MF 9 Carol Grever - When Your Spouse Comes Out - How Meditation Helped Heal

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Feb 23 2015

Interview with Carol Grever, author of Glimpses: A Memoir in Poetry, My Husband Is Gay: A Woman's Guide to Surviving the Crisis, When Your Spouse Comes Out: A Straight Mate's Recovery Manual, Memory Quilt: A Family Narrative. Carol is a straight spouse...

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MF 008 John Hancock Labyrinth Walking Meditation Interview

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Feb 16 2015

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 interview
How did you get into a spiritual practice?
Hi...

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MF 007 Sister Florence of Kairos Meditation House of Prayer Retreat Center Interview

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Feb 09 2015

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
How did Sister Florence get started with a spiritual pra...

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MF 006 Russell Kolts Compassion Focused Therapy Meditation Interview

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Feb 02 2015

Russell Kolts Compassion Focused Therapy Meditation Interview
This is a summary (not a full transcript) of the interview with author and professor Russell Kolts
Russell talks about how he got started with a meditation mindfulness practice after his s...

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MF 005 Mary Webster Vipassana Recollective Awareness Meditation Teacher Interview

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Jan 26 2015

This is a summary of the interview with Vipassana teacher and practitioner Mary Webster
Mary Webster talks about growing up as an introspective and day dreaming child. Later in life she picked a career in mental health nursing. She noticed her mind wa...

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MF 004 Hal Rowe Zen Meditation Student Interview

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Jan 18 2015

Hal Rowe is currently a student of Zen Buddhism. He serves environmental causes, loves the outdoors, poetry, and describes his path into a Zen practice through reading Alan Watts as a late teen.
He was influenced by Daoism and its appreciation of natu...

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MF 003 Gail Storey Meditation and Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail Interview

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Jan 14 2015

Thank you for tuning in and checking out this podcast!
Today's interview is with Gail Storey
Gail Storey has meditated since the seventies, and has also authored 3 books, The Lord's Motel, was praised by the New York Times Book Review as “a ta...

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MF 002 Energy Meditation with Eala Ruby Heart

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Jan 13 2015

MF 002 Eala Ruby Heart Interview
Thank you for tuning in and checking out this podcast!
Today's interview is with Eala Ruby Heart
Eala has immersed herself in the healing arts since 1987, taking it up professionally in 1991 and has been a student an...

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MF 001 - Introduction to the Meditation Freedom Podcast

Sicco Rood interviews meditation teachers of various wisdom traditions

Jan 13 2015

Introduction

Before I get out of the way, and dive right into the first interview on the next episode, I want this first short 000 episode to just briefly explain the format of this podcast, and a little bit why I started this podcast with the t...

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