I’m excited to have Sam Chase on the show today. Sam is one of the most gifted mindfulness & meditation practitioners I have ever met. He is the author of a wonderfully rich book called Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness. It is a deep, dense, and humorous exploration of ancient wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras, paired with the latest research in neurobiology and mindfulness.
I had the good fortune of working with him as part of Kripalu’s RISE program. He played a key role in designing the program’s rigorous curriculum, weaving together the ancient mystical wisdom embodied in Kripalu's lineage with the modern Western medical research that demonstrates the massive impact that mindfulness practices can have on our physical and mental well being.
Mindfulness practices help us meet reality as it is, giving us way more capacity to respond to the moment with creativity and possibility - while also being deeply compassionate for all of the ways in which we suffer and struggle in the face of both personal and systemic forces that harm us. Our conversation is a deep, thoughtful, and heartfelt exploration of what it means to show up for life at the places where we have the agency to take action and the awareness necessary to act with wisdom.
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