Prepare to step into the snow-laden landscapes of the Canadian wilderness with the delightful Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon: The viral Bhangra Dancer whose radiant orange turban and infectious joy has carved a 'ray of hope' during the Pandemic and beyond, through his joy of spreading happiness, hope & positivity through his love of Punjabi Bhangra Dancing.
A journey of rhythm, resilience and joy, as we explore Gurdeep's off-grid lifestyle, his love for the Canadian Yukon wilderness, and his fascinating collaborations.
Gurdeep first came to my attention through his good friend and previous Guest here in the 'Clearing', Patrick Dexter, the Irish Cellist who also went viral during the Pandemic, by playing his cello outside his cottage on the wild cliff-scapes of Ireland.
Discover how Gurdeep's unassuming dancer's message of positivity, hope and happiness resonates across the Globe through his unique blend of storytelling and vibrant Bangrah dance sequences.
Delight in the four pillars of goodness that anchor Gurdeep's life: the awe-inspiring Yukon; his passion for dance; storytelling and his deep connection with nature. Accompany us as we illuminate the power of dance and positivity that have made Gurdeep a global sensation and a beacon of hope, spreading joy and optimism during trying times.
Finally, we journey into the heart of Gurdeep's philosophy, where we uncover his passion for balance, his introverted nature, and his love for the smaller joys in life. Listen as he shares his favorite inspirational quote, his thoughts on dealing with difficulties, and his outlook that even in the darkest times.
A testament to finding one's flow in the rhythm of life, this episode will leave you captivated, inspired, and filled with a newfound sense of optimism. Join us in celebrating Gurdeep's life and his radiant dance of joy, spreading happiness one step at a time.
Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website.
Prepare to step into the snow-laden landscapes of the Canadian wilderness with the delightful Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon: The viral Bhangra Dancer whose radiant orange turban and infectious joy has carved a 'ray of hope' during the Pandemic and beyond, through his joy of spreading happiness, hope & positivity through his love of Punjabi Bhangra Dancing.
A journey of rhythm, resilience and joy, as we explore Gurdeep's off-grid lifestyle, his love for the Canadian Yukon wilderness, and his fascinating collaborations.
Gurdeep first came to my attention through his good friend and previous Guest here in the 'Clearing', Patrick Dexter, the Irish Cellist who also went viral during the Pandemic, by playing his cello outside his cottage on the wild cliff-scapes of Ireland.
Discover how Gurdeep's unassuming dancer's message of positivity, hope and happiness resonates across the Globe through his unique blend of storytelling and vibrant Bangrah dance sequences.
Delight in the four pillars of goodness that anchor Gurdeep's life: the awe-inspiring Yukon; his passion for dance; storytelling and his deep connection with nature. Accompany us as we illuminate the power of dance and positivity that have made Gurdeep a global sensation and a beacon of hope, spreading joy and optimism during trying times.
Finally, we journey into the heart of Gurdeep's philosophy, where we uncover his passion for balance, his introverted nature, and his love for the smaller joys in life. Listen as he shares his favorite inspirational quote, his thoughts on dealing with difficulties, and his outlook that even in the darkest times.
A testament to finding one's flow in the rhythm of life, this episode will leave you captivated, inspired, and filled with a newfound sense of optimism. Join us in celebrating Gurdeep's life and his radiant dance of joy, spreading happiness one step at a time.
Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website.
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Speaker 1:
So quick announcement from me, chris Grimes, the curator and host of the Good Listening To Show. As I record this, it is the 20th. No, it's not at all the 20th, it's the 14th of July, actually my dad's birthday today, hurrah. But anyway, in two weeks' time, two weeks today today is Friday the 14th. On Friday, the 28th of July, the Good Listening To Show is going live at the Barth Theatre Royal Eustonoff Studio and I'm delighted to have two wonderful guests Neil Malarkey, from the Comedy Store players who I build as the king of improv, talking about his new book in the moment, followed by the delightful, award-winning actress, rosie Cavaliero, at 9 o'clock. Your bums are required. If you have bums prepared, to bring them now and sit them down in the seats of the Eustonoff Studio, because this is a bit of a theatrical experience and or experiment rather, and an experience, but there'll be squirrels, cake, random bits of gold and all the usual shablang. Anyway, come and see this. Tickets via the Barth Theatre Royal website. Thank you very much indeed and good night.
