Podcasts about menla

Two fringe misfits walk into a Zoom room and..... Join Grey Doolin and Luis for a joyful, lit up conversation about the spirituality of sex dysphoria. Grey shares how their trans identity is a gift not a destination, and how it's not about shutting parts of yourself off, it's about bringing all of yourself along for the ride. An important part of this realization dawned when their therapist asked if they wanted top surgery because society hates female bodies, or because top surgery was aligned for them?Luis and Grey wonder, which part of a person thinks it will die without the hormones and surgical intervention? That is the part that needs tending. They question the standard procedural process of affirming care and envision the benefits of slowing it down to the speed of the body. This slowing down has led Grey to practicing belonging in a natural way, remembering their own belovedness and divinity, and learning to hold complexity.In Grey's words, "Everything in your life is an invitation, EVERYTHING." Regardless of your gender, sex, or identity this invitation holds true. You can learn more about Grey, and work with them, at: https://greydoolin.com/[Ep. 261] "Ayahuasca Told Me To De-Transition" Born Female, Living As Male, Then Back To Female w/ Maddie DurbinYou can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/food-therapy-weight-gain-weight-loss-balance To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Maddie Durbin joins Luis for a tender exploration of her experience becoming Max, and de-transitioning back to Maddie. At 19 Maddie was looking for freedom from the pain of the human condition, she turned to transitioning as an escape. She went by Max for 6 years and took testosterone for 5 of those years, growing a full beard and undergoing a double mastectomy along the way. However, she was still unhappy, depressed and unfulfilled. In 2022 Max decided to begin a healing journey. In that journey Max found acceptance for herself that led her back to Maddie. Maddie was told she couldn't be herself, to the point where she thought she literally had to change who she was. She treated herself how others had treated her, banishing herself to a metaphorical closet for 7 years. Maddie came out of the closet when she felt safe enough to come out as her true self. Children need support through the dysphoric process of puberty. A beginning solution for each of us to dismantle the labels, find acceptance for who we are, and make decisions rooted in authenticity.You can learn more about Maddie on her website: https://maddiedurbin.com/You can listen to her podcast, "The Bridge", here:  https://maddiedurbin.com/the-bridge-podcast/You can register for the FREE Food Therapy session here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/food-therapy-weight-gain-weight-loss-balance To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, is a farmer, systems developer, agronomist, and business manager who runs an ecosystem. He joins Luis for a fascinating conversation ranging from the Indigenous intellect to hazelnuts. We are a reflection of the earth, all yearning for connection. To understand the earth we need to look within and ask, do we dominate, or relate? Reginaldo tells the story of his chickens and his hazelnuts and the reciprocal ecosystem he has developed and tends. It is a system of economic transaction seen from a holistic regenerative framework, rather than an extractive linear mentality.  How can we harvest in a way that stewards, regenerates and serves?You can read more about Reginaldo's work here:https://treerangefarms.com/https://www.regenagalliance.org/https://www.regenpoultry.com/https://www.salvatierrafarms.com/https://www.salvatierrafarms.com/store-2/p/bookYou can read more about, and register for, the Sugar-To-Adrenaline Sequence webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/the-sugar-to-adrenaline-pipeline-webinar To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Our favorite biochemist, Karen Hurd, joins us again to discuss the difference between adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline gives us strength to fight or run, while cortisol reduces inflammation. These hormones are released simultaneously. We are meant to experience short bursts of adrenaline and cortisol in emergency situations, not prolonged baths in them all day every day while we sit at a desk, immobile. Luis and Karen discuss estrogen production after menopause, exercise and chronic pain, high testosterone in female bodies, and estrogen in male bodies. Stress is an endocrine disorder. If your diet is nourishing and balanced, but you are still stressed, consider your lifestyle, purpose and perception. Something has to shift when the mentality isn't connecting to biology in a way that is balanced.You can read more about Karen's work, and register for her courses, here: https://karen-r.mylearnworlds.com/pages/home[Ep. 256] How Stress Affects Your Hormones, Digestion, & What To Eat About It w/ Karen Hurd[Ep. 218] The Biology Of Your Emotions & How Food Helps w/ Karen Hurd[Ep. 8] Healing Your Body With Beans | Karen Hurd[Bonus Episode] The Sugar-To-Adrenaline PipelineYou can read more about, and register for, the Sugar-To-Adrenaline Sequence webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/the-sugar-to-adrenaline-pipeline-webinar To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Send us a textFairfax criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz derives tremendous inspiration in his courtroom work from teacher Robert Thurman, for his humor, caring realness, great storytelling ability, and certainly his genius in conveying Buddhist, mindfulness and spiritual ideas in a way that draws in the audience. In this episode of Beat the Prosecution, Jon Katz goes beyond what has already been written about Bob, to find out what energizes and inspires him to be the great person and teacher that he is. Bob's story is fascinating, to say the least. In his early twenties or so, he went to Asia, and ultimately became a monastic. He was not even aware of the Beatles when they took America by storm. Then, Bob returned to layperson life, and became a Buddhist scholar and is a major translator of Buddhist texts. He was a professor at Amherst College and then Columbia University. He co-founded Tibet House in New York, along with Richard Gere and Philip Glass. With his wife Nena Thurman, he spearheaded the Menla reatreat center in the Catskills, which is a project of Tibet House. The greatness of the Thurman name expands further with their daughter Uma Thurman. Jon Katz first started reading Bob Thurman's writings and listening to him around fifteen years ago, and met him twelve years ago. Bob is able to tackle even the most challenging and troubling issues, and permeate them with his infectious, compassionate and riveting humor. Bob would be a great trial lawyer; fully, persuasively, and entertainingly engaging the audience, clearing the air of unnecessarily heavy energy, vibrating highly, and distilling the message without needing to rehash unnecessary factoids. Experience Bob's essence, persona and brilliance with his podcast, videos and books at BobThurman.com . Jon recommends visiting and donating to Tibet House, and visiting the Menla Retreat Center. Bob recommends reading his Wisdom is Bliss book Jon also very much likes Bob's Infinite LIfe book. Among the opportunities to meet Robert Thurman is the is the mid-August 2025 Ram Dass Legacy Summer Mountain Retreat in North Carolina. This Beat the Prosecution episode is also playable on YouTube and Apple podcasts.This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at info@KatzJustice.com, 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675

