The Awareness Podcast

In this guided meditation with Jody Agard, you’re invited to set down the weight of what you’ve been carrying and rest in the vast presence that holds it all. Instead of trying to fix, control, or perfect this moment, you’ll be guided to gently notice the play of thoughts, emotions, and sensations as they arise — without judgment and without effort. Together, we’ll return to the boundless awarenes...

When life feels heavy — whether from pain in the body, emotional weight, or the stress of the world — you don’t have to carry it all yourself. In this guided meditation, Jody Agard invites you to soften the body, release effort, and rest in the Pure Presence that holds every experience without judgment. Discover the peace that’s already here, beyond pain and beyond the stories of the mind. ✨ Anot...

In this week’s episode of The Awareness Podcast, join Jody Agard for a guided meditation that invites you to release the mind’s search for peace and simply rest in awareness itself. Instead of waiting for life to change, the body to heal, or the mind to quiet down, this meditation points you back to what is always here — the stillness that holds every thought, sensation, and experience. In this se...

So often the mind believes it has to “do” more to find peace — to relax better, to meditate properly, to fix the body or control time. But true rest begins when the doer falls away. In this guided meditation, Jody Agard invites you to soften, release striving, and rest in the effortless presence of the eternal now. Here you’ll discover that peace is not something you create — it’s what you already...

The body is always changing — sometimes tired, sometimes energized, sometimes full of aches or ease. But who you are is not limited to the body’s story. In this guided meditation, Jody Agard invites you to rest as the awareness in which every sensation, thought, and feeling appears. Instead of striving to fix or heal the body, discover the freedom of resting in what is already whole, spacious, and...

True healing isn’t about effort — it’s about allowing. In this episode, Jody Agard guides you to relax the body, release striving, and notice the awareness that is untouched by pain or problems. Rest here, and remember: you are already whole. ✨ Another way to go deeper, beyond this podcast… The Infinite I Am Conference: Awakening Beyond Identity in a World on Fire is now available on-demand — an...

In this episode of The Awareness Podcast, Susan Telford welcomes transpersonal psychologist, best-selling author, lecturer and spiritual poet, Steve Taylor, PhD. Steve shares his own personal awakening experiences that began at a young age and that ultimately led him to devote his life to the study, investigation and process of spiritual awakening. In his newest book, The Adventure: A Practical Gu...

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati was born in the USA and her spiritual journey took her to India, where she has lived for many years in the Parmarth Niketan Ashram ashram. In this edition of the Awareness Podcast, Bill Free chats to Sadhviji about her recently published memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation . Sadhviji speaks about her very conventional American life...

In this episode of The Awareness Podcast, Susan Telford sat down with Heena Vasani to discuss Heena’s life and work using Dr Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry. Heena had a kidney transplant 27 years ago, a topic she discussed with Jenny Beal here: https://hub.centerforawakening.org/blog/episode87 In this conversation with Susan, Heena shared how she almost refused the transplant, because of a dee...

In this new episode of The Awareness Podcast, Susan Telford sits down with award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Awaken the World Initiative, Daniel Schmidt to discuss spiritual awakening. Learn about what Dan describes as a "pattern interrupt" and how that has played out in his own life. Susan and Dan discuss what is meant by the term "spiritual ego" and how effort on the...

In this final episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan Telford sits down with Angelo DiLullo to discuss: What is really meant by “awakening”. The importance of shadow work  How to tell if you have made spiritual awakening into a hobby Why it is important to have a teacher  The practical way to approach teachings such as there is no choice and there is no doer.  The meeting of the relative and the...

What does using the Tools for Awakening look like in day to day life? Join Rona and Cyndi as they: Summarize the tools discussed over the past 11 episodes Describe real life examples of how these tools can be used Experience the peace and joy that comes from fully committing to this work. Join Cyndi and Rona as they put it all together. Would you like to join Cyndi and Rona live each week and expl...

In her final episode for the Awareness Podcast, Jenny talks with Joost Vanhove about his spiritual journey which involved exploration of a very wide range of ideas, methods and teachings. His keen interest in spirituality was initiated by repeated childhood experiences of expansion and oneness. It wasn’t until his teens that by chance he discovered the writings of a 14th Century Belgian mystic whi...