Speaker 1:
Welcome to another episode of the Good Listening To Show your life and times with me, chris Grimes. The storytelling show that features the clearing, where all good questions come to get asked and all good stories come to be told, and where all my guests have two things in common they're all creative individuals and all with an interesting story to tell. There are some lovely storytelling metaphors a clearing a tree, a juicy storytelling exercise called 5-4-3-2-1, some alchemy, some gold, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare and a cake. So it's all to play for. So, yes, welcome to the Good Listening To Show your life and times with me. Chris Grimes, are you sitting comfortably here? Then we shall begin. Yes, indeed, a gleeful and joyful day here in the Good Listening To Clearing stories of distinction and genius. It is my immense joy to be welcoming Goodeep Panda of the Yukon Paral, and just to be clear, he's not a panda. Panda is his second name. It's Goodeep Panda of the Yukon. Have I pronounced your name correctly, goodeep?
Speaker 2:
Correct pronunciation of my name is Goodeep Pandir. Yes, of course of the Yukon too, but you are very close and there are so many different pronunciations of my name too, but if you want to hear in a very, very pure way, it's Goodeep Pandir.
Speaker 1:
Goodeep Pandir of the Yukon and, by the way, he came to my attention because of stumbling across, delightfully, a wonderful man who's become a real dear friend of yours, I'm assuming. Patrick Dexter, who is the Irish cellist that during the pandemic went viral by going outside of his West Island home with his cello, started to play his cello, with the Atlantic coast of Ireland in his backdrop, and he went viral. And Goodeep, similarly, has gone viral during the pandemic, but for different reasons. You use the gift of bangra dancing to bring joy, optimism and happiness which you spread by not well, not the bucket load, but it's normally on a frozen lake in the extraordinary ice scapes of Canada. So it's sort of when you see you on Twitter and everything, it's like nom, nom, nom, nom, nom nom. You want to be there scratching through the screen to sort of feel some of that cold. But it's a beautiful thing that you do.
Speaker 2:
Thank you so much, chris, for your kind, warm and thoughtful words. I appreciate it. Yes, dexter, patrick Dexter, he is my good friend and we became friends during the peak of pandemic. It's during the time when he invited me to do that collaboration and in that collaborative video he played his cello from his cabin in Ireland and I danced bangra from a cabin in the Yukon territory in Canada, and so many people appreciated that video of us. Yes, during the time of pandemic I've been making videos by dancing bangra in the wilderness, in the forest around my cabin and in the beautiful locations of the Yukon, and it has been my truly an honour to spread the cheer that way.
Speaker 1:
Wonderful and in fact I read a beautiful tweet where you said yesterday I got my COVID vaccination so I went to a frozen lake to dance bangra on it for joy, hope and positivity which I'm forwarding across Canada and beyond, and I just thought that was so beautiful. You immediately, just well, you make people smile as soon as they see you, because you are just joy personified. And for those listening and you must look at some wonderful pictures of Goodyp as well you're wearing the most beautiful orange, almost day glow turban, which features particularly well when you've got a snowscape or ice lake backdrop.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, the colour. It creates a really wonderful contrast Because in the Yukon we get snow for eight or seven months in a year and it's very cold, it's very dark and snow is. It has a very unique white colour and these bright colours, such as my turban it creates such a contrast which looks really great in that backdrop and if I may.
Speaker 1:
You're also wearing a Good Vibes t-shirt, which makes complete sense because of the Good Vibes you spread, but it also looks like it could be a Newcastle United team top, but I'm sure it's not.
Speaker 2:
No, it's not anything, it's just. It's just. Coincidentally, I found this t-shirt from a store, but I do believe in good vibrations too, and it perfectly aligns with my message.
Speaker 1:
And, by the way, with the snow as your backdrop, was it always a happy coincidence? Have you always worn a signature orange turban, or do you have an array of different colours you wear?
Speaker 2:
Most of the times, I worn orange turban, but I do have other colours too, such as red, maroon, blue, some other colours too, but this has become my signature colour and I wear orange most of the times.
