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Dance Dance Dance Evolution 3
This one is for the sweet listeners I met at Chantlanta who told me the Dance Dance Evolution sets get them to the gym. Me too! As dance sets go, this one is fairly mellow, but it got me moving today. Hope you like it also.
A Conversation with Sean Johnson of the Wild Lotus Band
This conversation with Sean Johnson was recorded way back in December before Christmas. I'd intended to release it sometime in January, but then came the epic back spasm — and so here we are. But with perfect synchronicity,
Dave Stringer & Donna De Lory Talk Radiance Sutras
When Dave Stringer sent me the Radiance Sutra material last year I wondered what would be created musically around these beautiful translations of the Sanskrit text by Lorin Roche. You’ll hear that musical creation in this interview,
Mata Kali — Back Spasm Warrior Goddess
Last month when I interviewed Ian Boccio about the deity Kali, little did I know I was about to have an up-close and personal encounter. Look at the picture -- would you like to meet something that looks like that?
Kirtan/Meditation Circle 1
We've started something new here in Corvallis. Our local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is sponsoring a weekly kirtan/meditation circle that has been drawing upwards of 20-30 people. We usually have a mix of chanting, live and to CDs,
Cure Your Kali Yuga Blues
This week's show started out being about the Kali Yuga -- otherwise known as the Age of Quarrel -- and ended up being about an epic back spasm that, thanks to the work of Dr. John Sarno, took me on an unexpected & deeply emotional ride.
Shiva’s Dance of Creation & Destruction
Shiva has always been a difficult deity energy for me to get my mind around. He is both the creator and the destroyer -- what's that about? After doing this interview with Blue Spirit Wheel's Ian Boccio, I can now hold this deity in a different place --
Fresh Tracks 26
Happy New Year, and welcome 2015 -- I hope you all had a beautiful holiday! It's a favorite time of the year for me, and a highlight this year was our annual Christmas Eve family kirtan, where our band was blessed to play with several of our family member
The Great Invocation
Tonight is Winter Solstice, and it's also the 6th anniversary of the launch of the podcast. This has been a beautiful path of seva for me, a joyous circle of giving and receiving. If you're reading this, or if you're a listener I want to say thank you. My