Our podcast showcases in-depth interviews with the dynamic teachers and thinkers who are part of Esalen Institute. Hosted by Sam Stern, a former Esalen student and current staff member, the podcasts have featured engaging conversations with authors Cheryl Strayed and Michael Pollan, innovators Stan Grof and Dr. Mark Hyman, teachers Byron Katie, Mark Coleman and Jean Houston, Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy, and many more.
These podcasts are made possible in part by the support of Esalen donors and are licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license.
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Aaron Pereira is the creator of the Well-Being Project, an institution that actively works towards creating healthful and realistic avenues for agents of social change to engage in self-care.
We chatted about Paris, avoiding burnout and the martyr syndrome, and his own success with somatic experiencing and the Esalen Institute.
The theme song for this episode is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Michaela Boehm is a teacher and clinician specializing in deep intimacy and the art of maintaining healthy polarity within self and relationship.
She received a formal, classical Tantric education from a female teacher in a Kashmiri Shaivism tradition from the age of 16. She is also the co-founder of a Malibu celebrity drug rehabilitation center, and for 13 years has taught with David Deida.
This conversation is a lot of fun, and touches upon Michaela's life and her ten-year marriage, the possibility of healthy sexual media, polygamy and its pitfalls, and ways to maintain a healthy balance with a partner.
The theme song for this episode is Daily Beetle by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Look for upcoming workshops with Michaela Boehm.
Dr. Rick Hanson, author of Buddha's Brain and Hardwiring Happiness joins us to discuss neuroscience, love, happiness, and wisdom.
We get into a wealth of topics, including neuroplasticity, contentment, mindfulness, and basic practices that can enable us to better find happiness.
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Look for upcoming workshops with Rick Hanson.
Peter Meyers is the creator of High Performance Leadership Communication, and in this interview, he teaches several basic, effective tools to overcome fear of speaking in public.
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Look for upcoming workshops with Peter Meyers.
Ann Randolph is a solo performer, a playwright, a talented teacher, and a comedy genius.
She stopped into Esalen during the fall of 2015 to co-teach a workshop with Alanis Morrisette. While she was here, she talked with Voices of Esalen host Sam Stern about her hilarious new autobiographical solo show, "Inappropriate In All The Right Ways."
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Look for upcoming workshops with Ann Randolph.
Environmentalist and Buddhist author Allan Badiner introduces the 2019 Psychedelic Integration workshop of which he was a catalyst to its creation. He introduces key speakers and discusses why psychedelics have become a key touchstone in society. Then listen to a brief sampler of some notable moments of the week’s keynote addresses.
Michael Pollan is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including the recent How to Change Your Mind. A self-described “reluctant psychonaut,” his brand of immersive journalism has done much to open up the world of psychedelics to the mainstream.
In his keynote address at Esalen, he speaks about his deep connection with plants and nature, why the psychedelic renaissance is occurring at this moment, why a healthy dose of skepticism is helpful in avoiding “psychedelic evangelism,” how to create a balanced conversation around psychedelics, his own experience of ego dissolution on magic mushrooms, and more.
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