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Banyen Books ~ Branches of Wisdom — 214 episodes

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David A. Robertson ~ How I Learned to Live with Anxiety

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Elena Brower and Carrie-Anne Moss ~ Hold Nothing

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Judith Orloff, MD ~ Nurturing Young Empaths

4

Andrew Feldmár ~ Psychedelic Psychotherapy

5

Rosemary Gladstar ~ The Generosity of Plants

6

Paul Hawken ~ Carbon: The Book of Life

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Michael Meade ~ Mythic Imagination in a Troubled World

8

Elaine Pagels ~ Miracles and Wonder

9

Tami Simon & Julie Kramer ~ Becoming a Spiritual Healer

10

Mark Nepo ~ Creativity in the Second Half of Life

11

Stephen Jenkinson ~ Matrimony: Ritual, Culture, and the Heart's Work

12

Carol Off ~ At a Loss for Words: Conversations in an Age of Rage

13

Fritjof Capra ~ The Tao of Physics

14

Dr. Steven Farmer ~ Healing Ancestral Family Patterns

15

Valarie Kaur ~ Sage Warrior

16

Julia Cameron ~ The Artist's Way Toolkit

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Dr. Samra Zafar ~ UNCONDITIONAL: Break Through Past Limits to Transform Your Future

18

Susan Gillis Chapman ~ Finding Heart in the Hardest of Times

19

Cyndi Dale ~ Transforming the Legacy: The Subtle Body Approach to Honor and Heal Your Inherited Lineage

20

Nick Bantock & Jackie Morris ~ The Lost Words & The River

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Karla McLaren ~ The Language of Emotions

22

Ron Pevny - Choosing a Conscious Elderhood

23

Richard Rudd ~ THE GENE KEYS

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Mirabai Starr ~ Ordinary Mysticism

25

Qigong Master Lee Holden - Tthe Power of Slow

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Deb Dana ~ Polyvagal Pathways to Ease Anxiety and Come Home to Yourself

27

Richard Freeman & Mary Taylor ~ The Yoga of Body, Heart & Mind

28

The Rise of Coercive Psychiatry ~ Investigative Journalist Rob Wipond

29

Toko-pa Turner ~ The Dreaming Way

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Amy Tan ~ The Backyard Bird Chronicles

31

Episode 186: CBC's Bob McDonald - Just Say Yes

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Episode 185: Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling

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Episode 184: Martín Prechtel - The Canyon Wren (Interview 4/4)

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Episode 183: Red Hawk - Book of Lamentations

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Episode 182: Nedra Glover Tawwab - Consider This

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Episode 181: Gary Gach & Ari Honarvar - Hafiz's Book of Life

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Episode 180: Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer - Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout

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Episode 179: Anne Michaels - Held

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Episode 178: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau - Closer Together

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Episode 177: Tapping - Donna Eden & David Feinstein

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Episode 176: David Roche - Standing at the Back Door of Happiness

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Episode 175: Naomi Klein & V (formerly Eve Ensler) - Reckoning

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Episode 174: Sandra Ingerman - Walking through Darkness

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Episode 173: Reclaiming Tantra: Decolonizing Yoga & Spiritual Practices

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Episode 172: Matthew Remski - Surviving Modern Yoga, Cult Dynamics & Charismatic Leaders

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Episode 171: Twice Colonized - Honouring Indigenous Roots

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Episode 170: Peter A. Levine, PhD - An Autobiography of Trauma

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Episode 169: Thais Gibson - Learning Love

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Episode 168: Judith Orloff, MD - The Genius of Empathy

50

Episode 167: Gwynne Dyer - Intervention Earth

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Episode 166: Sah D’Simone - Spiritually, We

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Episode 165: Dr. Jen Gunter - Blood

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Episode 164: Daniel Goleman - Optimal

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Episode 163: John Holland - Psychic Navigator

