Modern Spirituality

“Raise the consciousness of humanity by using food and many other health and wellness ways." - Lauren Von Der Pool

Your host Ben Decker brings his dear friend, the iconic culinary artist, medicine woman and celebrity chef, Lauren Von Der Pool (Queen of Green), onto this week's show.  Lauren and her team have catered many high-profile events, The Oscars, Grammy’s,  BET Awards, The Espy’s, MTV Music Awards, The Billboard Awards, The Congressional Black Caucus, SAG Awards, Olympics, Wimbledon and the Met Gala menu curation. Her clients include Venus & Serena Williams, Common, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu & Robin Thicke.  Lauren also served as executive chef for “Let’s Move! - Michelle Obama's childhood obesity campaign and has also appeared on the popular Food Network TV Show Chopped.

Learn more about our guest:

Join Lauren's 21 Day Program, Eat Yourself Sexy, July 12th, 2022:
https://www.laurenvonderpool.com/eatyourselfsexy

Instagram:
https://instagram.com/queenofgreen?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Website:
https://www.laurenvonderpool.com/

Press:
https://thebeet.com/celebrity-chef-lauren-von-der-pool-on-how-veganism-and-spirituality-connect/

Attend Ben Decker's next retreat in Costa Rica at Rythmia, October 9th - 16th, 2022 :

https://rythmia.link/deckerevent

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliate of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏 Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today:  https://rythmia.link/deckerevent
 

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:
 
👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer
 
[email protected]
 
Twitter.com/BenDecker
 
Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker
 
👉Ansley Weller, Producer
[email protected]

This week Ben brings Rythmia Life Advancement Center’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jeff McNairy, Psy.D., M.P.H. onto the show.  Jeff has been working in the health care field for 25 years. He has worked in a variety of medical environments and seen the struggle individuals have when actually trying to heal. The current Western system of heath care is deficient in healing the population. It is more concerned with managing symptoms and using external sources for “change.” Through Dr. McNairy’s intense experience with the most desperate patient populations (addiction, acute mental health, and trauma), he has seen that the only real healing can come from within.

Rythmia:
https://rythmia.com

 Website:
https://www.jeffmcnairy.com/
 
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/rythmia_/
https://www.instagram.com/drjeffmcnairy/

Press:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rythmia-points-societys-plant-medicine-160000005.html

https://onken.co/dr-jeff-mcnairy-plant-medicine/

Book a trip to Rythmia October 9th - 16th hosted by Ben Decker:

https://rythmia.link/deckerevent

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliate of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:
 
 🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica
 

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today:  https://rythmia.link/deckerevent
 

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:
 
👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer
 
[email protected]
 
Twitter.com/BenDecker
 
Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker
 

👉Ansley Weller, Producer

 [email protected]

If you have ever contemplated how to integrate your spiritual practice with your academic or professional background, then please tune into this episode.  You will hear author/teacher/professor, Amanda Gilbert's story about tuning into her own wisdom and following her heart to become a modern meditation teacher for a new generation. Amanda teaches Mindfulness at USC and her first book, Kindness Now, is published by Shambala Publications.   

Amanda was previously the center director for the Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions Center at the University of California, San Francisco, researching and publishing investigations on the biological and psychological effects of mindfulness, meditation, and stress resilience. Today, she teaches mindfulness meditation and writes about kindness, heart practice and mindful living for a new generation of meditators.

Learn more here:

Website:
https://www.amandagilbertmeditation.com/

Instagram:
https://instagram.com/amandagilbertmeditation?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Order Amanda’s Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Kindness-Now-Authenticity-Intention-Compassion/dp/1611809010

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliate of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today:  https://rythmia.link/deckerevent

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer

[email protected]

Twitter.com/BenDecker

Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker

👉Ansley Weller, Producer

[email protected]

Ever wonder what the classroom of the future or the healthcare of tomorrow will be like? Meet Lyle Maxson, a pioneer of Transformative Entertainment and the founder of GeniusX, a Virtual Reality (VR) education platform for creating a metaverse that "upgrades the real world avatar that is you" with a goal to better humanity's relationship with technology along the way.  In addition, Lyle addresses the world’s mental health crisis with the creation of Entheo Digital, a digital therapeutics company pursuing FDA clearance and the creation of a wellness technology marketplace at the intersection of psychedelic therapy and experiential medicine.  Lyle's work includes themes such as how to create a transformative environment, how to create benevolent technology, the future of virtual reality and shifting from fear to inspiration in the tech place. 

