Poranguí on Serving the Music and the Yoga of Sound

Today on the Leadership and Yoga podcast, I talk with Poranguí about the power of music to heal, awaken, and reconnect us to ourselves. In this episode, Poranguí shares what it feels like to improvise music in front of thousands of people with no set plan, trusting whatever wants to come through in the moment. We talk ritual, creativity, flow states, consciousness, ancestors, collective human connection, nervous system regulation, coherence as leaders, and music as medicine. Poranguí reminds us that interbeing is how we find meaning in life, and he leads by example.

This is what the yoga of sound really means. If music has ever made you feel something beyond words, this episode is for you.

Music in intro credit to Poranguí, "Amanecer"

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Technology fail at Envision festival we mentioned:

https://youtu.be/otkbFvz8Fy4?si=yV5o1OQGib-SbWLH&t=4758 

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Time stamps:

00:00 intro

01:00 who is Poranguí? 

03:00 context & backstory

07:30 the body, Poranguí’s “favorite” instrument 

11:00 improvising and not planning shows

14:30 capoeira, playing & dancing with the “now”

17:45 it helps us face the uncertainty of life

20:45 “worst nightmare” technology fail in performance

25:00 the prayer is too potent, energy

28:50 what it feels like after performing

29:30 how to stay present while performing: widening awareness and tracking all

30:10 Schrödinger's cat, observer effect, parallel universes

32:30 intricacy, care vs perfectionism 

35:00 birth story how Poranguí’s parents met

41:30 serpent medicine: chased by snakes

44:30 trust

46:30 ancestors “anceStars” 

49:00 non-linear time and roots of trees

51:50 why are we here? scrap of paper

54:00 nervous system & our function 

55:00 consumerism culture 

56:15 keepers of fire: technology and AI. tending 

58:30 impacting the world as healers: heart song

1:00:30 heart 

1:02:00 the voice is the fingerprint of the soul

1:04:00 Poranguí’s rituals: getting into state

1:06:30 change and successes after retreat 

1:08:15 music expresses the inexpressible

1:11:30 why music touches us

1:12:30 the original pulse

1:14:00 billboard message, tour & learn from Poranguí