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NOTE: O’Casts are digital downloads. No product will be shipped to you. O’Casts are edited recordings of the New York Open Center’s full in-house programs. To attend the complete program at our New York City facility, please visit www.opencenter.org for more information.
Herbal Alternatives to Antibiotics
Robin Rose Bennett
1.10.12 (Audio: 1 hr 52 min)
The overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture has led to a crisis of antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases. Antibiotics are also radical remedies with side effects. Fortunately, there are a variety of teas, tinctures, topical salves, foods and herbs that can be used to prevent illness by strengthening our immune systems or safely help us heal when illness is present. Learn how our herbal allies can help us regain and maintain our health.
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The Way of the Mystic: What is Mysticism?
Jon Mundy
11.30.11 (Audio: 1 hr 32 min)
In this introductory talk, Jon Mundy identifies some characteristics of mystical experiences, including the loss of subject/object identity, timelessness, egolessness, experiences of wonder, awe, reverence, freedom, happiness, and exalted states of bliss.
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Positive Psychology: The Science of Flourishing and Happiness
Louis Alloro and Emiliya Zhivotovskaya
11.20.11 (Audio: 1 hr 28 min)
The dynamic new field of positive psychology uses rigorous research to understand happiness and well-being and is expanding rapidly worldwide. Discover how to measure your baseline happiness, resilience and optimism, and to work with negative emotions, create more positivity enrich relationships and increase life satisfaction.
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Centering Prayer: Inner Silence as a Path to God
Richard Kigel
11.10.11 (Audio: 56 min)
Centering Prayer is a method of contemplative prayer which involves the cultivation of interior silence. It is a discipline designed to withdraw our attention from the ordinary flow of thoughts into an awareness of the spiritual level of our being. It helps us develop tranquility of heart and an inner awareness of the presence of God.
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Passionate Presence
Catherine Ingram
10.29.11 (Audio: 1 hr 35 min)
Catherine Ingram explore seven qualities of awakened awareness — silence, tenderness, embodiment, genuineness, discernment, delight and wonder — some of the most beautiful qualities we embody in passionately alive wisdom.
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Dharma Dialogues
Catherine Ingram
10.29.11 (Audio: 1 hr 33 min)
When awareness is realized to be an open sky in which everything passes and nothing sticks, we experience a sparkling clarity in every situation and activity. In this workshop, Catherine Ingram helps us experience and foster the habit of present awareness that can prevail throughout life’s experiences.
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Bhakti Yoga: Path of The Heart
Sacinandana Swami
9.15.11 (Audio: 2 hr 28 min)
Bhakti Yoga is the inner heart of the yoga tradition. It unites us with the Divine by awakening our hearts and elevating our emotions and thoughts through sacred song, poetry, mantra and inspired teachings. Taught by a leading teacher of Bhakti Yoga in the west, this workshop introduces a variety of bhakti practices.
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The Embodied Life: Cultivating Awareness Through Meditation, Guided Inquiry and the Teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais
Russell Delman
6.26.11 (Audio: 2 hr 10 min)
All methods devoted to human potential emphasize the importance of awakening to the present moment. All the things we long for — love, joy, peace, harmony, truth — require the capacity for presence. This workshop offers simple but powerfully effective methods to be here now.
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Nutritional Keys to Rejuvenation and Longevity: Detoxifying our Bodies
Manu Dawson
10.18.11 (Audio: 1 hr 25 min)
A leading exponent of natural living and holistic healing, Manu Dawson offers nutritional and integrative practices to increase lifespan and rejuvenate our bodies and minds. In this introductory talk, he gives an overview of the body’s organs and mechanisms of detoxification, including gentle, effective detox techniques.
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The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence
Rupert Sheldrake
10.26.11 (Audio: 1 hr 34 min)
Some people can sense that someone is looking at them or tell who is calling before they pick up the phone, and pets can detect their owner’s intentions from miles away. World-renowned scientist Rupert Sheldrake explores startling evidence that our minds extend beyond our brains.
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