Podcasts by Conversations on Compassion
Podcast by U. of Arizona Center for Compassion Studies
Further podcasts by U. of Arizona Center for Compassion Studies
Podcast on the topic Religion und Spiritualität
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Charles Raison on Psilocybin's Potential in Psychiatry and Research on Compassion from 2021-06-28T17:21
Our founding Director, Charles Raison, MD, is back to share his latest research on pyschedelics - specifically psilocybin, this once-controversial psychoactive fungi's emerging potential as a treat...
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Grounding Centering Moment Meditation from 2020-03-16T21:37:37
This brief grounding, centering practice can be used anytime to slow down, be present, and reset. Shared as an offering for our Meditation Mondays community, and all others who may find it beneficial!
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East Forest on the East Forest X Ram Dass project from 2020-03-04T23:27:59
Musician EastForest shares the inspiration, process and magic of working with Ram Dass in the last year of his life to set his inimitable teaching style, full of humor, wisdom and grace, to music; ...
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Resmaa Menakem on Why Healing Racism Begins With the Body from 2019-08-26T21:41:09
Trauma therapist and author of 'My Grandmother's Hands' talks honestly and directly about the historical and current traumatic impacts of racism in the U.S., and the necessity for us all to recogni...
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Omid Safi On the Radical Love of Sufi Mysticism from 2019-01-09T20:22:31
In this conversation, we are talking about LOVE. Love in its many forms, and in particular, through the lens of the beauty of Islamic Mysticism, and the words of Rumi, Hafez, and the Q'uran. Omid S...
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Andres Gonzalez, co-founder of Holistic Life Foundation on Sharing Mindfulness in Schools from 2018-01-29T20:27:31
What happens when 3 college students develop a meditation and yoga practice, and inspired by their teacher, use it to change the world after graduation? The answer is the Holistic Life Foundation i...
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Tiffany Cruikshank on the Power and Potential of Yoga in Medicine from 2017-11-27T21:35:25
Tiffany Cruikshank is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author, acupuncturist, and founder of YogaMedicine, an advanced training program in yoga therapy and anatomy for yoga teachers. She...
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Lama Rod Owens on Race, Love & Liberation from 2017-09-26T22:01:43
Lama Rod Owens is known for his deep wisdom and willingness to have conversations about things that we're scared to talk about: race, gender, sexuality, identity, and his ability to hold these conv...
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Valerie Cherrin, OpenFloor Int'l. Movement Facilitator on the Healing Power of Dance from 2017-09-08T23:55:19
Many of us are seeking community, places to be accepted for who we are, and safe places to explore and express what we're experiencing and feeling in these times, in a fully conscious way. In this ...
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Brooke Dodson-Lavelle , co-founder, Courage of Care on Changing Systems Beginning With Ourselves from 2017-08-16T23:20:54
How do we leverage the contemplative community into justice and liberation for all, not just the pursuit of liberation for ourselves individually? In this conversation, we explore issues around unc...
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Al Kaszniak - Meditation Researcher, Psychologist, Zen Sensei from 2017-07-25T17:34:17
In this conversation, we talk about the beginnings of meditation research in the United States, Al’s courage and pioneering role in leading meditation research in the southwest at the University of...
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Compassion Through Positive Communication from 2017-06-27T17:35:53
The Positive Communication movement centralizes the role of everyday talk in facilitating health and wellbeing across the lifespan. We engage compassion for self and other through acts of positive ...
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Compassion And The Caregiver from 2017-05-16T21:05:48
Mary-Frances O'Connor, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
Caregivers include family members, doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and c...
Sharon Salzberg on the Transformative Power of Meditation from 2017-05-16T20:30
Interview with Sharon Salzberg by Chuck Raison, MD, Founding Director of UA Center for Compassion Studies
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Digging Out Of A Mess - Self-Compassion As A Way Forward from 2017-05-16T19:15:21
Dave Sbarra, Ph.D Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training,
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
Life often does not work out in the way we expected it would ...
Al Kaszniak on Helping Our Way to Happiness from 2017-05-16T18:22:10
Al Kaszniak, Ph.D, talks about how helping others expands our own happiness and well-being in this dharma talk.
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