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Everyday Sublime Podcast | Body, Mind + Beyond
by Josh Summers
Josh Summers draws from his practice and teaching Yin Yoga, Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation. As Stephen Batchelor says, "the mystical does not transcend the world, but saturates it."
Episodes
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Perdita Finn | A Desert Rose
In this very personal episode, I am joined by Perdita Finn. Perdita and her husband Clark’s work with their organization The Way of the Rose has had an enormous impact on my own practice. Perdita and I both felt we were joined by the presence of my niece, Adelia (8) who left this earth all too...
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The Spirituality of Democracy | Miles On The Path
Summary In this conversation, Josh Summers and Miles Sherts delve into the intricate relationship between spirituality and democracy, exploring how practices like meditation can inform our understanding of democratic engagement. They discuss the role of ego in personal relationships and political...
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How to Love Thy Neighbor | Miles On The Path
Summary: In this episode of Miles On The Path, we tackle the vital theme of how to love thy neighbor amid today’s political polarization and social tension. Join Josh Summers and guest Miles Sherts as they explore how pragmatic skills from Insight meditation Conscious Communication help us step…
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Kamala Masters | Exploring the Depths of Insight Meditation
Kamala Masters is one of the founders and teachers of the Vipassana Metta Foundation on Maui. She teaches retreats in the Theravada tradition at venues worldwide, including being a Guiding Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts. Practicing since 1975, her teachers have...
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Miles Sherts | The "I" of the Problem
Practice with Josh + Terry Sumers: Classes in Yin + Yang Yoga, Qi Gong and Meditation. FREE Practice Pack: Everyday Vitality – 4 Ways to Feel Better Now. In this episode, Josh and Miles explore the problem of being somebody and the role of the ego in creating internal conflict and external…
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Joseph Goldstein | Roots and Flowers On the Path
In this special episode, I speak with Joseph Goldstein, meditation teacher and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society. We reminisce about our relationships with Michael Brooks and Jack Engler, two very influential individuals in the dharma world. Joseph shares his experiences working with...
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Miles Sherts | Insight, Intuition + Victimhood of the Ego
In this conversation, Miles Sherts and I discuss the relationship between insight meditation and intuition. We explore the distinction between insight meditation's focus on impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and emptiness, and the idea of intuition and clairvoyance. Miles emphasizes the importance...
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Clear comprehension of purpose | dharma talk
Originally recorded on July 8, 2024, Josh offers reflections about how to apply meditation and retreat practice to the fire of everyday life activity. All too often we are told to “be as mindful as possible,” and the Buddha has some better advice for us – advice that he gave to his son Rahula....
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The gifts of noble friends
Originally recorded on June 24, 2024, Josh reflects on his niece’s memorial and ways of honoring and remembering the gifts of noble friends. LINKS mentioned: Sign up for our FREE Everyday Vitality practice pack for effective (and simple) ways to improve the vitality of your body, energy and mind....
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Uncaffeinated Josh's not-self dharma talk
Originally recorded on June 17, 2024, Josh reflects on a few of Death’s lessons, nihilism, quitting caffeine, moods of depression and the rainbow nature of self. LINKS mentioned: Sign up for our FREE Everyday Vitality practice pack for effective (and simple) ways to improve the vitality of your...
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Our Gifted Garden | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on June 10, 2024, Josh returns to the podcast, reflecting on personal updates: the death of his niece and the relationship that formed with his neighbors while building a chicken coop together. LINKS mentioned: Sign up for our FREE Everyday Vitality practice pack for effective...
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The Heart's Divestment | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on May 6, 2024, Josh offers reflections on the confusing relationship between renunciation and practicing one’s heart’s desire. Often seen in conflict, the practice of renouncing unfulfilling activity for the pursuit of one’s deepest desires is an ongoing evolution itself.…
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Beads of Bhakti | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on April 22, 2024, Josh reflects on the parallels between artistic and spiritual development. He explores a maturing relationship to tradition. How do we draw from the world’s wisdom traditions and channel their pathways of heart in our own lives? And how might we consider...
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The Heart's Precept | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on April 15, 2024, in this dharma talk, Josh offers a fresh perspective on how to cultivate an ethical commitment within your meditation practice. Instead of referencing an orthodox list of do’s and don’ts, Josh uses each of the five training precepts in Buddhism as a way to...
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Chas Di Capua | A Practice For Now
I am delighted to welcome Insight Meditation teacher Chas DiCapua on the podcast to discuss a wide-range of topics, exploring how the dharma can help us meet the tragedies of our “now” – an interrelated group of crises of ecology, nationalism, racialization, and, in some ways, masculinity. Chas…
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Seed Selection | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on April 8, 2024, in this dharma talk, Josh offers ways for you to create your own mantra to use with any bead-based form of meditation practice. A mala, rosary or bead-based garland by any other name is a wonderful way to strengthen your capacities for concentration, kindness...
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Beads and Seeds | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on April 1, 2024, in this talk, Josh reflects on his history with bead-based practices, ie. mala mantra, and suggests ways of beginning to integrate this practice into your own. ***NEW Yin Yoga + Qi Cultivation Training*** – Purifying Water | The Flow of Qi Cultivation, click...
