746. George Thompson - Taoism, Planet, & People: Inspiring Change
Buddha at the Gas Pump
Rick Archer
4.7 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
George Thompson is a filmmaker, teacher, and founder of Balance is Possible!— a 15-person team on a mission to inspire balance for people and planet. His films and teachings have touched over 25 million people and he is supported by renowned changemakers including Dr. Jane Goodall, Louie Schwartzberg, Tara Brach, Stephen Fry and many more. Drawing from years of deep study in the Wudang Mountains of China, George blends ancient wisdom with modern science, translating it into fun, practical tools for overcoming the challenges of modern life. Once plagued by anxiety and a sense of disconnection, George’s journey led him from pain to purpose. With playful kindness, George helps people to do the same: to awaken their potential. Website: Balance is Possible! YouTube Channel Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group Interview recorded January 6, 2026.
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| 0:00.0 | Master Gu describes Tai Chi as powerful, peaceful and beautiful. |
| 0:04.5 | Powerful comes from the martial art culture. |
| 0:06.7 | You develop strong legs, strong balance. |
| 0:09.1 | Peaceful, it's a moving meditation. |
| 0:11.3 | Like yoga, you move with a breath. |
| 0:13.3 | And then beautiful. |
| 0:14.2 | It's like a dance, an art form. |
| 0:16.6 | It's a way that you get to express your creative, inherent potential. |
| 0:27.9 | Thank you. It's a way that you get to express your creative, inherent potential. Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump. My name is Rick Archer. |
| 0:32.5 | Buddha at the Gas Pump, if this is new to you, has an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening |
| 0:38.9 | people. We've done nearly 750 of them now, and if you would like to check out previous ones, |
| 0:45.4 | go to backgap.com and look under the interviews menu, where you'll see them organized in |
| 0:51.1 | various ways. This program is made possible through the support of appreciative |
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| 1:02.6 | but it keeps us going. There are PayPal buttons on every page of the website and a page |
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| 1:18.2 | And those likes and subscribes tweak the algorithms, so YouTube brings it to more people. |
| 1:24.4 | My guest today is George Thompson. |
| 1:26.9 | George is a filmmaker, a teacher, and a founder of something called Balance is Possible, which we'll be talking about. And when I say George is a filmmaker, he really is a filmmaker. I've watched four of his films in the last few days, and they're lovely. They're just really well done. They're beautifully edited, |
| 1:45.6 | beautifully shot, they're funny. Very personal. You feel like you get to know George when you watch |
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