A Spiritual Guide to Politics

Interview with Keith Parker, co-founder of Field Dynamics and Energy Healer. Keith talks about his path of self-discovery and the practices that opened his awareness to the universal power that is within each of us. Connecting science with spirituality, mind with body, and the individual with the collective, Keith brings us the future of energy medicine as trainings so that we can access our own capacity to expand consciousness and heal ourselves. You can learn more about Keith's remarkable work at fielddynamicshealing.com.

Interview with Dr. Dan Siegel, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, UCLA. Founder, Mindsight Institute. Co-director, Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA. Author, Mindsight and Brainstorm. Co-author, The Whole-Brain Child. Dr. Siegel talks about his new book Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence (August 2018) which documents the effects of practicing the 'wheel of awareness' guided meditation. These include a greater sense of well-being, strengthened immune functions, reduced inflammation, stronger chromosomes which slows down aging, improved cardiovascular functions and greater brain integration resulting in clearer thinking. We are restored to a sense of wholeness and connection, and transcend the primal impulse toward in-group and out-group thought. Dr Siegel's gift is the ability to translate scientific studies into accessible, practical information that we can use.

Part Two of a two-part interview with Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams, Zen priest, founder of the Center for Transformative Change, author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living Fearlessly with Grace, and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation. She shares her understanding of the current political moment and the movements that are coalescing in response. Faith leaders that are joining together to anchor universal principles of inclusion, dignity and fairness. Revolutionary Love and the possibilities for transformation. radicaldharma.org. angelkyodowilliams.org. First broadcast August 22, 2018 on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles, streaming worldwide on kpfk.org.

Part One of a two-part interview with Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams, Zen priest, founder of the Center for Transformative Change, author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living Fearlessly with Grace, and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation. She shares her understanding of the current political moment and the movements that are coalescing in response. Faith leaders that are joining together to anchor universal principles of inclusion, dignity and fairness. Revolutionary Love and the possibilities for transformation. radicaldharma.org. angelkyodowilliams.org. First broadcast on August 19, 2018, on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles, kpfk.org streaming worldwide.

Clips from some recent interviews that capture the flavor of the show.

Paul Cannon is a Kumayaay Ipai native and co-founder with his wife Lacey of the Indigenous Regeneration Project on the San Pasqual Reservation in California. The focus is on food sovereignty, sustainable living, climate change responses and tribal empowerment. The model is spreading to other tribes and Paul talks about the expansion of consciousness and his spiritual calling with great depth and passion. With a clip of his song 'Unite the Tribe'. paulcannon.org and indigenous regeneration.org. First broadcast on KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles on July 25, 2018

Sally Kempton, meditation teacher, author of Meditation for the Love of It and Awakening Shakti talks about the opportunity we have to know our interconnectedness by connecting to the divine substratum of all of life. She offers insights about the divine feminine and the gender revolution we are currently experiencing. sallykempton.org. First broadcast on KPFK on June 13, 2018.

Riane Eisler is founder for the Center for Partnership, author of the classic Chalice and the Blade, and author of The Real Wealth of Nations. Riane's work for the past 30 years has raised awareness of the ways that domination societies work against our better interests, and the importance and profitability of caring economies for our greater well-being. www.centerforpartnership.org. First broadcast on KPFK on July 18, 2018.

A conversation with Rev Jesse about his spiritual path, coming out as a gay man, and being called to ministry in a way that serves the LGBTQ community. He explains what we are seeing in contemporary politics today is spiritual law in action where we are invited to transcend condition and know that we are more than the world tells us. He is the co-founder and spiritual director of Inspire Spiritual Center in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. First broadcast on June 20, 2018, on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles.

First broadcast on KPFK on May 2, 2018. The conversation is with a professor of multicultural women's studies at Texas Women's University. Analouise is a close colleague and scholar of Gloria Anzaldua. She writes about spiritual approaches to transformation, indigenous worldview, post-oppositional politics and the opportunities there are to embody and enact feminist principles in the classroom.

In conversation with JoAnna Hardy, meditation teacher trained in the IMS lineage, at Against the Stream and Spirit Rock. JoAnna convenes a people of color/allies meditation group, and also teaches about race and dharma. Buddhist teachings about awakening and inclusion are the focus of the conversation. The show first aired on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles on April 27, 2018.

Lorna Bright, minister, award-winning songwriter, organizer of the Be the Positive Change Telesummit, broadcast twice a year since her political awakening. The show first aired on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles on April 20, 2018.

In conversation with Claire Hartley, co-owner of Rising Lotus Yoga in Los Angeles and Fear Not Yoga, who explains the relationship of the yoga sutras to contemporary political activism, feminism, and living from the heart. First broadcast on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles, April 13 2018. ClaireHartley.com RisingLotusYoga.com

David Nicol shares evidence that consciousness-based practices contribute to social transformation as subtle activism. Broadcast on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles on November 28, 2017

Layli Maparyan, Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women, sharing her insights about the value of womanist spiritual activism to contemporary politics. Broadcast on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles April 5, 2018