Banyen Books ~ Branches of Wisdom

@Banyen Books & Sound  joins Robert Mack in conversation on his new book 'Love From the Inside Out': Lessons and Inspiration for Loving Yourself, Your Life, and Each Other. Robert Mack has been many things in his life, including a corporate consultant, a professional model, an actor, and a life coach. After several years as a consultant and executive coach for Deloitte & Touche, he returned to school to earn a master's degree in applied positive psychology (MAPP). He has appeared in numerous television commercials and magazines, as well as MTV's Fashionably Loud, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Balancing Act, CBS Early Show, She Knows, AskHer.com, and countless other local, national, and international media outlets. His work has been featured in GQ, Self, Health, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Forbes, Upscale, and more.

​@Banyen Books & Sound  hosts Peter Coyote in conversation on his new book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha: Masks, Meditation, and Improvised Play to Induce Liberated States. Peter Coyote is an award-winning actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator who has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers. Recognized for his narration work, he narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century, winning an Emmy award, as well as eight Ken Burns documentaries, including The Roosevelts, for which he won a second Emmy. In 2011 he was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and in 2015 received “transmission” from his teacher, making him an independent Zen teacher. The author of several books, he lives in northern California.  

Matt Kahn converses with Banyen Books & Sound on his new book, All for Love. Matt Kahn is a spiritual teacher, highly attuned intuitive healer, speaker, and captivating author. He enriches people’s lives by providing heart-centered solutions that ignite, delight, and unite! Matt wrote the highly acclaimed books Whatever Arises, Love That; Everything Is Here to Help You; and The Universe Always Has a Plan, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His newest book is All for Love: The Transformative Power of Holding Space.

Join Banyen Books & Sound in conversation with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson on their forthcoming co-written book, Reckoning. Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is a spiritual activist, author, ceremonialist and farmer. Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010. With Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he is the author of several books including the award-winning Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble and A Generation's Worth. Stephen is the subject of the National Film Board of Canada feature length film documentary, Griefwalker.   Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester and Call of the Wild.

Banyen Books & Sound converses with Judith Hanson Lasater on her new book, Teaching Yoga with Intention. Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D. and physical therapist, has taught yoga internationally since 1971. She helped to found Yoga Journal magazine, the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, and The California Yoga Teachers Association. She has coined such paradigm-changing phrases as "yoga off the mat" and "living your yoga". Judith Hanson Lasater is widely recognized as one of the foremost teachers in America, and is the author of 10 books including Yoga Myths and her forthcoming, Teaching Yoga With Intention.

Banyen Books & Sound hosts Joan Borysenko for a conversation on her book Pocketful of Miracles: Prayers, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., is the author of seventeen books, including the New York Times bestseller Minding the Body, Mending the Mind; It’s not the end of the World: Developing Resilience in Times of Change; and Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance? She lives with her husband Dr. Gordon Dveirin and their two standard poodles in Santa Fe, New Mexico—the Land of Enchantment.

Banyen Books & Sound converses with Sumbul Ali-Karamali on her new book Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking Over Our Country. Sumbul Ali-Karamali is a Muslim American who grew up in California, answering questions on Islam ever since she can remember. After becoming a corporate lawyer, she earned an additional degree in Islamic law. She specializes in synthesizing academic material for general audiences and is the author of The Muslim Next Door and Growing Up Muslim. A popular speaker on topics related to Islam and Muslims, she hopes to promote intercultural understanding with her work, at least when she’s not watching Star Trek reruns, listening to opera, or (reluctantly) white-water rafting with her husband. Connect with Sumbul on her website: https://www.sumbulalikaramali.com.

Banyen Books & Sound hosts Seth Klein about his roadmap and vision for confronting the climate crisis and his book A Good War. Seth Klein is the Team Lead and Director of Strategy with the Climate Emergency Unit. Prior to that, he served for 22 years as the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Canada’s foremost social justice think tank. He is now a freelance policy consultant, speaker, researcher and writer, and author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. Seth is a columnist with the National Observer, an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University’s Urban Studies program, and remains a research associate with the CCPA’s BC Office.

Banyen Books & Sound joins Robert Thurman in conversation on his new book Wisdom is Bliss: Four Friendly Fun Facts That Can Change Your Life. Robert Thurman became a Tibetan monk at age 24–the first American to be ordained by the Dalai Lama. Acclaimed translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and author of Inner Revolution, Robert Thurman is a Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the department of religion at Columbia University and is the director of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is co-founder of Tibet House U.S., and is one of the most visible and respected Buddhist scholars and thinkers in the world.

Banyen Books & Sound hosts Karen Casey, sharing life wisdom from her book, Each Day A Renewed Beginning: Meditations for a Peaceful Journey. Karen Casey, PhD, is the author of 28 books including the beloved classic, Each Day a New Beginning, which has sold over 3.5 million copies and has been translated into more than 10 languages worldwide. She is a workshop facilitator for 12-step recovery and an inspirational speaker who has helped transform the lives of audiences around the world for over four decades. Some of her influential books of inspiration include Promise of a New Day, Codependence and the Power of Detachment, Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow, and 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles.