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Deep Sit Podcast15 - Yael Shy - Listen to YourselfI have a wonderful guest on today and I'm very excited to share this conversation with you. In thinking about the message of today's conversation I was reminded of a comment I recently heard Jack Kornfield make when he was interviewed by Tim Ferriss. They were talking about Tim's recent silent meditation retreat and the benefits of them, and seeking out master teacher to help with your practice. I'll admit, taking a few days for silent retreat, even a few weeks, months maybe, sounds pretty good to me. But I do see my desire for that experience as an example...
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Meditate This!127 - Robert Thurman - Conversation with a TitanLike all god's creatures, we love each of our guests equally. But we'll admit, when we got on the phone with Robert Thurman, there was something that stopped us a bit in our tracks. Yes, he was completely easy to talk to and, yes, he was willing to answer everything we asked. But his ability to explain the concepts of Buddhism and mindfulness with the weight of a genius scholar and practitioner just brought us to another level of awareness as we navigated his seemingly unending knowledge. Hear Professor Thurman explain his unforeseeable path to In...
2017-08-071h 25Meditate This!126 - Stan Tatkin - The Science of LoveShe loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not... Ever spent a moment...or several years(!) wondering whether your mate is right for you—or if you're right for them? You're sure as hell not alone. Romantic relationships are seriously confusing, and much of the time we're unaware of our true feelings because our brains work most happily in autopilot mode. If you're ready for a deeper dive into the land of love (or, not-love), listen to our conversation with Stan Tatkin, clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of the Psychobiological Appr...
2017-07-271h 16Meditate This!125 - Kaiser Clark - Say What?When Kaiser met Pete in junior high, he could barely have dreamed he'd appear a quarter-century later not once but twice on a world-renowned podcast co-hosted by his new, lanky, piano-playing friend . For one thing, there were no podcasts back then. Heck, Rubik's Cubes were still the rage. Also, neither of them were exactly the most mindful 13-year-olds in the greater Twin Cities area. They'd likely have been shoved in lockers by the school mindfulness bully, if one existed. (We're looking at you, Sven.) But here we are now, welcoming a second fantastic Meditate This! appearance by Kaiser. See...
2017-07-031h 06Meditate This!124 - Robert Kuhn - Ping Pong ZenBy trade, Robert Kuhn asks the world's most brilliant people about life's biggest questions. It sounded pretty familiar to us here at Meditate This!—with one small exception: Kuhn has a background that puts him on par with just about anyone he interviews, giving the questions an extra level of potency. Kuhn holds a doctorate in brain research and is the author and editor of over 25 books. A long-time adviser to the Chinese government and multinational corporations, he has been a columnist for China Daily and the South China Morning Post, and has appeared on the BBC, CNN, B...
2017-06-1442 minMeditate This!123 - Nichol Bradford - Change Minds, Change the World Nichol Bradford has an affinity for tech—as evidenced by her work as a former senior executive for gaming at Activision Blizzard (for which she managed operations on World of Warcraft in China), Disney, and Vivendi. But the Wharton MBA also appreciates tech's promise because she believes it's our best chance at helping humanity navigate the variety of impending crises. As founder and CEO of the Willow Group, Bradford has helped pioneer Finders Course in secular mindfulness based on the scientific findings from eight years of research with over 1,000 participants. The online course uses the most e...
2017-05-301h 16Meditate This!122 - Transcend with Liz Li, Ph.D., President of Sofia UniversityHave you updated your bucket list lately? We’re guessing there are a few things you may have overlooked. After this interview, you might decide to add a couple items to your list: the study of transpersonal psychology and achieving self-transcendence. What are those things you ask? Well, Pete had the same questions and got some serious answers from his guest today. Sit back and absorb the fresh wisdom from a pioneer in education. As the President of Sofia University in Palo Alto, Ca, Liz Li, Ph.D. is committed to improving the human condition by continuing a legac...
2017-05-131h 00Meditate This!121 - Judson Brewer - Part DuexIt's never happened before that a guest has been daring enough to return to the mic for a second round conversation with Pete and Jay, but Judson Brewer was up for giving it another go. And how lucky for the audience because Judson talks through all the ideas in his new book The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits and more, offering perspective on "flow," the idea of a true self, resistance versus resilience, and well, the state of our brains during this unusual political moment. What...
2017-05-051h 27Meditate This!120 - Zen Care - Koshin Paley Ellison & Robert Chodo CampbellSo, um...about that thing. You know. The thing no one likes to talk about. Yes, that thing. No, not taxes, the other thing. Right. Death. Ok, we all have different relationships to the word and the concept, and we also all have one thing in common: Nobody knows anything about it for sure. But Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell and Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison have been closer to the experience, with regularity, than just about anyone else. As co-founders of the Zen Center for Contemplative Care in New York City, they established a training program...
2017-04-211h 17Meditate This!119 - Meditation Mistakes, Happiness, and Taking Chances - Mailbag #3Have you ever wondered about the secret to perfecting your meditation practice, increasing your daily degree of happiness, and finding the strength to tackle all those things that scare you? Well, search no more. In less than an hour, Pete and Jay will make every last thing clear and give you the tools to transform your life overnight. Well, it could take two nights. Whatever. Just listen. It's free. Visit: www.MeditateThisPodcast.com
2017-04-1154 minMeditate This!118 - Caroline Welch - Mind Your 4 P's of MindfulnessAnother escapade into the world of mindfulness conferences landed Pete at the Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. In this interview, he sits down with Caroline S. Welch, the CEO of Mind Your Brain, Inc. and the co-founder of MindSightMedia, Inc with her husband Dr. Dan Siegel (episode 112 of MT! Podcast). We cover some key points (4 to be specific) of mindfulness and how the power of presence can bring more well-being into your life. Caroline’s background as a corporate litigator and early exposure to meditation on a silent retreat in Sri Lanka gives her a uniq...
