Episodes

Friday May 06, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 05.06.16
Friday May 06, 2016
Friday May 06, 2016
Heart Of Mind Radio May 5th 2016 Show Description
Guests on Today's Heart Of Mind Radio are participating in upcoming event:
In Celebration of
Mother Earth and all the Mothers of the World.
Sunday May 8th, 3:00–5:00 PM
At The Commons Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Ave
(Between Bond & Hoyt St.)
Presented by
Heart Of Mind Radio and CUBRAITI INC,
Rosse Taveras Saint Louis is the Founder and President of educational cultural arts non profit organization, CUBRAITI, Inc.
CUBRAITI, Inc was founded in New York City in 2003 and has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Since its inception Cubraiti, Inc. has partnered with numerous arts, educational and cultural organizations creating Cultural –arts, dance curriculums.
Rosse T. Saint Louis has researched oral histories and sacred African Diaspora dance traditions throughout the Americas. She received a Masters Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in Comparative Education and Anthropology. She has traveled to Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Haiti, Africa and Dominican Republic choreographing, directing, lecturing, researching and performing. She is the recipient of the Teacher’s College, Office of the President, Diversity and Community Award and a New School Multicultural Diversity Award and is a Fulbright Fellow. She performed at the International Fulbright Alumni committee in Brasilia, Brazil and at the International Black Heritage Festival in Lagos, Nigeria Africa.
She is a educator, performing artists and writer, currently living in New York City. Contact: Cubraiti@outlook.com Website: http://www.cubraiti.org/
Legendary veteran percussionist Leopoldo F. Fleming, well known as a versatile and sensitive accompanist and soloist on multiple percussion instruments with such talents as Miriam Makeba, Nina Simont, Randy Weston, Harry Belafonte, Eartha Kitt, Lonnie Liston Smith, Archie Shepp, and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Leopoldo worked and toured with the who-is-who of the international jazz scene during the last 50 years.
Keven Nathaniel – a visionary musician who, with the voice and ancient African instruments, channels sound as a universal healing force. Together, breathing rhythms to the beat of our synchronized hearts, Keven Nathaniel resonates songs of unity and the “big picture” of love in the grooviest ways possible. A long-time devotee of mbira, drum, dance, song, meditation, and yoga; a world-raveled “urban Shaman” who shares musical medicine for the ancient, the now, and the beyond, Keven Nathaniel shares a fresh, deep experience of the beauty of sound.
SAINT a/k/a Young Buffett is a Brooklyn-born emcee who has quickly established himself as one of the most lyrically-gifted & insightful new hip hop artist to emerge in the last two decades.
Saint is an inspirational emcee with a strong message of hope and displays amazing versatility while addressing social issues and personal growth. His first music purchase was a hit single titled, “Wooha,” by Busta Rhymes. Later on, he caught the attention of legendary hip hop producers Dj Premier & Dj Clark Kent respectively. Saint has earned his stripes performing & dominating countless clubs, showcases, open mics, rap battles & more.
Contact Host Kathryn Davis:
HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com (347) 480-1694

Friday Apr 29, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 04.29.16
Friday Apr 29, 2016
Friday Apr 29, 2016
On today’s Heart Of Mind Radio, host Kathryn Davis welcomes back the author, healer and spiritual teacher Sergio Magaña for a talk on Toltec spiritual practices.
Contact Host: HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com
(347) 480-1694 – HeartOfMindRadio.com
EVENTS:
In Honor of Mother Earth and all the Mothers of the World Celebrate Mother’s Day
Sunday May 8th 3:00 – 5:00 PM at The Commons Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Ave, Bet. Bond & Hoyt St.: Includes a Speaker Panel on the Sacred Partnership of Humanity and Earth and a Pacha Mama Mother Earth Ceremony and Live Performance featuring Hip Hop Artist “Saint” and Lyricist Rosse. Suggested Donation $10
Introduction to Quantum Qigong
with Kathryn Davis
Studio Maya, 603 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, 11238 - (917) 837-3705
This Qigong series introduces techniques based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoist and Buddhist principles.
Quantum Qigong
is a unique teaching method, which is designed to align you with your
Quantum Being. This can be thought of as awakening your inner teacher
and your inner healer. Through slow, constant movements, you can
integrate your mind, body and spirit with Gaia Nature, which are
principles of harmony and balance. for the purpose of integrating your
mind, body and spirit.
