Commune with Jeff Krasno

Bowel movements have become a taboo topic, but your poop is one of the most valuable and easily visible biomarkers of health you have. So, what questions should you be asking about your poop? Take the first 5 days of Commune's Gut Health course free at onecommune.com/gut And for more musings and quotes, connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune or @jeffkrasno or sign up for the Commusings newsle...

What does it mean to live a heart-centered life? In this episode spiritual teacher and author Danielle Laporte shares her latest revelations on navigating suffering, the dangers of overidentifying with feelings, and showing up productively to polarizing conversations. She and Jeff also discuss how presence and simplicity can help us through the ups and downs of the human experience. Take Part 1 of...

What are the benefits of a meditation practice, and how does the practice of meditation alter the experience of what it is like to be alive, moment to moment? In this unscripted musings, Jeff explores the physiological and psychological impacts of witnessing your thoughts appear and disappear into pure consciousness. Take one of Commune's many meditation courses with a free 14-day trial at onecomm...

Popular medicine has cast cholesterol as the primary villain in heart disease. But if cholesterol was inherently bad for us, why would your cells produce it? And how should you be interpreting the cholesterol test results from your doctor? Once you better understand cholesterol and how it interacts with other factors to cause disease, it is easier to adopt behaviors that lead to thriving health. D...

Where is the line between healthy skepticism and bad faith questioning? But what about ... ? This monologue muses on the root causes of our sociopolitical division and how each of us can be a force for cooperation and moderation. Commusings is our format where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and culture. For more musings and quotes, connect with us on In...

The Happy Pear started in 2004 when identical twins Steve and Dave opened a small produce shop in their Irish hometown with the dream of helping people to eat more vegetables. Their many plant-based businesses have come a long way since then, but they still focus on simple delights: eating great vegan food, swimming in the ocean at sunrise, and staying deeply involved in their families and local c...

In this time of political rancor and binary opposition, the only way out of fanaticism is for each of us to make a herculean effort toward finding common ground. This often involves the uncomfortable process of honestly assessing where our own positions have become more extreme. Commusings is our Sunday morning newsletter where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philos...

Unless you had so much uric acid in your body that you developed gout, doctors have largely ignored this common biomarker. But according to Dr. Perlmutter, new research is showing a strong link between elevated uric acid and chronic diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, and cardiovascular disease. Today’s show goes into depth about the evolutionary origins of our obesity epidemic, the importance...

If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace. Sign up at onecommune.com/grace to receive a free, 30-minute video class per day from January 12-21. Let's practice together as a community to open the new year with strength and fluidity in our bodies. This FREE 10-day yoga challenge is made possible by Liform...

On December 14, 2012, Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In her grief, she stumbled on a note he had written in chalk shortly before his death: “nurturing, healing, and love.” These three words left behind by her son became fuel for her life’s work, the Choose Love Movement. In today’s show, Jeff and Scarlett discuss how grief transforms us, and how he...

If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace. Sign up at onecommune.com/grace to receive a free, 30-minute video class per day from January 12-21. Let's practice together as a community to open the new year with strength and fluidity in our bodies. This FREE 10-day yoga challenge is made possible by Liform...

If you don't like how you are feeling, change the rhythm and depth of your breath. Because how you are breathing is how you are living. In this episode, Jeff and Scott discuss the science of the breath as well as delve into the more subtle spiritual and psychological aspects of this mysterious, powerful process we undertake more than 20,000 times a day. To take Scott’s Commune course, Ecstatic Bre...

If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace. Sign up at onecommune.com/grace to receive a free, 30-minute video class per day from January 12-21. Let's practice together as a community to open the new year with strength and fluidity in our bodies. This FREE 10-day yoga challenge is made possible by Liform...

If you see a gap between what you have and what you think you need to be happy, then listen up: You could keep running to close the gap, or you could find abundance, right here and now, by loving what you already have. In today's podcast, Jeff and Kim discuss Kim's new book, You Are More Than You Think You Are, the teachings of Yogananda, and the joy of discovering the true self. Learn more about...

Yoga and ballet are so far apart on the movement spectrum that they curve around and settle next to each other in our minds. Kind of like how the political far left and far right can act in surprisingly similar ways even as they hold diametrically opposing values. The spectrum is U shaped, but you can’t simply hop over the gap. This is a story about going the long way around. Commusings is our Sun...

They’re Trying To Kill Us is a new documentary on food (in)justice told through the lens of Hip Hop and urban culture. In this podcast the documentary's producers – Keegan Kuhn (Cowspiracy, What The Health) and John Lewis (Badass Vegan, Vegan Smart) – talk with Jeff about food deserts, nutritional and environmental racism, government subsidization of disease, and the powerful influence of Hip Hop...

Just as exposure to the natural environment builds a strong immune system, exposure to insult and ridicule can help you build mental resilience. The ancient Greeks dubbed this quality of character “euthymia,” a state of unflappable positivity that emerges from living calmly and steadily and being undisturbed by fear or offense. Commusings is our Sunday morning newsletter where we take a moment to...

Why are we so confused about what to eat? If I eat a plant-based diet will I miss out on any vital nutrients? Should I prioritize protein or carbs? How do I optimize my microbiome? In this episode, nutritionist Simon Hill shares what the scientific research is telling us about eating more plants — and how you can use this information to improve your energy levels, digestion, mental clarity, and po...

If you think of grief as a river, you can better understand your experience with it. Maybe you tiptoe slowly into the river, or wade in it for a long time as a loved one is dying or your marriage is ending. Others are thrown into the river of grief with just one phone call, with the news that someone has died suddenly. No matter how you go about getting into the river, this hour-long excerpt from...

From the carbon cycle to our feminine and masculine forms, the universe naturally organizes itself into incredibly complex yet beautifully harmonious systems. What does the innate intelligence of nature tell us about our purpose as humans here on Earth? In answering that question, Zach and Jeff follow light energy from the sun to human cells — and even into black holes. To try Zach’s new Commune c...

Today's episode is an excerpt from the Commune course, The Work of Byron Katie. In this session, Laurie is recalling a situation in which she felt her partner was trying to control her. Katie then walks Laurie through the essential process of The Work: Is it true? Can you absolutely know that it's true? How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? And, who would you be without th...

The tables have turned as Commune Podcast host Jeff Krasno responds to questions from his wife Schuyler. The scope of guests here on the Commune Podcast is quite broad, and in the process of researching and hosting this podcast Jeff has gradually woven many of those threads into a unique philosophical worldview. This informal interview goes on a rambling journey through disparate domains — from ne...

Think about your hormones like a symphony. When every instrument is in tune, they play a lovely song. If just one instrument is out of tune or one hormone is out of balance, you hear it — and you feel it. This hour-long excerpt from Dr. Jolene Brighten's Commune course, Balance Your Hormones will give you an overview of your primary hormones and how they interact with your mood, weight, skin, and...

Rabbi Mordecai Finley is a philosopher and religious leader renowned for articulating truths about the human condition through the Old Testament and Kabbalah as well as ancient Greek and Eastern wisdom. Today’s episode merges the spiritual and rational in service of living with purpose, love, morality, and healthy communication. Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com. Connect with us on Instag...

You don’t exactly “get protein from eating protein.” Some two hundred thousand proteins are synthesized by your cells using 21 amino acids — nine of which are not made endogenously in your body. So, you need to consume these nine essential amino acids. But do they have to come from meat? And what are the physiological impacts of eating meat? This spontaneous, bonus Commusings was published on Inst...