Luis and his friend Steve Rasovsky have an openhearted chat about Steve's recent trip to Ghana. The Ghanaian people shared their dance, joy, community and presence with Steve. In that environment he was able to melt into presence alongside them. Being referred to with familial pronouns, with all the physical contact, and living next door to the people who were part of the towns commerce, all allowed Steve to feel safe enough to access this presence. Feeling his heart expand, his spine loosening, and his laughter and smile shifting, gave Steve a taste for life, allowing tension to leave his body, and for him to feel held.  Returning home to the Czech Republic he noticed a shift into a head to head connection between people that lacked eye contact. He also noted the urgency and scarcity of a winter climate. Urgency inevitably ends up leading to control. He ponders if he is celebrated or even safe there. They use Steve's experience to explore the question of what is privilege? In Ghana they have the privilege of connection, joy, community and time to just be. It is a relational privilege. Whereas privilege in the USA is about material consumption, choice and convenience.You can read more about Steven's work, and connect, here: https://www.intimatelyhuman.com/You can listen to the previous interview with Steven here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/278649/episodes/10218388You can read more about, and register for, the Sugar-To-Adrenaline Sequence webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/the-sugar-to-adrenaline-pipeline-webinar To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Luis tucks in for a bedtime conversation about three evening routines that can optimize sleep. Sleep is the body's ritual of repair: these 3 practices will help tend the body to do it's repair work. Think digestion, light, and sensation. Best part is, this podcast comes with a late night snack! To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Chronic stress and PTSD are a hormonal imbalance issue, and if one hormone is out of balance, all hormones are out of balance. These hormones, in or out of balance, control every chemical reaction in the body. Join Luis and Karen Hurd (biochemist, nutritionist and frequent guest), as they explore the science behind what happens in the body with long-term adrenaline output. Elevated adrenaline has a cascade effect on the rest of the hormones, affecting digestion, thyroid health, and melatonin production, as well as issues with weight loss and weight gain. Karen leaves us with her top 3 simple steps to help tend to our adrenals. You can read more about Karen's work, and register for her courses, here: https://karen-r.mylearnworlds.com/pages/home[Ep. 8] Healing Your Body With Beans | Karen Hurd[Ep. 255] Can You Recover From Trauma While Drinking Coffee?[Ep. 239] Beans: Superfood or Super Toxic? These Studies Will Amaze You[Bonus Episode] The Sugar-To-Adrenaline PipelineYou can read more about, and register for, the Sugar-To-Adrenaline Sequence webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/the-sugar-to-adrenaline-pipeline-webinar To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Blood pressure is rising, heart rate is increasing, neurotransmitters are firing, muscles are tense and your nervous system is activated. Is it due to stress, or caffeine? Join Luis as he considers these questions around caffeine: 1) How are you using it? Maybe caffeine is a medicine to energize when in a new time zone, or to help lift one out of a depression or functional freeze. Caffeine could also be adding stress on top of an already stressed out body. 2) What form of caffeine are you consuming? Are you consuming caffeine isolate, chocolate, green tea, or coffee? Each form interacts differently in the body. 3) How is it affecting your body? When do you consume caffeine relative to a meal? Does it keep you up at night? What arises in your body around caffeine? How do you use caffeine? You can find the links to related webinars here:Freeze, Procrastination, & Self-SabotageCravings, DestigmatizedTo read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Sit in on this juicy conversation between Luis and interior designer Olga Naiman. They discuss creating rituals and spaces that can code our environment for what it is we seek more of in life. If we learn the somatics of what it is we want to feel, we can build it in to our home. First see your home with the eyes of a stranger. Feeling lonely? Look around for what carries a sense of loneliness. Release the items that are antithetical to your desires. Really want a hug instead of loneliness? Maybe find a perfectly cozy chair that feels like a cradled hug. An important part of the process is building pleasure hits of dopamine in to our home. Pleasure is the antidote to trauma. Lets turn our homes into medicine. You can read more about Olga's work, and order the book, here: https://www.thespatialalchemy.com/the-bookYou can read more about, and register for, the Money Trauma webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/money-trauma-how-your-body-relates-to-finances You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

