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The Vital Point: Pathways To Integration — 134 episodes

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Breath Awareness for Inner Calm and Integration (Ep. 134)

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Music as Medicine: DJing and Psychedelic Therapy with Matt Xavier (Ep. 133)

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Music in Psychedelic Therapy - Here’s What Actually Works with Eric Sienknecht (Ep. 132)

4

From Burnout to Breakthrough: How 2025 Reshaped My Life & This Show (Ep. 131)

5

Return to Presence: A Sound-Based Meditation for Embodied Awareness (Ep. 130)

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Milarepa, Meditation, and the Journey of Inner Transformation with Bob Peck (Ep. 129)

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Portals vs. Pathways: Why Your Spiritual Growth Feels Unsustainable (Ep. 128)

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How to Stay Grounded in Chaos: Breathwork, Psychedelics & Presence with Kyle Buller (Ep. 127)

9

Music Is Medicine: Byron Metcalf on Breathwork, Rhythm, and Healing (Ep. 126)

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Making Good Soil: How Breathwork & Compassion Nourish True Growth with Christine Calvert (Ep. 125)

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Regulate Your Nervous System with this Simple Breathwork Technique (Ep. 124)

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Breathwork Isn’t About Escaping, Here’s What It’s Really For - with Campbell Will (Ep. 123)

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Unlocking Your Inner System: How IFS & Psychedelics Transform Healing with Dr. Nick Bruss (Ep. 122)

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You Can't Stop the Waves: Trauma Healing Explained (Ep 121)

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Beyond Trauma: Why Somatic Work Is More Than Just Healing with Pierre Bouchard (Ep. 120)

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Spiritual Rebellion, Psychedelics Optional: The Essential Practice with Erin Doumert (Ep 119)

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How To Regulate Your Nervous System During Inner Work - SCOPE (Ep 118)

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Learning to Trust Your Inner Wisdom with Holotropic Breathwork - Diana Medina (Ep 117)

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Beyond Time: Presence, Practice, and Expanded States of Consciousness with David Nichtern (Ep 116)

20

Doing the Work: From Experience to Transformation (Ep 115)

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The Art of Slowing Down & Meditation Course BONUS (Ep 114)

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Integrating Psychedelic Experiences with Adrian Lozano (Ep 113)

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Meditation: 6 Nails of Tilopa - The Essence of Mahamudra (Ep 112)

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Psychedelic Buddhism with Lama Mike Crowley (Ep 111)

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Spirituality & Relational Growth with My Mom: Roberta Zohara (Ep 110)

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The Vital Point: Meditation Tips for Personal Transformation (Ep 109)

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Cold Plunging, Ceremony & Gratitude with The Energy Stack (Ep 108)

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Somatic Psychedelic Integration with Cam Leids (Ep 107)

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Meditation: Taking Up Space (Ep 106)

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Somatic Love & Healing with Rachel Broome (Ep 105)

31

The Language of Breath with Jesse Coomer (Ep 104)

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Integrating The Phoenix Archetype (Ep 103)

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Exploring the Technology of the Sacred: Breathwork, Psychedelics, and Self-Development (Ep 102)

34

Growing in 2024 - My Personal Integration Journal (Ep 101)

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Navigating Personal Evolution: A Year in Tibet & Integration Insights (Ep 100)

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Expanding Life Into High Definition with Conni Biesalski (Ep 99)

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Healing Trauma with Psychedelics: Coming Full Circle with Shannon Duncan (Ep 98)

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97. Transforming Lives with Microdosing with Adam Bramlage

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96. How I Stopped Drinking

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95. The Path of the Spiritual Warrior with David Nichtern

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94. Touching the Heart of Meditation with Amanda Gilbert

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93. Making Friends With Who You Are, As You Are with Michael Kammers

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92. Presence in Practice: Somatic Breathwork with Steven Jaggers

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The Vital Point Podcast with Jonathan Schecter Trailer

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91. Music, Mushrooms, & Magic with East Forest

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90. Integrating Unity & Samadhi with Henry Winslow

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89. Tripping On Self-Trust & Intuition with Kat Walsh

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88. Cannabis IS a Psychedelic: Healing & Holding Space with Daniel McQueen

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87. Somatic Experiencing & Psychedelic Integration with Erin Doumert

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86. Meditation & Myth as Embodied Archetypes with Otto Maier

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85. Exploring the Serenity Prayer

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84. Integral Journeys: Connecting to Psilocybin Mushrooms with Jahan Khamsehzadeh

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83. Finding Joy In the Journey: Learning to Have Fun & Let Go with Cam Leids

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82. Blurring the Lines Between Recreation, Therapy & Ceremony

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81. Rave Rituals: Community, Healing, and the Ecstasy of Dance with Taylor Bratches

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80. The Heart of Science & Spirituality with Joe Tafur

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79. Remembering the Past & Looking towards the Future

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78. Losing the Hubris, Gaining the View with Scott Tusa

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77. The Beauty & Power of Breathwork with Hans Whygold

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76. The Ground of Compassion & Wisdom with Noel Coakley