2017-04-0822 minMeditate This!117 - JP Sears - LoLing at MindfulnessJP Sears is trying to raise the planet's consciousness and help people live the most fulfilling life possible. He does this, in part, by making funny videos on YouTube that completely mock the very thoughts and practices that help people realize this kind of change. It leaves many left to wonder, just who is JP Sears? The good news for you—we've got him here in Episode 117 in all his glory: funny but insightful, irreverent but respectful. Take a listen. Or don't. He's cool with you doing whatever you gotta do.
2017-03-201h 08Meditate This!116 - Ofer Leidner - Happier Games, Happier LifeAs cofounder and president of Happify, giving people a fun way to pass the time is nothing new for Ofer Leidner. He cofounded and built several digital media businesses, including iPlay/Oberon Media, which offered those downloadable games for phones that consume hours and become an obsession for some. But despite his success, Ofer didn’t feel great about the effects of his work. So he channeled his skills toward a whole new venture, where folks may still become immersed, but now, hopefully, for all the right reasons. Hear how Ofer and his colleagues are helping users break bad ha...
2017-03-1455 minMeditate This!115 - John F. Simon, Jr - To Infinity and Back AgainJohn F. Simon, Jr. was riding high in the New York art scene in the early 1990s as a new media artist using LCD screens to project his computer renderings. His work sold quickly and is now part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others But all that success rang hollow for him and in recent years he has channeled his creative energy into other modes of expression. In his new book Drawing Your Own Path: 33...
2017-03-061h 21Meditate This!114 - Agapi Stassinopoulos - Ready. Set. Joy!There are plenty of words that describe Agapi Stassinopolous, but they only go so far. Warm, magnetic, wise, theatrical, and honest—they all say the right thing, but in order to really understand Agapi and what she can offer, you really need to listen. The energy and spirit she projects, the way her smile comes through when she speaks, it all confirms the many reasons why hearing Agapi (or see her in NYC on Jan. 10!) helps explain the insight and inspiration she delivers. Her new book—Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Ca...
2017-01-031h 01Meditate This!113 - Dr. Judson Brewer - Getting Unhooked It's not everyday that you find an MD/PhD who gains as much insight from talking about 2,000-year-old Buddhist philosophy as he does from the latest findings in the New England Journal of Medicine. Judson Brewer is director of research in the Center for Mindfulness at the University Massachusetts Medical School, and holds affiliations at the Yale University School of Medicine and MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He also really likes to sit in meditation because, well, it once changed his life. As a young student overwhelmed with figuring out his future, Judson saw firsthand how mindfulness...
2016-12-191h 09Meditate This!112 - Dr. Dan Siegel - Mind Over EverythingTo paint a picture of Dr. Dan Siegel, we could easily provide you with a long list of highly impressive credentials. But that wouldn’t represent Dan the person. Missing from that list would be how he unwinds at home by blasting his karaoke machine and dancing around the room. Or that he takes steps to include everyone in the big conversations--making even hard science relatable. In short, Dan aims for every last person to flourish. There’s plenty in this episode for everyone to learn, including Pete, who discovered why meditation has changed what life has to offer...
2016-12-0848 minMeditate This!111 - Elise Carr - Sacred Spirituality and SexualityAsk someone "what" they are and the answer will often be expressed in a single word to summarize their job: accountant...firefighter...salesperson...electrician...chef. For Elise Carr, founder of StellaMuse, the answer takes a lot longer, and seems to radiate like a sunbeam. Some specific things do come to mind, though: Pioneer of Yoni power, divinely empowered woman, sacred spirituality and sexuality director, life empowerment mentor, certified holistic health coach, writer, speaker, Tantra practitioner, Reiki master, model, artist, and trailblazer. Whew! But beyond these labels, you'll hear why Elise is a person at peace, someone who has f...
2016-12-031h 20Meditate This!110 - Penny George - On a Quest for Health and HealingBack in 2003, people didn't talk much about acupuncture or meditation or aromatherapy–especially not in relation to treating serious illness. But Penny George saw an opportunity. As a breast cancer survivor herself, she was keenly aware of the need for nurturing the mind and spirit while addressing major issues with one's body. She thought: What if a center with ties to traditional medical care could offer patients the benefits of energy work, biofeedback, healing touch, and more? Thus, the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing was born 13 years ago and has since grown into the largest hospital-based inte...
2016-11-221h 15Meditate This!109 - Aneel Chima - A Master Class in Human FlourishingWhat does it mean to flourish as a human being? Well, for many of us that might be a question not often asked, but for Aneel Chima it is his life's work to help us figure it out. While Aneel might be just as happy driving a city bus, he's currently very content as the co-leader of the Stanford University WellnessEd Project, which he co-founded and developed. In addition, Aneel co-founded At-The-Core, where he facilitates actualization and trans-formative change using emotional, social, and neurophysiological drivers of optimal team and leadership performance. Above all these lofty goals and ambitio...
2016-11-101h 12Meditate This!108 - Mindfulness Schmindfulness with a Skeptical SeekerWhat happens when a listener of the Meditate This! Podcast blows out the candles on their birthday cake? Their wish comes true and they appear as a guest on Mindfulness Schmindfulness. We can only assume that's what happened as one lucky listener was invited to the MT! Studios for an interrogation of her life. Meet Ryan, both skeptic and seeker, as she shares with us her life struggles and some very interesting signposts along the way. Ryan now says she never realized she could be this happy in life, which we assume has nothing to do with listening to our...
2016-10-3155 minMeditate This!107 - How I Meditate - Micheline NaderWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not. Each episode answers 4 basic questions: 1. How do you meditate? 2. What was is like the very first time you meditated? 3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life. 4. What...
2016-10-2619 minMeditate This!106 - Micheline Nader - Self Taught Success StoryIn 1996 Micheline Nader hit a wall. Stress had weakened her immune system and resulted in a bleeding ulcer. Facing the bankruptcy of her business, she says, "I was so terrified that I could not get out of bed. My fear was more crippling than my pain." A serial entrepreneur, Micheline couldn't muster one more appearance of "Superwoman" to save the day. She needed a better plan and that led to her finding what she calls her True Self. Once she found it, everything turned around and her business became a huge success. Micheline was no stranger to advers...
