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Ramana Maharshi with Arunachala in the background for Who Am I? Beyond Philosophy to Direct Experience, an Integral Being conversation with Michael James.

Ramana Maharshi and the Practice of Turning Within

From Ramana’s spontaneous awakening at sixteen through silence, devotion, yoga, self-investigation, grace, and nature of ego.
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Deng Ming-Dao discusses Taoist cultivation, embodiment, spontaneity, and practice on Integral Being with Mark Wiley.

Practice, Embodiment, Spontaneity, and the Taoist Path

“One step, one step, one step.” Then Deng offers what may be the simplest summary of more than half a century of cultivation.
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Aliya B. Haeri discusses Sufism, consciousness, self-knowledge, healing, and spiritual transformation on Integral Being with Mark Wiley.

Embodiment, Participation, Lived Practice, and Transformartion

Aliya Haeri reflects on mystical experience, silence, witnessing, and how removing the veils of the self-reveals the sacred reality.
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Shaykh Burhanuddin Herrmann in Truth Before Love, an Integral Being conversation on the Sufi path of transformation, truth, and the heart.

Beyond Identity: Awareness and Human Transformation

For Shaykh Burhanuddin, this gives the body a sacred position. It is not merely something carried around by the mind.
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Guru Yogi Shivan discussing Ayurveda and Siddha medicine, healing from within, and the roles of food, movement, breath, mind, and medicine.

Experiencing the Natural Power of Healing from Within

Guru Yogi Shivan on the body’s natural intelligence, the five foundations of health, and why medicine comes last.
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Featured image for the Integral Being conversation with Grandmaster René Navarro titled "Tai Chi as a Complete Path," showing Navarro in a traditional red Tai Chi jacket with the Integral Being icon and branding.

Embodied Cultivation and Internal Development Beyond Form

Sifu Rene Navarro reveals the Tai Chi Chuan as a complete path of embodied cultivation and integrated practice.
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Brian Mattocks with Masonic symbols for a conversation on Freemasonry, inner work, and transformation.

Freemasonry: Symbols, Embodied Practice, and the Work Upon Oneself

Freemason Brian Mattocks explains how the tools and structures of the craft are to be used for inner transformation.
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Fabrice Piché demonstrating authentic Taiji Qigong Shibashi practice and embodied movement in an Integral Being conversation.

Exploring the Original Taiji Qigong Shibashi 18 Movements

Fabrice Piché uncovers what Taiji Qigong Shibashi reveals about how authentic practice changes us over time.
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Swami Kripananda discussing Kundalini awakening and the authentic path of yoga during an Integral Being conversation with Mark V. Wiley.

Science, spirituality, self-study, and the journey to awakening

Swami Kripananda discusses why authentic yoga is not about postures or mystical experiences but transformation through presence, and grace
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(For a broader context on contemplative traditions, see Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.)