Podcasts about thich nhat hahn

TODAY'S AFFIRMATION: I Am the Lotus TODAY'S GRATITUDE PROMPT: Give thanks for making it through those muddy times and making it to the other side. FREE AFFIRMATIONS MEDITATION  3-Minute Meditation : FEEL GRATEFUL + UPLIFTED  ↓ DOWNLOAD Now  subscribepage.io/ANjf25 Practicing Gratitude is Easy Follow on Instagram @daily.tonic  

After accomplished stints as a journalist, author and diplomat, and studying theology at Yale Divinity School, Krista Tippett was struck by a significant gap in the media landscape—a lack of deep, intelligent conversations to explore the spiritual, ethical and moral aspects of human life. What began as a national public radio show in 2003 evolved into the multiple award-winning podcast “On Being” (“wisdom to replenish and orient in a tender, tumultuous time to be alive.”) Gifted with insatiable curiosity, profound relational intelligence, a poetic sensibility, and an ability to unearth revelatory ideas to live by, Krista creates spaces where wisdom can emerge. With her interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral whole systems overview, she's hosted luminaries as disparate as Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hahn, Isabel Wilkerson and Desmond Tutu, among many more. Listen to this rare intimate, live interview with her friend, insightful strategist, philanthropist and activist Azita Ardakani. This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage to learn more.

This week's episode contains Guided Meditations found at the end of Thich Nhat Hahn's book “How To Sit”. I've spent the past three episodes reading aloud portions from this book, a third of the book at a time. Even if you have read this book, I hope my readings have allowed you to absorb the wisdom more fully. Many people have asked me for more guided meditations. Why not offer a few from the master of mindful meditation? May these guided meditations help you integrate meditation more readily. May these guided meditations build your mindfulness skills, inspire and nourish you. Happy meditating! Enjoy the podcast! Links: Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation

Today's episode brings us into the heart and philosophy of Zen Buddhism, as practiced by the Plum Village monastic community that was founded in 1982 by the Vietnamese peace activist, monk, poet, and teacher Thich Nhat Hahn. Today it has grown into Europe's largest Buddhist monastery, with over 200 resident monks and nuns, and known as one of the most actively engaged Buddhist communities offering insight on the modern world, and on the climate and ecological crises. We've spoken on the show about fragmented consciousness, a mind that sees parts and not the whole. Meditation and other Buddhist practices are one of the core ways of how we can heal minds and views. And so we will hear from two Plum Village monks: Sister True Dedication and Brother Spirit. Before entering the monastery, Sister True Dedication studied History & Political Thought at Cambridge University and worked as a journalist for BBC News. In the early years of her monastic training, she assisted Thich Nhat Hanh in their engaged Buddhist actions for human rights, religious freedom, applied ethics, and ecology. Brother Spirit began his monastic training in Plum Village in 2008, and before ordaining he studied mathematics at Cambridge and worked professionally as a composer, and as such has since composed many of the community's beloved chants. They both helped to found the international Wake Up Movement, a community of young meditators finding new ways to combine mindfulness and engaged Buddhism. We talk about:the fragmentation of consciousnesshow to hold the perspective of non duality and interbeing within unlikely contexts, and how doing so grants us agency and transformationdehumanization, de animation, and what Buddhism teaches about our relationship to other life and other intelligencesthe Mayahana Diamond Sutra (the world's earliest printed text) and its invitation for us to reconsider four key notions of existance how to find and make peace with one's activismthe seeds of wisdom that lie dormant in 4000-year-old magnolia treeshow to hold the suffering of the world and call upon our ancestors for supportspiritual bypassing, instrumentalising, and get out of jail free cards Episode Website Link Show Links: Plum VillageAbout Thich Nhat HahnZen and the Art of Saving the PlanetThay's Poetry / Please Call Me by My True Names (song & poem)Lifeworlds Meditation on Food inspired by Plum VillageMahamudra: Dr Dan BrownHope in the Dark: Rebecca SolnitGlobal OptimismLook out for meditations, poems, readings, and other snippets of inspiration in between episodes.Music: Electric Ethnicity by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock & Ellie Kidd Photo credit: Plum Village website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this deep, thoughtful conversation, two of the men at the heart of the Climate Majority Project discuss their own journeys into eco-spirituality - what they believe it to be and why it's a core, foundational bedrock of their lives. If you follow anything else that Faith and I do together, you'll know that we believe heart-felt connection to the All That Is forms the bedrock of human existence and is the pathway to human flourishing, to our being good ancestors, to laying that foundation on which future generations can build a world where we are an integral part of the web of life. The whole of the Accidental Gods membership program exists to help people find ways to make this heartfelt connection and the Dreaming Awake contemporary shamanic training takes it more deeply. We don't often get to unpick this in depth here on the podcast. But long term friend of the podcast, the author, philosopher and academic, Rupert Read, suggested a while ago that we might like to have a three way conversation with him and Woodford Roberts who is an integral part of the Climate Majority Project of which they are both founder members. Both have been active in Extinction Rebellion. Both have moved on to believing that change happens in other ways, and both have at the core of their actions and activism a heartfelt connection to the All That Is, however we define it. We have regular guest appearances by people who work deeply in shamanic traditions, or other aspects of contemporary spirituality, but this is the first time we've had a chance to explore what we might call western 'eco-spirituality' in a way that is practiced distinctly from contemporary - or indigenous - shamanic practice. Rupert is a philosopher who has studied both Quaker and Buddhist traditions, naming Joanna Macey and Thich Nhat Hahn as his teachers. Woodford Roberts - who is called Rob within the movement - comes from a more meta-cognitive stance, but still deeply embedded within western psycho-spiritual philosophy, albeit with personal experience in the shamanic realities. So this was a deep, wide ranging, thoughtful episode and I hope it helps you to navigate your own routes to thinking, feeling and being in these turbulent times. So please welcome back Rupert Read and welcome for the first time, Woodford Roberts, both of the Climate Majority Project. Bios: Woodford Roberts is a writer based in Cornwall. With a focus on eco-spirituality and emotion, Woodford's work seeks to help readers stare down the truth of the metacrisis as he seeks to do the same, sharing his own spiritual journey of navigating the challenging terrain of a time between two worlds and the lessons found within. His work appears in Dark Mountain Books, Resurgence & The Ecologist. His first book, called 'How To Be Happy At The End Of The World' is currently in development, and he publishes on a Substack of the same name. Prof Rupert Read is co-director of the Climate Majority Project and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of several books, including This Civilisation is Finished, Parents for a Future, Why Climate Breakdown Matters and Do you want to know the truth? The surprising rewards of climate honesty. His spiritual teachers have included Joanna Macy and Thich Nhat Hanh.Links: Climate Majority Project https://climatemajorityproject.comRob in Resurgence https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article3855-waking-up-to-the-world.htmlRob Substack https://howtobehappyworld.substack.com/'Kisses on the Wind' - A heartfelt essay written by Rob since our conversation (trigger warning - he discusses his own brush with suicide)  https://howtobehappyworld.substack.com/p/kisses-on-the-windXR Writers Rebel by Rob https://writersrebel.com/read-this-is-for-my-children/ Motes In A Sunbeam published with Dark Mountain  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdmr96gVFgwRupert's website https://rupertread.net/Rupert on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupert-read-6717548/?originalSubdomain=ukRupert on Twitter https://twitter.com/GreenRupertReadArts Council-Funded Play inspired by Rupert's work  www.phoenixdodobutterfly.comRupert - Ebor Lecture in York  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ebor-lecture-earth-hope-with-professor-rupert-read-tickets-811255837047 (also available online for those not in Yorkshire) Rupert 'Thin Red Line' paper https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/film.2002.0023Climate Majority Culture Peace Gathering https://climatemajorityproject.com/culture-peace-gathering/Life Itself https://lifeitself.org/programs

