The Abdi Assadi Podcast

The first part of this podcast addresses what Schumann Resonances are and how their current intense fluctuations are affecting our body minds.It then delves into the importance of attending to our inner compass in a world hell-bent on manipulating us away from our true nature.

This podcast is a read of the underlying current of our world and some pointers on our role in healing it and ourselves.

In this podcast episode we discuss the deceptively simple question: what is spiritual practice, really? And what does it look like when spirituality is no longer something we reference but something we embody in the quiet decisions of daily life?

The following podcast is a discussion between Abdi and Jenn SanClements LCSW licensed psychotherapist. We discuss the current trajectory of humanity and the evolutionary leap that is occuring. There is an introduction of the concept of “apparitions” as an archetype for a segment of humanity that is disembodied and has lost the capacity for relationship with self and others. Relationship with this type of energy is taxing, painful, confusing as well as a frusturating experience. The gift of such an interaction, when healed consciously will allow us a more full connection with our center.

The following podcast episode is an interview by Rebecca Conran, CHHC on the rapid introduction of Artificial Intelligence and its effects on the human psyche and agency through the lens of Astrology as archetype.

This podcast episode discusses the emotional, psychological and spiritual observations and happenings of the times.

Awareness in the Body - Awareness in Life" is the third episode in the Posture series of Tools of Awakening, Abdi Assadi and Pernilla Burke, explore the simple yet powerful practice of body awareness and posture as a way to cultivate presence. We look at what happens when we shift our awareness from the mind into the body—specifically, grounding into the feet—and how this shift can change the way we respond to life. Abdi shares insights from Chinese medicine and martial arts on how posture directly affects energy flow, while we reflect on how this practice has reshaped our own daily experiences. We also touch on the fascinating way our own presence influences those around us, from the energy in a room to the way our loved ones respond to us. The episode wraps with a guided practice to help integrate these principles into everyday life—one breath, one step at a time.

This episode of Tools of Awakening explores the subtle but powerful connection between posture and presence. Pernilla and Abdi discuss how something as simple as aligning the back of the head and chin can profoundly shift our state of being—bringing calm, clarity, and a sense of ease to both the body and mind. Posture, often overlooked, becomes a gateway to grounding and greater awareness. The conversation is practical and real, offering small adjustments that can ripple into big transformations in daily life. We round off with a guided meditation that helps you connect with your body and breath, making space for stillness and relaxation.

This Tools of Awakening class is the first class in series highlighting posture as a practical way to reconnect with the body and support the nervous system. Simple practices, like aligning the chin or bringing awareness to the feet, can help shift from a reactive state into calm presence. Building on previous breathwork teachings, these accessible techniques fit effortlessly into daily life—whether during conversations or a commute—providing effective tools to stay grounded and deeply connected to yourself.

A brief meditation practice to help bring conscious awareness into your daily life.

A brief meditation practice to help bring conscious awareness into your daily life.

A brief meditation practice to help bring conscious awareness into your daily life.

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "Mastering the Breath: Simple Practices for Greater Awareness" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor.This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situations. The session includes a guided breathing exercise designed to help viewers become more aware and relaxed by focusing on their breath and checking in with their mental and physical state.

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "Grounding ourselves through the Breath" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor.This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situations. The session includes a guided breathing exercise designed to help viewers become more aware and relaxed by focusing on their breath and checking in with their mental and physical state.

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "How much is shallow breathing costing your overall well-being?" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor. This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situations. The session includes a guided breathing exercise designed to help viewers become more aware and relaxed by focusing on their breath and checking in with their mental and physical state.

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "An Appointment With Yourself" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor. This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situations. The session includes a guided breathing exercise designed to help viewers become more aware and relaxed by focusing on their breath and checking in with their mental and physical state.

Please join us in exploring the breath and its power. This 20 minute Breath Class: "Understanding the Power of Breath" features Pernilla Burke, the founder of Awakening 101, and Abdi Assadi, an acupuncturist, healer, and spiritual counselor. This class is part of the "Tools of Awakening" series and focuses on simple, everyday practices to increase awareness and reduce reactive behavior. They discuss the importance of using simple breathing exercises to bring calm and presence to everyday situations. The session includes a guided breathing exercise designed to help viewers become more aware and relaxed by focusing on their breath and checking in with their mental and physical state.

