"Meditation is not something you try to DO. Instead, it is a state to BE."

Ian Kennedy, a co-founder of The True Wellness Center, is a dedicated advocate for health and wellness, with a special focus on emotional regulation. From his early days as an Army medic and working with individuals facing mental and physical challenges, Ian has demonstrated extraordinary patience and compassion. His journey in martial arts led him to become a teacher and eventually establish his own martial arts school, where he thrived in helping students overcome mental boundaries and physical limitations.

Ian's exploration of holistic health included studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine, muscle response testing, and European BioRegulatory Medicine. 19 years ago, he co-founded The True Wellness Center with his wife Kelly, where they assist people in achieving optimal health. 

In this episode, he shares his journey and wisdom about what meditation truly means. 

About Ian:

• Website: https://thetruewellnesscenter.com/
• Read Ian's article about "Silence, Stillness, & Solitude" here

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Who is Sadhguru?
• Works of Alan Watts

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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Listen to the first part (Episode 112) here

How well does your life flow? How conscious are you with your breaths? And ultimately, how much do you love yourself...?

In the part 2 of this 2 part series, we welcome back a co-founder of The True Wellness Center, Kelly Kennedy, and dive deep into how we can uncover our true purpose in life.

Kelly’s career in medicine started with a more traditional, allopathic approach, but that changed after she experienced several traumatic events, which made her realize that there’s got to be a better way than just taking medications and undergoing surgeries. For the last 27 years, Kelly has dedicated her life to uncovering answers to healing through alternative therapies, including bio-regulatory medicine, energy medicine, and somatic work. For the past 19 years, she and her husband have been treating clients at their clinic, called The True Wellness Center, located in Pennsylvania.

About Kelly:

• Website: https://thetruewellnesscenter.com/
• FREE Download - Learn Kelly's F.L.O.W.E. Formula here
• Take Kelly's Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Masterclass here 
• Podcast: FLOWE with Kelly Kennedy
• YouTube channel 
• IG: @truewellnessglobal
• IG: @kellywellnessgirl
• Facebook 
• LinkedIn 

Resources discussed in this episode:

• What is Bio-Regulatory Medicine?
• What is Swiss Biological Medicine (= Bio-Regulatory Medicine)?
• What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?
• Dr. Hemal Patel and his research on meditation
• What is Sound of Soul?
• Who is Veda Austin?
• 10 Gem Rule

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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What does it mean to live in Heaven on Earth? What does Heaven on Earth represent for you? In the part 1 of this 2 part series, we welcome a co-founder of The True Wellness Center, Kelly Kennedy, and dive deep into how we can raise our frequency, have our heart, mind, and gut in alignment, and create and live in Heaven on Earth.

Kelly’s career in medicine started with a more traditional, allopathic approach, but that changed after she experienced several traumatic events, which made her realize that there’s got to be a better way than just taking medications and undergoing surgeries. For the last 27 years, Kelly has dedicated her life to uncovering answers to healing through alternative therapies, including bio-regulatory medicine, energy medicine, and somatic work. For the past 19 years, she and her husband have been treating clients at their clinic, called The True Wellness Center, located in Pennsylvania.

About Kelly:

• Website: https://thetruewellnesscenter.com/
• FREE Download - Learn Kelly's F.L.O.W.E. Formula here
• Take Kelly's Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Masterclass here 
• Podcast: FLOWE with Kelly Kennedy
• YouTube channel 
• IG: @truewellnessglobal
• IG: @kellywellnessgirl
• Facebook 
• LinkedIn 

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Origin of Allopathic/Western medicine
• Germ theory vs. Terrain theory
• Rockefeller Medicine Men : Medicine and Capitalism in America
• Integrative Medicine vs. Functional Medicine
• What is Bio-Regulatory Medicine?
• What is Swiss Biological Medicine (= Bio-Regulatory Medicine)?
• What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?
• Emotion - Internal Organ Connection in Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Documentary: "My Octopus Teacher"

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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When we meditate, literally everything improves, including our brain. When our brain is in a state of coherence, it simply functions better. And when our brain is functioning better, so is everything else in our life.

In this episode, we welcome a co-founder of AwareHouse, Steve Comer. Since his personal awakening moment, his meditation practice has guided him on the journey of learning many healing modalities, including hypnotherapy, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Interpersonal Psycho Neuro Biology, neurofeedback therapy, to name a few. In 2022, he co-founded a curated wellness center called AwareHouse in Sarasota, FL.

Meditation changes your life. In this episode, Steve shares HOW. Be informed and empowered to optimize your life with meditation!

About Steve & AwareHouse:

• AwareHouse website - Sign up for newsletters here!
• Steve & Ozlem Comer - Founders of AwareHouse
• Request a consultation here
• AwareHouse Instagram page
• AwareHouse Facebook page

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Dr. Joe Dispenza
• What is NeuroChangeSolutions?
• Dr. Daniel Siegel
• What is Interpersonal Neurobiology?
• Dr. Daniel Amen
• Book "Autobiography of a Yogi"
• Books by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
• HeartMath Institute
• What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?
• What is Neurofeedback Therapy?
• Benefits of sauna
• What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
• What is LiveO2?
• What is transcranial photobiomodulation?
• What is BioCharger?
• What is Tesla Coil?
• Nikola Tesla & free energy
• Dr. Jess MD
• What is Flowpresso?