Speaker 1:
And, by the way, there's going to be a deliberate invitation to get everyone to go stampeding towards your Twitter feed and to find out all about you and more about you on the internet at the end. But it is my great joy and delight sincerely to invite you along to the clearing and I'm going to bounce you through all the storytelling metaphors of a clearing a tree. There'll be apples, a couple of random squirrels, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare and a cake. So it's all to play for. You do look like you've frozen at the moment. Are you still with me? Oh, that's very interesting. You've frozen on the most delightful smile, but it looked a bit too still in a way that was starting to unnerve me. Ladies and gentlemen, we've temporarily lost a goody panda of the Yukon. Oh, he's back.
Speaker 2:
Wonderful. Yes, I'm back.
Speaker 1:
Very good at technology, I'm back and it's wonderful to have you back. So I could tell that something weird went on there. Don't worry, I can edit that bit off, but I was just saying that it's my joy to invite you through the normal construct of the Good Besting 2 show. You really do have a story of distinction and genius to tell. It's so lovely what you do, it's a true delight. So shall we get you on the open road of clearing a tree? Alchemy, gold, a couple of random squirrels, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare and a cake it's all to play for.
Speaker 2:
I totally. And while the way you construct your show, clearing the alchemy, the gold, the cheeky bit of Shakespeare, squirrels and that stick, the benton, lovely.
Speaker 1:
Let's do this. This is going to be a true deal. I'm already having such a good time. This is wonderful. So it may be the Canadian wilderness, but I don't know. Here we go, it's up to you. Where is a clearing or serious happy place for you, gurdeep? Where do you go to get a class of free, inspirational and able to think?
Speaker 2:
My clearing place is very simple, because I started to live at a clearing place Many, many years ago. I found a cabin in the wilderness of the Yukon, by river. It's a peaceful place. It's surrounded by the forest and my little cottage Without running water. It's my clearing place. I often travel to different locations across country, across Canada and beyond, to do different events and I meet so many people and then I go back to my cabin to find my clearing, to find my joie, and that is my best place to find that peace.
Speaker 1:
And just to go back a step, how did you stumble upon your clearing way back when? What brought you to the clearing?
Speaker 2:
Many, many years ago, my mind was also flooded with different thoughts. Different things were going in my life and in my mind and I was looking for a place where I can ground myself. I tried different things. I tried living in different places, different towns, different cities. Then I think this was a universal call for me to start exploring a place which is totally surrounded by nature, which is totally surrounded by forest, where there's a total peace. And then I started looking for a cabin In the Yukon territory. There's a strong friends network, there's a strong community network. So I started asking people. People helped me finding this place. So that's how my journey started me being confused, being lost and then finding my clearing and then finding that effort, working towards that effort, because when you need to go somewhere, you need to do some work, you need to create some plan and then you need to put your sincere effort towards that goal. So I'm glad that many, many years ago I did that and I found that place and now I am there.
Speaker 1:
And from what I've read about it, it's truly off-grid in that you said it at the time it didn't have running water. But is it a very cosy dwelling, or is it actually as cold as it might sound if it's completely off-grid?
Speaker 2:
Yes, it's off-grid, but I do have internet and electricity over there. That's important. But I don't have many, many other facilities. I don't have any plumbing, I don't have any indoor shower or any other facilities, and I find it cosy. Actually, I find it very cosy Because during winter times, when it snows everywhere and it's a dead winter, it's fragile winter, and when I look through windows outside at the nature, it looks really really marvelous, it looks really really peaceful and by seeing that peace, by experiencing that peace in the middle of minus 35 or minus 40 degrees Celsius, I feel that coziness, I feel that warmth.
Speaker 1:
And now you've described the temperature of minus 30-35. That's probably why you do bengal dancing to keep warm. I would say.
Speaker 2:
You're absolutely right, because bengal dancing is a happy dance, but it's a great workout too. I also do my dancing to warm myself up. It creates energy, it creates movement. It's like exercise too, so it's helpful in both ways.
Speaker 1:
And you've done some amazing stuff. I just saw a film of you teaching Canadian soldiers in a firefighting training base using bengal dancing. So you go all over the place with such a diverse, rich mix of communities to share your joy through the gift of bengal dancing.
