Big Shakti’s podcast covers all forms of higher yoga, including Indian philosophy, Samkhya, raja yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, yoga tantra, mantra and yantra, chakras and kundalini, Sri Vidya, Eastern and Western psychology, which includes yoga psychology and the analytical psychology of Carl Jung, dreams and imagination, karma, Indian astrology, Jyotish. Published by www.bigshakti.com
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A podcast about spirituality, community, and living with integrity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Awakening Together, Relaxing into Happiness with William Cooper, Master of Theology, Licensed Professional Counselor
William Cooper, Master of Theology, Licensed Professional Counselor
Experience Awakening....Relaxing into your Being and, therefore, Happiness. William earned a 4 year on campus Master of Theology from Harding Theological Seminary. He was a Unity board president and, later, a Oneness trainer. In 1994 he went into private practice as a Licensed Psychotherapist. He has been to India 14 times averaging 3 months per visit to explore awakening with gurus and awakened beings. Also Bhutan, Brazil, etc. This series explores the hows of awakening and experiencing the ...
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Joy Nandy visited three Ashrams in India to find the Meaning of Life. He now writes books on what was taught to him at the ashrams in India in Jnana Yoga. He now reveals these “Gems From The Ashrams” through his books, videos, and podcasts for all to relish and gain. Every human being must unite with the Joy that he or she truly is eventually. These books show the way as explained in the great Ancient Hindu Scriptures. Youtube channel - https://bit.ly/2JPxO0P Facebook - JoyNandyAuthor
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Talks about the Essence of Life. Deep spiritual insights from Yoga experts and Masters. Recordings from Yoga Vidya, Europe's leading network of Yoga Teachers, Yoga Centers and Ashrams.
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In our day, Swami Jyotirmayananda stands as one of the most important personalities in expanding the consciousness and elevating the lives of thousands throughout the world. Through his inspiring message and great love for all, he is making a powerful impact on the world we live in.
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Gita in daily life for peace, harmony, and happiness How to transform your life by learning principles, practices from Gita. The source and the inspiration Eastern wisdom 6000 years’ old tradition supported by 3000 teachers and texts. The goal of eastern wisdom is to discovery the true nature to end stress, suffering, and awaken to inner peace and happiness Why this program? •Learn simple and easy steps to relax within few minutes. •Educate and empower your mind to induce relaxation anytime ...
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This podcast is about transformation of lives by knowing it well. There are endless reasons why people want to transform their lives. You might be motivated to get out of debt, become financially independent, gain more control over your life, spend more time with family, travel more, focus more on your passion or reduce your stress (like me). The more you learn about yourself, the better equipped you’ll be to design a lifestyle truly unique to your values, needs, abilities and motivations. L ...
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149 Humility and Awakening, Bhakti vs Jnana Yoga, Letting Go, Embracing Inner Peace - Q & A
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54:25This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. This episode dives into the core concepts of humility and awakening, contrasting true humility with false pride. We, also, explore the balance between Bhakti and Jnana yoga. We discuss letting go, self-awareness, and embracing both the light and shadow w…
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The practice of Yoga Nidra unfolds in stages: 1. The first stage consists of moving awareness from part to part of the physical body, called body rotation. 2. The next stage is usually based on breath awareness, which involves using our awareness to observe the breath, which is a subtler part of us. 3. Then, we move to an even subtler level with me…
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148 Practices When Busy, Relationship vs Single, Achieving vs Stillness, Chaos to Clarity, Q & A
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1:00:05This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Great discussion in this Q & A. Topics included 3 doable practices when days are busy, an 84 yr old remarked how for the first time she has felt helped significantly and attributed it to these podcasts, non-attachment, letting go, relationship vs single,…
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How Yoga Transformed a Brooklyn Kid into a Global Spiritual Leader
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1:49:55In this heartfelt and reflective conversation, Swami Asokananda shares his incredible life journey—from his Brooklyn upbringing in a non-religious Jewish family to his path of spiritual awakening and leadership. He recounts transformative moments, including early struggles with identity, his experiences with yoga and meditation, and the pivotal inf…
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147 Awakening Happiness, Healing Trauma, Transforming Perspectives, Listener Q & A
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57:50This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Discovering the essence of being in the world but not of it permeates our exploration of spiritual awakening. We discuss how we create internal obstacles that block our joy, why letting go is essential, and practical steps to reconnect with our fundament…
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Think of Yourself Less | Freddy Jackson
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1:15:57Freddy Jackson, founder of the Love No Ego Foundation, shares his mission to help youth aged 10-18 develop self-awareness and emotional resilience by overcoming societal pressures and the influence of ego. Freddy explores the distinction between thinking less of oneself and thinking of oneself less, advocating for a balance between self-awareness a…
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#19 – How Stress Wrecks Your Brain and What to Do About It
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28:37This podcast episode is divided into two parts. The first is about how chronic, unresolved stress wrecks your brain. The second is about how yoga and meditation repair the damage of chronic stress. We describe the four stages of repair, moving from basic repair of the damage to stabilizing normal function, then building a stronger neural architectu…
