Many Rivers is now making available select recordings from its popular Thursdays at Many Rivers speaking series as well as recordings of special events. Talks are available in MP3 format for downloading and playing with popular media software such as Windows Media Player and Real Player. All MP3s on this site are copyrighted 2006 - 2014 by Tayu Order, Inc.
PLEASE NOTE: If clicking on the MP3 link in the following pages does not result in continuous playing through your media player, Right-Click (on PCs) or Control+Click (on Macs) to download the MP3 file to your desktop and then play from there.Honor DeathRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Center teacher, and co-founder of Many Rivers Books & Tea
Original Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018Tarot Tools: Trusting your IntuitionSequoia Lynne Nacmanie, Intuitive Tarot Reader
Original Date: Thursday, October 25th, 2018The Power of PoetryDavid Richo, Best-Selling Author
Original Date: Thursday, October 18th, 2018Ursula K. Le Guin MemorialTheresa Dintino, Rob Schmidt, Jim Wilson, Odin Halvorson
Original Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2018Uncovering the Mystic Way TodayJim Wilson, co-founders of Many Rivers, poet, and former Buddhist monk
Original Date: Thursday, September 27th, 2018The Art of Peace: Aikido & ZombiesJohn Stevens, Author & Aikido Teacher
Original Date: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018What Is Spiritual Freedom?Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., and Stuart Goodnick, Mystical Positivist podcast hosts
Original Date: Thursday, September 13th, 2018Conscious Grieving: Turning Loss into LightRev. Terri Daniel, MA, CT, author of Turning the Corner on Grief Street and other titles
Original Date: Thursday, September 13th, 2018The Era of the True CreatorAllison Holley
Original Date: Thursday, August 30th, 2018Ask a YogiGobind Singh
Original Date: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018Spiritual Trails in Cave of the Casting BonesSashana Proctor, author of Cave of the Casting Bones
Original Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017The Garden of Music (Part Two):
Virtuoso Pieces for Lute from the Late Renaissance—
Legacy and StyleDominic Schaner, Lutenist, Musicologist, Composer
Original Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017Building a PyramidJan Boddie, PhD and Marystella Church, CHT
Original Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017Passage to Persia:
writings of an American doctor during her life in Iran: 1929-1957Margaret Frame, Author of Passage to Persia
Original Date: Thursday, November 9, 2017The Garden of Music (Part One):
Virtuoso Pieces for Lute from the Late Renaissance—
compositional process and formDominic Schaner, Lutenist, Musicologist, Composer
Original Date: Thursday, November 2, 2017The Five Longings:
What We've Always Wanted—And Already HaveDavid Richo, author of The Five Longings
Original Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017Vajrayana in Today's WorldKen McLeod, Author of Reflections on Silver River, A Trackless Path, and more
Original Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017Challenging the Lie of "Never Good Enough"Regina Sara Ryan and Shinay Tredeau, authors of Women Challenge the Lie: 8 Radical Moves to Get Beyond "Never Good Enough"
Original Date: Thursday, October 5, 2017Il Divino: 1st of 4 Concert Talks with Dominic SchanerDominic Schaner, Lutenist, Composer and Musicologist
Original Date: Thursday, September 21, 2017Jampa's Journey: An Evening with Richard DennerRichard Denner, Poet, Monk, Publisher
Original Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017How Mystical Experiments Can Open the Heart and MindRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Mystical Positivist Radio Show Co-host
Original Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017Sound and PoetryNina Tepedino
Original Date: Thursday, August 31, 2017Your Sacred LifeLanna Cairns (Nakone)
Original Date: Thursday, August 24, 20174 Keys to Opening Your Heart AgainMaitri Joy
Original Date: Thursday, August 17, 2017The Soul of UncertaintyMark Susnow, author of The Soul of Uncertainty
Original Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017Meet a MysticMarc Deprey, author of The Realm of the Wise
Original Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017Beyond RecoveryShawn Langwell, author of Beyond Recovery
Original Date: Thursday, June 1, 2017Democracy Cafe Founder—Christopher PhillipsChristopher Phillips
Original Date: Friday May 19, 2017Union of the Mandala and CircleSam Webster, PhD, M.Div., Mage
Original Date: Thursday, May 18, 2017Intelligence, Consciousness and SlackRobert Schmidt, PhD., Stuart Goodnick, Tayu meditation teachers
Original Date: Thursday, May 11, 2017On Trusting the Heart: A Commentary on Sengcan's Xin Xin Ming Jim Wilson, Author of On Trusting the Heart: A Commentary on the Xin Xin Ming
Original Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017Elements of a Learning CommunityChance Massaro
Original Date: Thursday, April 27, 2017Developing AwarenessDorena Rode, Ph.D., Author of Developing Awareness
Original Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017Haiku HarborJim Wilson, Haiku Poet and Many Rivers Co-Founder
Original Date: Thursday, April 13, 2017Flower Spirit MedicineYerevan Yacoubian, author of Flower Spirit Medicine, A Guidebook to Flower Essence Production and Usage
Original Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017Using the Chakras Tarot Spread To Find Answers and Gain Emotional Clarity Kooch and Victor Daniel, authors of Tarot at the Crossroads
Original Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017Author Evening: The Stars at DawnWendy Garling, Author of The Stars at Dawn
Original Date: Thursday, March 16, 2017Conscious Dying and Conscious GrievingTerri Daniel
Original Date: Thursday, March 9, 2017The Gandhian Iceberg:
A Nonviolence Manifesto for the Age of the Great TurningChris Moore-Backman
Original Date: Thursday, March 2, 2017The Mirror of Simple Souls
"If a thing loves, it is infinite." - William BlakeAmy Michele White, voice
Dominic Schaner, lute and theorbo
Original Date: Thursday, February 16, 2017Journey Toward the Sacred:
From the Outer Work of Political Activism to the Inner Work of Sacred ActivismRose Volckhausen (pen name Janet Rose): Author of Journey: From Political Activism to the Work
Original Date: Monday, February 13, 2017The Spiritual Dimensions of O Sensei's Message:
Understanding O Sensei's world, words and work from a Western Spiritual perspectivePaul Rest, Author of Aikido: The Martial Art That Can Transform Your Life and The World
Original Date: Thursday, February 9, 2017A Daoist Practice Journal Volume IIShifu Michael Rinaldini, Author of A Daoist Practice Journal
Original Date: Thursday, January 26, 2017The Chaos of KarmaRob Schmidt, Ph.D., and Stuart Goodnick, Hosts of The Mystical Positivist Radio Show
Original Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017Return to the One — Plotinus and the Mystic WayJim Wilson, Philosopher and Many Rivers Manager
Original Date: Thursday, January 5, 2017Final Beginning: Musical InspirationEki Shola, Musician & Physician
Original Date: Thursday, December 29, 2016Living Love: Teachings for TransformationDr. Maetreyii Ma Nolan, Yogic Minister, Psychologist, and Author of Living Love
Original Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016Shape Shifting WisdomTrina Vega, Native American Healer and Intuitive Reader
Original Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016Tenchi AikidoBetsy Hill, Sensei; James Gauer; Andrew Wagner; Bob Engel
Original Date: Thursday, December 1, 2016John Wubbenhorst with Facing East Music: Classical Indian music meets jazzJohn Wubbenhorst, Bansuri etc. and Johns ensemble Facing East Music
Original Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016Strings of Shining Silence: Earth-Love PoemsRaphael Block, Poet and David Field, Guitarist
Original Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016Tea and TaoSolala Towler, Author of Practicing the Tao Te Ching, and editor of the Taoist journal The Empty Vessel
Original Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016When Mary Becomes CosmicDave Richo, Best-selling author of When Mary Becomes Cosmic and other titles
Original Date: Thursday, October 13, 2016The Destination Is the PresentRegina Sara Ryan, Free-lance Editor, Workshop Leader, Author of Praying Dangerously, Igniting the Inner Life, and many other titles
Original Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016Treasure of the Heart: A Journey of Satsang, Awakening and EvolutionKalia Chan, author of Treasure of the Heart
Original Date: Thursday, September 29 , 2016Jesus, Prophecy and the Ecstatic Dimension of Scripture: A Two Part Lecture and CelebrationRev. Gaetano Salomone, M.A./M.Div., & John Suslov, M.A.
