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720. Riyaz Motan

 Riyaz passed away in May, 2025. Here’s a video he recorded a month before his death with his friends Adyashanti, Jonathan Gustin, and John Prendergast. Born in Kenya, and of Indian ancestry, Riyaz came to North America when he was ten years old (growing up...

630. Gail Brenner, 2nd Interview

Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, speaker, and lover of the nondual teaching with a fire that burns brightly. She is an expert in healing from early trauma and brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups. Her work lovingly...

527. John Prendergast, 2nd Interview

John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence and In Touch: How to Tune in to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself. He is a retired adjunct professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies...

504. Kate Gustin

Kate Gustin, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her education from Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley; and has worked in a variety of settings over the past twenty-five years as a...

450. Anne Baring

Anne Baring, born 1931. MA Oxon. Jungian analyst. Author and co-author of 7 books. The ground of all her work is a deep interest in history and the spiritual, mythological, shamanic and artistic traditions of different cultures. Her website is devoted to the...

416. Raphael Cushnir

Raphael Cushnir is a leading voice in the world of emotional connection and present moment awareness. He has shared his unique approach to personal and professional development with millions of readers in O, The Oprah Magazine, Beliefnet, Spirituality and Health,...

378. Lawrence Edwards

Lawrence Edwards, PhD has practiced and taught meditation for over 50 years. He is the Founder and Director of Anam Cara Meditation, dedicated to making meditative practices from a variety of traditions freely available to all. Lawrence has offered thousands of...

354. Richard Miller

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,...

325. Stanislav Grof

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...

324. Gail Brenner

Gail is a clinical psychologist and author in Santa Barbara, CA, who joyfully speaks from her own experience about the possibility of moving from common everyday problems to living in the deepest acceptance and peace. Problems are seen as opportunities; the...

305. Loch Kelly

Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW is the author of, Shift into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness. He is an educator, licensed psychotherapist and recognized leader in the field of nondual meditation who was asked to teach Sutra Mahamudra by Mingyur...

285. John Prendergast

John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., is a retired professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and a psychotherapist in private practice. He spent many years studying with the European Advaita master Jean Klein as well as with...

272. Craig Holliday

Craig Holliday is both a Nondual teacher and Licensed Professional Counselor, offering Nondual Therapy and Meditation workshops, retreats and Satsang. His work is dedicated to the discovery of our innate Divinity through embracing our Humanity. He works in a way...

180. Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University and the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality. For the last several years he has been included in Watkin’s list of the ‘100 most spiritually...

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169. Ramana

Yukio ‘Ramana,’ MA, CCHT, started his study of meditation and psychology in 1967 with Zen meditation and Gestalt Therapy. His studies continued through the 1970’s with a Taoist Master, Chu Fong Chu in Berkeley, California, where he continued his studies in...

156. Mariana Caplan, 2nd Interview

In this second interview, we discuss yoga and psychology, among other topics. Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, RYT 500, 
is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and the author of six books in the fields of psychology and spirituality, including Yoga & Psyche, the...

108. Mariana Caplan

Discernment, Enlightenment, and Spiritual Teachers Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, RYT 500, 
is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and the author of six books in the fields of psychology and spirituality, including Yoga & Psyche, the award-winning Eyes Wide Open:...

81. Robert Augustus Masters

Spiritual Bypassing and Transformation Through Intimacy Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D., is the author of 11 books (including Transformation through Intimacy and Spiritual Bypassing), a relationship expert, a spiritual teacher, and a highly experienced...

69. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

Zen Buddhism, Non-Dual Awareness, and the Ceasing of Identity In this conversation, clinical psychologist Michael Hall, Ph.D. shares the long arc of his spiritual journey through Zen practice, meditation retreats, and repeated glimpses of non-dual awareness. He...

68. Richard Sylvester

Illusion of Separation, No Path, and the Ordinary Miracle Due to technical problems, this video only contains still shots of Richard, while Rick’s video is normal. Richard Sylvester is a humanistic psychologist, therapist and lecturer. For thirty years he engaged...

47. Dr. Gregory Tucker

The Lie of Being a Person Dr. Gregory Tucker was a Clinical Psychologist who woke up when he read Wei Wu Wei’s “Open Secret,” one of eight books Terence Gray wrote between 1958 and 1974. The shift from the lie, right now is real, to the truth,...

31. Doc Roberts

Near-Death Awakening, Pure Consciousness & the Cosmic Joke The moment for me was instantaneous. The old me died literally, the new “me” emerged. More accurately stated, awakening took over the life of Doc Roberts as if this worldly life was stamped onto the...

30. Chuck Hillig

Life Is But a Dream: Non-Duality, Psychotherapy & Enlightenment for Beginners Chuck Hillig is a modern spiritual teacher, author and licensed psychotherapist whose clarity of expression has earned him the admiration and praise of many notable writers and...

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