Ivan set out to create a book that gets straight to the heart of practice: how can kids actually relate to an archetypal quality? How do you help them imagine compassion as something fun and embodied? How do you make an ancient practice feel natural for modern kiddos?

When Jeff’s rambunctious six-year-old Eden stumbled on the book, he flipped through, chose his favorite of the colorful Taras and, while imagining her and her story, had a profound, whole-body shift. Jeff describes it as a “rainbow-candy version of internal regulation” that honors children’s natural inclination towards imagination.

Kids are naturals at this stuff. Ask them to picture beams of warmth radiating from the heart and they just do it, while adults tie themselves in knots worrying about doing it “right”.

And that might be the core thread of our conversation: practice is really about getting open enough to let what’s naturally here come through. Kids, (wild lil portals that they are), let that wisdom stream through all the time. Books like this can give them language for what they already know.

We talk about:

• Visualization as a practice playground for kids and adults

• The 5 Taras and their different archetypal qualities (white for calm, green for protection, blue for difficult emotions...)

• Why mantra might be our oldest human practice

• How books can become spiritual oases when teachers aren’t accessible

  

The Adventure:

Ivan walks us through a Green Tara visualization and mantra practice.

We breathe, settle, imagine Tara’s smile and the rays of warmth coming toward us, and repeat her mantra: Om Tare Tu Tare Ture Soha. Then we let those qualities dissolve into us and send them back out to others.

Ivan calls it the workout before the Savasana: the color, sound, imagery build up the energy… and then you release and relax, held in the felt sense of deep meaning.

This is medicine for all of us - not just the kiddos!

Let us know in the comments how the practice lands - is it your first time doing mantra or visualization?

Till next time,

🧘🏽‍♀️ Tasha & Jeff 🧘🏼‍♂️

Ivan’s Links:

• Book: My Friend Tara: And Her Rainbow of Compassion

• Shambhala Publications: shambhala.com

• Bala Kids: shambhala.com/balakids

John Philip is an ordained-minister-turned-spiritual-exile who spent years with one foot in the church and one foot out in the wilderness, before finally giving back his ordination. He couldn’t reconcile his personal experience of the sacredness of humans and nature with Christianity’s history of getting “into bed with empire.”

His book The Great Search asks: What are millions of spiritual seekers actually searching for? And how can we nurture those yearnings?

John Philip taps into philosopher Simone Weil's idea of 'the efficacy of desire'. That getting in touch with our deepest longings can help to bring about what we're seeking. When we name our hungers with clarity, we become better able to serve them.

We talk about:

• Why the wilderness and the temple need each other

• The 8 yearnings at the heart of spiritual searching

• What happens when you "pray until the tears come" and tap into primal flow

• Why regular retreat matters more than occasional long stints

The Adventure:

This one’s subtle and luminous. Cami and John Philip drop us into a contemplative space where the main practice is reconnecting with the light that exists at the heart of all things. We watch how the light moves, and in this simplicity, let our awareness touch eternity. Find a comfy spot and practice along with us.

Then let us know in the comments: what does your “great search” look like right now?

Till next time!

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Links:

• Earth & Soul: www.earthandsoul.org

• Book: The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home

• Iona Community: iona.org.uk

One week into 2026 and we’re already firing on all cylinders. So let’s kick it off with some destress tools to keep us all cool as cucumbers when things get spicy. 🥒😅🌶️

This week we sit down with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, physician, Harvard Medical School faculty member, and author of The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain for Less Stress and More Resilience. We talk about what stress actually is, why it gets so dismissed in medicine, and what to do when your diamond finally cracks.

Dr. Aditi knows stress from both sides. As a medical resident working 80-hour weeks in the cardiac ICU, she was taught that "pressure makes diamonds." Then she experienced a stampede of wild horses across her chest that turned out to be... stress! Not a heart attack or low blood sugar. It was her nervous system completely losing it.

When her doctor said "just relax," she realized there was a massive gap between how common stress is (60-80% of doctor visits) and how little support exists for it (only 3% of doctors counsel for stress). So she became the doctor she needed.

We talk about:

• Why calling it “just” stress is medical gaslighting

• How doomscrolling is the modern way to scan for danger

• The “popcorn brain” effect of having too much screen time

• Why breathing is one of the few things you can control (and how to use it)

The adventure:

Dr. Aditi walks us through three of her Five Resets, including “Stop, Breathe, Be”, a simple practice she did 30-40 times a day as a resident.