2016-10-2149 minMeditate This!105 -Mikey Siegel - This Side of ConsciousnessNASA engineer, Stanford University lecturer, TED talker, consciousness hacker—is there anything Mikey Siegel can't do? The answer: We'll soon find out. See, Mikey is on one serious mission—to change the word from the inside out by starting with the alleviation of that nasty little bug that bites us all: human suffering. As Mikey explains: "My focus is on supporting the development of totally new transformative tools and technologies that can revolutionize the way we relate to ourselves, each other, and the world. I believe that every single human endeavor can be a catalyst for collective awak...
2016-09-281h 40Meditate This!104 - Maureen Pelton & Charlie Hartwell - The Dynamic (Mindful) DuoSome couples argue about who should take out the garbage or pick up the kids. Maureen Pelton and Charlie Hartwell only show hints of frustration when insisting that the other should realize how well-rounded they are. It's a nice problem to have, especially since most of their moments together is spent engaged in their favorite pastime: laughing. The rest is occupied with changing the world by helping raise our collective consciousness. As co-founders of the Shift Institute, Maureen and Charlie aim to help individuals realize their best, truest self. That effort is complemented by the venture capital efforts of B...
2016-09-151h 24Meditate This!103 - Kaiser Clark - Embracing RegularAchieving the status of being a regular, average guy might not sound like much. But for Kaiser Clark, it’s the biggest accomplishment of his life so far. Growing up with severe ADHD and struggling with substance abuse from a very young age, Kaiser used to think obtaining mythic powers, changing who he was, and becoming "special" was the answer to his problems. On his quest, he utilized various forms of meditation and even had an experience he called "piercing the veil of consciousness." But Kaiser now feels that none of that really matters much. It’s about...
2016-09-021h 11Meditate This!101 - Schmindfulness - Close Encounters of the Pete KindFive sure-fire steps to the perfect life. One burrito half-eaten by Ozzie. And Pete making contact. A Schmindfulness for the ages—both here and beyooooond. ..and Happy Birthday Diane!!!! Be sure to tell a friend about this podcast, rate and review on iTunes, and join our mailing list at www.MeditateThisPodcast.com
2016-07-2430 minMeditate This!100 - Adam Engle Pt 2 - Man on a MissionThe very fact that you're reading this sentence has something to do with R. Adam Engle. No, he didn't invent the internet or anything. He just happened to co-found the Mind and Life Institute and develop, back in the 1980s, the very first Mind and Life Dialogues between the 14th Dalai Lama and a panel of some of the world's most prominent scientists. The result? A wave of new research, understanding, and acceptance of mindful practice and effectiveness in the West—culminating (well, sorta) with Time magazine declaring the beginning of a "Mindful Revolution" in 2014. Hear thi...
2016-07-181h 00Meditate This!99 - Adam Engle Pt 1 - Man on a MissionThe very fact that you're reading this sentence has something to do with R. Adam Engle. No, he didn't invent the internet or anything. He just happened to co-found the Mind and Life Institute and develop, back in the 1980s, the very first Mind and Life Dialogues between the 14th Dalai Lama and a panel of some of the world's most prominent scientists. The result? A wave of new research, understanding, and acceptance of mindful practice and effectiveness in the West—culminating (well, sorta) with Time magazine declaring the beginning of a "Mindful Revolution" in 2014. Hear thi...
2016-07-151h 03Meditate This!98 - How I Meditate - Maria Gonzalez, founder of Argonauta Strategic ConsultingWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not. Each episode answers 4 basic questions: 1. How do you meditate? 2. What was is like the very first time you meditated? 3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life. 4. What...
2016-07-0714 minMeditate This!97 - How I Meditate - Tami SimonWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not. Each episode answers 4 basic questions: 1. How do you meditate? 2. What was is like the very first time you meditated? 3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life. 4. What...
2016-06-1804 minMeditate This!96 - Tami Simon - Shades of TrueWhether it be on a retreat into literal darkness that helped her contemplate her life so far or the bright and bustling business she has built over the past three decades, Tami Simon pursues truth in every corner it may hide. As the founder of Sounds True, a multimedia publishing company that offers spiritual wisdom from the likes of Eckhart Tolle, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Pema Chodron—among so many others—Simon has built a profound resource for those seeking to understand. And now Simon is adding to the conversation herself with the audio program Being True. Take a li...
2016-06-1756 minMeditate This!95 - How I Meditate - Radhanath SwamiWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not. Each episode answers 4 basic questions: 1. How do you meditate? 2. What was is like the very first time you meditated? 3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life. 4. What...
2016-06-0708 minMeditate This!94 - Radhanath Swami - The Endless JourneyGrowing up in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s, Radhanath Swami (then Richard Slavin) had plenty to be restless about—civil rights injustices, Vietnam, and a general aversion to the trappings of suburban comfort. By 19, he'd had enough. It was time to go in search of something greater. That quest took him—as a penniless hitchhiker—though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and finally, to India. It was there that he embarked on a more than 45-year study of Bhakti yoga that has included living in Himalayan caves and forests. His early travels were documented in the book T...
2016-06-0345 minMeditate This!93 - How I Meditate - Charlie HartwellWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not. Each episode answers 4 basic questions: 1. How do you meditate? 2. What was is like the very first time you meditated? 3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life. 4. What...
2016-05-2409 minMeditate This!92 - Charlie Hartwell - Building Bridges for the MindCharlie Hartwell has always pursued balance. He complemented his degrees from Brown and Harvard with the education that comes from world travels that included hitchhiking alone by night on desolate roads. While working on Wall Street by day, he spent nights helping start a charity in Africa. He excelled at marketing for the likes of Heinz and Pillsbury while always searching for the intangible - the words that couldn't be spoken. It makes perfect sense that he's now using his business acumen to help expand consciousness across the globe. As the operating partner in Bridge Builders Collaborative and...
