The CyberSangha Podcast

Episode 62 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Wim Hof, Elissa Epel, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Tibetan tummo is an ancient method for cultivating inner fire — the joy, bliss, and warmth of our being. We all naturally have these qualities within us, but they are often unreliably available because we have not learned to access them or to stabilize our attention in open awareness. With practice, ...

Episode 60 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Adriana Dal Borgo, Peter Payne, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Contemplative movement can include a number of practices such as yoga, dance, tai chi, tsa lung trul khor and yantra yoga. In their own unique ways, these practices integrate self-awareness, rhythm, sound, movement, conscious breath, disciplined form, or free flowing choreography. P...

Episode 58 · Series 3 — A Year of Body, Speech & Mind

With Sarah Prinsloo, Julieta Galante, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

The last two decades have seen a rise in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) that support healing of mind and body. This Science & Spirituality dialog gives us the opportunity to hear about the health benefits of mindfulness and other meditation practices, as well as promising re...

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” ...