Banyen Books ~ Branches of Wisdom

Stephen Mitchell joins Banyen Books in conversation about The First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings–an astonishingly beautiful re-imagining of the Nativity story, enchanting to readers of every background. Stephen Mitchell also shares spiritual insights, discusses the influence of Zen on his life & work, and speaks about his relationship with Byron Katie. Stephen Mitchell was born in Broo...

Stephen Jenkinson shares wisdom from his new book, A Generation’s Worth: Spirit work while the crisis reigns. In this conversation, Stephen Jenkinson addresses questions about vaccines, mass hysteria and conspiracy thinking, ecology, aging and elderhood, hope and being hope free, and more. Stephen Jenkinson has described A Generation’s Worth as "something of a plague document... dispatches fr...

Apela Colorado, PhD, discusses 'Woman Between the Worlds: A Call to Your Ancestral and Indigenous Wisdom. Apela Colorado of Oneida-Gaul ancestry, has dedicated her life’s work to bridging Western thought and indigenous worldviews. As a Ford Fellow, Dr. Colorado studied for her doctorate at both Harvard and Brandeis Universities and received her Ph. D. from Brandeis in Social Policy. She founded th...

Martha Beck, Ph. D., discusses The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self. The author of several New York Times and international bestsellers including Finding Your Own North Star, Martha Beck has been a regular columnist for O: The Oprah Magazine since its inception. She has been described by USA Today as “the best-known life coach in America.” She holds three Harvard degrees in soc...

Dr. Martin Shaw speaks about his new book, Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass. At a time when we are all confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives, Dr. Shaw delivers a work of literary tonic. In Smoke Hole, Martin shares three ancient stories that are metaphors for our world today, a world where we are losing our sense of direction. With extraordinary poignan...

Jesse Thistle joins Banyen in conversation about his award-winning book, From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way. In his extraordinary and inspiring memoir, Jesse Thistle chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. An eloquent exploration of what it means to live in a world surrounded by prejudice...

Martín Prechtel is widely recognized as a profound and beloved teacher for our times. Raised in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, he has dedicated his life to the preservation and promulgation of indigenous spirituality. Sharing his deep shamanic wisdom within a grand overview of human history, Prechtel shows us how we can reconnect with the unique and unsuspected manifestations of our own sac...

Jill Bolte Taylor, bestselling author of My Stroke of Insight, discusses her new book, Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters that Drive Our Life. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist. In 1996 she experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, or recall any of her life. Her book, My...

Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul, discusses Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations. Thomas Moore, PhD, is the author of more than twenty books on spirituality and depth psychology that have been translated into thirty languages. He has been practising depth psychotherapy for thirty-five years. He lectures and gives workshops in several countries on depth spirit...

Renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard discusses her new book, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. Suzanne Simard, PhD, is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and the author of the instant New York Times bestseller, Finding the Mother Tree. Suzanne is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she’s been compared...

Tara Brach, renowned meditation teacher, psychologist, and author shares wisdom & guided meditations from her book, Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness. Tara Brach, PhD has been practicing and teaching meditation since 1975, as well as leading workshops and meditation retreats at centers throughout North America and Europe. She has a PhD in clinical psychology, is the foun...

Dr. Shefali, bestselling author and renowned clinical psychologist, discusses her new book, A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free. “A Radical Awakening will be of great help to anyone who is ready to transcend the limitations of their personal as well as cultural conditioning and awaken to their true nature as the eternal presence of consciousness itself.” ~...

Gary Zukav, bestselling author of Seat of the Soul, speaks about his new book Universal Human: Creating Authentic Power and the New Consciousness. Purchase Universal Human at https://www.banyen.com/products/unive.... Gary Zukav is the internationally acclaimed author of The Dancing Wu Li Masters, The Seat of the Soul, Soul Stories, and many others. The Seat of the Soul was a number one New York Ti...

Gregg Braden shares insights from his new book, The Wisdom Codes: Ancient Words to Rewire Our Brains and Heal Our Hearts. In The Wisdom Codes the cutting edge of neurolinguistics meets the spiritual wisdom of the ages in a handbook of key words that literally rewire our brains. Gregg Braden is a five-time New York Times best-selling author, scientist, international educator and renowned as a pione...

Russ Hudson is one of the world's foremost Enneagram scholars today. He is the co-founder of the Enneagram Institute, as well as a founding director and former vice-president of the International Enneagram Association. He has coauthored several international bestselling books, including The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types. Russ is a popular speaker at conferences and retreat centres...

Anita Moorjani, New York Times bestselling author of Dying to Be Me, speaks about her new book Sensitive is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World. Moorjani offers inspiration and guidance for sensitive people looking to fully harness their gifts of intuition and empathy in today’s harsh world.

Elizabeth Lesser discusses her new book, Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes. What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra, who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had also told our guiding origin tales, spiritual pa...

Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith & Max Wilbert discuss Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It. "Bright Green Lies exposes the hypocrisy of leading environmental groups. It asks the questions most refuse to ask, and in that questioning, uncovers profound truths.” ―Chris Hedges "This disturbing but very important book makes clear we must dig deeper tha...

Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft, discusses The Journey of Soul Initiation. In this conversation, Plotkin provides guidance for the descent to soul - the dissolution of current identity; the encounter with the mythopoetic mysteries of soul; and the metamorphosis of the ego into a cocreator of life-enhancing culture. He illustrates each phase of this riveting and sometimes hazardous odyssey and sp...

Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way, discusses The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention. Julia Cameron is credited with starting a movement that has brought creativity into the mainstream. She is the bestselling author of more than fourty books of fiction and nonfiction; a poet, songwriter, filmmaker, and playwright. The Artist's Way has been translated into fourty languages and has...

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, renowned Buddhist teacher, shares wisdom for the cultivation of patience and an open heart. In the Buddhist tradition, “patience” is our mind’s ability to work positively with anything that bothers us. In his new book Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience, Dzigar Kongtrul expands on ancient teachings that contain powerful methods for preventing our minds from...

Red Hawk discusses his latest book of poems, The Law of the Land, which is a heartfelt cry to humanity to reconnect with our sacred Mother Earth through three moral codes of life. He also touches on themes from his classic books on spiritual practice, Self Observation and Self Remembering. In the course of the conversation, Red Hawk describes how he received his Earth name, and shares about his ow...

Award-winning writer Michael Posner speaks with Banyen Books & Sound about his new biography, Leonard Cohen: Untold Stories. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, to timeless songs such as “Suzanne,” “Dance Me to the End of Love,” and “Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen is a cherished artist. Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories draws on hundreds of interviews t...

Thomas Hübl, spiritual teacher and Sounds True author, shares wisdom for healing individual and personal trauma. His new book is Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds.

Wade Davis discusses his new book Magdalena: River of Dreams. Davis vividly brings to life the story of the great Rio Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future. Wade Davis is a multi award-winning, bestselling author, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade, and a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2018 he became an Honorary Citizen of Colombia.