Living Quadratos

What if something as simple as your breath could reconnect you to the deepest truth of life? In this week's episode, we explore the practice of “absorbing the deep rhythm” and how tuning into daily cycles—like sunrise, sunset, and breath—can transform the way you experience the world. 

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/ 

Registration for the Easter Retreat (recordings now available!): https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026 

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Four Gospel Journey Program Facilitated by Christina Gringeri: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/4gjp-p-jan26-cg

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Episode# 7 is a gentle meditation brought to us by Bron. She is taking us deeper into the Quadratos Practice that we call, “Absorb the Deeper Rhythms.” Learn more on our website (link below). And there is still time! You can watch/listen to the recordings of the Easter Retreat by registering at the link below.

LINKS:

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

Registration for the Easter Retreat (recordings now available!): https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026

The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos 

This week we welcome Lance Canter from the Men of Nehemiah: A Christian Recovery Program in Dallas Texas.

Lance serves as the Assistant Director of Biblical Programming and he joins us to discuss what he has learned about 12 Step Recovery and the 4 Paths of Quadratos.

For more about Men of Nehemiah: https://www.menofnehemiah.org/ 

Registration for the Easter Retreat: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos 

In this episode, Bron and Alexander John discuss The Gospel of John, and why it may be both the most beautiful and inspired yet also the most dangerous words in the Bible. Originally John was chosen to be the only text read during Lent and Easter. Why? Might this connect with what Alexander John says, "John’s Gospel is the least historical, yet the most true of all the texts”?

LINKS:

Free Online Presentation on the Ancient Easter: https://learning4.quadratos.org/live-webinar/our-original-easter/register

Registration for the Easter Retreat: https://learning4.quadratos.org/courses/easter-retreat-2026

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos 

You know about the Lent of Ashes, but in episode 4 of "Living Quadratos" we tell the story that you do not know - the Lent that is far, far different from one that begins with ashes.

Yes - in the 2nd century Christians formed a community retreat, “Love’s Call to be More Love.”

Here is the true ancient story of Lent.

LINKS:

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos 

Our guest for Episode #3 is Dr Jana Rentzel, hailing from Dallas, Texas.  Jana is a spiritual psychologist and certified spiritual director in private practice.  In this episode she relays her journey across Christian, Buddhist, Native American, and Ageless Wisdom traditions.  And how by great surprise she discovered Quadratos and will soon lead an Extended Quadratos Book Study starting in late February.  

LINKS:

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

The Map: https://www.quadratos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quadratos-MAP.pdf

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://www.quadratos.org/shop/books/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos 

In Episode #2, Bron (our co-host) notes the meaning of her living on Awabakal land in Australia and shares the story of her spiritual journey from disrespect to love in coming to know Quadratos and its universal rhythm.

LINKS:

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://a.co/d/5j3ZuI9

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos 

Today is the start of something new - the first episode of the "Living Quadratos" podcast, “Discovering a Key to the Cosmos”.   Your hosts are Alexander John Shaia (US citizen in Spain) and Bronwyn Thoroughgood from Australia.  Upcoming episodes will have guests from around the world and will drop bi-weekly on Sunday morning.

In this inaugural podcast, Alexander John (author and Founder of Quadratos) shares a key to the Cosmos that Christianity’s Four Gospels provide us.  In upcoming episodes, Bron will introduce herself and your hosts will interview people from around the world who are “living Quadratos.”

What is Quadratos?  It is Alexander John’s name for the ancient four-path journey of transformation that lies at the heart of the four Christian gospels.

LINKS:

Quadratos: https://www.quadratos.org/

Notes From Alexander John's Desk: https://www.quadratos.org/subscribe/

Join a Group / Community: https://www.quadratos.org/join-a-group/

Heart and Mind: https://a.co/d/5j3ZuI9 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderJohnShaia

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quadratos