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The Meditation Freedom Podcast

Where Meditation Meets Daily Life

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MF 48 – Mindful Communications with Gregory Heffron from 2016-10-22T00:58:02

MF 48 – Mindful communications with Gregory Heffron Gregory Heffron MFA owns and manages Green Zone Conversations Retreats. He is the only certified teacher of Mindful Communication authorized b...

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MF 47 – Questioning solitary confinement and the Prison Industrial Complex with Johnny Perez from 2016-07-16T19:49:44

MF 47 – Contemplating torture in solitary confinement with Johnny Perez Johnny Perez is a non-attorney advocate at the Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project (MHP), a civil legal services fi...

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MF 46 – Reconnecting with Nature through Eco-Therapy with Laurel Vogel from 2016-06-17T02:48:18

MF 46 – Reconnecting with Nature through Eco-Therapy with Laurel Vogel Laurel Vogel, M.A. received her degree in contemplative ecopsychology (A Psychology of Writing) in 2006, and is an ecothera...

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MF 45 – Stepping Out of The Busy-ness of Daily Life Into The Sanctuary of Our Heart with Bruce Davis from 2016-05-24T23:52:02

MF 45 – Stepping Out of The Busy-ness of Daily Life Into The Sanctuary of Our Heart with Bruce Davis Bruce is the author of  The Heart of Healing, Monastery without Walls ~ Daily Life in the Sil...

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MF 44 – The Role of Mindfulness, Gratitude,&Peace Practice in Islam with Rose Hamid from 2016-02-17T04:42:57

MF 44 – The Role of Mindfulness, Gratitude,&Peace Practice in Islam – Interview with Rose Hamid Rose Hamid is a Muslim American of Palestinian and Latin descent.  She was born in Buffalo NY, gre...

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MF 43 – Guided Meditations to Help Develop a Regular Meditation Habit with OMG I can Meditate! co-founder Lynne Goldberg from 2016-02-08T16:15:53

MF 43 – Guided Meditations to Help Develop a Regular Meditation Habit with OMG I can Meditate! co-founder Lynne Goldberg Lynne was stressed-out, sleep-deprived, type-A businesswoman, and ended u...

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MF 42 – A Lifelong Zen Meditation Practice and Perspective with Sandy Haskin from 2016-01-31T17:10:08

MF 42 – A Lifelong Zen Meditation Practice with Sandy Haskin (This is a summary transcript, listen to the episode for the full conversation) Sandy Haskin practices Zen meditation with the Three ...

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MF 41 – Best Wishes for 2016 and Timeless Moments from 2016-01-19T06:17:18

MF 41 – Best Wishes for 2016 and Many Timeless Moments (This is a summary transcript, listen to the episode for the full conversation) Reflection on the past year, and on what next year might br...

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MF 40 – Sound Healing Meditation&Resonance with Mark and Denise from 2015-12-12T17:26:30

MF 40 – Sound Healing Meditation&Resonance with Mark and Denise (This is a summary transcript, listen to the episode for the full conversation) Interview was at the home of Mark and Denise, so i...

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MF 39 – How to Bring Peace between Police and Community from 2015-11-23T03:33:02

MF 39 – Bringing Stillness and Peace between Police and Community Cheri Maples is a dharma teacher, keynote speaker, and organizational consultant and trainer. In 2008 she was ordained a dharma ...

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MF 38 – Nourishing Meditation Practice Remotely with Wild Mind Teacher and Founder Bodhipaksa from 2015-11-16T05:35:31

MF 38 – Nourishing Meditation Practice Remotely with Wild Mind Teacher and Founder Bodhipaksa Biography: Bodhipaksa is an accomplished teacher, published author, and founder of the popular Wildm...

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MF 37 – Awakening from the Illusion of Separation with Lama Surya Das from 2015-11-08T23:48:17

MF 37 – Awakening from the Illusion of Separation with Lama Surya Das Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tib...

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MF 36 – The Value of Community and Extended Meditation Retreats from 2015-11-02T05:19

MF 36 – The Value of Community and Extended Meditation Retreats Kristina and myself chat about what it is like to find community and giving yourself the gift of an extended meditation retreat. A...

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MF 35 – Why Authenticity and Getting Real Matters – Mark Shapiro of the One&Only Podcast from 2015-10-26T03:52:12

MF 35 – Why Authenticity and Getting Real Matters – with Mark Shapiro of the One& Only Podcast A former marketing director at Showtime Networks Inc., Mark left his six-figure corporate job and i...