Original Date: Thursday, September 22 , 2016Teachings from the Trees: Spiritual Mentoring from the Standing OnesTheresa C. Dintino, author of Tree Medicine Trilogy, The Strega and the Dreamer, and other titles
Original Date: Thursday, September 1 , 2016Meetings with the SeaPamela Stone Singer, author Words from the Pelicans
Original Date: Thursday, August 25, 2016Birthing a DragonJan Boddie, Ph.D., and Marystella Church, CHT
Original Date: Thursday, August 18, 2016Expand Your Relationship with Earth and the CosmosMeg Beeler, author of Living in the Heart of the Universe:Expand Your Relationship with the Earth and Cosmos
Original Date: Thursday, July 7, 2016In Love With Everything, or Apophatic Mysticism:
The Benefits and Dangers of Love Without ReasonRaymond Sigrist
Original Date: Thursday, June 23, 2016Finding Home: Restoring the Sacred to LifeAnne Scott, Author of Finding Home
Original Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016Aikido:
An Everyday Approach to the Martial Art That Can Change Your Life and the WorldPaul Rest, Author of Aikido: An Everyday Approach...
Original Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016The Truth that Sets the Heart Free:
The Life, Teaching, and Living Spiritual Presence
of Avatar Adi Da SamrajJames Steinberg author of Divine Distraction and Love of the God-Man
Original Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016Ayurveda for Everyday LifeCamina Gillotti, Ayurvedic Practitioner
Original Date: Thursday, May 26, 2016Christ and the Upanishads:
The Ganges and the Jordan MeetBrother John Martin Sahajananda Kuvarapu, Author and Superior of Shantivanam Ashram in India
Original Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2016Silence is a Swiftly Flowing Stream that is Hidden in Plain SightJim Wilson, Author of An Annotated Edition of A Guide To True Peace
Original Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016Introduction to the Shamanic Astrology ParadigmMary Kern, president of The Shamanic Astrology Mystery School Council
Original Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016The Moontime Harmony WorkbookDonna Wolper, Author of The Moontime Harmony Workbook
Original Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016The Earth Wants YOU!Reverend Billy, author of The Earth Wants YOU!
Original Date: Monday, April 25, 2016The Wild Edge of Sorrow:
Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of GriefFrancis Weller, Author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow
Original Date: Thursday, April 21, 2016A Trackless PathKen McLeod, Tibetan Tradition Teacher and Author of A Trackless Path
Original Date: Thursday, April 14, 2016Bringing Tantra into Western PracticeSam Webster, Author of Tantric Thelema and founder of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn
Original Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016Lagrima Mei: The Visions and Sufferings of a Mystic Dominic Schaner, theorbo/archlute/guitar, and Amy Michele White, voice
Original Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016On Softer Ground:
A Creative Journey Through Poetry and Painting Sherrie Lovler, Author and Artist of On Softer Ground
Original Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016Finding Home (Away From Home)Leza Lowitz, author of Here Comes the Sun, Up From the Sea, Sacred Sanskrit Words, Yoga Heart, Yoga Poems, and more
Original Date: Friday, March 18, 2016The Goddess Coloring Book: Talk and PresentationCraig Coss, Author and Artist of The Goddess Coloring Book
Original Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016Pushing Upward: Not a Bra, It's a State of MindAndrea Adler, Author of the transformational novel Pushing Upward
Original Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016Kenny Johnson Satsang:
Letting Go of the Mindstream Spiritual Teacher Kenny Johnson, Author of The Last Hustle
Original Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016Musical Performance by Dominic Schaner on archlute and guitarDominic Schaner, Lutenist
Original Date: Friday, February 5, 2016You Are Not What You Think:
The Egoless Path to Self-Esteem and Generous LoveDavid Richo, Ph.D. Best-Selling Author of You Are Not What You Think
Original Date: Thursday, February 4, 2015Choice: The Dance of Free WillStuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt, Co-Founders of Many Rivers Books & Tea
Original Date: Thursday, January 28, 2015Poetry Reading: Clouds Running In and More!Poets Kim Shuck and Duane Big Eagle
Original Date: Thursday, January 21, 2015The Lehi KeyKelly Child, Author of The Lehi Key
Original Date: Thursday, January 14, 2015Madame Guyon: Mother, Mystic, HereticJim Wilson, author of the forthcoming Annotated Edition of A Guide to True Peace
Original Date: Thursday, January 7, 2015The Archaeology of the Empty SelfRob Schmidt, Ph.D., co-founder of Many Rivers Books & Tea and Co-Director of Tayu Meditation Center
Original Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015Metaphysics and Mahayana BuddhismAndy Ferguson, author of Zen's Chinese Heritage and Tracking Bodhidharma
Original Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015Yoga of the ImpossibleDiane Frank, Poet and Author of Yoga of the Impossible
Original Date: Thursday, November 12, 2015Poetry for Sale (Renga) Pat Nolan, Poet, Novelist, Publisher, Editor
Original Date: Friday, November 6, 2015Mirrors of Gnosis:
A Panel Discussion of the Gnostic WritingsJim Wilson, Rev. Gaetano Salomone, John Suslov
Original Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015Three Jewels:
Sacred Landscapes of West CountyLaura Morgan, MD, Author of Three Jewels
Original Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015When Catholic Means CosmicDavid Richo, Best-selling author of When Catholic Means Cosmic and many other titles
Original Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015Singing Us Home:
Songs for the End of LifeRhea Schnurman, Editor of Singing Us Home, accompanied by Threshold Choir members Maria Culberson and Ana Stayton
Original Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015The Metaphor of AwakeningMark Allen Frost of Seth Returns Publishing
Original Date: Thursday, October 8, 2015Hiking the Quatrain Range:
An Evening of Poetry & SongJim Wilson, Poet, Religious Scholar, Many Rivers Co-Founder, and author of Hiking the Quatrain Range
Original Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015Heresy of the Free Spirit:
Music of Three Centuries performed on Lute/Theorbo and Guitar Dominic Schaner, Lutenist and Composer
Original Date: Thursday, September 18, 2015Aligning and AllowingDenise Barry Sensei, Founder and Chief Instructor, Kuma Kai Aikido
Original Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015Nothing Holy About ItTim Burkett, Author of Nothing Holy About It, and Guiding Teacher of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Original Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015The Healing Power of PresenceJiHyang Padma, Ph.D., Buddhist Teacher and Author of Zen Practices for Transformative Times
Original Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015The Akashic RecordsJan Boddie, PhD and Marystella Church, CHT
Original Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015Me With MeJanet Caliri, Author of Me With Me
Original Date: Thursday, August 6, 2015Becoming Familiar with SilenceJim Wilson, Poet, Philosopher, Spiritual Practitioner, and co-founder of Many Rivers
Original Date: Thursday, July 30, 2015A Common Root for Science and SpiritualitySky Nelson-Isaacs, Singer/Songwriter/Physicist/Father
Original Date: Thursday, July 23, 2015One: A Children's BookJohn Jason-Inman, Author and Illustrator of One
Original Date: Thursday, July 16, 2015Align-It: A NovelRick Whitney, Author of Align-It
Original Date: Thursday, July 9, 2015Acorn Mother: An Adventure in Creativity and KarmaSandy Eastoak, Artist and Poet
Original Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015Bleed Through: A NovelAyin Weaver, Artist and Author
Original Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015Favorite Poetry from the Word Temple projectKatherine Hastings, Sonoma County Poet Laureate
Original Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015The Healing Power of Grandmother OceanTrina Vega, Native American Healer
Original Date: Thursday, June 4, 2015Kriya YogaSwami Kriyananda Kanda, Yoga Teacher and Healing Arts Practitioner
Original Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015Rudolf Steiner and the Emerald VisionJohn Suslov
Original Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015Radical Aliveness:
How to Ground Yourself in the Midst of ChaosMarielle Taylor, founder of Core Aliveness
Original Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015Pythagoras in LoveLee Slonimsky, Poet and Author of Wandering Electron
Original Date: Thursday, May 7, 2015Growing Inside Out, Cultivating Your Child's Inner SparkDianne Monroe, Inner Wilderness Guide
Original Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015How to Sit for MeditationSukha Carfagno with Dana Davis, Certified Balance Instructors
Original Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015What Was Gurdjieff Interested In?