Trial Class: Saturday April 30th 2:00-3:00 PM (Drop In/donation) Four Week Series: Saturday May 7, 14, 21, 28 - 2:00 - 3:00 PM (All four weeks $75) Register on Line: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=19670
Today's Guest:
Sergio Magaña Ocelocoyotl, a well-known healer and spiritual teacher from Mexico City initiated into the 5,000-year-old Toltec lineage of Mesoamerica, is the author of 2012-2021 Dawn of the Sixth Sun and The Toltec Secret: Dreaming Practices of the Ancient Mexicans, 2014.
He travels extensively and has a community of over 50,000 students in Mexico, the USA, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and the UK. Sergio was chosen by his Nahuatl speaking teachers to be the one to bring the ancient knowledge of the Toltecs and Aztecs to the world. He is a well-known and respected healer in Mexico, who has been initiated into the 5,000-year-old Tol shamanic lineage (Nahualism) of dreaming knowledge of the Toltec or Toltecayotl lineage of Mesoamerica.
He is appointed by Club UNESCO to be the representative whose job it is to preserve Mexico’s Immaterial Nahuatl Culture. He was invited to perform the Toltec ceremony for the Winter Solstice of 2012 for UNESCO along with seven other indigenous traditions from around the world. He is an active presenter at many conferences worldwide, including – Gateways of the Mind conference sponsored by the prestigious Royal Geographical Society of London; Breaking Convention, sponsored by the University of Kent; Mind, Body, Spirit UK and Open Center in New York City.
English: http://xn--sergiomagaa-beb.com/en/
Spanish: http://xn--sergiomagaa-beb.com/
English: https://www.facebook.com/sergiomaganaenglish/
Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/SergioMaganaOcelocoyotl/
Lucid Dreaming in the Toltec Tradition An Evening Workshop
Friday, May 13, 6–10pm http://www.opencenter.org/events/lucid-dreaming-in-the-toltec-tradition/
Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15, 10am–5pm http://www.opencenter.org/events/the-obsidian-mirror-practice-behavioral-shifts-inner-change-and-renewal/

Friday Apr 22, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 04.22.16
Friday Apr 22, 2016
Friday Apr 22, 2016
In segment two we offer a celebration of increased awareness and connection between humanity and Mother Earth Terra Gaia with the song "Earth", by Me'Shell Ndegeocello.
Today's Guests:
Guru Dileepkuman is a Humanitarian Yogi, Spiritual Guru, Multi talented Artist, Sportsman, Politician and Interfaith Leader. He is Founder and Director of International Gurukula Community and World Yoga Community
Bishop Auxiliary “Grandmother” Lygia Maciel DeCastro is a wise woman and native elder whose life bridges the worlds of the four directions. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she was initiated into the world of midwifery at the tender age of seven years old, raised by a family of midwives and farmers who generously shared food and clothing with the needy in their community. Surrounded by a large and loving family, her mother, aunt and grandmothers, trained her in the art of herbology and midwifery.
Every Sunday at Cherry Hill, Central Park by the Bethesda Fountain, at 10am, from the first Sunday of Spring to the first Sunday of Fall, Lygia facilitates the art of PanEuRhythmy Sacred Dance (www.PanEuRhythmy.us).
For more information on the Earth Festival 2016 go to earthfestival.org
Date: April 23, 2016
Time: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Venue: 4 West 43rd Street, Social Hall (Bet 5th & 6th) NY 10036
Donation
Host Kathryn Davis' Contact Information:
(347) 480-1694 - HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com

Friday Apr 15, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 04.15.16
Friday Apr 15, 2016
Friday Apr 15, 2016
This conversation will continue on our Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/Heart-Of-Mind-Radio-1490813184541831/
Like our page and join in the conversation.
Announcements:
Heart of Mind Spiritual Support Group meeting Wednesday April 20th 7:00 - 9:00 PM at The Commons Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Ave., (Bet. Bond & Hoyt St.) Donations to help with expenses are appreciated.
https://www.facebook.com/HeartOfMindSupportGroup/
Coming Next month...
Heart Of Mind Live at the Commons
in cooperation with CUBRIETI Inc.
On Mother's Day we honor Mother Earth Terra Gaia
with Ceremony, Live performance
and a panel of speakers.
The Commons Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Ave.,
(Bet. Bond & Hoyt St.)
Also Sundays in May…
Introduction to Quantum Qigong
Sundays 3:00 - 4:00 PM, May 1, 15, 22, 29
Drop in to the current class on
Sunday April 24 to give Qigong a try.