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Episode 162: Sharon Salzberg - Love Your Enemies

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Episode 161: James Hollis - A Life of Meaning

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Episode 160: Tara MacLean - Song of the Sparrow

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Episode 143: Bill Arnott - Gone Viking

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Episode 140: Richard Rosen - Yoga by the Numbers

60

Episode 159: Neale Donald Walsch - The God Solution

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Episode 158: Nourished - Connection, Food, and Caring for our Kids (and everyone else we love)

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Episode 157: David Hinton & Norman Fischer - The Way of Ch'an

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Episode 156: Satish Kumar - Radical Love

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Episode 155: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo ~ Reflections on a Mountain Lake

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Episode 154: Angela Sterritt - Unbroken

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Episode 153: Mark Nepo - Falling Down and Getting Up

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Episode 144: Radhule Weininger & Michael Kearney - Heart Medicine

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Episode 152: David Richo, PhD - To Thine Own Self Be True

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Episode 151: Joan Halifax - In a Moment, in a Breath

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Episode 150: Jeff Brown - Humanifestations

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Episode 149: Amit Goswami & Valentina Onisor - Quantum Integrative Medicine

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Episode 148: Thomas Moore ~ The Eloquence of Silence

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Episode 147: Lon Milo DuQuette - The Magick of Aleister Crowley

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Episode 146: Kahlil Gibran - with Paul-Gordon Chandler

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Episode 145: Kabir Helminski - Rumi's Mysterion

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Episode 142: Neil Douglas-Klotz ~ Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus

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Episode 141: A. H. Almaas - Nondual Love

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Episode 139: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - On Repentance and Repair

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Episode 138: Gabor Maté, MD - The Myth of Normal

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Episode 137: Kendra Allen - Heal Your Heartbreak

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Episode 136: Rick Hanson, PhD ~ Making Great Relationships

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Episode 135: Pico Iyer ~ The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise

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Episode 134: Karen Casey - Each Day a New Beginning (40th Anniversary)

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Episode 133: Julia Cameron - Write for Life

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Episode 132: Melody Beattie - Codependent No More

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Episode 131: Danielle Blackwood - A Lantern in The Dark

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Episode 130: Iran & the Women's Movement ~ Mahnaz Afkhami & Samira Mohyeddin

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Episode 129: Dr. Valerie Mason-John - Afrikan Wisdom

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Episode 127: Earth Magic: Elements of Witchcraft - Dodie Graham McKay

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Episode 126: Dr. Sue Johnson - Hold Me Tight

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Episode 125: How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World

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Episode 124: Carmen Spagnola - The Spirited Kitchen

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Episode 123: David Fenton & Judy Gumbo - Progressive Media Activism

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Episode 122: Brian Swimme, PhD - Cosmogenesis

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Episode 121: The Art of Money with Bari Tessler

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Episode 120: Dr. Jerry Lynch - The Competitive Buddha: Sports, Leadership & Human Potential

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Episode 119: Michelle Cassandra Johnson - Finding Refuge: Healing Collective Grief

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Episode 118: Jennifer Freed ~ Map to Your Soul: Astrology of Fire, Earth, Air, & Water

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Episode 117: Adriana Barton ~ Wired for Music

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Episode 116: David Roche Interview with Banyen Books

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Episode 115: "I Want This to Work" Couples Therapist Elizabeth Earnshaw

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Episode 114: The Status Game | Will Storr

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Episode 113: Julia Cameron ~ Seeking Wisdom

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Episode 112: Martín Prechtel ~ The Wild Rose (Interview 3/4)

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Episode 111: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo ~ The Heroic Heart

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Episode 110: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ~ The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream & Sleep

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Episode 109: Joan Chittister ~ The Monastic Heart

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Episode 108: Naomi Shihab Nye - An Evening of Poetry & Conversation

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Episode 107: Sharon Blackie - Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

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Episode 106: Phil Cousineau ~ The Art of Pilgrimage