It’s a pause and reset you can use every time you turn a doorknob, before Zoom calls, picking up your kids, or brushing your teeth. Any moment works.

Know someone who would appreciate a few new destress tools in their kit? Pass it on!

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Let us know how these practices work for you!

Till next time,

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Dr. Aditi’s Links:

• Book: The 5 Resets

• Stress Quiz: 5resets.com

• Instagram: @DrAditiNerurkar

She brings her trademark mix of depth and irreverence to the question of what it means to live a “regenerative calling”, a purposeful life that actually feeds you instead of wringing you dry.

Chela walks us through four dimensions of personal calling:

1. Interiority – the pulse of what’s meaningful inside you.

2. Aptitude – the weird mix of things you’re naturally good at and the skills you might still need.

3. Contribution – how your doing lands in the world and loops back as feedback.

4. Regeneration – how you stay resourced, supported, and non-crispy while doing all that.

It’s a conversation about vocation, yes, but also about capacity, cycles, and what it means to build a life that keeps you sparkly and invigorated.

We talk about:

• Why “purpose” culture leaves so many of us exhausted

• How to work with your capacities instead of against them

• The difference between extraction and regeneration

• How to know when your calling needs composting

The Adventure:

Chela invites us to feel into our own calling through these four lenses: what’s pulsing with meaning, what capacities are growing, where your gifts want to land, and what actually keeps you resourced. A full-body check-in with your life!

Know someone rethinking their “calling”? Pass this episode along 💫

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Chela’s Links:

• Website: cheladavison.com

• Substack:

This week, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. David Rabin joins us to talk about how safety is the foundation of healing. His research explores how vibration, touch, and rhythm can retrain the body for calm. He’s the creator of Apollo Neuro, a wearable (and app) that uses subtle vibrations to signal safety to the nervous system and help the body unlearn chronic stress.

We talk about:

• How trauma is the body’s stress response that never shuts off

• Why safety (not control) is the real foundation of healing

• Why top-down thinking can’t fix bottom-up stress

• How tech can help retrain the body

The adventure

Dr. David guides us through a two-minute vibration meditation. A body-based practice for retraining your nervous system toward calm. If you want to try it, download the free app, set your phone on your chest, and feel what some good vibes can do!

Let us know how it goes!

Till next time,

🧘🏽‍♀️ Tasha & Jeff 🧘🏼‍♂️

Dr. David’s Links

• Wearable tech: Apollo Neuroscience

• Apollo App: IPhone App | Android App

• Instagram: @drdavidrabin

• Website: drdave.io

This week, we sit down with Jay Vidyarthi — designer, tech founder, meditation teacher, and author of Reclaim Your Mind: Seven Strategies to Enjoy Tech Mindfully — to explore what it means to live mindfully with technology instead of fighting against it.

We look at how our phones, apps, and algorithms are constantly training our nervous systems, and how awareness itself can change the relationship. Jay calls this attention activism: a way of reclaiming choice and joy in a tech-infused world.

We talk about:

• The invisible pull of notifications and how to stay present in real time

• How to turn tech boundaries into rituals of pleasure

• What false urgency does to our nervous systems

• How our conversations with AI can become mirrors for awareness

• Why we need mindful, creative people shaping the future of technology!

The adventure:

Then Jay guides us through a real-time experiment to feel the physical and psychological pull of our devices. Then transform that into presence!

Jay’s Links

• Website: jayvidyarthi.com

• Book: Reclaim Your Mind: Seven Strategies to Enjoy Mindful Tech

This episode is an invitation to stay grounded, curious, and capable of wonder in the midst of the digital age.

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Dr. Juliana has spent over two decades helping people claim their own sexual agency. She’s a counselor and family therapist with a PhD in Counseling Education, a TEDx speaker on agency, and creator of the Revealed course on holistic sexuality. Her work shows up in therapy rooms, media outlets, and classrooms… and as of today (🥳) in her brand new book: A New Position on Sex: A Guide to Greater Sexual Confidence, Pleasure, and Authenticity

In this Episode, We talk about:

• Why so many of us are trapped in “performative sexy” mode

• How to tell the difference between a “yuck” and a “yum” in your body

• How sexuality is central to self-awareness, agency, and connection

• How shame and culture block authentic sexual expression and what it takes to unlearn them

The adventure

Dr. Juliana guides us through a simple touch practice: four different kinds of touch on your own forearm. With each one, notice: does your body say yuck or yum? It’s a playful way to start tuning in to your own signals of agency and authenticity.