In today's podcast Luis discusses how trauma is stored in the body's posture. When being seen feels dangerous the body goes into a freeze or shame posture of hiding to protect itself. What are the automatic, baseline postures that your body holds itself in based on historic trauma, stress, or abuse? These patterns of tension are the body's way of being prepared for something bad or harmful.  Luis gives us a somatic practice to assess our body's capacity for trusting non-threat in our environment. What our body tells us is neither good nor bad: it's simply information that can teach us where we are braced for threat.  You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

On today's episode, Luis and Camille discuss money, money trauma, and the ways in which we may have inherited or learned about relating to money.They explore:· The relationship we have with money, rather than the money itself· Not finding safety in money, and the reality of needing money· The difference between how much money we have vs. the meaning we assign it· Exploring money solutions that lie outside the binary· Attuning somatically to the present moment ("Feeling The Now") and how the practice can help us clarify our relationship with moneyThey conclude the podcast with a lightning round, answering questions that were sent in through email.You can read more about, and register for, the Money Trauma webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/money-trauma-how-your-body-relates-to-finances You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Don't wait until you are feeling anxious to practice this one! Jump right in where you are and practice pendulating. Luis teaches us how to feel where we are now, and where we feel anxiety in our bodies. We are not our anxiety, a part of us feels anxious. What does the rest of us feel? Using this tool Luis is able access the parts of himself that are not anxious and that have capacity, so that he can walk into life more embodied.You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Click for story-time with Luis as he reads a favorite chapter that was cut from his soon to be published book, FOOD THERAPY (April 2026). He posits that processed food is disassociated from the land. Often GMO crops are altered to survive glyphosate, wrecking bio-diversity, increasing chemicals, and providing reduced nutrients. Two pounds of GMO altered soy beans contained 9mg of glyphosate. No wonder 81% of the US population has recent glyphosate exposure, an exposure that increases our risk of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cheap processed foods create conflict in the earth and disease in our bodies. Rather than depleting the soil and our bodies, organic crops, such as beans, add nitrogen back into the soil increasing biodiversity. Eating locally grown crops and animals is a symbiotic relationship that gives Luis purpose: to honor those nutrient dense plants and animals that feed and nourish his body. For him eating is a ritual prayer of gratitude to the earth. Eating close to the land allows his body to feel more, to tap in to aliveness, in all of it's discomforts. But what if you are feeling low? It's the body's way of asking to be held. As his friend Asha Frost says, "Feeling low? Go lower." Let the land hold you by eating balancing foods that connect one to the land in a relationship of reciprocity. What we eat isn't just about us, it's a vote for the land. [Ep. 119] The Myth of Normal w/ Daniel Maté[Ep. 188] Feeling Low? Get Lower - Navigating Chronic Pain, Illness, & Generational Trauma w/ Asha FrostYou can read more about, and register for, the Money Trauma webinar here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/money-trauma-how-your-body-relates-to-finances You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

On today's episode, Luis shares his favorite herbs, specifically for supporting PMS or menopause.Building on the previous episode about herbs for liver, he explains how the liver is helpful for women's hormones. He teaches how to make the "triple root infusion", as well as when and how much to drink. He also includes two other herbs that can help with alleviating symptoms from a cycle, PMS, or menopause. These herbs help by addressing nervous system health, adrenal health, blood health, digestive health, hormonal balance, and blood sugar levels.Everyone's body is different, so please consult an herbalist and/or doctor with any questions, especially if you're pregnant or planning to be.You can find the episode about herbs for liver health here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/278649/episodes/16838021You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