Understanding Our Life and Purpose Before We DieRussell Schreiber, Ph.D., author of Gurdjieff's Transformational Psychology: The Art of Compassionate Self-Study
Original Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015Novel Writing and My Spiritual Journey to Four CornersMargaret Murray, Author of Spiral and Sundagger.net
Original Date: Thursday, April 9, 2015Awakening Hair: Caring for Your Cosmic AntennaLinda Deslaurier, Author of Awakening Hair—Enhancing Your Life
Original Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015Kriya Yoga:
The Ancient Science of MeditationYogacharya Richard Peterson
Original Date: Friday, March 27, 2015Love and the Mystery of BetrayalSandra Lee Dennis, Ph.D., author of Love and the Mystery of Betrayal
Original Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015How Dreams Help and Why We Work With ThemTravis Wernet, Dream Teacher/Certified Dream Worker, Musician, and Unitarian Minister
Original Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015Recovering Your Clairvoyant BirthrightSusan Feinbloom, Author of Clairvoyant Psychotherapy
Original Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015Awakening to the Fifth DimensionVidya Frazier, Transpersonal Psychotherapist
Original Date: Thursday, March 5, 2015Theta Wave FloatAndrew Patterson and Michael Archer
Original Date: Thursday, February 26, 2015Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing)Amos Clifford, author of A Little Handbook of Shinrin-Yoku
Original Date: Thursday, February 19, 2015Self-Care Practices for the Heart Camina Gillotti, Yoga and Ayurveda Teacher
Original Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015Plotinus: Beauty, the Soul, and the Way of the MysticJim Wilson, Poet, Philosopher, and Co-Founder of Many Rivers
Original Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015The Fruit of Poetic CollaborationPoets Amy Trussel and Nancy Dougherty
Original Date: Thursday, January 29, 2015Maturing in Wisdom and Grace:
Spirituality for the Second Half of LifeTalk and Workshop with REGINA SARA RYAN and MARI ANGELON YOUNG
Original Date: Friday, January 23, 2015The Christian Witch: Christ in the CauldronLizann Bassham, United Church of Christ Minister and Pagan Practitioner
Original Date: Thursday, January 15, 2015Soma SongJoy Willow, Poet and author of Soma Song
Original Date: Thursday, January 8, 2015Life is the Ceremony: How We Live It Is the RitualWind Hughes
Original Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014Welcoming Lilith:
Awakening and Welcoming Pure Female PowerTheresa Dintino, Strega, Diviner, Earth Worker, Author
Original Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014The Power of Grace:
Recognizing Unexpected Gifts on Our PathDavid Richo, Best-selling Author of The Power of Grace
Original Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014The Many Voices of AuthenticityStuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014The Tarot Game™Jude Alexander, Tarot Teacher and designer of The Tarot Game™
Original Date: Thursday, October 30, 2014The Fluid Body: New PoemsClaire Drucker, MFA, Poet, SRJC English Teacher, Educational Strategist
Original Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Enhancing Intuition Using the I ChingCharles Tack, I Ching Coach
Original Date: Thursday, October 16,, 2014Writing Your Way Home:
Practical Steps in Navigating the Inner Life— Regina Sara Ryan, Author of The Woman Awake and 7 other books
Original Date: Friday, October 10, 2014Being an Ascetic Type in a Sensual World:
The Role of Renunciation on the Spiritual PathJim Wilson
Original Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014Gold in Azure:
Russian Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets of the 19th and 20th CenturiesJohn Suslov
Original Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014Turning Fear Into Power:
One Woman's Journey Confronting the War on TerrorLinda Sartor, Teacher and Activist
Original Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014Celebrating 40 Years of Taurean Horn PressBill Vartnaw and Avotcja
Original Date: Thursday, September 11, 2014Fault LinesGus diZerega, author of Fault Lines: The Sixties, the Culture War, and the Return of the Divine Feminine
Original Date: Thursday, September 4, 2014The Art and Science of PujasShivani, student of Shree Maa and Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Original Date: Thursday, August 28, 2014The Holon MethodCarol Hannum D.D. author of: The Holon Method: A Breakthrough in Energy Medicine and Step-By-Step Guide to Powerful Self-Healing
Original Date: Thursday, August 21, 2014Living with Purpose, Passion and Joy on a Troubled PlanetRuth L. Schwartz, Ph.D., author of Soul on Earth: A Guide to Living and Loving Your Human Life
Original Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014Seth ReturnsMark Allen Frost, author of 9/11: The Unknown Reality of the World
Original Date: Thursday, August 7, 2014Stewards of Coast and RedwoodsMichele Luna
Original Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014Microcosmos: A Poetic CosmologyJim Wilson, Poet and Author of Microcosmos
Original Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014Meditations of a Modern MysticMaurine Doerken, Author of Meditations of a Modern Mystic
Original Date: Thursday, July 17, 2014Gurdjieff's Transformational PsychologyRussell Schreiber, author of Gurdjieff's Transformational Psychology: The Art of Compassionate Self-Study
Original Date: Thursday, July 10, 2014The Second Coming: the Realization of the Feminine Presence Meghan Don, Award-Winning Author
Original Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014Women on the Inner Journey: Building a Bridge—
Healing Racial Wounds through Art and SpiritualityNoris Binet, author of Women on the Inner Journey: Building a Bridge
Original Date: Thursday, June 19, 2014Lessons from Earth and Spirit: A Vortex Journey Beyond BeliefsJan Boddie, Ph.D. and Marystella Church, CHT
Original Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014The Columbine EffectBeth Winegarner, Author of The Columbine Effect and Sacred Sonoma
Original Date: Thursday, June 5, 2014Yoga Nidra—The Benefits of Deep RelaxationCamina Gilloti, B.A./Ayurvedic Health Practitioner/Registered Yoga Teacher
Original Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014The Conversation about Conscious Parenting Festival of Conscious Parenting Volunteers and Audience
Original Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014The Nonviolence HandbookMichael Nagler, Peace activist and author of The Nonviolence Handbook
Original Date: Thursday, May 8, 2014Beyond the Fence: New Poems by John MiatechJohn Miatech, Award-winning Poet and author of three books of poetry
Original Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014Poetry Reading: Village Earth and other workJan Corbett, Author of Village Earth and This Bird Loves Figs
Original Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014Coincidence? Looking for the Physics of Unexpected OpportunitiesSky Nelson, Physicist and Songwriter
Original Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014Feminine Mysticism and the Deep Significance of WomenMaetreyii Nolan, Transpersonal Psychologist and Author
Original Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014Poetry As A Portal For The SoulAndrea Freeman, Poet, Artist, Naturalist, Harpist, Mystic
Original Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014Contemplating Lent and the Process of Dying to the False Self in the Christian TraditionRuah Bull, Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator
Original Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014An Evening of World Music with World Traveler John Wubbenhorst Musical Performance by John Wubbenhorst
Original Date: Friday, March 21, 2014Aspects of Aware ParentingGene Nathan MD, pediatrician and author of Aspects of Aware Parenting, a work in progress
Original Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014Satsang with Kenny Johnson: "You are none of these things"Kenny Johnson, Author of The Last Hustle
Original Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014Sacred Anatomy and Enchanted PhysiologyDr. Swami Kriyananda Kanda, aka Dr. Calen Daniel, Founder, Sebastopol Wellness Center
Original Date: Thursday, March 6, 2014How To Save Your RelationshipMelissa Smith Baker, Author of How To Save Your Relationship
Original Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014Living the Season: Zen Practice for Transformative TimesJi Hyang Padma, author of Living the Season
Original Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014The Holy Universe:
Bringing Science and Spirit Together in a New Story of Creation David Christopher, Author of The Holy Universe
Original Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014Rhymes with Pillow: Willows and Poetic FormsSandy Eastoak, Local Poet and Artist, Author of Rhymes with Pillow
Original Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014Winter WoodA Multi-media Book LaunchRaphael Block, Theadora Block, Phil Lawrence
Original Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014Angels or Demons? Engaging Affliction and SufferingSandra Lee Dennis, author of Embrace of the Daimon
Original Date: Thursday, January 23, 2014Making Wise Decisions Through Accessing Inner WisdomCharles Tack, I Ching Coach
Original Date: Thursday, January 16, 2014Building the Festival of Conscious ParentingPanel: Mike Changaris, Laura Duggan, Jay Herdt, Jacqueline Kramer, Rob Schmidt
Original Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014200 Years of True PeaceJim Wilson, Poet, Author, Friend, and Co-Founder of Many Rivers
Original Date: Thursday, January 2, 2014The View From Luminous Peak: Poetry ReadingPoet Richard Denner, aka Lama Jampa Dorje
Original Date: Thursday, December 26, 2013Waiting for MaryRuah Bull, Ph.D., Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator to Christians and Spiritual Eclectics
Original Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013Panel: Living the Contemplative Life in the WorldMyosho Virginia Matthews, Kathleen Robbiano, Jim Wilson
Original Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013Gift of the Leprechauns: Shamus the LeprechaunMikaelah Cordeo, Ph.D.
