286. You Are a Superorganism with Ara Katz

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Every day scientists are learning something new about the human-microbe relationship, and today’s guest, Ara Katz, and her company Seed, are right at the cutting edge of these discoveries. Dive in for an extended conversation on the latest microbiome research, including the most effective ways to care for the non-human half of you so you can digest better, have more energy, and stay in peak health. Visit seed.com and use code COMMUNE for a discount on your first month’s subscription. Get a free pass to Commune's gut health course at onecommune.com/gut.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Commune. This is Jeff Krasno. Our mission is to spread the ideas and practices of the world's greatest teachers. We do that through online courses, a weekly newsletter, and this podcast. On the show, I excavate perennial spiritual questions,
0:23.6	like what is consciousness, what is the nature of reality, how do we live with purpose?
0:29.6	Reality is infinite. We experience a narrow bandwidth of it unless we transcend our senses through meditation.
0:40.3	We delve into practices and modalities that can heal trauma and help us thrive.
0:45.3	Mastering the art and the science of forgiveness is necessary to move through life.
0:51.3	A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.
0:55.0	We explore the spiritual traditions that help us acknowledge that we are all connected
1:01.0	by a power greater than us.
1:03.0	We are all indeed individuals, yet we need to find collective and communal solutions.
1:09.0	We build a sturdy bridge between personal wellness and societal well-being.
1:14.4	It's only when you get people who are pursuing their dreams, living their truth, and feeling
1:17.9	good, that we can actually move the needle of society forward.
1:22.1	To learn about our courses, our community, and everything we do, visit us at onecommon.com.
1:38.1	Okay, today on the podcast, I welcome back one of my all-time favorite guests, ARA Katz.
1:48.0	Aura is the co-founder of a fascinating company called Seed, a microbial sciences company
1:54.9	pioneering applications of microbes to improve human and planetary health. Their Consumer Innovations Division
2:04.4	develops clinically studied probiotics. They produce a best-in-class, stringently researched
2:10.5	broad-spectrum 24-strain probiotic and have recently launched a pediatric daily symbiotic for kids,
2:19.5	ages 3 to 17.
2:25.1	A CED is also a research company and works in partnership with leading scientists,
2:33.5	the top academic institutions and physicians to advance breakthrough academic discoveries in microbial science.
2:40.6	It is just fascinating to think about how these ancient prokaryotes with whom we co-evolved may hold the solutions to many of our most prescient societal problems.
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