Research shows that the more we know about sleep, the better we tend to sleep. This is likely because feeling educated about sleep equates to feeling in control of our sleep. In this lesson, Dr. Breus lays out how sleep works, and how you can use this knowledge to improve your sleep. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful l...
Jul 13, 2024•27 min
Your morning coffee, that stressful meeting, the late-night Netflix binge… they all play some part in the way your body prepares for and moves into its sleep cycle. A few minor tweaks in your daily behavior, like how and when you nap or exercise, can set you up for success. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership....
Jul 13, 2024•25 min
We’ve established that sleep is both rhythmic and systemic. So, it follows suit that solutions for our sleep issues should be as well. When we make small tweaks to our lifestyle and routines, it creates incredible downstream effects for our full sleep cycle. Something as simple as going to bed at the best time for your chronotype could be the key to getting better sleep. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative med...
Jul 13, 2024•30 min
You wouldn’t run a marathon in flip-flops and you wouldn’t climb a mountain in a speedo (unless you’re Wim Hof). Your sleep is no different. Today we assess how our environment either helps or hurts our sleep through each of the body’s senses. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio...
Jul 13, 2024•21 min
What’s the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Hit the snooze button? Scroll Instagram? Waking up right sets the tone for a fulfilling and effective day. Not everyone needs the same routine, but you should have one aligned to your specific chronotype. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This po...
Jul 13, 2024•14 min
Meditation, yoga, and a focus on nutrition are fantastic, but without a firm rooting in a deeply personal purpose and intention, these are just actions. Today’s lesson asks you to connect with the “why” of your life, using that as a foundation for true well-being, motivation, and purpose. Day 1 Handout: https://cmn.to/relationships-handout About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, ...
Jun 03, 2024•39 min
Real well-being starts with awareness. Today you’ll check in with every area of our life and ask some tough questions. You’ll then use what you find to realign your goals, giving more to the people and situations that need the most attention. Day 2 Handout: https://cmn.to/whole-life-assessment About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and...
Jun 03, 2024•33 min
When you ask better questions, you get better answers. This may seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice. When we get clear on our purpose, we give ourselves freedom to be more intentional, and consequently, we’re able to show up for the situations that need us. Day 3 Handout: https://cmn.to/clarity-handout About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditat...
Jun 03, 2024•43 min
Today you’ll learn the first step to dealing with overwhelm — setting firm boundaries. There are many situations in life you can’t control, and when those things all pile on at once and you don’t react appropriately, you feel like you are sinking underwater. Let’s learn to carve out time to pursue what makes you truly well and helps you perform at a high level. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nut...
Jun 03, 2024•34 min
Today’s course walks you through best practices, habits, and mindsets for dealing with stress. Examine your life and identify your stress points, using Brendon’s techniques to release your tension and get back to showing up like you want. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio exce...
Jun 03, 2024•27 min
One of the most challenging things to do is to define Ayurveda. It’s a science, an art, an awareness, a healing process, a path to spiritual growth, and a lifestyle. In Day 1’s lessons, Dr. Siva defines the healing approach of Ayurveda, and outlines a clear process for you to apply this approach to your own life. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth...
May 20, 2024•50 min
Ayurveda honors the fact that everything in the subtle energetics will come into the gross physical body energetics at some point in time. So on Day 2, you’ll start building your awareness of where you currently are and look at anything you might be experiencing in the non-physical parts of yourself, before we take a closer look at the body and any signs of imbalance you may be experiencing. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics su...
May 20, 2024•38 min
Today you’ll learn about the patterns of imbalance in order to learn what these signs and symptoms are revealing about your current state and the nature of doshic excess. Today includes a self-assessment that will empower you with the information you need to better understand the major inputs coming into your energetic sphere through your life, so you can better understand how these might be affecting your well-being. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-ren...
May 20, 2024•37 min
The information you discover in this course is meant to be put into action. You start by assessing where you are at, right now. By doing so, you can then respond and determine what’s healthy for you, based on the unique qualities present in your patterns. Today’s lessons will help you have a better understanding of how to work with the information of your Current State. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medi...
May 20, 2024•27 min
It’s important to prioritize shifts that are easy and doable in your micro-choices first. Small shifts add up to inspire the bigger ones, and they’re more sustainable. Today is all about shifting your choices towards balancing, from big choices to small ones. Because there are infinite ways to play with energy, there are infinite ways to make healing choices. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutri...