Talking about sex can feel taboo, but Dr. Juliana makes it curious, light, and doable. This episode is an invitation to stop performing, start listening, and discover that your body already knows more than you think.

Let us know in the comments how this practice goes :)

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Dr Juliana’s Links

• The Nine Pillars: dr-juliana.com/holistic-sexuality/

• Revealed Course: therevealedlife.com

• Book: A New Position on Sex

• Personal Website: dr-juliana.com

This week, we sit down with acclaimed poet, novelist, memoirist, and Tasha’s own writing mentor, Chelene Knight, to talk about what it means to build a creative life. Not the tidy, “professionalized” version, but the messy, alive, human one that actually feels good.

Chelene’s most recent book, Safekeeping: A Writer's Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love, is part guided journal, part treasure map through the writing life. It also, as she puts it, “contains all of my mistakes as a writer and all the things that I’ve learned.” Listening to her is like being handed a permission slip to go slower, trust yourself, reread the same book forever, throw out the pressure to finish, snack on a single poem and call it a meal.

We talk about:

• Why “there is no reading, only rereading”

• The mistake of ignoring your instincts and how to recover.

• Poetry as the foundation for all writing.

• What happens when writers trust the reader enough to leave space.

• How slowing down turns reading into a kind of prayer.

The adventure

Chelene guides us through two delicious reading practices: one with Julia Bouwsma’s Dear Ghosts, I Pick the List, and another from Patricia Smith’s Blood Dazzler. They’re haunting and beautiful.

The exercise is simple but radical:
Hear a poem once, notice the phrase that hooks you, then hear it again. The second time through, the text has changed… and so have you.

What stayed with us most from this practice is how a poem can feel like a hurricane one moment and a whisper the next, depending on how you let it in.

Reading, in Chelene’s hands, is more than consumption. It’s a meditation, a prayer, a slow fire that lights us from within.

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Let us know in the comments how this practice goes :)

Thanks for practicing with us,

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Chelene’s Links:

• The Say No with Love Letters

• Safekeeping: A Writer's Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love

• Cheleneknight.com

Stephen Porges is the visionary scientist who gave us polyvagal theory—a framework that’s reshaped how the world understands trauma, safety, and human connection. His work has influenced everyone from therapists to meditation teachers to parents trying to soothe a colicky baby. And now he’s here with us, alongside his brilliant co-author Karen Onderko, to talk about their new book and the Safe and Sound Protocol.

This episode is part science, part storytelling, and part live experiment.

We talk about:

• The origins of polyvagal theory and why it changed the trauma world forever

• How the Safe and Sound Protocol helps bodies shift out of defense and into connection

• Wild stories of teens, adults, and even toddlers in a sound cube discovering safety for the first time

• Why “safety” can sometimes feel scary (and what to do about it)

• The nervous system’s three favorite things: context, choice, and connection

And then, because we’re all about real-time practice over here, Jeff guides Tasha, Stephen and Karen in a short meditation. Afterwards, Stephen deconstructs it through a polyvagal lens, showing us how context, choice, and connection are the nervous system’s love language.

This is one of those conversations we’ll be talking about for a long time. It’s science, but it’s also about how to be human together. How to tune our bodies toward safety and open the doors to connection.

✨ Know someone who’s been geeking out on the nervous system, or just trying to figure out how to feel safe in their own skin? Share this episode with them!

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Links

• Stephen Porges

• Karen Onderko @ The Polyvagal Institute

• Book: Safe and Sound: A Polyvagal Approach for Connection, Change, and Healing

We dive into the birth canal of this moment — a world in transition, contracting and expanding as it labors to bring something new into being. Sherri doesn’t shy away from the pain, confusion, or cultural clusterf*ck of our times and she also doesn’t wallow. Instead, she offers radical clarity, vision, and a deeply embodied path forward.

