In this Integral Being tribute episode, Mark V. Wiley revisits his conversation with the late Stuart Alve Olson on Tai Chi, Taoism, yielding, humility, aging, and the deep intelligence revealed through embodied practice.
Poet and interdisciplinary artist Kythe Heller joins Integral Being for a profound conversation on poetry, mysticism, spiritual transformation, Sufism, art as praise, and the search for living truth through direct experience.
A deep conversation with Felix De Haas exploring Chinese medicine, Daoist internal cultivation, Japanese acupuncture, palpation, qi, meditation, and the role of presence within healing practice.
INTEGRAL BEING Sifu Alex Dong The Real Mechanics of Tai Chi — What Actually Changes Through Long Practice Beyond form, beyond style — into structure, energy, and lived integration Authentic Tai Chi training is rarely understood in the modern world. Beyond form and choreography, real training develops structure, breath, and perception through long-term practice: a
Guru Yogi Shivan explores Kalaripayattu as a path of embodied discipline, integrating breath, marma, and inner development.
INTEGRAL BEING Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri A Deep Inquiry into Presence, Ego, and the Illusion of the Spiritual Path This conversation with Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri explores presence, ego, and the limits of the spiritual path.Rather than accumulation, it points toward a process of reduction—of returning to what is already here. Enter the Conversation Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri
Dr. Baffour Jan presents a direct and experiential model of human transformation rooted in balance.
What if transformation does not begin with the mind… but with the body?
Ananda Marga Path of Bliss explained through a 3-part Integral Being conversation exploring meditation, tantra, and human transformation.
INTEGRAL BEING Dr. Livia Kohn Daoism, Practice, and the Reorganization of Experience This conversation with Livia Kohn offers a rare clarity: Daoism is not a system of belief, but a method of transformation grounded in lived experience. In this Integral Being conversation, Livia Kohn Daoism is explored not as philosophy, but as a lived, embodied