Experience a unique Qigong teaching method which is designed to align practitioners with their Quantum Being. This can be thought of as awakening the inner teacher and inner healer through interaction and integration of the mind, body and spirit with movement, meditation and application of Gaia Nature: principles of harmony and balance.
For more information see connections below:
Kathryn is an energy healer, movement teacher and channel of divine energy. This divine energy comes forth through her hands, in her words and from the heart. All human beings have this capacity. It is not unique. But we must turn our attention inward so that we can manifest our individual creation and contribution to the restoration of life on earth and integrate the galactic and cosmic multi-dimensional self.

Friday Apr 08, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 04.08.16
Friday Apr 08, 2016
Friday Apr 08, 2016
On today's Heart Of Mind Radio our host Kathryn Davis offers "Today's Now" reading from the Collective Over-Soul of the Human Earth Embodiment. Yes, humanity and the planet herself are one being with one conscious awareness.
We
are living at a time of great significance in that now is when all can
come into this great awareness. Following the reading Kathryn offers an
activation, which is more than a meditation. It is designed to awaken
within each one the bubbling stream of truth from source awareness, that
which lays at the core of each being.
As we awaken to the
source within each of us and allow our life stream to arise from this,
source humanity awakens to its power to recreate the existence on earth,
allowing love and harmony to rise into the expression of being.
Kathryn
is an energy healer, movement teacher and channel of divine energy.
This divine energy comes forth through her hands, in her words and from
the heart. All human beings have this capacity. It is not unique. But we
must turn our attention inward so that we can manifest our individual
creation and contribution to the restoration of life on earth.
You can contact Kathryn for personal reading, healing sessions or with your questions. HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com and (347) 480-1694
For more information go to QigongOnLine.net

Friday Apr 01, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 04.01.16
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Friday Apr 01, 2016
On Today's Heart Of Mind Radio, host Kathryn Davis introduces the revolutionary work Dr.Akyiaa Azula in a conversation about the "Medicine of the Self."
In
segment two Kathryn offers an explanation of the Healing Power of
Qigong Practice and invites listers to participate in her Spiritual
Support Group.
Dr. Akyiaa Azula O.M.D./A.P. - Medicine of the Self
Dr.
Azula has been practicing acupuncture and integrative medicine for over
30 years. It has evolved from standard treatment protocols, to a
completely patient centered practice which involves communication with
body intelligence as the key to healing. She is also a Medical Intuitive
and specializes in Allergy Elimination and consultation on creating
through the authentic self.
"What is your body saying?"
Your
body contains a vast amount of knowledge as to what ails it, and
exactly how to repair itself. If you would like to experience safe,
effective, long lasting and fast results, Medicine of the Self is what
you are looking for.
Dr. Akylaa Azula will be coming to New York for an event scheduled from June 2nd to June 5th 2016
Website: www.Akyiaa.com
Kathryn's Upcoming Events
Introduction to Qigong - 4-Week Series
with Kathryn Davis at Studio Maya
Sundays in April: Date: 4/3/2016 - 4/24/2016 from: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
603 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238 – (917) 837-3705
This
4-week series will introduce you to Qigong (pronounced chee-gong). It
is an ancient Chinese practice and healing technique that involves
meditation, controlled breathing, relaxation and movement exercises that
help to integrate the mind body and spirit. Based on Traditional
Chinese Medicine, it works to regulate the flow of energy within the
body to maximize one's healing potential. In many ways Qigong is to
China what Yoga is to India. Clinical studies have shown that Qigong can
relieve chronic pain, improve balance, reduce tension, improve
cardiovascular function and influence the index of blood biochemistry.
Kathryn Davis is certified as a Qigong Teacher and in Qigong Healing Techniques from OCOM, the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.
Go to Link to Register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=19670
Check out these videos on YouTube:
Testimonials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27QatDcYEc&list=PL_iWgCDShQ4IEIOXSWl4xbl0UaingeS56
Video forms (Short clips)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GdpgnLpTk0&list=PL_iWgCDShQ4LtJ0ekKDhE3-6rVJyWB6FD
Spring/Summer
Qigong in the Park will take place when weather permits. Indoor
sessions of Meditation & Movement at the Brooklyn Healing Space in
Bay Ridge starts soon.
