The Lie of Love by Allan Hardman
Could it be possible that we were lied to about love? I think so. I think we have been taught a big lie about Love. To understand the origin of the lie, we need to go back to a time, not too long ago, in a place, not so very far away. That is the time you were a small child.
Monday Matters – Good Soil by Iyanla Vanzant
Daily spiritual practice nourishes the soil of consciousness. Practical application of the guidance and insights we receive adds to or drains the nourishment of the soil. With a deep breath and a moment of stillness I realized that my plants were like me.
Sex and Hinduism by Nithin Sridhar
In Hindu society sex is neither a taboo nor pornography. Sex is sacred. Sex is recognized as human desire which should be satisfied and which can be used to attain the ultimate goal of enlightment.
The Healing Power of Laughter with Swami Beyondananda
VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Swami Beyondananda a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and performer whose specialty is using mind-opening comedy to create heart-opening laughter to discuss The Healing Power of Laughter.
GIFT YOURSELF by Rick Hanson, PH.D.
Knowing your own giving heart – which is usually offered to others – can you extend that heart to yourself?
Healthy and Vegan Memorial Day Recipes by Carolyn Scott Hamilton
Yippee!! Summer is officially here! Beach time, pool lounging, road trips, movies and outdoor parties! memorial Day marks the start of the “fun in the sun” season so kick it off with an awesome get together and killer food! Check out our fun menu of recipes below as well as some from last year and the year before; )
A Quiet Mind: 6 Meditative Steps To Freedom by Ed and Deb Shapiro
Meditation is an experience of oneness and the awareness of this. We discover a freedom from habitual tendencies and experience a great joy.
Linus Roache star of Law & Order to discuss life behind the scenes: meditation, spirituality and more…
VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Actor Linus Roache star of Law & Order to discuss life behind the scenes: meditation, spirituality and more…
Monday Matters: Think Less! Live More! by Iyanla Vanzant
Having a bad or hard head means that we are not listening internally to the voice of Spirit, or externally, to voices of wisdom, which means we are not in alignment with Spirit or the laws of nature.
Breath Meditation: Some of the many ways in which breath meditation may help you enhance your general well being by Dr Robert Puff
Dr. Puff shares tips on how to begin or deepen your own meditation practice. He explains the simple art of meditation, describes different techniques used around the world, and helps you to find what works for you. Dr. Puff draws on his own personal experience of 30 years of meditating.
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Meditation is simple and transformative, yet it highly misunderstood. Some people...
VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Actor Linus Roache star of Law & Order...
The following is an excerpt from the book, Tapping the Power Within, A Path to Self-Empowerment...
Now I’d like to share with you my favorite form of meditation, called “breath...
Worlds Far Out: The ongoing desire to discover an alternate fantastic reality, which...
The experience of the gift of life, of the grace of life, is a mysterious blessing...
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The definitions and concepts around “Mother” have radically changed over the...
VividLife Radio’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Andrew Cohen founder of EnlightenNext...
A group of British retirees (from left, Maggie Smith, Ronald Pickup, Bill Nighy,...
A while ago, at the Royal Ontario Museum I went to the public restroom. Just before...
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In anticipation and preparation for my next workshop, “Feed Your Soul: Change...
VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Icon Jane Fonda and Yoga Instructor Tara...
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary;...
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Osho’s vision of meditation and celebration relates to life as well as to...
Last week, I made a commitment to do my absolute best to list ten ways to FEED YOUR...
Basking in the sunshine of a late Spring day in New Hope, PA (think Key West on...
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Dear Reader, I want to personally invite you to one of the most inspirational and...
