The Vital Point: Pathways To Integration
By JONATHAN SCHECTER
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Episodes: 134
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Learn simple methods to transform your life.
In self-development no matter the method you use, the vital point is to practice!
Each episode Jonathan Schecter focuses on disciplines for change like breathwork, meditation, psychedelics & plant medicine, Somatic Experiencing, and mindset.
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Breath Awareness for Inner Calm and Integration (Ep. 134)
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Music as Medicine: DJing and Psychedelic Therapy with Matt Xavier (Ep. 133)
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Music in Psychedelic Therapy - Here’s What Actually Works with Eric Sienknecht (Ep. 132)
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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From Burnout to Breakthrough: How 2025 Reshaped My Life & This Show (Ep. 131)
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Return to Presence: A Sound-Based Meditation for Embodied Awareness (Ep. 130)
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Milarepa, Meditation, and the Journey of Inner Transformation with Bob Peck (Ep. 129)
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Portals vs. Pathways: Why Your Spiritual Growth Feels Unsustainable (Ep. 128)
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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How to Stay Grounded in Chaos: Breathwork, Psychedelics & Presence with Kyle Buller (Ep. 127)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Music Is Medicine: Byron Metcalf on Breathwork, Rhythm, and Healing (Ep. 126)
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Making Good Soil: How Breathwork & Compassion Nourish True Growth with Christine Calvert (Ep. 125)
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Regulate Your Nervous System with this Simple Breathwork Technique (Ep. 124)
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Breathwork Isn’t About Escaping, Here’s What It’s Really For - with Campbell Will (Ep. 123)
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Unlocking Your Inner System: How IFS & Psychedelics Transform Healing with Dr. Nick Bruss (Ep. 122)
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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You Can't Stop the Waves: Trauma Healing Explained (Ep 121)
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Beyond Trauma: Why Somatic Work Is More Than Just Healing with Pierre Bouchard (Ep. 120)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Spiritual Rebellion, Psychedelics Optional: The Essential Practice with Erin Doumert (Ep 119)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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How To Regulate Your Nervous System During Inner Work - SCOPE (Ep 118)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Learning to Trust Your Inner Wisdom with Holotropic Breathwork - Diana Medina (Ep 117)
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Beyond Time: Presence, Practice, and Expanded States of Consciousness with David Nichtern (Ep 116)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Doing the Work: From Experience to Transformation (Ep 115)
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Art of Slowing Down & Meditation Course BONUS (Ep 114)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Integrating Psychedelic Experiences with Adrian Lozano (Ep 113)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Meditation: 6 Nails of Tilopa - The Essence of Mahamudra (Ep 112)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Psychedelic Buddhism with Lama Mike Crowley (Ep 111)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Spirituality & Relational Growth with My Mom: Roberta Zohara (Ep 110)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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The Vital Point: Meditation Tips for Personal Transformation (Ep 109)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Cold Plunging, Ceremony & Gratitude with The Energy Stack (Ep 108)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Somatic Psychedelic Integration with Cam Leids (Ep 107)
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Meditation: Taking Up Space (Ep 106)
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Somatic Love & Healing with Rachel Broome (Ep 105)
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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The Language of Breath with Jesse Coomer (Ep 104)
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Integrating The Phoenix Archetype (Ep 103)
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Exploring the Technology of the Sacred: Breathwork, Psychedelics, and Self-Development (Ep 102)
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Growing in 2024 - My Personal Integration Journal (Ep 101)
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Navigating Personal Evolution: A Year in Tibet & Integration Insights (Ep 100)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Expanding Life Into High Definition with Conni Biesalski (Ep 99)
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Healing Trauma with Psychedelics: Coming Full Circle with Shannon Duncan (Ep 98)
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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97. Transforming Lives with Microdosing with Adam Bramlage
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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96. How I Stopped Drinking
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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95. The Path of the Spiritual Warrior with David Nichtern
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May 25, 2024 |
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94. Touching the Heart of Meditation with Amanda Gilbert
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May 20, 2024 |
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93. Making Friends With Who You Are, As You Are with Michael Kammers
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May 10, 2024 |
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92. Presence in Practice: Somatic Breathwork with Steven Jaggers
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May 03, 2024 |
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The Vital Point Podcast with Jonathan Schecter Trailer
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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91. Music, Mushrooms, & Magic with East Forest
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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90. Integrating Unity & Samadhi with Henry Winslow
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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89. Tripping On Self-Trust & Intuition with Kat Walsh
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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88. Cannabis IS a Psychedelic: Healing & Holding Space with Daniel McQueen
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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87. Somatic Experiencing & Psychedelic Integration with Erin Doumert
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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86. Meditation & Myth as Embodied Archetypes with Otto Maier
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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85. Exploring the Serenity Prayer
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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84. Integral Journeys: Connecting to Psilocybin Mushrooms with Jahan Khamsehzadeh
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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83. Finding Joy In the Journey: Learning to Have Fun & Let Go with Cam Leids
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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82. Blurring the Lines Between Recreation, Therapy & Ceremony
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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81. Rave Rituals: Community, Healing, and the Ecstasy of Dance with Taylor Bratches
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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80. The Heart of Science & Spirituality with Joe Tafur
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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79. Remembering the Past & Looking towards the Future
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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78. Losing the Hubris, Gaining the View with Scott Tusa
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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77. The Beauty & Power of Breathwork with Hans Whygold
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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76. The Ground of Compassion & Wisdom with Noel Coakley
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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75. The Alchemy of Naming: Outer, Inner & Secret Meaning of Blue Magic Alchemy
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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74. Standing in Empathy & Wholeness with Leo Lobbestael
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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73. Making Sense of Internal Family Systems with Christine Dixon
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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72. How I Use Breathwork for Psychedelic Integration
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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71. Exploring Holotropic States & Archetypal Astrology with Jonathan Waller
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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70. Satire, Skepticism, & Surfing the Psychedelic Wave with Dennis Walker
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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69. The Power of Gentleness with Steph Magenta
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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68. When Psychedelics Are Traumatic
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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67. Rethinking the "Heroic" Mushroom Dose with Dave Hodges