Do we trust our thoughts more than the wisdom of our own experience? In this talk, David Lewis helps us see that our reliance on thinking and studying can be an obstacle to gaining a true understanding of reality. He outlines that Sangha can help us gain wisdom in three ways, through:Direct experience - meditating in silenceListening to Dharma talksDiscussions with each otherHaving polled his audiences for many years, David shares that Westerners tend to prefer talks and discussions over direct experience because we are conditioned to learn by doing, thinking and studying. We gravitate toward thoughts even as we try to quiet our mind. Yet meditation is not about silencing the mind, but developing a different relationship with our thoughts. He contrasts thinking with abiding in our own experience, quoting Thich Nhat Hahn that 'understanding does not arise from thinking.' And while studying and learning the Buddha's teachings is a satisfying and worthwhile activity, it is not the same as experiencing reality for ourselves in the present moment. ______________ David Lewis has been following the dharma path for 50 years and has a degree in comparative religious studies.  He teaches at several Buddhist sanghas around the Bay Area and offers a weekly meditation group for seniors (currently on Zoom) at OpenHouse, a nonprofit serving LGBTQI+ seniors.  He's always happy to return to the Gay Buddhist Fellowship, where he gave his first dharma talk in 2008. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

E338– Inner Voice – A Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan. In this episode, Dr. Foojan Zeine chats with Celia Landman, MA, a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults. She draws from experiences working with those impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety and creates customized meditation, visualizations, and training to reconnect them to their wholeness. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She is also a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Her new book, When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023), describes finding balance while navigating seemingly impossible parenting situations. Learn more at celialandman.com. Check out my website: www.FoojanZeine.com, www.AwarenessIntegration.com, www.Foojan.com

We are lighted beings. We can learn to recognize and build our radiance using the breath and the frequency of Peace. We begin by breathing into our physical lungs and heart, circulating the breath and prana. We extend that light to the entire body, which begins to sparkle with Light. Next we breathe light into our emotional body, circulating the light and cleaning anything that needs to be released. Next is the mental body, which becomes fluid and clear so we can lift into the higher mind and hear more clearly our guidance. Finally we find the brilliant shining etheric body, which unites all of our being. It too fills with more and more light as we breathe into it. We fill with the light of Peace, which folds all patterns into one harmonious energy. We begin to flow with the power and dynamic energy of peace. We begin to understand on every level how we can increase the peace of the world by being peace in our own being. Here's a lovely book on the practice of breath and peace: Peace is Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hahn https://www.amazon.com/Peace-Is-Every-Breath-audiobook/dp/B004NRGUVE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XS9JECUGHAA1&keywords=peace+is+every+breath+thich+nhat+hanh&qid=1706734970&sprefix=peace+is+every+aps145&sr=8-1'Angels of Love' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)Disclaimer:Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice. 

Celia Landman, MA, is a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults. She draws from experiences working with those impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety, and creates customized meditation, visualizations, and trainings to reconnect them to their wholeness. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She is also a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Her new book, When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023), describes how to find balance while navigating seemingly impossible parenting situations. Learn more at celialandman.com Website: celialandman.com  Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/celia.landman/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/celia-landman-232185149/  https://www.instagram.com/celiasacct/ Book: When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023)

We remember Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn, a best-selling author, Zen master and peacemaker, who taught part-time in the U.S. In this interview, he described lessons he learned about peacemaking that resulted from the Vietnam war. Hanh died in 2022 at age 95. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials […]

In this episode, we'll cover the benefits of connecting the mind and body through meditation. We'll cover the work of Thich Nhat Hahn, how to meditate, and why it is so essential to performance

We remember Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hahn, a best-selling author, Zen master and peacemaker, who taught part-time in the U.S. In this interview, he described lessons he learned about peacemaking that resulted from the Vietnam war. Hanh died in 2022 at age 95. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials […]

Fueling Healthy Thoughts: Overcoming Darkness and Transformative Resilience In this episode I have some raw and vulnerable moments about this year and reflect on what I believe I need to work on with my own stinkin' thinkin'. Being more intentional with what we feed our minds is essential in turning things around, creating hope in our lives, and being a light in the darkness.  It was recorded on MLK Day and I was inspired by his memory and his ability to be the man outside the box pushing through oppressive norms and spurring on all people of color to dare to dream bigger, and believe that more is possible. Here's a run down of this episode Reflecting on the challenges of the past year and the struggle to maintain balance in life. Drawing inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr. and the power of intention. Connecting with the Audience: Acknowledging the shared difficulties many face, emphasizing the feeling of being overwhelmed. Encouraging listeners not to feel alone in their struggles. The Four Nutriments: Exploring Thich Nhat Hanh's concept of the four nutrients (Edible food, Sense impressions, Volition, and Consciousness). Emphasizing the importance of identifying sources of suffering and finding peace and joy. Navigating Personal Struggles: Sharing personal struggles with podcasting, career decisions, and the challenges of parenting. Expressing empathy for those facing overwhelming situations and the difficulty of finding options. MLK Day Reflection: Reflecting on personal connection to Martin Luther King Jr. and the power of intention in creating positive change. Mentioning the influence of spoken words, particularly MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. Coping Strategies and Tools: Introducing coping strategies, including mindful eating and being aware of sense impressions. Discussing the impact of volition on happiness and the importance of cultivating healthy desires. Addressing the role of consciousness in transforming painful events and finding enlightenment. Focusing on Healing and Positivity: Highlighting the challenge of podcasting about abuse without inadvertently perpetuating negativity. Exploring the power of focus and intention in creating positive change. Expressing a desire to shift the podcast's focus towards healing, love, peace, and thriving. Inviting Positive Stories: Sharing the intention to invite guests who have overcome darkness and transformed their lives. Expressing the need for positive role models and stories of turning life around. Acknowledging personal challenges and the importance of collective healing. Closing Thoughts: Offering tools for managing anxiety and promoting well-being, including heart math techniques and grounding practices. Sending love, hope, and thoughts for a brighter future to the listeners. Encouraging subscriptions, reviews, and engagement to build a community focused on healing. Mentioned in this episode: Thich Nhat Hahn's "How to Focus" beautiful book. Inner Balance Heart Math App for heart brain coherence and learning to ground and become less anxious. And help the collective energy of your family, home, town, the World. Earthing, grounding mat for grounding while indoors. Just plug it into a grounded outlet. I use mine near my desk for my feet while working and under my sheets so I can ground while sleeping. Amazing!! DISCLAIMER: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through a link here. I would never recommend a product I don't use or love myself!     Thanks for tuning in! Sending lots of Love and wishes for a healthy 2024!  