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Wrong Chord Right | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on March 4, 2023, I share Herbie Hancock’s story of playing a “wrong chord” during a Miles Davis solo, and what Hancock learned about music and life from that experience. For me, Davis’s response is the very essence of creative generosity, and it says something about what it...
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Tending the Temple | Talk + Guided Meditation
Originally recorded on February 26, 2024, I offer ways of tending to your external and internal environment for establishing conditions conducive to simplicity, contentment and calm. Practice is life, without any separation. Vacuuming, laundry, bills and email are all part of a comprehensive...
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Amiel Handelsman | Meeting the Meta-Crisis
Until I spoke with Amiel Handelsman, I had mistakenly thought that the term “meta-crisis” referred to the overarching sense that the world is in a massive crisis of overlapping calamities, all threatening our survival. But after speaking with Amiel, I realized that I was thinking of the...
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The Challenge of Pausing | Dharma Talk + Meditation Prompt
On the phone recently, a friend shared a comment from their therapist: “Until you stay in the same place for three years, you’re never going to address and heal your shtuff.” The therapist didn’t say “shtuff,” but the comment is relevant to anyone interested in the fruits of contemplative…
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The Heart of Human Conflict | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on February 12, 2024, Josh shares a dharma talk that weaves reflections on cancer, the psychology of tribalism, cognitive bias and the invaluable role of practicing pauses to bring an unbiased attention to the immediacy of experience. ***NEW Yin Yoga + Qi Cultivation…
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The Bitter-Sweetness of Waking Up with Greg Burdulis
Greg Burdulis, a former Buddhist monk, leads you to be calmer, happier, and kinder. He listens, questions, teaches, and trains. He works with individuals and couples using somatics, Buddhism, and humor. Greg leads a meditation+discussion session for 60-90 minutes each Monday at noon EST. As his...
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Anatomy of a Cookie Monster | A Dharma Story
Recently, one of my sisters and nieces visited us in Maine from Brooklyn, New York. It was a wonderful visit, but on the second day, Uncle Josh ate his niece’s last chocolate-covered graham cracker and there was a price to pay. In examining the anatomy of the cookie monster, I expose my own...
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Crossing the Floods | Dharma Talk
Originally recorded on January 15, 2024, in this dharma reflection, Josh introduces the Buddha’s metaphor of “crossing the flood to the other shore,” as a way of articulating the process and experience of waking up. In this talk, Josh mentions a book by Ajahn Sucitto, Parami, which can be...
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A Christmas Tale | Dharma Story
Recorded on December 18, 2023, Josh shares a Christmas story that weaves the humor of family dysfunction with the spirit of healing, repairing and caring for all valuable relationships in our life. This is the final episode of 2023. Thank you so much for listening and for your support. We look...
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Winter's Essence | Talk + Workshop
Winter's Essence | Talk + Workshop Recorded live on December 4, 2023, Josh reflects on the spiritual essence of winter as manifest in nature and within his family of origin, and how the season of winter offers a crucible of transformation, surrendering to harsh realities, cultivating gratitude…
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Oren Jay Sofer | Your Heart Was Made For This
Oren Jay Sofer | Your Heart Was Made for This I welcome Insight Meditation and communication teacher, Oren Jay Sofer, back to Everyday Sublime, to discuss his new book: Your Heart Was Made For This – Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity and Love. In the…
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Chasing Phantoms | Dharma Talk
In this talk, recorded on November 13, 2023, I share a small collection of personal vignettes in which my senses deceive me, creating emotional convictions that are ultimately inaccurate. I raise the question: What do these experiences suggest about the nature of self, the nature of truth and the...
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Miles Sherts | Conscious Communication
In this episode, I speak with Insight Meditation teacher and communication coach, Miles Sherts, about his approach to “conscious communication.” This is one of the most elegant approaches to generative communication that I have found. We discuss how many people, and especially couples, get into...
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Nancy Van Dyken | Everyday Narcissism
In this episode, I am joined by psychotherapist and author Nancy Van Dyken whose book, Everyday Narcissism – Yours, Mine, and Ours, sheds some fascinating light on this ubiquitous condition of the psyche. EN, or everyday narcissism, isn’t clinical Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It’s a fragile...
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Rodney Smith | The Heart's Completion
In this special episode, I am honored to be joined by my first – and most significant – dharma teacher, Rodney Smith. Rodney spent several years as a Buddhist monk in Burma and Thailand, working notably with Ajahn Buddhadasa, Krishnamurti and Nisargattada Maharaj. He disrobed as a monk in 1983…
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Cultivating the Spirit of Wisdom | Dharma Talk
We’re sharing the first talk of our new training: Refining Metal | The Wisdom of Qi Cultivation. Josh reflects on the question: How do we cultivate wisdom in our practice? What is the relationship between refining our awareness and our ability to express compassion and wisdom in our lives? NEW...