Original Date: Thursday, November 21, 2013Contemplative Healing: The Congregation as Healing CommunityFrancis Geddes, Author of Contemplative Healing
Original Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013The Body and Spiritual PracticeNicholas Egan, Ph.D., Nyingma Dharma Teacher and Founder, Advaya Institute
Original Date: Thursday, November 7, 2013Beelzebub on HalloweenStuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013How To Be An Adult In Love David Richo, Ph.D., Psychotherapist and Author of 15 previous books
Original Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013Sharing the Earth Martin Adams, Author of Sharing the Earth
Original Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013Power, Politics, and Spirit: Going Beyond Dichotomies Gus diZerega, Ph.D., Author of Pagans and Christians and other titles
Original Date: Thursday, October 3, 2013Wild Soul:
Connecting Inner and Outer Nature;
Practices for Tracking Inner TerrainDianne Monroe, Mentor, Facilitator, Inner Wilderness Guide
Original Date: Thursday, September 26, 2013Values Not Vampires: Choosing Uplifting Children's LiteratureLaura Duggan
Original Date: Thursday, September 19, 2013The Story of the Mahabharata - Part 2Cogen Bohanec, founder of Sonoma Yoga & Martial Arts
Original Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013Dancing With FireJohn Amodeo, Ph.D., MFT, author of Dancing With Fire, The Authentic Heart, and Love and Betrayal
Original Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013The Story of the Mahabharata - Part 1Cogen Bohanec, founder of Sonoma Yoga & Martial Arts
Original Date: Saturday, September 7, 2013Sebastopol Songs: Poems of PlaceJim Wilson, co-founder Many Rivers
Original Date: Thursday, August 29, 2013Opening the Heart Through Chinese Medicine Marcy Basel, L.Ac.
Original Date: Thursday, August 22, 2013Woman Without a NameKaren Mitchell, Author of Woman Without A Name
Original Date: Thursday, August 15, 2013Awake Together—Practicing Mindfulness in Families and Relationships Michael Changaris, Clinical Psychologist and Zen Student
Original Date: Thursday, August 8, 2013Satsang with Kenny Johnson: The Joy of Living in the Moment Kenny Johnson, Spiritual Teacher and author of The Last Hustle
Original Date: Thursday, August 1, 2013Kriya Chakra YogaDr. Swami Kriyananda Kanda, aka Dr. Calen Daniel, Founder, Sebastopol Wellness Center
Original Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013Twenty-six Companions: Celtic, Buddhist and Native Spirit GuidesSandy Eastoak, Sebastopol Artist and Poet
Original Date: Thursday, July 19, 2013The Daoist Practice JournalMichael Rinaldini, Daoist Priest and Founder of American Dragon Gate Lineage
Original Date: Thursday, July 18, 2013Summer Soul—A Celebration in Poetry and MusicRaphael Block, Bhavani Judith Tucker, and Phil Lawrence, Performers
Original Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013The Ghost in the Machine: The Blasphemy of "Spiritual" SoftwareJill Nephew, Founder and Creator, LifeConstellation.com
Original Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013Nomad CodesErik Davis, author of Nomad Codes
Original Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013Earth Vortex UnveiledJan Boddie, Ph.D. and Marystella Church, CHT
Original Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013Growing Into God: A Beginner's Guide to Christian MysticismJohn Mabry, Author of Growing Into God, Noticing the Divine, and Faith Styles
Original Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013Easy Reality Creation: A Further Simplification of the Seth TeachingMark Frost, Author of many Seth titles
Original Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013One Full Moon in June and Other StoriesLilith Rogers, Author of One Full Moon in June and Liza the Dancing Bear
Original Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013Blossoming Self, Blossoming Universe: Embodiment, Meditation and World Peace Russell Delman, Teacher of Embodied Awareness
Original Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013The Divine Light and Divine Energies of God Will Goldstein, Christian Songwriter, operator of Sebastopol Music Studio
Original Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013A Reading of Prose and Poetry from Foot Notes Nan Koontz and various authors from Foot Notes
Original Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013All Beings Sing the Song of the Dharma Jisho Warner, Head teacher at Stone Creek Zen Center
Original Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013Sebastopol SonnetsJim Wilson, Poet and co-founder of Many Rivers Books & Tea
Original Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013The Four Cornerstones of WellnessSwami Kriyananda Kanda, Founder, Sebastopol Wellness Center
Original Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013Embracing the Shadow Dave Richo, Prolific Author of Shadow Dance
Original Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013Artist as Healer: Stories of Renewal, Hope and Healing Nina Ayin Reimer, Author of Artist as Healer: Stories of Transformation and Healing
Original Date: Thursday, February 28, 2013Projective Imaginal Dreamwork:
Honoring Dreams and Learning to Work with Them Travis Wernet, Dreamworker and Universalist Minister
Original Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013Valentine Tarot Readings Kooch and Victor Daniels, Co-Authors of Tarot D'Amour
Original Date: Thursday, February 14, 2013Earth Soul Story Diane Monroe, Expressive Arts Facilitator
Original Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013Coming Home: A Dharma Talk:
Using Health Crises as Spiritual Doorways and Practices for Working With ThemElliott Freed, Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Original Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013Oxherding in The Osmosis Gardens Michael Stusser, Osmosis Landscape Gardener, and Virginia Matthews, Zen Lay Nun
Original Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013Eight Million GodsJoseph Honton, Geographer and World Traveler
Original Date: Thursday, January 17, 2013Remembering the OneKathleen McTeigue, Certified Alchemical Hypnotherapist
Original Date: Thursday, January 10, 2013The Renewal of Presence Schmidt, Ph.D., and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013Mindfulness in the Garden: Zen Tools for Digging in the Dirt Zachiah Murray, Author of Mindfulness in the Garden
Original Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012The Science Behind YogaSwami Kriyananda Kanda, aka Dr. Calen Daniel, DC, of the Sebastopol Wellness Center
Original Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012Speaking the Spirit, Singing the Soul Teresa Tudury, Artist/Performer/Writer/Songwriter and KOWS-fm Radio Host
Original Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012Surrender to Love: The Christ-Centered Contemplative JourneyRuah Bull, Ph.D., Spiritual Director, The Journey Center
Original Date: Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012What Do We Do When Trouble Arrives At Our Doorstep?Kenny Johnson, Teacher and Author of The Last Hustle
Original Date: Thursday, November 1, 2012PoetryReadingConnectionsJohn Miatech, Karl Frederick, Cynthia Poten, Poets
Original Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012The Ancient Science of MeditationYogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya and Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Original Date: Friday October 19, 2012The Strega TraditionTheresa Dintino, Author of The Strega and the Dreamer, Ode to Minoa, and Stories They Told Me
Original Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012Out of Body Experiences and Spiritual EvolutionLuis Minero, Author of Demystifying Out-of-Body Experience
Original Date: Friday October 12, 2012Chi Nei Tsang: Unwinding the Belly Mark Bauman, Bodywork Practitioner and Teacher
Original Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012The Tale of Zen Master Bho Li Dale and Barbara Ver Kuilen, Authors and founders of the Midwest Soto Zen Center in Madison, WI
Original Date: Thursday, September 29, 2012Coming Home to Who You AreDave Richo, Prolific Author of Coming Home to Who You Are
Original Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012Messages from the Archangels via Lasha Q'ale (White Moon) Trina Vega (Lasha Q'ale), Native American Healer
Original Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012Memory, Dream, and the PoemCenta Theresa, Poet/Potter/Printmaker
Original Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012Singing Us Home: Songs for the End of Life Rhea Schnurman, Musician and Co-Director, Sonoma County Threshold Choir,
plus Maria Culberson and Yolande Adams
