Technically Spiritual: Recent Episodes
Prerna Manchanda
Can ethics prevail over Big Tech's capitalist incentives? For too long we've accepted that moving fast and breaking things (including our children's mental health) was just the price of progress. But what emerged from these courtrooms tells a different story.
In this episode, Prerna breaks down the two landmark trials against Meta, what was revealed, and what it tells us about the systems that got us here... and why we have the power right now to demand something different from AI.
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Tech deliberately rewards our brains. We rarely do.
Why is it so hard to let yourself feel good even when things are going well? Our attention is being shaped by systems designed to reward us constantly. Real life doesn't work that way. This episode explores why and some ways to change that.
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What if WE are the adults in the room?
We walked into the social media era starry eyed. The promises were big, and most of us didn't see the harms coming.
AI is here now, moving faster and getting more personal than any technology before it. Nobody asked for this.
But something feels different about this moment. In this episode, I share why it actually gives me hope.
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In this time of collective upheaval and uncertainty in the world, we hope this is a respite and a place where you can give back to yourself — making you all the more capable of being a force of good.
Please do not listen while driving; this practice can be done seated or lying down and is best done in a quiet space with undivided attention.
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What in a digital age is detrimental to our ultimate well-being and what can we do about it?
➡️ From manipulative tech to mindful tech
➡️ From doubt to self-worth and self-inquiry
➡️ From reeling to finding the methods that cultivate ultimate collective joy, healing, and presence in a DIGITAL age…
Tune in for the origin stories of Technically Spiritual as interviewed by Louise Stephenson of the Failing to Succeed Podcast.
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In a world that often measures our worth by our professional achievements, it's crucial to recognize that our value extends far beyond our careers. I gathered with community in Brooklyn, New York for this live podcast panel discussion around our current digital age, productivity, and well-being.
We discussed who we are outside of what we do. How can we ensure that we are holistic individuals who love ourselves and others regardless of our productivity and job titles? What practices can help us grow in other areas outside the workspace, and how can we remain happy and proud of ourselves even in seasons where we are not outwardly "winning"?
This event was a much-needed reminder that NONE OF US ARE ALONE in society, as isolated as we may feel or be. Societal norms around work can make us feel worthless — remember that you are enough simply because you are. Nothing else, just being.
Moderators: Prerna Manchanda & Pennie Anassi
Panelists: Jaconna Jacobs, Julius Stukes Jr, Anthony Duncan, & Liz Beecroft
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Redefining Gratitude in a Complex, Painful World
Privilege, coercion, and the cultural markers that change what gratitude means to everybody.
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The art of conversation isn’t lost, it’s just different.
In our increasingly interconnected world, where messaging apps and social media platforms are at the forefront of our lives, the art of conversation has taken a digital twist....
In this episode we explore why it hurts so much when people don't text back and what can we do to maintain healthy relationships and ensure digital wellbeing in our hyper-connected lives.
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What happens when you remove ALL external stimuli from your mind?
- No phones
- No speaking
- No writing
- No reading
Only Vipassana meditation: insight, internal seeing, seeing things as they really are, mindfulness. Tune in to see what it was like, and if a meditation retreat is right for you.
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Contentment, self worth, truth, and the power of a mindful pause… These are all the things we’ll explore when confronting 2 sides of the same coin: perfectionism & procrastination. Tune in for a real look at how these 2 beasts fuel and reinforce one another, why, and what we can do about it in order to access more awareness, presence, and ultimately contentment in our daily life.
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The mental health crisis in the U.S.: What is it, how did we get here, where’s the progress, and what can we do now?
In this episode we sit down with political organizer and founder of the Good Life Movement: Andrew Frawley. Tune in for an exploration of mental illness, its causes, what societal structures exacerbate it, how solutions lie in community action, and how we can measure wellbeing to demand mental health prioritization from government policy.
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50% of AI experts believe there is a 10%+ chance that future AI systems will lead to human extinction.
… What?
In this episode we explore the latest in AI and ChatGPT technology, with the help of loads of research, and especially the dangers posed by such quick technological progress. What’s safe? What’s ethical? What’s predictable? Who measures and monitors? Who gets hurt? Tune in for a real deep-dive, no fear-mongering, and realistic “what now?”