Together, we explore:

• What it means to live through a species-wide rite of passage

• The vibrational power of oral traditions and why sound is sacred science

• Why “triggered” might just be the most misused word of our generation

• How to move beyond naming the water we’re drowning in, and start swimming toward land

• The 80/10/10 rule for building the world we actually want

And then Sherri guides us in a practice of remembering, of dreaming the world we want into being, and dreaming ourselves into the kind of people who can live there.

As Jeff put it: “You can dream a better world. But you have to dream yourself into it too.”

This conversation is a balm, a fire, and a wake-up call. If you’ve been overwhelmed, heartbroken, or teetering on the edge of despair, listen in. It’s about metabolizing this moment into wisdom, vision, and action.

Know someone who’s been thinking hard about how to show up in these strange times? Share this with them too!

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Sherri’s Links

• Website + book Sacred Instructions

• Land Peace Foundation

This week on the pod, we’re joined by writer and teacher for a beautiful, funny, and surprisingly deep exploration of writing as a contemplative practice.

Sarah teaches writing as presence. As a way of being and noticing. She helps writers get out of their own way so that something real and alive can come through the page (or the google doc 😅).

Together, we explore:

• the overlap between writing and meditation

• how honesty transmits (and why you can feel when a writer is lying)

• the difference between trying to write and being a clear channel

• creative shadow work and what we’re most afraid to say

• the value of plain, unadorned description

She guides us through three simple exercises that can unlock creative flow.

By the end, we were lol’ing, moved, and filled with the kind of wonder that has no agenda. Just a pen, a page, and the shimmer of real presence.

Links

• Story is a State of Mind Book

• Sarah Selecky Writing School

This is a great episode to write along with! Grab a notebook and come join us.

Know someone who could use these exercises to shake some creative goodies loose? Pass it along!

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Rebecca guides us through a full-body relaxation and easefully invites us into the “method of no method,” offering a living glimpse into this subtle and powerful practice. As we settle into presence together, she shares insights from her lineage, her own experience, and her new book Illumination.

We talk about:

• Why relaxation isn’t the goal, but the doorway

• How even trying not to try can become a subtle trap

• What happens when presence meets real-life loss and grief

• The radical possibility of not fixing anything, just being

This one is full of practical wisdom, unexpected laughter, and real-life Dharma. Whether you’re new to open awareness or have been sitting for decades, Rebecca’s gentle clarity and precision will meet you right where you are. 🫠

Links:

• Rebecca’s book: Illumination

• Teachings & Meditations : rebeccali.org

Practice with us then pop into the comments to share your reflections:

Did the “method of no method” shift anything?
Did it feel natural? Impossible? Familiar?

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We changed it up this week! Instead of a pod episode from Tasha’s couch, we joined the brilliant Barb Schmidt (aka Peaceful Barb) & on their podcast Life Happens.

Together, we have a soulful, down-to-earth conversation about what meditation really is. We cut through the myth and touch the living, breathing, messy middle of practice: returning to the present.

We explore:

🌀 Meditation as a Way of Living, Not Just Learning

Your real life is the retreat! Whether you’re on a subway platform, dancing at a wedding, or sitting in a hard conversation, presence is available. Practice doesn’t begin and end on the cushion.

🌀 No One-Size-Fits-All Rulebook

There’s no single way to heal. Culture, neurotype, and inner wiring all shape how we meet our minds. This conversation honors the wide, wild spectrum of practice and the need to find what works for you.

🌀 Building Trust from the Inside Out

No lasting growth happens without safety. We talk about the kind of self-trust that builds slowly over time and makes it possible to open up, feel more, and show up with grounded clarity, for yourself and your people.

We also get into how meditation helped Barb unwind a lifetime of perfectionism, how Michelle’s evolving practice meets her where she’s at, and how Jeff and Tasha see the edges of mindfulness expanding into something more inclusive, more real, and more needed than ever.

✨ Whether you’re brand new or returning to practice with fresh eyes, this one’s a gentle invitation to come home to your own presence.

👀 Watch here →

Episode Breakdown ⬇️

00:00 Episode Sneak Peek
01:30 Intro: Meditation Experts Jeff Warren & Tasha Schumann
07:19 Your Practice: Consistency and Playfulness are Key
12:48 Healing Through Mind & Body Connection
19:34 Meditation to Suit All Lifestyles and Experiences
25:55 Releasing Perfectionism and Embracing Curiosity
31:14 Meditation Looks Different for Everyone
36:09 Finding Ease Through Meditation
40:00 Building Trust Within Yourself
44:35 Showing up Authentically
54:28 Meditate with us! Guided Meditation
01:00:08 Closing: Accepting the Present Moment

Let us know in the comments what lands. What’s your version of presence these days?

