83. Relational Mindfulness and Collective Liberation with Deborah Eden Tull

In this deeply resonant episode, of the Compromised to Alchemized podcast I interview mindfulness teacher, author, and healer Deborah Eden Tull. In this episode we explore what it means to move beyond the binary thinking of light versus dark, individual versus collective, and doing versus non-doing. From sharing personal stories of navigating intense life traumas to discussing Zen practices and the deep feminine, this conversation serves as a beautiful roadmap for anyone looking to "alchemize" life's inevitable compromises into profound wholeness.Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen Buddhist teacher, author, animist, and spiritual activist. She spent seven years as a monastic at a silent Zen Monastery, and has been engaged in sustainable communities for 30 years. She teaches dharma intertwined with post-patriarchal thought and practices, resting upon a lived knowledge of our unity with the more-than-human world. Her books include Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown, Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Our Self, Each Other, and Our Planet, and The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution. Eden also facilitates The Work That Reconnects, as created by Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy and conscious dance embodiment practice.Eden’s teaching style is grounded in non-duality, mindful inquiry, somatic awareness, and an unwavering commitment to personal & collective awakening. She also leads embodied leadership & facilitation trainings based on deep listening and relational presence. She has been teaching dharma for over 20 years and has been immersed in meditation and earth stewardship since 1992.Eden and her husband Mark lost their home in a dramatic series of events in Hurricane Helene in the fall of 2024 and have been navigating their lives as climate refugees ever since.Time Stamps00:00:00 | Introduction00:06:42 | Start of the interview and Eden’s invitation of grounding00:13:53 | How to turn towards welcoming and alchemizing what is00:19:30 | How to tune into the paradox to learn what they need more00:28:55 | The deep attunement during my movement practice00:36:15 | Eden shares her experience over the past 7 years00:44:03 | The realm of non-doing, of just being00:47:36 | Collective liberation00:56:23 | The Ecology of Intimacy: how to return to shared power01:06:23 | Upcoming workshops with Eden01:12:49 | Eden’s personal legend / her callingConnect with EdenE-mail | Website | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube 🎵 like the music? Check out Michael’s MusicThank you Toshi for the design work!🙋Sign up for updates on the Floor Four and for my System Reset Experience.Checkout my Substack📷 Follow me on Instagram for glimpses of my integrative practice and conversations I’m having with other practitioners @drneelbulchandani🎙️ Tune into my podcast via Apple or Spotify and watch on YouTube to engage in conversations around transformation and healing with the theme of Compromised to Alchemized🙋 Sign up for my Trainings and learn more about Functional Mandibular Diaphragmatic Integration HERE.