Nov 3, 2025
Bhante Panya tried the forest monk thing. He wore the Theravada robes in America, followed the Vinaya rules, and watched potential practitioners flee because he looked too foreign, too untouchable, too "religious icon" instead of accessible teacher. So he made a move that freaked out his ego: took Mahayana ordination in...
Sep 30, 2025
In this episode, we sit down with Kat Ashtanga, an advanced practitioner, to explore:
✨ How practice evolves through the different series of poses
✨ Balancing lineage with personal practice
✨ Integrating pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood
✨ The subtle benefits of long term asana practice
✨ How the universal...
Sep 2, 2025
In the fourth and final episode of our series on The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind, Nathan sits down with renowned Dharma practitioner and ER physician Daniel Ingram to explore the most confronting and transformative contemplation: death.
Drawing from his experience in emergency rooms and deep meditation, Daniel...
Aug 14, 2025
This is episode three in the series on The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind, contemplations that form the basis of the Buddhist path.
In this episode, Ven. Robina Courtin, a Tibetan Buddhist nun with nearly fifty years in the tradition, discusses "The Drawbacks of Samsara".
We dive into the nature of suffering in...
Aug 1, 2025
Episode 2/4 on The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind, and this time we are talking about the “precious human rebirth” and pondering the unique opportunity that human beings have to practice the path to awakening. And to discuss this I am joined by Joe Evans, founder of the Rangdröl Foundation and teacher of...