“Trauma’s impact is not only mental, emotional, and neurological, but also physiological: Trauma rewires the brain to put people in a constant state of stress or numbness, leading to a host of physical problems.”

“The Bible is a series of books written, edited and assembled over thousands of years. It contains the most influential stories of mankind. Knowledge of those stories is essential to a deep understanding of Western culture, which is in turn vital to proper psychological health (as human beings are cultural animals) and societal stability. These stories are neither history, as we commonly conceive it, nor empirical science. Instead, they are investigations into the structure of Being itself and calls to action within that Being. They have deep psychological significance. This lecture series, starting with the very first book, will constitute an analysis of that significance.”

“Professor Jung is interviewed at his home in Switzerland by John Freeman.”

“A discussion about the evidence of a separate, outside world.”

“The largely unconscious effort of blocking feelings and holding energies inside creates tension in the body’s musculature, which in turn prevents a natural expressive flow of energy and feeling. This tension can make us feel emotionally disconnected, psychologically fragmented and energetically divided against ourselves. Using deep breathing and many different techniques to move the body, we loosen the muscular armor, and with that loosening, the inner pressure of unexpressed energies can be released. The relaxation that follows spontaneous emotional release allows us to re-connect with inner wholeness, authenticity of expression, and the silence of Being.”

“Some of history's greatest philosophers have spent their entire lives writing about the meaning of life. Why are we here? Surely there must be a reason? Many people in western culture believe the meaning of life is to "be happy". Alan Watts has a brilliant way of eloquently challenging this notion. If we were to live in a state of eternal bliss, then bliss would become dull. Without darkness, there would be no light. Without pain, there would be no pleasure. Happiness is based in perspective. Embrace every aspect of life, the good and the bad, and learn to see the beauty in it.”

“Esther Perel is a therapist who has changed our discourse about sexuality and coupledom. Her wisdom often shines through the language she uses to navigate the human theater of love and relationships. We collaborated with Carissa Potter from People I’ve Loved to compile an illustrated lexicon of some of the terms she uses in her On Being interview, from “erotic intelligence” to “play.””

“Dr. Dan Siegel offers an evening talk and meditation entitled “Mind, Self and Consciousness: Definitions and a Brief Tour” at the 2020 Pathways to Planetary Health Symposium: Ethics in the Age of the Anthropocene.”

“Mindfulness, watchfulness, concentration, meditation, relaxation… These are words, that sometimes get used in the same context. Osho sheds light on what it means to be watchful and relaxed.”

““Where there is sorrow,” wrote Oscar Wilde, “there is holy ground.” These gatherings are an invitation to enter the sacred ground of grief and encounter the ways it enables us to walk in this world with its attendant harsh realities of loss and death. We discover how sorrow shakes us and breaks us open to depths of soul we could not imagine. Grief offers a wild alchemy that transmutes suffering into fertile ground. We are made real and tangible by the experience of sorrow, adding substance and weight to our world.”

“What if the traumatic event wasn't the cause of trauma? It's time to rethink trauma by looking to the body's memory of the event, not the mind's interpretation of the story. In this short video, Peter Levine explains how the body holds the energy of trauma and why we can't begin to process the emotional suffering until we first resolve trauma on the physiological level.”

“In this new RSA Animate, renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our 'divided brain' has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society.”

“Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.”

Marshall’s view on ‘love’ as a need or feeling.

“An exploration of the experience of being aware which pervades intimately all experience.”

“Knowledge and Understanding is a 1955 recording of Aldous Huxley giving a lecture at the Vedanta Society”

“An enlightened man, Bruce Lee, teaches a student all he needs to know about enlightenment.”

“One of the oddest things we need in order to love is a vital ingredient known as self-love.”

“Gabor Mate is internationally known for his work on the mind/body unity in health and illness, on attention deficit disorder and other childhood developmental issues, and his breakthrough analysis of addiction as a psychophysiological response to childhood trauma and emotional loss.”

“This video is a dialogue with Robert Gonzales (CNVC Certified Trainer) at the IIT (international intensive training) for nonviolent communication held in January 2020 at Cochin, India.”

“The ‘beauty of needs’ teaches that needs are not so much a longing which can be satisfied or frustrated, as a constant living energy which underpins our experience of being alive. The longing we experience is simply to reconnect with our life force.”