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Sharpening Knives | Dharma Talk + Guided Meditation
Like sharpening a knife, training awareness to see clearly involves a number of skills that refine over the course of practice. In this talk, I share some of my favorite ways of cultivating a calm and open state of embodied presence. Included: Short Guided Meditation. NEW TRAINING: The Chinese…
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Gathering Shen | Dharma Talk
In this episode, I am excited to share an introductory talk about our second module in our Yin Yoga + Qi Cultivation training: Refining Metal | The Wisdom of Qi Cultivation. In October, we’ll be teaching this module LIVE, exploring the energetic and meditative dimensions of Qi Cultivation. The...
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Elisa Malinverni | Impostors, Smart Phones + Addiction
Elisa Malinverni returns to the podcast to talk about her book, Yoga For Recovering Addicts. In this episode we explore some common manifestations of the “grasping mind.” We discuss the dynamics of perfectionism, impostor syndrome, screen addiction and more. Elisa’s book available on Amazon: Yoga...
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Sketches of Fall | Yin Trainings + Classes
Recorded on August 14, 2023, I give an upcoming preview of new Yin Yoga classes and training Terry and I will be offering in Fall ‘23. Yin Yoga + Qi Cultivation Trainings: NEW THIS FALL: Refining Metal | The Wisdom of Qi Cultivation (20hr Yin Yoga Training) NOW On-Demand: Gathering Earth | The...
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Deliberate Slowness | Dharma Talk
Recorded on August 7th, 2023, Josh offers some thoughts on practicing with deliberate slowness. This talk includes reflections on the spirit of improvisation with simple practices like “walking hands” and “half-breath” meditation.…
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Good Morning, Dukkha! | Dharma Talk
Recorded on July 31st, 2023, Josh offers reflections on the convergence of personal and collective dukkha. In the face of such challenges, our commitment to practice nurtures the resilience and sensitivity of the heart. ********************************************************************…
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Advice For Retreat | Dharma Talk
In this talk, I share three points of advice for anyone embarking on a silent meditation retreat, either at a center or from home. My advice comes down to: 1) set the schedule and forget time, 2) kiss the moment, and 3) notice the negative. I hope this talk supports your practice. Special thanks…
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Don Goewey | The Dharma of Anthony De Mello
In this episode, I had the great pleasure of speaking with Don Goewey (Executive Director of the De Mello Spirituality Center). We discuss DeMello’s significance as a spiritual figure of the 20th century, and how he offers a unique view of eastern and western spirituality. Don and I reflect on...
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The Improvising Duckling | Dharma Story
In this talk, I discuss practice as a form of improvisation and suggest ways of working with “forms” of practice as a way of developing one’s skills at improvisation. I conclude with a Sufi story about a duckling, leaving open the question of how improvising in practice reveals our true nature....
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Clinging in Myanmar | Dharma Story
In this talk, I reflect how, on a vipassana meditation retreat in Myanmar, I became compulsively obsessed with finding the perfect height for my meditation cushion; I explore what this behavior reveals about the “clinging” mind.” “An attachment is an emotional belief that without a person, thing…
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Linda Modaro + Nelly Kaufer | Improvising in Practice
In this episode, I speak with my friends and colleagues Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer about their wonderful new book, Reflective Meditation. We talk about many themes of their approach to meditation, including: listening, journaling, and improvisation. Reflective Meditation is now available in...
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Everyday Conundrums + Synchronicities | Dharma Talk
In this talk, I share a patchwork of dharma reflections, exploring some everyday conundrums and synchronicities – appreciating the sublime in the innocence of a niece and a godson. ********************************************************************** Practicing Yin: Join our newsletter…
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My Yin Odyssey | 2001 to Now
The questions that have gripped me for the last twenty or so years of my practice are these: What is the relationship between yoga practices and Buddhist meditation, and what does Qi cultivation, as described within Chinese Medicine, have to do with yoga and meditation? In the opening talk for…
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Yin Pranayama | Gathering the Qi (Guided Session)
In this short practice from our all NEW Yin Yoga and Qi Cultivation Training, Josh introduces the foundational dynamic of Yin Pranayama which optimizes the biochemistry of the blood for better distribution of oxygen to the cells, tissues and organs, gathers the Qi in the lower Dan Tian or Hara…
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Our Inherited Blessings | Dharma Story
As part of a Mother’s Day reflection, I recount the harrowing story of getting robbed in the middle of the night on a train in India, and how a “spiritual” mother appeared to both save me and subsequently change the course of my life. I conclude with a meditative prompt for honoring and...
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The Cardinal's Broken Image | Dharma Talk
In this dharma reflection, Josh draw’s on his and others’ observations of bird life in the natural world, and weaves these reflections into a broader meditation about the role of images and reflections in the practice of the dharma. NEW – Yin Yoga and Qi Cultivation Training (4 Weeks, June 2023)...
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Lao Tzu's Roses | Dharma Story
The students were discussing the famous statement uttered by Lao Tzu: “Those who know do not say; those who say do not know.” When their teacher arrived he offered some helpful analysis in the form of a simple dialogue. In this talk, Josh reflects on this wonderful story and its implications for...
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Josh Summers draws from his practice and teaching Yin Yoga, Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation. As Stephen Batchelor says, "the mystical does not transcend the world, but saturates it."
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