91. You Are a Coral Reef with Ara Katz

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Like a reef or rainforest, what we call a human is actually a multispecies superorganism — technically a "holobiont." We evolved to exist with our microbes and the microbiomes of others. Breast milk co-evolved to feed the growing garden in an infant's gut. We exchange microbes when we hug and kiss or have a pet in the house. Today, Ara Katz, co-founder of Seed, talks about the importance of microbes and how they can impact the health of our bodies, our children, and our planet. To learn more from Ara and Seed, check out their Instagram channel at instagram.com/seed or visit seed.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.
0:17.0	We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer together.
0:24.6	This is the Commune podcast where each week we explore the ideas and practices that help us live this healthy, connected, and purpose-filled life.
0:34.4	If you're hunkered down at home right now, this is a fine opportunity to check out our
0:39.9	course platform at Onecommun.com, where you will find programs from Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra,
0:47.2	Russell Brand, Wim Hof, Brendan Breschard, Adrian Mischler, and many other brilliant personal
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1:01.6	impact, essentially everything you need to be holistically well. Just go to one commune.com.
1:10.7	And if you are one of these superheroes on the front lines, a healthcare
1:14.7	professional supply chain worker, delivery person, scientist, biologist, or government worker,
1:20.6	you will be stressed to your limits, both psychologically and physically. Even 30 seconds of deep breathing and grounding can help
1:30.1	you stay centered and focused. We need you and we support you. So if you are someone on the
1:36.6	front lines and could benefit from a meditation course on your phone, in your pocket,
1:41.9	email me at jeff k at one commun.com, and I would be honored to set it up.
1:49.7	My guest on the show this week is the absolutely brilliant Ara Katz, co-CEO and co-founder of Seed,
1:58.0	a company dedicated to the potential of the microbiome to improve human and planetary health.
2:05.2	Our microbiome is a community of 38 trillion microorganisms, mostly bacteria and fungi, living in our
2:13.4	guts, mouth, and on our skin. They are good tenants when we take care of our basic utilities,
2:20.6	and in turn, they pay their rent by digesting our food, regulating inflammation, and synthesizing
2:27.2	key vitamins, metabolites, and neurotransmitters. They are essential to our health.
2:37.4	Today on the show, Ara and I discuss what humans do to enhance and destroy our good bacteria. We talk about birthing and bacteria. We talk about how we can
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