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I am a huge advocate for silence.
I know that transformation happens when we are still: we let ourselves move from doing to being, and we make space. Practicing silence helps us be more grounded, mindful, and present.
However, this practice of silence is not the end-goal in all spaces. In many spaces, we actually need to be speaking up more, especially against injustices.
In this episode we’ll break down learning one’s proximity to power, when and how to use your voice, the importance of silence, and more.
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Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.
For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).
Today we'll discuss:
- Why is it important to focus on body?
- How the body helps us get to know ourselves in a deep and intimate way
- It’s an intimate gift to tune into the body
- This is a body scan meditation and can be done lying down as well!
- And this practice can be used to help you fall asleep :)
You can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.
Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.
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Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.
For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).
Today we'll discuss:
- Why do we choose the breath as the point of focus in meditation?
- Practice is about cultivating presence, how the breath helps us get there.
- How to breathe in a meditation practice
You can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.
Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.
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Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.
For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).
Today we'll discuss:
- Clearing the mind is the most common misconception around meditation
- Prerna demystifies the process of thinking in a meditation practice
- She offers a technique of mental noting to help identify less with the thoughts
- This isn’t a process of analysis or doing, it’s a practice of being
You can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.
Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.
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Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.
For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).
Today we'll discuss:
- What you need to get started with meditation
- You can stop, drop, and meditate - where and how you are right now (unless you’re driving)
- Meditation is all about being present and accepting what’s here right now
You can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.
Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.
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Your voice is your first inheritance. Words are the vibrations that alchemize our thoughts, self, and expression into the physical, shared world. By becoming more mindful about our thoughts, our intention, and how our voice is the first outward expression of our inner selves, we quite literally change the way we exist physically in this world. And, we become more confident because we practice trusting the communication between our mind and our body. We talk about all this and more with world-renowned TedX speaker and founder of MindBodySpeak, Marshall Davis Jones.
Gratitude isn’t always simple. Where the line is for toxic positivity and transactional relationships? How can we cultivate gratitude in an authentic way? Tune in for Prerna's take!
Impostor experiences are not a syndrome, but a human experience borne from searching for belonging and worthiness.
How can we help this incurable phenomenon through mindfulness?
How do Competence and Confidence affect each other?
How does social media propel Impostor Phenomenon?
We explore all this and more in this Episode with scientist, professor, and author, Dr. Marc Reid.
Teens are primed to spend 30 years of their life online, and it’s already been negatively impacting everyone’s brain chemistry. In this ep we talk all things teen mental health and digital habits with Larz from #HalfTheStory– Plus, of course, how to make positive changes moving forward.
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About Larz: Larissa May (Larz) is a mental health advocate and founder of Half the Story - A globally recognized digital wellness nonprofit on a mission to empower the next generation’s relationship with technology through advocacy, education, research, and international events like “The Global Day of Unplugging.”
Is a consumer-focused “zero waste lifestyle” the solution to environmental destruction? No… and yes. In this episode, Prerna interviews Anne-Marie Bonneau, sustainability activist and author of The Zero Waste Chef about environmental justice, realistic sustainability goals, and activist mental health.
The two discuss who is truly responsible for saving the planet, and how corporations across industries (like Big Food AND Big Tech) have the same tendency to divert responsibility for collective well-being.
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About Anne-Marie: Cookbook author, blogger, fermenter and sourdough baker Anne-Marie Bonneau has lived plastic-free since 2011. Through social media, her blog and her book, The Zero-Waste Chef: Plant-Forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet, Anne-Marie shows others how reducing their trash not only benefits the planet but also satisfies their taste buds, improves their well-being and boosts their bank accounts. A Canadian transplant, she has two grown daughters and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and sourdough starter, Eleanor.
Prerna leads a mindfulness meditation practice to offer some peace, relaxation, and healing- something we could all benefit from in a week of so much devastating news and the unnatural urgency created by our feeds. Give a moment back to yourself by listening; we cannot heal the world without also healing ourselves. This practice can be done seated or lying down.