2016-05-2055 minMeditate This!91 - How I Meditate - Karan BajajWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not. Each episode answers 4 basic questions: 1. How do you meditate? 2. What was is like the very first time you meditated? 3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life. 4. What...
2016-05-1605 minMeditate This!90 - Karan Bajaj - Marketing , Spiritual Journey, Writing, RepeatAll of us talk about it. There's something else we feel like we should be doing—if only we knew what. Or how. Or where. Karan Bajaj was born and raised in the Indian Himalayas, but it was only when he became a successful marketer—earning the title of "top 40 under 40" by Advertising Age in 2007—that he started to feel the call toward a more spiritual path. But that didn't mean abandoning his life and accomplishments completely. Instead, Bajaj embarked on a rather inventive system of working 4 years on and 1 year off. In the "unscripted" periods, he travels the world...
2016-05-131h 04Meditate This!89 - Mailbag #2 - S&M, Meatball Subs, and SwamisS&M. Meatball subs. Interviewing Swamis. What don't Pete and Jay cover in this episode of "Mailbag"? Hear them answer questions from listeners across the country on the great central issues of our time. This episode tackles quick fixes for anxiety, the roots of their interest in mindfulness, and how they use their natural curiosity to talk to some of the wisest people in the world. Pour yourself a milkshake and get ready for some good old-fashioned fun. Please submit your questions for our next mailbag to MeditateThisPodcast@Gmail.com. Or send it via...
2016-05-1035 minMeditate This!88 - How I Meditate - Ellie BurrowsWelcome to How I Meditate from the
Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal
personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to
help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice.
Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But
maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone
else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a
difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-05-0309 minMeditate This!87 - Ellie Burrows - Pristine PeaceWhen one steps into MNDFL, it's easy to think you've
made a wrong turn. Meditation studios are supposed to be a little
dusty, a little impersonal. They certainly do
not look like that Hamptons beach house you saw in
that design magazine. But MNDFL's founders, Ellie Burrows (chief executive
officer) and Lodro Rinzler (chief spiritual officer), had a
different idea when they conceived of their new venture: create a
drop-in meditation space where one can feel at home (literally),
and where the "tradition" is simply soft music, plush couches, and
hot tea.
The studio on 8th Street in...
2016-04-2834 minMeditate This!86 - How I Meditate - Cory AllenWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-04-1807 minMeditate This!85 - Cory Allen - Feel that Astral FlooooowwwwwwwwwwHop aboard Cory Allen's spaceship as he explains the many places his music might take you. Feel like spelunking in the labyrinth of your soul? It can do that. Maybe shoot out into the deepest ends of the universe? It can do that too. And when not composing and producing music, Cory can lead you on one serious guided meditation.
So sit back and let his smooth baritone words ease you across this spectrum of mindful conversation. After, be sure to listen to his binaural beats and other music—or catch his excellent podcast The Astral Hustle, on wh...
2016-04-151h 01Meditate This!84 - Mailbag #1 - Ask Us Anything!What happens when excited Meditate This! fans across the United States get a chance to ask Pete and Jay any questions they want? Well, let's just say the U.S. Postal Service had to work a lot of overtime last month—like they do during the Christmas deluge, delivering letters full of dreams and inquiry to Santa Claus. But it was all well worth it because we've got answers to some of your deepest and darkest questions (well, not that dark). So join Pete and Jay as they respond to listeners who wonder how they can de-stress, fi...
2016-04-1139 minMeditate This!83 - How I Meditate - Dr. Eben AlexanderWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-04-0911 minMeditate This!82 - Dr. Eben Alexander - The Meaning of Life (and Skydiving)We've all heard about it. The warm, bright light someone sees when they're near death. The angelic, universal hum. The feeling of everything being, as Radiohead once sang, "in its right place."
Well, imagine that experience being reflected and championed by a renowned neurosurgeon who understands the mysteries of the brain better than almost anyone.
With his New York Times bestseller, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, Dr. Eben Alexander gained immediate attention from believers and skeptics alike as he detailed his experience of traveling to a harmonious realm while in a com...
2016-04-071h 12Meditate This!81 - How I Meditate - Maureen PeltonWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-04-0311 minMeditate This!80 - Maureen Pelton - Who's Ready for Authenticity?What is your authentic self, and where the heck can you find it? Before you answer, take note: Our guest in episode 80 discovered her true self 30 years ago during a multi-dimensional, mystical experience.
Ever since then, Maureen Pelton has been on a journey to help others along their own path of self-discovery. She is founder of the ShiftIt Institute, which includes integrative psychotherapy, coaching, and consulting to 150 organizations, training health care professionals and facilitating workshops.
As Maureen tells us, many people are afraid to search for their authentic self. It's not always pleasant, and might even c...
2016-04-011h 02Meditate This!79 - How I Meditate - Alana KesslerWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-03-2908 minMeditate This!78 - Alana Kessler - Yin StyleAlana Kessler isn't just founder, owner, and director of Sangha Yoga Shala—she's also a member. Yoga, especially Yin Yoga, has provided the perspective she needs to stay healthy and grounded each day. With a master’s in clinical nutrition and a bachelor’s in nutrition and dietetics from NYU, she knows well how essential the relationship is between a happy body and a happy mind.
Hear her chronicle a nearly decade-long struggle with an eating disorder and how she found her way through to the healthy state she now enjoys. When in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, be sure to stop...
2016-03-2453 minMeditate This!77 - How I Meditate - Paul GilmartinWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-03-0906 minMeditate This!76 - How I Meditate - Toni BernhardWelcome to How I Meditate from the Meditate This! Podcast. This series is intended reveal personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness as a way to help others refine, rejuvenate, or even just begin a practice. Meditation can seem weird, creepy, and meaningless. But maybe it helps to hear how it's different for someone else...or how it's not.