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Episode 105: Norman Fischer ~ When You Greet Me I Bow

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Episode 104: Facing Death ~ Conversation with Alan Clements and Reverend Bodhi Be

113

Episode 103: Debbie Frank ~ What’s Your Soul Sign

114

Episode 102: Sandor Katz ~ Fermentation Journeys

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Episode 101: Robert Mack ~ Love from the Inside Out

116

Episode 100: Peter Coyote ~ Masks, Meditation & Improvised Play

117

Episode 99: Matt Kahn ~ All for Love: The Transformative Power of Holding Space

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Episode 98: Stephen Jenkinson & Kimberly Ann Johnson ~ Honest Reckoning in Troubled Times

119

Episode 97: Judith Hanson Lasater ~ Teaching Yoga With Intention

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Episode 96: Joan Borysenko ~ Pocketful of Miracles

121

Episode 95: Sumbul Ali-Karamali ~ Demystifying Shariah and Why It's Not Taking Over

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Episode 94: Seth Klein: Mobilizing for Climate Emergency

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Episode 93: Robert Thurman ~ Wisdom Is Bliss

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Episode 92: Karen Casey ~ Each Day A Renewed Beginning

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Episode 91: Maude Barlow ~ Still Hopeful: Lessons From a Lifetime of Activism

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Episode 90: Brad Warner ~ The Other Side of Nothing

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Episode 89: Maria Tatar ~ Heroine with 1,001 Faces

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Episode 87: Marianne Williamson ~ Evolve Together

129

Episode 86: Yogacharini Maitreyi & Robert Yelton ~ Art, Earth & Spirit

130

Episode 85: Dean Ornish ~ UnDo It! Reverse Chronic Diseases

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Episode 84: David Richo ~ Ready: When to Go and When to Stay

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Episode 83: Maria Sagi & Ervin Laszlo ~ Remote Healing

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Episode 82: Zenju Earthlyn Manuel ~ The Shamanic Bones of Zen

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Episode 81: Byron Katie ~ Loving What Is

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Episode 80: Najwa Zebian ~ Welcome Home

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Episode 79: Richard C. Schwartz ~ No Bad Parts

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Episode 78: Stephen Batchelor ~ The Art of Solitude

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Episode 77: SARK ~ Succulent Wild Woman

139

Episode 76: Michael Ignatieff ~ On Consolation

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Episode 75: Dan Millman ~ Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit

141

Episode 74: Chief Clarence Louie ~ Rez Rules

142

Episode 73: Seane Corn ~ Revolution of the Soul

143

Episode 72: Psyche Unbound: Stanislav Grof, Brigitte Grof, Rick Tarnas & Sean Kelly

144

Episode 71: Martín Prechtel ~ The Mare and the Mouse (Interview 2/4)

145

Episode 70: Mark Epstein, M.D. ~ The Zen of Therapy

146

Episode 69: Stephen Cope ~ The Dharma in Difficult Times

147

Episode 68: Diet for a Small Planet (50th Anniversary) ~ Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Lappé

148

Episode 67: Judith Orloff, MD ~ Empath's Empowerment

149

Episode 66: Jane Hirshfield ~ Poetry & Conversation

150

Episode 65: Stephen Mitchell ~ The First Christmas, Zen, and Byron Katie

151

Episode 64: Stephen Jenkinson ~ Generation’s Worth: Spirit work while the crisis reigns

152

Episode 63: Apela Colorado ~ Ancestral & Indigenous Wisdom: Woman Between the Worlds

153

Episode 62: Martha Beck, Ph.D. ~ The Way of Integrity

154

Episode 61: Martin Shaw ~ Mythteller: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

155

Episode 60: Jesse Thistle ~ From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

156

Episode 59: Martín Prechtel ~ Rescuing the Light (Interview 1/4)

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Episode 58: Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD ~ Whole Brain Living