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VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Swami Beyondananda a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and performer whose specialty is using mind-opening comedy to create heart-opening laughter to discuss The Healing Power of Laughter. Swami Beyondananda is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and performer whose specialty is using mind-opening comedy to create... [Read more of this review]
VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Actor Linus Roache star of Law & Order to discuss life behind the scenes: meditation, spirituality and more… He was born in Manchester, the son of Coronation Street actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper. In 1975, Roache appeared in Coronation Street playing his father’s character Ken Barlow’s... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Andrew Cohen founder of EnlightenNext and Author of Evolutionary Enlightenment to discuss a new path to spiritual awakening Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, and founder of EnlightenNext and its award-winning publication EnlightenNext magazine. Visit www.evolutionaryenlightenment.com Listen... [Read more of this review]
VividLife’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Icon Jane Fonda and Yoga Instructor Tara Stiles, to discuss Women, Yoga, Meditation and more, in support of Tara’s new book Yoga Cures: Simple Routines to Conquer More Than 50 Common Ailments and Live Pain-Free Jane Fonda, Born in New York City in 1937 to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and New York socialite... [Read more of this review]
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VividLife Radio’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Robert Gass and Judith Ansara, internationally recognized spiritual teachers to discuss Sacred Union ~ Deeping the Love in Relationships With over 40 years as internationally known teachers and life parnters Robert and Judith offer us their well seasoned guidance on how to deepen the love in our relationships... [Read more of this review]
Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Super Model Carre Otis to discuss her new book Beauty Disrupted, a memoir. Carre has long been one of the most recognizable faces in modeling, headlining in campaigns for Guess, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, and Revlon and has graced the covers of Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan Carré Otis has... [Read more of this review]
Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Russell Bishop, Editorial Director at Huffington Post, Consultant, Executive Coach, and bestselling author of Workarounds That Work to discuss leadership, personal and organizational transformation and how to create unparalleled success. Having started five successful companies and consulted to leadership teams around the... [Read more of this review]
“The film is a call to consciousness to everyone who sees it, an invitation to accept that there is more to this life than meets the eye.” – Sting & Trudie Style Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. The documentary... [Read more of this review]
Join host of Reporting Live from the Universe – Kristen White as she dives into a beautiful conversation with internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher – Marianne Williamson on her new book A Course in Weight Loss Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher. Six of her ten published books have been New... [Read more of this review]
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listen to Possibility 101 with Shasta Townsend as she chats with consciousness trailblazer Gregg Braden on Deep Truth: Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny and Fate and his workshops at Celebrate Your Life in Phoenix Brilliant and insightful…I see Gregg Braden as one of our great visionaries. —Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of... [Read more of this review]
Shasta signs off on Possibility 101 with a show design to help YOU create unlimited possibilities and magic in your life. You are invited to find out how good it can get! Is there one or more areas of your life where you feel a sense of confusion or dissatisfaction? Are you facing a life transition or new opportunity? Would you be living differently... [Read more of this review]
listen to Life with Direction with Sharon Quirt as she chats with Dr. Shefali Tsabary on Conscious Parenting. Shefali lectures extensively on Mindful Living and Conscious Parenting around the world and currently has a private psychotherapy practice in New York city. Her first book, “It’s a Mom: What you should know about the early... [Read more of this review]
Ed and Deb Shapiro hosts of Going Out of Your Mind on VividLife Radio welcome, Andrew Harvey renowned mystical scholar, Rumi translator and explicator, poet, novelist, spiritual teacher, writer, and architect of Sacred Activism to discuss Sacred Activism as a transforming force to take radical action in the world. Listen in as Andrew invites you... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend welcomes Tony Samara, Author of Shaman’s Wisdom to discuss how to Reclaim Your Lost Connection with the Universe through a Shaman’s Wisdom… Tony Samara, author of ‘Shaman’s Wisdom,’ ‘From the Heart,’ ‘Different Yet the Same,’ and ‘Deeper than Words’ was born in England, grew up in Egypt... [Read more of this review]
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VividLife Radio’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Arielle Ford, prominent book publicist, international best selling author and leader in the field of consciousness along with her husband Brain Hilliard to discuss her new book best selling book Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love in Imperfect Relationships which includes stories... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend chats with Author, Film maker and Ground Spiritualist Jeff Brown on his book ‘Soulshaping’, his new quotes book ‘Ascending with both feet on the ground: Words to awaken your heart’, and his newly opened Soulshaping University. At the heart of his work is an emphasis on grounded spirituality,... [Read more of this review]