In this episode of Conversations in Truth, Bill and his guest Amy Haible come together for a lively discussion of A Course in Miracles and how Advaita integration can be so helpful to students of ACIM and nonduality. Amy shares what A Course in Miracles has meant to her and gives us more details about her weekly, live sessions in our Evolve Community exploring this enlightening subject. And, if yo...

Join guest host Rona Marren as she turns the tables and interviews Susan Telford. Listen in as Rona and Susan discuss: Why Susan calls the burnout that ended her career as a high school teacher “Fierce Grace” Susan’s journey of awakening through different spiritual traditions What Susan means by 'The Seventh Sense' The unexpected arrival of poetry in Susan’s life Susan also shares a bit...

In this episode, Jenny and her guest Ellen Emmet explore the interplay between the vertical, here-and-now dimension of the spiritual path, and our human experience in space and time. They discuss: The role of exploration of the body in the spiritual path Whether freedom, truth and authenticity are prerequisites for happiness Body-mind conditioning as universal patterns of the mental realm, analogo...

What does it mean to be Open Minded? During this conversation with Rona and Cyndi you will learn… The Open Mind is an empty mind How the Open Mind is an effect – it is never a “cause” and it can never be forced. How the Open Mind is the gift received from willingness and intention Join Cyndi and Rona for this discussion and set the intention to empty the mind. Would you like to join Cyndi and Rona...

In this episode of Conversations in Truth, Bill and his guest Rosalyn Rourke discuss Rosalyn’s new book, When Wisdom Arrives:  From Imagined Unworthiness to Freedom. Tune in to hear... How Rosalyn felt when her daughter died unexpectedly at the age of 39 What prompted Rosalyn to write this book  Rosalyn explains her favorite sentence in the book: "If thoughts and feelings were truth, they wou...

Join Susan and Jac O'Keeffe for a wide-ranging conversation about what it really means to live an awakened life.  Susan and Jac discuss What it means ( and what it doesn’t mean) to be awakened  The importance of dealing with our humanness How to wake up and grow up spiritually  How there is no final destination in awakening  That even after awakening, there is still work to be done  How Jac’s...

A great working definition for patience is being here Now without focusing on outward future goals. When you join Rona and Cyndi you will discover… The gift in being OK with the present moment just as it is. How natural patience becomes when you Trust. An invitation to watch for the subtle signs you are believing something has to change for you to be okay. Instruction on how to bring the “wanting...

In this episode, Jenny's guest, Heena Vasani describes how her mother abandoned her at a very young age, and Jenny and Heena discuss how the trauma from that experience led to inner work over many years to find resolution and healing. Heena describes how her spiritual journey started in her early 20’s with a profound glimpse of her true nature that occurred when she was about to undergo a kid...

Join Bill Free for this episode of Conversations in Truth, as he welcomes Justin Gold to hear: What Justin learned from Christianity, Islam, and Judaism What he learned about meditation from a 3 year old child. His multi-dimensional answer to Bill’s question, without the use of memory, who are you? The importance of “supervision” on the spiritual path. About Justin’s spiritual community and the so...

In this second conversation on The Awareness Podcast, Susan and Tom begin by discussing the profound opening that occurred live on the first episode together that was the end of seeking for Susan. If you have not listened to that podcast, you can hear it here. Susan and Tom also discuss  How when Tom meets somebody and they share something with him, a teaching emerges that is appropriate for them....

The world’s definition of generosity is different than truth’s. Do you know the difference? Join Rona and Cyndi as they … Look at what generosity means as a Tool for Awakening The importance of trusting truth as we put this work to the test. Invite the listener to “get a little dirty” and honest in looking at how belief in their story limits generosity. Discuss how inner guidance is always availab...

In this episode, Jenny's guest, Elizabeth Reninger describes how when she was very young, the birth of her sister and the death of a young child in a farming accident sparked an early curiosity about the nature of human existence. The death of her father a few years later led to the recognition that we are not the body. Her childhood curiosity persisted into adulthood and led to a path of exp...