On today's episode, Luis discussing the importance of liver health for full body and metabolic health, as well as it's relationship to recovering from stress and trauma.He explains what role the liver plays, and what dietary choices can change the liver's ability to function. He then talks about two herbs to help support liver, what they do, and how to make an herbal infusion.You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Walk with Luis on a cold day as he chats about doom scrolling and horror. If someone has high somatic empathy, when they watch horror on a screen, it creates an adrenal response as if the horror is happening to them. Bodies brace for the impact of impending doom, but instead of impact, they move on with their lives in to the world, still braced. How does one interact with their life and community if they are braced for someone else's reality? What neighborhood needs are bypassed if one is living detached from their own space and place? Luis offers several questions to contemplate as we consider our own relationship to horror and somatic empathy. If the horror isn't happening to us, we have the privileged of choosing to feel, or not feel, horror in our own body.  You can read more about, and register for, the Menla retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreatIf you use the discount code HLN700 before April 15th, you can get a $700USD discount off this retreat.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Feeling overwhelmed? Most of us turn to carbs, which results in a hit of dopamine that turns on our adrenaline response. The faster a carb turns into glucose, the sooner we experience a low blood sugar induced adrenaline response. Historically we had to work hard to get that spike of dopamine and glucose, but our animal bodies have not evolved to keep up with machines and the processed foods they produce. Now we sit at desks and cars, consuming much higher levels of refined carbs. This leaves us, and the land, depleted. Luis wonders, how much of your diet is refined grains, and how much of your diet is whole grains? How does your body store trauma as fat? Why do you crave what you crave?  Curious about how to work with this idea in your body? Luis outlines an Appetizer For Your Stress Response, along with a simple dessert recipe and a somatic practice.If we eat to be balanced, that is where health emerges. To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Ever wake up in a panic, with a dry mouth and a nightmare? Join Luis for this bed time snack sized podcast. Your nighttime woes might be a glucose spike cascading into an adrenaline rush. Luis outlines the physiology of what happens in our bodies, along with yummy, practical solutions to experiment with. Give it a try, and notice how you feel.To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Sitting in Costa Rica, by driftwood and the sea, Luis contemplates the mysteries of nutrition. Having studied the dense and "boring" side of nutrition, his fear of being wrong was triggered when he was called out on social media. This experience prompted his beach-side musings on efficient and non-efficient proteins, how individuals process carbohydrates, and his historic obsession with being right. Do we eat to suppress and comfort, or to feel, recover, and nourish? We can turn to nutrition text books for facts to find out, but there is also the indigenous research of tuning in to the wisdom of the body. Our body can help us decipher the wisdom of our cravings. When we are under stress, and likely to have cravings, our bodies need protein to turn amino acids into neurotransmitters that help balance our mental health.  Luis had a stressful double day and he craved a big fat salty chocolate chip cookie... tune in to see where the wisdom of the craving took him. To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Camille and Luis enjoy a playful conversation about the trendiness of terms including DEI, decolonization, woke-ness, Queer, witch, and liberal. Trends are cut off from the deep rooted culture of the thing itself, and therefore come and go. Luis reveals how the appropriation of these words into trends feels in his body and why.They discuss intent and impact before conversation flows to decolonizing versus re-indigenizing. A question forms, are we dominating or relating to our body, the land, and others? True healing, whether in the DEI or decolonizing realms, takes time and space to go deeper and root. The speedy passing of trends does not allow for this rooted healing to occur. Discussion includes exploring inclusion as holding space for each person to have their own opinions, knowing we will not all agree. Consensus and rules, or mandates, do not equate to inclusion. They acknowledge the roots of the term Liberal as "Big Tent", as an inclusive place that holds many perspectives.Essentially, is something a dissociative trend, or is it culture, deeply rooted and healing? Join the waitlist for the live 7-week to get early access to registration: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/course To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Ownership is the question explored in this epic podcast where Luis interviews Unique Hammond, Zeena Ismail, and Hadar Cohen to share their distinctive perspectives of being forced out of their home/land. The inspiration for the podcast arose from the ashes of the LA wildfire where Unique's home was burnt to the ground as nature evicted her.  Forced from their homelands, Zeena Ismail is a Palestinian living in Jordan and Hadar Cohen is a Arab Jew living in the United States. Luis' queries if it is more painful when nature takes your home, compared to your home being taken by humans and war? All were forced to leave their homes, and there is a wisdom in their leaving. Unique notes that when you fight with reality, reality wins 100% of the time. Indeed, we may leave our land, but the land is carried in our bones, and never leaves us. Zeena shares her experience of learning to belong to a new land and welcoming it's wisdom. As the author Robin Wall Kimmerer says, she became indigenous to (a new) place. The added layer of identity is weighed. Identity, as Hadar sees it, is just a lens, not eyesight itself. Can we release the bind and binary of identity? Ultimately we can claim, colonize, and extract from a place, or we can belong to a place. As Hadar asks, if you belong to the land why do you need to control it? Would there even be war if we did not have ownership? A universal question emerges, do we grasp at what was, or can we allow transformation to occur? You can visit Unique Hammond's website here: https://www.youregreat.com/You can visit Zeena Ismail's website here: https://www.zeenaismail.com/You can visit Hadar Cohen's website here: https://www.hadarcohen.me/Join the waitlist for the live 7-week to get early access to registration: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/course To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

Join me at my live Mediumship Gallery Event:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/merry-bright-messages-from-above-tickets-972524505977   Today on the podcast, I share how I structured my Mediumship Group Reading while at the Spirit Sisters Retreat in Menla.    I hope this intrigues you, and creates an open mind and heart for Spirit Communication.    If you have any Mediumship or Spirit questions you want me to cover on the podcast,  Email me here: Tinaconroy111@gmail.com   Thank You for listening ~Tina Namaste

  I hope you enjoy this meditation first aired on Healing Meditation For Women  Join us in the Catskills, NY at Menla for our Spirit Sisters Retreat!!  September 12-15th  Registration is open: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat-2/           Namaste~Tina 