Speaker 2:
Yes, I do. Yes, that is a beautiful memory when I went to teach pagrad dance to Canadian soldiers at the Canadian Armed Forces base and they spent one full day with me learning this and then making a video. And then we went to a Navy ship where we danced together and that video became so popular. It became so popular it was even shared by our Prime Minister on his social media. So, yes, and not only that, I also danced with Indigenous people in the Yukon.
Speaker 2:
I went to Old Crow, which is close to Arctic Ocean in the Yukon, where I danced pangra and I created a video dancing with the Indigenous Chief from Old Crow, which is from Wanted Gwich and First Nation here in Canada, in the Yukon. And I also traveled across the country and went to different communities to spread this message of joy, hope and positivity and to connect people in person, because I like to connect people in person too, because it's great to have social media platforms, it's great to have those channels to spread messages or to share the videos, but it's so wonderful when you meet people in person. And I also did with some police officers, some firefighters, people who are doing some other good community work. During the peak of pandemic. I danced with nurses, doctors. I went to hospitals. It has been very fulfilling to do it.
Speaker 1:
Wonderful and good on you for applying such a positive trade and also what a brilliant thing to be doing. It's just lovely.
Speaker 2:
I would say that's so fulfilling to share and also to learn from them, because it brings people together. Wherever I go, by sharing this art of dance, it creates joy. Because we live in such a world where there's a lot of suffering, there's a lot of sadness going on, we live busy lifestyle, there's a lot of tension going on everywhere in our lives and in the world, and just creating joy, just creating some smile, is so good for our mental health. It's so good to bring people together.
Speaker 1:
And you're obviously a very connected public figure. But where you live then your clearing is also quite an isolated place, so obviously you like to go without and within.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I like both places. I like meeting people to interacting with them, and then I also go back to my cabin. Whenever I'm done with my sessions, I go back to my cabin in the Yukon. That is my clearing place where I breathe, relax, sleep, eat, think, do some writing, look at the birds, look at trees, look at stars. From my place, when I look at stars at night, they look so clear. It's bright clear. That provides me immensely, immensely, such a clearing that I always feel so grateful for.
Speaker 1:
So, if I may, I'm going to now ask your permission to intrude slightly in your lovely isolated off-grid clearing by arriving with a tree. I know you've got lots of beautiful trees around you, but I'm going to do existentially a bit waiting for Godo-esque Samuel Beckett arrive with a tree, to shake your tree, to see which storytelling apples fall out. How'd you like these apples? And this is where you've been kind enough to have taken five minutes to have thought about four things that have shaped you, three things that inspire you, two things that never fail to grab your attention. That's where the random squirrels come in. And then a quirky or unusual fact about you Go Deep Panda. We couldn't possibly know about you until you tell us. So how would you like to interpret that exercise?
Speaker 2:
I think your exercise is so wonderful, Like it's a very visual description of your style and you add these elements tree, benton, cake, Shakespeare, alchemy, everything it creates a beautiful, beautiful structure and I am totally in love with this.
Speaker 1:
That's so generous of you, thank you. So over to you, then. What are the four things that have shaped you then?
Speaker 2:
Four things. First, I would like to say that nature, nature is number one. I am so much in love with nature that shaped me, that shaped my dance, that shaped the way I spread my messages through social media, that's shaped my thought process, that brought me to the place where I am right now. That is number one. Number two is my dance. My dance, my Pankara dance. It shaped me a lot. I could not imagine my life without this dance form. It is so fulfilling for my personal joy too, for my personal healing too, because I am a human too. I go through different challenges, different struggles, lows and highs at the same time. So whenever I am feeling low, I dance. I dance immensely. It immediately brings me joy, it immediately brings me peace. So it shaped me, my life, and then I share it with the world, I share it with the people. And third, which shaped me, that is people like yourself. People, because, although I live in an isolated cabin in the Yukon, it is very, very remote, but I also like meeting people whenever I can get a chance, and I receive lots and lots of letters from people at my cabin. They tell me my videos, they tell me about different things they do in their life. And it's amazing that we live in the time of internet these days, where sending a message is so easy. You just write, type a few words or a corda message and it's gone. But I appreciate that people take time to write a letter, real letter, and mail it to me. So people inspired me, their messages to me inspired me. And fourthly and finally, writing.
