Sun, 24 April 2011
Les Leventhal is a popular San Francisco based yoga instructor who offers retreats and workshops around the world. In this episode, Darren and Les talk about his upcoming retreat in Indonesia where he and his students will help Bumi Sehat, a natural birthing clinic which helps the poor families of the community who were being taken advantage of by the medical system. By helping those in need, Les hopes to teach that yoga is more than perfecting one’s poses and that through internal and external work yoga shows its true benefits to the world. Resources |
Sat, 16 April 2011
Eric Maisel is a former novelist and psychological counselor turned creative coach with over 30 published books. In this episode Darren and Eric discuss Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach. Through Eric’s 22 anxiety management techniques, we can help ours open up to the creative anxiety that all creative workers will eventually face and manage it. Through practice of self-awareness we can recognize when anxiety arises, causing roadblocks for ourselves. By being in the present moment with the anxiety, and utilizing Eric’s techniques, we can expand into greater openness throughout the creative process. Resources |
Fri, 8 April 2011
Dan Millman is a former world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor. After an intensive, twenty-year spiritual quest, Dan’s teaching found its form as the Peaceful Warrior’s Way, expressed fully in his books and lectures. His work continues to evolve over time, to meet the needs of a changing world. Dan’s thirteen books, including Way of the Peaceful Warrior, have inspired and informed millions of readers in 29 languages worldwide. The feature film, “Peaceful Warrior,” starring Nick Nolte, was adapted from Dan’s first book, based upon incidents from his life.
In this episode, Dan and Darren talk about Dan’s new book The Four Purposes of Life. Dan talks about the life lessons that daily life teaches us and how immersing ourselves in the moment can bring the most fruitful lessons to those who practice this. Drawing upon many traditions, Dan believes that finding your calling in life is part of necessary experimentation that we all need to do. Beneath all of the distractions of daily life is that hidden calling. Only by attending to this arising moment can we really live life to the fullest.
Resources Books by Dan Millman The Peaceful Warrior Saga Way of the Peaceful Warrior Guidebooks The Four Purposes of Life Inspiration Bridge Between Worlds (with Doug Childers) Children’s Books Secret of the Peaeful Warrior Quest for the Crystal Castle
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Fri, 1 April 2011
Sam Jackson is a renowned musician who’s pioneering work with the crystal singing bowls has become the sound track in hundreds of yoga classes and massage therapy offices. The tones vibrate the listener to the core and frequently move people to deep states of meditation and evoke powerful emotions. In this podcast Sam talks about his new CD Initiate: Crystal Bowls and Bamboo Flutes.
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Fri, 25 March 2011
Jeffrey Small, Jr. is the author of the mystical thriller, The Breath of God, a popular blogger on Huffington Post, and an acclaimed speaker on religious and spirituality topics. A student of world religions, Jeffrey has studied at Harvard and Yale and traveled the globe to study various religions. In addition he is a successful real estate developer and champion amateur ballroom dancer along with his wife Alison. He is also active in the Episcopal Church and board member of the General Theological Seminary in New York. Breath of God is a novel of suspense and spirituality. It is the story of a graduate student who travels to the Himalayas to try to find linkages in the world religions and the antagonist zealots who try to protect their belief systems. Throughout their journeys, the characters experience their own spiritual journeys. Jeffrey and Darren talk about St. Issa and the legend that Jesus traveled through the Middle East and India where he underwent his spiritual awakening and around which the plot of the novel revolves. Through his story, Jeffrey hopes to create a point of discussion about the commonalities of the religions of the world.
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Sun, 20 March 2011
Kamini Desai is an author and teacher with an exciting and versatile body of teachings combining western psychology and eastern philosophy. In addition to assisting individuals towards higher levels of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, she delivers corporate training and conducts teacher trainings for the Amrita Yoga Institute. Kamini talks about growing up in an ashram, in the shadow of her famous yogi father as well as the life and love lessons she experienced beyond those years. In recounting some of her lessons learned, she talks about opening our hearts to all experiences, painful and blissful, through unconditional love. By working from within, we develop our capacity to bring peace and love to others.
Resources Life Lessons Love Lessons: A Guru's Daughter Discovers Knowledge is Only Half the Journey
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Fri, 11 March 2011
Amrit Desai was one of the original gurus to come to the United States from India in the 1960s. He founded the Kripalu Yoga Ashram in Massachusetts—the largest ashram in the West. He, like most gurus, is not without controversy. Yet in spite of the controversy, he has made an invaluable contribution to modern yoga and to the massive growth of yoga here in the West and he is considered one of the leading authorities on yoga in the world. He is the author of numerous books on yoga, is a renown musician, lectures worldwide, and is featured in the documentary, Yoga Today: 100 Years of Yoga in America. In this episode, Desai speaks about the guru-disciple relationship, the imperfection of the guru, kundalini awakening and the transformative shifts possible through the giving of shaktipat.
Resources Direct download: The_Guru_Relationship_with_Yogi_Amrit_Desai.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 11:38 AM |
Fri, 4 March 2011
For thousands of years yoga masters have understood the connection between the breath and ones physical, emotional and mental health. But because retraining old breathing patterns can be a difficult task, these powerful techniques were generally reserved for advanced yogis. Nagabhushanam "Bobby" Peddi believes it is time to change that and he is using the iPhone and iPod to make the ancient art of breath regulation fun, easy and accessible.
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Fri, 25 February 2011
If you wander the lush, green hills surrounding San Francisco, you may be lucky enough to encounter the hauntingly beautiful music of Lee Ellen Shoemaker, also known as The Tunnel Singer. Lee Ellen uses abandoned World War I military tunnels to chant, play Tibetan bowels and create mind-altering music. She has recorded numerous CD’s and is world renown for her unique vocals. Resources Direct download: The_Tunnel_Singer_with_Lee_Ellen_Shoemaker.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 4:05 PM |
Fri, 18 February 2011
There are few issues more vexing than relationships for those wishing to walk a spiritual path—at the same time relationships that are rooted in mindfulness and compassion can be the most rewarding aspects of life. In this podcast psychotherapist and meditation practitioner Cameron Yarbrough MA, MTFi discusses the intersection between spirituality and relationships and how to begin, mindfully live in and, when appropriate, consciously end relationships. Resources |
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