Solving the Riddle of Being Human

This week, Sah welcomes Lyle Maxson, a pioneer of Transformative Entertainment whose immersive design agency, The Courtiers, and passion for biohacking led to co-founding Andromeda Entertainment, a VR publisher bringing to market "Games for Good."Lyle’s next horizon is GeniusX, a VR education platform for creating a metaverse that "upgrades the real world avatar that is you" with a goal to better humanity's relationship with technology along the way. In addition, he is addressing the world's mental health crisis with the creation of Entheo Digital - a digital therapeutics company pursuing FDA clearance and the creation of a wellness technology marketplace at the intersection of psychedelic therapy and experiential medicine.In this episode, Sah and Lyle discuss...The concept of benevolent technology, and Lyle's efforts to promote it to the worldPsychedelics as a complex tool for religious, spiritual, and personal liberationLyle's vision for virtual reality (VR) and the future of technology in wellnessThe potential in video games to serve as therapeutic alternatives to pharmaceuticals, or as Lyle calls them, "benevolent drugs."Using VR responsibly as a tool to connect us, rather than foster isolationThe power of community, both online and offlineLyle's mystical experiences with alien beingsand more...✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where Sah began his own career in wellness as a certified Health Coach! IIN pioneered the field of health coaching with the Health Coach Training Program, and created a movement to change the health and happiness of the world.Discover how to nourish, heal, and thrive in all aspects of your life and career.Payment plans start as low as $199/month, AND as a member of our community, you’ll save $2,500 off tuition if you mention Sah D’Simone at registration.✨✨✨Win a shirt from our collection with Self Care is For EveryoneRate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and send a screenshot to operations@sahdsimone.com for a chance to spiritualize your wardrobe, for free!✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah welcomes David Harshada Wagner, a master meditation instructor, author, artist, dad, and wisdom teacher with more than 25 years of teaching experience. Classically trained in the wisdom traditions of Yoga, Bhakti, Vedanta, and Tantra, his teachings come from his decades of working with people helping them learn to live more fulfilling, soul-centered, purpose driven lives.In this episode, Sah and Harshada discuss...how the path to holiness is always through serviceHarshada's understanding of Sadhana, and how our observance of the spiritual journey is as much about what we do as what we don't dothe Karmic consequences of even our smallest actionsthe insidious motivations behind greed, one of the "3 poisons" in Buddhist lineagethe difference between "occupation" and "fulfillment" in lifeinitiations, and awakening the Kundalini shakti in Harshada's traditionintegrity, spiritual social media, and advice for young spiritual influencersand more...✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by Higher Dose. Elevate your mood, promote a healthy glow, support long-term health benefits, and lift your spirit with Higher Dose's at-home wellness tools that use nature-inspired biohacking technologies to release a DOSE of your feel-good chemicals like Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins, naturally.Visit higherdose.com and enter the code SAH15 to save 15% on your first order, and prepare to get high on your own supply!✨✨✨Win a shirt from our collection with Self Care is For EveryoneRate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and send in a screenshot to operations@sahdsimone.com for a chance to spiritualize your wardrobe, for free!✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah welcomes Rosie Acosta, who has studied yoga and mindfulness for more than 20 years and taught for over a decade. She hosts a weekly conversational wellness podcast called, Radically Loved. A first-gen Mexican-American, Rosie’s mission is to help others overcome adversity and experience radical love.In this episode, Sah and Rosie discuss...struggling to accept the paradox in life, and balancing spirituality with a human experienceRosie's rough upbringing, and how her run-ins with the law became a catalyst for change in her lifeunlikely mystical experiences that completely take you by surpriseRosie's experience balancing skepticism with spiritualitywhat it means to be "radically loved" and invite more radical love into our liveshow forgiveness plays into the concept of radical lovebuilding resilience by unraveling yourself from the unfairness of lifeand more...✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where Sah began his own career in wellness as a certified Health Coach! IIN pioneered the field of health coaching with the Health Coach Training Program, and created a movement to change the health and happiness of the world.Discover how to nourish, heal, and thrive in all aspects of your life and career.Payment plans start as low as $199/month, AND as a member of our community, you’ll save $2,500 off tuition if you mention Sah D’Simone at registration.✨✨✨Win a shirt from our collection with Self Care is For EveryoneRate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and send a screenshot to operations@sahdsimone.com for a chance to spiritualize your wardrobe, for free!✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah welcomes Mirabai Starr, an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. As a certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss.In this episode, Sah and Mirabai discuss...Interconnectedness, and the meaning of empathy from a spiritual perspectiveHow to be an effective, luminary exemplar for change, at any scaleStaying present within the paradox of the human experienceThe sacred landscape of grief, loss, death, and dyingLife's unlikely paths to forgivenessThe power of inventing our own holy ritualsMirabai's book: Wild Mercy, Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mysticsand more...✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by Higher Dose. Elevate your mood, promote a healthy glow, support long-term health benefits, and lift your spirit with Higher Dose's at-home wellness tools that use nature-inspired biohacking technologies to release a DOSE of your feel-good chemicals like Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins, naturally.Visit higherdose.com and enter the code SAH15 to save 15% on your first order, and prepare to get high on your own supply!✨✨✨Win a shirt from our collection with Self Care is For EveryoneRate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and send in a screenshot to operations@sahdsimone.com for a chance to spiritualize your wardrobe, for free!✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah brings you a solocast about MIRACLES.Miracles can happen anytime, in any place... even where and when you least expect them. But they require our action, participation, and support to bring them to fruition.In this episode, Sah discusses...The life-changing miracle he received on a recent family trip to BrazilThe ways we perpetuate our own suffering, sometimes more than anyone elseHis struggle growing up as a queer immigrant in a foreign countryThe moment that radically reframed his perspectiveThe miracle equation: how to open yourself to a miraclePersonal practices to support the cultivation and arrival of miraclesand more....This podcast was recorded live on Quilt app.https://app.wearequilt.com/sahdsimone*Quilt is currently only available in the U.S. iOS App Store, but we are building an Android version and are going to open up to different countries soon. Sign up to know the moment it is ready!✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Course: 21 Affirmations & Meditations to Regain Trust in Times of Uncertainty: https://www.sahdsimone.com/21-day-course💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah and his partner Ben reflect on Sah's experience introducing holistic healing to the infamous musical artist, Cardi B, on her show "Cardi B Tries." Get a peek behind the scenes, and learn more about the practices Sah shared with her in that episode (including their ultra viral forgiveness practice) and why forgiveness holds such power on the spiritual path.Ben Decker is a world-renowned meditation teacher, activist, and the best-selling author of Modern Spirituality: A Guide to the Heart of Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Art of Healing, as well as other books on meditation including Practical Meditation for Beginners; 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You. He is also the host of The Modern Spirituality Show. His work is universal, well-rounded and rooted in ancient wisdom, theosophy, and modern pragmatism. Ben has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Forbes Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Spirituality & Health, Thrive Magazine, LA Yoga, and more.Titles: 4x Meditation Author & Speaker, Healer, Theosophist, Host of The Modern Spirituality Show.ModernSpiritualityShow.com@benjaminwdecker (IG)In this episode, Sah & Ben discuss...What it was like for Sah to film his first major TV appearanceThe power of breathwork, and how it connects us to ourselves and each otherActivating the Guru within, and accessing your inner wisdomBreaking through fear when entering a healing atmosphereThe executive power of Cardi BHow forgiveness is the key to miraclesSah's artistic and spiritual forgiveness practiceand more...Watch Sah's episode of Cardi B Tries: https://bit.ly/3RMIRrKLearn more about Ben Decker: http://bendeckermeditation.com/✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah brings you a solocast about entering into a sacred trance. For centuries, civilizations have used dance to enter a trance. Dance and movement have the power to heal, and to liberate us from the identity of pain and trauma in which we are stuck. But, are we entering the sacred trance through a clear and sober mind, or through a mind filled with chaos and confusion?In this episode, Sah discusses...The circumstances in which Sah has experienced a sacred tranceEntering into a sacred trance with a clear mind vs. chaos and confusionExperiencing the power of dance as a spiritual practiceFacing the truth of the present momentThe healing power of danceMeeting the shadow aspects of ourselves through movementand more....This podcast was recorded live on Quilt app.https://app.wearequilt.com/sahdsimone*Quilt is currently only available in the U.S. iOS App Store, but we are building an Android version and are going to open up to different countries soon. Sign up to know the moment it is ready!✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by ANIMA MUNDI, an apothecary composed of organic, wildcrafted, and ethically grown botanicals. Anima Mundi is devoted to making vibrant and medicinally potent remedies that honor the principles of harmony and ancient formulation that have years of anecdotal and traditional evidence.Go to https://glnk.io/1123/sahdsimone and enter code SAH15 for 15% off your order!✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/💙 Join the Somatic Activated Healing Method Teacher Training waitlist: http://sahmethod.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah welcomes Manoj Dias, a co-founder of Open, a modern mindfulness studio merging technology, culture, cinematography, and proven practices to create community and presence.