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Whoa dudes. Just had an amazing moment yesterday while shoveling snow drifts in the cold winter wind. Listened to amazing Greatest Showman song, thought about what I learned from Thich Nhat Hahn about the practice of happiness, and became inspired do jumping jacks to this song. Listen, be inspired, do jumping jacks. So much gratitude to our brother MLK, Jr. for making the ultimate sacrifice to liberate all of us.

Today on Sense of Soul podcast I have one of my soul sisters with me, joining me from the other side of the world in Norway, Kamilla Visnes. Kamilla connected me about two years ago, she was a listener of Sense of Soul. She was awakening to find her light within, she was in Thailand when she first contacted me,  she had just met her soulmate. But Kamilla was experiencing pain and illness and was struggling to stay healthy, she had a strong desire to heal and grow and over the time I've known her she has done just this. Kamilla took my GROW program and since has become a dear friend for life, my soul sister! Dedicated to her journey, Kamilla turned her pain into purpose and with a deep love of Mother Earth and caring empathic soul she set on the path, listening to her inner compass and leaning into to her strong intuition and compassion late nature to help raise the consciousness of humanity and make the world a better place. Kamilla is in the process of creating her own podcast to inspire woman to like Thich Nhat Hahn would say, “come home to yourself.” Follow Kamilla's journey on Instagram @kamillahv and if you'd like to reach out to her, email her kamillahvisnes@gmail.com.

Therese Fitzgerald came to the SF Zen Center in 1976, was ordained as a priest by Richard Baker in 1986, with her husband Arnold Kotler founded the Community of Mindful Living applying the teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn who ordained her as a dharmacharya in 1994. She worked with Maxine Hong Kingston's Veterans Writing Group. Now Therese is a hospice chaplain in Maui where she and Arnie moved to long ago. There's more to her story you can hear about in this podcast and last weeks' part one.  To read the piece her hubby Arnie Kotler wrote for Inquiring Mind on his relationship with his father, Richard Baker and Thich Nhat Hanh, go to cuke.com, write his name in the site search box, and look for Letting go of My Father.

Good News: A data scientist offers hope with cold, hard numbers! Link HERE. The Good Word: A powerful quote about peace from Thich Nhat Hahn. Good To Know: A fun bit of U.S. trivia… Good News: The largest dam removal project in history is underway, in California! Link HERE. Wonderful World: Explore the history and […]

Today we are happy to have Cristina Chua, MSW on The Essential Oil Revolution. Cristina is an expert in helping people reclaim their life from OCD and anxiety. Her technique is grounded in trauma and neuroscience informed care, emotional regulation and mindful self compassion. She loves incorporating aromatherapy into her personal practice and work with her patients. What You Will Learn: What inspired Cristina to start working as a therapist and coach for people with OCD?  The problems with “gold standard” treatments, especially when they don't work. What is OCD and how does it manifest?  The different types of OCD and what various themes of them are. What goes on in the brain of someone with OCD and how the amygdala hijacks one's executive functioning.  What are the Havening Techniques and how Cristina uses them in her work with OCD.  How Cristina incorporates aromatherapy into her work with OCD clients. The difference between training the brain to tolerate uncertainty and using coping strategies to live life with less fear. How Cristina's approach is different from the “gold standard” treatment for OCD, ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) and how her approach with this new emerging tool is viewed by conventional psychiatry. The importance of the emerging science on the Havening Technique and essential oils. Closing questions: What Cristina does for daily self-care and what she feels we should ditch and replace with instead to have a more nourishing or healthier life. Essential Oil Hacks: How Cristina incorporates essential oils in her personal life and for everyday use. Cristina Chua, MSW Bio: In addition to being a coach, Cristina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who earned her MSW from Silberman School of Social Work and a BA in International Relations from Brown University. She has worked in family counseling, as a trauma therapist, as a social worker in a youth empowerment program for immigrant youth, and as a trainer.  Cristina brings her knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her coaching work. She is also a Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner. This is a gentle, neuroscience-based approach that helps people heal from trauma, anxiety, and stressful life circumstances. Furthermore, Cristina is a mindfulness and yin yoga practitioner who has been inspired by the teachings of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hahn, and Jon Kabit-Zinn (the founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction-MBSR).  As a dancer, Cristina has continued to be interested in how the creative process can be used for transformation and healing. She studied voice, breathing and the Alexander Technique with the wonderful Jean McClelland. She enjoys combining her knowledge of mindfulness techniques and the creative process to support her clients in getting unblocked and into the flow of their lives.  Where to Find Cristina and Learn More About Her Work: Cristina's Website Listen to Cristina Explain “What is a Compulsion?"   More Information and the Science of the Havening Technique My Post on the Science of the Havening Technique An Introduction to the Havening Technique  Havening website CPR for the Amygdala Handout Healing in Your Hands Book   Videos on the Havening Technique Intro to the Havening Touch  Intro to CPR for the Amygdala  How the Amygdala Designs our Days Daily Resilient Brain Care Program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Therese Fitzgerald came to the SF Zen Center in 1976, was ordained as a priest by Richard Baker in 1986, with her husband Arnold Kotler founded the Community of Mindful Living applying the teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn who ordained her as a dharmacharya in 1994. She worked with Maxine Hong Kingston's Veterans Writing Group. Now Therese is a hospice chaplain in Maui where she and Arnie moved to long ago. There's more to her story you can hear about in this podcast and then next week's part two.

