Black Beryl
Intelligent conversations about Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality.
Black Beryl
Latest Episodes
BONUS: Meditation Sickness, with Pierce Salguero (Rebroadcast from the Buddhist Yoga Podcast)
I'm happy to share this rebroadcast of an interview I did with James Bae, the host of the "Buddhist Yoga" Youtube channel. In this deep-dive, we discuss my new book, Meditation Sickness, just out from University of Hawaii Press. This edited col...
Awakening & Integration, with Sanjay Manchanda
Today I sit down with Sanjay Manchanda, who is an Adjunct Professor at California Institute of Human Science and also teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Sanjay is an awakening facilitator, a practicing psychotherapist, and...
Tibetan Medicine for Meditators, with Tawni Tidwell
Today I sit down with Dr. Tawni Tidwell, a biocultural anthropologist and Tibetan medicine doctor at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Together we discuss how Tibetan medicine approaches the challenges that ar...
The Modern Remaking of Kundalini, with Marleen Thaler
Today I sit down with Marleen Thaler, a researcher at the University of Vienna and University of Graz. Together, we investigate the history of the transformation of Kundalini from a Hindu goddess resting at the base of the spine to her modern m...
Spirit Possession and Chinese Medicine Anti-Psychiatry, with Brandt Stickley
Today, I catch up with Brandt Stickley, Associate Professor at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland. We discuss his practice of “Chinese medicine anti-psychiatry,” which involves exorcising spirits using acupuncture needles. ...
