Dale Borglum with Healing At The Edge Be Here Now Network

RamDev shares his thoughts on approaching subtle grief and feelings of separateness through a Tantric lens.

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In this episode of Healing at the Edge, RamDev holds a talk on:Dealing with the subtle grief of being in the bodyThe illusion of selfDirectly experiencing emptinessRelaxing into perfection and the boundless nature of the heartTantra and seeing the beloved in everythingFinding opportunities in neutral momentsThe Tantric 3-step and nakedly contacting anger and difficult emotionsRepression and creating space for what must be releasedA guided meditation“We’re going from this grief because we’re feeling separate to compassion for this grief. This compassion reveals the empty nature of the heart, and then this Tantric understanding begins to awaken. Maybe that sounds like a lot of words, but it’s a very somatic, immediate, intimate process that can be experienced right now.” – RamDev







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RamDev offers wisdom on receiving the body as an energetic entity we can utilize to enter into non-dual awareness.

This time on Healing at the Edge, RamDev offers some wisdom on:The challenge of making our life a practiceExperiencing this in the body for full presenceEmbodiment perceived as emptinessHow unresolved trauma can get locked in the bodyRelaxation as a way to surrenderRegular stress versus mindful stressSamskaras and psychological imprints on the bodyA somatic angle to the tantric-three-stepThe inherent wakefulness within the bodyReceiving the body as an energetic entityWays that we can be in a flow state with our bodyA guided practice to enter into beingness“Resting in the body is difficult because unresolved trauma is locked in the body. There are sensations in the body, painful sensations. Relaxation is really an act of faith. Relaxation is about trust and surrender and trust and surrender are difficult as long as there’s trauma there.” – RamDev




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Whether it is Christ, a guru, a loved one, or neighbor, RamDev helps us find the object of our devotion in each passing moment.

In this episode of Healing at the Edge, RamDev explains:The inner and outer guruLetting go of identification with sufferingSeeing the forest versus getting lost in the treesThe grace within devotionHow our psychological integration determines what level of intimacy we will have with GodInhabiting the body and opening the heartWorshiping God in every formConscious grieving and deepening devotionSpaciousness and non-grasping as an antidote to fear“The guru isn’t just something outside that we’re in relationship with. Its everything, it’s the whole universe. And, it’s the practitioner. It’s you, it’s me. It’s not something that’s only there when we’re feeling holy and sacred. Suppose you’re saying a mantra, you’re saying ram ram ram. From the standpoint of tantra, each time you say ram, it is ram. Each time you look in the mirror, it is ram. Each time you look at your partner or your child or your neighbor, it is ram. It is the mother.” – RamDev

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RamDev analyzes how distraction prevents us from experiencing boundless awareness and the ways we can develop qualities of spaciousness.

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This time on Healing at the Edge, RamDev explains:How to deal with distractionThe ways that war and politics can consume our mindsShifting between boredom and distraction/entertainmentWhat is behind our ongoing restlessnessThe fear of spaciousness and emptinessNoticing the impulse to fill up spaceHow compassion comes from having a heart that is spaciousDoing Mantras as a vehicle for emptinessAlternative ways to experience openness“The path of the dharma really requires that we develop the courage to look beyond our distractedness, to find what lies behind it, and to not necessarily feed ourselves with ongoing entertainment.” – RamDev







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Sharing her personal story with loss, yoga therapist Wendy Stern joins RamDev to talk about somatic grieving through yoga and mindfulness.

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In this moving episode, RamDev and Wendy Stern converse about:Wendy’s journey with yoga therapyHow the loss of her first born child, Noah, propelled Wendy into working with griefTurning to yoga as a sanctuary for exploring difficult emotionsHow visiting Bali and Thailand showed Wendy that death is just a part of lifeThe way that grief can open our heartsA new appreciation for life after lossWhat blocks westerners from enlightenmentThe split between the intellectual body and the emotional bodyThe tantric 3-step and mindful breathing curriculumThe profound changes that come from grieving in communityEvolving our cultural understanding of griefAccepting and acknowledging griefHow retreats can accelerate healingYoga postures for griefAbout Wendy Stern:

Wendy dedicates her life’s work to supporting people to heal and transform through the process of grief. Wendy has devoted the last 20 years to being a student and teacher of yoga. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and is certified as a yoga therapist, teacher, reiki practitioner and facilitator of yoga therapy groups for grief support and self-empowerment. Wendy offers a unique fusion of prana flow yoga and Phoenix Rising, interweaving deep, personal reflection into a vinyasa style class. Through Wendy’s own personal journey with loss, she found herself deepened in her commitment to support others and birthed the Center for Somatic Grieving and the Grief Support Network.

“Until you really have felt loss, until you’ve really inhabited your humanity in that way, for most people there is a place in the heart that hasn’t broken open yet. It’s in those broken places that God can come into each of us.” – RamDev




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Ram Dass joins RamDev for a moving conversation about their work with the dying and the importance of practice in the living/dying process that each of us will go through.

In this revamped episode, RamDev and Ram Dass connect on:The formation of the living dying centerThe four Tibetan mind-turning truthsHow all fear can be tracked to a fear of deathEgo and the importance of faith in life and deathSpiritual bypassing and moving to a more centered place of beingHow the practices Ram Dass was given by Maharaj-ji helped him find his true selfA story about letting go and a mushroom trip in IndiaWhy we don’t have to wait until we are dying to be honestThe interface between living and dyingThe practice of Bhakti“I find that light is your guru. Your guru meets you as you die.” – Ram Dass

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