MUSINGS
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Jan Blake: Storytelling & Inhabiting All the Places Within Yourself
Jan is one of Europe’s leading storytellers who specializes in myths and folktales from pathways that were followed during the slave trade, including Africa, the Caribbean and Arabia. Some of what Jan shares today includes: how she got into storytelling, her roots,...
Dr. Amelia Hall: Hidden Lands, Tantric Pilgrimage & Agents of Deep Time
Some of what Amelia shares includes: Hidden lands, outer and inner meaning Sacred landscapes, tantric paradise, land to help you wake up Qualities embedded in the landscapes itself. Treasure teachings, time traveling How these hidden lands are chosen, Sa Che, geomancy...
Nina Rao: Helpless Before Love, Chanting the Divine Names
-Nina's background and the influence of her south Indian roots -Chanting the divine names, nam kirtan - The story of when Nina found her teacher Sri Siddhi Ma -Meditation arising through practice and being together -How Sri Neem Karoli Baba communicated his coming...
Kendra Cunov: Interdependence, Sacred Sovereignty & Shamelessness
Some of what Kendra shares includes: Decoupling self-truth from what we choose to do Choice as freedom Interdependence and Sacred Sovereignty Right relationship with reality. “Live as to never be ashamed” Owning our need for validation Play as an indicator of...
Sally Kempton: On Tantra, Divinity, Shakti & the Subtle Influences
Her beginnings in Non-dual Shaiva Tantra, about the lineage and studying with Swami Muktananda How realized beings function and benefit others Subtle influences Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Pleasure as an intrinsic part of the universe and one of the qualities of the...
Cynthia Jurs: Earth as Refuge & Truth before Tradition
What brought Cynthia on her spiritual path Tara Visions Studying and Teaching with Thich Nhat Hanh A life-determining pilgrimage in Nepal Earth treasure vases Stories from her work in different parts of the world Sacred activism Peace huts and wells in Liberia...
Lama Tsering Everest: Everything as the Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boh08tnwfZ8&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=30 Some of what Lama Tsering shares includes: Stories of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche throughout How she fell into the dharma The purpose of life Non-stylized kindness...
Stephen Jenkinson: Understanding How Things Have Become As They Are
image from Orphan Wisdom site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JnwNg0xLg Listen here: Some of what Stephen shares includes: Working with dying people Human Freedom Merciless Precision Village Mindedness Heartbroken Cues for Life Ability to have Catastrophe Etymology...
Miten: Music as the Guru, Spiritual Relationships & Osho
Some of what Miten shares includes: *Playing in color and mantras *Deva's spiritual roots and path *Miten & Deva at Osho's ashram *Music as the living guru *Taking the riskiest path *Before Osho, After Osho *Making mistakes *No dogma *Guru disciple relationship...
Bayo Akomolafe: New Gods Beckoning Us, Shapeshifting & Exiling Together
Bayo's Nigerian upbringing and homecoming back to earth God as the invitation to fall apart and new Gods beckoning us Grieving as a form of worship, the world in performance of grief Modernity: the myth of wholeness Our insistence on full righteousness Post activist...
Dechen Wangmo: Raised by Yogis
In this episode Dechen shares about her father Lama Naldjorpa, her mother Tshering Drolkar, and step-father Drubpön Lama Karma. She shares about their yogic paths including stories they have shared and as well as memories. We close the episode hearing about Dechen's...
Chöying Khandro: The Broken Heart of Possibility
Chöying Khandro practicing in her 2011 wandering retreat in Mongolia, which we speak about in today's episode. Some of what Chöying Khandro shares: *Sudden loss of her son *Hearbreak as possibility *Committing to feeling her son's death fully *Fierce vajrayana tonglen...
Julie Piatt: Unsubscribing from Untruths, Eternalism & Knowing One Self
Srimati's undeniable expressive capacity for truth Disempowered cultural programming for women Revealing and naming Natural instability of relationships Reinventing and honesty around age and silver hair Eternalizing David Deida on Masculine & Feminine Creating...
Dr. Alexandra Solomon: Understanding & Reclaiming our Sexuality
Dr. Alexandra Solomon: www.dralexandrasolomon.com/ The book: indiebound Taking Sexy Back | via amazon Finding the right balance between predictability and the unknown Conflict around Sex Sexual Shame and Blame Excessive focus on ejaculations and orgasms Shifting...
Eduardo Bettencourt: Pleasure + Expressing What We Want
Eduardo Bettencourt is a sexual healing practitioner and educator. Some of what is explored today includes: Sexological bodywork Changing behavior Accessing feelings in the body Full self-expression How we think we are showing up may be different than how we are...
Jetsunma Jamyang Palmo: Freedom from Loneliness
Today our guest is Jetsunma Jamyang Palmo. Some of what she shares include: Jetsunma's yogic path including her spiritual life as a child Preparing oneself for retreat and how to benefit most from meditation practice. Having faith in beliefs that support a positive...
Dr. Katy Jane: Healing the Mind & Self-Perception through Jyotisha Vedic Astrology
Today's guest Dr. Katy Jane, sanskrit scholar and vedic astrology shares about the kindness and ingenuity of vedic astrology to help us understand the gifts we offer in this lifetime through shifting our self-perception.
Brea Fisher: On Martial Arts, Movement & Stillness
Today Brea shares about the martial art practices of qigong, taiji and gongfu. She talks about doing our art and opening to the full spectrum of emotions. She speaks on the space underneath the resistance: where the wisdom of silence is known, as well as the path of...
Asia Suler: One of the Oldest Symbols, Healing & Earth Energy
In today's episode Asia Suler shares about her path to healing, being supported by nature, chronic pain and illness, historical reverence for all genitalia, limits of feminine and masculine, being a true king, worshipping earth energy and our source of power, the...
Erik Jampa Andersson: Relating with Imbalances in Our Society & In Ourselves
In todays episode some of what Erik shares includes: his path into Tibetan medicine and Buddhism, true holistic healthcare, well being in a capitalistic culture, the power of motivation, the 4 conditions to treat 3 mental afflictions, worldly affairs as a part of the...