Each episode answers 4 basic questions:
1. How do you meditate?
2. What was is like the very first time you meditated?
3. An example of when you noticed meditation made a difference in your life.
4. What...
2016-02-2811 minMeditate This!75 - Toni Bernhard Pt 2 - Living Well - While Living with IllnessA trip to the grocery store. A day spent shopping for new jeans. While we may see these tasks as mundane, even tedious, these are just two things that Toni Bernhard is no longer able to do.
With an illness that keeps her mostly confined to bed, Bernhard, a longtime Buddhist practitioner,shares her story by writing through the pain and exhaustion that each day brings. Her first book, How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers began as a manual for herself, but she soon realized they were words others ne...
2016-02-2540 minMeditate This!74 - Toni Bernhard - Living Well - While Living with IllnessA trip to the grocery store. A day spent shopping for new jeans. While we may see these tasks as mundane, even tedious, these are just two things the Toni Bernhard is no longer able to do.
With an illness that keeps her mostly confined to bed, Bernhard, a longtime Buddhist practitioner,shares her story by writing through the pain and exhaustion that each day brings. Her first book, How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers began as a manual for herself, but she soon realized they were words others ne...
2016-02-2141 minMeditate This!73 - Gene Baur - A Sanctuary for AllTIME magazine once called Gene Baur "the conscience of the food movement," and it's easy to see why. A vegan who has been championing animal rights for more than three decades, Baur co-founded the animal rescue organization Farm Sanctuary in 1986. His efforts has earned widespread media coverage—including an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart—and he has penned two books. Take a listen to this passionate and informative episode, and hear Gene describe his vision for a future where man lives in harmony with all the animals of the earth.
2016-01-2951 minMeditate This!72 - Holiday Schmindfulness - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?Feel it? The holiday magic that courses through your veins and lights your feelings with love and joy? We sincerely hope you do.
But what if you don't? Well, that's okay, too. The holiday season is loaded with all kinds of pressure—but you are entitled to embrace wherever you are. So take a listen and hear Pete and Jay's tips on how to stay your authentic self in the midst of what might be some pretty, pretty intense moments of cheer.
2015-12-2109 minMeditate This!71 - Voices with Gina - The Mindful JunkieThis episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Gina White, the founder of Mindful Junkie. She is an experienced Pilates and Mindfulness practitioner and instructor. She is currently working on her master's degree in Mindfulness at Lesley University. Gina has pink hair, great energy, and is committed to making mindfulness "normal" in addition to servicing people (err...in service to people).
Visit www.MindfulJunkie.com and learn more about Gina. Thanks Gina!!
2015-12-1319 minMeditate This!70 - Voices with Meico - Meaning of Life...and Social MediaToday's episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Meico Whitlock, a digital communications consultant from Washington DC. He tells us where he finds meaning in life through connection. Pete tells us why he admires his dog. This episode ends with a great conversation about how social media can become mindful media.
Thanks Meico for sitting down with us! Sorry about butchering your name!!!
2015-12-1320 minMeditate This!69 - Voices with Lisa - The Mindful MarketerThis very peppy episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Lisa Nirell, the author of The Mindful Marketer. She is the Chief Energy Officer of EnergizeGrowth LLC and is an expert in strategic growth. Lisa is a sought-after speaker for associations and leaders worldwide.
Thanks Lisa!!!
2015-12-0908 minMeditate This!68 - Voices with Lori - Cancer Survivor, Business Leader (and Very Mindful)This episode of Voice of Mindfulness features Lori Anderson, the President and CEO of International Sign Association. She took up the practice of mindfulness 8 years ago after a diagnosis of breast cancer, and credits mindfulness with changing her life. She tells us how it has personally transformed her over the years and the influence it has on the people she works with.
Lori, we are grateful to have met you and thank you for stopping by to tell us your story. All the best!!
2015-12-0912 minMeditate This!67 - Voices with Victor - Emotional Trauma in the MilitaryToday's guest on Voices of Mindfulness is Victor. He is retired from 20 years of service in the U.S. Army after graduating from West Point. He tells us his story of almost becoming a Zen Buddhist monk at a young age and using mindfulness to deal with emotional trauma in the military. He is now an executive coach using mindfulness to help people both in leadership and personal development.
Our thanks to Victor for his many years of service and also for spending time with us.
2015-12-0821 minMeditate This!66 - Voices with Sara - Mayor of Mindfulness (and Jackson Hole)This episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Sara Flitner, the Mayor of Jackson, Wy. She joins us to talk about her goal of bringing the principles of mindfulness to community leaders and those in service. She is the founder of Flitner Strategies, a company specializing in communication strategy, messaging, and pragmatic collaborative problem solving.
Our many thanks to Sara for spending time with us! She's awesome!!!!
2015-12-0836 minMeditate This!65 - Voices with Cassandra - From Suicide to a Joyful LifeThis episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Cassandra and her story of attempted suicide and the road to recovery. She is author of How to Go from BooHoo to WooHoo in 90 Days. She has a wonderful energy and presence and we were so fortunate to have this conversation.
Thanks Cassandra!
2015-12-0620 minMeditate This!64 - Voices with Dory - Iranian American goes from Banker to TherapistThis episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Dory Halati. After 24 "miserable" years as a banker, she became a therapist, going from a negative mindset to one centered around gratitude. Her current mission is to change the mindset of Iranian-Americans.
Thanks Dory!! We enjoyed our time with you.
2015-12-0641 minMeditate This!63 - Voices with Jenna - Meditating MillenialsThis episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Jenna, who is currently a student at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has started a company called the Lead Up to help spread mindfulness to the Millennial generation.
Thanks Jenna for joining us!
2015-12-0517 minMeditate This!62 - Voices with Adera - Getting Mindful in EthiopiaThis episode of Voices of Mindfulness features Adera Abdela all the way from Ethiopia. He talks to us about how receptive Ethiopia is to the concepts of mindfulness and meditation. As with most Ethiopians, Adera found it all a little weird in the beginning, but is now out there teaching others how to practice.
Adera is the Managing Director of a company called SAK Business and Personal Development PLC. You can find him at www.SAKEthiopia.com
Thanks Adera!
2015-12-0516 minMeditate This!61 - Voices with Aisha - Why Self-Care is Anything but SelfishThis Voices of Mindfulness episode features Aisha Moore. She is a coach, facilitator, and blogger specializing in techniques for self-care. Check out her website at www.SelfCareByAisha.com
Thanks Aisha!
2015-12-0422 minMeditate This!60 - Voices with Ed - Overcoming PTSD One Meditation at a TimeThis Voices of Mindfulness episode features former police officer Ed Cabello, who was diagnosed with PTSD and has found meditation to be very effective. He is currently a mind coach in Sydney, Australia. You can visit Ed at his website, www.WhatsYourMindset.com.au.
Thanks Ed for sitting down with us and telling your story!!
2015-12-0427 minMeditate This!59 - Intro to Voices of MindfulnessPete and Jay get up close and personal (with permission) to find out how mindfulness is changing the lives of people on the street - or at least people attending a mindfulness conference. Please enjoy the stories and life lessons from some really interesting people who are walking the walk on mindfulness.
These interviews were conducted live at the Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington DC.
2015-12-0307 minMeditate This!58 - Darya Rose - The Mind-Stomach ConnectionIn 2006, Darya Rose discovered a scientific secret—one that proved we could prevent and possibly cure most major diseases. So what was this magic pill called? Simple: food. A neuroscience Ph.D and author of the book Foodist, Rose has spent her career advocating for better nutrition as a means to a healthy body...and mind. A recent transplant from San Francisco to New York City with her husband, tech entrepreneur Kevin Rose, Rose actively posts to Summer Tomato, which she created in 2009 and was named one of TIME magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2011. Take a listen and discover some of...
2015-11-2559 minMeditate This!57 - Bill George - The "CEO" of Mindful LeadershipSure, he was the CEO of Medtronic and a senior executive at Honeywell and Litton Industries. And sure he sits on the Board of Directors for Exxon Mobil, Mayo Clinic and Goldman Sachs. And yes, he's a professor of Management Practice and a Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics at Harvard Business School.
But Bill George is no central casting version of a "businessman." A meditation practitioner for more than 40 years, Bill has spent long periods on retreat and still starts each plane trip with a 20-minute meditation. So listen to this very special perspective from a m...
2015-11-1940 minMeditate This!56 - Dr. Andrew Hill - Beefing up the BrainAs the lead neuroscientist for TruBrain who teaches a course on healthy brain aging at UCLA, Dr. Andrew Hill is someone worth paying attention to—if your brain matters to you, that is. In this episode, he explains nootropics and how they can help you focus, how neurofeedback training can aid those with addiction and depression, and how mindfulness can help alleviate the toll stress takes on your brain. You'll feel new clarity and motivation just from listening. Oh, and Pete tries to solve a riddle (unsuccessfully). Tune in!
2015-10-281h 28Meditate This!55 - Julie Piatt - Music + Food + Connection = EvolutionExperiencing a life of twist and turns from a challenging childhood in Alaska to eventually curing herself of an "incurable" cyst, Julie Piatt (aka Sri Mati) has relentlessly pursued a spiritual connection. A self-described modern mystic, Julie become born-again at 10, turned to drugs at age 12, and eventually found her creative soul in her late 20s. Perhaps best known for designing her ultra-athlete husband Rich Roll's plant-based diet, Julie is also a singer-songwriter, yoga and meditation instructor, and accomplished plant-based chef.
She developed her own guided meditation series, called Jai Meditation, that she credits with helping her find...
2015-10-151h 35Meditate This!54 - Eric Forbis - Reaching the SummitEric Forbis is co-founder and co-director of the Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, which brings together leaders from across the country to explore how to become more mindful and compassionate. Eric is also co-founder and director of BuddhaFest, a four-day festival of films, talks, meditation and music—inspired by the principles of mindfulness and compassion. The festival has been held annually for six years in the Washington, DC area.
2015-10-0633 minMeditate This!53 - Susan Piver - Heart Wide Open Years ago, a near-fatal car crash changed the course of Susan Piver's life. But it didn't mean she suddenly gained perfect clarity. Proving that one builds their world brick-by-brick, Piver started along a winding path that would lead her eventually to start the Open Heart Project, become a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, and sit in conversation with the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Katie Couric. Give her story and her ideas a listen—and just try to not be enchanted.
2015-09-181h 04Meditate This!52 - Lynne Goldberg - O.M.G!A series of tragic events brought Lynne Goldberg away from the business life she'd always envisioned toward an existence that pays more attention to, well, existence. After study with the likes of Deepak Chopra, Sri Dharma Mittra, and Tony Robbins, Lynne co-founded OMG. I Can Meditate!—a website and App that is billed as "the world's easiest and most enjoyable way to learn to meditate." Hear Lynne describe how OMG came to be and why you may just change your life with a few tweaks to your daily routine.
2015-09-0341 minMeditate This!51 - Allison Carmen - Call Her "Maybe"The illusion was perfectly in place 15 years ago. Allison Carmen had the high-powered job as an attorney, the family she always wanted, and the comfortable life track on which she could theoretically cruise. But underneath the cool veneer, she was nearly in panic. Every step felt perilous, every chance seemed likely to fail. The world was uncertain, which made it nearly unbearable.
But she didn't buckle. Instead, she searched—not for security, but for the unlikely ability to face the concept of maybe (maybe good, maybe awful, maybe just "eh") in everything. Suddenly, the narrowing box of unpre...
2015-08-2143 minMeditate This!50 - Mo Edjlali - Dipping Two Feet Into MindfulnessMo Edjlali had it all—a degree from Virginia Tech, his own technology staffing firm, and a really nice car. Things were looking good as could be until the crash of 2008 came along and, suddenly, wiped away his business, his bank account, and most of his self-confidence. What emerged was a new perspective, which soon became the basis for a life more and more focused on mindfulness and meaning. Now the co-founder of Mindful Leader Inc., Mo co-produces the Mindful Leadership Summit in Washington DC each fall and is organizing other new events throughout the year. Hear all about his...