Learn more about our guest here:

 Websites:
https://geniusx.com/
https://entheo.digital/

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

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliates of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Chopra Global Certifications with Deepak Chopra

Become a  Meditation Teacher with a prestigious  certification through Deepak Chopra's Chopra Global at Chopra.com/certifications. Mention Ben Decker as your referral.

🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today:  https://rythmia.link/deckerevent

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer

[email protected]

Twitter.com/BenDecker

Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker

👉Ansley Weller, Producer

[email protected] 

After many health complications due to addiction & an eating disorder, our guest Spiritual Fertility Coach Meg Pearson, was told she would never have kids. However at age 38 she naturally fell pregnant!  The transition from maiden to mother was wrought with love, grief, excitement, & healing. Now pregnant with her second child at age 41, Meg is armed with countless tools & insight around empowered living, conscious conception, positive births and peaceful parenting. Meg is also a women’s coach and a  natural chef. 

Learn more about Meg Pearson here:

Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meg-pearson-podcast/id1564507961

Instagram:
https://instagram.com/coachmegpearson

Website:
www.meghanpearson.ca

Books: 

https://www.amazon.com/Meg-Pearson/e/B08D712DGF?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1655032302&sr=8-1

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliates of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Chopra Global Certifications with Deepak Chopra

Become a  Meditation Teacher with a prestigious  certification through Deepak Chopra's Chopra Global at Chopra.com/certifications. Mention Ben Decker as your referral.

🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today:

https://rythmia.link/deckerevent

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer

[email protected]

Twitter.com/BenDecker

Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker

👉Ansley Weller, Producer

[email protected] 

This week you will meet 4-time Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist Frank Elaridi. Frank has covered everything from Syrian refugee camps to the Academy Awards and has worked mostly for ABC Network News and EXTRA TV.  He can also be seen on Good Morning America and ABC's digital platforms, including giving viewers a backstage look into Dancing With The Stars.  Frank is also a spiritual healer who helps people clear negative emotions and blocks. He is also the co-founder of Modern Nirvana and runs his YouTube channel with over 40 million views. 

Learn more about our guest here:

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

Work with Frank:
https://www.frankelaridi.com/about-3

Attend The Modern Nirvana Conference in Austin on September 23rd 2022:
https://www.modernnirvana.com/conference

Visit Frank's Youtube Channel here:
 www.youtube.com/frankelaridi

Order the Modern Nirvana's Oracle Deck here:
https://www.frankelaridi.com/copy-of-oracle-2


Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliates of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Chopra Global Certifications with Deepak Chopra

Become a  Meditation Teacher or an Ayurvedic Health Coach with a prestigious  certification through Deepak Chopra's Chopra Global at Chopra.com/certifications. Mention Ben Decker as your referral.

🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today at Rythmia.Link/DeckerEvent

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer

[email protected]

Twitter.com/BenDecker

Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker

👉Ansley Weller, Producer

[email protected] 

You may have heard of the zodiac signs, but have you ever heard of using a deck of cards as tarot for your astrological signs? Its called Cardology and it turns out, both your host Ben Decker & this week’s guest, Bryant Wood  are the Ten of Hearts Card, which is known for success with groups, communicating with large numbers of people & being able to successfully bridge different personalities. Bryant is also Master Breathwork Instructor & The Modern Nirvana Co- Founder.  You may have seen him on America’s Next Top Model  & Netflix’s The Circle.

In this episode, Ben and Bryant discuss:

🌟 Bryant Being a First Born Triplet on Winter Solstice

🌟 How Psychically Connected are Triplets? 

🌟 Letting Go of Jealousy & Competition Amongst Siblings and Nurturing Each Other’s Gifts 

🌟 Learning Your Own Epic Myth & Owning Your Story

🌟 Expansion, Purification & Deep Humility 

🌟 Interpreting Dreams as Aspects of The Self 

Learn more about our guest here:

Get Your Tickets to the Bryant’s Modern Nirvana Conference on September 23rd, 2022 in Austin, TX:

https://www.modernnirvana.com/conference

Bryant’s Website:

https://www.angelikar.com

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ikarwood/

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliate of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today at Rythmia.Link/DeckerEvent

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

👉Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer

[email protected]

Twitter.com/BenDecker

Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker

👉Ansley Weller, Producer

[email protected] 

Benjamin W. Decker brings his friend and colleague, Megan Monahan, onto the show for some spiritual real talk. Learn more about how they painfully confronted and overcame undigested trauma, burnout, self worth and codependency issues and each found their true purpose.  

