This week, Sah welcomes Christena Cleveland, Ph.D., a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as well as its sister organization, Sacred Folk, which creates resources to stimulate people’s spiritual imaginations and support their journeys toward liberation. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Christena lives in Boston, Massachusetts.In this episode, Sah and...
Dec 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 99
This week, Sah welcomes Patita Pavan Das, founder of the Hanuman Project which is known for creating devotional and musical spaces that are full of joy, powerful, and accessible.The Hanuman Project is a grassroots and cutting-edge devotional music ensemble specializing in sacred mantra chant. They weave together a vibrant blend of mantra, bhajan, and South American medicine music. This group is dissolving boundaries and creating accessibility for devotional culture in the Yoga, Bhakti, and Consc...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 98
This week, Sah welcomes Jessie Inchauspé: badass biochemist, author of The Glucose Revolution, and creator of the Glucose Goddess movement. Jessie shares cutting-edge science with people to help them balance their blood sugar levels and feel amazing. Find Jessie on IG @glucosegoddess.In this episode, Sah and Jessie discuss..."the code" that Jessie has cracked regarding behavior improvement and translating medical science to help people regulate their blood sugar.why glucose matters, and how gluc...
Dec 11, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 97
This week, Sah welcomes Deborah Eden Tull. She is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution, a Zen meditation, and engaged dharma teacher, author, spiritual activist, and sustainability educator. She emphasizes the connection between personal awakening and collective transformation.Eden spent seven years training as a Buddhist monk at a silent Zen monastery. Her teaching style is grounded in mindful inquiry, fierce compassion, and the essential wisdom of nature, drawing upon diverse wisdom stream...
Dec 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 96
This week, Sah welcomes author Mary Firestone, who has an MA in clinical psychology and is on a mission to let others know they are not alone + there is light on the other side of the darkness of PTSD. Her new book, Trusting the Dawn, is the story of Mary’s survival and transformation through healing. Mary’s transformative epiphanies led her and her sister Lucy to launch their company, Firestone Sisters, Inc, to provide others with healing and growth opportunities through experiences and product...
Nov 28, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 95
This week, Sah welcomes Tahir Qawwal, who, at fifteen, left his home for the Himalayas to spend the rest of his teens living as a lonely dervish, practicing the yogic path and searching for enlightenment through the purity of sound and pitch.Later, he immersed himself in the sacred Sufi teachings of the past millennium and began his formal training in Indian Classical music (Hindustani) and Qawwali. Qawwali music weaves ancient poetry and intense rhythm with complex melodies to invoke an atmosph...
Nov 20, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 94
This week, Sah welcomes 3 recently-certified Somatic Activated Healing coaches, Thais Kraus, Lena Moxon, & Danielle Be.As a Lifestyle Transformation Mentor Teacher, Thais helps women to awaken to how divine & powerful they are to transform all aspects of their lives that are longing for change.https://natureintendedwellness.com/Lena is a modern mystic infusing spirituality, embodiment, & self-expression into the heart-based healing movement & mindfulness coaching to support women...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 93
This week, Sah welcomes Parashakti. Over the last 20 years, Parashakti has developed the Seven Foundations and the Dance of Liberation™ as maps for her spiritual practice, living and breathing these foundations in daily ritual.DOL'S mission is to help people experience ecstasy – without taking it. Parashakti has successfully adapted the teachings of the DOL as a modality for recovery from addiction.She is also the Creator of the Winged Ones Jewelry, ceremonially blessed power objects which have ...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 92
This week, Sah welcomes Gabrielle Bernstein, who has been transforming lives—including her own, for over fifteen years. The #1 New York Times bestselling author has penned eight books including her first Audible Original, You Are the Guru. In her weekly podcast, Dear Gabby, she offers up real-time coaching, straight talk and conversations about personal growth and spirituality with unique and inspiring guests.Gabby connects with her community through her books, her podcast, her Miracle Me...
Oct 30, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 91
This week, Sah welcomes Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally recognized spiritual leader, humanitarian, and peacemaker.Gurudev has created trauma relief and meditation programs for at-risk youth, war veterans, prisoners, and survivors of disaster. He has touched the lives of more than 450 million people around the world (including heads of state and world leaders) by teaching powerful breathwork and meditation practices to alleviate stress and anxiety, and build resilience.The Prison Program...