2015-08-1449 minMeditate This!49 - Paul Gilmartin Pt 2 - Mental Illness, With a TwistIf you watched TV at any point between 1995 and 2011, there's a good chance you saw Paul Gilmartin co-hosting the very entertaining cooking/comedy skits on the TBS show Dinner and a Movie. You may also have seen him performing on the shows Politically Incorrect and The Late Show With Craig Ferguson, as well as his own half-hour special Comedy Central Presents Paul Gilmartin. What you didn't see, however, is the deep pain that Paul was often hiding. Throughout an impressive career he has struggled with severe depression, which he still works to manage through medication, meditation, and a general regime of h...
2015-08-0633 minMeditate This!48 - Paul Gilmartin Pt 1 - Mental Illness, With a TwistIf you watched TV at any point between 1995 and 2011, there's a good chance you saw Paul Gilmartin co-hosting the very entertaining cooking/comedy skits on the TBS show Dinner and a Movie. You may also have seen him performing on the shows Politically Incorrect and The Late Show With Craig Ferguson, as well as his own half-hour special Comedy Central Presents Paul Gilmartin. What you didn't see, however, is the deep pain that Paul was often hiding. Throughout an impressive career he has struggled with severe depression, which he still works to manage through medication, meditation, and a general regime of h...
2015-08-0432 minMeditate This!47 - Rich Roll - Ultra EverythingDid you hit the gym today? Good!
Our guest Rich Roll did as well, but he may have stayed a little longer...
As one of the Top 25 fittest men in the world(!) according to Men's Fitness magazine, Rich does not do anything halfway. A former lawyer who changed his life after one fateful and frightening walk up the stairs, he has become a popular podcaster and a #1 bestselling author with Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself. Oh, and I guess we should mention that he once complete...
2015-07-2451 minMeditate This!46 - Scott Taylor, Ed. D - Part 2 - Near Death AdventuresScott Taylor is not your typical small business consultant. Sure, the former CEO can help you launch and grow your business as good as anyone, but he also brings an added bonus—an expertise in guiding others through a Near-Death Experience (NDE). Okay, let us explain...
Scott teaches a 6-day workshop exploring near-death experience and is author and voice of “Into the Light”, a CD produced by The Monroe Institute, a Virginia-based center devoted to the work of Bob Monroe (1915-1995)—a successful businessman who was committed to pushing the boundaries of the human mind. Through the years, Scott an...
2015-07-1742 minMeditate This!45 - Scott Taylor, Ed.D - Part 1 - Near Death AdventuresScott Taylor is not your typical small business consultant. Sure, the former CEO can help you launch and grow your business as good as anyone, but he also brings an added bonus—an expertise in guiding others through a Near-Death Experience (NDE). Okay, let us explain...
Scott teaches a 6-day workshop exploring near-death experience and is author and voice of “Into the Light”, a CD produced by The Monroe Institute, a Virginia-based center devoted to the work of Bob Monroe (1915-1995)—a successful businessman who was committed to pushing the boundaries of the human mind. Through the years, Scott an...
2015-07-1532 minMeditate This!44 - Shawn Stevenson - Part 2 - The Model of MindfulnessShawn Stevenson has lived several lives: suburban dream, inner city survival, and now a path of being awake and in service. In the process, he's become an expert at empowering others to answer the harder-than-you-think questions of "why" and "how."
Now an author, speaker, and host of the very popular podcast "The Model Health Show," Shawn believes in creating a blueprint tailored to your specific goals and circumstance. If you still need to shine a light on some facet of your life, listening to this two-parter may just help you take that first step.
2015-07-0242 minMeditate This!43 - Shawn Stevenson - Part 1 - The Model of MindfulnessShawn Stevenson has lived several lives: suburban dream, inner city survival, and now a path of being awake and in service. In the process, he's become an expert at empowering others to answer the harder-than-you-think questions of "why" and "how."
Now an author, speaker, and host of the very popular podcast "The Model Health Show," Shawn believes in creating a blueprint tailored to your specific goals and circumstance. If you still need to shine a light on some facet of your life, listening to this two-parter may just help you take that first step.
2015-06-3031 minMeditate This!42 - Jason Garner - A Life That MattersJust imagine being in charge of putting on 20,000 concerts a year—for the likes of Beyonce, Jay Z, Coldplay, Shakira, and John Mayer. As the CEO of Global Music for Live Nation, Jason Garner was a busy guy with a lot of important people depending on him. Then one day, he found out his mom had stage 4 stomach cancer, and all that just sort of...didn't matter anymore. Through six months of caring for her before she died, Garner came to realize that he needed more from life, and he set out to discover what that was. Traveling to Chin...
2015-06-2551 minMeditate This!41 - Ariel Garten - Brain TrainingAriel Garten does not like sitting still. But she does like being happy! So when the neuroscientist, fashion designer, psychotherapist, artist, and CEO of InteraXon started using her own product, Muse—a headband that acts as a brain fitness tool to help people start meditating—she was thrilled to discover the benefits of a regular mindfulness practice. Hear her explain how it might just change your life, and why mindfulness is the key to so many new beginnings. Also, check out her recent TED talk titled "Know thyself—with a brain scanner."
2015-06-1641 minMeditate This!40 - Schmindfulness: THE BIG 4-0On the occasion of celebrating 40 episodes recorded, Pete & Jay look back at their eclectic list of guests and see if they can draw a few life lessons from all the wisdom they've been exposed to. Pete shares how mindfulness made a big difference during a recent traumatic family medical ordeal. In the process, Jay tries to understand physics and Pete talks more about his 6-pack. Enjoy this very special episode of Meditate This!
