Farhoud Meybodi
Farhoud Meybodi is an award-winning writer, director, and executive producer focused on storytelling projects that inspire social change. Over the past decade, he has collaborated on a variety of television and digital projects that have been seen over two billion times, raised millions of dollars for terminal illness research, and even helped overturn an unjust Presidential Executive Order. At his core, Farhoud believes in the power of mainstream storytelling to entertain and help heal the political-social divide of the present day.
3 words to describe Nature?
Hallowed. Life-giver. Muse.
3 things Nature taught you?
Resilience
Inner-peace
Patience
3 most treasured Nature spots?
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Astara, Iran
Delphi, Greece
When you look at the ocean, it makes you feel…?
A sense of deep reverence and gratitude
When you see a forest, it makes you feel…?
Like I’m in divinity’s sacred cathedral
When you see a volcano, it makes you feel…?
Humbled yet resilient, like Frodo taking in the awesomeness and fiery peril of Mount Doom after a long long journey through darkness.
When you see a sunrise or sunset, it makes you feel…?
Older
When you hear thunder, it makes you feel…?
Microscopic
When you hear the wind howling, it makes you feel…?
Like I’m hearing the whispers of my ancestors
Are you an Ocean, Mountain, Forest, or Desert person?
Jungle
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is Nature to your well-being?
10 - My happiness, balance, well-being, and sense of self are deeply and intrinsically connected with Mother nature. She is EVERYTHING.
Share with us a childhood nature memory?
When I was a little kid, maybe five or six years old, my parents would take us to Yosemite, CA every year for an epic camping trip with friends and extended family. Over the course of a week, twenty of us would swim in Yosemite Falls, hike the Muir Trail to Half Dome, and roast marshmallows around the campfire, telling ghost stories while taking the grandeur of the seemingly limitless starry night. These trips are some of the most magical memories of my youth, and we didn’t have mobile phones, personal computers or WIFI to get in the way of the experience.
This was also around the time I was obsessed with the film, The Karate Kid. One time, I remember hiking down to the river with my friends — and while they ran around, having fun, I opted instead to sit on the banks of the roaring river by myself. I remember feeling the urge to close my eyes, breath deeply in and out, and move my hands up and down out ala my hero at the time, Daniel Larusso, just like he before his big championship match in the film. When my friends finally found me, sitting there doing my Karate Kid breathe-work, they laughed at me like I was some confused weirdo. In hindsight, I think I was just a little ahead of the curve — recognizing the beauty of nature and tapping into the stillness within to savor the special moment. Also those kids who mocked me are now probably spending tons of money each month on yoga and Qi Jong breathe work classes. :)