Meditation expert and author, Megan Monahan is passionate about making meditation accessible and relatable. Her goal is to infuse a modern-day “realness” into the all too often esoteric landscape of meditation. Since learning to meditate in 2009 with Deepak Chopra and becoming a Chopra certified instructor, she has taught thousands to meditate.

Learn more about our guest here:

Don’t Hate, Meditate! by Megan Monahan:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H722SLK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0



Megan’s 21 Day Digital Meditation Offering:


http://meditatewithmegan.com/

Megan’s Website:

https://www.meganmonahan.com/

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliates of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Chopra Global Certifications with Deepak Chopra

Become a  Meditation Teacher or an Ayurvedic Health Coach with a prestigious  certification through Deepak Chopra's Chopra Global at Chopra.com/certifications. Mention Ben Decker as your referral.

🙏Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica

Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience, Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops - with special guest Ben Decker. Book your trip today at Rythmia.Link/DeckerEvent

Contact The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

Do you believe that if you change yourself, you can change the world? If you want to learn some of the most effective ways to change one’s self, then you won’t want to miss this episode.  Ben Decker brings his friend and colleague Sarah Platt-Finger onto the show to discuss yoga, philosophy, meditation and Ayurveda. Hear Ben and Sarah thoughtfully reflect on living in the light and how through yoga, you can transform, reach your highest potential and gain a deeper understanding of Self.

In this episode, Ben and Sarah discuss:

🌟 Doing the Work of the Soul’s Purpose

🌟 Embracing the Chopra Lineage/Family and Sangha

🌟 The Beauty of Ayurveda & Celebrating Our Unique Natures

🌟 Finding Your Dharma - The Gift You Are Meant To Share with the World 

🌟 Samyama as Combined Practice of Concentration, Meditation & Union

🌟Christian Interpretation of Samyama

🌟 Sankalpa as Subtle Intention or Unique Vow

🌟 Power of Visualization 

🌟 Deepak Chopra’s Seven Spiritual Laws

Learn more about our guest here:

An initiated Yoga Master since 2013, Sarah Platt-Finger is the author of Living in the Light; Yoga for Self Realization, which she co-authored with Deepak Chopra, MD. She is also the Director of Yoga at Chopra and the co-founder of ISHTA Yoga, LLC. Deepak Chopra has called Sarah “an extraordinary teacher of yoga that has called enormously to my well-being.” 

Pre-Order Sarah and Deepak’s new book here: 

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Light-Self-Realization-Deepak-Chopra/dp/0593235428/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1651292121&sr=8-1

Sarah’s Website:

http://sarahplattfinger.com/

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1647398150/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641520256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Mindfulness-Exercises-Deepen-Practice/dp/164739192X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646118065/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3

Affiliates of The Modern Spirituality Podcast:

🙏Chopra Global Certifications with Deepak Chopra

Become a  Meditation Teacher or an Ayurvedic Health Coach with a prestigious  certification through Deepak Chopra's Chopra Global at Chopra.com/certifications. Mention Ben Decker as your referral.

This week, Ben welcomes his friend and colleague, author, founder and award winning podcast host, Rosie Acosta onto the show.  Rosie is a world renowned yoga and meditation teacher, yoga teacher training and holistic health coach.  Her clients include the NBA and NFL. She is also the founder of Radically Loved: Yoga, Health and Wellness, and the host of the top self development iHeart Radio show, The Radically Loved Podcast, with over 3 million downloads. 

Growing up in East L.A. in the nineties, Rosie dismissed spirituality and wellness as something people like her didn’t do. But after being arrested at age fifteen, she knew that only a radical change would lead her away from debilitating anxiety and self-doubt. As she puts it, yoga offered her a ladder and she began to climb.

In this episode, Ben and Rosie discuss Rosie’s first book, You Are Radically Loved, an invitation to discover the healing power of who you truly are in body, mind and spirit. In this empowering episode, filled with both grit and grace, Ben and Rosie help make spirituality accessible to everyone and will guide you in allowing yourself to become the person you are truly meant to be.  

Learn more about our guest here:

You Are Radically Loved: A Healing Journey to Self Love by Rosie Acosta

https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Radically-Loved-Self-Love/dp/0593330153/

Founder of You Are Loved: Yoga, Health & Wellness: 

https://www.radicallyloved.com/

The Radically Loved Podcast with Rosie Acosta:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-radically-loved-podcast/id1590221798

Ben Decker, The Unplug App & The Modern Spirituality Podcast in The New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/30/well/guided-meditations.html

Develop Your Meditation Practice with books by Ben Decker:

Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing

Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You

Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace

Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians

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Benjamin W. Decker, Host/Executive Producer

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Ansley Weller, Producer

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