Original Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012 The Presence of EternityJim Wilson, Poet, Musician, Mystical Traveler to Eternity
Original Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012 Making Wise Decisions: Using the I Ching to Cultivate Wisdom Charles Tack, I Ching Coach
Original Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012Living as a Couple as a Spiritual Practice Judith Goleman, MFT, Rabbinic Pastor in the Jewish Renewal Movement
Original Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012Exploring the Spiritual Journey: Faith Styles and StagesRuah Bull, Director of Contemplative Programs, Journey Center
Original Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012The Yoga of Intimacy: Deepening Our ConnectionsJohn Amodeo, Ph.D., MFT, author of Love & Betrayal and The Authentic Heart
Original Date: Thursday, July 19, 2012 God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and IslamMirabai Starr, Author of multiple books including God of Love
Original Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012 The Science Behind YogaSwami Kriyananda Kanda, aka Dr. Calen Daniel, DC, of the Sebastopol Wellness Center
Original Date: Thursday, July 5, 2012 Festival of Conscious Parenting!Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., and Stuart Goodnick, Many Rivers Founders
Original Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012Family Values: a Novel Eric Newcastle, Author of Family Values
Original Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012SATSANG with PRASADPrasad Paul Duffy, Teacher, Author, and Filmmaker
Original Date: Friday, June 15, 2012Occupy Your BodyOksana Yufa and Gene Nathan, MD, healing professionals
Original Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012 Love Being: Waking Up in New ConsciousnessMark Allen Frost, Author of Love Being and other Seth books
Original Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012 Songs of Nature: A Celebration of the Divine Ordinary Hale Thatcher, Taoist Scholar, Poet and Author of Images of Change
Original Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Graceful Transitions: Your New SeasonJesse Bradley, Author of Rooted in Grace, Sebastopol Christian Church pastor
Original Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 The Jaguar Roams the MindRobert Tindall, Author of The Jaguar That Roams The Mind
Original Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012Meetings With Remarkable WomenRegina Sara Ryan, Author of The Woman Awake and 7 other book
Original Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012Palmistry for Fun and ProphetKooch Daniels, Author of The Art and Magic of Palmistry
Original Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012Poetry Reading: A Bay Area Family of PoetsPoets Kim Shuck and Bill Vartnaw
Original Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 Conversations with Richard Purcell: The Adventures and Reflections of a San Francisco Gay Priest Susan Casslan, Author of Conversations with Richard Purcell
Original Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Many Rivers, One SeaLaura Duggan
Original Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012Journey to the Heart of the MakerGrace Kelly Rivera, Author of Journey to the Heart of the Maker
Original Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Women in TransitionVirginia Matthews and Ann Scott
Original Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012 Healing the Native WayTrina Vega, Native American Healer
Original Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012Heart Song Singing Circle: "Have you heard, the word is Love!" Michael Ananda Coffman, David Casselman, Leana Lovejoy, presenters
Original Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012Japanese Ink Painting: A Spiritual Odyssey Michael Hofmann, Artist and Sumi-e Teacher
Original Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012Lunations: Poems and Songs for the JourneyJim Wilson, Poet, musician and author of Lunations
Original Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012 A Manual for the Modern MysticRio Olesky, Author of A Manual for the Modern Mystic
Original Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012Myth and Transformation: The Labyrinth as a Mirror of Self and the World Kayleen Asbo, cultural historian, musician, writer and teacher
Original Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012Spiritual Integrity—The Key to Radical Transformation Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011 True Dialogue within Ourselves Kenny Johnson, Author of The Last Hustle
Original Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011 From Compassion to ForgivenessKathryn Reeves, Psy.D., Author and Speaker
Original Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011 Consciously Evolve Yourself:
The Miracle of Inner Work and Loving RelationshipDr. Peter Davis, Author, Therapist, Educator
Original Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011Love, Self-Love and the Body From the Perspective of Women's SpiritualitySharon Maser Danaceau, M.A. Women's Spirituality
Original Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011 The Miracle of Conscious Co-Creation Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., Author and Director of Tayu Meditation Center
Original Date: Thursday, November 3, 2011 A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery Kevin Griffin, Author of One Breath at a Time and A Burning Desire
Original Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011 Corona Gaia: A Heroic Crown of Sonnets Sandy Eastoak, Poet and Artist
Original date: Thursday, October 13, 2011Introducing A Course in Miracles—From Scratch! Helena Leifer, Ph.D., Facilitator and Psychologist
Original date: Thursday, October 6, 2011How To Be an Adult in Faith and Spirituality David Richo, Ph.D., Author of How To Be an Adult in Faith and Spirituality
Original date: Thursday, September 22, 2011Healing with Archangel Michael Trina Vega, Native American Healer and Angel
Original date: Thursday, September 15, 2011Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Dogen's Shobo Genzo Kazuaki Tanahashi, Editor/Translator, Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Original date: Thursday, September 8, 2011Western Sidereal Astrology and the Ancient ZodiacAstrologist Jonnie Perrot
Original date: Thursday, September 1, 2011The Last Hustle Book Release Party Kenny Johnson, author of The Last Hustle
Original date: Friday, August 26, 2011Satsang: Awaken to the Source Sahaj
Original date: Thursday, August 25, 2011Matrix Meditations Victor Daniels, Prof. Emeritus of Psychology, Sonoma State University
Original date: Thursday, August 18, 2011Selected Poetry Reading from Things to Hope For John Miatech, Poet and Author of Things to Hope For
Original date: Thursday, August 11, 2011Yoga Heart and J-Boys: Husband and Wife Author Event Authors Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani
Original date: Thursday, August 4, 2011Transfiguration and Mystical PositivismStuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teacher and Radio Show Host
Original date: Thursday, July 28, 2011The Utility of Humility and Its ObverseRobert A. Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original date: Thursday, July 21, 2011The Quietists' QuestJim Wilson, Poet and Many Rivers Manager
Original date: Thursday, July 14, 2011Creating a Sacred Space in Your RelationshipKenny Johnson, author of the forthcoming The Last Hustle
Original date: Thursday, July 7, 2011Metta Meditation for Deep Healing and SamadhiAyya Sobhana, Prioress of Awakening Forest Hermitage for Buddhist Monastic Women
Original date: Thursday, June 30, 2011Dancing at the Edge of Death:
The Origins of the Labyrinth in the PaleolithicJodi Lorimer, Author of Dancing at the Edge of Death
Original date: Thursday, June 16, 2011Purpose, Direction, and Sharing Inner GiftsKenny Johnson, Spiritual Teacher and Author
Original date: Thursday, May 12, 2011Rooted in GraceJesse Bradley, Senior Pastor, Sebastopol Christian Church
Original date: Thursday, April 28, 2011Group Dream Work and Sound Healing:
Dreams as Sacred Stories, Sacred Stories as Dreams Travis Wernet, MIPD Certified Projective Dream Worker
Original date: Thursday, April 21, 2011The Archaeology of the SelfRobert A. Schmidt, Ph.D., Meditation Teacher and Archaeologist
Original date: Thursday, April 14, 2011Answers Never Heard to Life's ParadoxesAuriela McCarthy, Author of The Power of the Possible
Original date: Thursday, April 7, 2011The Mystical PositivistStuart Goodnick, Mystical Positivist Radio Host and Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original date: Tuesday, March 31, 2011The Stuff That Dreams Are Made OfHélena Liefer, Ph.D.
