Part two, in which Audra discusses the benefits of presence and curiousity versus the constant desire to make meaning. Understand does not mean to know. It means to stand in the midst of.

Audra speaks about faith, trust and surrender in times of shadow through the lense of a story from the gospels about a man who is blind, yet has a clear faith and knowledge of the divine. Good pep talk for rough days.

Audra discusses the process of knowing versus doing. Acting in alignment with our values is not always comfortable, it doesn't always feel good so how do we stay in connection with our values as we engage the world, even when it is uncomfortable. Our mandate as spiritual practitioners in the world is to take the meaning from our spiritual expereinces--connection, love, compassion, forgiveness--and then be of service to that meaning.

Audra discusses understanding our hearts and minds so that we can be free. She uses the real world lenses of attachment theory and dating. After the class, a therapist approached her and explained that the healing we due as adults to become securely attached is as impactful and profound as the woundedness we receive from our care givers as children. Healing is possible.

Audra speaks about how we begin to belong to our routine rather than ourselves, and how to mindfully disrupt to make space.

Audra continues her exploration of the very beggining of the Bhagavad Gita, this episode we hear Krsna responds to Arjuna's despair.

Audra speaks on feeling lost, Elizabeth Gilbert and the very first lines of the Gita.

Audra speaks on the mass exodus of women from their bodies,healing an eating disorder and the gift and power of reunifying with this portal from which we get to view the universe.

Being with,rather than fixing our pain,is the stuff healing is made of and the payoff is huge. When we are able to be with our own discomfort, we begin to understand and feel what it means to expand our capacity to love. And that is transformation.

Humor, puberty, penis size and the stories we tell ourselves. Audra speaks about the limiting belief systems we choose to believe and how to begin to touch in on our own wholeness, and the possibilty of our own expansiveness that exists beyond the to narrative we create.