For more information visit the website: http://www.qigongonline.net/ call (347) 480-1694 or sign up for our newsletter at: http://heartofmindradio.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=14dd3eeb47f6f7bfa35d21328&id=5ed8c7bf5a
The next Spiritual Support Group meeting will be on Wednesday April 20th 7:00-9:00 PM at the Commons Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 - 2nd Floor Library. Donations Appreciated to help pay for space. Call or email for more information and/or to RSVP. (347) 480-1694, HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com

Friday Mar 25, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 03.25.16
Friday Mar 25, 2016
Friday Mar 25, 2016
On today's Heart Of Mind Radio, host Kathryn Davis features the work of Cindy Perlin author of "The Truth About Chronic Pain Treatments", The Best and Worst Strategies for Becoming Pain Free" with a discussion "Does anyone really need Opioids?"
In the second segment Kathryn talks about the relationship of Joy and Ascension.
Cindy Perlin
is Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified biofeedback
practitioner, chronic pain survivor, past president of the Northeast
Regional Biofeedback Society, and the author of The Truth About Chronic
Pain Treatments: The Best and Worst Strategies for Becoming Pain Free.
I live and work in the Albany, NY area, where I have been helping my
clients reach their health and wellness goals for 25 years.
The website for her book is www.cindyperlin.com. Visitors can sign up for my e-newsletter and get a free download, “The Five Best Self-Help Tools for Healing Chronic Pain”.
Announcements
Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner invites you to her second annual Women's History Month Wellness Celebration - FREE
Snacks and Refreshments & Free Massages
Meditation 11 AM - 12 PM, Yoga 12 PM - 1:00 PM, Zumba 1:00 PM - 3 :00 PM - Saturday, March 26th 11 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: PS 073, Bronx, NY 10452
For information call (718) 538-2000
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Communal Doctor - Patient Healing Alliance presents
A Unique Town-Hall-Style Health Fair kindling our Natural Healing Virtues from Grassroots-Up - FREE (Donations Welcome)
Theme: Restoring Doctor-Patient Mutual-Trust
Saturday, April 2nd 2016 at 11:00 AM
Topic: How Poverty reeds Ill-health
Location: New Covenant, 1175 Boston Road, Bronx, NY 10462
Contact (718) 284-4453, (718) 328-6072 Ext. 100

Friday Mar 18, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 03.18.16
Friday Mar 18, 2016
Friday Mar 18, 2016
On today's Heart Of Mind Radio, in our first segment, host Kathryn Davis will feature Brother NorthStar, a peace pilgrim, vigilist, medicine walker and modern day Sojourner Truth to talk about his mission "One People, One Earth!"
In segment two we feature the work of Andrew Kaen, Audrey LightLanguage and Stephen Popiotek, who along with Kathryn will be participating in the New Life Expo taking place this weekend, March 18-20 at the Penn Plaza Pavillion in New York. For information go to NewLifeExpo.com
Guests:
Brother NorthStar
is a Peace Pilgrim, a Vigilist, a Medicine Walker and a Modern Day
Sojourner Truth. Since 1992, he has walked in over 20 pilgrimages around
the world, clocking approximately 25 thousand miles on his feet.
The name of his mission is called, One People, One Earth!.
Using faith as his currency and trust as his passport Brother
NorthStar has walked along the planetary leylines connecting the dots to
many of the vortexes (earth energy grids) of our planet; the relics of
ancient civilizations; the holy places of the prophets; natural wonders
and places of pristine beauty.
He has held vigils at 17 of the
52 Golden City Vortexes of our planet, including those in Greenland,
Iceland, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. Brother North Star's One
People One Earth Pilgrimages has carried him through a total of 61
countries on 6 continents. And this coming Sunday, March 20th and Monday
March 21st, he will be walking on his 5th One People One Earth Medicine
Walk through the island of Manhattan to punctuate the change of the
seasons.
The Children of the Sun for One People, One Earth: The Melanin Temple Gods and Goddesses Meetup Group:
http://www.meetup.com/The-Children-of-the-Sun-for-One-People-One-Earth-Temple/
2004- 2007 Pilgrimage through Central America; through Afro-Mexican Communities; Afro-Mayans; and the Garifuna people of Guatemala and Honduras - Their Pyramids and temples; as well as some self sustainable, eco villages built in the Mayay jungle. There are a lot of slides here so you might want to enjoy them at your leisure. click here: http://bro-northstar.livejournal.com/1299.html
Andrew Kaen Founder and Executive Producer of Planet Heart’s annual world peace earth day celebration which 2017 will be the tenth anniversary. He is also a vibrational sound channel, singer/soulwriter and vibrational poet sharing his gifts to be a connector and transmitter for world peace and unconditional love, having been awakened to 5d unity consciousness 20 years ago and activated with channeling, clairsentience and receiving higher dimensional frequencies of galactic sound channeling, music chants, and sacred poetry all connected to oneness and peace. His name Andrew Kaen if scrambled is an ACRONYM spells ReAwakennd, which he feels is his true Soul Name to be ReAwakennd Andrew Kaen Re Awakening others to remember we are all one heart beat beating with earth mother Gaia and all living creatures and plants.
