Deconstructing Yourself
Dedicated to liberation in all its forms, Deconstructing Yourself is passionate about fearlessly investigating, attempting, and questioning all things to do with awakening, meditation, mindfulness, brain hacking, consciousness, neurofeedback, and more.
Your host Michael W. Taft interviews some of the most interesting thinkers, authors, and teachers around, as well as other offerings. In this hard-hitting, radical, and fun podcast we look at secular post-, non-, un- Buddhism, Vajrayana, nondual Hindu Tantra, philosophy, the neuroscience of the sense of self, neurofeedback and the consciousness hacking movement, aspects of artificial intelligence, entheogens, and much more.
If you’re looking for fresh directions, free from dogma and conformism, think of the Deconstructing Yourself podcast as the radical cafe where you can hear from the most interesting luminaries either from the outside edges of dharma, or a fresh take from more traditional teachers. If you’re interested in more, check out the Deconstructing Yourself website at https://deconstructingyourself.com.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Talking about Zen Koans with Henry Shukman
Zen teacher, author, and poet Henry Shukman talks with host Michael Taft about Mountain Cloud Zen Center, Henry’s series on the Waking Up app, meditation for awakening vs. meditation as a “band aid,”…
00:39:56 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
Vajrayana as a Living Practice, with Ken McLeod
Host Michael Taft talks with teacher and author Ken McLeod about his insights into Vajrayana, spiritual practice as "choosing a way to live," the Tibetan idea of lam khyer, the power of prayer as a k…
01:14:30 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Dimensions of Nonduality with Tina Rasmussen
Host Michael Taft talks with meditation teacher and author Tina Rasmussen about ways to understand nondual awareness and the progress of nondual meditation, including her own unique comparison betwee…
00:58:02 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Meditation and Communication with Shinzen Young
Shinzen Young talks with host Michael Taft about his new ideas around how we can apply the systematic mindset of mindfulness meditation to the many challenges of human communication and miscommunicat…
00:54:53 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Spiritual Bypassing and the Spiritual Friend
Host Michael Taft talks about the phenomenon of spiritual bypassing, as well as the importance of having a spiritua friend.
00:23:04 |
Mon 17 May 2021
Meditation and Healing Trauma with Thomas Hübl
Host Michael Taft speaks with spiritual teacher and author Thomas Hübl about trauma and healing, aspects of collective and cultural trauma, meditation, spirituality, and much more.
01:04:51 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
A Conversation with Spring Washam
Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher and shamanic practitioner Spring Washam about the "dharma of Harriet Tubman," the inner vs. the outer journey of finding liberation, how the "meditati…
00:50:39 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Talking with People about Things, with David McRaney
Host Michael Taft speaks with science journalist, author, and podcaster David McRaney about how people do (and do not) change their minds, how brains form their view of reality, conspiracy theory, th…
01:02:27 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
Soulmaking Dharma, with Catherine McGee
Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher Catherine McGee about the practice of Soulmaking Dharma.
00:49:58 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
Dreams and the Spiritual Imagination, with Steve Aizenstat
Depth Psychologist Steve Aizenstat speaks with host Michael Taft about the living image of dreams and their innate intelligence, the healing and creative power of the deep imagination; dreams, medita…
00:58:51 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Love Unveiled with A. H. Almaas
Spiritual teacher A. H. Almaas speaks with host Michael Taft about the centrality of love to our spiritual nature, how to tell the difference between emotional love and spiritual love, how the wounds…
00:48:23 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
Vajrayana and Deity Yoga with Chandra Easton
Buddhist Teacher and author Lopön Chandra Easton talks with Michael Taft about Vajrayana, her own pilgrimage and experiences in India, the struggle to bring motherhood, sexuality, the feminine, and t…
00:55:15 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
Evolving Ground with Rindzin Pamo and Jared Janes
Host Michael Taft speaks with Rin’dzin Pamo and Jared Janes about their new project, entitled “Evolving Ground,” which is a community of practitioners that seeks to reinterpret and revitalize Vajraya…
01:13:09 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
A Conversation with Ken McLeod
A wide-ranging conversation between writer, translator, teacher, and business consultant, Ken McLeod and host Michael Taft about meditation, Vajrayana, and more.
01:20:09 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
Paranoia, Conspiracy, and Covid, with Erik Davis
Author, podcaster, award-winning journalist, and cultural historian Erik Davis speaks with host Michael Taft about paranoia and conspiracy in the current moment.
00:57:14 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Effortlessness in Meditation, with Jud Brewer
Neuroscientist and mindfulness expert Jud Brewer speaks with host Michael Taft about his research into mindfulness meditation and effortlessness.
00:44:33 |
Sun 07 Jun 2020
Awakening and the Path of Liberation, with Dan Brown
Psychologist, author, translator, and meditation teacher, Dan Brown talks with host Michael Taft about the three levels of practice from a taste of awakening to "full buddhahood," and much more.
00:36:50 |
Wed 20 May 2020
Vajrayana, Compassion, and the Importance of the Teacher, with Ken McLeod
Writer, translator, teacher, and business consultant, Ken McLeod speaks with host Michael Taft about Coronavirus, social distancing, nature doing what it does, overcoming cultural conditioning, enlig…
00:59:13 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Why Do Narcissists Become Spiritual Teachers, with Stephan Bodian
Nondual teacher and psychotherapist Stephan Bodian and host Michael Taft discuss how and way narcissists rise to the top of spiritual organizations, and more.
00:48:27 |
Sat 21 Mar 2020
Questioning Assumptions about Buddhism, with Evan Thompson
Evan Thompson discusses his new book, “Why I Am Not a Buddhist” with host Michael Taft.
00:52:23 |
Sun 16 Feb 2020
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