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referenced links from Podcast, Ep. 30!

The man quoted on “Role of Man” from Zooming in the Lens Podcast episode #30 is Mr. Robert Bly! He is an incredible poet, speaker, storyteller, mythologist, and philosopher that effected change for men in many ways with talks like the one below. I am happy to introduce him to some, and reconnect his wisdom, for others. Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. For more info on Michael Meade – MM. Very thankful these two men got together and graced us with such important interpretations and to me, directions for how to help ourselves and the culture.

The below video is 1 of 6 videos and all are available on youtube – we are VERY lucky this is the case. Part 2 was referenced as well. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

On Being A Man Pt.1-6 (1989) Robert Bly Michael Meade – YouTube Video –  9:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLSKMFb88dw

On Being A Man Pt. 2-6 (1989) Robert Bly and Michael Meade-YouTube Video – 10:58  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJqMuzsmw8

Ep 22 links of references used on Podcast

  • 10 Unique Parenting Styles From Around The World ( the first one is a 500-year-old practice/ritual in India that parents do for their children where they drop them from a height, safely landing below onto a blanket held up by others!
  • George Carlin clip used for the end of this episode starts at 8:16 on “specialness”
  • Links to articles referenced can all be found on: http://thefederalist.com/2015/11/23/helicopter-parenting-is-really-a-symptom-of-underparenting/
    “If millennials are ill-equipped to manage post-secondary and adult lives, then the fault must lie with an overabundance of parenting, experts say. An article published recently in Psychology Today cited helicopter parenting as part of a set of issues that contribute to an overly sensitive young adult population.”
    “Young adult oversensitivity is a marked shift in college culture. The author of “Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges” relayed mounting concerns among college counselors, administrators, and professors over the emotional fragility of current college students. Students cannot handle failure, or even mediocre marks, they say. They rely on parent guidance and counseling more than any previous generation.”
    “A recent Washington Post article speaks more of the same. In the article, former Stanford Dean Julie Lythcott-Haims excoriates the negative impact of perpetually present parents who shelter their children from hardship and failure. She links depression and other mental health issues to this trending type of over-parenting.”
  • Pre-1960s Parenting Vs. Parenting Today by John K. Rosemond on May 1, 2015 – “We knew who was running the household, and it wasn’t us!” johnrosemond.com, parentguru.com. *About the Author: Rosemond has written nine best-selling parenting books and is one of America’s busiest and most popular speakers, known for his sound advice, humor and easy, relaxed, engaging style. In the past few years, John has appeared on numerous national television programs including 20/20, Good Morning America, The View, Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect, Public Eye, The Today Show, CNN, and CBS Later Today.

Quotes from ZITL Podcast Ep. 21

A few have asked that we post up the quotes from our Thanksgiving special podcast Ep. 21 “Thanksgiving with no agenda” special episode for the holidays. Here ya go!

  • “Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?” – Rumi
  • “If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.” – Socrates (469-399 BCE 5th Century)
  • On Balance – “In Fact emotional states are not something that happen to us, rather we create them based on how we view the world” Karen Hastings, Phd.
  • Cultivating the witness – or the observer….Truly see there is a difference from OBSERVER (witness) from that which is being OBSERVED (ego-mind, incarnation)
  • “Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good an evil.” – Nietzche (Right or Wrong)
  • Click here to listen to this episode on Itunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep.-21-thanksgiving-no-agenda/id974484840?i=357824420&mt=2
  • Satsang Meme

Ep.14 – That “Don’t-know mind” Part 1- Love

The unproven, unexplainable, and indescribable series. Part 1 – LOVE

What is the don’t-know mind, also known as the beginners mind? Why would I want to NOT know something? An important element in growing emotionally and spiritually is curiosity-like when we were children!  That drive diminishes when we think we know-it-all. And, even if you did – know-it-all – ancient spiritual traditions share that the drive to tell everybody diminishes as well – unless asked. Rena Joy and Cara Evans join Katrina for to discuss… the cultural norm valuing knowledge, titles, degree’s, scientific studies, and as a participant, Katrina shares her personal importance in practising balance so knowledge doesn’t substitute our own personal experience. Culturally in this age, we want to PROVE everything, yet many things in the human experience are unexplainable. In many way’s love is indescribable, maybe even unproven. Rena and Cara share some other cultural views on love,  as well as an astrological (another unproven technique) tool everyone can use! Thank you for subscribing to Zooming in the Lens Podcast! This is a juicy one!

Special guest links: Rena Joy – for more info on Rena, Cara Evans – Zitlcourse@gmail.com

To request a show topic or for questions, email Olivia for Katrina at Zitlcourse@gmail.com For information about a course in practical tools given by Katrina, hosted by Ram Dass, click here. For Katrina and Functional Yoga-click here (the blog on this site is where you will find the studies cited and the poetry read during this podcast)

Music and editing by Ian Hatton – click here for more info

Ep.12 – Late night Yoga -Special Guests!

One late night in southern California, 4 close friends grabbed a mic and hit record. Three of these friends toured together for many years as musicians in rock and roll traveling the world. Four of them are yogis, questioners of reality and hold dear the belief in not taking yourself or life too seriously. Why is this being published? Because the yoga of real life is lived in the spaces, in the times where maybe we’re not ‘ready’- vulnerable perhaps but real. In honor of their practice these four talk of their experience in the music industry, creativity, Ashtanga, being scared, favorite quotes, guru’s and much more. If we all wait for a yogi to appear, we miss the ‘late-night’ magic of the yoga that’s already here. With loving grace, Zooming in the Lens is happy to welcome Tommy Stewart, Pete Murrey, Rina Murrey and Katrina Chester. Thank you to dear friends for being willing to let us practice on-mic.  Jai Jai!!

