Why Meditate?

Jul 11 2020 69
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Sitting in the last session in a retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center one of the attendees asked the question

"Why? Why should I do this? What can it do for me?"

The teacher gave a great answer, but it came to me that there are many answers. 
Having been a producer, technology consultant, and teacher in the entertainment and tech industries.   I knew I needed to start asking "Why?"

That is what the podcast is all about. Join me on my journey...

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Carrie Grossman

Jul 11 2020 35 mins  
Carrie Grossman (Dayashila) is a devotional singer, composer, and lifelong student of the mystical traditions. For over 20 years, she has studied the art of sacred sound, guiding people into the sublime realms of the heart through her concerts, workshops, and retreats. With a warm, approachable style, Carrie weaves together music and mantra, meditation, healing arts, and wisdo

Mitra Manesh, Mindfulness Coach and Educator

Jul 14 2019 22 mins  
Mitra Manesh, (the founder of Innermap and Innermap App.) is a mindfulness educator with over 3 decades of experience and practice. She blends Western methods and Eastern traditions in a synthesis that cultivates intelligence and wisdom. A student of Rumi’s philosophy, a former Human Rights Commissioner, Mitra has a private practice in Beverly Hills, CA and teaches at UCLA’s M

Season 2, Why Meditate is back!

Jul 09 2019 2 mins  
Thank you for listening to our podcast and making it work. Over the last 6 months, I have been busy with all things meditation. We have a great season ahead, and I am looking forward to new types of interviews and digging deeper into why we meditate. I am also interested in how we bring mindfulness into our daily life. And, no, I am not talking about going around like a zombie

Diana Winston

Dec 16 2018 32 mins  
Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA Semel Institute’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and the co-author, with Susan Smalley PhD, of Fully Present, the Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness (DaCapo, 2010). She teaches mindful awareness practices to the general public to promote health and well-being. Called by the LA Times

Father Thomas Matus

Dec 08 2018 37 mins  
Father Thomas New Camaldoli Hermitage is a community of Roman Catholic monks whose life is dedicated to contemplation and prayer. They are a worshiping community, celebrating with their friends and guests the Liturgy of the Hours and the Holy Eucharist. Their monastic fellowship extends beyond the walls of this hermitage and embraces a large and inclusive community of oblates,

A Review of the Question Why Meditate?

Dec 01 2018 22 mins  
Well, it has been a few months. I have done interviews with Meditation Teachers, Rabbis, and Priests. If you have been listening along you had heard that while they are all talking about meditation they look at it a little different. Yet when we review these interviews we find that they are seeing differently but with the same goal or result. As we all know everyone suffers and

Father Cyprian Consiglio

Nov 24 2018 26 mins  
New Camaldoli Hermitage is a community of Roman Catholic monks whose life is dedicated to contemplation and prayer. We are a worshiping community, celebrating with our friends and guests the Liturgy of the Hours and the Holy Eucharist. Our monastic fellowship extends beyond the walls of this hermitage and embraces a large and inclusive community of oblates, persons of different wal

The Two Wolves

Nov 20 2018 6 mins  
A short story about the battle within us. This reenactment was inspired by a Native American story.Enjoy, at the end of the story take a few minutes to reflect on the battle going on in your own life. Seek to find in yourself the power to overcome greed, hatred, and animus. End your own suffering, you have to power to do it.  I will look for stories like this to help us

Gloria Kamler Meditation Teacher

Nov 16 2018 30 mins  
Gloria Kamler, MA, is a holistic educator and stress relief expert, who has taught mindfulness meditation for the past 20 years. She facilitates all levels of the Mindful Awareness Practices or MAP classes at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). In addition to teaching at UCLA, Gloria leads mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) classes and retreats in Los Ange

Shinzen Young – Mindfulness Teacher

Nov 09 2018 76 mins  
Shinzen Young is an American mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant. His systematic approach to categorizing, adapting and teaching meditation, known as Unified Mindfulness, has resulted in collaborations with Harvard Medical School, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Vermont in the bourgeoning field of contemplative neuroscience. Shinzen