Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Olivia Clementine
Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

A podcast about relationship and consciousness: exploring wisdom in relating with ourselves, each other and our greater world. Listen to conversations and musings on spirituality, intimacy, ecology and pathways to becoming more connected and fulfilled. Hosted by Olivia Clementine

  1. AUG 9

    Lama Justin von Bujdoss: The Beginnings of a Dark Retreat Center & Finding Your Heart Practice

    Vision version of today's conversation: https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc   00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions 00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat 00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential 00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one’s practice 00:29:00 Having the correct context of deconditioning the mind 00:32:00 Chogyam Trungpa, Dilgo Khyentse and tummo practice 00:36:00 Being a Buddha and distraction of science 00:40:00 Gaining confidence through felt experience and mastering a practice 00:50:00 Following death, experiencing the bardo 00:56:00 Bardo practice suggestion 01:00:00 Justin’s dharma path from age 3 including Egyptian funerary practice, alchemy and wanting to be a monk 01:13:00 Not getting attached to the technique 01:15:00 Tögal and Sowa Rigpa typology  01:19:00 Letting the heart choose your practice 01:21:00 Emerging towards spaciousness as the throughline for Justin’s path 01:25:00 Touring the retreat cabins 01:32:00 The body in dark retreat and practice 01:37:00 Closing intentions for this retreat place   Yangti Yoga retreat place https://www.yangtiyoga.com/   Previous conversations: Dark Retreat, Formlessness & Returning to Completion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoo0DeU6D8o&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=13   Resting into the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=21   Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAi9RnjcA0&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=26   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

    1h 44m
  2. JUN 25

    Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks

    Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks Carroll Dunham is a medical anthropologist, storyteller, Buddhist practitioner, and chaplain, who has devoted her life to exploring human entanglement between other species. She was based in Nepal for over 30 years and has lived and traveled amongst nomadic communities including in China, Mongolia, and India.  Some of what Carroll shares today includes: 00:00:00 From New Jersey to Nepal, a nunnery, her future husband, and the 1985 Kalachakra gathering. 00:08:00 Stories of meeting her teachers, great meditation masters, including Dilgo Khyentse, Bakha Tulku, Trulshik Rinpoche, and Lama Wangdu. 00:17:00 Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 00:19:33 Taksang (Tiger’s Nest), the Nechung Oracle & receiving Dilgo Khyentse full terma. 00:23:00 Innovation, monasteries, and keeping the dharma meaningful and safe. 00:25:00 Stories and memories of Trulshik Rinpoche 00:30:00 Learning Himalayan languages 00:33:00 Humla and how it is unique 00:35:00 Dragon Brides; on polyandry, women with many husbands 00:40:00 On her meeting and marriage with her husband Thomas Kelly 00:43:00 Fostering children and non-dual gifts of Nepal. 00:49:00 The market economy’s impact on relationships, Earth, and family structure. 00:56:00 Notions of modernity disguised as freedom. 00:57:00 Raising children in a seasonal manner, rituals, healing, and rites of passage 01:09:00 Best place to give birth and to die. 01:10:00 Relationships, healing, mistakes and safety in anthropological work 01:20:00 Nepal’s ethnic diversity and environmental challenges 01:27:00 Longevity, biomimicry, meditation and aging 01:30:00 The origins and journey of clothing. 01:38:00 Innovations of waste and creative change agents in the textile industry 01:45:00 Risk, collaboration, and the unexpected amazing.   About Carroll Dunham: Carroll is a medical anthropologist whose work explores human entanglement with other species, from microbes to yaks.  Based in Nepal for 30 years, she has lived and traveled extensively amongst nomadic communities, including those in India, Mongolia, and China.  A lifelong student of Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, and Himalayan medicinal plants, she is committed to amplifying Indigenous voices and advocating stewardship of fragile ecosystems. She is currently the co-founder of Around the World in 80 Fabrics. Revitalizing vanishing textile traditions to reduce petroleum-fueled fast fashion.  A storyteller at heart, Carroll has authored five books and produced over a dozen documentaries for National Geographic, PBS, and BBC.  As a Buddhist chaplain, she is passionate about resiliency and the human ability to thrive post disasters. www.wildearthjourneys.com Around the World in 80 Fabrics www.atw80fabrics.com   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

    1h 47m
  3. JUN 4

    Drukmo Gyal: Ngakma Lifestyle, Slowing Down & Balancing Inner Elements

    00:00:00 Song Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance & Introduction 00:01:00 Growing up in a Ngakpa family in Admo Tibet. 00:03:40 Importance of life 00:07:00 Drukmo’s ngakpa grandfather 00:12:00 Slowing down and taking in advice from her grandfather 00:15:00 Most important dharma principles 00:17:00 Tibetan medicine helping come out of religious dogma 00:22:00 Creating community and working with miscommunication 00:26:00 Not needing to have a great relationship with everyone 00:30:00 Feeling discomfort as light 00:30:20 Song: 福泽善报 Full of blessings 00:33:00 Ngakma and Ngakpa lifestyle 00:39:00 Organizing her life 00:41:00 The importance of community acceptance 00:46:00 Drukmo’s beginning in chanting and singing. 00:51:00 Initial conflict in sharing dharma music 00:52:23 Experience sharing her music in Amdo 00:56:00 Vajra mind and having faith in your practice 00:58:00 Shame free sex education with her grandmother  01:01:00 Gifting culture, love, and nomad society 01:05:00 Harmonious divorce and raising a family 01:08:00 Sowa Rigpa, the wisdom of nourishment and 5 Healing Methods 01:10:00 Tibetan spiritual healing 01:15:40 Song: Purification Mantra of the Five Elements   All Songs today are from Drukmo Gyal: Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance 福泽善报 Full of blessings Purification Mantra of the Five Elements   Links: Drukmo Gyal https://www.drukmogyal.com/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

    1h 20m
  4. MAY 21

    Cynthia Jurs: Collective Awakening, Proper Timing & Becoming a Holy Vessel

    00:00:00 A life re-directing pilgrimage 00:03:00 Earth treasure vases and the terma, treasure tradition. 00:13:00 Liberian women ending the 14 year Civil War 00:18:00 Christian Bethelson, Thich Nhat Hanh and engaged Buddhism 00:23:00 The timing of forgiveness and healing the earth and our bodies. 00:27:00 The fine line of letting go and holding people accountable 00:28:00 Love Letter to the Earth from Thich Nhat Hanh and the path of enlightenment. 00:32:00 The old story of urgency and pressure 00:33:00 Becoming a holy vessel and skillful action 00:38:00 Right timing, intention and aligning with something larger than ourselves 00:40:00 Gaia Mantra 00:42:00 Collective awakening and a fall that brought Cynthia on a new path   ~   Previous episode with Cynthia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbIRHLPGYQ   Cynthia became a dharma teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and in recognition of her dedication in carrying out the Earth Treasure Vase practice, she was made an honorary lama in the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in 2018. Inspired by thirty years of pilgrimage into diverse communities and ecosystems, today Cynthia is forging a new path of dharma in service to Gaia—a path deeply rooted in the feminine, honoring indigenous cultures, and devoted to collective awakening. https://www.summonedbytheearth.org https://gaiamandala.net https://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Earth-Becoming-Vessel-Healing/dp/1632261324 https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajurs   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

    49 min
4.8
out of 5
58 Ratings

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A podcast about relationship and consciousness: exploring wisdom in relating with ourselves, each other and our greater world. Listen to conversations and musings on spirituality, intimacy, ecology and pathways to becoming more connected and fulfilled. Hosted by Olivia Clementine

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