Audrey Light Language is a New York-based energy worker, light language speaker, and divine channel. She is celebrated as a ‘healer to the healers’ from ‘time before time,’ and was a vessel for Spirit to birth forth a new octave for humanity and Gaia.
Audrey has worked with clients in person in the NYC area and all over the world via Skype or phone for: light language healing, the language of the Akash, channeled messages from higher beings, sacred key codes and your own personal list of ascension numbers, and DNA awakening- all extremely powerful healings and activations that occur on multiple levels.
Stephen Popiotek is a cutting edge Metaphysical Teacher, Researcher, and Channel for a variety of esoteric subjects including The Kabbalah, Numerology, Egyptian Mystery Teachings, Sacred Geometry, Property Cleansing, Star Gate Activations and the Ascension Process. As a well-learned intuitive guide with over 20 years of experience delving to the core of ancient spiritual traditions.
Stephen often leads small meditative groups in Planetary Grid Upgrades, Galactic Channelings, and Spiritual Warrior Teachings of Light. His Solar Teachings incorporate ancient meditation techniques, movement and visualization to harness the spiritual and physical energies of the sun for personal and planetary healing and empowerment.
NEWLIFE EXPO Info:
The next NEW LIFE EXPO, IS MAR 18-20, 2016
Taking place at 401 Seventh Ave at 32nd St. NYC at the new 40,000 square foot space, Penn Plaza Pavilion next door to Hotel Pennsylvania by Madison sq garden - 150 speakers and 150 exhibitors; panels,workshops, performances, free lectures, free samples 3 days of natural health and enlightenment
NEWLIFEEXPO.COM tickets at the door - Fri Mar 18: 3:30-10pm, Sat. Mar 19: 10am-9pm, Sun Mar 20: 11am-7:30pm
Hosts Contact Information
HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com

Friday Mar 11, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 03.11.16
Friday Mar 11, 2016
Friday Mar 11, 2016
On today’s Heart Of Mind Radio, host Kathryn Davis speaks with Mark Becker, founder of The New Life Expo. http://newlifeexpo.com/
In our first segment we will discuss the next New Life experience opportunity that is coming up on March 18th – 20th at the Pen Plaza Pavilion: 401 7th Ave., NY, NY 10001. Host Kathryn Davis will give a lecture on Vibrational Intelligence on Friday May 18th at 9 PM, Room C 2nd Floor.
In the second part of today's program we feature segments from three inspiring authors on the general topic of self-realization from the series: Sounds True Producers Pick. Go to this link for the full collection of inspiring audio clips
http://www.soundstrue.com/store/weeklywisdom/?search=search+archives&category=PP&page=search
Rick Jarow: Honoring Your Calling
Rick Jarow is a professor of religion at Vassar College and an acclaimed alternative career counselor. Most counselors will tell you that the way to find the right job for you is to make an inventory of your skills and then match them to the trends and demands of the marketplace. Yet how often does that end up providing us with truly fulfilling work? Rick teaches a radically different approach. “We are all called toward a unique expression that only we can offer to the world,” he says, “and if we do not honor that calling, our gifts may remain lost to the world forever.” In selecting this Producer’s Pick, Sounds True producer Matt Licata chose an excerpt from The Beginner’s Guide to Finding Your Perfect Job that showcases not only Rick’s wisdom for finding our purpose, but also his ability to carry us with his voice into a spacious place where we can naturally hear our unique calling.
Tara Brach: Connecting with Your Aspirations
There is a saying in Zen Buddhism: “The most important thing is to remember the most important thing.” As Tara Brach teaches, this is a pointing instruction that guides us to reflect on the essential values that are most important to us—heartfelt truths that are often obscured by our hectic movement through the everyday world. In this selection from her audio program Finding True Refuge selected by Sounds True producer Randy Roark, Tara offers a simple and profound guided meditation to help you reach a place of truth, love, and awareness in order to rediscover and reconnect to what is most important to you.
