Ten Laws with East Forest

You can use this short guided meditation to end your day with gratitude and drift softly into sleep as a gentle East Forest musical bed continues while you transition to dreaming. http://eastforest.org/podcast

Sol Rising’s original soundscapes evoke feelings of inspiration and bliss through an eclectic mix of electronic music, mid-tempo house, chill-trap, ambient and hip-hop. Born in Vancouver BC, raised in Fairfield Iowa, Sol Rising began meditating at age four with a walking mantra technique. His mother took him to visit numerous spiritual teachers, who inspired him on the spiritual path he walks toda...

Julie Holland, M.D., is a psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology, with a private practice in New York City. She majored in the Biological Basis of Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania and received her M.D. in 1992 from Temple University School of Medicine. At Mount Sinai Medical Center, she completed a residency program in psychiatry, where she created a research project that treate...

DJ Drez is in demand as a producer, musical director and sound ambassador. A master of his craft in the studio and on stage, Drez cuts and composes profoundly original tracks that facilitate body movement practice of all forms— be it dance, yoga asana or after-hours intimate/ecstatic. Drez transforms the vibe of any scene his sound is set upon. Rooted in underground L.A. hiphop, Dr. EZ applies pre...

Marc Lesser is a mindfulness teacher, CEO, author, and speaker. He is internationally recognized for pioneering work in mindful leadership supporting profound wellbeing. He has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs at many of the world's leading businesses and organizations including Google, SAP, Genentech, and Kaiser Permanente, and has coached executives and led trainings in Fortun...

A 20 min guided meditation to go deep into feeling your connected nature. East Forest guides you through the process of imagining yourself as nature, in nature, and the true nature of yourself. With original East Forest music in background from forthcoming album, "Music For Mushrooms: A Soundtracks For The Psychedelic Practitioner). http://eastforest.org

Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das ” known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD ” has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worl...

The Bee Queen has been dancing - fully covered and immersed with over 10k honey bees - since 2001. She says, "I think of bee dance as a duet among many. The 12,000 plus bees push with their powerful wings from each side of my body, I resist and then I let go and flow and move with them. In a deep meditation and I experience the hive mind surrounding me, holding me. I become aware of the conne...

Indian American musician Sheela Bringi has been exploring the connections between her ancestral and actual homelands her entire life. The singer and instrumentalist plays the harp, harmonium and bansuri (Indian classical bamboo flute). As a young woman Bringi was influenced by M.I.A. and Dead Can Dance, studied with Cecil Taylor and Meredith Monk, while at the same time deepened her studies with I...

Raised on an island in South Carolina, singer/songwriter Trevor Hall realized at a young age that music was more than just a passion - it was, rather, his life’s art. At sixteen, he recorded his first album, soon after which he left South Carolina for Idyllwild Arts Academy in California where he studied classical guitar and was introduced to the practices of yoga and meditation, which would great...

Ted Klein is an old friend and old soul. He's irreverent and full of laughs. I've known him for a long time and learned just as much. Director, composer, artist, MC, teacher, investor, writer, actor, father, golfer, game inventor and founder of Martial Art Bob Fu, Ted was born in Montana, grew up in California, was educated in New York York and now lives in Quebec. He has worked more than 50 jobs,...

In 2014 Cody watched as his father and close friend were swept over a 100 ft cliff by an avalanche - his own life still in balance on the precipice of that cliff. While they all survived, the impact of the event left a wound on Cody's psyche that the tools of traditional psychotherapy he had been trained in were inadequate to heal. Determined to find a way back to himself, he set out on a journey....

A guided meditation with East Forest music - designed to sing one another awake and engender a felt experience of our full beingness. http://eastforest.org

It's time for an end of the year "Ask Me Anything" episode. You guys posted your questions on social media I've done my best to answer them. We get into a diverse range of subjects so listen in to hear the other half of our conversation together. You spoke - I'm speakin'. The episode ends with a full rendition of "Live in Amsterdam". http://eastforest.org

Tony’s devotion to the path of yoga fills his classes with both knowledge and intensity, while his big heart lends sweetness and compassion. His classes are infused with biomechanics, philosophy, breath work and a healthy dose of humor. Tony views teaching as a live collaboration and he loves to encourage students to experience and explore the movement arts. He pulls inspiration from his diverse a...

CAMILLE MAURINE is the author of the groundbreaking book, Meditation Secrets for Women: Discovering Your Passion, Pleasure, and Inner Peace, as well as Meditation 24/7: Practices to Enlighten Every Moment of the Day, both written with her husband, Dr. Lorin Roche. She gives global teleseminars and teacher trainings, with a specialty in women's spiritual empowerment and embodiment, and travels worl...

Day has been captivated by nature and art ever since first viewed the work of artist, Andy Goldsworthy as a child. Day’s very first altars were on the side of his driveway after every rainstorm, where his five year old self was devoted to saving the displaced worms by digging little holes and then decorating them in a mandala-like fashion. But it wasn’t until a major relationship breakup that he b...

A guided meditation designed to help you fall asleep. I was sitting on the beach at night looking at the stars and listening to the ocean wash up on the shore and I pulled out my little recorder to create a simple approach for ending the day, letting things go, and guiding us into the dream land. http://eastforest.org

Known in the music world as Rara Avis (n. latin for Rare Bird), Alex King-Harris is a dedicated master of his craft with over 20 years experience in live performance and music production with a core focus on where the electronic underground, yoga and ecstatic dance movements collide. He is also CEO and Founder of Yogi Tunes, an world wide online music service that provides top quality DJ driven so...

This is a story/essay/poetic monologue from Matt Cochran (Episode #3) from the Boulder Harvest Festival 2018. Matt wrote a beautiful piece about place and nature and dreaming us all awake. He came over so we could record the essay and I put some East Forest music to the background for a little radio play of sorts. Enjoy. ravendreamtracking.com eastforest.org

Alan Macy is currently the Research and Development Director, past President and a founder of BIOPAC Systems, Inc. He designs data collection and analysis systems, used by researchers in the life sciences, that help identify meaningful interpretations from signals produced by life processes. Trained in electrical engineering and physiology, with over 30 years of product development experience, he...

Take a dive into this guided meditation to find the internal flame that is our consciousness center and our soul emanance. Backed by East Forest music you are guided on a journey of release and reconnection to that which is you: a center of love and eternal peace visualized by a single small flame. eastforest.org

A live podcast recorded at the East Forest "Spirit Dive" Fall Retreat in Boulder, Utah. Join us at Esalen Institute in Big Sur California Nov 16-18 for the next upcoming retreat. http://eastforest.org/retreat Thank you to everyone who attended and Radha for moderating the conversation. Recorded live in the great room at the Boulder Mountain Guest Ranch.

Jai Sugrim is a Yoga Teacher, Athletic Trainer, and recognized Men’s Health Expert. He is the creator of the Jai Sugrim Method, a scientific approach for bringing the human body and mind into harmony. Jai has worked with many professional athletes, including the New York Yankees, during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. He earned a 2000 World Series Championship ring as the Yankees defeated the Mets in t...

What if we could create technology that would help us in our own efforts to be more mindful, present, and accepting towards what is? This same technology would naturally also help us to feel better, reduce stress, be more peaceful, more accepting, and happier. Technology alone can’t do any of these things for you, but it can help facilitate that process. And the process Mikey is talking about has...