Ep# 26 Lawrence Edwards, PhD – World Renowned Kundalini Expert, Author, and Mystic.

Ep# 26 Lawrence Edwards, PhD – World Renowned Kundalini Expert, Author, and Mystic.

Our guest today is highly respected Kundalini expert and researcher Lawrence Edwards. His life long passion to know that Truth of the inner life brings a deeply steeped background in science to a profound inner mystical experience. He chronicles the awakening, unfoldment, and integration of the underlying power of the Universe, the Kundalini Shakti, in his most recent book, Awakening Kundalini – The Path to Radical Freedom. A book I highly recommend for those serious about understanding Kundalini and the subtle process of Kundalini Sadhana. He has narrated an audio presentation of the same name with guided practices and lectures that summarize a lifetime of study and experience.

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Ep# 24 Leo Dale – Jazz Musician, Audio & Video Producer, World Traveler with a well integrated awakened Kundalini.

Ep# 24 Leo Dale – Jazz Musician, Audio & Video Producer, World Traveler with a well integrated awakened Kundalini.

Our guest today is Leo Dale and we’re your hosts Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes.

Leo is an audio/video producer and a lifelong musician. Having traveled extensively particularly to India, he is just as comfortable on location anywhere in the world as in his studio in Melbourne Australia.

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Ep# 22 Crisis Times Reflections, Insights and Looking Forward with cohosts Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes

Ep# 22 Crisis Times Reflections, Insights and Looking Forward with cohosts Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes

We’re your hosts, Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes, and today we’d like to share our reflections, insights, and thoughts about what’s next and how to make the most of the current situation. This is a short conversation but one we hope will give you some perspective and add value to your life. What we discuss is how a simple shift in viewpoint can help each of us, in our own way, get the most of the current circumstances and make the process of going forward more fulfilling and rewarding. 

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Ep# 21 Mary Reilly Nichols – Non-Dual Tantric Yoga Teacher Specializing in Direct Transmission and Ecstatic Mystical Communion.

Ep# 21 Mary Reilly Nichols – Non-Dual Tantric Yoga Teacher Specializing in Direct Transmission and Ecstatic Mystical Communion.

Mary Reilly Nichols holds a BA in anthropology from Harvard University. is the Director of Nalanda Institute’s Yoga, Mind & Spirit and has been teaching yoga from a devotional/experiential perspective for over 30 years. She specializes in direct transmission experiential Yoga with an emphasis on the development of wisdom and direct experience through the lens of the non-duality traditions of  Advaita Vedanta, and the Tantric methods of the Trika school of Kashmir Shaivism and Kundalini Yoga. 

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Ep# 17 Kimberly Carson MPH, C-IAYT, E-RYT – Author, Nationally Recognized Chronic Pain Expert, Health Educator and Mindfulness Therapist.

Ep# 17 Kimberly Carson MPH, C-IAYT, E-RYT – Author, Nationally Recognized Chronic Pain Expert, Health Educator and Mindfulness Therapist.

Our guest today is Kimberly Carson, author, nationally recognized chronic pain expert, health educator and Mindfulness therapist. Her research and program development with her husband, Jim Carson, PhD., at the prestigious Duke University Medical Center (Duke) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is documented in their latest book, Relax into Yoga for Chronic Pain: An Eight-Week Mindful Yoga Workbook for Finding Relief and Resilience.Their Mindful Yoga intervention methods known as “Yoga of Awareness” developed by Kimberly and her husband Jim, has been shown in research trials to significantly reduce pain and fatigue in women with metastatic breast cancer, breast cancer survivors, as well as women with fibromyalgia.

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Ep#16 Sally Kempton – World Renowned Author, and Teacher of Devotional Contemplative Tantra.

Ep#16 Sally Kempton – World Renowned Author, and Teacher of Devotional Contemplative Tantra.

Our guest today is Sally Kempton, a world-renowned author, and Teacher of what she calls Devotional Contemplative Tantra. A tradition based on the most authoritative Shaiva scriptures, deep devotional practices, and direct experience. Her teachings are based on the most esoteric direct transmission school of non-dual awareness known as Shaktipat. The veracity and authenticity of her teachings are rooted in the teachings and transmission she received from her Guru, Baba Muktananda, which she has skillfully developed and assimilated over the last 45 years.

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Ep# 15 Bob Quinn – Organic Farmer, Author, Scientist, and Organic Food Researcher.

Ep# 15 Bob Quinn – Organic Farmer, Author, Scientist, and Organic Food Researcher.

Our guest today is Bob Quinn, organic farmer, author, scientist, and food researcher. This conversation is a deeply insightful discussion about ancient grains, food systems, and the rural communities that produce our food. We talk about the food itself, how its grown, processed and distributed. The factors which determine the quality of our food, and some of the little-known research Bob and his team have done around wheat and gluten sensitivity. He reveals discoveries he’s made about ancient grains, wheat in particular and gluten sensitivity by applying rigorous science and a persistent determination to find the cause of one of America’s most mysterious food issues.

