Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Guided Somatic Meditation Practice: 12 Fold Lower Belly Breathing with Dr. Reggie Ray   To listen to our full conversation visit here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation-with-olivia-clementine/id1393858607   Links   Reggie Ray: https://www.dharmaocean.org/dr-regina... Podcast/Olivia: 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

Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray is the co-founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, dedicated to the evolution and flowering of the somatic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and was a founding member and University Professor at Naropa University, prior to his retirement. Some of what Reggie shares includes: 00:00 Vajrayana tradition and working from the inside out and problems as expressions of own deepest nature.  05:33 The power of being genuine and attracting the right people 09:24 On suffering, mistakes and the universe as sacred totality. 12:12 Somatic meditation to inhabit more of your experience 13:56 Reggie’s spiritual entry through suicidal depression.   20:48 The impact of inviting reality and the ungluing of the limited small ego.   24:00 The impact of releasing tension and relaxation on realization.  29:00 Differentiating habit body from wisdom body 36:00 Three yana answer on time and Chogyam Trungpa’s advice on regular practice.  41:00 Suggestions on maintaining and improving one’s meditation practice over time, daily and longer retreats.   48:00 Relationship, the sacred other and love being born through letting go.   55:00 Reggie’s journey of marriage   57:00 Tools to support challenging relational moments.  59:00 Reggie’s motivation for his new book in process.    Links: Reggie Ray: https://www.dharmaocean.org/dr-reginald-ray/ Podcast/Olivia: 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  

Some of what intimacy teachers Londin and Justin share includes: 0:00 Sexual yoga and sacred intimacy in the context of modern life 8:00 How their intimacy intensifying practice of Alpha and Omega differs from common masculine feminine polarity teachings  18:00 The power of connecting through the body and what it means to relate with unconditional love.  23:00 Example of a daily embodiment practice to deepen in unconditional love and intimacy.   28:00 Qualities of a healthy relationship  34:00 Training the body and heart to be available to intimacy.  39:00 Becoming parents and the need to prioritize intimacy to benefit all other aspects of one’s life. 45:00 Pleasure as gateway for deep listening to the divine and allowing there to be a fresh beginning.  48:00 Justin’s shift out into wanting to be in a committed relationship and his homecoming through that. 53:00 Enjoy sharing your radiance, while knowing you do not need to earn love. Being love and being freedom. Reclaiming the natural forces of duality. LINKS: Londin: http://www.londinangelwinters.com/about/ Justin: https://www.justinpatrickpierce.com/ Podcast/Olivia: 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

00:00 Introduction 00:57 Realizations through relationship and everyday living 04:26 Challenges of relationships and the path to liberation 06:30 The importance of the ‘mother’ example on the path to liberation 07:31 Ordinary love and ‘Buddhist’ love 17:51 The difference between bliss and love 21:06 Dangers of tantric methods and female objectification 25:17 Sera Khandro and other women’s voices and experiences 26:40 Misunderstanding of non-attachment and bypassing love 29:45  Monastic discipline and rules  31:28  The purpose of celibacy, sexual bliss and union practice 36:19 Cleaning out the inner channels 39:34 Misunderstanding of ‘youth’ and ‘ripeness’ in teachings 44:48 The meaning of ‘renunciation’ and its importance on the path 52:39  Tibetan word for Buddhist and the Inner level as antidote to spiritual materialism 55:00  Understanding Karma and Merit ”Why bad things happen to good people? 1:02:31 Maturity and accountability for suffering and our situation 1:07:35  Female practitioners, translators and lineage holders 1:15:28  The ‘unseen’ blessing of being unknown versus the need for female role models Links: Adele: https://dakinitranslations.com Podcast/Olivia: 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

Today Oceana Sawyer offers a short guided practice to invite pleasure in any moment.  To listen to our extended conversation visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607?i=1000583811226 Links: Oceana: https://www.oceanaendoflifedoula.com Podcast/Olivia: 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      

