107 Episodes

  1. 107. A Look at Career & Life

    Published: 3/3/2025

  2. 106. Translating Poetry: Finding the Heart

    Published: 8/12/2024

  3. 105. The Vow from Hiroshima

    Published: 5/19/2024

  4. 104. The Essential Relationship of Mindfulness and Activism

    Published: 1/10/2024

  5. 103. Reexamining Imposter Syndrome and the Inner Critic

    Published: 12/13/2023

  6. 102. Healing the Whole Person with Gestalt Therapy

    Published: 11/28/2023

  7. 101. Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire

    Published: 11/9/2023

  8. 100. Holistic Life Foundation: Let Your Light Shine

    Published: 8/11/2023

  9. 99. Nova Han: Creating Immersive Spaces

    Published: 7/10/2023

  10. 98. Stephanie Yuhas, PhD: Honoring the Earth: Climate, Ecology, and Ecopsychology

    Published: 6/30/2023

  11. 97. DJ CAVEM: The Cross-Pollination of Art and Sustainability

    Published: 5/26/2023

  12. 96. Barbara Bash: Heaven, Earth and Humanity—What Calligraphy Can Teach Us About Each Moment

    Published: 5/10/2023

  13. 95. Valeria McCarroll, PhD: Somadelics, Pursuing Life with Psychedelic Support & Intentional Integration

    Published: 2/27/2023

  14. 94. Dr. Jennifer Bacon: Sacred Activism and Educating the Whole Child

    Published: 2/13/2023

  15. 93. Jaguar Womban: Words Do Not Teach

    Published: 11/7/2022

  16. 92. Andrew Schelling: Writing as a Spiritual Practice & State of Mind

    Published: 10/10/2022

  17. 91. Netanel Miles-Yepez: Comparative Religion

    Published: 9/26/2022

  18. 90. Thupten Jinpa Langri: Translating The Dalai Lama

    Published: 9/12/2022

  19. 89. Jordan Quaglia: The Science of Mindfulness Training

    Published: 8/29/2022

  20. 88. Dr. Nicholas Powers: A Future On Psychedelics

    Published: 8/15/2022

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As the birthplace of the mindfulness movement in the United States, Naropa University has a unique perspective when it comes to higher education in the West. Founded in 1974 by renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and lineage holder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa was intended to be a place where students could study Eastern and Western religions, writing, psychology, science, and the arts, while also receiving contemplative and meditation training. Forty-three years later, Naropa is a leader in ‘contemplative education’, a pedagogical approach that blends rigorous academics, contemplative practice, and experiential learning. Naropa President Chuck Lief explains, “Mindfulness here is not a class. Mindfulness is basically the underpinning of what we do in all of our classes. That said, the flavor or the color of mindfulness from class to class is really completely up to the individual faculty member to work on—on their own. So, what happens in a poetry class is going to look very different from what happens in a research psychology class. But, one way or another the contemplative practices are brought into the mix.” This podcast is for those with an interest in mindfulness and a curiosity about its place in both higher education and the world at large. Hosted by Naropa alumnus and Multimedia Manager David DeVine, episodes feature Naropa faculty, alumni, and special guests on a wide variety of topics including compassion, permaculture, social justice, herbal healing, and green architecture—to name a few. Listen to explore the transformative possibilities of mindfulness, both in the classroom and beyond!