Oct 24, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 90
This week, Sah welcomes Lyle Maxson, a pioneer of Transformative Entertainment whose immersive design agency, The Courtiers, and passion for biohacking led to co-founding Andromeda Entertainment, a VR publisher bringing to market "Games for Good."Lyle’s next horizon is GeniusX, a VR education platform for creating a metaverse that "upgrades the real world avatar that is you" with a goal to better humanity's relationship with technology along the way. In addition, he is addressing the world's men...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 89
This week, Sah welcomes David Harshada Wagner, a master meditation instructor, author, artist, dad, and wisdom teacher with more than 25 years of teaching experience. Classically trained in the wisdom traditions of Yoga, Bhakti, Vedanta, and Tantra, his teachings come from his decades of working with people helping them learn to live more fulfilling, soul-centered, purpose driven lives.In this episode, Sah and Harshada discuss...how the path to holiness is always through serviceHarshada's unders...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 88
This week, Sah welcomes Rosie Acosta, who has studied yoga and mindfulness for more than 20 years and taught for over a decade. She hosts a weekly conversational wellness podcast called, Radically Loved. A first-gen Mexican-American, Rosie’s mission is to help others overcome adversity and experience radical love.In this episode, Sah and Rosie discuss...struggling to accept the paradox in life, and balancing spirituality with a human experienceRosie's rough upbringing, and how her run-ins with t...
Oct 02, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 87
This week, Sah welcomes Mirabai Starr, an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. As a certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss.In this episode, Sah and Mirabai discuss...Interconnectedness, and t...
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 86
This week, Sah brings you a solocast about MIRACLES.Miracles can happen anytime, in any place... even where and when you least expect them. But they require our action, participation, and support to bring them to fruition.In this episode, Sah discusses...The life-changing miracle he received on a recent family trip to BrazilThe ways we perpetuate our own suffering, sometimes more than anyone elseHis struggle growing up as a queer immigrant in a foreign countryThe moment that radically reframed h...
Sep 18, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 85
This week, Sah and his partner Ben reflect on Sah's experience introducing holistic healing to the infamous musical artist, Cardi B, on her show "Cardi B Tries." Get a peek behind the scenes, and learn more about the practices Sah shared with her in that episode (including their ultra viral forgiveness practice) and why forgiveness holds such power on the spiritual path.Ben Decker is a world-renowned meditation teacher, activist, and the best-selling author of Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the...
Sep 11, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 84
This week, Sah brings you a solocast about entering into a sacred trance. For centuries, civilizations have used dance to enter a trance. Dance and movement have the power to heal, and to liberate us from the identity of pain and trauma in which we are stuck. But, are we entering the sacred trance through a clear and sober mind, or through a mind filled with chaos and confusion?In this episode, Sah discusses...The circumstances in which Sah has experienced a sacred tranceEntering into a sacred t...
Sep 04, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 83
This week, Sah welcomes Manoj Dias, a co-founder of Open, a modern mindfulness studio merging technology, culture, cinematography, and proven practices to create community and presence.In 2015, Manoj co-founded A—SPACE, Australia’s first multidisciplinary drop-in meditation studio with a special focus on creating access for BIPOC and youth. Through his philanthropic work with lululemon he has supported trauma-informed therapeutic programs for refugees in Melbourne, social justice movements in ...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 82
This week, Sah brings you a solocast about attachment through the lens of Buddhist psychology, how it drives us to pursue pleasure, keeps us locked into repeated patterns, and how releasing attachment has the power to liberate us.In this episode, Sah discusses...what attachment is, from a Buddhist psychological understandinghow attachment manifests in our lives, and how to recognize its subtle cueswhy we endlessly pursue pleasure or link our happiness to external forcesthe magic key to interrupt...
Aug 21, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 81
This week, Sah welcomes Shauna Cummins - a Hypnosis-Artist, a Certified Clinical Hypnosis Practitioner CH, Master Trainer CHt, and multi-disciplinary artist. She is the founder of The Divine Feminine School of Hypnosis, the MindMassageHotline, and author of Wishcraft, A guide to manifesting a positive future.Her work as an artist and hypnotist has been featured internationally at The National Gallery of Denmark, The Center for Contemporary Art Glasgow, Borealis Music Festival Norway, and in publ...
