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    <description>As the birthplace of the mindfulness movement in the United States, Naropa University has a unique perspective when it comes to higher education in the West. Founded in 1974 by renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and lineage holder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa was intended to be a place where students could study Eastern and Western religions, writing, psychology, science, and the arts, while also receiving contemplative and meditation training. 
Forty-three years later, Naropa is a leader in ‘contemplative education’, a pedagogical approach that blends rigorous academics, contemplative practice, and experiential learning. Naropa President Chuck Lief explains, “Mindfulness here is not a class. Mindfulness is basically the underpinning of what we do in all of our classes. That said, the flavor or the color of mindfulness from class to class is really completely up to the individual faculty member to work on—on their own. So, what happens in a poetry class is going to look very different from what happens in a research psychology class. But, one way or another the contemplative practices are brought into the mix.”
This podcast is for those with an interest in mindfulness and a curiosity about its place in both higher education and the world at large. Hosted by Naropa alumnus and Multimedia Manager David DeVine, episodes feature Naropa faculty, alumni, and special guests on a wide variety of topics including compassion, permaculture, social justice, herbal healing, and green architecture—to name a few. Listen to explore the transformative possibilities of mindfulness, both in the classroom and beyond!
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    <itunes:subtitle>Thoughts and Instruction on Mindfulness in Higher Education</itunes:subtitle>
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Forty-three years later, Naropa is a leader in ‘contemplative education’, a pedagogical approach that blends rigorous academics, contemplative practice, and experiential learning. Naropa President Chuck Lief explains, “Mindfulness here is not a class. Mindfulness is basically the underpinning of what we do in all of our classes. That said, the flavor or the color of mindfulness from class to class is really completely up to the individual faculty member to work on—on their own. So, what happens in a poetry class is going to look very different from what happens in a research psychology class. But, one way or another the contemplative practices are brought into the mix.”
This podcast is for those with an interest in mindfulness and a curiosity about its place in both higher education and the world at large. Hosted by Naropa alumnus and Multimedia Manager David DeVine, episodes feature Naropa faculty, alumni, and special guests on a wide variety of topics including compassion, permaculture, social justice, herbal healing, and green architecture—to name a few. Listen to explore the transformative possibilities of mindfulness, both in the classroom and beyond!
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  <title>94. Dr. Jennifer Bacon: Sacred Activism and Educating the Whole Child</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Dr. Jennifer Bacon is a strong proponent of taking action in activism. That is why she created the course "Sacred Activism" at Naropa - to empower a community to make strides in equality, anti-racism, and social justice. Her children's book, I Am an Antiracist Superhero! will be published by Bala Kids in 2023. </itunes:subtitle>
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Her children's book, I Am an Antiracist Superhero! will be published by Bala Kids in 2023.
Pre-order her book HERE (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729592/i-am-an-antiracist-superhero-by-jennifer-nicole-bacon-illustrated-by-leticia-moreno/)
 Special Guest: Dr. Jennifer Bacon.
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<p>Her children&#39;s book, I Am an Antiracist Superhero! will be published by Bala Kids in 2023.</p>

<p>Pre-order her book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729592/i-am-an-antiracist-superhero-by-jennifer-nicole-bacon-illustrated-by-leticia-moreno/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></p><p>Special Guest: Dr. Jennifer Bacon.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Dr. Jennifer Bacon is a strong proponent of taking action in activism. That is why she created the course &quot;Sacred Activism&quot; at Naropa - to empower a community to make strides in equality, anti-racism, and social justice. </p>

<p>Her children&#39;s book, I Am an Antiracist Superhero! will be published by Bala Kids in 2023.</p>

<p>Pre-order her book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729592/i-am-an-antiracist-superhero-by-jennifer-nicole-bacon-illustrated-by-leticia-moreno/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></p><p>Special Guest: Dr. Jennifer Bacon.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>77. Charlotte Rotterdam: Finding Courage in Contemplative Education</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>"Absolutely. You know we might have an idea about something, but then when you begin to express it from a creative place it's almost like you have to feel into it. If I want to write a poem about sadness it's not just about my ideas about sadness. At some point as I'm writing I need to stop and feel into what does sadness feel like? And then I might even think about a very specific situation in my life that brings up sadness. And then what arises from that place as a poem is coming from a non-conceptual place. Non-conceptual knowing and yet I've expressed something and I might even express it in words like with a poem. So, what we're trying to do in contemplative education is to bring both of those together. So, it's not in spite of conceptual knowing -- concepts are great, thinking is great -- but that there are other ways of knowing that are equally important and maybe if we bring them all together then there's a richness of knowing that begins to emerge."</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>"Absolutely. You know we might have an idea about something, but then when you begin to express it from a creative place it's almost like you have to feel into it. If I want to write a poem about sadness it's not just about my ideas about sadness. At some point as I'm writing I need to stop and feel into what does sadness feel like? And then I might even think about a very specific situation in my life that brings up sadness. And then what arises from that place as a poem is coming from a non-conceptual place. Non-conceptual knowing and yet I've expressed something and I might even express it in words like with a poem. So, what we're trying to do in contemplative education is to bring both of those together. So, it's not in spite of conceptual knowing -- concepts are great, thinking is great -- but that there are other ways of knowing that are equally important and maybe if we bring them all together then there's a richness of knowing that begins to emerge."