 I hope you enjoy this meditation first aired on Healing Meditation For Women. Join us in the Catskills, NY at Menla for our Spirit Sisters Retreat!! September 12-15th Registration is open: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat-2/ Namaste~Tina    Tina Conroy ERYT-200, RMT Reiki Master Teacher/Lead Wellness Instructor 516-946-8042    

  Join us in the Catskills, NY at Menla for our Spirit Sisters Retreat!! September 12-15th Registration is open: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat-2/   I hope this finds you well. I wrote this for anyone who is struggling and needs support. May this helps you on your journey.        Namaste~ Tina   Time for a Reading?   Book Here: https://calendly.com/tinaconroy111

Join us in the Catskills, NY at Menla for our Spirit Sisters Retreat!! September 12-15th Registration is open: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat-2 I wrote this for my children, during a particular challenging time in their lives. A Mother's love never ends no matter how old they are. I hope it resonates with you. Namaste~ Tina Time for a Reading? Book Here: https://calendly.com/tinaconroy111

Join us in the Catskills, NY at Menla for our Spirit Sisters Retreat!! September 12-15th Registration is open: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat-2/   Happy May! I hope this finds you well.    Enjoy the universal messages of the month.   Namaste~ Tina   Time for a Reading?  Book Here: https://calendly.com/tinaconroy111    

On today's episode, Luis is joined by the HLN team (Camille Leak, Marika Malaea, and Evan Adams), retreat co-facilitators Zach Kalatsky and Holly Keifer, and retreat participants Ansley, Shana, and David, to share their experiences at HLN retreats. They discuss what to expect at HLN retreats, ranging from itinerary to inner experience. These retreats are a great way to practice somatics in-person and in community space, which can facilitate deep and transformational healing.Sign up for the newsletter for emails about early bird pricing for the next retreat at Menla in upstate NY from June 12th-16th 2024: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/If you'd like to learn more about Zach's work, click here: https://www.theforesthaven.com/If you'd like to learn more about Holly's work, you can follow her on Instagram: @holly_ag_If you'd like to learn more about Camille's work, click here: https://www.realtalkbravespaces.com/If you'd like to learn more about Evan's work, click here: https://www.emeraldlightsoundhealing.comYou can also find Ansley (@ansleydalbo), Shana (@consciousnectar) and David (healing_the_dgrosh) on Instagram.

Join me as I share an audio diary of my first encounter with Ketamine, which is a legal psychedelic medication  that can treat depression, trauma and more.  Set  in the serene Menla retreat center of the Catskill Mountains, this episode describes my participation in a week-long  training program designed to teach mental health clinicians how to utilize the healing power of Ketamine.  During this immersive experiential training, I become increasingly connected with a team of peers, as we guide each other's Ketamine journeys and learn from a team of expert clinicians led by Dr. Phil Wolfson, Bessel Van der Kolk, Gita Vaid, Licia Sky and Peter Corbett.   This episode may be especially interesting to mental health clinicians who are curious about what it is like to participate in an immersive experiential Ketamine training program.Timestamps0:16 - Psychedelic Journey: Welcome to my Audio Diary11:56 - Tuesday: My First Morning at Menla KAP training, History of Menla15:00 - Wednesday: Pearls From Our First Full Day21:39 - Power of Ketamine and Group Dynamics24:47 - Thursday: My First Ketamine Journey, Bessel's Teaching About Trauma and DMN36:00 - Friday: Sitting for Others43:08 - Saturday: My 2nd Journey - IM this time, Combining Breath, Movement and Ketamine52:00 - Sunday: Sitting a 2nd Time, A Swim with Naga Spirit55:21 - Meaning and Connection Through Ketamine JourneysProduced by Dirk Winter and Violet ChernoffMusic by The Thrashing Skumz

In this episode Dannah talks about spirit guides, offers some helpful suggestions for HSP's, how to use your intuition and her path to becoming an intuitive counselor and healer. Stacey Friedman, founder of Lucky Girl Health & Wellness, is on a mission to support highly sensitive people across the globe. An author, healer, empath educator & empowerment coach, Stacey supports her clients through their discovery that they aren't "too sensitive" like they've been told, but that they are actually Highly Sensitive People. An HSP and empath herself, Stacey provides education, inspiration and healing for other "30%ers" so they can feel peace, joy and lightness in their lives as she has done in her own.      Guest Dannah Chaifetz specializes in Psychic Guidance and Intuitive Counseling and is a Life & Relationship Intuitive and Coach. She channels information and guidance about your relationships, family & children, as well as career, and next steps. She works with you to clear out emotional issues - especially past wounds and blockages, and any challenges you may be dealing with or avoiding in your life. Dannah's offerings include Intuitive Counseling & Soul Guidance, Inner Child Guided Healings, Past Life Regressions, Cord Cuttings, Intuitive Coaching, Mediumship and Reiki/ Energy Healing. She was an intuitive at Omega institute for 4 years and currently is on staff at Menla, owned by the Dali Llama's organization, and Woodstock Healing Arts and has given workshops at Omega Institute, Lilydale and Menla. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Psychology.dannah@readingswithdannah.comwww.readingswithdannah.com

