The Mind Bod Adventure Pod

30/01/2025

Welcome Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of “We Were Made for These Times” and coauthor of “Healing Our Way Home”. Kaira shares her journey from a communal upbringing and monastic life with Thich Nhat Hanh, her work in nurturing community, and her exploration of racial identity in spiritual practice.

Her gentle guided practice is beautiful and completely original. Our conversation afterward is frank and open: on race and ancestry, on how every person - regardless of skin color - has a role to play in healing the collective trauma of racism and colonialism. We talk about the larger “skin” of community - the role community has to play in offering support and safety, and yet also how hard that can be to find in a culture whose values so often separate and isolate.

Is this changing? There are signs it may be. As Thich Nhat Hanh used to say, there is no more noble task than true community building.

Hopefully, this podcast can be a space for community - a place where we can explore together the many different ways of being human 💛

Find the episode at https://www.mindbodpod.com/p/kaira-jewel-lingo-finding-home-in-our-skin and let us know in the comments how this practice was for you.

… including the larger “skin” of community!

28/01/2025

Frank Yang is an “Infinite Brah” – a true bodybuilder of consciousness who shares his “journey, insights and practices for accessing the highest states of consciousness, awakening and beyond” to quote his fresh and wildly kinetic YouTube channel.

In this episode, there’s lots of talk about the experience (and health benefits!) of non-duality and awakening, whether it shows up in different ways for people in different cultures, the value and traps of using a map to find your way, the primordial mistake of separation, and other excellent topics for consciousness nerds.

Then, 30 minutes in, he takes us to Frank Yang Land — a WONDERFUL and very impactful guided practice that merges mindful noting with surrendering to effortlessness.

Join us at www.mindbodpod.com/p/frank-yang-contemplative-crossfit to watch this episode (and the Afterparty) ✌️😀

23/01/2025

Meet Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, world-renowned meditation teacher, author, and lineage holder in the Bön tradition of Tibet, one of the oldest spiritual traditions on the planet. In this episode, we take three protective imaginary “pills” – a white pill, a red pill, and a blue pill. “Because in the West everybody loves to eat pills!”

Each pill is both a syllable that we voice out loud and a mini-meditation that addresses a specific challenge.

“Ah…”,
“Om…”
“Hung…”.

For eight ethereal minutes, Wangyal Rinpoche sings these three syllables to us again and again. You can let them wash through you as you sit with us or sing along.

The audio isn’t perfect, but who cares?! Can you feel each vibration? Can you feel each blessing? Jeff cries, as usual. It’s an honor to experience such venerable medicine.

To watch, visit: https://www.mindbodpod.com/p/three-precious-pills-tenzin-wangyal-rinpoche

And let us know in the comments how the pills went to work on you!

21/01/2025

This week, we go deep into the spiritual heart of psychedelics with Celina de Leon, founder of the Circle of Sacred Nature Church and adjunct faculty at the Graduate Theological Union. Celina has spent 20 years working with ayahuasca – or yagé, as it’s known in the Kamentsa indigenous community of Colombia, her root lineage.

We talk about the contemplative practice of yagé, its unique characteristics, and how it opens us up to benefits beyond individual mental health. So much goodness!

The main thing is: we go into ceremony – we experience how the deliberateness and care of ceremony takes us into the sacred present.

In Celina’s guided practice, we feel into the mystery of this and try to articulate the remembering that happens…although, of course, no words can ever be adequate.

So friends, come experience it with us -> https://www.mindbodpod.com/p/celina-de-leon-ayahuasca-spiritual-care

25/01/2024

We're back with a new name, a new online home, and all new episodes - this time in VIDEO!!! Welcome to The Mind Bod Adventure Pod 🚀

Watch now | Jeff & Tasha are back with new weekly adventures!