 Special Guest: Charlotte Rotterdam.
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Absolutely. You know we might have an idea about something, but then when you begin to express it from a creative place it&#39;s almost like you have to feel into it. If I want to write a poem about sadness it&#39;s not just about my ideas about sadness. At some point as I&#39;m writing I need to stop and feel into what does sadness feel like? And then I might even think about a very specific situation in my life that brings up sadness. And then what arises from that place as a poem is coming from a non-conceptual place. Non-conceptual knowing and yet I&#39;ve expressed something and I might even express it in words like with a poem. So, what we&#39;re trying to do in contemplative education is to bring both of those together. So, it&#39;s not in spite of conceptual knowing -- concepts are great, thinking is great -- but that there are other ways of knowing that are equally important and maybe if we bring them all together then there&#39;s a richness of knowing that begins to emerge.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Charlotte Rotterdam.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>76. Miki Fire: Discovering the Self Through Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>"I do think here at Naropa specifically we do have a transpersonal orientation, a transpersonal lens that we then incorporate into all of our classes. So, the contemplative education piece is very much interwoven in what we do in the field. And so, we incorporate contemplative practices, we talk about how nature based experiences themselves can be forms of contemplative practice and inquiry. We also do introduce the transpersonal model. So how do we work with those kinds of experiences that the transpersonal orientation has really taken in and not pathologized. And being in the outdoors for many people, depending on the context, also can be quite evocative of experiences that do not fit cleanly into our usual psychological frameworks or when they are they're often pathologized."</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>"I do think here at Naropa specifically we do have a transpersonal orientation, a transpersonal lens that we then incorporate into all of our classes. So, the contemplative education piece is very much interwoven in what we do in the field. And so, we incorporate contemplative practices, we talk about how nature based experiences themselves can be forms of contemplative practice and inquiry. We also do introduce the transpersonal model. So how do we work with those kinds of experiences that the transpersonal orientation has really taken in and not pathologized. And being in the outdoors for many people, depending on the context, also can be quite evocative of experiences that do not fit cleanly into our usual psychological frameworks or when they are they're often pathologized." Special Guest: Miki Fire.
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;I do think here at Naropa specifically we do have a transpersonal orientation, a transpersonal lens that we then incorporate into all of our classes. So, the contemplative education piece is very much interwoven in what we do in the field. And so, we incorporate contemplative practices, we talk about how nature based experiences themselves can be forms of contemplative practice and inquiry. We also do introduce the transpersonal model. So how do we work with those kinds of experiences that the transpersonal orientation has really taken in and not pathologized. And being in the outdoors for many people, depending on the context, also can be quite evocative of experiences that do not fit cleanly into our usual psychological frameworks or when they are they&#39;re often pathologized.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Miki Fire.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;I do think here at Naropa specifically we do have a transpersonal orientation, a transpersonal lens that we then incorporate into all of our classes. So, the contemplative education piece is very much interwoven in what we do in the field. And so, we incorporate contemplative practices, we talk about how nature based experiences themselves can be forms of contemplative practice and inquiry. We also do introduce the transpersonal model. So how do we work with those kinds of experiences that the transpersonal orientation has really taken in and not pathologized. And being in the outdoors for many people, depending on the context, also can be quite evocative of experiences that do not fit cleanly into our usual psychological frameworks or when they are they&#39;re often pathologized.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Miki Fire.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>72. Joanna Macy: The Work That Reconnects Part 2 of 2</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>"We talked about the spiral of the work that reconnects and then you talked about how once you dare to really see and speak what you've wanted to keep at arm's length,  once you refuse to turn away and really suffer with your world and then you realize that the world is flowing into you and the living planet becomes alive for you. And then it generates for you. So that's we call seeing with new eyes. Everything looks different. And we use practices that are inspired by what we call deep ecology like the council of all beings. Where we step aside from our human role, which is only the last chapter of our long planetary journey. We've, as we know from the life forms we had in the womb of our mother, you know we had a tail and gills and fins. And so that we capitulate that ontogeny."</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>"We talked about the spiral of the work that reconnects and then you talked about how once you dare to really see and speak what you've wanted to keep at arm's length,  once you refuse to turn away and really suffer with your world and then you realize that the world is flowing into you and the living planet becomes alive for you. And then it generates for you. So that's we call seeing with new eyes. Everything looks different. And we use practices that are inspired by what we call deep ecology like the council of all beings. Where we step aside from our human role, which is only the last chapter of our long planetary journey. We've, as we know from the life forms we had in the womb of our mother, you know we had a tail and gills and fins. So that we capitulate that ontogeny."
