Harshada David Wagner is a spiritual teacher based on Ojai, CA, with more than 25 years of teaching experience in the wisdom traditions of Yoga, Bhakti, Vedanta, and Tantra. He's also some one who's first savior was punk rock/hardcore music, who amazingly got sober at 16 years of age in his hometown of Peoria, Illinois and was given a copy of the Ram Dass spiritual classic Be Here Now, which changed the course of Harshada's life. He spent years in study while maintaining his recovery, eventually met his guru and made his spiritual life his highest priority, spending years in study and purification practices, emerging as a spiritual teacher and author who regularly hosts retreats in India and the US, individual mentorship services, and has featured meditations on the Insight Timer app. He also had the experience of interviewing Ram Dass at his home in Maui, and shares an "off camera" story they had about psychedelics.

Jaymee and Harshada have a spirited conversation about cults, fatherhood, modern day monasticism, how to avoid the trappings of spiritual materialism, and   why the bathwater could end up as valuable as the baby. The two new friends also discuss the importance of irreverent comedy, and how after decades of conventional recovery, micro-dosing psilocybin ended up assisted Harshada in evolving his emotional recovery, expanding the artist within him.

Harshada on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3WrcNMU

Harshada the web: https://www.davidhwagner.com

Harshada's Interview With Ram Dass: https://bit.ly/3jwwO6b

Harshada's IG: @harshadawagner

LOVE IS THE AUTHOR: produced, edited, and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter.

Recorded live on location at: WANTS/NEEDS in Ventura, CA ( https://www.WNTSNDS.com )

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