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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66. Harmonizing Science & Spirit: Integrating the MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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65. Surrender is Trusting Spirit with Jonathan 'Quest' Brown
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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64. The Theory of an Advanced World & Fractal Psychology with Saemi Nakamura
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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63. Waking up Into Now with David Nichtern
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May 29, 2023 |
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62. Cultivating Wisdom with Cesar Marin
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May 12, 2023 |
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61. Dropping Into Full Spectrum Breathwork with Jamie Clements
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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60. Transforming Your Life with Orientation: A Simple Practice w Profound Impact | with Jonathan Schecter
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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59. Psychedelic Integration is Life Integration with Dr. Ryan Westrum
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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58. Leaning Towards the Presence of Death with Maitreya Wolf
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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57. Why You Can't Change
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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56. Integrating Meditation On & Off Your Cushion with Hector Marcel
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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55. Supporting the Alignment of Your Soul with Beth Weinstein
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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54. Coherence Breathing & the Benefits of Breathwork with Jonathan Schecter
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Surrender, Cold Plunges, and the Path of Service with Adam Heaps (Ep 53.)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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52. Realer Than Real, Exploring Transpersonal Experiences with Katrina Michelle
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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51. Breath is the Remote Control for your Nervous System with Conni Biesalski
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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50. Authentic Presence and Expanded Consciousness with Acacea Lewis
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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49. Embodiment & Service on the Medicine Path with Laura Dawn
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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48. Connecting to Self, Soul, & Purpose with Matt Gottesman
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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47. Creating an Integrated and Embodied Life with Tristan Victor
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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46. Integration in Partnership with Mystical Heart Collective (Sinclair Fleetwood & John Steiner)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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45. The Importance of Community in the Psychedelic Space with Dr. Sa'ed Al-Olimat
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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44. Mindfulness Meditation: Creating your own Clarity
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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43. EMDR for psychedelic preparation & integration w/ Ayahuasca Kaur
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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42. Audience Q&A and big news for the future of the podcast!
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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41. Curiosity About Internal Family Systems with Justin Martin
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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40. Understanding Resistance and Preparing for Deep Work with Greg Lawrence
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Spiritual Emergence vs. Emergency: How to Navigate Psychedelic-Induced Awakening with Katrina Michelle (Ep 39)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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38. Kambo & Full Spectrum Health with Apah Wellness
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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37. Breath Awareness is Self Awareness with Campbell Will
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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35. Exploring Meditation with Jimmy Wightman
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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34. Connecting to your Somatic experience through Dance with Karen Nitsche
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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33. Tuning into your intuition, Spirit and Mother Aya with Jessica Posillico
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May 25, 2022 |
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32. Using journaling to integrate with Jenny Dion
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May 19, 2022 |
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31. Exploring High Dose Mushroom work with Dave Hodges
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May 19, 2022 |
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30. Questions from the Audience
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May 05, 2022 |
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29. Sacred Mushrooms & the Journey of the Deified Heart with Acacea Lewis
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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28. Humor & Intuition in the Integration Process with Daniel Shankin
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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27. Part of Integration is Preparation with Erin Doumert
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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26. The Path of the Wounded Healer with Joe Walters
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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25. Healing Anxiety with Russell Kennedy MD
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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23. Intro to Internal Family Systems aka Parts Work with Christine Dixon
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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21. Fabian Rodriguez: Embodiment, working with the Plants & Menswork
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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22. The Healing Power of Cold Exposure with Adrienne Jezick
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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20: The connection between Buddhism & Somatics w/ Scott Tusa
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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19. Working with Grief
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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18. What is Emotional Intelligence with Genny Rumancik @theeqschool
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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17. Connecting to Presence w/ Steph Magenta @integrativebreath
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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16. What is Somatic practice?
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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15. What if your journey doesn’t end up anywhere near your intentions?
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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14. What’s the most memorable thing that’s happened during my personal development work?
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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13. What’s the most essential thing to have for transformational work and self-development with Matt Gottesman?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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12. How does building awareness and resilience to stress improve health?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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11. How do you stay in your body?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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10. How do you begin to develop somatic awareness?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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09. How do you integrate the spiritual and human dimensions of your life?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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08. How can you use cold exposure to help release trauma?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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07. What’s your favorite Zen koan?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Season 1 Wrap Up
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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06. What are the benefits of a regular breathwork practice?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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05. How does breathwork fit into psychedelic work?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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04. Why is breathing the ultimate investment?
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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03. How does breathwork help us process trauma?
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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02. Why is Menswork so important, and how does breathwork fit in?
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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01. What is the number one misconception that people have about about Ayahuasca?
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Nov 08, 2021 |