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MF 34 – The Benefits of Self-Discipline in Cultivating a Meditation Practice from 2015-10-12T05:30:22

MF 34 – The Benefits (and Challenges!) of Self-Discipline in Cultivating a Meditation Practice (This is a summary transcript, listen to the episode for the full conversation) Kristina and I refl...

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MF 33 – Simple and Highly Effective Ways to Reduce Destructive Behaviors like Bullying in Schools using Mindfulness with Laura Bakosh from 2015-10-05T03:11:23

MF 33 – Simple and Highly Effective Ways to Reduce Destructive Behaviors like Gun Violence and Bullying in Schools using Mindfulness with Laura Bakosh About Laura Bakosh Laura obtained a Ph.D. i...

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Ep 32 – Mindfulness in Schools and Education with Alan Brown from 2015-09-24T03:38:03

Mindfulness in Schools and Education with Alan Brown Alan Brown is a Dean at Grace Church School in New York City, where he also leads the 9th-12th grade mindfulness program as well as the paren...

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Ep 30 – Liberation from Mental Suffering with Buddhist Female Monk Ven Pannavati from 2015-09-08T05:40:30

Ven. Dr. Pannavati, a former Christian pastor, is co-founder and co-Abbot of Embracing-Simplicity Hermitage in Hendersonville, NC. A black, female Buddhist monk ordained in the Theravada and Mah...

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MF 26 – How to Easily Bring Meditation into Your Workplace! from 2015-07-04T20:53:42

In this post I would like to share some practical ideas for how you can easily bring meditation into your daily work life. This might be especially helpful if your current workplace does not hav...

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MF 25 – The Daily Zen Creator Charlie Ambler Talks about his Meditation Journey from 2015-06-29T03:59:07

MF 25 – Charlie Ambler from The Daily Zen Talks about his Meditation Journey Note: This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the interview. What brought you to a meditation practice? Charlie ...

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Ep 24 – Guided Meditation with Kristina Rood and Ocean Wave Sounds from 2015-06-22T05:05:54

Ep 24 – Guided Meditation with Kristina Rood and Ocean Wave Sounds Kristina used to do diet counseling, and has practiced Zen and TM meditation for a long time. She will be interviewed on this s...

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MF 23 – Guided Meditation for Present Moment to Moment Attention and Awareness from 2015-06-15T00:08:01

Guided Meditation for Present Moment to Moment Attention and Awareness Cultivation with Sicco This episode deviates from the usual interview episode. Kristina and myself are in a time of transit...

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MF 22 – Solo Episode about Recklessness as a way into Attention, Awareness, and Consciousness Practices from 2015-05-31T21:23:43

Episode 22 – Solo episode about why I value meditation and mindfulness This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the interview Good morning, we just had a 4.1 earthquake out here in the Anza-...

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MF 21 – John Martin Zen Buddhist Student from 2015-05-24T17:07:36

John Martin Zen Meditation Student John practices in the Zen Buddhist tradition of Robert Aitken (Diamond Sangha) This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the interview John was attracted to...

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MF 20 – Ed Earl Mindfulness Sustainable Design and Collaborative Construction from 2015-05-17T22:45:12

Interview with Ed Earl – Mindfulness and Sustainable Design Ed Earl  is the principal of Priority 1 Projects, a construction project management firm.  Ed has 25 years of construction experience ...

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MF 19 – Melli O’Brien Mindfulness Teacher in Australia from 2015-05-11T04:51:54

Interview with Melli O’Brien – Mindfulness Teacher in Australia Melli O’Brien is an internationally-accredited meditation and Satyananda yoga teacher and an MTIA-trained mindfulness teacher. Ms....

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MF 18 – Jeena Cho – The Anxious Lawyer turns Mindful Laywer from 2015-05-03T23:45:48

Jeena Cho of the Resilient Lawyer Jeena Cho is co-founder of JC Law Group PC, a bankruptcy law firm in San Francisco, CA. She is also the author of the upcoming American Bar Association book, Th...

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MF 17 – Tania de Jong Australian soprano, social entrepreneur, business woman and motivational speaker from 2015-04-15T21:10:49

Tania de Jong Tania de Jong AM is a leading Australian soprano, inspirational speaker, social entrepreneur, spiritual journeywoman and creative innovation catalyst. She founded Creative Universe...

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MF 16 – Tom Richter Ashtanga Yoga Instructor and Meditator from 2015-04-13T00:02:51

Tom Richter Yoga Instructor and Meditator Tom is a dedicated long-time Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation practitioner. He is a passionate Yoga teacher, inspiring Yoga business&life coach, ...

