Great Meditation Podcast Episodes
I typically link to a web or YouTube address, but I think all of these, besides the first, are available on Spotify. Please share your own favorites in the comments!
Romeo Stevens’ Orientation to Practice: The absolute best orientation I know of to starting and making progress on the meditative path; even the list of links is a goldmine. Romeo discusses his threefold training model wherein concentration/tranquility, insight, and integration (including emotional healing) progress together. (Aneesh Muyle)
Roger Thisdell on Stream Entry and Emptiness: Roger discusses the tremendous reduction in suffering he experienced from psychedelic use and meditation. (Wystan Bryant-Scott, Natural Awakening)
Rob Burbea on Seeing That Frees: Burbea is my all-time favorite meditation teacher, and he didn’t get to record too many podcasts before he died (though he did record many brilliant retreats, such as these Metta, Jhana, and Emptiness retreats). (Michael Taft, Deconstructing Yourself)
Stephen Snyder on Zen and the Jhanas: Snyder is a long-time Zen practitioner who is “perhaps best known as being the first non-monastic Western man to master the virtuoso-level shamata meditation system of Pa Auk Sayadaw.” He speaks simply and clearly about practice. (Steve James, Guru Viking)
Sasha Chapin on Meditation and Emotional Healing: Sasha details his journey getting to Deep Okayness and beyond through a mix of traditional and nontraditional practices. (Wystan Bryant-Scott, Natural Awakening)
Wystan Bryant-Scott’s Journey from Teen Depression to 10-Out-of-10 Well-Being: Wystan hands the interviewer role to Roger Thisdell and tells his inspiring story. (Roger Thisdell, Natural Awakening)
Zach Lauzon’s Beginner’s Journey to Jhana: Jhourney CEO Stephen Zerphas interviews Jhourney student Zach Lauzon, who progressed to the jhanas with less than 100 hours of meditation experience and used them for significant emotional healing. (Stephen Zerphas, Collection of Jhourneys)
Reverse Meditation with Andrew Holocek: Andrew talks about using difficult experiences as the focus of meditation. (Michael Taft, Deconstructing Yourself)
Shamil Chandaria on Meditation and the Bayesian Brain: An engaging dive into many meditation-related topics, including a walkthrough of the jhanas. (James Cooke, Living Mirrors)
Meditation Virtuoso Delson Armstrong: Delson is one the most accomplished meditators out there (to the extent that this is a thing) and I enjoyed hearing about his journey. (Steve James, Guru Viking)