May 20, 2024•37 min
We've covered so much essential information in the first 5 days. Here's what the rest of the course covers: Day 6: Eating & Appetite Patterns Day 7: Relaxation & Sleep Day 8: Emotional Wellness Day 9: Superficial Tissues: Skin, Eyes & Sinuses Day 10: Continued Nourishment & Self-Care Practices Go to onecommune.com/free to keep watching! About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, s...
May 20, 2024•1 min
In today's lesson, we deal with the challenge and the gift of the body temple. When the body temple is healthy, you're able to hold more energy. More of life’s cosmic energy can flow through you. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though b...
May 06, 2024•40 min
You're not here to mimic anyone else. You're also not trying to be superior to someone else; rather, you're seeking to be superior to your previous self. You’re seeking greater consciousness and awareness. You’re seeking to create new patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion. That's transformation. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationshi...
May 06, 2024•30 min
We’ve been coded to expect relationships as a means to get something, when in fact relationships are ships for transformation. A lot of relationships have a lot of baggage because people have a mental concept that the other is to make them happy. No. Happiness comes from within. Joy comes from within. Peace comes from within, and you bring it into the relationship. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine,...
May 06, 2024•27 min
Today, we’ll learn how to deal with loneliness. Loneliness is abated when we are able to like ourselves when we're by ourselves. The idea is that if you can't like yourself when you're by yourself, you're going to be in trouble when you're with other people. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast of...
May 06, 2024•31 min
One of the first things we have to come to spiritual grips with is that we live in a field of abundance. We're living in a field of infinite energy that's never created or destroyed; rather, it continues to transmute itself over and over again. You can't deplete abundance. Abundance is everywhere. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships,...
May 06, 2024•29 min
Supplements are a popular, profitable, and rapidly growing industry. Yet there’s still a lot of confusion about what’s in supplements, what they do, and which supplements actually help meet different health goals. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular ...
Apr 08, 2024•36 min
Vitamin D is vital for bone and muscle health because it plays an important role in helping your body absorb calcium and phosphorus, both critical minerals for making (and maintaining) strong bones. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — thoug...
Apr 08, 2024•29 min
Vitamin C is well known for boosting immunity, but how well? In this lesson, Dr. Mary Pardee offers a brief history lesson of Vitamin C, who may be most likely to benefit from it as a supplement, and her favorite Vitamin C food sources. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerp...
Apr 08, 2024•28 min
Whey — a collection of proteins derived from milk — can help drive gains in muscle mass. Maintaining muscle mass is important at any age, but particularly so as people age and are more susceptible to muscle loss. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular c...
Apr 08, 2024•19 min
Collagen seems to be everywhere right now — in pills, creams, and powders. It’s a nearly $2 billion industry and only expected to get bigger. You’ve likely seen claims that collagen supplements will make you look younger and improve your joint health. This is because collagen’s primary function is to strengthen the connective tissue of joints, ligaments, bones, and skin. And as we get older, collagen begins to unravel and decrease. But what does the research say about taking collagen supplements...
Apr 08, 2024•18 min
Curcumin is an antioxidant derived from turmeric (an earthy, yellow-orange spice) – and in other plants in the Zingiberaceae family. Curcumin is best known for its anti-inflammatory properties, which is why it’s commonly used to help with osteoarthritis and other conditions rooted in inflammation. Other studies suggest curcumin may also improve memory and strengthen attention. Dr. Mary shares when and why she includes curcumin in her treatment plans as well as how to maximize bioavailability. Ab...
Apr 08, 2024•23 min
Most of the time, in modern society, we live under the sway of a story of separation that tells us who we are, why we're here, how to live, how to be a man, how to be a woman, what humanity is here for, how change happens in the world, and what's real. This is a mythology that governs modern society and has developed over hundreds or thousands of years, but now warrants the question: What is the origin of the wrongness? About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-r...
Mar 25, 2024•35 min
It's time for a different solution, a different approach to the problems on earth. First, we need to take a step back from our habits that operate automatically when we're not aware of them. The mentality of war is one such example we’ll examine today. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers f...
Mar 25, 2024•50 min
Today we address the question, “Why do we have this intense need to be on the right side?” About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Co...
Mar 25, 2024•41 min