Music and editing by Ian Hatton at www.mixforpix.com; For more info on the online course presented by Ram Dass and Katrina Chester go to www.functionalyogaonline.com; to sign up-www.ramdass.org/zoom

Ep.11 -Can I surrender-to-surrender? 1 of 1000 episodes ;)

Using a recent health experience, Katrina tells a story she hasn’t even shared yet with many close to her yet is inspired by the support of co-host Sass to practice vulnerability and use this moment to try something different. Sass’s wisdom of the many avenues in which we can surrender creates this “podcast practice”. This is what I think we have grown to love about these girls; one holds space (in this instance, that’s surrender) while the other one dances in the maze of their current life circumstances. Katrina apologizes for the highjack! That’s what being vulnerable may look like sometimes. Nothing like a good health scare to bing out the ‘stories’ in the mind! Thank you for supporting ZITL podcast and please subscribe and share with those friends who may like this too!

For more info on ZITL online course go to Ramdass.org/zooming

Music and editing by Ian Hatton at mixforpix.com

 

Ep.10 – The (swiss) exploration

Self-exploration and exploration takes curiosity. What are some things we would be missing out on in life if curiosity didn’t ignite exploration? How do you explore in a healthy & spiritual way? The girls chat about some funny explorations and many other things in Podcast #10 – The swiss exploration! Don’t forget to listen to the end…Thanks for tuning in  and please send topic ideas and questions to zitlcourse@gmail.com. For information about joining a new online course presented by Ram Dass and Katrina Chester of functional yoga go to: RamDass.org/zooming “Zooming in the Lens” online course

For more info: www.functionalyogaonline.com and www.facebook.com/functionalyoga / Music and editing by: Ian Hatton – www.micsforpix.com / Hosts: Sass Jordan and Katrina Chester

Ep.9 “Using Ritual as Practice”

The girls get into a discussion about using rituals as practice in our daily lives. What IS the big hang up of some about rituals anyway? In todays world, the word “rituals” may conjure up thoughts of religion, a cult, or descriptions like hippie dippy. But rituals are already used in cultures big and small! Check out athletes for example…before a game most report they have to make time for their good luck ritual; performers and artists have their rituals before a show, writing or painting – so when looking at everyday daily life as practice, we can zoom in the lens to uncover how “habits” can be looked at as rituals without consciousness. Add consciousness to the habit, stir gentle… and rituals can bring many things to our personal practice table. Things like discipline, individual expression, and checking “in” with ourselves more then checking “out”. As Timothy Leary once said “Turn on, tune in, drop out”. Always with love and intentions to expand…thank you for tuning in to ZITL Podcast.

www.FunctionalYogaOnline.com for more info on the new online course presented by Ram Dass (ramdass.org/zooming)and Katrina Chester – online community with guidence for the practice of waking up in daily life. Personalized for each participant within a specific like-minded group allowing each person the experience of a one-to-one practice within a small, hand selected group.

Music & editing for Zooming in the Lens Podcast is written and provided by Ian Hatton- www.mixforpics.com

Hosts: Sass Jordan and Katrina Chester (www.facebook.com/functionalyoga)

 

Ep.8 “Demonics of life”

Meet Joseph Campbell, who starts the girls off today. For those who don’t know Joseph, he is a powerful, very knowledgable mythologist and philosopher. The title of this episode comes from this audio explanation your about to hear for where the root of the word “demon” comes from. It will blow your mind! Sass and Katrina naturally flow from there in the usefulness of different interpretations in our daily life & practice, moving into what “holding space” for ourself and others means. Within what we think is the search of who and what we are; the deeper connection begins. We are mostly taught to reach outward to seek; that begins an unfolding too, revealing that it has been an “inside job” all along. What if there is no “right or wrong”? Wouldn’t it be powerful if other peoples negative opinions of us could be interpreted in a way to serve us? Make sure you stay tuned till the end – no cure like the cure of laughter 😉 And join the conversation by submitting your thoughts on our blog or via ZITLCourse@gmail.com, or on Facebook! We would love to hear from you with topic suggestions. Hope you enjoy this episode and thank you for supporting us!

Ep. 7 “married to the mind”

Sit in on the juicy talks into our unknown commitment when not questioning our monkey-mind. We may not even notice our thoughts or the results that may bring to us, personally. Listening to the mind without questioning with awareness and self inquiry, brings up dynamic conversation into personal responsibility, the benefits to cultivating back our imagination, play, and living presently v living from memories informing our present-mind. Join the girls for their personal tools used to investigate a loving and amicable…separation to the mind – or as, creating “space” within the mind. Apologies for Katrina sounding like “the voice of God” in this episode, which is due to a recording issue known as “not shutting off the reverb!” One of these days they will record a flawless sounding episode for Ian to edit but until then, thank you for your patience – “this isn’t easy stuff to navigate through ;)”

Hosts: Katrina Chester & Sass Jordan www.functionalyogaonline.com, www.facebook.com/katrinachester, …com/functionalyoga/ Online course: www.ramdass.org/zooming

Music and editing: Ian Hatton – www.mixforpix.com