00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:15 Being a zen priest at Daihonzan Chozen-ji and taking away fear.  00:03:38 Being a good leader from the perspective of Rinzai Zen 00:07:54 Rinzai Zen’s perspective of leaders and followers 00:09:31 Zen arts as a path of awakenment, on Omori Sogen and blending martial arts and zazen meditation. 00:14:42 Breaking through self-imposed limits through martial arts 00:17:00 On kendo, “the way of the sword,” historically and prior to WWII.  00:20:27 Unified...

00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:00 Charles experience of gaslighting into greater self-trust through the corona pandemic days.  00:12:00 Shadow versus light side of spirituality, health and self-improvement.  00:18:36 Being an agent of change through friendship and self-knowing.  00:23:28 Different causes for the desire to control society and each other. 0027:00 Blame as a trap rather than a key 0029.55 What is it about our society that is goes against life and our natural instincts? ...

Christina Monson is a Buddhist practitioner and teacher and Tibetan language translator, and interpreter with over 30 years of study, translation and practice experience in Buddhism. Some of what Christina shares today: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:42 Meeting self-made Buddha Chatral Rinpoche 00:09:15 Recounting moments with Rinpoche. 00:13:00 Realization energy 00:17:44 Mountain retreat 00:21:00 Guru Yoga and releasing hope and fear  00:27:00 Retreat schedule 00:36:00 Illness, grief...

Guided Somatic Meditation Practice: 12 Fold Lower Belly Breathing with Dr. Reggie Ray   To listen to our full conversation visit here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation-with-olivia-clementine/id1393858607   Links   Reggie Ray: https://www.dharmaocean.org/dr-regina... Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. ...

Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray is the co-founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, dedicated to the evolution and flowering of the somatic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and was a founding member and University Professor at Naropa University, prior to his retirement. Some of what Reggie shares includes: 00:00 Vajrayana tradition and working from the inside out and problems as expressions of own deepest nature.  05:33 The power of being genuine and attracting the right...

Some of what intimacy teachers Londin and Justin share includes: 0:00 Sexual yoga and sacred intimacy in the context of modern life 8:00 How their intimacy intensifying practice of Alpha and Omega differs from common masculine feminine polarity teachings  18:00 The power of connecting through the body and what it means to relate with unconditional love.  23:00 Example of a daily embodiment practice to deepen in unconditional love and intimacy.   28:00 Qualities of a healthy...

00:00 Introduction 00:57 Realizations through relationship and everyday living 04:26 Challenges of relationships and the path to liberation 06:30 The importance of the ‘mother’ example on the path to liberation 07:31 Ordinary love and ‘Buddhist’ love 17:51 The difference between bliss and love 21:06 Dangers of tantric methods and female objectification 25:17 Sera Khandro and other women’s voices and experiences 26:40 Misunderstanding of non-attachment and bypassing love ...

Today Oceana Sawyer offers a short guided practice to invite pleasure in any moment.  To listen to our extended conversation visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607?i=1000583811226 Links: Oceana: https://www.oceanaendoflifedoula.com Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607      

Oceana Sawyer is an End of Life Doula, writes and speaks on the liminal space of active dying and grief. Note: Oceana explores some unconventional perspectives in this episode, which come from mid-stream in longer conversations in which she is embedded. They presume an understanding that on the level of social reality, horrific atrocities have been committed against large and specific groups of people and more-than-human beings that cannot be underestimated in terms of their ongoing impact...

Tseyang has spent the last 12 years, all seasons but winter, retreating in the mountains of Bhutan.  Some of what Tseyang shares today includes: Why she was drawn to practice in the mountains Obstacles arising when we make meaningful choices Why age does not matter when it comes to practice Meaning of discipline Practicing without a goal Her schedule, daily activities Choosing the right place to retreat Influenced devotion versus natural devotion Advice for beginners starting practice ~ ...

In todays's episode Khandro shares about: Cultivating and training in relative siddhis to benefit others Enacting the four activities Signs and Tests for siddhis Story with Garchen Rinpoche Activities for subduing warfare and suffering Dudjom Rinpoche, the coldwar and a ten year Vajrakilaya retreat If not working, do it more! Prosperity rituals Landscape effecting practice and realization Khandro’s first retreat in Nepal Phenomena and blessings of tukdam On method and wisdom, masculine and...

Some of what Bayo shares includes on: The relational universe Caught up in the modern Process vs Things Slave ship of our times Listening and fugitivity Necessity of suffering, failure and pain Power of vocality On the sacredness of language  Ecstasy of becoming Parenting as spiritual vocation and their pathway of doing education A Yoruba fable ~ Links:  Dr. Bayo Akomolafe: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/ Listen to previous episode with Bayo here: ...

Some of what Justin shares includes: Transference of Buddhism from Indian to Tibetan and Nepali culture  Maitripa as muse Practitioners needing to go deeper  Shamatha, vipassana, ati yoga and dzogchen, comparisons Impact of pedagogic systems on meditation styles Realistic notion of what is needed for realization Potential problem caused by lamrim literature One of the first things his teacher told him to do Relaxing around relationship to time Becoming useless Yidam practice Working with...

