Dr. Pedram Shojai - Becoming A Taoist Monk, Meditation Is the Ultimate Drug, Managing Your Life Garden
Episode 382
Dr. Pedram Shojai (IG: @official_urbanmonk) is former Taoist monk who is a physician of Chinese medicine and has lectured on wellness around the world.
His no-nonsense approach teaches esoteric concepts to Western readers in an easy to understand way.
Pedram is a New York Times bestselling author and producer of multiple films and series.
Today we're discussing his latest book Focus: Bringing Time, Energy, and Money into Flow.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Pedram becoming a Taoist monk
- The integration of Qigong and Kung Fu
- Choosing to live as an urban monk
- Don't use spirituality to run from your past
- Sex is a path to enlightenment
- The hardest part about being a monk
- Developing good work ethic early on
- No one is perfect, we all have flaws
- What Pedram learned after fasting for 5 days in Hawaii
- You've got to do the work
- The benefits of meditation
- Basic meditation tips
- Meditation is the ultimate drug
- What if the answer to complexity was simplicity
- Social media algorithms pull your attention away from your life
- Focus on your own life
- Developing the life garden framework
- Learning how to say no
- Understanding energy economics
- Qigong is the secret to life
- What is the difference between Qigong and Tai Chi?
- If it's not in your calendar, how important is it to you?
- Practicing the art of disengaging from effort
- Meditation is a muscle
- Creating empty space in your life
- Pedram's work/life balance in Utah
- Hunting is a primal experience
- How to identify the weeds in your life garden
- Newsflash "you're going to die"
- Being present every day
- Honouring commitments to yourself
- Get to work on your life
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Related links:
Dr. Pedram Shojai - Focus (book)
Dr. Pedram Shojai's website (The Urban Monk)
Follow Dr. Pedram Shojai on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Dr. Pedram Shojai (books)
Watch Dr. Pedram Shojai's films on Whole.TV
Listen to Pedram Shojai previously on TUHP (episode #182)
Published on 5 years ago