Maura Davies of the SPCA of Texas joins us for Furry, Furbulous Friday to talk about the importance of adopting not shopping for your pet. We need to end the puppy mills that are providing pet stores with puppies. Learn more about how you can help on the SPCA website. Next, Gen Kelsang Menla joins us from the Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Center here in Dallas, TX. We're talking about the different kinds of meditation including “tantra,” which he'll be discussing in detail during his talk on Feb. 11th, “The Pure Bliss of Tantra” at the Dallas Museum of Art.Thank you to our sponsors!enviromedica – The BEST probiotics on the planet!Children's Health Defense - Listen every Monday for News & Views with Mary Holland of CHD!Kadampa Meditation Center Texas - Visit their Open House on Feb. 11th in Dallas!sunwarrior - Use the code OLR for 20% off your purchase!The Well Being JournalThorne - Get 20% off your order and free shipping!

Opening with a recommendation of “Angels in My Hair” by Lorna Byrne, Robert Thurman sits down with its author for a far-ranging discussion of faith, angels, materialism, climate change and the power of positive thinking and prayer. This podcast includes: a discussion of the commonalities of all faiths and religions, an in-depth exploration of the divine beings and protectors found in Christian and Buddhist traditions, and a heart-opening dialogue on love, the soul, the afterlife, and the non-dual nature of reality. The episode concludes with an extended discussion of guardian angels and a guided meditation led by Lorna. Spiritual teacher, international bestselling author and philanthropist Lorna Byrne has dedicated her life to remind humanity of the spiritual potential within us all. She is the author of seven best-selling books, including "Angels in My Hair", "A Message of Hope From the Angels", and "Angels at my Fingertips" and she has been published in more than 50 countries and 30 languages around the world. To learn more about the work of Lorna Byrne, please visit her website: www.lornabyrne.com.

This episode is brought to you by, my Manifestation with Crystals Workshop On Saturday November 19th 11-1pm  Register Here:https://manifestationcrystals102.eventbrite.com Today, I share with you our Spirit Sisters Retreat held in Menla.  Enjoy the experience of this transformational spiritual weekend. Thank you to our Sisters … Eva, Kathryn, Susan and Barbara for sharing their experiences.  We cannot wait for the next retreat in 2023. Make sure you don't miss out on any pictures from this weekend and others we have held.  Follow our Page: https://www.facebook.com/Spiritsisterretreat Namaste~Tina  

In this episode Robert A.F. Thurman is joined by Machiel Klerk, social entrepreneur, licensed mental health therapist, international speaker, dream worker, author, and founder of the Jung Platform, an organization focused on providing quality programs for personal development from a soul-centered perspective. Using Machiel Klerk's book Dream Guidance: Connecting to the Soul Through Dream Incubation, published by Hay House as a jumping off point, Machiel and Thurman in this episode engage in a discussion of lucid dreaming, dream yoga and how one from any faith, religion or background can explore one's creativity and transform one's relationship to their subconscious and to the world around them through mindfulness and compassion. Machiel's recent book emerges as a must-read to pursue these amazing experiences and skills for one's own spiritual growth. Podcast includes an exploration of the Buddhist concept of the soul, emptiness and the nihilistic materialism driving the climate crisis.

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included    Today on the podcast is Universal Messages for August.    The first card is the beginning of the month, second the middle and the third the end of the month.   I hope you can ease into this month,  travel and enjoy the last month of summer.    If you are looking for some guidance:    Feel free to book with me:  calendly.com/tinaconroy111   Namaste~Tina

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included    Today on the podcast is Summer Affirmations I hope you enjoy Namaste~Tina

This episode is sponsored by two events!   September Gallery Reading Night: https://intuitiveguidancenightsept22.eventbrite.com *NOTE THIS IS IN PERSON*   Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY. Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included    Today on the podcast I share my Gallery Reading night from June 30th. It truly was a great night. I loved serving Spirit and had a blast. I am hopeful for the next one in September, I can get some audio and share it here. As always, I am so grateful for you tuning in each week.   Namaste ~Tina

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included    Today on the podcast is the finale of Lily Dale, and universal messages for July.   Thank you for all the incredible feedback, that you all enjoyed this series.   You can see all the pictures from Lily Dale on my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theintuitivewoman/ **Please note this is the ONLY instagram profile, there are many daily people impersonating me and other Psychic Mediums. I will NEVER ask you for a reading. Be safe*   The Red house: http://the-red-house.org Many Blessings~Tina

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included      Today on the podcast I share a very vulnerable piece.  My trance state, and what was channeled through me. “Marigold” my new Spirit Guide shares her wisdom. I hope you enjoy 

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included      Today on the podcast enjoy part II of my time in Lily Dale.   My channelled writing as well as Lisa's channelled writing to me.   Stay tuned for more episodes about my fantastic trip!   Namaste~Tina

