Third Dreamer Meditation

David chats about his thoughts as he considers returning to yoga teaching.

This episode David talks about how he tends to run from familial connection and long-term friendships, but how this work has been showing up recently in his life. 

David returns with an episode from Tulum where he talks about his return to social media and the challenge he has dealing with the anxiety that social media can cause him and how he's been working through that.

A very short episode where David explains that he spilled water on his laptop and explains how that affects the show.

This episode David chats a bit about how small tasks done daily can have a huge impact on life. He then leads a ten minute meditation that can be done daily for the next seven days.

This episode talks about how releasing music makes him feel vulnerable and how the Swami Dayananda Saraswati commentary on the Bhagavad Gita gave him some insight into where this vulnerability comes from. Contact: wanderingwisdom@gmail.com support: www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation    

Coming at you from Playa del Carmen, David checks in on how travel has been going for him and Mona - through the challenges and the simple joys. He then leads a simple meditation, similar to what he does for his home practice during busy or noisy times.

This episode David talks about his and Mona's plans for travel, his five year anniversary with daily meditation and how meditation can serve as a check-up of where your mind/body/emotions may be and how check-ups serve an extremely useful function - not in changing us directly, but by giving us better understanding of where we are so we can change ourselves contact: wanderingwisdom@gmail.com support: www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation

David chats a little bit about how he finds long wandering walks so satisfying and then leads a simple observation-based meditation. Contact  wanderingwisdomATgmail.com Support: www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation

This episode David examines that there may be value in assessing our actions and behavior over the period of pandemic as a means of gaining certain self-knowledge. After that conversation he leads a calming meditation and closes things off with the first listen to a brand new piece of ambient music that he just recorded. You can contact David anytime at wanderingwisdom@gmail.com And support the podcast at: www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation  

This week David talks a little bit about where the podcast is going and why the series works the way it does. Then he leads a 10-15 minute meditation on observation of space. As always feel free to contact: wanderingwisdom@gmail.com And feel free to support through: www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation NOTE: The version of this episode uploaded Wed, June 16 had an error in the last five minutes where it cut into a previous episode's meditation. Please delete that episode and re-download this corrected version!  +)

In this episode David gives a brief update on why he runs the podcast the way he does and how it is evolving in this fourth season and then leads a meditation about the observation of the space around. As always, contact wanderingwisdom@gmail.com Support at www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditaiton    

Welcome back to another episode of the fourth season of the Third Dreamer Meditation Podcast! This week David talks about something he's been thinking about lately: the difference between being a traveler and being a tourist. This can be looked at just as it is or as a metaphor for other areas of life. After chewing on this idea for a while, David then leads a very short meditation to use for grounding and relaxing within times of movement. Should you wish to email, email David at wanderingwisdom@gmail.com and should you wish to support the podcast, go to www.ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation

After a brief preamble, David leads a fifteen minute meditation with something lovable at its focus. When in contact with that which you find lovable, does it shift your the way your body feels, the way your mind thinks?  As always, if you want to reach out and contact the podcast, email wanderingwisdomATgmail.com

After almost a year away the podcast returns! David briefly talks about where his life is at and then leads a fifteen minute listening meditation. Intro music by David's music project Sidekick Wave, Cover by Mahyar, feel free to send the podcast a tip at https://ko-fi.com/thirddreamermeditation

After a few weeks off David is back to talk about plans to change the format for the podcast. Now no longer simply a meditation podcast, we will start examining yoga/meditation, religion/spirituality and politics/society. This episode explains why the changes are happening and examines the mindset that brought this about. Enjoy!

In light of the events in Minneapolis St. Paul this week, I get a little more political than usual. It can be easy as a white man to use meditation as a method of “spiritual bypass” to feel ok personally while living in the midst of a society that is sick and broken. As a white man I also realize that voices other than mine need to be heard in this time and yet also it’s important not to simply put my head in the sand and wait for the next news cycle. 

Mona and I love to chant, it’s a part of our daily meditation practice. In this second edition of Meditation Monday, David starts off by explaining a bit about the Ganesha mantra: “On Gam Ganapataye Namaha” mantra and chanting in general, then Mona and David chant the mantra 108 times. Great for connecting to Ganesha and for removing unnecessary obstacles in your life. Please enjoy and feel free to chant along with us!

Sometimes the movie we think we’re starring in isn’t the movie we’re actually starring. What seems like a romantic comedy is actually a horror movie and we just haven’t realized it. David talks about this idea, framing it based on the experience of observing tourists dancing in the aisles of an airplane. He ties this into the ideas of the Bhagavad Gita and looks at the ideas of the roles we play and the results we get from these roles. Enjoy!

Welcome to the first of our “Meditation Monday” series. Every Monday for the foreseeable future, we will have a nice guided meditation in addition to the regularly scheduled Thursday show. We start off with a short mantra based meditation based around the mantra “Soham” (translated as “I am that” or “That that I am”). Enjoy!

It’s been a wild couple of months since the last episode. David and Mona are now back in the States and this episode David recounts what happened in those two months. Welcome back!

Sitting with pain and suffering in myself and others is the practice right now. Empathy that exists outside of answers and fixes is all I have to offer. I talk about this in this episode and also return to the original format of having a guided meditation after the talking part. Take care everyone - David

We’ve had a few people reach out about how Coronavirus is effecting our travels, so I thought it was a good time to do a life updates episode and talk about that. I also talk about my three favorite app games and how those three each offer a different approach towards dealing with the situations of challenges of life. This conversely explains how we’re making the choices we make, so you get an idea not just of the choices but also the thinking behind the choices. This way of looking at the thought process may be something useful in your life too.