Oceana Sawyer is an End of Life Doula, writes and speaks on the liminal space of active dying and grief. Note: Oceana explores some unconventional perspectives in this episode, which come from mid-stream in longer conversations in which she is embedded. They presume an understanding that on the level of social reality, horrific atrocities have been committed against large and specific groups of people and more-than-human beings that cannot be underestimated in terms of their ongoing impact and must be acknowledged and held with the respect and consideration they deserve. Her comments are not intended to diminish or bypass the impact of historic, intergenerational, persistent, and personal trauma. She honors the deep work many are doing to recover and repair such trauma and grief. Her comments are an offering of her emergent viewpoints which are always open for debate and evolution. Some of what Oceana shares includes: Meaning of pleasure Why pleasure is important in a dying process Responsible hedonism Pleasure for caregivers Removing binary of living and dying What to do in a grief spiral Universal rightness versus Moral rightness The longer arc of your life Diamond like quality of humanity and aliveness through horrific circumstance including the middle passage. Navigating destruction in the fractal generative existence The significance of our self-reflective nature This isn’t the time for unity and what this time is for Expansive impact of two spirited trans community Owning your center and recognizing other centers. Why its important to practice pleasure to make the most of your dying process. The conversation in the sacred portal at the end of life Living more fully Finding places that fit you rather than fitting in. Links: Oceana: https://www.oceanaendoflifedoula.com Podcast/Olivia: 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

Tseyang has spent the last 12 years, all seasons but winter, retreating in the mountains of Bhutan.  Some of what Tseyang shares today includes: Why she was drawn to practice in the mountains Obstacles arising when we make meaningful choices Why age does not matter when it comes to practice Meaning of discipline Practicing without a goal Her schedule, daily activities Choosing the right place to retreat Influenced devotion versus natural devotion Advice for beginners starting practice ~ Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy this show? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. Even one sentence helps!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

In todays's episode Khandro shares about: Cultivating and training in relative siddhis to benefit others Enacting the four activities Signs and Tests for siddhis Story with Garchen Rinpoche Activities for subduing warfare and suffering Dudjom Rinpoche, the coldwar and a ten year Vajrakilaya retreat If not working, do it more! Prosperity rituals Landscape effecting practice and realization Khandro’s first retreat in Nepal Phenomena and blessings of tukdam On method and wisdom, masculine and feminine Being tested by her teacher Choosing to no longer be a nun and to marry Lama Dawa Dealing with gossip on her choices Samaya and lineage protection Having a polyamorous marriage Becoming a prophesied activity consort Khandro: https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/khandro-kunzang/ Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy this show? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. Even one sentence helps!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Some of what Bayo shares includes on: The relational universe Caught up in the modern Process vs Things Slave ship of our times Listening and fugitivity Necessity of suffering, failure and pain Power of vocality On the sacredness of language  Ecstasy of becoming Parenting as spiritual vocation and their pathway of doing education A Yoruba fable ~ Links:  Dr. Bayo Akomolafe: https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/ Listen to previous episode with Bayo here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607?i=1000488467729 Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts/ Enjoy this show? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. Even one sentence helps!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607    

Some of what Justin shares includes: Transference of Buddhism from Indian to Tibetan and Nepali culture  Maitripa as muse Practitioners needing to go deeper  Shamatha, vipassana, ati yoga and dzogchen, comparisons Impact of pedagogic systems on meditation styles Realistic notion of what is needed for realization Potential problem caused by lamrim literature One of the first things his teacher told him to do Relaxing around relationship to time Becoming useless Yidam practice Working with afflictive emotions Vajrayana, intimacy and our culture Narcissist crazy wisdom America’s lack of faith. Tantra and the capitalist market place Tantric alchemy and practice being personal Post-meditation guidance  Links: Lama Justin website https://justinvonbujdoss.com Previous episode with Justin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607?i=1000535293690 Olivia/Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts/ Enjoy this show? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. Even one sentence helps!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607