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Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast

Oct 28, 2019

In this episode I talk with fellow yogi Belinda McLean about what she calls the great question we must ask of all our thoughts and assumption — Is it true? We also discuss what she has learned from working with the elderly as an Occupational Therapist, how hugging trees can be a life-saving practice, and what is means...


Oct 21, 2019

"The cultivation of gratitude and joy is the way home." This quote from a conversation between Oprah and Brene Brown has had me thinking about gratitude. Research has shown it isn't joy that makes us grateful for the many blessing in our lives. Rather, it's the opposite. Practicing gratitude is the thing that invites...


Oct 14, 2019

In this conversation with Aiko, we talk about what how to fit mindfulness into our day when our morning practice doesn't go as planned. We talk about our expectations for ourselves, what to do when life doesn't go the way we thought it would, and how most of life is "none of our business". You can find Aiko on...


Oct 7, 2019

We think happiness is something we experience when we get what we want. When situations go the way we expected, or we get a reaction from another person that we were hoping for. But what if we were to experiment with the idea that joy is a natural state of being? What effect would it have on my life if I started with...