​​In 2015, Manoj co-founded A—SPACE, Australia’s first multidisciplinary drop-in meditation studio with a special focus on creating access for BIPOC and youth. Through his philanthropic work with lululemon he has supported trauma-informed therapeutic programs for refugees in Melbourne, social justice movements in Oakland, and mindfulness scholarships in New York City. Last year his debut book, “Still Together” was released to critical acclaim.In this episode, Sah and Manoj chat about suffering, grief, the call to service, and somatic healing.They discuss....the inevitability of pain, and finding bliss in painful experiencesancestral traumas and their hidden giftsfinding the motivation to show up in service, even on the hardest daysthe mystical power of prayer and communing with spiritsthe benefits of breathwork and somatically processing traumaManoj's company, Open, and how it brings healing to people both online and in-personbeing a BIPOC individual in the spiritual community, and how crucial representation is in the wellness industryand more....✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by Manoj's company, Open, a social space for meditation, movement, and practice — on and offline. Blending old and new to bring you to the here and now. Meditation, breathwork, music, movement, practice — Open classes combine traditions and technologies to explore greater collective presence and awareness.Get a free month of access to Open's extensive library of breathwork, meditation, and more with this link: www.o-p-e-n.com/sah30.✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah brings you a solocast about attachment through the lens of Buddhist psychology, how it drives us to pursue pleasure, keeps us locked into repeated patterns, and how releasing attachment has the power to liberate us.In this episode, Sah discusses...what attachment is, from a Buddhist psychological understandinghow attachment manifests in our lives, and how to recognize its subtle cueswhy we endlessly pursue pleasure or link our happiness to external forcesthe magic key to interrupting attachment patterns and how to use ithow to cope with feeling endlessly dissatisfiedhow to stop overidentifying with your feelingsways to break free from attachment in your lifeand more...✨✨✨This podcast was recorded live on Quilt app.https://app.wearequilt.com/sahdsimone*Quilt is currently only available in the U.S. iOS App Store, but they are building an Android version and will open up to different countries soon. Sign up to know the moment it is ready!✨✨✨This episode is brought to you by Wisdom Health, a revolutionary service that matches you with a leading functional medicine doctor to help you address your health issues.Are you suffering from nagging health issues? Maybe you’ve got a persistent digestive problem, skin breakouts, or chronic pain? Or maybe you’ve just been feeling low energy, sluggish, and burnt out?Your Wisdom doctor will spend a full 60-minutes with you (that’s right, 60 minutes) and go deep into all your health issues to find solutions that truly work.Our doctors help you dive deep into your health with advanced tests and create a personalized plan just for you. Unlike conventional doctors, they use diet, advanced supplement guidance, and targeted lifestyle changes to help you address your real underlying health issues.Wisdom is truly a new universe of healthcare. Join today and get $100 off your first appointment at wisdomhealth.co/SAH✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Page-a-Day Calendar: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3Gw4lUo💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: https://shop.spirituallysassyschool.com/💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sah welcomes Shauna Cummins - a Hypnosis-Artist, a Certified Clinical Hypnosis Practitioner CH, Master Trainer CHt, and multi-disciplinary artist. She is the founder of The Divine Feminine School of Hypnosis, the MindMassageHotline, and author of Wishcraft, A guide to manifesting a positive future.Her work as an artist and hypnotist has been featured internationally at The National Gallery of Denmark, The Center for Contemporary Art Glasgow, Borealis Music Festival Norway, and in publications such as Harpers BAZAAR, Business Insider, Refinery 29, The Independent, Real Simple, YAHOO News and The Numinous among others.www.shaunacummins.comIG @thewishcraftIn this episode, Sah and Shauna chat about the history and blueprint of hypnosis, how it works, and how to leverage its potential to help you heal and grow. They'll discuss...how to relate to and interpret the unseen forces at work in your lifethe divine partnership in realizing that there is so much more than what meets the eyewhat Wishcraft is, and how to use it to help yourself growhow Shauna drastically pivoted her life into this fieldallowing something that radically changed your life become your life's purposedemystifying common fears or misunderstandings about hypnosisreceiving a suggestion and how to become one with that suggestionhow powerful ancient tools such as hypnosis have been co-opted and used for unwholesome agendasand more....✨✨✨Join Sah for a transformative SAH Method (Somatic Activated Healing) retreat in 2022!Spiritual Dance: An Immersive 8-Day SAH Method Retreat in Mykonos, Greece, October 8-15: https://travelgems.com/tour-item/spiritual-dance-an-immersive-sah-method-retreat/✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:💙 Follow @SahDSimone on Instagram and TikTok💙 Book: Spiritually Sassy: https://amzn.to/3pe5WIF💙 Book: 5-Minute Daily Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yetkZy💙 Spiritualize your wardrobe: Self Care Is For Everyone x Sah D’Simone Collection: https://selfcareisforeveryone.com/collections/sah-d-simone💙 Take the quiz: https://myspiritualinventory.com/✨✨✨© Sah D’Simone Permission for use may be requested by contacting operations@sahdsimone.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices