On December 27, 2008 well-known and controversial HIV activist Christine Maggiore died.  Her death certificate listed the cause of death as disseminated herpes virus infection, bilateral pneumonia, and oral candidiasis.

Peter Duesberg is a well-known and controversial scientist who wrote the book, Inventing the AIDS Virus.  It was Duesberg that inspired Christine Maggiore’s work.  In this podcast he explains why he believes HIV played no roll in her death and why his controversial views are still valid.  

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Rachael Evens is the founder of Quantum Martial Arts.  Being a female martial arts master, she brings a unique perspective to the practice.  In this podcast she discusses her groundbreaking work and how it is empowering men and woman alike.    By taking a decidedly spiritual approach to martial arts, she is helping students to strengthen their bodies, minds and souls.

 

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Resources
Quantum Martial Arts: San Francisco
Quantum Martial Arts: Seattle

 

Recommended Reading
The Chronicles of Tao by Ming-dao Deng

 

While visiting New Orleans in the spring of 2008, documentary filmmaker Patricia Federico became captivated by the Katrina stories still being told on the street by the locals who survived the storm.

After overcoming a catastrophic disaster, loss of life, and the separation of their families, residents come front and center to give first-person accounts of what happened to them before, during and after the hurricane. They describe the struggles still facing them as they try to rebuild what the levee breaches destroyed.

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Resources
Peace Out Productions
Donate to the Community Center of St. Bernard Parish

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Do you have particularly strong emotional reactions that you can't seem to control? Do you notice your yoga students adoring you, clinging to you, or avoiding you? In this podcast, psychologist Gail Brenner, Ph.D. discusses transference, in which we see the world through the unresolved emotions and confused beliefs from our childhood experiences. She offers suggestions for how to respond and take care of ourselves when we are the object of others' transference.

Gail is a workshop leader, blogger, and licensed psychologist with 16 years of experience offering psychotherapy. She speaks about practical ways to free ourselves from self-defeating patterns so we can experience lasting peace and happiness. She has worked with adults, elders, couples, families, and teenagers as well as people with pain and chronic medical problems.

Shahla Ettefagh and Patrick Riley have committed their lives to assisting underprivileged children in India. They gave up their careers in USA and permanently relocated to India in 2002 and founded the Mother Miracle School. 

Located in Rishkesh, India the school provides much need services to more than 400 children. By addressing educational, nutritional and health care needs, the school is supporting some of the poorest children on the planet.

In this interview, Patrick and Shahala talk about the school's humble beginnings and how it continues to grow.  They also talk about ways you can help by sponsoring a child or evening traveling to India to work with the children.

 

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Resources

The Mother Miracle School

Sponsor a Child

Darren’s India Retreat

Although the twelve-Steps began with Alcoholics Anonymous, today there are dozens of twelve-step programs addressing every form of addiction imaginable.   One trait all of these programs share is a focus on spirituality.  While no one dogma is advocated, a regular practice of prayer and meditation is encouraged.

In The Twelve Step Buddhist, Darren Littlejohn explores the relationship between each steps and modern Buddhism while providing a model for recovering addicts who want to take a Eastern approach to their twelve-step recovery. 

In this interview Darren shares some insights as to how a recovering person might benefit from the teaching and practice of Buddhism in conjunction with their twelve-step work.

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Resources
Darren Littlejohn’s Website

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In SIGNS: A New Approach to Coincidence, Synchronicity, Guidance, Life Purpose, and God's Plan, well-known author Robert Perry ventures into new territory to explore what he calls a CMPE (Conjunction of Meaningfully Parallel Events).  Although Perry has written and taught almost exclusively on  A Course in Miracles in the past, this new book speaks to a more universal audience.

According to Perry, each of us is receiving guidance all the time, but without knowing what to look for, those signs often go unnoticed.  In Signs he outlines his model for recognizing these messages and offers insight into  using them to guide our lives.

 

Resources
Circle of Atonement Website
Signs Website

Previous Podcasts with Robert Perry
Understanding A Course in Miracles- Part 1
Understanding A Course in Miracles- Part 2
Understanding A Course in Miracles- Part 3

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All of us have times in our lives when things seem to be falling apart.  In this podcast, yoga teacher and personal coach Peter Chandonnet explores the process by which we can take difficulties and turn them into opportunities.

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Resources
Peter’s Website
Peter on Facebook

For more than 30 years Yanni has been entertaining people around the world with his soothing instrumental music.  His new CD, Voices is a departure from his past work, however.  In this new CD he has gathered some of the most talented vocalists from the next generation of musicians to add lyrics to some of his greatest hits.

In this interview I join Nathan Pacheco and Chloe on their tour bus to talk about what it is like to work with a musical legend and how it feels to lend their voices to such a groundbreaking CD.


Resources:
Yanni Voices
Nathan Pacheco on MySpace
Chloe on MySpace

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Early in his life, Nathan Ohm was raised a fundamental Baptist and eventually graduated from Bob Jones University.  As a gay man, Nathan continues to reconcile his past to his present spiritual journey of peace, love, and enlightenment.  He advocates that through all of our challenges, we can ultimately experience satisfaction and wholeness.

Nathan  is the founder of Lifestyle Invention, a coaching practice designed to help people improve the quality of their lives.  He currently resides in New York city where he leads a multidimensional lifestyle as an actor, singer, life-coach, yogi, corporate manager, and world traveler.

Resources
Nathan's Website