Original date: Thursday, March 24, 2011Being in Balance—Being in FlowDenise Barry, Sensei, Chief Instructor, Kuma Kai Aikido, Sebastopol
Original date: Thursday, March 17, 2011The Seth AutobiographyMark Allen Frost of Seth Returns Publishing
Original date: Thursday, March 10, 2011Throne of KnowingVirginia Matthews and Teresa Tudury, Women Artists
Original date: Thursday, February 17, 2011Tantra Of The Tachikawa Ryu:
Secret Sex Teachings of the BuddhaJohn Stevens, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Aikido Instructor, Eminent Author and Translator
Original date: Friday, February 11, 2011Silence and the Inner Light: The Quaker Tradition as Mystical PracticeJim Wilson, Many Rivers manager
Original date: Thursday, February 10, 2011Touching the World Through ReikiEileen Dey, Author of Touching the World Through Reiki
Original date: Thursday, February 3, 2011Madness at the Gates of the City:
The Myth of American InnocenceBarry Spector, Author of Madness at the Gates of the City
Original date: Thursday, January 27, 2011Putting Daoyin in Your Practice David Parker, Taijiquan and Qi Cultivation Teacher
Original date: Thursday, January 20, 2011Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and IntimacyDavid Richo, Ph.D., Best-selling Author of Daring to Trust
Original date: Thursday, January 13, 2011Healings with the Angels Trina Vega, Native Healings from the Heart
Original date: Thursday, January 6, 2011Wielding the Sword of Spiritual DiscriminationStuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., Many Rivers founders and Tayu Teachers
Original date: Thursday, December 30, 2010Patience and the Silent Mind Kenny Johnson, Author of the forthcoming spiritual autobiography The Last Hustle
Original date: Thursday, December 16, 2010The Earth Changes and ProphecyDarrell Morley Price, A Course in Miracles teacher
Original date: Thursday, December 9, 2010The Spirituality of Dreams and NightmaresAnne Hill, Author of What To Do When Dreams Go Bad
Original date: Thursday, December 2, 2010Re-Imagining Early Christians and Gnostics Joseph Rowe, Translator, Writer, Musician, Teacher and more
Original date: Thursday, November 11, 2010The Paradox of RelationshipsAuriela McCarthy, Author of The Power of the Possible
Original date: Thursday, November 4, 2010Life Explorer—A Journey into Oneness Gobind Singh Khalsa, Teacher and Healer
Original date: Thursday, October 28, 2010Coming-of-Age Ceremonies as Preventive Medicine DeAnna L'am, Author of Becoming Peers—Mentoring Girls into Womanhood
Original date: Thursday, October 21, 2010Healing Through Pomo MedicineArmando Williams, Pomo Spiritual Healer and Massage Therapist
Original date: Thursday, October 14, 2010The Dance of Zen Practice Daniel Terragno, Roshi, Founder of Rocks and Clouds Zendo
Original date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 The Superior Person in Original Confucianism Adam Dietz, Ph.D., Author of An Introduction to Confucianism
Original date: Thursday, September 23, 2010Healing with Grandmother Ocean Trina Vega, Native American Healer
Original date: Thursday, September 16, 2010God, Freedom and Darwin:
Where Science stops and Theology begins Teed Rockwell, SSU Professor and author of Neither Brain nor Ghost
Original date: Thursday, September 9, 2010Being Present Before TV and the Altar Kenny Johnson, Founder, This Sacred Space Foundation
Original date: Thursday, September 2, 2010Our True Nature: Limits and the LimitlessNicholas Egan, International Provocateur and Ph.D. Candidate in Buddhist Studies, Calif. Inst. Integral Studies
Original date: Thursday, August 26, 2010What Is Spiritual Practice? Why Engage in Spiritual Practice?Panel Discussion with diverse Practitioners
Original date: Thursday, August 19, 2010Dreams and Sound Healing: Meeting the Messengers of the NightTravis Wernet, Projective Dream Worker, Poet and Musician
Original date: Thursday, August 12, 2010Insights Along the Way:
Poetry, Readings, and Anecdotes on Spiritual LifeLaura Duggan, Meditation Instructor and Author of An Inquiring Life
Original date: Thursday, August 5, 2010Consciousness Is The LiberatorDavid Spero, Spiritual Teacher and Author
Original date: Thursday, July 29, 2010A Night of Many SonnetsJim Wilson, Poet, Essayist, and Many Rivers Manager
Original date: Thursday, July 22, 2010The Whole Body Workbook for CancerDan Kenner, Author of The Whole Body Workbook for Cancer
Original date: Thursday, July 15, 2010The Trilogy: Three New Seth Books to Inspire YouMark Allen Frost, M.S., Author with Seth of The Trilogy
Original date: Thursday, July 8, 2010The Hospitable SpiritRob Schmidt, Ph.D., and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, July 1, 2010The I Ching and the Polar Complete DesignJames Walker, Dharma Master of Il Bung Ch'an Buddhist Order
Original date: Thursday, June 24, 2010Eco-Happenings with PanGaia: Giving the Earth a VoicePanGaia, a Music, Poetry and Performance Art Ensemble
Original date: Thursday, June 17, 2010The Mystical PathLunation with Clara Hsu and Bill Mercer
Original date: Thursday, June 10, 2010The Transparent EnneagramCurtis Blair Ph.D., M.S.W., Enneagram Practitioner and Teacher
Original date: Thursday, June 3, 2010The Power of PresenceJim Dreaver, Author and Teacher
Original date: Thursday, June 2, 2010Passion from the Heart: A Book of PoetryFrank Hegardt II, Author of Passion from the Heart
Original date: Thursday, May 27, 2010The Red Thread: Passion and Spiritual LifeJisho Warner, Head Teacher at Stone Creek Zen Center
Original date: Thursday, May 20, 2010Embodying WisdomCharles Tack
Original date: Thursday, May 13, 2010Poem as Native: an ExplorationSandy Eastoak and Dan Gurney, Poets
Original date: Thursday, May 6, 2010Relationships in the Context of Spiritual PracticeMyosho Virginia Matthews, Rinzai Zen Nun
Original date: Thursday, April 29, 2010A Different Kind of Luxury:
Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner AbundanceAndy Couturier, Author of A Different Kind of Luxury
Original date: Thursday, April 22, 2010The Age of Reasons:
The Falsity, Fragmentation and Selfishness of Ego Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, April 15, 2010Finding Light in Dark TimesJames Dunn, Author of Finding Light in Dark Times
Original date: Thursday, April 8, 2010Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About ChristWilliam Bramley, Author of Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Original date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010From Prison to PeaceKenny Johnson, Founder, This Sacred Space Foundation
Original date: Thursday, April 1, 2010Inspiring Women and Girls to Love Themselves!De'Anna Lam, Author of Becoming Peers—Mentoring Girls Into Womanhood
Original date: Thursday, March 25, 2010Kriya Yoga, Ancient Science of MeditationSwami Atmavidyananda and Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Original date: Friday, March 19, 2010Creating a Dream CultureAnne Hill, Author of What To Do When Dreams Go Bad
Original date: Thursday, March 18, 2010Cosmic Conversations:
Dialogues on the Nature of the Universe and the Search for Reality Stephan Martin, Professor of Astronomy, Author of Cosmic Conversations
Original date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010The Value of Spiritual RetreatsMichael Rinaldini, Daoist Priest and Founder of American Dragon Gate Lineage
Original date: Thursday, March 11, 2010De-Mystifying QiDavid Parker
Original date: Thursday, March 4, 2010A Shaman's JourneyTai Hazard, Author of A Shaman's Journey
Original date: Thursday, February 25, 2010East Meets West:
Hindu and Buddhist Influences on Thoreau and EmersonLaura Duggan, Author of An Inquiring Life: Weekly Contemplations
Original date: Thursday, February 18, 2010Mystical Experience in Everyday LifeDwight Sims, Explorer of Mysticism