Speaker 2:
I love to write too, although my writing is not published. It's more like personal dailies or personal journals, but I do write. I do like to consolidate my ideas about all the things, about the messages I spread through social media. I talk about sadness, because sadness is opposite to joy, why people need joy, because there's a sadness. I write about that and then I write how we can achieve joy, hope and positivity. And I also write about nature. I write about people. I write about different things that happen to me. So people, nature, dance and writing. These are the four things. They shaped me.
Speaker 1:
And the very obvious thing to say is, implicitly you are already writing your book on the daily. It just seems like a natural thing is to just publish your philosophy because you're living it, and so the fact you're living it and scribing about it, it would almost be a book that's ready to go. I would say.
Speaker 2:
I am also in process of writing a book too. Probably in next year, in 2024, people will see a book from me, and this book will be all about joy, hope, healing and positivity, and whenever everything is done, and I look forward to sharing this book with the world.
Speaker 1:
And, by the way, spookily enough, I do have a good book series, strand, so we'll bring you back when it's time to put the book on a metaphorical plinth within the clearing and read an extract about your wonderful life philosophy of optimism, and do you have a title that you can you give us a world exclusive by making up a title?
Speaker 2:
So far we haven't decided any title because this is still in very first stage, but by this winter I will have some more ideas about the title. I have different titles in my mind, four or five top ones, but I think I'll be able to decide in next couple of months.
Speaker 1:
You can have the philosophy of Go-Deep through the gift of Banga as a free gift from me. So that's all four. Shaping now three things that inspire you. If there's any overlap that doesn't matter, but what would you say? Three things that inspire you the most.
Speaker 2:
It's a good question as well. I would say that friends, they inspire me. I have really great community of friends and when I say friends, they are people who may not know me in person and they inspire me. They inspire me, they give me feedback. Whenever I create something, create a video, sometimes I show them to them and they send me their feedback. And my community in the Yukon territory, they inspire me. So, friends, my community, they inspire me. And secondly, I like to talk about it that sometimes I have my own vulnerability, sometimes I have that state of my own nervousness when I feel those fears and I think they are so important. I know that we like to run away from them, we don't want to see them, but during those moments it gives me Great inspiration. It gives me, it allows me to think the way I don't think otherwise.
Speaker 1:
So you'll say you're embracing your own vulnerability when it emerges?
Speaker 2:
Yes, whenever it emerges in my life, I embrace it, even if sometimes I don't want to embrace it, I try my best to embrace it Because through that lens I see some more possibilities. I see because I spread these messages of hope and positivity and it gives me a reflection why that hope is important Because in our communities, in our country, in the world, so many people face those moments every single day.
Speaker 2:
They are vulnerable, they are fearful, they are challenged, they are facing struggles, they are going through tough times and whenever I go through that and I think many things deeply from my heart and new ways, new possibilities, new ways to inspire myself, new ways to inspire other people, and it allows me to find strategies to deal with that, it allows me to find a way to cope with that and it also reminds me to find my own humble place, because eventually we all want to go to our own humble place where we stay grounded, we stay low, we stay in a way that while you are having all those good things successes, other things you don't forget yourself. You don't forget that at the end of the day, you're also a human. At the end of the day, you have family, you have friends, you have other expectations. So, and my own vulnerability, it inspires me in a great way. And thirdly, which is totally opposite to it, joy Of course.
Speaker 2:
It inspires me too, because at the end of the day, doesn't matter what I go through, I assume that I come to the place of joy because I find that joy is important to find at the end of the day. It's okay to be sad, but it's not okay to stay sad for a long time. So joy also inspires me too.
Speaker 1:
And what's so obvious about you is that you always find a recalibration back to a sort of factory default setting of joy.
Speaker 2:
And banger is the way of getting there.
Speaker 1:
Pressing the reset button With a bit of cheeky banger and now a couple of random squirrels. So what are your squirrels of distraction? Oh, squirrels, you know what never fails to grab your attention, irrespective of whatever else, joyful or otherwise, maybe going on for you.