Sarah concludes Iteration 1 of Tarot for the End of Times with a conversation that unpacks the problems of "light hegemony", the virtues of Darkness, the necessity of shadow work, and the indispensable role of community throughout one's spiritual development. Find Sarah and continue the conversation on Instagram @snakeskin.tarot Want to submit a question for the Q+A Special? Comment on this episode OR send Sarah a message on Instagram! CLICK HERE FOR TRANSCRIPT CLICK HERE TO BOOK A READING ONE-TIME DONATION (Venmo) ONE-TIME DONATION (PayPal) FURTHER READING: “Opening to Darkness: Eight Gateways for Being with the Absence of Light in Unsettling Times" by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel "The Next Buddha May Be a Sangha" by Thich Nhat Hahn. "The Fertile Soil of Sangha"by Thich Nhat Hahn --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tarot-for-end-times/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tarot-for-end-times/support

Oooops!  I just realized this episode never went out on 8/12, so here it is now.... Have you ever found yourself lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life, forgetting to take a moment to just breathe? We've all been there, and it's in those moments that the power of mindfulness can truly transform your life. Join us on this heart-centered journey as we reveal how to harness the profound practice of mindfulness and bring it into the everyday. You'll discover how to tap into a state of peaceful, present being, employing tools such as the a 5-senses check-in. We also talk about how mindfulness can transcend the meditation mat and imbue every aspect of our lives, connecting us to our sense of connection to Divine in the present moment. Click here to learn more about Thich Nhat Hahn's incredible book, Peace Is Every Step. At the end of the episode, Ramtin leads you through a pranayam for cooling the mind and body, and we also share how you can work 1-1 with Ramtin. Click here to learn more about Spiritual Counseling with Ramtin. With Love, Jen & Ramtin  

— “If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see you parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive at this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. “ ~ Thich Nhat Hahn. — “With conscious engagement of our ancestral roots we become more grounded and comfortable within ourselves as we feel the support of thousands of people who dreamed us into reality. Valeria interviews Jen Hudziec — She is the author of “Ancestral Healing: A Guided Journal for Observations, Reflections, and Connections With Your Ancestors.” Jen is a Certified Ancestral Lineage Repair Practitioner, Death Doula, Educator, Ritualist, and Fire Walk Instructor.  As an animist she has spent decades integrating Earth honoring practices with her former Catholic upbringing while reviving the traditions of her Slavic ancestors. She holds relationality at the heart of her practice and passionately supports others to reclaim their intuitive capacities, engage with their ancestors, find peace with mortality, and prepare for the threshold of death. Jen is a first generation American who knows the deep wound around lack of belonging and the struggle to maintain connection to her cultural roots. Her people are Slavic (Polish, Ukrainian, , Russian, Czech), Germanic, and Scandinavian. She tends traditional Abanaki land in NH and offers online private sessions, rituals, education, and group circles. To learn more about Jen Hudziec and her work, please visit: jenhudziec.com               — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well. 

Thich Nhat Hahn said that "Each sunrise offers us a chance to practice mindfulness and appreciate the beauty and wonders of life unfolding in front of us." Please join me in this guided visualization to reconnect with the energy of the sunrise, colors, breathwork, and your own inner strength and possibilities .  Carrying this renewed energy with you throughout your day, allowing it to guide you towards a state of harmony, inspiration, and inner balance, and being open to possibilities. 

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Hello Welcome to Inviting Calm.  This week has been a time of much reflection. There has been a  palpable ebb and flow of energy within the school community heading into vacation week. And now, vacation has officially begun as I write this. A chance to recharge.  Everyone needs a chance to recharge. Hopefully, we do not wait until vacation and recharging is part of our daily life. We can give ourselves permission to recharge and honor ourselves through self care practices. Dick Van Dyke said, “When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lose that.” I love that image and activity. Nowadays I may not lie  in the grass to watch clouds- but I am still watching clouds. Watching clouds has a way to help me relax and release stress. It helps quiet my overactive mind.  Thich Nhat Hahn reminds us that “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”  Please join me as we prepare for our meditation.  A guided meditation through visualization and breathwork.

I was overly giddy, strangely nervous, but above all grateful to be in conversation with James Finley about his breathtaking new book, The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation. Each page is a thousand pages deep, that is how Jim walks about the world, drawing from the depths and teaching with winsome grace, poetics, and of course, wisdom. I have read The Healing Path twice now and I don't see an end to rereading it, it charts the unfolding of Jim's life; terrorizing trauma and abuse he endured as a child and at the monastery, graced invitations of transformative amidst the anguish, spiritual guidance from Thomas Merton, the richness of marriage to his beloved late wife, Maureen, and so much more. Learn more about this episode at contemplify.com.

What's got you worried today?Speak it into the Silence.That's how you surrender it. That's how you give it to God--you give it to the Silence. And then you just keep hearing the Silence,you keep listening to the Silence, the same way you were listening to the words of your worry,you listen to the Beauty of the Silence, you become the Beautiful Silence. And then, worry becomes Prayer, and the mountain moves. I Love you, Nik nikki@curlynikki.com  Please help me keep the show ad free + Get Merch!▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings________________________________Today's Quotes:"The basic condition for us to be able to hear the call of beauty and respond to it is silence."-Thich Nhat Hahn"The position that you're in should excite you.Think about it for a moment: the hardest parts are over. Why?Because you had to endure playing catch up. You had to negate what was holding you down and holding you back this entire time.What you're left with is nothing but space & opportunity with which to build up on this open canvas. The decision is yours, and quite frankly, you already decided. You didn't start on this path just to get this far.This is when the fun begins. This is when fulfillment consistently finds you. This is when those wings begin to expand."-@SourceMessages via IG "Wherever you are, love is your sole refuge. Fill your hearts with love, and let love be the guiding principle in all your activities when you return home. When you have love in your heart, you do not need to worry about anything. God will always be with you, in you, around you and will look after you in all respects."-Satya Sai Baba Divine Discourse - April 13, 2005"To seek is to abandon the here and now.To wake up is to abandon the search."-Alexander den Heijer @purposologist"God desires to give us everything, that is, the fullness of the Divine Life. We just have to be empty enough to receive it."-@isha_das_craig_bullock via IG "You're being guided, strengthed, and wisdomed from within."-Joel Goldsmith "Children, you should develop an attitude of bowing down to anything and everything. Keep the plate of food in front of you and bow down to the food before eating, and bow down to the plate after eating. An attitude to prostrate to anything at any time should come. In this way, an awareness, 'for what am I doing this?' will arise. Thus we should build up good character. Prostrate to the cloth you will wear. Bow down to the water with which you will take a shower. During these occasions of bowing down, you will have a pure resolve to see the same Consciousness in everything whether with form or without. While doing so, you are in fact remembering God."-Amma "Dead promises must resurrect. The dry bones must come to life. He's breathing over the dead area. One breath. One touch. One moment and it all changes. Through this might wind he is breathing life. New life. New season. New births. Hallelujah."-@Godlywaiting via IGSupport the show

