Can People Really Change? with Tina Rasmussen.
Host Michael Taft talks with meditation teacher and author Tina Rasmussen about how psychology and meditation practice can work together to help people heal, working with trauma, the importance of hea...
19 Jan 202258min
Meditation, Insight, and Predictive Processing with Ruben Laukkonen
Host Michael Taft talks with neuroscientist and meditator Ruben Laukkonen about the phenomenology of the insight experience, how the sequence of deepening meditative practices maps onto the model of p...
4 Jan 20221h 12min
Eco-Aesthetics and the Poetry of Longing with Rick Jarow
What can ancient Sanskrit poetry of love and longing teach us about our own deepest spirituality? Join host Michael Taft as he explores this question with professor, author, and teacher Rick Jarow. Fu...
30 Nov 202156min
Vision, Visualization, and Vajrayana, with Chandra Easton
Host Michael Taft speaks with Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton about her recent work with the 21 manifestations of the Goddess Tara, some aspects of Green Tara, and especially the role of vision and visuali...
1 Nov 20211h 6min
Talking about Zen Koans with Henry Shukman
Zen teacher, author, and poet Henry Shukman talks with host Michael Taft about Mountain Cloud Zen Center, Henry’s series on the Waking Up app, meditation for awakening vs. meditation as a “band aid,” ...
18 Aug 202139min
Vajrayana as a Living Practice, with Ken McLeod
Host Michael Taft talks with teacher and author Ken McLeod about his insights into Vajrayana, spiritual practice as "choosing a way to live," the Tibetan idea of lam khyer, the power of prayer as a ki...
20 Jul 20211h 14min
Dimensions of Nonduality with Tina Rasmussen
Host Michael Taft talks with meditation teacher and author Tina Rasmussen about ways to understand nondual awareness and the progress of nondual meditation, including her own unique comparison between...
30 Jun 202158min
Meditation and Communication with Shinzen Young
Shinzen Young talks with host Michael Taft about his new ideas around applying the systematic mindset of mindfulness meditation and the scientific method to the many challenges of human communication ...
2 Jun 202154min