 Special Guest: Joanna Macy.
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;We talked about the spiral of the work that reconnects and then you talked about how once you dare to really see and speak what you&#39;ve wanted to keep at arm&#39;s length,  once you refuse to turn away and really suffer with your world and then you realize that the world is flowing into you and the living planet becomes alive for you. And then it generates for you. So that&#39;s we call seeing with new eyes. Everything looks different. And we use practices that are inspired by what we call deep ecology like the council of all beings. Where we step aside from our human role, which is only the last chapter of our long planetary journey. We&#39;ve, as we know from the life forms we had in the womb of our mother, you know we had a tail and gills and fins. So that we capitulate that ontogeny.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Joanna Macy.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;We talked about the spiral of the work that reconnects and then you talked about how once you dare to really see and speak what you&#39;ve wanted to keep at arm&#39;s length,  once you refuse to turn away and really suffer with your world and then you realize that the world is flowing into you and the living planet becomes alive for you. And then it generates for you. So that&#39;s we call seeing with new eyes. Everything looks different. And we use practices that are inspired by what we call deep ecology like the council of all beings. Where we step aside from our human role, which is only the last chapter of our long planetary journey. We&#39;ve, as we know from the life forms we had in the womb of our mother, you know we had a tail and gills and fins. So that we capitulate that ontogeny.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Joanna Macy.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>71. Joanna Macy: The Work That Reconnects Part 1 of 2</title>
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    <![CDATA[<p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>70. Alicia Patterson: Deep Wisdom &amp; Healing of the Pelvic Bowl</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>"The pelvic floor muscle tissues are connected very intricately and beautifully, and I feel like it can be complex in some ways to the abdominal muscles. And I think of the pelvic floor as  the foundation of a building, it's like the ground level of the body. If the foundation of a building is off or suffering or it's not right, the whole rest of the building is off. So, that's my best metaphor is that the pelvic floor is our foundation. It's so connected to our legs and our feet and the way that we walk and move and dance through the world. And it supports everything above it. So, the reproductive organs, the digestive system, all the organs, the heart, the voice, the throat, and the brain are supported by the pelvic floor. And I've had huge changes in my digestion and rewiring of my nervous system and real cognitive and mood balances from working with my pelvic floor that before, I was trying a million different things to feel better. For me, the pelvic floor is like the Holy Grail."</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;The pelvic floor muscle tissues are connected very intricately and beautifully, and I feel like it can be complex in some ways to the abdominal muscles. And I think of the pelvic floor as  the foundation of a building, it&#39;s like the ground level of the body. If the foundation of a building is off or suffering or it&#39;s not right, the whole rest of the building is off. So, that&#39;s my best metaphor is that the pelvic floor is our foundation. It&#39;s so connected to our legs and our feet and the way that we walk and move and dance through the world. And it supports everything above it. So, the reproductive organs, the digestive system, all the organs, the heart, the voice, the throat, and the brain are supported by the pelvic floor. And I&#39;ve had huge changes in my digestion and rewiring of my nervous system and real cognitive and mood balances from working with my pelvic floor that before, I was trying a million different things to feel better. For me, the pelvic floor is like the Holy Grail.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Alicia Patterson.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>69. Rick Snyder: Decisive Intuition, Using your Gut Instincts to Make Smart Business Decisions</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>"Emotional intelligence has completely revolutionized our lives and our business space. And because that's there there's now this foundation around intuitive intelligence. So, this is the next nuance that I'm really passionate to bring in, is that emotional intelligence is foundational and key. But it's not the whole story of how we discern information and how we navigate the world, even though emotions are supercritical and a big part of that. Intuitive intelligence also weaves in a greater, wider array of data information that we have to be able to learn to discern. So, it's even a little more refined in some ways. So that's what I'm really excited about is bringing this next wave to the business base and then also beyond that too. So that people give themselves more permission to trust themselves on a fundamental level. And bring their empowerment and their gifts forward without apology."</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>49:48</itunes:duration>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Emotional intelligence has completely revolutionized our lives and our business space. And because that&#39;s there there&#39;s now this foundation around intuitive intelligence. So, this is the next nuance that I&#39;m really passionate to bring in, is that emotional intelligence is foundational and key. But it&#39;s not the whole story of how we discern information and how we navigate the world. Even though emotions are supercritical and a big part of that. Intuitive intelligence also weaves in a greater, wider array of data information that we have to be able to learn to discern. So, it&#39;s even a little more refined in some ways. So that&#39;s what I&#39;m really excited about is bringing this next wave to the business base and then also beyond that too. So that people give themselves more permission to trust themselves on a fundamental level. And bring their empowerment and their gifts forward without apology.