Ten Laws with East Forest

Dustin DiPerna is a meditation teacher, visionary leader, entrepreneur, and recognized expert in world religions. He has committed his life to making timeless spiritual wisdom relevant and accessible for a rapidly changing global society. Through writing, teaching, coaching, and entrepreneurship, Dustin helps individuals and groups to find happier and more fulfilling ways of being in the world. He...

Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His on-line writings have generated a vast following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, and...

The purple pyramid of personal power! Dive into this ten minute guided meditation to help visualize a geometrical space of peace and protection. This meditation can be used in any setting as a way of establishing the sanctity of space and fortifying your internal resolve and personal power. http://eastforest.org

Don Lattin is an award-winning journalist and the author of six books. His most recent work, CHANGING OUR MINDS - Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy, was published in the spring of 2017. It chronicles a quiet revolution underway in our understanding of how psychedelic drugs work and how they can be used to treat depression, addiction and other disease. The stories behind this cutting...

Part two of our conversation with Elena Brower. Teacher, author, speaker, and Presidential Diamond leader with doTERRA, Elena has taught yoga since 1999. Her first book, Art of Attention, has been ranked number one in design on Amazon, and has now been translated into six languages. Elena’s second book, Practice You: A Journal, is a bestseller from Sounds True, now being incorporated into teaching...

KMO is the host and producer of the C-Realm Podcast and author of the book 'Conversations on Collapse.' He describes himself as, "a recovering libertarian and Singularitarian." The C-Realm began in 2006 and since then he has conducted over 300 podcast interviews on topics ranging from organic farming and permaculture, peak oil and the collapse of industrial civilization, to psychedelic s...

Alexandre Tannous has been active as a musician, educator, composer, and as an ethnomusicologist. He holds a Bachelor of Music with a double major in Music Theory and Composition, and a Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Columbia University Teachers College. As a recipient of the Mellon Fellowship he also earned a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy degrees in Ethnomusicology from...

This recording comes from a recent speaking series at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur California. East Forest speaks in an experiential talk titled "Music As A Tool: Combatting Information Sickness". Everyday humans are bombarded with an equivalent of 174 worth of newspapers of information; how can we use sound and music and the art of intentional listening to bring focus and grounding t...

Teacher, author, speaker, and Presidential Diamond leader with doTERRA, Elena has taught yoga since 1999. Her first book, Art of Attention, has been ranked number one in design on Amazon, and has now been translated into six languages. Elena's second book, Practice You: A Journal, is a bestseller from Sounds True, now being incorporated into teaching curricula worldwide for all ages. Her Elevate M...

Walter Production and Walter Yoga is out to make the world a happier, healthier, and more whimsical place. They travel all over the country hosting large scale events like at Bonnaroo and festivals of similar ilk. They aim to do this by combining fun and approachable yoga classes with state of the art light and sound equipment, to create one-of-a-kind, body shaking mind melting, heart opening expe...

Lorraine Weiss is a spiritual teacher and "saxophone shaman". She has walked a deep and interesting life and has a simplicity of message and spirit about what it means to be present and human. I met Lorraine and we had the opportunity to record together and sat down in the studio for a lovely discussion about pain, letting go, and what it means to start your own church. eastforest.org/po...

Now 65, Lorin has been meditating since age 18, when he signed up to be part of a research project on the physiology of meditation. He was a control subject, and received no instructions whatsoever – they paid him to just sit in a totally dark, soundproofed room in the lab for two hours a day for several weeks, and measure his brain waves. With no instructions, and never having heard of meditation...

In just over ten minutes let's find center and work through this simple, musically backed, guided meditation for reducing anxiety and transmuting energy into an outward gift. eastforest.org

Ten Thousand Buddhas by Amanda Giacomini is a world wide, highly sought after art project, including large scale murals & fine art paintings. She has been featured on National Geographic Channel, New York Magazine among many others. Amanda has painted murals in Wynwood District of Miami, Abbot Kinney, and across all the US, as well as Cambutal, Panama plus a mobile installation in 5 cities in...

Eric Gilbert is the festival director for the massive Treefort Music Fest that occurs every spring in Boise, Idaho. He is also in the touring band Finn Riggins and is a talent manager for Duck Club Presents and its spawn Duck Club Touring. He's a man of many talents and has a bunch of wisdom to share with a cool ease. Treefort Fest Duckclub Presents eastforest.org/podcast

Day Schildkret is known internationally for Morning Altars and has inspired thousands of people of all ages from all over the world to forage, build and be awed with Earth Art. Day is igniting an international movement by sharing the art, teachings and spirit of Morning Altars as a tangible spiritual practice that renews and redeems our relationship to wonder, creativity, nature connection, genero...

MC YOGI is a world-renowned yoga teacher and musician. He has performed and taught yoga everywhere, from headlining festivals and nightclubs to performing in the Forbidden City in China and even at the White House. When not on the road, MC YOGI and his wife, Amanda (10000 Buddhas) , teach at their home studio, Point Reyes Yoga, in Northern California. Before he was one of the most well-known yoga...

We take a break from the conversations for a short musically guided East Forest meditation to help you ground into your heart and sense of beingness. Take a moment to drop in and come back to this meditation anytime for a dive into the heart. eastforest.org

Marisa Weppner is on the artist committee for Treefort Music Fest in Boise ID, has a degree in Transpersonal Psychology, is a master yogini, studio owner, DJ, and mother -- her yoga work and new book appears via Udaya.com. She is also co-heading up the new programing with 1440 Multiversity in Northern California. She lives a life where she gets a lot done and does so with incredible grace. marisaw...

Matthew Cochran has followed land all his life, a conscious wanderer – after traveling much of the Inner West he continued studies in Eco-psychology (MA) – this navigation between inner and outer geography is the heart of his work. Matthew is a geo-poetic writer, teaches dream-work, practices and implements Permaculture design (Sonoran Permaculture Guild) being especially interested in patterning....

Lorenzo Hagerty is the founder of the Psychedelic Salon — one of the richest, deepest, and oldest podcasts on the internet. He’s a pioneer and leader in the psychedelic thought movement and has led a rich life on his path from a Texas Lawyer, a navy man, a computer visionary, to a trail blazing podcaster … and much more. He was also the producer of the Palenque Norte lecture series at Burning Man....

Matt Graham was a climber and began studying primitive skills at age 17 in Yosemite Valley. At 20 he was doing search and rescue as a tracker in Sequoia while running and learning to travel the backcountry with no food or gear. Not owning a car, he traveled all over California and parts of Arizona on foot. At 23, he ran the length of California on the Pacific Crest Trail (1750 miles) in 58 days, a...