A leading researcher on self-compassion, Kristin Neff's work is closely aligned with the work of the Hoffman Process. In this engaging, inspiring, and educational conversation, Kristin shares her research, deep knowledge, and life experience with us to illuminate why self-compassion is such a powerful practice for human beings. Drew and Kristin speak to the understanding that what happens to us when we are young isn't our fault, but our healing is our responsibility. As Kristin shares, "...there's no other body/mind and particular point in time and space that's in the right position to take responsibility other than you." This succinctly and clearly sums up the practical reason why it is up to each of us to take responsibility for our own lives. Going deeper into Self-Compassion: Listen in as Kristin shares a powerful story about her son who is autistic. He was in a very emotional state while on an overseas flight with her. Through this story, Kristin explains how the neuroscience of emotional regulation helped her to help him regulate his emotional state. Kristin shares that compassion has three components: kindness, mindfulness, and humanity. "Compassion is grounded in a sense of shared humanity." At its core, compassion is the understanding that we are doing the best we can, moment to moment. That we are human beings. We are part of a much larger whole. Moment by moment, we are doing the best we can, learning and trying with care and love. If we learn this, things become much easier to deal with. Drew and Kristin then move into a discussion of how self-compassion supports us in the areas of global challenges such as climate change and social justice work. This is where Kristin begins to speak about the two aspects of compassion - tender compassion and fierce compassion. Fierce compassion is needed in all of us to help create a world that is just, safe, and supportive for all. More about Kristin Neff: Kristin Neff is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion nearly twenty years ago. Kristin has been recognized as one of the most influential researchers in psychology worldwide. She is the author of the bestselling book Self-Compassion.  Along with her colleague Chris Germer, she developed the empirically-supported Mindful Self-Compassion program and co-wrote The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook.  Her latest book is Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive. For more info go to www.self-compassion.org.  As mentioned in this episode: Thich Nhat Hahn: "Ordained as a monk aged 16 in Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh soon envisioned a kind of engaged Buddhism that could respond directly to the needs of society. He was a prominent teacher and social activist in his home country before finding himself exiled for calling for peace. In the West, he played a key role in introducing mindfulness and created mindful communities (sanghas) around the world. His teachings have impacted politicians, business leaders, activists, teachers, and countless others." read more...  Internal Family Systems: "Internal Family Systems is a powerfully transformative, evidence-based model of psychotherapy. We believe the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing.  Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. In IFS all parts are welcome." Continue reading... Kevin Eyres: Kevin Eyres is a Hoffman Process teacher and coach. Discover more about Kevin here and listen to his Hoffman Podcast episode with Drew, Beyond the Intellect. Chris Germer, Ph.D.: Chris, who will be on the podcast in a few weeks, is "a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School.

In this episode excerpts from The Heart of Buddha's Teachings with Thich Nhat Hahn were contemplated. "We have to nourish our insight into impermanence every day. If we do, we will live more deeply, suffer less, and enjoy life much more. Living deeply, we will touch the foundation of reality, nirvana, the world of no-bith and no-death. Touching impermanence deeply, we touch the world beyond permanence and impermanence. We touch the ground of being and see that which we have called being and nonbeing are just notions. Nothing is ever lost. Nothing is ever gained."

It's Here, even in the trembling,in the crying, in the storm, like a little pinpoint of light that catches your eye, that catches your attention long enough for you to catch your breath. You become conscious of your breath again. You're able to relax your shoulders down and back again. You may not be smiling, but your Soul is.  God Is. You're  Hearing... that tone, that Key. Remembering that Presence IS your prayer. Silence is your prayer. Love is my prayer, and Love takes care of Love. I Love you, Niknikki@curlynikki.com▶▶LOVE CHARGING STATION- Free Forum , Challenges, and Live Chat at 6:30am EThttps://forum.curlynikki.com/▶▶Join our new forum, GoOD Friends and enter the Mala Giveaway!Support the show:▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings__________________________________________Today's Quotes: "No prayer is complete without Presence "-Rumi"The basic condition for us to be able to hear the call of beauty and respond to it is silence."-Thich Nhat Hahn"It is in the dark that God is passing by. The bridge and our lives shake not because God has abandoned, but the exact opposite: God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is the holiest ground, the glory passing by. In the blackest, God is closest, at work, forging His perfect and right will. Though it is black and we can't see and our world seems to be free-falling and we feel utterly alone, Christ is most present to us..."-Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are"The wise one does not try to control life and is not controlled by life.His heart is full and serene knowing that life takes care of life."-Mooji"Saints are the sinners who kept going."-Robert Louis Stevenson"Happiness does not enter making noiseit is there everyday amid the little joys.-look closely"-@cayswords_ I via IG"Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that he has been denied."-Shams Tabrizi"I've watched you. I've watched everything you have been throughI've watched you fall i've watched you get hurtI've watched you fight and get back upI've watched you learnI've watched you growI also watched how hard you've been workingTo become the best version of yourselfi've seen your heart today and it's beautifulit's pure and it's ready to be loved the same way that I love youget ready because it's coming next week, everything you've been praying for."- @dailyuplifeingposts via IG   "It's desire which keeps you poor."-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"Songs in the Key of Life" -Stevie WonderSong- We Fall Down by Donnie McClurkin -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2z4lQwnNwSupport the show

It's that time of year when it gets dark, cold and lonely -- cuffing season, sure - but additionally a time when millions feel alone, and like they have no friends... here's an episode for all of you .. I'm here to help cure that cold, empty space of loneliness and no you are not alone. And if you are with friends and fam, we can help others with their loneliness, tech additions and isolation this season: here's how; 1- Seek out a community and volunteer - you will feel so full when you work in service 2- Look to nature for letting go and remember your anxiety and depression are normal and can be treated 3- Get yourself back out there and date - go out, even if its just a walk or a meal at a restaurant solo. 4- Take your single friends out, treat them to something special, listen to them, set them up, be an ear to lend 5- Go to the gym, learn to surf, cycle, join a running club etc- while you get fit- its a GREAT time to also connect with someone you love 6- Practice better self care and fall in love with yourself - you're the only one you've got - so you better like you 7- Knowing even those in relationships - they suffer too, and its work and its not perfect ! ppl are just lying. frontin' 8- Become self aware - take this time to study self awareness - a great book to start is "Being Peace" by Thich Nhat Hahn 9 - Listen to the words in this "Hard Candy Christmas" song by Dolly Parton ... this song is so sweet! 10- Become the person you want to be -- do it for yourself & know -- one day they will come - so enjoy this time of being single! its a really special time to learn about yourself - and if you are taken - be with your friends who are single and check in on them - take them out and check in on your friends in relationships too. Wabi Sabi all is perfectly imperfect. thank you for listening xx happy holidays. Be good to you!! Love yourself! You are beautiful! xx ck

It's that time of year when it gets dark, cold and lonely -- cuffing season, sure - but additionally a time when millions feel alone, and like they have no friends... here's an episode for all of you .. I'm here to help cure that cold, empty space of loneliness and no you are not alone. And if you are with friends and fam, we can help others with their loneliness, tech additions and isolation this season: here's how; 1- Seek out a community and volunteer - you will feel so full when you work in service2- Look to nature for letting go and remember your anxiety and depression are normal and can be treated3- Get yourself back out there and date - go out, even if its just a walk or a meal at a restaurant solo. 4- Take your single friends out, treat them to something special, listen to them, set them up, be an ear to lend5- Go to the gym, learn to surf, cycle, join a running club etc- while you get fit- its a GREAT time to also connect with someone you love6- Practice better self care and fall in love with yourself - you're the only one you've got - so you better like you7- Knowing even those in relationships - they suffer too, and its work and its not perfect ! ppl are just lying. frontin'8- Become self aware - take this time to study self awareness - a great book to start is "Being Peace" by Thich Nhat Hahn 9 - Listen to the words in this "Hard Candy Christmas" song by Dolly Parton ... this song is so sweet!10- Become the person you want to be -- do it for yourself & know -- one day they will come - so enjoy this time of being single! its a really special time to learn about yourself - and if you are taken - be with your friends who are single and check in on them - take them out and check in on your friends in relationships too. Wabi Sabi all is perfectly imperfect. thank you for listening xx happy holidays. Be good to you!! Love yourself! You are beautiful! xx ck Get full access to Candice's Substack at candicekumai.substack.com/subscribe