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Unlike the mind, our bodies almost always exist in the present. This mini-episode discusses how to tune into our bodies in order to cultivate presence, why this is important when communicating and connecting with others.
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Based on what your social and news feeds look like, Earth month (April) can conjure up tough emotions of distress and hopelessness. What else would we expect when the dates meant to honor the earth are swallowed up by the very true messaging that we’re on course for climate disaster within our lifetime?
But, without sweeping this crisis under the rug, without forgetting the scary things, like corporations’ majority responsibility for Earth destruction, I’d like to create space to focus on the good. I want to focus on how wonderful it is to be able to love our Earth mother through small, sustainable acts of kindness, and feeling like we are enough so that we may be of better service to the outer world.
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This episode, Prerna chats with spiritual activist Chelsea Macmillan about just that: activism as a spiritual act, and spiritual practice as a form of activism.
The two discuss how to find hope during such tumultuous times, the connection between our inner and outer worlds, how technology and social media play a role in transformation, and so much more.
Check out the show notes below for a synopsis, and tune in wherever you get your podcasts for the full episode. With our minds inundated with all the crises of the pandemic, the environment, social justice, Ukraine, and more, this is one episode worth allocating some of your energy.
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The Joe Rogan // Free Speech headlines this month are just symptoms of a deeper issue – and Spotify (and other tech corporations) are thrilled we’ve taken the red herring bait...
Drilling down to the root causes of our community’s most controversial issues is not easy. But to address it, instead of putting our collective energy into battling the symptoms, is our best shot at finding new peace.
In this ep, we talk about not only the Joe Rogan // Spotify news, but:
- The nitty gritty details of free speech
- The psychological (manipulated, algorithmic) dependence on our devices
- What responsibility lies in the for-profit hands of Big Tech
and more.
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There’s a reason “gratitude” is now one of the buzziest words around. At every corner of self-help books, mental health podcasts, journals, and social media, everyone is telling us to be grateful. The (often extremely shallow) wellness industry thrives on gratitude.
And while there’s good reason for this, our understanding of gratitude is turning out to be quite limited, especially when we look at the impact it has on non-white, non-North-American, and non-individualist (collectivist) cultures. In this episode, Prerna breaks down how to broaden our perspective & holistically practice gratitude.
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Beyond doomscrolling, mental health, & how tech impacts you NOW, do you know how your tech continues to profit off you even after you die?
If you haven’t heard of data fetishization, then you definitely haven’t heard about Big Tech’s misuse of data of the deceased, deepfakes, or dead labor... and how we as users can fight it. In this week’s episode of Technically Spiritual Prerna interviews Dr. Elaine Kasket, author of All the Ghosts in the Machine, to talk all about the data of the dead, how to reclaim your power, and how to think about preparing for the inevitable...
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As important as mindfulness and meditation is to our well-being in our digital age, what we can also overlook is emptiness. This week, give yourself permission to be bored. Let your mind wander, explore your imagination… And see what just a little bit of empty space and time does for your brain.
Checking your phone while you work isn’t just about personal willpower...
The technology is designed to make you want it compulsively, PLUS everything it represents moves you out of the present moment. Why work when that little thing can take the form of literally ✨ anything ✨ else you want it to: a game, a chat with your bestie, your favorite store, an opportunity to stalk your ex…
Listen to join Prerna in breaking down how the simple presence of your phone is killing your focus and productivity, how it quickly spirals from there, and the research behind it all.
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Practice (not perfection) is the key to transformation.
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In a world where misinformation is profitable, we face a great responsibility and burden to educate ourselves AND trust those that have done the real research (not just used Google, a for-profit search engine that serves advertisers, not people).
We love information that fits our own worldview -- this is called cognitive bias. When you use Google, it serves up information and stories (humans love storytelling) that it believes you will enjoy. There is NO law saying the information it shows you must be true. The algorithm knows you personally, and will serve you the “answers” you want, whether or not that misinformation harms you.
But there are ways to combat truth decay and misinformation. In our world where information has never been more accessible, it’s a matter of choice -- choosing research and truth over blissful ignorance.