This is the eighth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years of experience. Ian has been on the spiritual path for the past 35 years.Join us as we discuss addiction as being the inability to tolerate the moment as a survival response to trauma. The nuances of addiction as well as its cultural and personal manifestation are investigated. Lastly we explore the definition of sobriety as being present in the moment.

This is the seventh episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years. Join us as we discuss facing our mortality as a path to enriching our daily lives. The powerful cultural and hence personal denial of this fact has many unexamined consequences. This podcast was recorded days after Ian had heart surgery. Freshly baked for your nourishment from the other side.

This is the sixth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years. Join us in our follow up session as we discuss the difference between the unhealthy pattern of caretaking, its healthy counter part, caregiving and the nuances between the two.

This is the fifth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years. Join us as we discuss the roots of unhealthy emotional entanglements, feeling responsible for the emotional welfare of others, its destructive patterns in our lives and how to keep healthy boundaries.

This is the fourth episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years. Join us as we discuss the etheric topic of ancestral lineage healing and its effects in our daily lives. We investigate ways to interact with this mysterious invisible force that courses through our veins and informs our bones.

This is the third episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter in Italy. Ian is a Brennan Counselor and healer with 18 years experience and has been on a spiritual path for the last 35 years. Join us as we discuss the concept of the Superego and how this inner critic can run aspects of our lives. The awareness of this phenomenon can free us from its shackles and give us the room to lead a more honest, truthful and joyous life.

This is the first episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter, a Brennan Counselor and healer based in Italy. Join us as we discuss the nuances of what our needs are and how they can be met in intimate relationships. Among the topics discussed are the nuances of needs, caretaking as a defense mechanism, behaviors when needs are not met and self care.

This is the first episode in a series of conversations between Abdi and Ian Ritter, a Brennan Counselor and healer based in Italy. This podcast episode is a discussion on the aspect of spiritual awakening known as the “dark night of the soul.” It can be a painful and frightening process as the false self is dismantled to allow the true self to take root. Surrender is the name of the game and serenity is the destination.

This podcast episode discusses the current state of world affairs and its relations to as well as effects on our spiritual path.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode is a compilation of "Ask Abdi" questions submitted via www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode is a compilation of "Ask Abdi" questions submitted via www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode was recorded in response to the many requests I’ve received on how to deal with the terror and anxiety surrounding the pandemic. We can navigate difficult times by simultaneously acknowledging our feelings of dread while practicing to stabilize our consciousness.www.AbdiAssadi.com

