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Back to SearchLysha Smith: Teaching Goenka's Vipassana
Season 3 Episode 11
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Lysha Smith is a senior teacher in the lineage of SN Goenka, running the Dhamma Dhara center in Massachusetts. The conversation touc…
7 hours ago
George Haas: Developing Secure Attachment
Season 3 Episode 10
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Meditation teacher and attachment theory expert George Haas talks about the effects of insecure attachment, as well as how combining …
1 month ago
Leigh Brasington: In Search of a Successor
Season 3 Episode 9
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Leigh tells us the story of how he became a jhana teacher, and we learn the thrilling story of the life of Ayya Khema, his teacher. …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Robin Moisson: Meditation Teaching, Meaning, and Making a Living
Season 3 Episode 8
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In this episode of Teaching Meditation, Upali interviews longtime student-turned-teacher Robin Moisson to explore his journey from an…
2 months, 1 week ago
Boaz Feldman: Relational Meditation
Season 3 Episode 7
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Upali interviews Boaz about the relational meditation practices he's been doing, including relational qi gong. Their conversation th…
7 months, 1 week ago
Professor Steven Haberlin: Teaching Meditation in Academia
Season 3 Episode 6
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Professor Steven Haberlin is a professor at the University of Central Florida. In this episode, you'll hear him talk about teaching …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Learning Meditation: Anusheh. Meditation (Kinda) Resolved My Anxiety.
Season 3 Episode 4
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Upali interviews Anusheh, who began practicing The Mind Illuminated in order to improve her anxiety. While it did help, it was a mor…
1 year ago
Stephen Zerfas: Making the Jhanas Accessible
Season 3 Episode 5
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Stephen Zerfas, founder of the Jhana startup Jhourney (get it?), covers a wide range of topics in today's interview. He and Tucker t…
1 year ago
Learning Meditation: Yuri. Using Meditation to Cope with War
Season 3 Episode 4
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Upali interviews Yuri, a Ukranian-British meditator. Yuri talks about how difficult his first retreat was, and how permanently his l…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dr. Tucker Peck: Freedom is the Opposite of Community
Season 3 Episode 3
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Upali interviews Tucker in this episode. In a wide-ranging conversation, they touch on:
Many of us look for self esteem to pretty muc…1 year, 1 month ago