Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast

Are we trying to find inner peace the wrong way? Gil Fronsdal discusses cultivating an all-inclusive awareness that embraces each experience and sensation without resistance or judgment. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Gil Fronsdal provides insights on: Figuring out...

Contemplating the nexus of suffering and compassion, Thanissara, Raghu, and Jackie offer suggestions for showing up with love for all that arises.  This is the opening workshop from the Centered in the Storm Virtual Immersion with Ram Dass & Friends. This course features topics like: uncovering our shared connection, transforming relationships, personal healing & global impact, and mo...

Explaining Virya, the effort factor of enlightenment, meditation teacher Trudy Goodman explores the courage it takes to trust in our practice and to mindfully face the five hindrances.  Today’s podcast is also brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Trudy Goodman expla...

Gil Fronsdal explores why we suffer and how we can meet our suffering with a supportive presence for the benefit of ourselves and all beings.  In this episode, Gil thoughtfully discusses: Becoming like a wise & peaceful snake, shedding our skin from time to time How mindfulness practice can contain the goal of cessation of greed, hatred, and delusion How clinging creates emotional stress,...

Recorded live at the 2022 Summer Mountain Retreat, Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman, and Raghu Markus explore the true essence of love through the lenses of service, social action, and selflessness. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. Come join us this year at the 2025 Summer Mountain Ret...

Mystical feminist Mirabai Starr shares the fruits of many years of investigating, excavating, and uplifting women’s voices within global spiritual traditions. This talk was recorded on Sept 22, 2020 as a part of the Virtual Ram Dass Fellowship . This week on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Mirabai Starr discusses: An invitation to unknowing and allowing our preconceived notions to fall away The patriarcha...

Gil Fronsdal explores the heart of Buddhist tradition by blending mindfulness with the transformative power of compassion and loving kindness. This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp & Dharma Seed: Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. Join Buddhist Teacher  David Nichtern  and  Duncan Trussell  for a conversation...

Returning to the refuge of breath that is present from birth to death, JoAnna Hardy guides listeners through a grounding and connective breath-based practice.   Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. In this practice-infused episode, JoAnna guides listeners through: The first foun...

Psychedelic expert, Dr. Raymond Turpin, discusses how psychedelics shut down our ‘default-mode’ and expand our creativity in music, art, and more.  Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Raymond and Jackie discuss: LSD and how it effects the creative process The histor...

Outlining the four resolves of wisdom, truth, relinquishment, and peace, Gil Fronsdal takes us down the path of freedom. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explores: The four resolves of wisdom, truth, relinquishment, and peace How many...

Learning from the networks of connection among trees and fungi, Trudy Goodman offers a dharma talk about nature, the breath, and oneness. This 2016 recording is from Spirit Rock’s Fall Insight Meditation Retreat and was originally published on Dharmaseed .  In this episode, Trudy Goodman discusses: The fallacy of separate self and how we tend to forget our universal connection The matrix of i...

Talking about everything, everybody, nothing and nobody, David shares stories about Trungpa Rinpoche and Ram Dass from the 1970s to now. This conversation was recorded as part of the Ram Dass Fellowship’s regular online gatherings. To learn more about the Ram Dass Fellowship and sign up to join a fellowship gathering near you, visit  RamDass.org/Fellowship . Today’s podcast is brought to...

In a full episode dedicated to the Hanuman Chalisa, Krishna Das chants with retreat attendees and explains the power of this moving mantra. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self.   In this 2019 recording from the Ram Dass Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat, Krishna Da...

Dynamic duo Annie & Michael Mithoefer speak with Jackie Dobrinska about how we can reach our innate healing capacity via psychedelic-assisted therapy, breathwork, and more. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. This week, Annie & Michael Mithoefer discuss...

Considering how we relate to the world, Gil Fronsdal offers insight into freedom from our mental constructs through stillness of mind. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Gil Fronsdal offers wisdom on: The relationship between fundamental insight and fun...

Ram Dev joins the Ram Dass Fellowship to provide tools for spiritual healing to all listeners during this time of uncertainty. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. Hosted by Jackie Dobrinska, Ram Dev discusses: The anxiety that arose during the pandemic Navigating uncerta...

Renowned Buddhist teacher Gil Fronsdal outlines how a connection to the body is the gateway into the present moment. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal dives into: Reminding ourselves to be in the present moment Finding...

Beginning with the Buddha’s teaching of Anapanasati, Trudy Goodman explores the breath as our most reliable and loving life-long companion. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This week on the BHNN Guest Podcast, renowned Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman explores: The breath as...

Exploring Bhakti, Buddhism, and lessons from wise teachers, Krishna Das and Robert Thurman come together for a wide-ranging discussion. This recording is from the 2020 Cultivating Wise Hope Virtual Retreat. Find more heart-focused teachings like this, along with practices and digital courses from Ram Dass and friends with Ram Dass’ Inner Academy:  Learn More Today’s podcast is brought to...

Visionary artist, Martina Hoffmann, describes her encounters with spirit through dreams, nature, psychedelics and more. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Martina Hoffman offers a talk on: Encountering spirit through dreaming, nature, and more The inter...

Guiding us along the path, Gil Fronsdal shows how to develop spirituality into enduring inner strengths rather than solitary experiences. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Gil Fronsdal teaches listeners about: Developing personal, inner strengths The t...

Exploring how to untangle the threads of intense desire, teacher Trudy Goodman offers direction on meeting the Dharma. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman discusses: Being incarnated into this desire-bod...

Lama Tsultrim Allione shares the practice of feeding our demons in order to dissolve that which prevents us from being free. In this episode from the 2023 Summer Mountain Retreat, Lama Tsultrim Allione shares: How she first discovered Buddhism and meditation The beauty within silence and quiet attention to our surroundings Lama Tsultrim’s first trip to India and studying the mystic east Her connec...

On this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, East Forest and Marisa Radha Weppner discuss the role of song in psychedelics and explore how the ethereal can be accessed through music. In this episode, East Forest and Marisa Radha Weppner discuss: The many ways we can arrive at non-ordinary states The power of intention when making music How music can act as a bridge to the ethereal How music can infl...

In this retreat recording, Gil Fronsdal applies Buddhism to parenting and explains family life as one of the best forms of practice. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/beherenow  and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal explains: Buddhism as a training for all aspects of...