

I talked with another of Buffalo’s finest doctor educators then shared my immediate thoughts after the interview. Which inspired me to share the major source of fuel behind all my creative online output. If you’ve been following the ‘cast this far, it shouldn’t be a surprise. If you haven’t…Surprise! It’s not just morning-of oats.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the V_va_ya Podcast!Today we have new and improved audio for this bicycle podcast. Thank you light snow shower for providing me a mobile recording booth.Vicariously live my bicycle life as I pedal my way through errands while sharing thoughts on pedestrian/cyclist infrastructure, cyclist etiquette, and my bicycle podcast aspirations. Plus other random thoughts and observations. Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

I had no idea how much creative intellectuality lay dormant within me until I was mentally unlocked by none other than Well Worn Matt the Wisz Kid aka the Hunstman. None of this made sense until Matt made sense of me.Share in the afterglow✨ with me.And!Stay tuned for the full interview, sometime in the kinda near, maybe a bit distant, future on a separate podcast🎙😎Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Perk those ears for the mushy, gushy, flow of love for one of my dearest, closest, friends, who also happens to be a total instababe. Learn why and how she inspires me as I sing her praises of adulation.Wanna Support the Show?Share this shareable link.Where Else Can You find me?➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽.➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Some lil updates on thangs, my first remote segment, and an invasive species inserting itself into my show.Wanna Support the Show? Share this shareable link. Where Else Can You find me? ➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽. ➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe

Personal Life Update!What have I been up to? Who did I spend Valentine's day with? Did my winter bicycle aka my main mode of transport survive the freezing touch of Old Man Winter's gnarled finger tips?Where do I get my vitamin C?All this and more is answered.Wanna Support the Show? Share this shareable link. Where Else Can You find me? ➡️Short form pictorial content via Instagram🤳🏽. ➡️Long(er) form written content via Substack✍🏼. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thevmang.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vvyprods.substack.com/subscribe