Speaker 2:
My squirrels. Actually, my squirrels are very positive things, very, very positive things Trees they always distract me in a good way, in a wonderful way, whether I'm walking or I'm doing something or I'm dancing. Sometimes I stop and I start to look at the trees around me. I find a great friendship with the trees because I live among the trees and I go and I hug them. I feel the love, I feel the joy and they distract me in such a positive way which is very, very healing and motivating. Secondly, thank you. Secondly, I find positive distraction from water. Wherever I'm, whether I'm in the forest, I'm driving or doing something else, as soon as I see a lake, a pond, a river, anything or maybe some water falling from anywhere, it makes me to stop and look at this. And water is so important, it's so important for our existence, it's so important for everything. And water heals me, it grounds me, it brings me to the place, it brings me to my happy place. So trees and water, they are my positive, happy and wonderful distractions and they are my squirrels.
Speaker 1:
Lovely and you sound profoundly elemental. You're driven by nature, water, trees which give us the oxygen. So, yes, it makes complete sense to you, the philosophy of good, deep, as I've already said. And now a quirky, unusual fact about you we couldn't possibly know until you tell us.
Speaker 2:
I had to think a lot about it, but I found an answer. That's a good, good news. Many people think about me that I'm a I'm very social person, Like I go to different events, I talk to, sometimes thousands or thousands of people. Then so many people come to take photos and to talk and I'm so happy, always excited to meet them, which is great. But I feel that I'm a quite an introvert and shy person.
Speaker 1:
That's very profound. And when you said thousands, are you sometimes in stadiums where you're in front of about a thousand people? You mean just a day when you might meet a thousand people.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, yeah, when I'm performing or I'm conducting my workshop sometimes more than a thousand, many thousands I meet them, see them and I'm so excited to talk to them. But at the core of my heart, I feel that I am actually introvert, I'm actually very shy, and that is the fact because when I was in school, when I was a student, as a young boy, I used to be very introvert at that time and in some ways, I find great because it helps me creating a balance and it helps me think one or two or three times or maybe ten times before I talk or say anything, do anything, because at the end of the day, that shyness kicks in. So that is, I would say, despite all those shows, meetings, workshops, sessions or everything happens in my life, at the end of the day I find that I'm an introvert and shy person.
Speaker 1:
And how perfect that at the end of the day, as you've just said beautifully, is a segue back to your clearing, where you go to re-energize and re-galvanize the joy that you find within.
Speaker 2:
That is so true. That is so true. It's like you know, pendulum, yeah, sometimes it goes this way and then, once you are done with your things, and then it goes other way. Then it goes this way and that go other way, and I think this is very important for balance in our life. Like we everywhere, sometimes if it's too much sunny, too much sunny, hot day, we want some cold, some rain. And then rain comes, it becomes cold. Then we say that, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I want a hot weather again. And then how do we have? Weather comes and shine happens. Then we go back to that expectation that, oh, cold was better.
Speaker 1:
And, by the way, you're pushing on an open door there. Here in the UK, we're a nation full of people who've grown about the weather, irrespective of what it is. So it's too cold. We're like Goldilocks in the three bears it's never just right.
Speaker 2:
Here in Canada too, the weather, it fluctuates so quickly.
Speaker 1:
Mind you, we don't go to minus 35, which you obviously are very accustomed to. So that's what I would call cold. And where's my jumper? Okay, so I'll just go to make sure that we drive the narrative along. Now we've shaken your tree, hurrah. Now we move away from the tree. We stay in the clearing. Next we're going to talk about alchemy and gold, please. So when you're at purpose and in flow, what are you absolutely happiest doing? I'm Pandar at the Yukon.
Speaker 2:
When I am at purpose and in flow, what absolutely happiest I'm doing. All right, in that time I am at a very remote place in the Yukon. There are two places comes to my mind. One is Kulwani Mountain, which is a national park in the Yukon. It's a very popular national park. I'm exploring nature there, or maybe dancing Pankradar with there too, maybe by myself, maybe with a friend, and that makes me immensely happy. Or I'm at my favorite hike, I'm on the top of my mountain, which I love. And it's the time when I'm super duper happy and super duper at a clearing stage and I'm with a purpose and I'm in a flow, I'm in a mood. I set my music and I'll give you a taste of that music too and then I will like this, like this, like this. Here we go, woohoo, yes. So it happens when Thank you.