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What does the path of awakening look like in a noisy technological world? With so many of us in our own bubbles, how do we shift the meaning of mindfulness to be more inclusive not only to other humans, but to all beings everywhere? Tune in to hear Adriana & Prerna discuss a modern and integrated Buddhist framework that supports our daily lives & helps us navigate our technology use. Learn about the power of sangha (community) and how this informs our path towards enlightenment.“We won’t reach awakening if it only exists on our cushion” - Adriana DiFazio.
Join us for Restart: An 8 Week Digital Pause Program.
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Confirmshaming, Sneak into Basket, Roach Motel… there are a million and 1 ways businesses manipulate humans online, and we promise, it’s not with your best interest in mind.
This episode, Prerna deconstructs the methods used on you (and everyone) to get and/or keep your money, time, and attention. It’s a careful game of psychological manipulation for profit, and it happens more regularly than we all think.
Tune in to learn how to defend ourselves against these tricks and what we as a collective can do about making our experiences online more ethical & honest.
Seasoned meditation teacher Prerna Manchanda has heard all the reasons why you can’t meditate. She’s here to help you get through them, and realize how much power you have as you start your meditation journey.
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Longevity of life is not only from nutritional nourishment, but from mental, spiritual, & social fulfillment as well. Plus: Contrary to what white supremacist diet culture would have you believe: food has no morality!
In this episode, Prerna Manchanda interviews Stephanie Schwartz. Stephanie is a Registered Dietitian living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her masters degree in clinical nutrition from New York University and completed her training to become a dietitian at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx. Stephanie currently works as a dietitian at an acute care hospital, providing nutrition care to oncology patients and patients with a variety of other medical conditions. In her spare time, Stephanie runs the dietitian meme account @thatdietitianlife where she posts memes commenting on life as a dietitian and is working on studying for an advanced credential in oncology nutrition.
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Prerna gets vulnerable & shares the truth about the challenges of hosting a podcast.
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This episode of Technically Spiritual explores positivity and gratitude, and when it becomes toxic. Toxic positivity, especially in a culture overrun with systemic inequities, can create a scarcity mindset, among other detrimental effects. But we can collectively move away from this toxic positivity while remaining grateful for what we have. Tune in to explore how we, as humans, tend to cut off our emotions, and how we can better serve ourselves and the world moving forward.
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In this episode of Technically Spiritual, we discuss how tech affects people and the world through the lens of agriculture, food systems, and the power that comes from access to data.
Jenny Melo, Fulbright scholar & PhD student, joins us this week to share her expertise on the socio-ethical impacts of agricultural technologies.
Tune in to learn how our current agricultural/food production system perpetuates deep inequality in our neighborhoods and all over the world.
And lastly, learn how spirituality, science, and curiosity intersect to help us become better citizens, with an opportunity to make a better world.
Jenny Melo is an applied scholar from Colombia with training in business, social sciences, and sociology. She had devoted her professional life to better understand the social implications of business, particularly in rural settings. Currently and through a Fulbright Scholarship, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri - Columbia, where is researching the socio-ethical implications that digital agricultural technologies pose for small farmers in the Latin American context.
Show notes here: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/podcast/15
It's Technically Spiritual's 1 Year Anniversary! As a special gift, Prerna offers a free guided body scan. This is a perfect relaxation exercise to be done anytime your body & mind needs a break. You can do it while lying down, as a tool to help you fall asleep, or even relaxing in a chair.
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Getting distracted isn’t just about how it affects your productivity. It’s about how it affects your level of suffering, as it pulls focus away from the people and things that matter most deeply to you. Especially in our current digital age, prioritization is incredibly tricky, and yet more important than ever.
In this episode, host Prerna Manchanda speaks speak with world-renowned author Nir Eyal about his book Indistractible, and he shares how to get the best from technology without it getting the best of us.
Prerna and Nir discuss how to start identifying the triggers that lead to distraction, as well as practical, realistic tools to help you make for time for traction—actions that pull you towards your intentions (and away from suffering).
