Ted Zeff, Ph.D was the author of The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide, The The Highly Sensitive Person’s Companion, The Strong, Sensitive Boy, and The Power of Sensitivity. Elaine Aron, Ph.D., author of The Highly Sensitive Person, has written the forwards to his books about sensitive people. Dr. Zeff’s books have sold more than 75,000 copies and have been translated into 8 languages. He has more than 25 years’ experience counseling sensitive children and adults.

Dr. Zeff has also written Raise an Emotionally Healthy Boy: Save Your Son From the Violent Boy Culture, Searching for God Part I and II and Amma: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother.

Dr. Zeff currently teaches workshops and consults internationally on coping strategies for highly sensitive children and adults. He has given presentations in Denmark, Holland, Norway, Israel, and throughout the United States. He has been interviewed about the trait of high sensitivity in the media, such as NBC TV, PBS radio, Psychology Today and the Huffington Post (which received 1.2 million likes).

Books:

• The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide: Essential Skills for Living Well in an Overstimulating World (Step-By-Step Guides)
• The Highly Sensitive Person’s Companion: Daily Exercises for Calming Your Senses in an Overstimulating World by Zeff, Ted (2007) Paperback
• The Strong, Sensitive Boy
• The Power of Sensitivity
• Raise an Emotionally Healthy Boy: Save Your Son From the Violent Boy Culture
• Amma: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother

Transcript of this interview

Interview with Ted Zeff about Amma

Interview recorded 10/29/2016

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
• 00:02:45 – Dealing with High Sensitivity
• 00:05:02 – The Highly Sensitive Person
• 00:07:13 – Highly Sensitive Traits
• 00:09:25 – Highly Sensitive People and Their Strengths
• 00:12:08 – The Advantages and Challenges of Sensitivity in Different Cultures
• 00:14:39 – Cultural Differences in Sensitivity and Discrimination
• 00:16:58 – The Importance of High Sensitivity in Society
• 00:19:03 – The Traits of High Sensitivity
• 00:21:33 – Building Resilience without Losing Sensitivity
• 00:23:49 – Embracing Sensitivity
• 00:26:00 – The Meissner effect and sensitivity levels
• 00:28:30 – Raised in an Overstimulating Environment
• 00:31:00 – The Value of Compromise and Negotiation
• 00:33:19 – Coping with Strong Emotions from Others
• 00:35:33 – The Importance of Downtime for Highly Sensitive People
• 00:37:52 – The Importance of Retreats in Nature for Sensitivity
• 00:40:17 – Coping with High Sensitivity and Insomnia
• 00:42:40 – High Sensitivity and Spirituality
• 00:44:52 – Ayurvedic Approaches for Highly Sensitive People
• 00:46:59 – The Impact of Sensitivity on Health
• 00:49:15 – Exercise and Sports for Sensitive People
• 00:51:27 – Highly Sensitive Children
• 00:53:35 – The Power of Sensitivity in Childhood
• 00:55:45 – The Importance of Recognizing and Supporting Individuals’ True Nature
• 00:58:06 – Misdiagnosis and Medication for Highly Sensitive Individuals
• 01:00:25 – Self-Employment for Sensitive People
• 01:02:57 – Teaching Self-Defense to Sensitive Children
• 01:05:19 – Sensitivity and Spiritual Evolution
• 01:07:26 – Sensitivity as the New Hero
• 01:09:31 – Discussing High Sensitivity with Ted Zeff, PhD

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Richard C. Miller, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar, and spiritual teacher who, for the past 46 years has devoted his life to integrating western psychology and neuroscience with the ancient nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism, and Buddhism. Richard is the founding president of the Integrative Restoration Institute, co-founder of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, founding editor of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Yoga Therapy, and a founding member and past president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology.

Author of

• iRest Meditation: Restorative Practices for Health, Healing and Well Being
• iRest Yoga Nidra Immersion – An 8-Week Intensive to Accelerate Mind-Body Healing & Spiritual Awakening
• Yoga Nidra: The Art of Deep Relaxation

Richard also serves as a research consultant studying the meditation protocol he’s developed (Integrative Restoration ~ iRest Meditation), a modern adaptation of an ancient yogic form of meditation, researching its efficacy on health, healing, and well-being with diverse populations that include active-duty soldiers, veterans, women rescued from human trafficking, youth and college students, seniors, the homeless, and the incarcerated, with issues such as sleep disorders, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, chemical dependency, and anxiety, as well as research on iRest’s efficacy for enhancing resiliency, well-being, and compassion. Richard leads international training and meditation retreats on the integration of enlightened living into daily life.

For information visit irest.org.