Father Adam Bucko has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States and has authored Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation, and co-authored Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation (with Matthew Fox), and The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living (with Rory McEntee). His work has been has been featured by ABC News, CBS, NBC, Harper's Magazine, New York Daily News, and Sojourner Magazine and he currently serves as a director of the Center for Spiritual Imagination and the Cathedral of the Incarnation serving Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island in New York. Follow Adam on social media: Twitter | Instagram Visit Contemplify.com

Join your hosts Genay Peavey and Susan Sanders as they talk about how getting sober, working a program, and becoming new versions of themselves changed their dynamics with other women. Want to SEE this podcast? Head here. Looking to save money on reiterative meat? Click here to get $15 off your first order of Force of Nature Meats! Join the book conversation! Sign up here to join the Conscious Contact Book Club. The inaugural selection was Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn, and the discussion was over Zoom on Oct 27th at 7:00 pm. You can purchase the book at this link. If you read the book in the coming weeks and ideas bubble up you want to share on social media, use the #ccpodcastbookclub so we can find you. Follow the hashtag yourself to not miss any of our commentary in real time as we read this book, and the ones to come. Both Genay and Susan track their reading through Goodreads. You can follow Genay here and Susan here. Get your library card! Then download the Libby app and borrow e-books, audiobooks through the app to supplement the physical books you borrow in person. If you like what you hear, you might like what you read. Sign up at this link for Susan's weekly essays to be delivered to your inbox. Find Susan on Instagram at this link or you can click here to message her directly. If you are craving more home building/home steading content, check out Genay's Instagram here and her partner Luke's YouTube channel Acme Acres here. Links to mentions in the episode: If you or someone you love is struggling with alcohol or drugs please consult the resources below: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357) https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/alcohol-drug-hotline 866-343-4521 AA.org 866-210-1303

Join your hosts Genay Peavey and Susan Sanders as they talk about quitting it all, their opposite responses to the need to quit, and what they are trying to move towards instead. Want to SEE this podcast? Head here. Join the book conversation! Sign up here to join the Conscious Contact Book Club. The inaugural selection was Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn, and the discussion was over Zoom on Oct 27th at 7:00 pm. You can purchase the book at this link. If you read the book in the coming weeks and ideas bubble up you want to share on social media, use the #ccpodcastbookclub so we can find you. Follow the hashtag yourself to not miss any of our commentary in real time as we read this book, and the ones to come. Both Genay and Susan track their reading through Goodreads. You can follow Genay here and Susan here. Get your library card! Then download the Libby app and borrow e-books, audiobooks through the app to supplement the physical books you borrow in person. If you like what you hear, you might like what you read. Sign up at this link for Susan's weekly essays to be delivered to your inbox. Find Susan on Instagram at this link or you can click here to message her directly. If you are craving more home building/home steading content, check out Genay's Instagram here and her partner Luke's YouTube channel Acme Acres here. Links to mentions in the episode:

Join your hosts Genay Peavey and Susan Sanders as they talk about false connections, how they try to make them genuine (at least for themselves), how gossip corrodes their mental health, and how they talk to themselves in a mentally well way. Join the book conversation! Sign up here to join the Conscious Contact Book Club. The inaugural selection was Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn, and the discussion was over Zoom on Oct 27th at 7:00 pm. You can purchase the book at this link or this link. If you read the book in the coming weeks and ideas bubble up you want to share on social media, use the #ccpodcastbookclub so we can find you. Follow the hashtag yourself to not miss any of our commentary in real time as we read this book, and the ones to come. Both Genay and Susan track their reading through Goodreads. You can follow Genay here and Susan here. Get your library card! Then download the Libby app and borrow e-books, audiobooks through the app to supplement the physical books you borrow in person. If you like what you hear, you might like what you read. Sign up at this link for Susan's weekly essays to be delivered to your inbox. Find Susan on Instagram at this link or you can click here to message her directly. If you are craving more home building/home steading content, check out Genay's Instagram here and her partner Luke's YouTube channel Acme Acres here. Links to mentions in the episode:

Join your hosts Genay Peavey and Susan Sanders as they talk about the differences between all these ideas, the shift they would like to see around them, and how they find their "motivation". Join the book conversation! Sign up here to join the Conscious Contact Book Club. The inaugural selection is Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn, and the discussion will be over Zoom on Oct 27th at 7:00 pm. You can purchase the book at this link or this link. As you read the book in the coming weeks if ideas bubble up you want to share on social media, use the #ccpodcastbookclub so we can find you. Follow the hashtag yourself to not miss any of our commentary in real time as we read the book. Both Genay and Susan track their reading through Goodreads. You can follow Genay here and Susan here. Get your library card! Then download the Libby app and borrow e-books, audiobooks through the app to supplement the physical books you borrow in person. If you like what you hear, you might like what you read. Sign up at this link for Susan's weekly essays to be delivered to your inbox. Find Susan on Instagram at this link or you can click here to message her directly. If you are craving more home building/home steading content, check out Genay's Instagram here and her partner Luke's YouTube channel Acme Acres here. Links to mentions in the episode: Link to Values Episode here.

Join your hosts Genay Peavey and Susan Sanders they talk about RAGE, anger, and how they have softened their edges. Join the book conversation! Sign up here to join the Conscious Contact Book Club. The inaugural selection is Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn, and the discussion will be over Zoom on Oct 27th at 7:00 pm. You can purchase the book at this link or this link. As you read the book in the coming weeks if ideas bubble up you want to share on social media, use the #ccpodcastbookclub so we can find you. Follow the hashtag yourself to not miss any of our commentary in real time as we read the book. Both Genay and Susan track their reading through Goodreads. You can follow Genay here and Susan here. Get your library card! Then download the Libby app and borrow e-books, audiobooks through the app to supplement the physical books you borrow in person. If you like what you hear, you might like what you read. Sign up at this link for Susan's weekly essays to be delivered to your inbox. Find Susan on Instagram at this link or you can click here to message her directly. If you are craving more home building/home steading content, check out Genay's Instagram here and her partner Luke's YouTube channel Acme Acres here. Links to mentions in the episode: Check out Genay's Screamo playlist here.