They critically review what’s wrong with the current tech narrative, which currently leaves users (all of us) feeling helpless and Nir offers empowering advice about how to “hack back” tech. In this episode, Nir illustrates why becoming Indistractable is the skill of the century and he generously shares the framework for how we can all get there.
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Should Facebook, YouTube, and other social media companies be held accountable for creating a culture of misinformation, polarization, and hate? Can they continue to hide behind ‘Freedom of Speech’ to absolve themselves of responsibility? Is it time for government to step in? In this episode, Prerna reflects on social media’s contribution to insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In a lit-review style, she shares research from world-renowned scholars to discuss how we got here and what Americans can do to get democracy back on track.
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Roger McNamee
Renee DiResta
Guillaume Chaslot
Yaël Eisenstat
50% of people globally are on social media in 2020! Especially during the pandemic, social media represents a means of communication and connection for many, as well as a necessity for all types of businesses. So rather than seeing it as a burden, how can we learn to use it well? How can we use it to serve our psychological wellbeing and flourishing? This conversation with Executive Coach & Positive Psychology researcher, Maya Gudka, explores these questions.
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Maya’s Bio: An experienced Executive Coach, who transitioned from Consulting and Economist roles at Goldman Sachs, PwC and KPMG, to Coaching and Learning Advisor Roles. Maya spent 4 years designing, developing & delivering a portfolio of Executive Education Leadership & Strategy programmes at London Business School, before joining their contributor pool and commencing research into Executive Development with Julian Birkinshaw. Maya’s current MSc in Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology informs her coaching work and her YourPlate Podcast, as well as various other research and writing topics.
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On Oct. 6th, 2020 host Prerna Manchanda hosted a virtual conversation with the Technically Spiritual community to discuss the documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’. The group discusses the impacts of social media on our mental health and contemplate solutions that promote individual and collective healing. This episode presents the highlights from the discussion.
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Our dreams are “an untapped healing & transformational modality that we have access to every night” says Dream-Time Coach Eric Tyrone. In this interview, Prerna and Eric talk about how to remember, decode, and integrate our dreams into our waking lives. They discuss pre-cognitive dreams, lucid dreams, and the collective experience of dreaming up technology.
Eric Tyrone is a Dream-Time and Mindfulness coach, and the creator of the "Get Woke In Your Dream-Time" Masterclass. Prior to this, Eric ran a non-profit called "Awakening Through Art", founded a mindfulness App, and was a co-facilitator of a nationwide meetup called EcoTuesday. Eric has 15+ years of studies in yoga, meditation, mindfulness, energy medicine and shamanism, and now teaches students around the world to use their dreams as a healing and transformational tool.
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After years of being consumed, annoyed, and confused due to the platform, our host Prerna decided to take a one year break from her personal Instagram account. In this episode she shares the reasons behind her decision.
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In this episode, Prerna speaks to Laura Sniderman, a spiritual entrepreneur who creates opportunities for people to connect authentically. Well known for public speaking at popular wellness and technology conferences globally, Laura has devoted her life to educating individuals and organizations on the neuroscience of contemplative practice and the role that technology can play in enhancing wellbeing. In this conversation, Prerna and Laura discuss transformative technologies, enough-ness, and what it means to be empowered in a digital age.
Laura is the Founder of The Get Together, a large annual women’s festival based around knowledge, skill, and passion exchange. She recently completed her Masters at Columbia University in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Mind Body Spirituality. Laura was the Co-Founder of The Aerie Collective for five years, an internationally renowned, women's empowerment initiative, and was the Head of Educational Programming and a Major Accounts Executive at InteraXon Inc., one of Toronto's most successful tech start-ups. Laura is an expert in the fields of 'wisdomsharing' and transformative technology.
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Is technology racist? Most of us believe that technology is neutral— a fair and equal space for all to exist freely. Many scholars including Ruha Benjamin, Safiya Noble, and Joy Buolamwini highlight the many ways that this is not true, and particularly illustrate how technology perpetuates racism. In this episode, Prerna synthesizes the work of these Black women and shares examples of bias that has been coded into a wide range of our technological systems. She introduces the term digital bypassing to explore our tendency to avoid facing the reality of injustice in the digital space and challenges us to be better for the sake of true freedom.