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75. The Alchemy of Naming: Outer, Inner & Secret Meaning of Blue Magic Alchemy

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74. Standing in Empathy & Wholeness with Leo Lobbestael

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73. Making Sense of Internal Family Systems with Christine Dixon

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72. How I Use Breathwork for Psychedelic Integration

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71. Exploring Holotropic States & Archetypal Astrology with Jonathan Waller

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70. Satire, Skepticism, & Surfing the Psychedelic Wave with Dennis Walker

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69. The Power of Gentleness with Steph Magenta

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68. When Psychedelics Are Traumatic

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67. Rethinking the "Heroic" Mushroom Dose with Dave Hodges

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66. Harmonizing Science & Spirit: Integrating the MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference

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65. Surrender is Trusting Spirit with Jonathan 'Quest' Brown

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64. The Theory of an Advanced World & Fractal Psychology with Saemi Nakamura

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63. Waking up Into Now with David Nichtern

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62. Cultivating Wisdom with Cesar Marin

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61. Dropping Into Full Spectrum Breathwork with Jamie Clements

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60. Transforming Your Life with Orientation: A Simple Practice w Profound Impact | with Jonathan Schecter

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59. Psychedelic Integration is Life Integration with Dr. Ryan Westrum

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58. Leaning Towards the Presence of Death with Maitreya Wolf

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57. Why You Can't Change

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56. Integrating Meditation On & Off Your Cushion with Hector Marcel

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55. Supporting the Alignment of Your Soul with Beth Weinstein

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54. Coherence Breathing & the Benefits of Breathwork with Jonathan Schecter

83

Surrender, Cold Plunges, and the Path of Service with Adam Heaps (Ep 53.)

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52. Realer Than Real, Exploring Transpersonal Experiences with Katrina Michelle

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51. Breath is the Remote Control for your Nervous System with Conni Biesalski

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50. Authentic Presence and Expanded Consciousness with Acacea Lewis

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49. Embodiment & Service on the Medicine Path with Laura Dawn

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48. Connecting to Self, Soul, & Purpose with Matt Gottesman

89

47. Creating an Integrated and Embodied Life with Tristan Victor

90

46. Integration in Partnership with Mystical Heart Collective (Sinclair Fleetwood & John Steiner)

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45. The Importance of Community in the Psychedelic Space with Dr. Sa'ed Al-Olimat

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44. Mindfulness Meditation: Creating your own Clarity

93

43. EMDR for psychedelic preparation & integration w/ Ayahuasca Kaur

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42. Audience Q&A and big news for the future of the podcast!

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41. Curiosity About Internal Family Systems with Justin Martin

96

40. Understanding Resistance and Preparing for Deep Work with Greg Lawrence

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Spiritual Emergence vs. Emergency: How to Navigate Psychedelic-Induced Awakening with Katrina Michelle (Ep 39)

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38. Kambo & Full Spectrum Health with Apah Wellness

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37. Breath Awareness is Self Awareness with Campbell Will

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35. Exploring Meditation with Jimmy Wightman

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34. Connecting to your Somatic experience through Dance with Karen Nitsche

102

33. Tuning into your intuition, Spirit and Mother Aya with Jessica Posillico

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32. Using journaling to integrate with Jenny Dion

104

31. Exploring High Dose Mushroom work with Dave Hodges

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30. Questions from the Audience

106

29. Sacred Mushrooms & the Journey of the Deified Heart with Acacea Lewis

107

28. Humor & Intuition in the Integration Process with Daniel Shankin

108

27. Part of Integration is Preparation with Erin Doumert

109

26. The Path of the Wounded Healer with Joe Walters

110

25. Healing Anxiety with Russell Kennedy MD

111

23. Intro to Internal Family Systems aka Parts Work with Christine Dixon

112

21. Fabian Rodriguez: Embodiment, working with the Plants & Menswork

113

22. The Healing Power of Cold Exposure with Adrienne Jezick

114

20: The connection between Buddhism & Somatics w/ Scott Tusa

115

19. Working with Grief

116

18. What is Emotional Intelligence with Genny Rumancik @theeqschool

117

17. Connecting to Presence w/ Steph Magenta @integrativebreath

118

16. What is Somatic practice?

119

15. What if your journey doesn’t end up anywhere near your intentions?

120

14. What’s the most memorable thing that’s happened during my personal development work?

121

13. What’s the most essential thing to have for transformational work and self-development with Matt Gottesman?

122

12. How does building awareness and resilience to stress improve health?

123

11. How do you stay in your body?

124

10. How do you begin to develop somatic awareness?

125

09. How do you integrate the spiritual and human dimensions of your life?

126

08. How can you use cold exposure to help release trauma?

127

07. What’s your favorite Zen koan?

128

Season 1 Wrap Up

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06. What are the benefits of a regular breathwork practice?

130

05. How does breathwork fit into psychedelic work?

131

04. Why is breathing the ultimate investment?

132

03. How does breathwork help us process trauma?

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02. Why is Menswork so important, and how does breathwork fit in?

134

01. What is the number one misconception that people have about about Ayahuasca?