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 7/16/2016

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
• 00:05:40 – The Illusion of Destroying the Ego
• 00:11:22 – The Terrifying Search for Self
• 00:16:59 – The Liberation of Thoughts
• 00:22:30 – The Four Phases of Waking Up
• 00:28:30 – The Constant Evolution of the Human Experience
• 00:34:17 – Rediscovering Your Inner Compass
• 00:40:05 – From Line on Stone to Line on Air
• 00:46:20 – Discovering Wholeness Through Yoga Nidra
• 00:52:09 – Nourishing the Feeling of Being
• 00:57:43 – Penetrating the Five Koshas
• 01:03:37 – Relief from Fear and Obstacles
• 01:07:54 – The Wonderment of Doubt
• 01:12:11 – The Availability of Insight and Creativity in Meditation
• 01:16:23 – Psychology of the Battlefield
• 01:20:38 – Awakening of self-awareness and the sense of being
• 01:25:10 – Falling in Love with Everything You Meet
• 01:29:26 – Awakening and the Potential for Transformation
• 01:33:59 – Redeeming the Potential for Growth
• 01:38:14 – Setting Boundaries and Containment
• 01:42:53 – Letting Go of Mental Thoughts
• 01:47:14 – Working with Opposites and Taking Perspective
• 01:52:01 – Acting in Harmony with the Universe
• 01:56:34 – Developing Inner Peace and Equanimity
• 02:01:28 – The Paradox of Boundaried and Unboundaried Presence
• 02:05:55 – Embracing Our Humanness
• 02:10:24 – The Mystery of Existence, Relaxing and Letting Be
• 02:15:14 – Backsliding and the Pain of Old Conditioning
• 02:19:42 – Immersing in Being and Setting Intentions
• 02:24:27 – Going beyond structures and teachings in meditation practice

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Stan Grof, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years’ experience researching the healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. His groundbreaking theories influenced the integration of Western science with his brilliant mapping of the transpersonal dimension. He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of Transpersonal Psychology and received an Honorary Award for major contributions to and development of the field of Transpersonal Psychology from the Association for Transpersonal Psychology in 1993. Dr. Grof is also the founder of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA) and its past and current president. He has organized large international conferences throughout the world and continues to lecture and teach professional training programs in Holotropic Breathwork and transpersonal psychology. Currently, Dr. Grof is Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness, and teaches at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA.

Website: stanislavgrof.com

Some of Dr. Grof’s many books:

• Healing Our Deepest Wounds: The Holotropic Paradigm Shift
• The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death
• When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Reality
• Holotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology)
• The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives
• Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis (New Consciousness Readers)
• The Adventure of Self-Discovery: Dimensions of Consciousness and New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Inner Exploration (SUNY Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology)
• LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious
• The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness (S U N Y Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology)
• The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth through Transformational Crisis

Interview conducted 10/24/2015 at the Science and Nonduality Conference

Transcript of this interview

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Stan Groff’s Work
• 00:02:30 – Discovering a Life-Changing Book and Career Path
• 00:04:49 – Albert’s Mysterious Experiment
• 00:06:45 – Albert’s Bicycle Trip: A Transformative Experience
• 00:08:28 – The Life-Changing Session with the Strobes
• 00:10:08 – The transformative power of LSD sessions
• 00:12:02 – The Perception of the World
• 00:14:20 – The Unconscious and Spontaneous Episodes
• 00:16:07 – Peeling Layers of the Psyche
• 00:18:19 – Exploring the Boundaries of Consciousness
• 00:19:57 – Rediscovering Ancient Maps of Consciousness
• 00:21:52 – Expanding the Cartography of the Psyche
• 00:23:33 – The Levels of the Birth Process
• 00:25:24 – Archetypal Images and the Birth Process
• 00:26:54 – The Importance of Asking God for Answers
• 00:29:23 – World Events and Collective Consciousness
• 00:31:04 – Transforming Humanity and Saving the Species
• 00:33:06 – Using Psychedelics for Therapeutic Purposes
• 00:34:28 – Using breathwork for integration
• 00:35:46 – Bringing up the Unconscious through Breathing
• 00:37:10 – The Beginning of a Powerful Session Journey
• 00:39:38 – Non-drug techniques for therapeutic outcomes
• 00:41:11 – The Power of Breathwork and Healing
• 00:42:42 – Subtle Physiology and the Energy Field
• 00:44:22 – The Experience of Chakras and Energy Flow
• 00:45:57 – Choosing the Right Psychedelic Experience
• 00:48:01 – The Challenge of Maintaining Consciousness in a Digital Age
• 00:50:08 – Transformations through meditative practices and psychedelics
• 00:51:46 – Meditation in Action
• 00:53:18 – Training in Holotropic Breathwork
• 00:55:02 – Building Bonds Through Honest Reflection

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