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Serge is one of those rare people who seem to live from a deeper layer of presence. His work blends Focusing, Somatic Experiencing, Core Energetics, and Polyvagal Theory to support real, embodied change.

What stood out for us was how relational this practice is. It brought us into a slower, softer place of deep listening, where we could fully meet each other’s nervous systems.

We explore:

• What Focusing actually is (and isn’t)

• How to feel into what’s “not fully formed yet”

• The role of safety and vulnerability in a therapeutic or relational container

• Why this is a two-way street: the listener is as active as the talker

• How to turn everyday conversations into profound practices of connection

We also talk about what it means to be in right relationship: with yourself, with others, and with the felt sense of a moment that’s still unfolding.

• Learn more about Serge and his work

• Check out the Proactive Mindfulness Podcast

• Explore the Proactive Twelve Steps

This one’s relational, tender, and surprisingly intimate. Drop in and tell us what moved in you:

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It’s part therapy, part ritual, part emotional plumbing.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why EFT is becoming a popular trauma modality (and how it stacks up to EMDR)

• How tapping calms the nervous system and gives stored emotion somewhere to go

• Ancestral trauma (your body might be carrying Grandma’s fears!)

• What happens when you stop bracing and start releasing

Also: find out why EFT works so well with kids, how it can be used in war zones and post-shooting trauma support, and why tapping might be the pre-meditation dimmer switch you didn’t know you needed.

🎯 Practice highlight: Miriam guides us through a powerful tapping sequence that opens into inner child healing. The result is some surprising nervous system release in real time (spoiler: Tasha’s jaw melts, Jeff yawns like a lion).

Check out Mirjam’s Group Work: The Conscious Tapping Tribe
- For $100 off 6-month membership: use code MINDBOD100
- For 20% off yearly membership: use code MINDBOD20

This one’s playful, poignant, and weirdly effective. Tap along with us and let us know how it lands in your nervous system!

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Huge thanks to Aous Poules who snapped our silly, giggly, playful antics like a boss. Let us know what you think!

But that’s not all…

We’re also launching a brand new bi-weekly segment of the pod: just the two of us, diving into real-life stuff and guiding short, potent practices you can do along with us.

It’s our wonky BFF energy meets insight and practice. A little messy, a little magical, and fully in the flow of life.

And here’s where you come in…

💌 What do you want us to talk about?

• Got a question about meditation, relationships, creativity, or the general chaos of being alive right now?

• A topic you wish someone would explore with curiosity and compassion (not just clickbait hot takes)?

• Something that’s lighting you up (or dragging you down) that you’d love to hear us riff on and practice with?

👉 Drop a comment! (Or hit reply if you’re not on Substack)

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We’re so glad you’re here. This show is an adventure, and so is building it with you.

Love,

Tasha & Jeff

Join us IRL!

Our first ever Mind Bod Adventure Squad Retreat is happening at Omega Institute, June 8–13, 2025!

Come get wild, embodied, and very present with us in person.

Yes, this is what you can expect.

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Joel is known for speaking truth to systems that pathologize difference — and for offering a way of working with our minds that’s healing, joyful, and radically humane.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why the “pathology model” of ADHD and autism misses the point

• The emotional toll of masking and code-switching to survive

• What actually helps when someone is overstimulated (spoiler: not deep breathing)

• Reclaiming movement, joy, and the right to stim without shame

• An unexpected practice that ends in synchronized swaying and yodel-singing!

Joel brings brilliance, humor, and zero tolerance for the rigid norms that ask neurodivergent folks to contort themselves into “acceptable” versions of humanity.

Along the way, Tasha reflects on late-diagnosed spectrum-y traits, Jeff gets real about rejection sensitivity, and we all momentarily dissolve into giggles about somatic intelligence and… mosh pits.

✨This episode is both a call to arms and a warm hug — a guide to seeing difference not as deficit, but as creative, embodied, meaningful expression.