Some of what Jeanine shares includes: Racism being linked to our economic system Witch burning, slave ships, paganism and the global market place Organized religion and its impact on globalization. Impact of living in one place and policing forces Marginalized communities and environmental issues Brokenness and not remaking indigenous history while honoring it Walking between worlds Attending to place and home and everyone's indigeneity Narcissism paradigm roots and impact  Our polarized...

Some of what Sri Dharma Mittra shares includes: What brought Dharma Mittra to yoga Meeting his guru Finding answers Renunciation and being a full time yogi The place of purification based on one’s conditions Highest of all knowledge Who God is Meaning of self-realization Minimum amount of time to devote to practice Asanas he recommends Nauli Kriya Practice for clearing out the colon and inhibiting disease Methods for easeful lotus posture Supportive body if have a sedentary lifestyle What...

Some of what Tracee shares includes: What is Yoga Nidra? Rest, bliss and refuge Being held, being worthy without doing anything Withdrawal of senses so we can connect with true nature. Swami Rama meeting his Yoga Nidra teacher Yoga Nidra as a feminine practice Radiance Time and effort in regards to realization Shifting from discipline to devotion Transitions as the practice A practice to engage in yoga Nidra right now. Story of the goddess Yoga Nidra Tracee: https://traceeyoga.com/#intro ...

Some of what Dr. Nida shares includes: His recent 8 month retreat Cultivating inner qualities of retreat Dream yoga Post-retreat syndromes Karmamudra, couples practice Karmic partner Channels and emotional connection How karmamudra speeds up realization Dr. Nida’s favorite Mahamudra teaching Working with desire and alchemizing poisons What makes a long lasting partnership Karmamudra and tummo No specialness Biodiversity of Anuttarayogatantra HH Dalai Lama, and why he said the Buddha did not...

Some of what Zenju Earthly shares includes: Nakedness and the beginning of zen practice.  On not promoting anything or ‘how to’ … Trusting in oneself and dealing with ones chaos Witches, magic, spells and chanting Going deep with simple offerings On ancestors and acknowledging past. Oppression from a spiritual perspective Her awakening on the relative as the gateway to the absolute. To be a seer and clairsentience Ritual and Ceremony as a way to see and transform How her experience of...

Some of what Tenzin shares includes: His Tibetan nomad heritage Becoming a refugee and orphan in the Tibetan Children’s Village School in India Karmic imprint of hearing   His father’s passing Nomadic Tibetan folk music, formless and form and metaphor Thin line of contemporary and traditional music Song maintaining the essence of tsampa Death essential part of his practice Advice from Namkai Norbu to relate to the passing of his parents Passage from “Liberation through Hearing” Translating...

Some of what Diana shares includes: Her path to becoming a teacher Conventional vs. tantric sex Loss of tension vs relaxation Tantra for all sexual orientations Seeking sensitivity vs sensation Generating love Keeping cool Ejaculation control vs non-ejaculation Myth of the tight vagina Purpose of g******s to transmit and receive The Love Keys Parents and supporting child body awareness Pain during lovemaking Communication and touch Kissing and the nervous system Magnetic bodies, breasts and...

Sitting with ancestors, elders. Child story rather than ancestor story. Nature defining what humanity is. The intuition of the heart. Hospicing this modernity. Separating from our spiritual umbilical cord. What it means to be evolutionary. Ceremony and no agenda. Medicine people. Time and Perception from a Lakota perspective. Innocence. Language of grief. Energy and age that can’t be taken. Using energy properly. Song of Tiokasin: Butterfly Against the Wind  Album: From the Continuum ...

Some of what Khandro shares includes: Khandro’s path to finding the buddhist dharma . The karmic process and past lives. Lama Dawa and his lineage and role as a Ngagpa. Examples of how Ngagpas  worked with elements. Meeting Lama Dawa and what it was like to be married to him. Finding relevance and language of old teachings Meeting and personal connection with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche. Kunzang Rinpoche’s capacities and style as a teacher. Khandro’s in secret 3 year retreat and practices under...

Some of what Rune shares includes: Rune’s studies in Afro-Brazilian religion. Meaning of Animism and Nordic The technology of giving and receiving Masks to manifest other than human person Participating in the life cycles of agriculture Mystical eroticism in animism Animism rituals on shifting your subjectivity and individuality Traditional worldviews around chaos and order National Identitarian Age On Traditional vs Indigenous Viking washing and attraction Dysfunction of modern...

Some of what Betty shares includes: Her realizations around erotism The wheel of consent practice Vulnerability of directness How simple things make you not be able to hide How to ask for what you want, and taking the risk yourself Creating agreements, choice and changing your mind Relating with intensity Myth of technique and notions of what you are supposed to like Play in our relationships Betty’s focus right now Wheel of consent for those in isolation, without playmates or online Being...

Episode highlights: Sarah and Olivia sharing why both this podcast and Sarah’s book are called Love & Liberation Sera Khandro’s autobiography (namtar) as a pathway of correcting our view around dharma, enlightenment and relationship Sera's transparency on her humanity Motherhood and Vajrayana Buddhism Female body denigration Meaning and purpose of khandromas Consortship 5 attributes for a successful revelation Issues with consortship and sex abuse in Buddhism Chatral Rinpoche about his...