Commune with Jeff Krasno

Our culture of phones, chairs, and convenience food has vastly outpaced our evolutionary roots. In this episode, ultra-endurance barefoot runner Tony Riddle shares ways of being – from how you sit to what you eat to how you fall asleep – that are more in sync with human biology. Jeff and Tony also discuss how a holistic approach to rewilding your life can help you reconnect to and reach your innate human potential. Want more from Tony? You can try his Commune course Rewilding Human Movement free for 5 days at onecommune.com/rewild This podcast is supported by Blinkist and BetterHelp. Commune listeners get 15% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/Commune. Try Blinkist Premium free for 7 days! See for yourself why Jeff recommends Blinkist to help you learn and grow every day. Go to Blinkist.com/Commune to start your free 7-day trial and get 25% off of a Blinkist Premium membership.

Before the white salt shaker there was a rainbow of salts. How did we go from a prism of rock, mineral, and sea salts to the sodium chloride we have at our table? Why did we decide we needed pure white salt, reduced to a single sodium chloride element? This excerpt from Dr. Zach Bush’s Commune course, Vital Health, help you understand the importance of complex salts for your biochemistry. You’ll come away from this course with actionable steps to reimagine your experience with not just salt, but a wide variety of misunderstood foods and macronutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Take Vital Health with Dr. Zach Bush for free with a 14 -day trial of Commune Membership. Visit onecommune.com/trial. This podcast is supported by BetterHelp. COMMUNE listeners get 15% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/Commune.

You can grow the most nutritious food on the planet right on your countertop, with just seeds, fresh water, and a jar. That’s the miracle of sprouts, where just one pound of lentils can turn into 10 pounds of nourishment in less than week. In this episode, Doug and Jeff also discuss how sprouts can help address food inequality and offer a step-by-step guide to beginning your own low-cost sprouting protocol. Stay tuned for a Commune sprouting course with Doug in Fall 2022, and in the meantime, enjoy all our health, plant-based nutrition, and functional medicine courses free for 14 days at onecommune.com/trial. The Commune Podcast is made possible by: Blinkist and BetterHelp Commune listeners get 15% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/Commune. Try Blinkist Premium free for 7 days! See for yourself why Commune recommends Blinkist to help you learn and grow every day. Go to Blinkist.com/Commune to start your free 7 day trial and get 25% off of a Blinkist Premium membership.

Are dad jokes simply inane humor, or through the process of dedicated repetition do our father's transform these phrases into powerful mantras of love? Commusings is our format where we take a moment to think deeply on the topics of spirituality, philosophy, and culture. For more musings and quotes, connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune or @jeffkrasno or sign up for the Commusings newsletter at onecommune.com.

Jaiya is a somatic sexologist who looks at sexuality holistically: from the physical and psychological to the emotional and spiritual. Over her years of counseling, Jaiya has developed 5 erotic blueprints that can help you understand you own preferred sexual language as well as your partner’s. In this episode, Jeff and Jaiya also explore our polarized cultural view of sex and the nuanced energetic dimensions of tantra. You can take Jaiya's Erotic Blueprints quiz at missjaiya.com. This podcast is supported by Thrive Market: Join today and get $80 in FREE groceries when you go to thrivemarket.com/commune

When we experience fear, loss, or the hundred other daily stresses inherent in life, it can be easy to retreat inside ourselves until the whole world is just a single point of pain–our pain. Lovingkindness is a practice that, among other things, helps us understand that the path out of loneliness, the cure for fear, is to expand the concern that is normally centered around yourself outward, to include someone else. In this excerpt from her course, Compassionate Resilience, Sharon Salzberg speaks with insight and clarity about the expansion of spirit we call love. Watch her full course for free with a 14-day Commune Membership trial at onecommune.com/trial.

Brother Satyananda has served as a monk in the monastic order of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship for more than 40 years. In this episode, Jeff and Satyanda discuss how Yogananda helped bring yoga to the West, what happens when you apply scientific principles to the mystical, and how connection to the divine manifests as bliss and joy. For many guided meditation programs with wonderful teachers like Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Michael Beckwith, you can sign up for 14-days of free all-access to Commune’s entire course library at onecommune.com/trial.

Navigating the healthcare system is a challenge for anyone, but it’s especially difficult if you suffer from chronic disease and nebulous symptoms in a world filled with environmental toxins. Dr. Mark Hyman is here to be your copilot on this journey, and help you use Functional Medicine to figure out which tests to ask your doctor for, how to ask for them, and how to understand the results. Check out his course for free at onecommune.com/healthcare.

Ten years ago, Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In her grief, she stumbled on a note he had written in chalk shortly before his death: “nurturing, healing, and love.” These three words left behind by her son became fuel for her life’s work, the Choose Love Movement. In today’s show – updated from its original airing earlier this year – Jeff and Scarlett discuss how grief transforms us, and how healing is possible through practicing forgiveness. Learn more about the Choose Love Movement at chooselovemovement.org. Learn more about Commune at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

Place plays a significant but often unacknowledged role in longevity. Ryan Frederick is an expert on the intersection of place and healthy aging, and in this episode he shares how choosing the right place to live – especially in the second half of life – can promote purpose, facilitate human connection, catalyze physical activity, support financial health, and increase your healthspan. This podcast is supported by Blinkist. Try Blinkist Premium free for 7 days! See for yourself why Jeff recommends Blinkist to help you learn and grow every day. Go to Blinkist.com/Commune to start your free 7-day trial and get 25% off of a Blinkist Premium membership. Learn about Commune and all our courses on health, personal growth, and social impact at onecommune.com and connect with us on Instagram @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.