Recorded in the ancient ruins of Hampi, India. In this ratified environment David talks about different paths to opening the heart and how sometimes the throat can be a gateway to a very specific type of heart connection. Please enjoy this activated episode!

It’s a free form conversation this week as David talks about a feeling of liberation that he got from getting a haircut in India by a barber who spoke no English. This mutates into a conversation on the illusion of control and how it can be great to occasional ease up on the grip we hold on our experience.

This week David talks about the small simple things. It can be easy to overlook the quiet moments as they may lack the excitement of the bigger, bolder moments - but they are essential to a happy life.

David introduces this episode and talks a little about his upcoming meditation workshop then hands over the podcast to very special guest Mona who leads a meditation focused on moving from the individual mind/ego into a space of expansion. Please enjoy!

David spent time writing up an outline beforehand so look forward to a more focused episode of the Third Dreamer Meditation Podcast! David talks about Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god whom he chants daily to. In examining Ganesha David touches on the idea that cuteness has a certain inherent value/divinity and also talks about how Ganesha’s role as lord of obstacles shines a light on the role of obstacles and how we relate to them in life.

After a bout of food poisoning, David takes the opportunity to check in about the traveling life. Pros and cons, and how this seems to be a realistic lifestyle.

This week David records while sitting in the shade of a shores fishing boat. He gives some life updates and then talks about spiritual evolution and the recognition that just because something is evolving doesn’t mean it’s always getting better, just different.

It’s an auspicious episode as we reach the third episode of the third season of the Third Dreamer Meditation Podcast! David sits outdoors, gives some life updates from Varkala Beach, Kerala, India and then leads a short awareness meditation. The meditation is great for all levels of practice, please enjoy!

David records on Varkala Cliffs India, in a still slightly jet lagged state, and talks about the totality or blend of the moment and the illusion that we create around trying to imagine any one thing is ever happening in isolation to everything else.

A new year, new decade and new season of the Third Dreamer Podcast is coming to you! David records two days before he and Mona fly out one way to India to start a new life of travel. This episode ruminates on the last few months in Orange County and wonders at what comes next.

David finishes his tour of OC County Parks and offers a recap talking about his favorites and highlights of others. Recommended listening if you live in OC and enjoy parks.

David records this episode at the Clark Park in Buena Park and talks about chanting, parks, temples and doing what works for you to find spiritual connection.

It’s a little windy off and on during this episode, recording at the Craig Regional Park in Fullerton. This week David talks uses leaves and trees as a metaphor for letting go.

David checks back in after a week off and talks about the pros and cons thus far for Van life. 

David broadcasts this week from Sedona, AZ and talks about how he views balance and seems to see it operate in the natural world.

David talks this week about the inherent value to simply being alive as a witness to nature and his own feelings on how this may just be the most valuable thing he can offer the world.   As always feel free to contact wanderingwisdom@gmail.com or follow ig: Third_Dreamer 

On the eve of their move out of their current apartment, David talks about finding the balance between devotion and discipline within the challenges and changes of daily life. 

This week’s episode is recorded outdoors at the Ronald Casper’s Wilderness Park on the eve of the day that we have our beautiful pet bunny Serenity a new home. David talks about his and Mona’s feelings and how sometimes doing what feels like the right thing still hurts.

Today David talks about the differences he’s experienced in his life at times he chose to follow his dharma as compared to times he’s followed his drama. Please enjoy. Any questions or comments, please connect to wanderingwisdom@gmail.com or ig:third_dreamer

The Third Dreamer Podcast returns! Listen to David talk about the return, meditation, spiritual texts all while literally crouching down in a nature preserve. Added siren, airplane, wind and animal background included for no extra charge!

Recorded on a cold and rainy night (well California cold, which isn’t really that cold comparatively but feels colder and colder the longer you live here), David talks about getting back into his body, and how that oooks different now than before. Weight loss/gain, winter, yoga, meditation - it all gets touched on here.

Recorded at MDitate, this is a meditation episode. After a brief intro a guided visualization gratitude meditation is offered for your enjoyment.  

Recorded and released on Thanksgiving, this is a short episode where David talks about some of what he’s grateful for.

David starts of an occasional series of episodes looking into his take on the Isha Upanishad. This material has helped solidify his worldview and he has been lecturing on this for the past five years and is excited to share it here.   as always, contact: david@thirddreamer.com

This episode was recorded while sitting near the Huntington Beach pier for maximum background noise enjoyment! David talks about personal history a bit and then relates the wave and the ocean metaphor and how it applies to his own view on meditation.   as always contact: david@thirddreamer.com with questions or comments

a very short episode recorded in the BLM dispersed camping area around Joshua Tree. David talks about waking up grouchy and not being able to think his way out of it and then, like a wave the emotion subsided. Also, camping thoughts.

David is back in Irvine and this brief episode he talks about the process of return. Please enjoy soft meanderings the sort that can only happen at those times when we come back from a longish trip.

Recorded on the Highway from hometown Eau Claire, WI en route to the Minneapolis airport, this episode David talks about memories and the way interact with present reality. As always, reach out to david@thirddreamer.com for questions or comments