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway.   Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/ *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included    Today on the podcast enjoy Part 1 of my time in Lily Dale. My channelled meditation was written from the famous “stump" More to come from my transformative experience over the next few episodes.   If you are wanting to book a reading with me. Book Here: calendly.com/tinaconroy111 Namaste~TIna

This episode is sponsored by the Fall/ Spirit Sisters Retreat at Menla in the Catskills NY.   Join us November 3-6th for a Transformative Women's Weekend Getaway. *Limited to 15 Women* Register Here: https://menla.org/retreat/spirit-sisters-yoga-healing-retreat/   *Yoga * Meditation *Reiki Healing *Sound Bath *Spiritual Workshops *Nature Hikes *All Vegetarian meals included    Today on the podcast is universal messages for June. Let me know how this has served you this month. www.tinaconroy.com Namaste~Tina

This week's guest is Natalie Woodman, a medical intuitive channel, psychic surgeon and embodiment coach.  Natalie was always fascinated by the body and alternative medicine. She studied physical therapy but really started connecting and valuing her body after a back injury.  When she emigrated to the UK, where she's been living for the last 22 years, she ended up divorcing her husband of the time, experiencing intense claustrophobia and having a string of debilitating health problems. That all took her on a deeper spiritual path where she really looked into her emotions.  As Natalie points out, “there's such a gift in these experiences if we're willing to dig deeper”.She realized that there was a lot of healing work that had to be done within herself, and consequently started creating healthy boundaries and exploring other ways to carry herself and carry out her physio work. As she says, “I first fill up the tank, and then I can give”.Now, with her new understanding of the body-emotion connection, her therapy work has a more holistic approach. She does energetic scans and works to heal the core rejection wounds of her clients: “There's a re-calibration that needs to take place”, because the body needs presence and willingness to sit with the discomfort".HIGHLIGHTSNatalie's storyThe afterlifeBurnoutA people pleasing patternSelf- acceptanceCo-dependencyStopping the overgiving Holding spaceAuto immune problems & emotionsThe body asking for a resetThe wisdom of your own truthOpen to what the body has to shareFOMOTo be a medical intuitiveABOUT NATALIE As a medical intuitive channel, psychic surgeon and embodiment coach she helps women reclaim the sovereign connection to their bodies as sacred portals calibrating to truth, abundance, power, potency and love and release the shackles of fear, struggle, control, overwhelm and doubt to reclaim the connection to the “real her” inside. You can find more information about Natalie's work at www.bynataliewoodman.com Connect with her on FB or IG: @bynataliewoodman Or join her Facebook Group: Quantum Leap Lounge QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS I am holding my first in-person retreat, “Manifestation Magic”, at MENLA (www.menla.org) in the Catskill Mountains August 25th to 28th. You can find more information about it at my website or reach out if you have any questions. Also, my Ascension Tool Kit is still available with a 40% off for all my podcast listeners, so be sure to seize the opportunity.  CONTACT ALYSEFor more info join my Facebook group: Breathe to SucceedFollow me on Instagram @alyse_breathesYou can also visit my website and sign up for the Quantum Accelerator program: https://www.alysebreathes.com/Or contact me at info@alysebreathes.comTo all the business owners, entrepreneurs and spiritual women out there who want to make an impact and grow their income, check the details of my Accelerated Wealth Program right at the beginning of the episode.

In this extended episode, recorded at Menla during the online conference “The Art of Dying and Living: An Exploration of Life, Death, and the Afterlife”, Robert Thurman shares insights and lessons from his study of Buddhism and translation of the mis-titled “Tibetan Book of the Dead”. Joined by Eben Alexander, Sierra Campbell, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Deepak Chopra, Terri Daniel, Joan Halifax, Andrew Holecek, Lucy Kalanithi, Jussara Korngold, Simcha Raphael, Richard Martini, Gabor Maté, Frank Ostaseski, Mingyur Rinpoche, Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Alberto Villoldo, Henry Fersko-Weiss, and Jessica Zitter, this online event explores ancient and modern understandings of the art of dying and living through the lenses of different traditions, including Tibetan and Zen Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Judaic, and Shamanic. To learn more about this historic event and to enjoy the study at your own pace archive course, please visit: www.thusmenla.org.

In this episode Robert Thurman is joined by fellow Tibetan language translator, author, and inner-science adventurer, Dr. David Kittay for a conversation on bliss, everyday ethics, contemporary Buddhism, the Eightfold Path, and the Four Noble Truths. Opening with an introduction of Professor Kittay and his translation of The Vajra Rosary Tantra, Dr. Thurman uses his Wisdom Is Bliss: Four Friendly Fun Facts book as a roadmap for an exploration of their work together presenting and preserving Tibetan Culture through their teachings at Tibet House US, Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa, Columbia University and during time spent teaching general audiences across New York City and the world. Dr. David Komodo Kittay teaches philosophy, religion, and technology at Columbia, where his courses are called life changing, translates exoteric and esoteric Buddhist texts, serves as a Tibet House US Board member, and founded The Harlem Clemente Course for the Humanities at the Drew Hamilton Houses on 143rd St. His latest publication is The Vajra Rosary Tantra, available from Wisdom Publications. A Tibet House US | Menla Conversation with David Kittay - Ep. 281 of the Bob Thurman podcast was recorded at the Tibet House US Menla Online hybrid talk "Wisdom Is Bliss" with Robert Thurman and David Kittay, December 2021 in New York City. To watch the full video version and to learn about upcoming events with Dr. David Kittay, please visit: www.thus.org. Image by Amanda Sage. All Rights Reserved via www.amandasagecollection.com.

