Bonus interview: Nicole Smede

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If you've listened to the Ngarayamūrah meditations that lead season two of Great Minds, get to know Warrimay Birrbay artist Nicole Smede in this conversation with Sarah Malik. Ngarayamūrah is a Gammēya-Dharrawal word explaining a listening to and connecting with Country. Nicole explains deep listening, and her practice as a multidisciplinary artist.


Going out on Country, listening to Country, meditating and immersing myself in that space has just been such a profound, life-changing experience for me.
Nicole Smede

Nicole Smede is a multi-disciplinary artist of Warrimay Birrbay, English and Irish descent, living and creating on Yuin Country.

Proud of her heritage, Nicole works with language to reconnect to ancestry and culture using voice, song, sound and poetry.

The three meditations she leads in this series were created along the banks of Bungali (the Shoalhaven River) on Gammēya-Dharrawal lands.

Great Minds is a podcast from SBS Audio that guides you through different meditation styles from around the world.

In season two, experience meditations led by practitioners of Ngarayamūrah, Mettā, Vipassana, Tibetan Tonglen, and sound bath meditation. There are three short episodes in each style for you to try.

Listen to Great Minds in the SBS Audio app, LiSTNR, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.


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