The first part of this podcast episode discusses some of the questions that were recently submitted regarding the difficulties that can arise in the awakening process. The second part covers the emerging communication with our inner voice in the spiritual process. We also delve into the difference between the survival instinct of the personality and the desire to live freely from a soul perspective.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode discusses the issues that can arise when we are faced with serious illness of another person. The importance of truly holding space in the face of such suffering is examined. Some specific do’s and don'ts are offered as well.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode discusses the issue of "fixing” others. This is a deeper level of unhealthy caretaking that negatively affects both parties. The inability to tolerate uncomfortable feelings in ourselves can lead to projecting those feelings onto others. The consequences of attempting to "fix" another (instead of healing ourselves) are examined.To read the transcription of this episode, please click here.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode discusses the peddling of spiritual practices to prop up our idealized self-image. These masks that we all wear are tonified by things such as the promise of personal success. The counterpoint to such false paths is the variety of losses that we suffer in life. The gift of suffering is that it tears down the idealized self-image and gives the true self an opportunity to shine through.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode discusses some of the misunderstandings that one can have when dealing with the spiritual process as well as the teachers one encounters. As always, we must remember to keep our wits about us and listen internally as we enter into such relationships.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode discusses the concept of target fixation - a behavior in which one becomes so focused on an object that they head towards it unconsciously. This phenomenon, which can have dire consequences, is examined through the lens of emotional wounding and negative pleasure, as well as conscious awareness as a salve.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss issues around food and diet in a body-obsessed culture. The topic of food is examined from a cultural and psychological perspective as well as through the lens of Chinese Medicine. Not only are we what we eat but also how we eat is a window into how we are.For an in-depth guide to Chinese Medicine for the layperson, here are two book recommendations: Prince Wen Hui's Cook: Chinese Dietary Therapy by Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe and Between Heaven And Earth by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode discusses the unconscious, automatic, and habitual programming that can exist in our psyche. These habits, which are due to our wounding, and the resultant masks we wear need to be made conscious. A simple awareness tool to become conscious of these habits and to retrain the conscious mind is presented.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode continues the discussion of softening and surrendering the over-identification with “I” and the ego’s story. The possible pitfalls in this process and the continuation of hypnosis under the guise of awakening are examined.This episode was recorded in Upstate New York.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the anxiety and fear that invariably will arise as we delve into our spiritual path. Their full eruption, though never comfortable, is a sign of our progress. Our becoming conscious of the unconscious material is part and parcel of the work. All that needs to be done is for us to make room for and learn to tolerate the discomfort of it all.This episode was recorded in Upstate New York.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the loneliness that can occur on the spiritual path as we progress and release outgrown relationships. The concurrent sense of loss or lack of purpose is also examined. Lastly, the often overlooked idea of inviting in and holding joy while deepening into spiritual serenity is discussed.This episode was recorded in Upstate New York.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the current state of affairs. We all have a part to play in the social healing that needs to take place. This can only occur if we mobilize from center and internally access our truth.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the topic of judgment. An unexamined and reflexive behavior, judgment of others has tangible negative consequences. We are all being asked to up our game and clean our backyard. Examining the act of judgment and healing its root causes is a powerful step towards that end. The act of judging as well as dealing with the painful emotions of being judged is discussed. Here is an invitation to lessen the load on ourselves and the burden carried by those around us by stepping back from this toxic behavior.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss some pointers on the issue of helplessness. There are points in our spiritual evolution when we are overcome by deep feelings of helplessness. We can feel paralyzed and face tremendous anxiety, fear as well as confusion. The old ways do not work, and the new has not revealed itself. Here is a gentle reminder that this, in fact, is part and parcel of the path. Learning to surrender into the feelings of helplessness by holding space for ourselves is a solid way to navigate through this dark night of the soul.To read the transcription of this episode, please click here.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the seismic shift that is affecting all aspects of our lives. Look within to know what can stay, what has to be released, and what needs to enter your life. This energy requires nothing less than total surrender. Wake up and live.To read the transcription of this episode, please click here.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss spiritual bypass and the use of spiritual practice as a substitute for doing psychological work. The history of the split between spirituality and psychology is discussed as well as the disconnection between intellect and emotions. This is followed by examples in our lives.The three books discussed are: Psychotherapy East And West by Allan Watts, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa, and Awakening The Heart by John Welwood.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, Kayte Ringer and Abdi discuss the ways and places we hold emotional and physical stress, the ways we can release them, and inhabiting our body as a direct spiritual path.Kayte has been a bodyworker for over 35 years, trained in dance, Rolfing, and ideokinesis, she imparts her knowledge in a profound poetic language. Break out an anatomy book and learn about yourself.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This podcast episode offers an intimate view of one woman’s healing journey over a decade and a half. It examines the work and process involved in identifying and moving from an unconscious and dissociated space into a conscious and embodied life.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the masks we wear and the psychic toll they exact from us. The confusion of these masks with our true self (and the stories they entail) steals much life force. The servicing of these stories lead to more pain than is visible at first glance.www.AbdiAssadi.com

In this podcast episode, we discuss the method of being present with ourselves as a way of processing uncomfortable emotional states.www.AbdiAssadi.com

This lecture was recorded on January 12, 2014, at The Shala Yoga House in NYC.www.AbdiAssadi.com