The CyberSangha Podcast

Episode 57 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

It’s human nature that we continually struggle to become — to become healthier, wealthier, more knowledgeable, more attractive, or better at what we do, feel, or think. But lasting happiness and joy arise not from becoming, but from our ability to be: to be completely present with whatever experiences life brings. In a live online broadcast, Tenz...

Episode 56 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor, Paul Dallaghan, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

For millennia, yogis have made the breath an integral part of spiritual practice. Even the simple, intimate practice of breath awareness can help us to quickly silence thoughts, calm nerves, soothe anger, and dispel fear. In a live CyberSangha broadcast, invited presenters ...

Episode 55 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With James Duffy, Charles Raison, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost your mind, you’re not alone — even top scientists remain uncertain of the mind’s location. Based on both contemplative science and anecdotal evidence from direct meditative experience, researchers are reconsidering the relationship between the brain and the mind. In a live onlin...

Episode 54 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Before we can experience the joy of recognizing our true nature — the larger sense of self that is open, spacious, and fully perfected — we must recognize our smaller self: the “pain mind” that is continually dominated by emotions, mental images, and scattered thoughts. In a live online broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explains the pain mind an...

Episode 53 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Ruth Wolever, Richard Rosen, and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Pranayama, or the ancient practice of breath control in yoga and other meditative traditions, plays a crucial role in linking body and mind. Modern research also suggests that certain breathing techniques can promote physical wellbeing, and perhaps even aid in preventing and managing lung ailments such as thos...

Episode 52 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind With Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Are you voicing your words from a space of vibrant, open awareness? Or, from a place of pain? Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explains how to know when pain speech is active in you; how to connect with it; and ultimately, how to transcend it. This broadcast is part of “A Year of Body, Speech, and Mind,” a free 2021 online program of live teachings, pract...

Episode 51 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Cyndi Lee · Dr. Jeff Dussek · Geshe Tenzin Wangyal · Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

This conversation brings together leaders in contemplative science, integrative medicine, and Tibetan meditation to explore how embodied awareness supports healing, resilience, and meaningful change in daily life. Through personal stories and grounded practice insights, the dialogue turns toward...

Episode 50, Series 3: "A Year of Body, Speech & Mind"

Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Our true self is an open, vibrant state of clear awareness. But whenever negative emotions are triggered in us, we tend to dissociate from who we truly are and to take on a ‘pain body,’ or pain-related identity. In a live Internet broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explains how to know when our pain body is active; how to connect with it; a...

Episode 49, Series 3: "A Year of Body, Speech & Mind"

Featuring: Eve Ekman, Elisa Kozasa, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Meditation can contribute to our emotional health. At the same time, a level of emotional balance is necessary for us to move past our worries and agitation and rest deeply in meditation. In the third of a series of 2021 Science & Spirituality Dialogs, invited panelists explore the close...

Episode 48, Series 3: "A Year of Body, Speech & Mind"

Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

As we deepen our familiarity with resting in a state of spacious awareness, the obstacles and obscurations of our habitual patterns naturally dissolve into the openness of our true nature and our positive qualities spontaneously arise. In a live Internet broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche guides us in resting deeply in awareness of inner sp...

Episode 46, Series 3: "A Year of Body, Speech & Mind"

Featuring: Judith Simmer-Brown, Shirley Telles, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

In the second of a series of 2021 Science & Spirituality Dialogs on wellness of body, breath, and mind, invited panelists discuss the importance and benefits of focused breathing in contemplative practices such as yoga and Buddhist meditation. The dialog is part of a fre...

Episode 45, Series 3: "A Year of Body, Speech & Mind"

Featuring: Lorenzo Cohen, Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

In the first of a series of 2021 Science & Spirituality Dialogs on wellness of body, breath, and mind, invited panelists discuss the mind-body connection in movement-based practices such as hatha yoga, kundalini yoga, and Tibetan yoga (tsa lung trul khor). How can such physic...

Episode 44, Series 3: "A Year of Body, Speech & Mind"

Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

What challenges are you facing right now? How well are you dealing with them? Whether you’re reacting in anger or accommodating your circumstances with serenity and joy, how you respond has everything to do with your sense of who you are. In a Facebook Live broadcast, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explains how to distinguish your “pain identity” ...

Episode 43, Series 2: "Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life"

Featuring: David R. Vago, Ph.D., Amishi Jha, Ph.D., Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D.

Can we live more fully just by paying more attention? Our panelists discuss the science behind attention, how mindfulness can help us achieve our greatest potential and strategies for being more present in each moment. Using metaphors from Dr. Jha’s recent bes...

Episode 42, Series 2: "Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life"

Featuring: Menpa Phuntsok Wangmo, Dr. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and Alejandro Chaoul

Join us for the public premiere of a recorded science/spirituality dialog featuring Menpa Phuntsok Wangmo, Dr. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and moderator Alejandro Chaoul. The talk was first presented to an in-person audience at the Serenity Ridge Retreat...

Episode 41, Series 2: "Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life"

Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

“Speech” refers here not only to the words we speak, but also to the energy carried by our voice and our breath. The teachings, discussions, and practices of this month explore using speech, mantra, other forms of sound, and/or breathing practices to support us to connect with the pure, unceasing awareness o...

Episode 40, Series 2: "Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life"

Featuring: Leslie Eisenberg, Ph.D.; Tawni Tidwell, Ph.D.; Geshe Tenzin Wangyal; and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D.

We all aim to live well, but little is understood about how to die well. Our expert panelists discuss research into tukdam, a post-death meditative state in which the bodies of advanced meditation practitioners show delayed signs of decomposition for as ...

Episode 39, Series 2: "Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life

Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

“Body” refers here not only to our physical body and the tangible world around us, but also to our individual sense of identity as a human being. The teachings, discussions, and practices explored during the Month of the Body help us to connect to the door of the body, clearing obstacles to health and well-being through movement and stil...