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Ep# 14 Swami Prakashananda – Biographer of Baba Muktananda, and his oldest living direct disciple.

Ep# 14 Swami Prakashananda – Biographer of Baba Muktananda, and his oldest living direct disciple.

An intimate conversation with Swami Prakashananda, world renowned biographer of the great Siddha Guru Baba Muktananda, and the oldest living direct disciple of the Master. This is a candid and insightful behind the scenes discussion with three of Muktananda’s direct disciples and how they worked with him and experienced him.

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Ep# 13 Kanu Kogod – Transformational Leadership Trainer and Organizational Consultant

Ep# 13 Kanu Kogod – Transformational Leadership Trainer and Organizational Consultant

Our guest today is Dr. Kanu Kogod, the Founder and President of Bridges in Organizations, a coaching and leadership organization that works in the business, health care, government, and non-profit sectors.  She is a trained anthropologist, master certified coach, and renowned organizational development consultant.

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Ep# 12 Master Charles Cannon – American Mystic, Author, and Early High-Tech Meditation Pioneer.

Ep# 12 Master Charles Cannon – American Mystic, Author, and Early High-Tech Meditation Pioneer.

Master Charles Cannon, American mystic, early High-Tech Meditation pioneer, meditation teacher and Guru, mentor, and spiritual guide to thousands. A deep dive conversation about modern spirituality and ancient traditions; Kundalini, Shaktipat, High Tech Meditation and the Guru-Disciple relationship in the 21st century.

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Ep# 11 John Tilton – World-Renowned Porcelain Art Potter and Veteran Meditator

Ep# 11 John Tilton – World-Renowned Porcelain Art Potter and Veteran Meditator

World-renowned porcelain art potter, John Tilton, shares the subtle and nuanced inner awareness he maintains as he executes his daily work with over 200 variables. A dedicated process that is informed by life-long research of historical pottery and his daily practice of meditation. The result is his remarkable and highly prized porcelain art pottery.

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Ep# 10 – 2019 Revisited and Looking Forward to 2020 – A Conversation between Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes

Ep# 10 – 2019 Revisited and Looking Forward to 2020 – A Conversation between Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes

Marc Ketchel and Larry Holmes, in a rich and far-ranging conversation, reflect on 2019 episodes while projecting into their vision of 2020. They discuss, the science and practice of yoga, Kundalini in all her manifestations, both inner and outer, quantum mechanics and Purposeful Leadership and the work of Peter Singer.

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Ep # 9 Marc Ketchel – Wisdom Talks Podcast Cohost, Meditation Teacher, Veteran Organic Food and Plant-Based Business Owner, Serial Entrepreneur, and World Traveler.

Ep # 9 Marc Ketchel – Wisdom Talks Podcast Cohost, Meditation Teacher, Veteran Organic Food and Plant-Based Business Owner, Serial Entrepreneur, and World Traveler.

Our guest today is my Wisdom Talks podcast co-host Marc Ketchel, and I’m your host Larry Holmes. Today’s episode is a conversation with my cohost Marc Ketchel, meditation teacher, veteran organic food and natural products business owner, world traveler, and serial entrepreneur.  A passionate, action-oriented, get things done kind of guy and a long-time personal friend. In fact, we’ve known each other for over 45 years, living and working together on a global project beginning in the early ’70s and ’80s. We were both Vedic monks at the time and worked together teaching and managing with a large international organization founded by our Guru, Baba Muktananda.

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Ep # 8 Gabriel Cousens, MD. – Author, Rabbi, Holistic Physician, Veteran Meditation Teacher, and Kundalini Expert, and much more

Ep # 8 Gabriel Cousens, MD. – Author, Rabbi, Holistic Physician, Veteran Meditation Teacher, and Kundalini Expert, and much more

In today’s episode, I’m having a conversation with Gabriel Cousens, MD, a very popular holistic physician, Rabbi, and meditation teacher. But he’s really much more than a meditation teacher, he brings decades of personal experience working with a fully awakened Kundalini to his teaching. Not only has he developed rare insight over the last four decades through his own evolutionary journey, but also through working with thousands of others who have sought his guidance with their process of awakening.  

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Ep # 7 Larry Holmes – Corporate Consultant for some of the largest companies in Australia, Psychologist, Leadership Trainer, and Wisdom Talks podcast cohost and Veteran Meditator.

Ep # 7 Larry Holmes – Corporate Consultant for some of the largest companies in Australia, Psychologist, Leadership Trainer, and Wisdom Talks podcast cohost and Veteran Meditator.

In today’s episode I’m having a conversation with Larry Holmes, psychologist, leadership trainer, and corporate consultant for some of the largest companies in Australia. He’s also my cohost of the Wisdom Talks podcast and long-time personal friend. In fact, our relationship and friendship goes back almost 50 years, to the 1970’s when we were both Vedic monks serving our Guru, Swami Muktananda, who we affectionately called Baba, spreading the worldwide Meditation Revolution that he had inspired.

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