Opening with a recommendation of "Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times" by Philip Goldberg, Robert Thurman in this episode sits down with its author for a far ranging discussion on Western Spirituality, Meditation, climate change, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Tibet's Fourteenth Dalai Lama. In this episode Robert Thurman and Philip Goldberg share reflections on: the San Francisco Renaissance, the effect of the counter culture of the 1950s on modern spirituality and stories from their time in India, and lessons from studying Buddhist and Transcendental meditation. Podcast Includes a discussion of the 75th publication anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda's "Autobiography of a Yogi", a short history of The Esalen Institute and the value of personal study and reading to any spiritual tradition or path of transformation. Episode concludes with an extended dialogue on the connections between Buddhism, Vedanta, and writings of the Transcendentalist and Beat Poets, and the Dalai Lama's Four Aims in Life. Philip Goldberg is the an author, public speaker and workshop leader; a spiritual counselor, meditation teacher and ordained Interfaith Minister. A Los Angeles resident, he co-hosts the Spirit Matters podcast, leads American Veda Tours, conducts online courses and workshops, and blogs regularly on Elephant Journal and Spirituality & Health. To learn more, please visit: www.philipgoldberg.com.

In this heart centered conversation spanning from the remote Arctic communities of Norway to the compassionate wisdom contained in everyone, Robert Thurman is joined by author and explorer of inner and outer landscapes, Laura Galloway, to discuss the creative inspiration of interdependence found in nature, our world and in every day relationships. Opening with a recommendation of Laura's book "Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra", Robert Thurman leads a dialog exploring the value of contemplation, study, writing, and why supporting the remaining nomadic cultures of Tibet, Mongolia, Russia, and Scandinavian is vital to planetary survival in the face of the climate crisis. Drawing inspiration from their time studying languages, time spent communing with nature through hiking, wilderness exploration and animal care giving, Bob and Laura in this podcast explore the rich traditions of the Sámi, The First Peoples of Canada, and the indigenous cultures of Tibet and the Americas. To learn more about "Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra", and the work of Laura Galloway, please visit: www.authorlauragalloway.com.

In this episode Robert Thurman is joined by Tenzin Metok, founder of the Medicine Buddha App, which allows you to book online consultations with Tibetan doctors and wellness practitioners. Through THUS | Menla's sponsorship, this app will allow you to make donations to directly sponsor the medical training of aspiring Tibetan doctors at the Men-Tsee-Khang in India! Men-Tsee-Khang is the largest and oldest Tibetan Medical & Astro-science Institute, established in Tibet by HH the XIII Dalai Lama in 1916 and re-established by the XIV Dalai Lama in India in 1961. To educate each doctor it costs $5000, plus $500 in administrative and other fees. When you choose to use the Medicine Buddha app you are supporting a 100% Tibetan employed team and helping to expand the influence and reach of Tibetan culture internationally. We thank you for your generous support, if you cannot donate, please share this podcast episode and download the free ap. Every share, download, mention and donation helps!

Dr. Eric Rosenbush has devoted his life to the study of the traditional sciences of Asia, their botanical treasures, ancient texts and living transmissions. For over 20 years, he has studied with masters of Tibetan, Chinese, and Ayurvedic medicines, and currently maintains a clinical practice in California. Eric frequently teaches courses on Sowa Rigpa and other ancient sciences in many locations around the world, and translates medical texts from the Tibetan and Sanskrit languages. Under Dr. Nida Chenagtsang and other senior Tibetan doctors in the US and Asia, Eric learned the practice of Sowa Rigpa, Traditional Tibetan medicine. In addition to Masters and Doctoral university studies in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, Eric studied with senior practitioners working with classical traditions of Chinese herbal medicine and pulse diagnosis. He also lived in India for many years, studying and practicing Ayurveda, Jyotish, and Hindustani music. In additional to clinical practice and teaching, Eric is also involved with various charitable projects, directing the Ngakmang Foundation, a nonprofit organization working in Tibet to preserve the lineage of Ngakpas – Tibetan yogis, supporting Sowa Rigpa education in Nepal, and other projects in the Himalayan regions. In 2006 with Dr. Nida he founded what would become the Sorig Institute of Tibetan Medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area. From 2015, Eric mostly lived in tropical and alpine areas of India, working with the Dunagiri Foundation cultivating threatened medicinal plants and treating patients. For more information about Eric please visit: www.gunanatha.com.