Original date: Thursday, February 11, 2010Kindness for Kids:
A Many Rivers Tea, Book, and Hat Party For Children
and their adult(s)Jacqueline Kramer, Hostess and Reader, and Author of Buddha-Mom
Original date: Thursday, February 6, 2010Tibetan Relaxation/Self-Healing Yoga James Gauer, Ph.D., Double Helix Healing Practitioner
Original date: Thursday, February 4, 2010Karmic Manure: Fertilizing the Work on SelfRob Schmidt, Ph.D. and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, January 28, 2010January 2010 Tea Tasting EventThe Teas of David Hoffman's Phoenix Collection
Original date: Saturday, January 23, 2010Songs From A Small UniverseRaphael Block, Poet/Minstrel and Author of Songs From a Small Universe
Original date: Friday, January 22, 2010Recorder Concert: Almost Winter and Other WorksThree Trapped Tigers, plus special guest Jim Wilson
Original date: Thursday, January 21, 2010Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth David Richo, Author of How To Be An Adult in Relationships and many more
Original date: Thursday, January 14, 2010Dancing with the Dragon:
How I Survived Cancer with Ayurveda and Alternative MedicineRaven Jones, Ayurvedic Practitioner
Original date: Thursday, January 7, 2010The Controversy and Mystery of ForgivenessAuriella McCarthy, Author of The Power of the Possible
Original date: Thursday, December 17, 2009Buying and Selling Art:
Real Advice and Tips from a Dealer and CollectorSiddhartha Shah
Original date: Thursday, December 10, 2009Freedom from Conflict and SufferingJim Dreaver, Author of End Your Story, Begin Your Life and other books
Original date: Friday, December 4, 2009The Wishing Year: A House, A Man, My SoulNoelle Oxenhandler, SSU English Professor, and Author of The Wishing Year
Original date: Thursday, December 3, 2009A Second Birth:
"This Ever-Present Grace Supports Me In Each Moment"Kenny Johnson, Founder, This Sacred Space Foundation
Original date: Thursday, November 19, 2009Conscious Suffering and Spontaneous IgnitionRob Schmidt and Stuart Goodnick, Many Rivers founders and Tayu Teachers
Original date: Thursday, November 12, 2009The Mysticism of Robin HoodMichele-Mira, Storyteller, and Daniel Kelley, Guitarist
Original date: Thursday, November 5, 2009Heavens and Hells of the MindLila Strand and William von Holst, Students of Spiritual Teacher Imre Vallyon
Original date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009Unveiling the Goddess:
Revelations from a Comparative MythologyGregory Haynes, Author of Tree of Life, Mythical Archetype
Original date: Thursday, October 22, 2009When the White Man SmilesC.T. Biggoose, Author of We Shout Into Silence
Original date: Thursday, October 15, 2009Hair Pieces: Sonoma County Writing Practice AnthologyMargaret Caminsky-Shapiro, Teacher, Writer and Editor of Hair Pieces
Original date: Thursday, October 8, 2009Awakening Health with AyurvedaPratichi Mathur, Master Ayurveda Teacher and Founder of Vedika Global
Original date: Friday, October 2, 2009Universitas: Toward an Awakened FutureJoseph W. Ulmer, Author of UNIVERSITAS
Original date: Thursday, October 1, 2009On the Abstraction of Sacred Forms:
Understanding a New Visual Language in Spiritual ArtSiddhartha Shah
Original date: Thursday, September 24, 2009Yogic SongNgakma Zér-mé and Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje, Ordained Tantric Practitioners
Original date: Thursday, September 17, 2009Realms—An Evening of PoetryKarl Frederick and Jim Wilson, Poets
Original date: Thursday, September 10, 2009The Tao of RejuvenationAngelo Druda, Author of The Tao of Rejuvenation
Original date: Thursday, September 3, 2009Bridging Worlds:
A Theory of Evolution to Support a Leap in ConsciousnessCraig Bowman, Ph.D., LCSW, Author of Bridging Worlds
Original date: Thursday, August 20, 2009Getting Real with LoveRob Schmidt, Ph.D. Director, Tayu Meditation Center
Original date: Thursday, August 13, 2009Awakening Sound: A Tayu Musical SalonPerformers: Daniel Kelley, Stuart Goodnick, Jim Wilson
Original date: Friday, August 7, 2009In the Heart of Being: A Love StoryAlan Linsley, Co-Author of In the Heart of Being
Original date: Thursday, August 6, 2009Lessons for the Living:
Stories Of Forgiveness, Gratitude, And Courage At The End Of LifeStan Goldberg, Professor Emeritus at SF State and Author Lessons for the Living
Original date: Thursday, July 30, 2009Merging with the Absolute: Effing the IneffableStuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original date: Thursday, July 23, 2009Textures of the Absolute:
Divine Light, Divine Love, and Kundalini-Prana ShaktiDavid Spero, Spiritual Teacher and Author
Original date: Monday, July 20, 2009Help Yourself to Happiness:
A Discussion on Vipassana MeditationGrahame White, Australian Dharma Teacher
Original date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009The Ancient, Scientific Teaching of Kriya Yoga Swami Atmavidyananda and Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Original date: Friday, July 10, 2009Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the SeaJaimal Yogis, Author of Saltwater Buddha
Original date: Thursday, July 9, 2009The Varieties of the Silent ExperienceJim Wilson, Many Rivers manager
Original date: Thursday, July 2, 2009Integral Ecology:
Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural WorldSean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D., Chair, Integral Theory Dept, J.F.K. University
Original date: Thursday, June 25, 2009The Bitter Roots of EcstasyRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Center Spiritual Director
Original date: Thursday, June 18, 2009The Power of Being PresentJim Dreaver, Author of End Your Story, Begin Your Life
Original date: Thursday, June 11, 2009Spring 2009 Chinese and Taiwanese TeasWinnie Yu, Founder and Owner, Teance Fine Teas
Original date: Thursday, June 4, 2009Women, Wisdom and DreamsAnne Scott, founder of DreamWeather Foundation
Original date: Thursday, May 28, 2009Sound Healing Empowerments and Qi Infused TeachingsMaster Tian Ying, Tian Gong Teacher
Original date: Thursday, May 21, 2009Magicians Shamans Witches and HealersMark Frost, Author of Thought Reality, a new Seth book
Original date: Thursday, May 14, 2009A Tayu Perspective on ForgivenessRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Center Spiritual Director
Original date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009Renga Poetry ReadingPat Nolan, Keith Kumasen Abbott, and Sandy Berrigan, Renku Poets
Original date: Friday, May 1, 2009Poetry Tasting with Clara Hsu and Bill VartnawClara Hsu and Bill Vartnaw, Poets
Original date: Thursday, April 30, 2009Conversations With Angelic GuidesRoseann Buritz, Author of The Flow of Life
Original date: Thursday, April 23, 2009Bhikkunis in Theravadin BuddhismJacqueline Kramer, Author of Buddha-Mom
Original date: Thursday, April 16, 2009Pine and Pond: Nature as Poetry, Nature as TeacherJim Wilson, Poet and Many Rivers Manager
Original date: Thursday, April 9, 2009Kabbalah and AwakeningDani Antman, Kabbalistic Healer and Interfaith Minister
Original date: Thursday, April 2, 2009Love Does Not Hide: Preparing to Open the HeartStuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original date: Thursday, March 26, 2009A Course in Miracles:
A Christian-Oriented Nondualist Path to EnlightenmentDarryl Price, ACIM Teacher and Practitioner
Original date: Thursday, March 19, 2009The Legacy of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:
A Journey to the "I AM" and BeyondMaurizio Benazzo, Filmmaker and Founder of NetiNetiMedia.com
Original date: Thursday, March 12, 2009Divine Inspiration for Joy and AwakeningAmrita Canning, Spiritual Guide
Original date: Thursday, March 5, 2009Something From NothingThe Freestone Four: Anne Scott, Lynda Terry, Myosho Ginny Matthews and Laura Duggan