Jack Kornfield: Becoming a Child of Spirit
The play of sunlight through leaves . . . the songs of the wind . . . the arc of a brushstroke on paper. To be awake, reflects Jack Kornfield, is to discover the beauty hidden in all things—and to express that beauty ourselves. “The thing that resonated with me most in Jack’s new program, Turn Toward the Beautiful: Creativity as a Path of Liberation,” says Sounds True producer Randy Roark, “is the realization that the greatest impediment to our creativity is the false sense of certainty we so often seek—our desire to ‘solve’ life like it’s a problem.” In this excerpt, Jack explores how we can reclaim our childlike attitude of wonder, attuning ourselves to the beauty that often passes us by unnoticedHost Information:
Kathryn's Qigong Meditation Class: Mid-week Refresher
Wednesday Mornings 7:00-8:00 AM
Drop in and pay $22 or you can register at:
StudioMayaNYC.com or call (917) 837-3705
603 Bergen Street, Off Carlton, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Kathryn’s Healing Center in Brooklyn
110 Bay Ridge Ave, 2nd floor walk up, Bay Ridge Brooklyn, 11220
Schedule healing appointments by phone or email
Email: HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com
Phone: (347) 480-1694
Check out the websites:
http://www.heartofmindradio.com/
We are also gearing up to restart our
Heart Of Mind Spiritual Support Group.
Please friend me on my page or join via the support group link:
https://www.facebook.com/HeartOfMindSupportGroup/ so we can start the conversation and make plans to gather.
As an alternative you can join my newsletter or email: HeartOfMin
Friday Mar 04, 2016
Heart of Mind Radio – 03.04.16
Friday Mar 04, 2016
Friday Mar 04, 2016
On
today's Heart Of Mind Radio, host Kathryn Davis features the work of
Pema Chödrön, with audio segments offered by SoundsTrue.com. Also learn
more about her work at http://pemachodronfoundation.org
Pema
Chodron was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. She
attended Miss Porter’s School in Connecticut and graduated from the
University of California at Berkeley. She taught as an elementary school
teacher for many years in both New Mexico and California. Pema has two
children and three grandchildren.
While in her mid-thirties, Pema
traveled to the French Alps and encountered Lama Chime Rinpoche, with
whom she studied for several years. She became a novice nun in 1974
while studying with Lama Chime in London. His Holiness the Sixteenth
Karmapa came to England at that time, and Pema received her ordination
from him.
Pema first met her root teacher, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
in 1972. Lama Chime encouraged her to work with Rinpoche, and it was
with him that she ultimately made her most profound connection, studying
with him from 1974 until his death in 1987. At the request of the
Sixteenth Karmapa, she received the full monastic ordination in the
Chinese lineage of Buddhism in 1981 in Hong Kong.
Pema served as the
director of Karma Dzong, in Boulder, until moving in 1984 to rural Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia to be the director of Gampo Abbey. Chogyam Trungpa
Rinpoche asked her to work towards the establishment of a monastery for
western monks and nuns.
Pema currently teaches in the United States
and Canada and plans for an increased amount of time in solitary retreat
under the guidance of Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.
Pema is
interested in helping establish the monastic tradition in the West, as
well in continuing her work with Buddhists of all traditions, sharing
ideas and teachings. She has written several books: “The Wisdom of No
Escape”, “Start Where You Are”, “When Things Fall Apart”, “The Places
that Scare You”, “No Time to Lose” and “Practicing Peace in Times of
War”, and most recently, “Smile at Fear”.
Host Information:
Kathryn's Qigong Meditation Class: Mid-week Refresher
Wednesday Mornings 7:00-8:00 AM
Drop in and pay $22 or you can register at:
StudioMayaNYC.com or call (917) 837-3705
603 Bergen Street, Off Carlton, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Kathryn’s Healing Center in Brooklyn
110 Bay Ridge Ave, 2nd floor walk up, Bay Ridge Brooklyn, 11220
Schedule healing appointments by phone or email
Email: HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com
Phone: (347) 480-1694
Check out the websites:
http://www.heartofmindradio.com/
We are also gearing up to restart our
Heart Of Mind Spiritual Support Group.
Please friend me on my page or join via the support group link:
https://www.facebook.com/HeartOfMindSupportGroup/ so we can start the conversation and make plans to gather.
As an alternative you can join my newsletter or email: HeartOfMindRadio@gmail.com