Join your hosts Genay Peavey and Susan Sanders they talk about the books they love (and hate), what the hell DNF is (not the same as DTF), and all their reading habits. Join the book conversation! Sign up here to join the Conscious Contact Book Club. The inaugural selection is Anger by Thich Nhat Hahn, and the discussion will be over Zoom on Oct 27th at 7:00 pm. You can purchase the book at this link or this link. As you read the book in the coming weeks if ideas bubble up you want to share on social media, use the #ccpodcastbookclub so we can find you. Follow the hashtag yourself to not miss any of our commentary in real time as we read the book. Both Genay and Susan track their reading through Goodreads. You can follow Genay here and Susan here. Get your library card! Then download the Libby app and borrow e-books, audiobooks through the app to supplement the physical books you borrow in person. If you like what you hear, you might like what you read. Sign up at this link for Susan's weekly essays to be delivered to your inbox. Find Susan on Instagram at this link or you can click here to message her directly. If you are craving more home building/home steading content, check out Genay's Instagram here and her partner Luke's YouTube channel Acme Acres here. Links to mentions in the episode: Anthony Bourdain first book, Bone in the Throat - purchase here or here Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook - purchase here or here Deep Run Roots by Vivian Howard - purchase here or here Gullah Geechee Home Cooking by Emily Meggett - purchase here or here Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - purchase here or here If you would like to get Susan's 5-star recommendations sent to you, sign up at this link.

There is a myth about scarcity. When we connect to each other the separation and supremacy that rely on the idea of scarcity fall away. Inspired by the rose of sharon, this week we talk abundance with poet, strategist, designer and philanthropic and capital advisor Taj James of Full Spectrum Labs. His father from Alabama and his mother with Scandinavian roots via the midwest, for Taj the spiritual and political were connected like the front and back of his hand. Since the age of six, he was focusing on fixing the world, in particular the idea that man is separate from nature. We are nature. Taj studied with Thich Nhat Hahn in Plum Village where he learned mindfulness leads to concentration and concentration leads to insight. Moreover, he was told by a monk that a river of love flowed through him night and day. He was loved. You belong here. With this insight, he felt the power of being kind, including to yourself, and the importance of paying attention. With inspiration from Howard Thurman, Taj reminds us: “Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”Follow Taj James on IG @tlrjames73We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review.You can always email us at hello@gratitudeblooming.com. We want to hear from you!Check out the new Gratitude Blooming journaling notecards at www.gratitudeblooming.com.

Monique is a Happiness Strategist who teaches students and corporations around the world how to master their lives. She has spent the last 25 years studying the mind and its relationship to happiness and suffering.Over 70 universities and colleges use her program The 10 Minute Mind®. Her 8-week online course, The Happiness Baseline, has a 100% success rate in raising the mental wellness for every student who has completed it.Monique hosts the daily In Your Right Mind podcast, where she discusses how a series of small habits determine our well-being. In 2010 Monique received a nomination for the prestigious New Zealander of the Year Award.It's not often that you get to interview someone who has lived a life as fascinating as Monique has. At the age of 19 Monique ended up in a hospital, having tried to end her own life. She then went on a journey that took her all over the world to discover why some people suffer as she did and why some people are happy. Monique wanted to know if it was possible to run her life around. Not only did Monique achieve this goal, but she also lived an extraordinary life along the way. Now Monique teaches everything she learned and is one of the foremost teachers of Happiness Strategy. The Highlights Reel· Travelling the world as a professional musician playing for crowds of up to 10,000 people a night· Opening two European tours for Chuck Berry· Being one of only a few westerners ever to be asked to perform in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan (Mick Jagger also performed there) performing for the Dalai Lama· Being one of only a few westerners ever to be asked to perform in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan (Mick Jagger also performed there) performing for the Dalai Lama· Collaborating with prominent spiritual teachers, including Thich Nhat Hahn, Ekhart Tolle, and Pema Chödrön on the Heartbeats album, which she also produced in partnership with Sounds True.· Producing a platinum-selling charity album in New Zealand in association with Sony Records· Being nominated for New Zealander of the Year in 2010 for her charity work starting and running her own successful business· Riding a motorcycle through India for 4 years alone · Two solo retreats in the Himalayas where she spent 2 weeks at a time alone in a room meditating with no distractions· Having her program The 10 Minute Mind in every public university and college in NYCwww.moniquerhodes.com

"Savor the Cookie" is one of Coach Becca's mantras to reconnect with the present moment to get more joy and purpose out of training.  Adapted from the book Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hahn.  Connect with Coach Becca: @rabbitfoodrunsConnect with Edge Athlete Lounge: https://edgeathletelounge.com/@edgeathleteloungeEmail us podcast@edgeathletelounge.comMusic by MENDLogo by @valeriegalerieAudio mixed and edited by FermataLab

Muchxs de nosotrxs sufrimos del miedo. Esto lo aprendimos cuando fuimos víctimas de abuso en la niñez y este miedo muchas veces nos previene de sobresalir. Thich Nhat Hahn fue un gran maestro budista que nos enseña cómo podemos sanar del pasado para así no vivir con miedo. #ThichNhatHahn #miedo #sanacion #familia #saludmental --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rafael-vazquez7/support

Welcome to episode 32 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. This bonus episode showcases an interview between Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and journalist Jo Confino from before Christmas 2011, during the winter retreat in Plum Village. It begins with a short introduction by Jo and Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu. This is a conversation about our relationship with Mother Earth, the need to move beyond the idea of ‘environment', and falling back in love with our life-giving planet. Thich Nhat Hanh talks about the ‘Buddha nature'; the Earth as a Bodhisattva; meditation as active awakening, and practical ways to bring about a collective awakening; the need for a cosmic religion not based on Dharma or belief; producing our own right view; dogmatism as a cause for separation and war; the most necessary teachings for our times; mindful and compassionate business; transforming suffering; collective awakening; and connecting to the Earth through mindfulness. Thay also further develops on his interest in science, and the benefits of a retreat for mindfulness practitioners and scientists. The interview also includes important advice to help activists maintain their motivation and peace amid chaos, and how to suffer less in order to help more. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resourcesLove Letter to the Earthhttps://www.parallax.org/product/love-letter-to-the-earth/ Antoine Lavoisierhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier  Paul Tillichhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tillich Bodhisattvahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Buddhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha Journalist Jo Confino Interviews Thich Nhat Hanh: Falling Back in Love with Mother Earthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-TZlJW2FEs ‘Beyond Environment: Falling Back in Love with Mother Earth'https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values Dharma Talks: ‘The Ground of Right View'https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/the-ground-of-right-view-2/ Quotes “If you look into the Milky Way, we see that there are millions of stars and each star can be a Buddha, like the sun above us is the real Buddha, a Buddha that can provide light and warmth, a Buddha that can offer life. So it is possible for us to conceive Buddha [as] not [being] in the form of a person.” “If you look around deeply, you realize that there isn’t anything as beautiful as our planet Earth. And that is why we should not try to abandon this beautiful planet, searching for something far away – whether that is called Pure Land, the Kingdom of God, or anything. And if we gain that insight, we see that the Earth is not only the environment; everything is us, and by taking care of the Earth we take care of ourselves.” “In Buddhism, we speak of meditation as an active awakening. To awake is to be awake to something. To be awake to the fact that the Earth is in danger and living species on Earth are also in danger. And that should be a collective awakening, in order to have enough strength for a change.” “Scientists are motivated by a desire to understand better, and Buddhist practitioners are also motivated by that kind of desire. But, in Buddhism, we keep in mind that understanding could help us suffer less. Any kind of understanding, true understanding, will help us suffer less. And the Buddhist tradition has elaborated ways of practicing in order to help people to suffer less. And in the process, they have found out many things about themselves and the world. They don’t use the scientific method, but they have a lot of insight and a lot of experiences. And I think they can share it with other people, including scientists.” “There are plenty of us who are activists, who are eager to do something. And we should go this way: we should begin with ourselves. We should begin with removing our wrong views, so that we can suffer less. And when we suffer less, we can be more helpful. We can help people to change.” “If you transcend the notion of birth and death, you are able to transcend the notion of being and non-being. And you know that to be or not to be, that’s no longer the question.” “When I drink tea, this is a wonderful moment. You do not need a lot of power or fame or money to be happy. Mindfulness can help you to be happy in the here and now; every moment can be a happy moment. Set an example and help people to do the same. Take a few minutes to experiment to see the truth.” “The Earth cannot be described either by the notion of matter or mind, which are just ideas, two faces of the same reality. That pine tree is not just matter, as it possesses a sense of knowing. A dust particle is not just matter since each of its atoms has intelligence and is a living reality.” “When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us; some kind of connection, of love is born. “We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love: to be at one. When you love someone, you want to say, ‘I need you, I take refuge in you.' You do anything for the benefit of the Earth and the Earth will do anything for your wellbeing.”