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Episode 57: Thomas Moore ~ Soul Therapy

159

Episode 56: Suzanne Simard ~ Finding the Mother Tree: Wisdom of the Forest

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Episode 55: Tara Brach ~ Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness

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Episode 54: Dr. Shefali ~ A Radical Awakening

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Episode 53: Gary Zukav ~ Universal Human

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Episode 52: Gregg Braden ~ The Wisdom Codes

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Episode 51: Russ Hudson ~ The Enneagram

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Episode 50: Anita Moorjani ~ Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths

166

Episode 49: Elizabeth Lesser ~ Cassandra Speaks

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Episode 48: Bright Green Lies ~ Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, Max Wilbert

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Episode 47: Bill Plotkin ~ Journey of Soul Initiation

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Episode 46: Julia Cameron ~ The Listening Path

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Episode 45: Dzigar Kongtrul ~ Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience

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Episode 44: Red Hawk ~ The Law of the Land: Honouring the Sacred Voice of Mother Earth

172

Episode 43: Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories ~ Michael Posner

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Episode 42: Thomas Hübl ~ Healing Collective Trauma

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Episode 41: Wade Davis ~ Magdalena: River of Dreams

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Episode 40: Lorie Dechar ~ Alchemical Acupuncture

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Episode 39: Merlin Sheldrake ~ Fungi Makes Our World

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Episode 38: Dr. Robert Svoboda ~ Ayurveda, Tantra, & Jyotish

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Episode 37: Julie Daniluk ~ Hot Detox: Healing Inflammation & Cleansing

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Episode 36: James Hollis, Ph.D. - Inner Resilience in Times of Change

180

Lalitha: Cultivating Spiritual Maturity

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Doña María Apaza, Andean Alto Misayoc Priestess

182

Lama Tsultrim Allione ~ Wisdom Rising

183

Matt Kahn ~ The World Always Has a Plan

184

Don Jose Ruiz - 'The Fifth Agreement' author on Love, Fear, & Transformation

185

Dr. Martin Shaw - Pandemic & Mythic Meanings of this Cultural Moment

186

Jamal Rahman - Sufi Wisdom & humour

187

Caroline Myss - Prayer, Guidance & Grace

188

Loch Kelly - Effortless Meditation

189

Carina Stone & Erin Robinsong - The World Comes to You

190

Mingyur Rinpoche - In Love with the World

191

Swami Lalitananda - Divine Light & the Temple of Light

192

Powers of the Imagination: Creating a New World with Norman Fischer

193

Sacred Chant: Portal to Divine Light with Deva Premal & Miten

194

Mirabai Starr - Invoking Women Mystics

195

Gangaji - Inner Freedom

196

Orit Sen-Gupta - Touching the Sacred

197

Steven Halpern - Sound Healing

198

Wasteland to Pureland: Doug Duncan Sensei & Catherine Pawasarat

199

John Lockley - Way of the Leopard: African Teachings of Ancestry, Instinct & Dreams

200

Mark Nepo - The Power & Spirit of Community

201

Vasant D. Lad - Ayurveda: The Science of Longevity

202

Bruce Lipton, PhD - Consciousness, Evolution, and the Sixth Mass Extinction

203

Deva Pemal - A Life of Mantra

204

Dr. Shefali - Conscious Parenting

205

Lynne McTaggart - The Power of Altruistic Intention

206

Pico Iyer - The Art of Stillness

207

Rev. Angel Kyodo - Radical Dharma

208

Dan Siegel - The Science of Pure Awareness

209

Elder Malidoma Somé - Ancestral Wisdom

210

Caroline Myss - The Power of Words

211

Dr. Gabor Maté - Compassionate Inquiry

212

Johann Hari - Rethinking Addiction & the War on Drugs

213

Stephen Jenkinson - Die Wise Manifesto for Sanity & Soul

214

Simrit Kaur - The Power of Voice & Sound