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG

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Maybe you are an empath. Maybe you are highly sensitive and you struggled through life because you are so different from most people around you. Maybe you thought something was wrong with you. Or, maybe you learned how to meditate through the Western modern day mindfulness teaching, and you’ve been meditating for some time and seen some benefits, but you are sensing that it’s time to go even deeper. If any of this resonates with you, you are in the right place!

In this episode, Andy Kozlowski, known as an Empath Guide, shares how to thrive in life as an empath. Andy blends Western arts of psychology, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and hypnosis with Eastern wisdom from Buddhism, Taoism, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is originally from Poland, but he is currently living in Thailand training as an apprentice of the Shaolin monastery.


How to connect with Andy:

• Website: https://sageandy.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YourCouragecatalyst/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmpathCatalyst/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andytalkshere
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_this_is_andy/

Resources discussed in this episode:

• What is a Shaolin Monastery?
• What is Shaolin Kung Fu?
• What is Qigong?
• What is Tai Chi?
• What is inner smile meditation?
• What is Microcosmic Orbit?
• 6 healing sounds in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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Listen to Part 1 of this conversation here.

Louisa Barnum lived her early life as a professional classical musician. One day, however, a catastrophic injury abruptly ended her music career. Not knowing what else to do with her life, she was led to study Western esoteric teachings, philosophy, and consciousness, which completely altered the trajectory of her life thereon. For over the last 15 years, she has dedicated her life as a coach and a teacher, guiding leaders and high achievers through their journeys of personal transformation and self-healing.

How to contact Louisa:

• Website: https://magenta.fm/
• Download a free 5 day challenge “How To Do Soul Work” here
• Schedule a free coaching call here

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Who is Rudolph Steiner?
• What is Waldorf School?

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”
- Ludwig van Beethoven

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.”
- Rudolf Steiner

Louisa Barnum lived her early life as a professional classical musician. One day, however, a catastrophic injury abruptly ended her music career. Not knowing what else to do with her life, she was led to study Western esoteric teachings, philosophy, and consciousness, which completely altered the trajectory of her life thereon. For over the last 15 years, she has dedicated her life as a coach and a teacher, guiding leaders and high achievers through their journeys of personal transformation and self-healing.

How to contact Louisa:

• Website: https://magenta.fm/
• Download a free 5 day challenge “How To Do Soul Work” here
• Schedule a free coaching call here

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
• Who is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
• What is Goethean Science?
• Goethean Science as a Way of Knowing
• What is Phenomenology?
• Who is Dennis Klocek?
• Who is Rudolph Steiner?
• What is Waldorf School?

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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*Announcement*

For the time being, "why not meditate?" podcast will release a new episode every other week. Make sure to follow the show so that you will be notified when the next episode is released. Also Join "Why not meditate?" FB Group here to stay informed!

By now, we know that everything is energy. You and I are made of energy, vibrating at certain frequencies. So is the Earth, and it is affecting all of us every single day. After having worked in the medical field for more than 25 years, Erin Brown went through a rather disruptive spiritual awakening experience. In this episode, she shares about her journey and how she has become an intuitive card reader and energetic channel. We dive into Schumann Resonance, what authenticity means, what the New Earth/5D Earth is all about, and how we can navigate our own spiritual awakening journey.

How to contact Erin:

• Instagram @ConsciouslyErin
• YouTube @ConsciouslyErin
• Clapper @ConsciouslyErin
• Erin's store: The Conscious Chrysalis
• Book a private reading session with Erin here
• Shadows & Light group

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Episode 28: The magic of breathwork - Brock Cannon
• What is Schumann Resonance?
• Who is Ram Dass?
• Who is Doreen Virtue?
• Check today's Schumann Resonance here!
• Who is Bashar?
• What is the Law of Attraction?
• 60 famous quotes by Ram Dass

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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Well, it's time to meditate again!

In this episode, I share a short guided meditation that was inspired by the recent Spring Equinox, when the old season ends and the new season begins. In this meditation, you will be guided to feel what you would like to experience as you embark on the new season of your life.

Thank you, Jordan Jessep, for this beautiful music! Find more of Jordan's work at: https://jordanjessep.com/

Download InsightTimer app and find me there!: https://insighttimer.com/

Other guided meditation episodes:

• Episode 14: Guided meditation - Cultivating self-love 
• Episode 64. Guided meditation - Remembering the true essence of who you are
• Episode 79. Guided meditation - Falling in love with creating your life

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

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For so many years, we have been outsourcing our health to "authorities" or "professionals," and as a result, we've lost touch with ourselves, our families, and nature. However, it is time for us to take it back. 

In this episode, a functional medicine nutritionist, fitness trainer, author, wife, and mother, Karin Reiter shares her journey of overcoming health challenges and regaining her wellness and how it became her passion. 

In 2011, Karin founded an educational platform, Nutritious N’ Delicious. She has been a leader in the nutrition and wellness industry for the last 15 years, offering online workshops, educational resources, and in-person retreats.

How to contact Karin:

• Website: Nutritious N’ Delicious (sign up for monthly newsletters here)
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/karingojiberry/

Resources discussed in this episode:

• What is functional medicine?
• What are autoimmune diseases?
• What is Naturopathy?
• What is functional dentistry?
• 4 phases of menstrual cycle

Ways to connect with Masako:

• Let's meditate together on InsightTimer!
• Why not meditate? FB Group
• whynotmeditate.podcast IG
• masakozawa_coaching IG
• Website

Support the show