Connect with Joel’s Practice: Total Spectrum Counseling

Now it’s your turn! Let us know what this episode and practice shook loose for you:

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Love always,

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Together, we explore:

• The four core skills of relating well

• why being “right” isn’t the same as being relational

• Why saying “I agree” can be the most disorienting move in a conversation

• What it really means to take responsibility—without shame, and without blame

And we wrestle with the tension between compassion and boundaries, support and self-abandonment, and the paradox of allowing versus control in both meditation and relationships.

✨ “Integrity has a cost,” James-Olivia reminds us. “But so does losing it.”

Whether you’re conflict-avoidant, righteousness-prone, or deeply tired of your own relational fuckery—this episode offers a compassionate (and funny) mirror.

Links

• Follow James-Olivia on Instagram at @inquisitive_human

• Explore their offerings at inquisitivehuman.com

The Afterparty

Jeff breaks and Tasha explores why setting boundaries and advocating for oneself can be both challenging and powerful.

Let us know in the comments what this episode shook loose for you:

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K, That’s all for this week. Thanks for tuning in!

Love always,

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This week on The Mind Bod Adventure Pod, we sit down with Dr. Axel Bouchon, a neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur who spent 20 years searching for a cure for depression—only to realize he’d been asking the wrong question.

Instead of curing sadness, he discovered the source code for happiness—a set of six neurotransmitters that shape our emotional landscape.

In this episode, Axel takes us on a guided tour of our own brains, revealing:

• Why depression can’t be erased—but happiness can be cultivated

• The six neurotransmitters behind different flavors of happiness (it’s not just dopamine!)

• How to “train” yourself for more joy, resilience, and long-term well-being

• Why laughter, nature, music, and even bass drops all play a role in happiness

• How our best memories act as anchors—and why taking photos might actually make us happier

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We also dive into Matter, Axel’s innovative app that helps reinforce positive neural pathways by engaging with your own peak memories—those moments that spark deep joy, connection, and meaning.

It’s a fascinating look at how we can actively shape our emotional landscape for greater balance and well-being.

This episode is part neuroscience, part meditation, and part mind-expanding happiness experiment—so get ready to light up your brain in real time!

LINKS

• Matter Neuroscience: Matter.xyz

• Download the Matter app: matter.xyz/app

The Afterparty

The Pod is about to get weirder! We’re turning our Afterparty sessions into bi-weekly episodes! We’ll talk, guide short practices, sing, dance—who knows what else—to bring you deeper into our weird worlds as practitioners, teachers, and friends. Coming in APRIL! 🎉

What’s your most happiness-inducing memory? Let us know in the comments!

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K, That’s all for this week. Thanks for tuning in!

Love always,

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This week on the Mind Bod Pod, we sit down with Oren Jay Sofer, a meditation teacher, communication wizard, and all-around wise human, to talk about his book, Your Heart Was Made for This.

We dig into the deep but wildly practical ways we can meet life’s chaos with more presence—and fewer panic spirals:

• Why patience and courage might actually be magic powers

• The giant, thorny question—should we even have kids?? (Yup, we go there)

• Why the “I don’t have time for practice” excuse is a lie (and what to do instead)

• How self-care, spirituality, and social action are actually the same weird beast

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This episode isn’t about adding more stuff to do—it’s about seeing that your life, exactly as it is, is already the practice.

Oren has a way of making wisdom feel like a quiet ‘of course!” you forgot you knew—the kind that lands gently, like a deep breath or a long walk in the park.

LINKS

• Oren’s Book: Your Heart Was Made for This

• Website: orenjaysofer.com

Let us know in the comments what thoughts, feels & practice revelations wiggled loose for you during this episode:

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The Afterparty

PS… Big Afterparty Upgrade Incoming! 🚀

The Pod is about to get way weirder… Instead of just lil Afterparty snippets tacked onto episodes, we’re turning these sessions into full bi-weekly episodes.

That means just the two of us, showing up candidly—diving into the questions, quandaries, and delightful existential messes arising in our own lives.

We’ll talk, unpack, guide short practices, sing, dance—who knows what else—all in the spirit of bringing you deeper into our weird worlds as practitioners, teachers, and friends. Coming very soon - Stay tuned! 🎉

K, That’s all for this week. Thanks for tuning in!

Love always,

🧘🏽‍♀️ Tasha & Jeff 🧘🏼‍♂️