Lama Losang (Dr. David Bole) is a fully ordained monk, he completed his traditional three-year retreat in 2004. Lama Losang is also an acupuncture physician, a Tai Chi teacher, and holds a Ph.D. in Psychology. He teaches wellness and Buddhism around the country.

He has recently published a book titled, The Golden Eight-Petaled Lotus, Book One: Wisdom & Compassion.

For more information about Lama Losang please visit: https://www.ktcgainesville.org

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Cyndi Lee began teaching meditation 30 years ago with the blessing of her root guru, the great Tibetan master, Gelek Rinpoche.

Cyndi is known for integrating yoga asana and Tibetan Buddhism.  From 1998-2012, she founded and ran the renowned OM yoga Center. OM yoga Center was the first NYC studio to offer Buddhist meditation classes. 

Cyndi is the author of several books including: Yoga Body Buddha Mind. She is also a regular contributor to Yoga Journal & Lion’s Roar.

To find out more about Cyndi please visit https://www.cyndilee.com

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My guest this week is Embodiment teacher Will Johnson. Will Johnson has been a Buddhist practitioner and Rolfer for more than forty years.  He and his wife live in Costa Rica,  where they have created the Hollow Bamboo Retreat Center. Will has written several books including Breathing Through the Whole Body:  The Buddha’s Instructions on Integrating Mind, Body, and Breath.

To find out more about Will visit https://www.embodiment.net

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James Nestor is an author and journalist His  book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was an international bestseller. James is currently hosting breathing workshops and he is working on a new book.

To find out more about James please visit https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/

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In this weeks episode I had the pleasure to sit down with Matteo Pistono.

Matteo Pistono is a writer, meditation teacher, and conscious breathing guide. His new book is Breathe How You Want to Feel: Your Breathing Tool Kit for Better Health.

Matteo has authored numerous books including Meditation: Coming To Know Your Mind, Fearless in Tibet and In The Shadow of the Buddha. He teaches conscious breathing and meditation to individuals and groups in-person as well as online.

https://www.matteopistono.com

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In this weeks episode, I had a conversation with Tsering Dorje. Tsering studied Buddhism in both monastic and academic settings for the past twenty years. He translates ancient Hatha and Vajrayana texts. His focus is on  the body-oriented yogas  in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism.

Tsering has a Newsletter on substack where he posts his translations. Below is the link to his substack if you’d like to find out more.

https://tsering.substack.com

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In this week's episode, I had a conversation with my friend and breath coach Mike Maher. Mike is a breath work instructor, and researcher.

Mike is the founder of YouTube’s Number One Breathwork channel –TAKE A DEEP BREATH, and the host of the Breathwork Podcast ,The Breathcast.

Mike trains people online with his popular breath-work program  Functional Breathing Essentials and he’s just started a group breathing practice as well.

Mike's website & Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@TAKEADEEPBREATH
https://www.takeadeepbreath.co.uk


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In this weeks episode, I had the pleasure to speak with Michael Sheehy.

Michael Sheehy is a meditation researcher and scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. He is a Research Assistant Professor and Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia.

Michael studied extensively in Asia, including three years training in a Buddhist monastery in the nomadic Golok region of far eastern Tibet and more than twelve years conducting fieldwork to preserve rare manuscripts with monastic communities across the Tibetan plateau. His research on Tibetan lucid dreaming practices was featured in National Geographic.

His forthcoming book is on the history and philosophy of the  Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. His current book project weaves practices of attention, imagination, and embodiment from Tibetan meditation manuals with contemporary discourses on mind, body, culture, and ecology.

You can find out more about Michael and his work on his website https://michaelrsheehy.com

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Willa Baker has a doctorate from Harvard University. She is the Founder and director of  The Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston, MA, and its retreat center in the mountains of, NH. She is a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu lineage .  Willa lived as a monastic for twelve years  and has also completed two three-year retreats.

Willa is author of several books including The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom

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Drew Leder a professor of Western and Eastern Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland.  Dr. Leder's work focuses on the embodied experience. He asks us to reconsider the Cartesian mind-body dualism that underlies much of contemporary Western medicine, and proposes a more holistic, yet rigorous, alternative.

He has written several books on these topics including The Absent Body, and his latest  book The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction

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