In this episode, we talk once again with our good friend Ken McLeod. We attempt to clarify the language around mind and body and point out some potentially risky dictotomies. We discuss living Vajrayana, the importance of motivation and integrating the Dharma into modern living. Enjoy! 

For more info on Ken: www.unfetteredmind.org

For more info on VBVM: www.vajrabodyvajramind.com

Michael is an American Lama who is based out of Portland, Oregon. He was trained under Kalu Rinpoche. In this podcast we use meditative silence and inquiry to explore the role of Vajrayana in our lives.

Surya Das is an American Lama. He is a poet, chant master, spiritual activist and author of many popular books including Awakening the Buddha Within. In this episode, we talk with Surya about practicing Tibetan Buddhism in the modern world. We talk about the lack of embodiment in American Buddhists, about the power of short practice sessions and about the potential use of Entheogens as allies on the path. Enjoy!

To learn more about Lama Surya Das visit www.surya.org

In this episode, with our friend Reggie Ray (co-founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation), we dive more deeply into the second veil. We discussed moving more deeply into our collective trauma and the role of the lineage and subtle energies. And much more.

Check out more from Reggie at dharmaocean.org

Michaela Boehm is an internationally recognized counselor, teacher, and expert in intimacy and sexuality. She joins us today to talk about a vast number of topics which include but not limited to: cutting edge of spirituality, evolving gender roles, living purpose from a somatic state, not confusing skill learning with spiritual development and much more. Hope you enjoy.

Please visit Michaela at michaelaboehm.com

Jed Ward is co-host of Vajra Body Vajra Mind, Pilates instructor, musician, urban farmer, and somatic explorer. In today's podcast we travel on Jed's journey from martial arts to somatic therapy.  Stopping along the way to hear about how he got into Tibetan Buddhism, bodywork, dance, and plant teachers. Hope you enjoy.

To contact Jed email: vajrabodyvajramind@gmail.com

Music by Jed's band Clouds Over Moscow

James Steinberg has been a devotee of Adi Da Samraj since 1973 and has worked with Him in the area of the "Great Tradition" of spiritual and religious traditions. He has also written a couple of books about Adi Da Samraj, namely Divine Distraction and Love of the God-Man: A Comprehensive Guide to the Traditional and Time-Honored Guru-Devotee Relationship. On this episode we discuss James' life following Adi Da. We talk about the practice of Guru Yoga and the importance of discipline on the path.

Damien is co-host of Vajra Body Vajra Mind, Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and teacher, Qi-Gong teacher, has BA in Comparative Religion and American Indian Studies, Nutritional Therapist, and mentor developer.

We catch up with him about his last year and his biggest take-aways from life and from doing this podcast. He also shares what is most important to him in his current practice and what his vision is for the future.

To learn more about Damien visit: vajrabodyvajramind.com

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between feminism and tantric Buddhism, teaching creatively, overcoming fear with trust and the importance of embodied practice.

Check out her books at: http://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/anne-c-klein.html

Music by Clouds over Moscow

Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei is a gifted mediator, facilitator, and teacher of Zen and Integral Spirituality. She has been a practitioner of meditation for more than 25 years. She was great at navigating our conversation with listening to our personal stories and relating her wisdom to them.

Our discussion includes the following:

• How her book came to be
• Relationship on conflict resolution is a weakness among meditative communities
• Zen teaches to become intimate with oneself but doesn't necessarily support harmony in relationships
• Feeling the ego of our old nervous system
• Experience teaching the National Women's Judge Conference
• What the growing of mindfulness in the mainstream means
• What is panic and where is it in the body
• Finding the intelligence in fear and learning to live with it
• Simple emptiness on one hand and the evolution of self-identity on the other
• What is in an apology
• Working in the personal domain for conflict resolution not only helps in personal but systemic change
• Are we as a species becoming less violent?

Find out more at dianemushohamilton.com