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146 Holy Days And Light, Addicted to Spirituality?, Self Acceptance, Etc Q& A
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1:03:21This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Topics discussed include: The Light of Holy Days represent your Light, seeing and dissolving assumptions, use of visualization to dissolve blocks, we exist on many levels, Is it possible to be addicted to spirituality, I love my life and it's issues, how…
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Welcome to today's podcast of Life 360 on Raja Yoga, this is the fifth and last episode of this season. Raj Yoga is one of the four main paths of Hindu thought to achieve happiness.Raja yoga is the path of mental and physical control. It is also known as Ashtanga yoga, which means the eight limbs of yoga. These eight limbs include Yama (ethical sta…
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Welcome to today's podcast of Life 360 and the forth episode on Karma Yoga, one of the four main paths of Hindu thought to achieve happiness.Karma yoga is the path of selfless action or service. It involves performing one's duties without attachment to the results of those actions. The goal of Karma yoga is to purify the mind and eliminate the ego,…
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Life 360 3rd episode Welcome to today's podcast on Jnana Yoga, one of the four main paths of Hindu thought to achieve happiness. Jnana yoga, also known as the path of knowledge, is the process of self-realization through the cultivation of wisdom and the pursuit of knowledge. This path emphasizes the importance of acquiring knowledge, understanding…
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145 Self Care, Awakening, Trust vs Wisdom, Etc - Q & A
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1:09:55This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Topics discussed include: Kindness and self care, Hurry Sickness, triggered by family, gratitude journaling, Lack of trust is directly proportional to separation from Self, Awareness of Awareness, loneliness and codependency, teaching children self trust…
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144 Giving Yourself Grace, Your Awakening, Etc - Q & A
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56:03This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Topics discussed include: Giving yourself grace, how to let distress melt out of us, how not to freeze problems within us, Experiencing who we are - Awareness of Awareness, Unforgiveness, healing our core wounds, etc. These podcasts are here to support y…
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#18 - Core Strength, Calm Mind – Grounding, Alignment, Pulsation
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19:55This episode is the talk from our Core Strength Clam Mind Guided Meditation Series, which is now also available in our Life Force Meditations Series. The Life Force Meditation Series has bundled three of our programs, Prana, Core Strength, and Chakras, into one mega program, which is divided into three phases. The first phase covers all you need to…
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143 Thawing Your Frozen Radiance - part 2
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47:57Part 2 is a deeper examination of the issues we discussed in part 1. Your Being is pure Radiant Light just as powerful as any guru. Why doesn't it feel that way? Most of us have taken a vast portion of our light and siphoned it off by creating repressed problems, attitudes, and delusions. We are Awareness and all Awareness is love, peace, and joy. …
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Tara Eschenroeder: Reclaiming Childlike Wonder | Integral Yoga Podcast #121
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56:08In this episode, Tara Eschenroeder delves into the concept of "rewilding" as a return to our natural, instinctual state of being. She defines rewilding as reconnecting with the innate wisdom within us, much like how trees grow or fireflies communicate effortlessly. Tara shares her practices for rediscovering this inner compass, including journaling…
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142 Thawing Your Frozen Radiance - part 1
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17:11Your Being is pure Radiant Light just as powerful as any guru. Why doesn't it feel that way? Most of us have taken a vast portion of our light and siphoned it off by creating repressed problems, attitudes, and delusions. We are Awareness and all Awareness is love, peace, and joy. Just as we can freeze life giving water into a destructive shape such…
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This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Lately many have been experiencing distress both inside and outside. Current events have been difficult for many. Much of the discussion in this Q & A centered around living in awareness with these many levels of distress. Topics included, "Starting by g…
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So many of us are experiencing lots of inner and outer stress. This is a brief, effective, and easy guided meditation for relaxation and to release stress. Since it could be dangerous when coupled with other activities, please do not listen to this guided meditation when you are driving or doing any other activity. This meditation is done when sitt…
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#17 - Activate Your Third Eye of Intuition for Spiritual Awakening
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26:48This podcast episode focuses on the third eye of intuition, ajna chakra. We have compiled two talks by Jayne and myself. The first is the introduction to the Awakening The Third Eye of Intuition Course. The second is from the Light on the Chakras and Kundalinī Course held in 2022 and 2023. Welcome to the Awaken Your Third Eye of Intuition course. T…
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Balancing Humility and Self-Worth | Līlā Śakti Mayī
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54:18In this episode Līlā Śakti Mayī, and Avi dive into the profound connection between humility, self-care, and the power of Sanskrit. The discussion focuses on how language can embody intention and emotion, highlighting that every language carries sacredness. They emphasize that true humility is about recognizing one's inherent value without harsh sel…
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139 Intensity Without the Attitude is Your Awakened Radiance
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24:33We have all experienced intensity. Unfortunately, often times it is because of layers of stress, problems, and difficulties. Yet it is that same intensity that is the intensity of Love, Peace, and Joy in Awakening....in experiencing our true Selves. There is only one intensity. Consciousness is like life giving water. It can be frozen into sharp ed…
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Bridging Worlds: Science, Spirituality, and Service | Swami Karunananda
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1:02:52In this insightful episode, Swami Karunananda reflects on her extraordinary life journey, beginning with her childhood in Brooklyn where she demonstrated remarkable early abilities, such as speaking at six months old and reading at three. She shares a pivotal moment from her sixth grade when she asked herself what she wanted to do with her life, de…
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#16 - Prana and Spiritual Growth - Deepening Your Connection to Life Energy
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25:07This episode is the talk from our Prana and Pranic Healing Guided Meditation Series, which is now also available in our Life Force Meditations Series. This series has bundled together three of our programs, Prana, Core Strength, and Chakras, into one mega program. The first phase of this mega program, the Life Force Series, enables you to gain an a…
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138 Flow vs Tension, My Experience, Real Time Releasing Q & A
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58:15This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. We discussed that in the Awakening process there is only flow and tension. To the degree I am tense in any way I am blocking my innate and eternal Light which is flow. Light, flow, and tension. I described my process here and more deeply in all of these …
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#15 - Meditation Success Path: from Self-Awareness to Self-Mastery
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26:56Following our episode on self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-mastery, episode 13 of our podcast series, quite a lot of people have written to us asking us which meditation practice they should start with and how to use all the various meditations we have on the website. Which meditations are particularly suited to cultivating self-awareness, …
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137 Living Light, How to Let Go, Raising Kids, Forgiveness, Anger, Spirits - Q & A
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1:00:32This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. In this lively exchange, we discussed some of the hows in experiencing our Selves as Light. At some point we let go deeply and flow happens. We discuss some hows of letting go. We also discuss forgiveness, how to help our children spiritually in todays w…
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136 Experiencing Light, Childhood Trauma, Opening to Love Again, Healing Chronic Illness - Q & A
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1:01:40This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. By way of encouragement I shared with the group how I am experiencing my Self as LIght these days. Also discussed how relaxation and tension apply to the process of Awakening and how to release blocks. Participants asked how to release childhood trauma, …
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#14 - From Narcissism to Self-Awareness - The Role of Shadow in Spiritual Evolution
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27:31The following two talks by Jayne on the Shadow were taken from the Light in the Chakras and Kundalinī Course that we ran in 2022. They are taken from Classes 3 and 5. Understanding what the shadow is and being able to deal with upwellings from the shadow is extremely important in the more advanced practices of the yoga-tantra tradition. This is bec…
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Practicing the Yoga Sutras | Carroll Ann Friedmann
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1:13:01In this podcast episode, Carroll Ann Friedmann shares the story behind her book "Practicing the Yoga Sutras," which stemmed from a decade-long journey of chanting and studying the sutras. Friedmann recounts her initial inspiration in India, where she was taught the art of chanting. This practice continued back home in Charlottesville, where she for…
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Societal Pressures and Heartfelt Living | Dominique Aramati
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48:18The discussion centers on the concept of Dharma, or life purpose, and explores how individuals can discover and align with their true calling. The conversation delves into the importance of listening to the heart rather than the mind, emphasizing activities that bring joy and love, such as community engagement and connecting with nature. Dominique …
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#13 – Self-awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-Mastery
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23:54Here are the main points of this podcast Self-awareness is the core principle in yoga and meditation. It reflects consciousness and helps us transcend life’s problems by anchoring us in the self. Consciousness is our center. The body and mind are composed of energy, which can be gross, subtle, or causal. Cultivating self-awareness allows us to expe…
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Cultivating Compassion and Creativity | Siva Fiske
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1:11:26Concept of Peace: Siva discusses peace as a profound state of consciousness that goes beyond the absence of conflict. It involves a sense of awe and connection with the beauty of creation and the presence of the divine in the world. Path to Peace and Creativity: Siva shares that his journey to inner peace began in childhood through imaginative play…
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Beyond Borders: Exploring the Ancient Sounds | Daniel Scruggs
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1:19:53Daniel Scruggs shares his mission with Peace Culture Music, focusing on educating and inspiring through rare musical instruments and artifacts. He reflects on his personal journey, including struggles with dysgraphia and attention issues, which fueled his passion for music and culture. The conversation emphasizes the importance of embracing uniquen…
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Living in the Golden Present | Mataji
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1:31:24In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, Mataji shares insights into her life journey and spiritual path. Born in Washington DC on April Fool's Day, she considers her birth a blessing. Reflecting on her childhood, Mataji recalls her cheerful disposition and love for quiet introspection and learning. She discusses her upbringing in a household …