Welcome to episode 32 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. This bonus episode showcases an interview between Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and journalist Jo Confino from before Christmas 2011, during the winter retreat in Plum Village. It begins with a short introduction by Jo and Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu. This is a conversation about our relationship with Mother Earth, the need to move beyond the idea of ‘environment', and falling back in love with our life-giving planet. Thich Nhat Hanh talks about the ‘Buddha nature'; the Earth as a Bodhisattva; meditation as active awakening, and practical ways to bring about a collective awakening; the need for a cosmic religion not based on Dharma or belief; producing our own right view; dogmatism as a cause for separation and war; the most necessary teachings for our times; mindful and compassionate business; transforming suffering; collective awakening; and connecting to the Earth through mindfulness. Thay also further develops on his interest in science, and the benefits of a retreat for mindfulness practitioners and scientists. The interview also includes important advice to help activists maintain their motivation and peace amid chaos, and how to suffer less in order to help more. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resourcesLove Letter to the Earthhttps://www.parallax.org/product/love-letter-to-the-earth/ Antoine Lavoisierhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier  Paul Tillichhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tillich Bodhisattvahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Buddhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha Journalist Jo Confino Interviews Thich Nhat Hanh: Falling Back in Love with Mother Earthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-TZlJW2FEs ‘Beyond Environment: Falling Back in Love with Mother Earth'https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values Dharma Talks: ‘The Ground of Right View'https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/the-ground-of-right-view-2/ Quotes “If you look into the Milky Way, we see that there are millions of stars and each star can be a Buddha, like the sun above us is the real Buddha, a Buddha that can provide light and warmth, a Buddha that can offer life. So it is possible for us to conceive Buddha [as] not [being] in the form of a person.” “If you look around deeply, you realize that there isn’t anything as beautiful as our planet Earth. And that is why we should not try to abandon this beautiful planet, searching for something far away – whether that is called Pure Land, the Kingdom of God, or anything. And if we gain that insight, we see that the Earth is not only the environment; everything is us, and by taking care of the Earth we take care of ourselves.” “In Buddhism, we speak of meditation as an active awakening. To awake is to be awake to something. To be awake to the fact that the Earth is in danger and living species on Earth are also in danger. And that should be a collective awakening, in order to have enough strength for a change.” “Scientists are motivated by a desire to understand better, and Buddhist practitioners are also motivated by that kind of desire. But, in Buddhism, we keep in mind that understanding could help us suffer less. Any kind of understanding, true understanding, will help us suffer less. And the Buddhist tradition has elaborated ways of practicing in order to help people to suffer less. And in the process, they have found out many things about themselves and the world. They don’t use the scientific method, but they have a lot of insight and a lot of experiences. And I think they can share it with other people, including scientists.” “There are plenty of us who are activists, who are eager to do something. And we should go this way: we should begin with ourselves. We should begin with removing our wrong views, so that we can suffer less. And when we suffer less, we can be more helpful. We can help people to change.” “If you transcend the notion of birth and death, you are able to transcend the notion of being and non-being. And you know that to be or not to be, that’s no longer the question.” “When I drink tea, this is a wonderful moment. You do not need a lot of power or fame or money to be happy. Mindfulness can help you to be happy in the here and now; every moment can be a happy moment. Set an example and help people to do the same. Take a few minutes to experiment to see the truth.” “The Earth cannot be described either by the notion of matter or mind, which are just ideas, two faces of the same reality. That pine tree is not just matter, as it possesses a sense of knowing. A dust particle is not just matter since each of its atoms has intelligence and is a living reality.” “When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us; some kind of connection, of love is born. “We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love: to be at one. When you love someone, you want to say, ‘I need you, I take refuge in you.' You do anything for the benefit of the Earth and the Earth will do anything for your wellbeing.”

Elena Brower is a meditation and yoga teacher, artist, bestselling author and host of the popular Practice You Podcast. In this episode she talks about a Buddhist approach to yoga, how the blockchain can inaugurate greater independence and financial rewards for artists, how web3 can foster community, the relationship between creativity and mindfulness, and the three tenets of socially engaged Buddhism as practiced by the Zen Peacemakers. We also discuss how meditation can alleviate negativity and enliven positive emotions, the art of attention and our shared love for Thich Nhat Hahn and other meditation teachers.   https://elenabrower.com   Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @WolfInTune    https://www.richardwolf.net/   Read "In Tune: Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness"  https://tinyurl.com/tz67aqm 

Dishes. The pile up, we ignore them. Or, we rush through them to just ....well....rush through them. Who would have ever thought a Vietnamese Monk would offer such introspective insight with a sink full of dirty dishes. And to be honest, after learning, I can honestly say my life hasn't been the same since. I have a feeling yours won't be either. Listen in as we find a quieting mind amongst the pots and pans.

Breathing mantras can be powerful tools to improve your capacity to do more work.  Listen to Coach Becca's example and experiment with adding your own breathing mantras to your next workout.  Adapted from the book Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hahn. Connect with Coach Becca: @rabbitfoodrunsConnect with Edge Athlete Lounge: https://edgeathletelounge.com/@edgeathleteloungeEmail us podcast@edgeathletelounge.comMusic by MENDLogo by @valeriegalerieAudio mixed and edited by FermataLab