2015-06-0724 minMeditate This!39 - Anthony Del Broccolo - What's So Funny About Anxiety?Armed with the savvy and wisdom only a Sagamore Junior High education provides and that one expects from a former Burger King "Employee of the Month," Anthony Del Broccolo is currently a writer and producer on the hit CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, with credits that also include Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker, Lil' Bush, Zooey 101, Drake & Josh, and All That. And though he's spent his career making millions laugh, hear how the Long Island native endured decades of depression and anxiety until he was able to name his issues and confront them head on. You'll also get some v...
2015-05-2256 minMeditate This!38 - Vincent HornA self-proclaimed mindhacker, Vincent Horn is using the most modern forms of communication to translate the ancient art of staying present. In addition to starting the wildly popular Buddhist Geeks podcast, Vincent speaks and teaches all over the world—an endeavor that has inspired Wired UK’s to put him on their Smart List of "50 people who will change the world.”
In this episode, we hear just how Vincent was led toward this lifestyle, why he feels compelled to share it, and what happens in the highly rare, occasional moments when he loses his cool.
2015-05-0532 minMeditate This!37 - Pat FlynnIt might seem like the guys catching the ball on the 50 yard line usually wind up with all the glory, but for Pat Flynn, playing trumpet in the University of California–Berkeley marching band helped put him on the path that would lead to fame and fortune.
Now a world-renowned blogger, podcaster, marketer, and educator on all things social media, Pat has built an empire with his unique brand of communication over at SmartPassiveIncome.com. But like anyone who wants to keep ahead, he was intrigued when he heard of more and more business leaders taking up this medi...
2015-03-0534 minMeditate This!36 - Raghu Markus - Turning the CornerWhat do you do when you're running a rock music station and having a good ol' time up in Montreal and suddenly you hear someone on tape filled with this bizarrely overwhelming vibration of love and peace and light that you can only describe it as feeling finally "at home"?
Simple. Devote your life to their practice.
It's worked out pretty well for Raghu Markus. After meeting Ram Dass in the late 1960s, he went on to spend years in India with him and their spiritual guide, Neem Karoli Baba Maharaji. These last decades have been filled with music...
2015-02-271h 10Meditate This!35 - Dr. Ellen Langer, Ph. D.Feeling lethargic? Does life just seem dull and gray?
Then you MUST listen to our interview with Eleen Langer, best-selling author and Harvard professor of social psychology who has been dubbed the "mother of mindfulness." How much more convincing do you need? She has authored 11 books and more than 200 research articles. And she's going to tell you why making some very simple changes in how you perceive the world can have a very profound impact on how you live.
So what are you waiting for? Sit up, put down your phone, and just press play!
And afterwards, be sure...
2015-02-111h 05Meditate This!34 - Allan Lokos Pt. 2Most people get frustrated throughout the day—an unwanted assignment at work, a leaky sink at home. But there are some experiences that forever put those things in perspective. Our guest in Episode 33, Allan Lokos, survived a plane crash in Myanmar on Christmas Day in 2012. Four doctors believed he would not live, but after a mighty struggle to endure, he's now regained much of the life he knew before the crash. Hear Allan explain the seemingly impossible road he took to get back and why his years of practicing and teaching meditation were key to his ability to p...
2015-02-0626 minMeditate This!33 - Allan Lokos Pt. 1Most people get frustrated throughout the day—an unwanted assignment at work, a leaky sink at home. But there are some experiences that forever put those things in perspective. Our guest in Episode 33, Allan Lokos, survived a plane crash in Myanmar on Christmas Day in 2012. Four doctors believed he would not live, but after a mighty struggle to endure, he's now regained much of the life he knew before the crash. Hear Allan explain the seemingly impossible road he took to get back and why his years of practicing and teaching meditation were key to his ability to p...
2015-02-0530 minMeditate This!32 - Elizabeth Healy, L. Ac.You've tried it all. You're searching for relief. Well, Meditate This! is here to offer options. In Episode 32, we present the wonderful Elizabeth Healy—owner and practitioner at West Village Acupuncture—who explains how the treatment works, who it might be right for, and what this thing called "Qi" (or "Chi") actually is. She also shares her own inspiring story of personal transformation Take a listen and get some clarity!
2015-02-0347 minMeditate This!31 - ANGER - Mindfulness SchmindfulnessWhen was the last time you felt really angry? Oh? You don't get angry? Cool!
But we don't believe you.
We asked Americans what makes them angry and they responded. We picked the four most tantalizing answers you could ever imagine!
In episode 31, Pete and Jay break down why anger is as natural as feeling tired or hungry, and how blasting heavy metal might be a perfect way to manage it.
2015-01-2233 minMeditate This!30 - Genny KapulerA former modern dancer in New York City, Genny Kapuler grew up in a time before "spirituality" was a thing you talked about at brunch. She started studying yoga in 1976 and became a teacher in 1990. Twenty-five years later, she is one of New York's legendary Iyengar instructors, working out of her wonderfully oh-so-Bohemian loft on Wooster Street in Soho. With a strong understanding of anatomy, Genny guides her students toward a deep understanding of their bodies and the way they move through the world. Funny, thought-provoking, and no-nonsense, hear what Genny means when she says "we're all in this together."
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2015-01-1332 minMeditate This!29 - Not Extremely Deep Thoughts #3 - Now Now Now!!!The Oxford English dictionary defines "urgency" as... wait. Forget it! We don't have time for elaborate definitions and meditations on how to proceed. Let's all take a quick look at what we're making excuses for in our lives and get down to business. In this episode, Jay (aka- "The King of Procrastination") challenges us all to stop wasting energy on why we can't do something and to focus on starting. Like, today.
2015-01-0806 minMeditate This!25 - Mindfulness/SchmindfulnessIs it funny? (maybe)
Is it insightful? (debatable)
Is it under a half hour? YES!!!
So listen to Episode 25 where Pete And Jay talk about their experiences moving and the messy art of real change.
(pictured: Ozzie Falker after his most recent transformation from shaggy dog to cool Floridian)
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