Original date: Thursday, February 26, 2009Peace in PrisonKenny Johnson, Founder and Director, This Sacred Space Foundation
Original date: Thursday, February 19, 2009Transformations In Matter and Energy: Time and 2012Theresa Dintino, Author and Cosmologist
Original date: Thursday, February 12, 2009From So Simple a Beginning:
Darwin's Universe on his 200th BirthdayJim Wilson, Rob Schmidt, Many Rivers Co-Founders
Original date: Thursday, February 5, 2009The Power of the PossibleAriela McCarthy, Author and Spiritual Teacher
Original date: Thursday, January 29, 2009Making Love LastDavid Richo, Ph.D., Author and Psychotherapist
Original date: Thursday, January 22, 2009Introduction to Diamond Logos TeachingsGail Johnson, MA, MFA, Clare McLaughlin, MA, MFT, Crystal McLeod
Original date: Thursday, January 15, 2009Words Like ClayJim Wilson, Poet and Many Rivers Manager
Original date: Thursday, January 8, 2009Dangerous Meditation II:
The Esoteric Practice of Co-MeditationStuart Goodnick, Tayu meditation teacher
Original date: Thursday, December 18, 2008Dangerous Meditation I:
The Esoteric Pearl of Great PriceRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu meditation teacher
Original date: Thursday, December 11, 2008Patanjali Yoga Sutras DemystifiedCogen Bohanec, Practitioner and Teacher of Yoga
Original date: Thursday, November 20, 2008Wan Su Jian:
Qigong Teacher, Medical Doctor, Humanitarian, HeroMichael Rinaldini, Daoist Priest
Original date: Thursday, November 13, 2008The Unlocked Gate:
Rengay PoetryPoets Garry Gay and John Thompson
Original date: Thursday, October 23, 2008The Eightfold Path and the Kitchen Sink:
The Path of Mothering and HomemakingJacqueline Kramer, Buddhist Practitioner and Author
Original date: Thursday, October 9, 2008The Hidden Truth of HappinessJulie Akins, Reporter and Columnist
Original date: Thursday, October 2, 2008When the Past is Present:
Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage Our RelationshipsDavid Richo, Psychotherapist and Author
Original date: Thursday, September 18, 2008Form Is Emptiness, Emptiness Is Form:
A Buddhist View of the Experience of 9/11 Naljorpa Ögyen Dorje and Ngakma Zér-mé Dri'mèd, Tantric Practitioners
Original date: Thursday, September 11, 2008PSYCHE and SPIRIT:
Answers are Everywhere, but Where are the Questions?Mariana Caplan, Author and Counselor
Original date: Thursday, September 4, 2008Tanka RiverJim Wilson, Many Rivers manager and Tanka Poet
Original date: Thursday, August 28, 2008What Happens After Enlightenment?David Spero, Spiritual Master and Author
Original date: Thursday, August 14, 2008Mystics in Our MidstLaura Duggan, Author of Inquiring Life: Weekly Contemplations
Original date: Thursday, August 7, 2008This Sacred Space: Meeting the Spiritual Needs of the IncarceratedKenny Johnson, Founder, This Sacred Space Foundation
Original date: Thursday, July 31, 2008The Indispensability and Uniqueness of the Baha'i RevelationArie Niernberger
Original date: Thursday, July 10, 2008Desire and the Quest for the BelovedTrebbe Johnson, Author and Charles Tack, Coach
Original date: Thursday, June 26, 2008Modern Art vs. Religion: On the Conflict Between Artistic Expression and Religious FundamentalismSiddhartha V. Shah, Lecturer on Sacred Art
Original date: Thursday, June 19, 2008Karma and Relationships: The Ties that Bind Maitra, Clairsentient Psychic
Original date: Thursday, June 12, 2008Tea TravelsRaphael Block, Karl Frederick, bSue Stephenson
Original date: Thursday, May 29, 2008The Synthesis of the HeartRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Spiritual Director, Tayu Meditation Center
Original date: Thursday, May 22, 2008Divination and the Spiritual Path: Using theYijing (I Ching)Liu Ming, Author, Scholar and Practitioner of Asian Wisdom Traditions
Original date: Thursday, May 15, 2008Flowing Dragon SwordsRichard Squeri, Founder, Flowing Dragon Swords
Original date: Thursday, May 1, 2008Following Slender Threads Using the I ChingCharles Tack, Coach and I Ching Enthusiast
Original date: Thursday, April 24, 2008Listening from the Heart of Silence:
Non-Dual Wisdom and PsychotherapyJohn Prendergast, Ph.D., and G. Kenneth Bradford, Ph.D.
Original date: Thursday, April 17, 2008Introduction to Kriya YogaBhadrayu Pandya, Kriya Yoga Teacher
Original date: Friday, April 11, 200821st Century Women's Spirituality: A New AwarenessMyosho Virginia (Ginny) Matthews, Zen Ordained Lay Nun
Original date: Thursday, April 3, 2008Voluntary SimplicityDwight Sims
Original date: Thursday, March 27, 2008The Paradox of Practice:
Moving Spiritual Wisdom into our Hearts and Bodies A Panel Discussion with Timothy Conway, Ph.D., Robert Schmidt, Ph.D, and Stuart Goodnick
Original date: Saturday, March 22, 2008Authentically Awakening to Freedom, Love and this One
God-Self of AllTimothy Conway, Ph.D., Spiritual Teacher, Author, and Educator
Original date: Friday, March 21, 2008Spiritual Practice in the Workplace:
Bringing the WORK to our JobsStuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original date: Thursday, March 20, 2008Everyday CommitmentsDavid Richo, Author of many volumes including Everyday Commitments
Original date: Thursday, February 21, 2008The Mystery of Cupid's Arrow: Karma, Divine Love,
and Co-MeditationRob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Teacher
Original date: Thursday, February 14, 2008Following Raven, Finding GroundClaire Josefine, Author of Following Raven, Finding Ground
Original date: Thursday, February 7, 2008Navigating 2008 Using Astrology Susan St. Thomas, M.A.
Original date: Thursday, January 24, 2008Goddesses, Goddesses Janine Canan, Author and Psychiatrist
Original date: Thursday, December 20, 2007Old Tea Trees and Ancient Families:
Phoenix Mountain Single Grove OolongsWinnie Yu, Tea Buyer and Owner of Teance Fine Teas
Original date: Thursday, November 29, 2007Sacred Theatre and Self-DelusionRob Schmidt and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, November 15, 2007Each Moment Is the UniverseJisho Warner and Ken Sawyer, Zen Priests
Original date: Thursday, November 8, 2007DARSHAN: On the Worship of Images in Hindu Practice Siddhartha V. Shah, Lecturer on Sacred Art
Original date: Thursday, November 1, 2007Teachings and Songs from a Tradition of Enlightened WomenNgakma Zér-mé Dri'mèd and Naljorpa Ogyen Dorje
Original date: Thursday, October 25, 2007Healing Without Medicines in Chinese MedicineDavid Parker, CMT, CAT, Owner, Integrative Body Works
Original date: Thursday, October 11, 2007Poetry DelightRaphael Block, Karl Frederick, and bSue Stephenson
Original date: Thursday, October 4, 2007Soundscapes: A Concert at Many RiversPerformers: Jim Wilson, Stuart Goodnick, Tom Bickley
Original date: Thursday, September 27, 2007The Power of CoincidenceDave Richo, therapist, teacher, author of The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know
Original date: Thursday, September 20, 2007The Bliss of Sacrifice
Rob Schmidt, Ph.D. and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, August 30, 2007, 7:30 pmBelief and Evidence in Spiritual Practice
Rob Schmidt, Ph.D. and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, May 10, 2007, 7:30 pmThe Pathology of Religious Exclusivity
Rob Schmidt, Ph.D. and Stuart Goodnick, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, March 8, 2007, 7:30 pmCo-Meditation: Cultivating Relationship with the Beloved
Rob Schmidt, Ph.D., Tayu Meditation Center Director
Stuart Goodnick, Instructor, Tayu Meditation Center
Original date: Thursday, February 8, 2007, 7:30 pmThe Idiot's Guide to Compassion in the Fourth Way
Stuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, August 24, 2006, 7:30 pmObjective Prayer—the Prayer of Service
Stuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt, Tayu Meditation Teachers
Original date: Thursday, August 3, 2006, 7:30 pm 
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