Aug 14, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 80
This week, Sah brings you a solocast about prayer through the lens of Buddhist psychology, how it connects us with the unseen world, helps us shift our perspective, and open ourselves up to radical altruism.In this episode, Sah discusses...how the practice of prayer opens us up to a willingness for transitionthe way the mindset of prayer expands our perception of the worldthe simplicity of prayer as a way into the hearthow prayer can ignite our best qualitieshow to let prayer unhook you from the...
Aug 07, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 79
This week, Sah welcomes Chris Grosso. According to Chris, he is "not a spiritual teacher" and "he’s incredibly flawed and fucks up in countless ways on a daily basis." That said, he is extremely passionate about sharing the teachings and techniques that have quite literally saved his life (and made him slightly less of a fuck-up) in the hope they help others too.He’s written three books including, Indie Spiritualist, Everything Mind, and Dead Set On Living, writes for Revolver Magazine and Fango...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 78
This week, Sah brings you a solocast about Karma and Dharma through the lens of Buddhist psychology, how we can break unwholesome patterns, and shift our perspective to make the most of our experiences and live more fully in our purpose.In this episode, Sah discusses...The patterns we carry on from past lifetimes through present behaviorsHow to develop awareness about how and why we create karmaThe connections between karma, Dharma, and altruismHow to discern between your karmic and Dharmic patt...
Jul 24, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 77
This week, Sah welcomes David Kim, a juvenile dependency attorney, political organizer and ADEM delegate who ran for U.S. Congress in California's 34th Congressional District in the 2020 cycle. Although he didn't win the seat, David won the trust and votes of 96,554 people, totaling 47% of the general election vote, as a 1st-time candidate running a 100% grassroots campaign. He currently represents and defends parents as a court-appointed attorney in children's court, while also organizing polit...
Jul 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 76
This week, Sah brings you a solocast about generational trauma, what is passed through our lineage generation to generation, how it affects us, and how we can shift it for ourselves and future generations.In this episode, Sah discusses...His own ancestral storyTransgenerational traumaBlaming others vs. KarmaRepeating familial patterns and what it meansBreaking generational cursesCreating a lineage based on freedom, love, joy, and compassionand more....This podcast was recorded live on Quilt app....
Jul 10, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 75
This week, Sah welcomes Tami Simon, the Founder of Sounds True, North America’s leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings. Tami also hosts the popular Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge, which has now been downloaded more than 20 million times. She is also the founder of the new Sounds True Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing spiritual education to communities in needwww.soundstrue.comIn this episode, Sah and Tami discuss...Tami dropping out of college and giving her lif...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 74
This week, Sah brings you a solocast on mindfulness. Mindfulness has become a trendy word, but do you know what it really means? We have a choice of how we give meaning to everything around us, and it is all related to the quality of our mind. Is the quality of your mind leading you to freedom or to a cycle of suffering?In this episode, Sah discusses...Where the word ‘mindfulness’ comes fromThe paradoxical gateway to liberationThe theory of interbeing and interconnectednessDecolonizing the mindS...
Jun 26, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 73
This week, Sah welcomes Amanda Gilbert. Amanda is a meditation teacher, lecturer of mindfulness at the University of Southern California, and the author of Kindness Now: A 28-Day Guide to Living with Authenticity, Intention and Compassion. Before dedicating herself to teaching full-time, Amanda was Center Director for The Aging Metabolism and Emotions Center at the University of California San Francisco, conducting clinical research and publishing investigations on the biological and psychologic...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 72
This week, Sah brings you a solocast on trusting in this incarnation. Do you have an unwavering faith that you are okay and that the universe has your back? Listen to find out how to build your trust in the fact that this incarnation is good for you.In this episode, Sah discusses...Appreciating the preciousness of lifeHow to activate this trust and how a lack of trust shows up in our livesThe divine order in this world of chaosSeeking punishment vs. trusting in the natural law of justiceParadox ...
Jun 12, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 71
This week, Sah welcomes Ruby Warrington, the creator of the term Sober Curious. Author of the 2018 book of the same title, her work has spearheaded a global movement to reevaluate our relationship to alcohol. Other works include Material Girl, Mystical World (2017), The Numinous Astro Deck (June 2019), and The Sober Curious Reset (Dec 2020). With 20+ years’ experience as a lifestyle journalist and editor, Ruby is also the founder of self-publishing imprint Numinous Books, and is known as a true ...
Jun 05, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 70
