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Are we near the end? Can humanity survive climate change, pandemics, and other catastrophes? "Our only hope lies in nature-inspired leadership," claims podcast host Dr. Victor Shamas. NATURE AM I connects listeners with thought leaders who are generating nature-inspired solutions & strategies to urgent global problems. We feature advances in fields like biomimicry & biomimetics that are taking cues from nature. Also, we discuss ways to assure that future generations can thrive in balance with nature. Our conversations touch on holistic health, sustainable design, integrative learning, & other forms of nature-inspired innovation. Guests include visionaries who are leading the way towards a more peaceful, sustainable, balanced way of life. We also look at tools and techniques that facilitate the process of nature inspiration. "In this process, nature reveals its secrets," says Shamas, a psychologist who studies creative inspiration. "If we let it, nature can show us how to thrive."
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Integrative Yoga Therapy founder and yoga scholar Joseph Le Page discusses the role of nature in yoga and the relationship between nature and humans. Our conversation touches upon the following topics:
3:12- Knowing the true self (purusha)
6:52- Lower mind (manas) vs. higher mind (buddhi)
10:08- The need for spiritual culture
11:34- Nature (prakriti) and spirit
14:25- Seeing Nature in a new way
16:10- Patanjali's view of Nature
18:41- Duality (samkhya) and non-duality (vedanta)
20:04- The practice and qualities of samadhi
21:45- Nature and the deity of creation (Ishvara)
24:00- One enlightenment, many paths
25:58- The essence of Tantra
27:20- The purpose of living (dharma)
29:04- The concept of kaivalya
33:20- Kaivalya in the ecological movement
35:12- The end of evolution
36:50- Samadhi in the body (nirbijah samadhi)
41:47- Becoming one with Nature
43:52-Co-dependence in the ecological movement
Excellent video of Joseph Le Page speaking about nirbija samadhi:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONh0U-VgEMg
For more information about Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT):
//www.iytyogatherapy.com/
YouTube channel for IYT:
//www.youtube.com/channel/UC0LXPRN8sEAybb0YNjSPM4g
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