Speaker 1:
That was a beautiful musical interlude. I love that.
Speaker 2:
Thank you.
Speaker 1:
thank you very much, the bass line of the Bangra dancing can just explode from that point. I'm assuming that's the bass rhythm.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, that is the bass rhythm. It's a toll drum, it's a Punjabi drum and this is a master drum for Pankradar dancing Like Pankradar dance can't exist for this Punjabi toll drum. And this is a drum I used when I did collaboration with Patrick Dexter from the UK, and I can quickly give you taste of that too, that collaboration too. It looks like this ["Petra Piano"].
Speaker 1:
You and Patrick are in perfect harmony there. That's absolutely beautiful, wonderful. And now I'm gonna award you with a cake, gurdip, if I may. So first of all, do you like cake?
Speaker 2:
Oh, definitely I like cake Cakes, for they are for happy occasions, so I absolutely love it.
Speaker 1:
So what flavor cake would you like? It's a metaphorical cake, tragically, so we'll just have to talk about it, but just salivate as we think and ignite our senses.
Speaker 2:
I love carrot cake, if you have.
Speaker 1:
There we go. This is a dog's toy, but it looks like it's a carrot cake. It's yours, but you get to put a cherry on the cake now. And this is stuff like now, a favorite inspirational quote that's always given you sucker and pulled you towards your future. So what would you say is a favorite quote of yours?
Speaker 2:
My favorite quote is that actually this is my own quote. Am I allowed to? Use my own quote Thank you.
Speaker 1:
Definitely.
Speaker 2:
So, when you are visiting your friends, friends means other emotions, such as emotion of sadness, emotion of maybe being a little angry, emotion of feeling vulnerable or crying. So I describe them your friends, because they are important to you as well. After visiting those friends, come back to your home, come back to your joy, because joy is your home, and that will bring lots and lots of healing and balance in you.
Speaker 1:
Wonderful, thank you, and on your website, by the way, which you'll tell us about at the end, there are all sorts of. There are many, many of your quotes pertaining to joy and your philosophy. We will know exactly where to go to find that after we finish speaking. That was fantastic. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given, gideep?
Speaker 2:
I like to say that we live in such a world, modern time these days.
Speaker 1:
Ah, you've frozen again for a second time. Hold the line caller. We've temporarily lost Gideep. He's frozen. This freeze isn't quite so happy. It's the last one, but we're back shortly. Worst case scenario, he'll dial off and come back in again and I shall be doing some cheeky editing, but we've lost you temporarily. Can you hear us, gideep, come in Tokyo. Cache number four, please. One of the fatal flaws of being a human is you've got to wait sometimes, haven't you? He might, yes, no, oh.
Speaker 2:
Okay.
Speaker 2:
And we're back, we are back. I'll repeat this from top yes, please. When you are processing this and when you are going through difficulties, struggles, challenges, they are valid and during that time, try your best to adopt a positive outlook, if you can. Positivity may not solve your problems, but positivity will solve your problems. Positivity will solve the way you approach your difficulties and probably, at the end of the day, they may help solving the problems too, because when we have a positive, joyful outlook and to tackle those issues or problems, they are super helpful.
Speaker 1:
So it's a framework of positivity that retains even in dark times.
Speaker 2:
That's absolutely true. Especially during dark times, joy and positivity they matter even more.
Speaker 1:
So it's like wherever there is darkness, there will be light, or chinks of light somewhere Is what that's present with.
Speaker 2:
Yes yeah yeah, yeah, that's absolutely true. Like sometimes, if you are sad, take your time to be sad, because sometimes we need to be sad because something big happened in our life. But be aware that after some time, resolving that moment and feeling in your heart that, okay, I'm going through, it is intense, is difficult, but I will stick to positivity, I'll stick to joy and breathe that that time, breathe that time and trust trust in in in other people, trust in joy, and slowly you will notice that things they start to, they start to appear, look differently that's very akin to the philosophy of and this too shall pass the journeying of pain towards absolute, no, it resolving mm-hmm, that's so true okay, so we're ramping up now to a bit of Shakespeare in a minute, but just before we do that it's past the golden baton time, please.