Show notes: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/podcast/episode-07-digital-bypassing
Here at Technically Spiritual we stand in solidarity with the Black community and support Black Lives Matter. We are working on educating ourselves and are hosting loving-kindness meditations to support Black Visions Collective. Please see our offerings page for the details.
In this episode Prerna interviews Susanne Banahan. Susanne is a Neurofeedback Clinician within the field of Biofeedback. Susanne is a Mentor in HeartMath Institute’s Building Resilience program which utilizes heart-rate variability biofeedback. Susanne received a Master of Science in Neuroscience from the University of Hartford where she focused her studies on stress and the neurological benefits of mindfulness. She just completed a Master of Arts in Psychology in Education, at Teachers College, Columbia University, concentrating her studies within TC’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute.They discuss how technology, meditation, and the combination of the two can manipulate our brains, nervous systems, and hearts, for better or for worse.
Please note: This episode was recorded in Feb 2020, before the Covid-19 Pandemic hit the USA.
Here at Technically Spiritual, we stand in solidarity with the Black community and support #BlackLivesMatter. To generate love and compassion, host Prerna will be holding loving-kindness meditations on IG live, @technically.spiritual, at 3:30pm EST every Thursday in June. These will be donation based and all the proceeds from these classes will be going to @blackvisionscollective. Visit www.technically.spiritual/offerings for more information.
What does it really mean to “send good vibes”? Deeply impacted by the work of Dr. Larry Dossey, Prerna reflects on the healing power of intentional prayer. Prayer is now widely accepted in the medical community as a powerful healing modality, after hundreds of research studies have proven its efficacy. What is the key to unlock the magic of prayer? How do we approach praying in an authentic way that can not only help us through suffering, but deeply impact the well-being of others, even when we can’t be physically close to them.
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Prerna leads a 15-minute guided mindfulness practice for relaxation. In this meditation, we allow our nervous system to relax by taking full conscious breaths into the whole body. Then, we rest with the breath, focusing on the present moment, gently guiding our attention back if we wander. We close with setting intentions for ourselves and share the positive vibrations out into our world.
In this episode, Prerna and Lauren discuss the psychological implications of social media. Social media is a complex mechanism that can greatly influence our well-being. How can we use it to promote equality, social justice, and elevate humanity without getting caught up in misinformation, deep division, and disconnection to our own selves? How can school systems implement media literacy to inform the next generation about how to maintain well-being and safety on the internet? How can we as adults use our technology mindfully to not only honor our own needs, but serve as role models for the kids in our life that look up to us?
Lauren Ross is a school psychologist and yoga teacher in Brooklyn, NY and a PhD candidate in school psychology at Fordham University. Born of a conviction that mindfulness should be accessible to everyone, as well as a possible tool for social justice, Lauren is currently researching mindfulness and restorative justice practices in schools.
Communication is the key channel through which we connect and develop relationships. In this episode, Prerna discusses how being deliberate about our daily communication can be a powerful spiritual practice that fosters compassion, presence, and awakening. She offers tools to approach speaking, listening, and digital communication through the lens of Buddhist philosophy.
Prerna interviews Mara Bishop (www.wholespirit.com) a shamanic practitioner, intuitive consultant, and teacher for over 20 years. They discuss Mara’s integrated approach to spiritual healing, personal growth, and emotional well-being. They talk about how to understand personal boundaries, how to strengthen our intuitive sense, and protect ourselves from compassion fatigue both in real life and virtually. Finally, they contemplate our relationship with nature and how we can use technology to awaken and heal our world.
Prerna discusses digital wellness and spirituality during the global coronavirus pandemic. She offers a spiritual response: the call to awaken. How do we navigate this time emotionally, preserve our attention, stay connected to others, and foster compassion?
An introduction to the mission of Technically Spiritual and an opportunity to meet your host, Prerna Manchanda. For more, visit www.technicallyspiritual.com or follow @techspiritpod on Twitter and @technically.spiritual on Instagram.