Explore Spirituality

Explore Spirituality

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Explore Spirituality episodes

  • New Possibilities with Rosamund Stone Zander
    Rabbi Rami talks to Rosamund Stone Zander about how to embrace the possible and her new book Pathways to Possibility: Transforming Our Relationships with Ourselves. A review of her book appears in the July/August 2016 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine.
    Rosamund Stone Zander is the author of The Art of Possibility. Trained as a Family Systems therapist, she coaches organizations, teams, and groups, and designs programs that strengthen relationships, promote an ethical outlook, and spur effective actio
    21 min
  • Matthew Fox Delves into Thomas Merton

    Rabbi Rami talks to author Matthew Fox about his new book A Way to God: Thomas Merton Creation Creation Spiritual Journey. Matthew Fox is the author of over 30 books including Meister Eckhart, The Hidden Spirituality of Men, Christian Mystics, and most recently A Way to God. A preeminent scholar and popularizer of Western mysticism, he became an Episcopal priest after being expelled from the Dominican Order by Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI. You can visit him online at www.matthewfox.org.

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    23 min
  • Customizing Spirituality with Katherine Ozment

    Rabbi Rami talks to Katherine Ozment about insights from her research, a move toward reimagined spiritual rituals, and her new book Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age. A review of her book appears in the May/June 2016 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine. Katherine Ozment is an award-winning journalist and author of Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age. She has worked in publishing for more than twenty-five years, including as a senior editor at National Geographic, for which she once rode a donkey through the desert of Jordan and Israel on assignment. Her personal essays and reported articles have been widely published, including in such venues as National Geographic, The New York Times, Boston, Salon, and Fitness. Born in Arkansas, she graduated from Harvard College with a degree in English and American Literature and received her Masters in Writing from DePaul University. She has lived on both the East and West coasts and now resides in Chicago with her husband, an environmental economist at The University of Chicago, and their three children.

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    23 min
  • Playing with Koans with John Tarrant

    Rabbi Rami talks to John Tarrant clarifies the deeper meaning and uses of a koan, including lightening up your perspective. An interview with Tarrant appears in the May/June 2016 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine. John Tarrant is the director of Pacific Zen Institute and author of Bring Me the Rhinoceros and The Light Inside the Dark. He is the editor of the new online magazine Uncertainty Club.

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    23 min
  • Living on Less with Joshua Becker

    Rabbi Rami talks to Joshua Becker about his new book "The More of Less: Finding the Life Your Want Under Everything You Own." A review of his book appears in the May/June 2016 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine. Becker is the founder and editor of Becoming Minimalist, a website dedicated to intentional living that was named by SUCCESS Magazine as one of the top ten personal development websites in 2015.

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    23 min
  • Koshin Paley Ellison and Matt Weingast

    Rabbi Rami talks to Koshin Paley Ellison and Matt Weingast about the journey that brought them to advocating for contemplative care and their new book Awake by the Bedside. A review of their book appears in the May/June 2016 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine.

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    23 min
  • Sounds of Snatum Kaur

    Rabbi Rami talks to Snatam Kaur about the transformational power of sound and her new book Original Light: The Morning Practice of Kundalini Yoga. She also sings a chant shared by her spiritual teacher Yogi Bhajan. Kaur appears in the Jan/Feb 2016 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine as one of the 100 Trailblazers in Yoga and Ayurveda and begins a new blog with Spiriutality & Health online this June.

    Snatam Kaur is a teacher and musician in the Kundalini Yoga tradition, known for her many bestselling kirtan albums. Her new book Original Light: The Morning Practice of Kundalini Yoga is available now. Based in Wilton, New Hampshire, she leads workshops and gatherings across the US. For more, visit snatamkaur.com.

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    23 min

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Embark on a transformative journey beyond fear-based traditions and parochial religion with Rabbi Rami Shapiro on “Explore Spirituality.” Tailored for free thinkers and the spiritually independent,…