&quot;</p><p>Special Guest: Rick Snyder.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>34. Susan Skjei: Training Today's Mindful Leaders at the Authentic Leadership Center</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>Naropa University</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Sometimes, especially in mid-career, we get a little stale. It’s nice to refresh by deeply and authentically getting in touch with what matters to us within our core purpose, within our values, and within why we're doing what we are doing. Part of the training that we provide is helping people who are already in leadership roles bring more of who they authentically are to their role. In the authentic leadership program, we emphasize three different competencies: presence, engagement, and change management. Enjoy the whole podcast to hear about how we train leaders to recognize and develop these traits.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>34:30</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Sometimes, especially in mid-career, we get a little stale. It’s nice to refresh by deeply and authentically getting in touch with what matters to us within our core purpose, within our values, and within why we&#39;re doing what we are doing. Part of the training that we provide is helping people who are already in leadership roles bring more of who they authentically are to their role. In the authentic leadership program, we emphasize three different competencies: presence, engagement, and change management. Enjoy the whole podcast to hear about how we train leaders to recognize and develop these traits.</p><p>Special Guest: Susan Skjei.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Sometimes, especially in mid-career, we get a little stale. It’s nice to refresh by deeply and authentically getting in touch with what matters to us within our core purpose, within our values, and within why we&#39;re doing what we are doing. Part of the training that we provide is helping people who are already in leadership roles bring more of who they authentically are to their role. In the authentic leadership program, we emphasize three different competencies: presence, engagement, and change management. Enjoy the whole podcast to hear about how we train leaders to recognize and develop these traits.</p><p>Special Guest: Susan Skjei.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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  <title>25. Paul Bassis: The Arise Movement</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 16:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>Naropa University</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>"Da Vinci said "...motion is life." What better way to move than to some music cranking and to lift the spirit? There is something coded in our 
DNA - something really ancient about our need to be tribal, our need as humans to come together with other humans, and music calls us all. Music is that beat, that rhythm that we feel in our hearts when our hearts are beating together in that same groove. There's something going on there that we all long for. Something that we need that we don't find in many other places in our modern society."  - Paul Bassis, Arise Co-Founder Find out more at http://arisefestival.com/.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>30:36</itunes:duration>
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  <description>"Da Vinci said "...motion is life." What better way to move than to some music cranking and to lift the spirit? There is something coded in our DNA - something really ancient about our need to be tribal, our need as humans to come together with other humans, and music calls us all. Music is that beat, that rhythm that we feel in our hearts when our hearts are beating together in that same groove. There's something going on there that we all long for. Something that we need that we don't find in many other places in our modern society."  - Paul Bassis, Arise Co-Founder. &lt;a href="http://arisefestival.com/"&gt;Find out more about ARISE&lt;/a&gt;. Special Guest: Paul Bassis.
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Da Vinci said &quot;...motion is life.&quot; What better way to move than to some music cranking and to lift the spirit? There is something coded in our DNA - something really ancient about our need to be tribal, our need as humans to come together with other humans, and music calls us all. Music is that beat, that rhythm that we feel in our hearts when our hearts are beating together in that same groove. There&#39;s something going on there that we all long for. Something that we need that we don&#39;t find in many other places in our modern society.&quot;  - Paul Bassis, Arise Co-Founder. <a href="http://arisefestival.com/">Find out more about ARISE</a>.</p><p>Special Guest: Paul Bassis.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Da Vinci said &quot;...motion is life.&quot; What better way to move than to some music cranking and to lift the spirit? There is something coded in our DNA - something really ancient about our need to be tribal, our need as humans to come together with other humans, and music calls us all. Music is that beat, that rhythm that we feel in our hearts when our hearts are beating together in that same groove. There&#39;s something going on there that we all long for. Something that we need that we don&#39;t find in many other places in our modern society.&quot;  - Paul Bassis, Arise Co-Founder. <a href="http://arisefestival.com/">Find out more about ARISE</a>.</p><p>Special Guest: Paul Bassis.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://alumnx.naropa.edu/g/donate-to-multiple-naropa-initiatives">Support Mindful U at Naropa University</a></p>]]>
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