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The podcast delves into the profound spiritual journey of Snehan Born, tracing his path from early experiences in church to a lifelong quest for truth and enlightenment. Through encounters with various religious traditions, philosophical explorations, and travels worldwide, Snehan embarks on a quest to understand the deeper meaning of existence. Sn…
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#12 - Become Heart Present and Practice Selfless Service
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24:04This episode is based on a talk given by Dr. Swami Shankardev to Yogic Studies students in February 2005 on the keys to heart presence and selfless service. This talk arose in response to a student who was struggling to practice service, an aspect of Karma Yoga. In the talk, Swami Shankardev discusses the following: 1. Selfless service is an import…
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135 Releasing, Tension, Negative Thoughts and Influences, Nothingness - Q&A
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55:27This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. We discussed how relaxation and tension apply to the process of Awakening and how to release blocks. A participant asked for perspective on experiencing herself as "nothing". Others asked about negative thoughts in meditation, can we be dealing with feel…
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Rachel discusses her philosophy of "Let's Do Less," advocating for slowing down in today's fast-paced world. She emphasizes the power of doing less for self-care and healing, particularly in trauma work. Rachel explores the intersection of presence, genuine connection, and identity in self-care practices. She highlights the importance of being mind…
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The conversation delves into the profound impact of communal singing and the healing power of sound vibration, emphasizing the significance of discovering one's authentic voice. It explores experiences in group singing settings, highlighting the importance of encouragement and support for individuals to overcome fear and judgment. Reflections on pr…
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134 Restoring Flow, Halting Self Hurt, Broken Relationship Q & A
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1:03:54This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. Participants heartfelt questions and experiences guided our discussion. We discuss how to release our blocks and let them melt, stopping hurting ourselves, the importance of "getting out of the pounding surf" as a basic step in our path of awakening, som…
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#11 - Life purpose, chakras, and self-realization
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54:10This podcast episode is from an interview with my good friend Ron Ehrlich in 2019 for his podcast Unstress. For many years, Ron was my holistic dentist. However, he has recently found a new life purpose and has retired to focus on health education. You can find out more about Ron and the wonderful work he is doing at his website, Unstress Online: h…
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Heather Mason, the founder of the Minded Institute, shares her compelling journey from personal mental health challenges to becoming a leading advocate for yoga therapy integration into healthcare systems. Drawing from her own experiences and the transformative power of yoga and mindfulness meditation, Mason emphasizes the need for alternative appr…
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To a seeker, Ramana said, "Before you ask out 'your life', find out who 'You' are." Good advice. In this podcast we place our attention on what we are. What is always here and remains when everything goes? We place our attention on Awareness or our "Buddha nature". It is like a rainbow and is experienced beyond creation as a full nothing and, in cr…
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There can be no ultimate joy living a life that is false and deluded. Therefore, let's see clearly what we are not. Knowing what we are not, we can, also, more easily experience what we are. Let's let go of what we are not and enjoy the radiant Peace, Love and Joy of who we are. From contemplation number 2 on my website, www.williamecooper.wordpres…
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131 Releasing Inner Blocks, Past Lives, Modifying Practices, Fear of Death - Q & A
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54:25This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. We discuss that so many are suffering these days, how to melt the obstacles that block our happiness, daily consistency in taking baby steps, the fear of death, past lives, and that it's ok to modify spiritual practices. These podcasts are here to suppor…
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In this enlightening episode, Michelle Jacobi shares her captivating journey into the world of yoga. Starting as a professional dancer in New York with a keen interest in philosophy, Michelle stumbled upon yoga for its profound background rather than its physical aspect. During this conversation she recalls a transformative experience at the Uptown…
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Meditation, exercise, nutrition, yoga, psychotherapy, energy work, philosophy, etc all can be important in our awakening process. Yet seeing clearly can melt the delusions that may be causing much of our problems. When I see that the deadly cobra in my room is actually only a rope all of my issues regarding that "deadly" event melt away quickly. No…
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129 Melting Inner Ice, Nonattachment, Opening Chakras - Q & A
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55:20This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for length and clarity. We discuss how we freeze free flowing consciousness into painful inner obstructions and how to melt them. Also, nonattachment, how to open the chakras, how to "Be Here Now", etc. These podcasts are here to support your personal path of awakening whatever that might be…
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Contemplation and reflection on, "Be Still and Know that I am God", Psalm 46:10 "Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Do you have the patience to wait? Be still and allow the mud to settle." , Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. From my contemplation number 26 on my website, www.williamecooper.wordpress.com These podcasts are here to supp…
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