The Abdi Assadi Podcast

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The Abdi Assadi Podcast episodes

June 28, 2015 THE GREAT DISMANTLING
In this podcast episode, we discuss the seismic shift that is affecting all aspects of our lives. Look within to know what can stay, what has to be released, and what needs to enter your life. This energy requires nothing less than total surrender. Wake up and live.
To read the transcription of this episode, please click here.
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15 min
May 10, 2015 GUIDED MEDITATION
Meditation is the act of being present in the moment. By being present in the moment, we learn to become reacquainted with ourselves. This is crucial, since we need this relationship with Self to use as a compass to navigate our lives. On a daily basis, we are rarely in the moment. As soon as our eyes open in the morning, our minds start whirling. The distractions start. We think about the past or the future. We turn on the computer. Read a newspaper or magazine. Listen to music or turn on the TV. Drink a cup of the concentration drug known as coffee, which puts us further into our head. And we are off to the races. The consequence of this non-stop loop of activity is that we have become strangers from ourselves. We float through life without being conscious of a center that can be our guide. Meditation is the momentary stepping away from incessant external focus, and paying attention to self. Since we have become estranged from ourselves, for many of us there can be initial feelings of anxiety as we attempt to meditate. This is normal and can be tolerated. Understand that this is the single most common reason why we do not undertake a regular meditation practice: unexamined anxiety. You can push through it. There are many types of meditation, and they are all useful. There are types where one repeats a word or mantra as a way of staying in the moment or types where one uses breath or sensation to do the same. What I am sharing with you here is a body centered awareness technique. What I have found useful about this technique is that it can be used throughout the day to keep connecting internally. One can do this in the midst of all daily activity. The audio piece will guide you on how to do this. The sounds of the crickets in the background are there to give your ears something to use to stay in the present moment. Start with a 10 minute daily practice, and you can work your way up to the full 20 minutes. In these times of rapid change, our inner voice is crucial as a navigational guide. Here is a simple tool to help you do that. On this Mother’s Day, and every day forward, mother your self. You are that you seek.
20 min
March 08, 2015 SPIRITUAL BYPASS
In this podcast episode, we discuss spiritual bypass and the use of spiritual practice as a substitute for doing psychological work. The history of the split between spirituality and psychology is discussed as well as the disconnection between intellect and emotions. This is followed by examples in our lives.
The three books discussed are: Psychotherapy East And West by Allan Watts, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa, and Awakening The Heart by John Welwood.
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33 min
February 21, 2015 INHABITING OUR BODY
In this podcast episode, Kayte Ringer and Abdi discuss the ways and places we hold emotional and physical stress, the ways we can release them, and inhabiting our body as a direct spiritual path.
Kayte has been a bodyworker for over 35 years, trained in dance, Rolfing, and ideokinesis, she imparts her knowledge in a profound poetic language. Break out an anatomy book and learn about yourself.
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58 min
October 04, 2014 ANATOMY OF A HEALING
This podcast episode offers an intimate view of one woman’s healing journey over a decade and a half. It examines the work and process involved in identifying and moving from an unconscious and dissociated space into a conscious and embodied life.
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47 min
July 04, 2014 THE HIGH COST OF STORYTELLING
In this podcast episode, we discuss the masks we wear and the psychic toll they exact from us. The confusion of these masks with our true self (and the stories they entail) steals much life force. The servicing of these stories lead to more pain than is visible at first glance.
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25 min
March 08, 2014 SIT WITH IT
In this podcast episode, we discuss the method of being present with ourselves as a way of processing uncomfortable emotional states.
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22 min
January 26, 2014 GROUNDLESSNESS
This lecture was recorded on January 12, 2014, at The Shala Yoga House in NYC.
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51 min
November 17, 2013 INVEST IN LOSS
In this podcast episode, we discuss dealing with loss. “Invest in loss” was a term the late Cheng Man-ch'ing used to describe the benefits of surrender as a learning tool when practicing the art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Ego softening can come out of loss if it is approached from this perspective, which is outside of our normal reactive self.
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29 min
October 10, 2013 THE THINNING VEIL
This podcast episode was recorded in Upstate New York during a beautiful rainstorm. It starts out as a torrential downpour, but quiets to a soothing shower in the background.
In keeping with the spirit of the last several episodes, use the sounds of nature to connect with your Self. Allow consciousness to expand beyond the hypnotic identification with the bodymind.
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21 min

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The Abdi Assadi Podcast is an investigation into the nature of our unconscious and its myriad of effects on our personal lives as well as culture at large. This podcast is an invitation into a deeper dialogue with ourselves - to offer a healing of our internal split and the resulting strife in our minds and hearts. You are invited to hear, so that you can fully be here.