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VividLife Radio’s Shasta Townsend welcomes Howard Martin a Global Coherence Initiative Steering Committee Member and spokesperson to discuss an understanding of the heart’s role in accessing a new intelligence and breakthrough research on coherence, energetic intention, techniques to improve your well-being and how to increase your ability to affect... [Read more of this review]
Join VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend as she takes you on a journey of embracing 2012 and utilizing it as an opportunity to live a life of power and peace… 2012 is a powerful year of creation and finding our truth and living it. Human conscious is moving into a Higher vibration of consciousness and collaboration. Learn what this new powerful... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio’s Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Edgar Mitchell, an American pilot, engineer, astronaut.and the sixth person to walk on the Moon to discuss realization , oneness and walking on the moon. Edgar Mitchell was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1970 by President Richard Nixon. Ed Mitchell was awarded honorary doctorates... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio’s Shasta Townsend welcomes Panache Desai, World re-owned Mindfulness Teacher to discuss 2012 ~ The Vibration of Possibility. 2012 – One of the most hyped years for potential catastrophe, calamity and doom – Or is it? Panache empowers listeners in the vibrational truth that 2012 is a year of increase –a year in which the... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio hosts Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome the Legendary Artist Peter Max, Pop Culture Icon and one of the most famous living artists of our time, Peter discusses his magical life, history and how meditation has transformed his life. Peter painted the cover of the Beatles Album, Yellow Submarine and most recently painted a portrait of superstar... [Read more of this review]
Ring in the New Year 2012 with excitement. The energetic shifts of 2012 bring new perspective and opportunities of growth and expansion to our lives. We’ve been discarding our old energies for a few years now and it’s time to bring in a fresh new approach in our attitude towards each other and ourselves. Jenn will be taking your calls for intuitive... [Read more of this review]
Possibility 101 host Shasta Townsend will chat with Sharon Salzberg on Real Happiness, the power of Meditation. Sharon will explain how meditation works and why a daily meditation practice results in more resiliency, creativity, peace, clarity, and balance. Sharon Salzberg is one of the leading meditation and spiritual teachers in the world.... [Read more of this review]
Join host Sharon Quirt as she uncovers how to master the wisdom within your own heart with author Russell Feingold… Russell Feingold is a modern day Shaman and master healer. Born with the profound gift of being highly energetically sensitive, Russell had a mystical experience at the age of twenty that awakened him to a reality he never could... [Read more of this review]
VividLife Radio hosts Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, and co-founder and President of Tibet House US to discuss The Way Peace, Robert Thurman is personal friend and first American to be ordained a monk by the Dalai Lama and... [Read more of this review]
2012 Series Part 2: Aligning the Second Chakra for Ultimate Creativity and Power CALL IN Number: 646 200 3448 or TOLL FREE 877 903 1396 Part two of a series on preparing our energy field for the new frequencies of 2012. There is nothing to fear when we are in alignment with all that life has for us. Many new frequency shifts are moving in and our... [Read more of this review]
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Join host Sharon Quirt as she chats with international best seller of The Conversations with God series, Neale Donald Walsch in a conversation that will alter your reality forever… Neale Donald Walsch has been a newspaper reporter and managing editor, a radio station program director, public information officer for one of the nation’s largest... [Read more of this review]
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Join host of Life with Direction, Sharon quirt and Urban Tantra Goddess Barbara Carrellas on this enlightening conversation on Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century Barbara Carrellas is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty First Century and Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure. She is the founder of Urban... [Read more of this review]
Listen in as Spiritual Teachers and hosts of Going Out of Your Mind on VividLife Radio, Ed and Deb Shapiro welcome Seane Corn, Yoga Activist and founder of Off the Matt to discuss Yoga activism and her involvement with Occupy Wallstreet. Seane Corn is an internationally celebrated Yoga Teacher known for her impassioned activism, unique self -expression... [Read more of this review]
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Join award winning authors Ed & Deb Shapiro as they chat with THE GOLDEN MOTORCYCLE GANG ~ Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul with over 1 Billion copies sold & Bill Gladstone, publishing industry guru of Waterside Productions representing industry icons such as Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch on their new book THE GOLDEN MOTORCYCLE... [Read more of this review]
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Join host of Possibility 101 Shasta Townsend as she chat with Transformational Artist ~ Keith Allen Kay on his many years spent researching esoteric writings, ancient religions and spirituality with a special interest in Sacred Geometry, Numerology and Quantum Physics and how this study has created the foundation for his work today. Combining his... [Read more of this review]
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Join awarding winning authors and world meditation authorities Ed & Deb Shapiro as they go into the mind of international best seller and award winning author of Sex Death Enlightenment, Mark Matousek… Marks story… I was born in Los Angeles on February 5, 1957, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979, and received... [Read more of this review]
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