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MF 15 – Interview with Michel Dion – Headspace Meditation Practitioner and Leadership Expert from 2015-04-06T04:26:10

Michel Dion is a CPA and PMP who spent his life in the business world.  He has developed a website on project management, called Project-Aria.  The name of the website is a mix between his inter...

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MF 14 – Kenley Neufeld – Deer Park Buddhist Mindfulness Community from 2015-03-29T23:55:50

Interview with Kenley Neufeld of the Deer Park Buddhist Mindfulness Community. Kenley was ordained in 2005 by Thich Nhat Hanh as a lay-practitioner in the Order of Interbeing with the dharma nam...

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MF 13 – Lisa Hamilton of the Conscious Runner – Running as Meditation Practice from 2015-03-23T04:19:54

Interview with Lisa Hamilton of the “Conscious Runner”. “Running is my form of meditation, my meditation practice.” Lisa Hamilton  What brought you to a meditation practice? Trying to eliminate ...

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MF 12 – Film Maker and Meditation Instructor Javier Perez-Karam from 2015-03-16T02:55:10

Interview with Javier Perez-Karam Javier Perez-Karam grew up in Venezuela, and relocated to New York in 2002 to pursue a film-making career. In the process he discovered Meditation and Tibetan B...

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MF 11 – Which Wolf is the One You Feed? With Eric Zimmer of the oneyoufeed Podcast from 2015-03-06T15:57:46

Interview with “The One You Feed” Podcast host Eric Zimmer Eric Zimmer is host and founder of the, “One You Feed” podcast, which he and Chris Forbes work on together. On the podcast, he talks ab...

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MF 10 – Dori Langevin – Vipassana Meditation Teacher Interview from 2015-03-02T06:07:47

Interview with Dori Langevin, practitioner and teacher of Vipassana Buddhism. Dori works with groups and individuals using experiential mind-body-spirit approaches for healing and creating cerem...

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MF 9 Carol Grever – When Your Spouse Comes Out – How Meditation Helped Heal from 2015-02-23T05:42:21

Interview with Carol Grever, author of My Husband Is Gay: A Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Crisis, Glimpses: A Memoir in Poetry, When Your Spouse Comes Out: A Straight Mate’s Recovery Manual, Me...

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MF 008 John Hancock – Walking the Labyrinth as Spiritual Practice from 2015-02-13T04:49:03

Interview with John Hancock, a practitioner of the Labyrinth, and advocate of building compassion into organizations, communities, and systems. This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the i...

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MF 007 Sister Florence Franciscan with Kairos Retreat Center from 2015-02-09T02:58:27

Interview with Sister Florence, a practicing Franciscan for 40+ years. She founded Kairos Contemplative and Meditation Retreat Center This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the interview  ...

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MF 006 Russell Kolts – Compassion Focused Therapy Interview from 2015-02-02T05:16:02

Russell Kolts Compassion Focused Therapy Interview This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the interview with author and professor Russell Kolts Russell began with an intense study of Buddh...

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MF 005 Mary Webster Vipassana Meditation Teacher Interview from 2015-01-22T17:02:13

Mary Webster Vipassana Meditation Teacher Interview This is a summary of the interview with Vipassana teacher and practitioner Mary Webster Mary Webster talks about growing up as an introspectiv...

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MF 004 Hal Rowe Student of Zen Buddhism Meditation Interview from 2015-01-18T22:07:21

Hal Rowe Student of Zen Buddhism Meditation Interview (Pictured above with his partner Debbie) Hal Rowe is currently a student of Zen Buddhism. He serves environmental causes, loves the outdoors...

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MF 002 Eala Ruby Heart Human Soul Work and Meditation Interview from 2015-01-08T15:27:38

Eala Ruby Heart Human Soul Work and Meditation Interview Eala Ruby Heart Sitting and Walking Meditation Practitioner Interview Eala has immersed herself in the healing arts since 1987, taking it...

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MF 003 Author Gail Storey on the Spiritual Journey of the Pacific Crest Trail Hike from 2015-01-07T23:50:21

Author and meditator Gail Storey hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with her husband Porter Storey (Note: below is a summary, not the entire transcript of the interview) Gail Storey has meditated sin...

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MF 001 Introduction to Meditation Freedom Podcast from 2015-01-06T04:26:29

This is the first episode! In this episode, I go over the following: Why Meditation Freedom podcast How the title came about The format of the show Why this show was created A little bit about m...

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