Speaker 1:
So if I may ask you, who in your network do you think would most enjoy, most appreciate, find that they really like being given a good listening to in this framework?
Speaker 2:
I will pass this golden baton to my friend, brittle star. His full name is Stewart Reynolds and he lives in Canada to in Ontario, and he's very popular on social media too, and his social media name is brittle star, and I would like to pass it over to him wonderful and brittle star.
Speaker 1:
Can you spell that for me?
Speaker 2:
B R I. Yeah, tt le ST AR brittle star.
Speaker 1:
Forgive me, you did say that, but I was just making sure that I got that, so it would be at brittle star. So your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to furnish me with a warm introduction to him and the golden baton will be passed. Hurrah, thank you. And now, inspired by Shakespeare, and all the worlds are staged and all the men and women merely players. And, by the way, just to share with you this is a really authentic prop. This is the actual it's not a first folio, but it's the actual complete work to Shakespeare that I bought to go to drama school, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, here circa 1986. So it's an authentic prop that I dug out of the cupboard especially for us and for you. So now, inspired by Shakespeare, then, how would you most like to be remembered?
Speaker 2:
I think I would like to be remembered as someone who values sadness, but who trust joy someone who valued sadness but trusted joy.
Speaker 1:
That's beautiful. Just say it again because it's worth the repeat of three, or a frame of three. The best communication skills happens in three. Say one more time. I would like to be remembered as someone who values sadness but trusted joy where can we find out all about you, you lovely man, gurdip Panda of the Yukon, on the internet?
Speaker 2:
so to find more about my work, you can go to my website, which is good deep dot ca. Grdep dot ca. Or you can go to my social media platforms across all my social media platforms, such as Twitter, instagram, threads, facebook. My first name, good deep and my last name from there both names, you put them together.
Speaker 1:
It is my social media handle on all social media platforms and please feel free to go there and connect me with over their tip, lovely as this has been your moment in the sunshine, in the good, listening to show stories of distinction and genius, and thank you so much for everything that you've brought. Is there anything else you'd like to say, gurdip?
Speaker 2:
I love the structure. I love the way you structure it. You put everything one after another and you are very clear about what's gonna happen in the show, and your questions are well thought and well researched and and and the way you conduct interviews in your podcast. I think that's marvelous. Marvelous and and you're happy energy, your joyful energy and the way you put it out to the world. This is amazing.
Speaker 1:
I think, after meeting you, I am totally in love with your show thank you, and I found it a deep source of obviously joy talking to you as well, and thank you for saying yes, by the way, because I did get in touch with you quite left of field a few months ago and you are so lovely. You immediately said I'm sure I can work with you, but it will be a few months because I'm sort of snowed under, wasn't the expression. But I think that's a good expression minus 35, so good, eat. My invitation now is can you play us out with a wonderful, that wonderful piece of music with you in the lovely Patrick Dexter? He's a previous guest in the podcast, so do look at Patrick Dexter. He is the gorgeous cellist who was a teacher one day, went home at the closure of schools at the pandemic, and started playing his cello on the well, the cliffs of west of Ireland.
Speaker 2:
So all right. Okay, there you go, patrick and me together, yukon, I'm despending joy, hope and positivity.
Speaker 1:
So, ladies and gentlemen, that has been the gorgeous man that is good, deep pender of the Yukon. I've been, chris Crimes. Tune in next week for more stories from the clearing, and good night. You've been listening to the Good Listening 2 show here on UK Health Radio with me, chris Crimes. Oh, it's my son. If you've enjoyed the show, then please do tune in next week to listen to more stories from the clearing. If you'd like to connect with me on LinkedIn, then please do so. There's also a dedicated Facebook group for the show too. You can contact me about the program or, if you'd be interested in experiencing some personal impact coaching with me, care of my level up your impact program. That's chrisatsecondcurveuk On Twitter and Instagram. It's at thatchriscrimes. So until next time for me, chris Crimes, from UK Health Radio, and from Stan to your good channel, and goodbye.
