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Inspired Aliveness Podcast

The Inspired Aliveness Podcast is produced by Jon Bernie, author of Ordinary Freedom, who is a contemporary spiritual teacher who offers a compassionate, heart-centered approach to awakening. His teaching focuses on returning the attention to the already enlightened state that lies at the core of our human experience. He has four decades of practice and study in the Zen, Theravada Buddhist and Advaita traditions, and was formally asked to teach by Adyashanti in 2002. Jon is also an experienced healer and teacher of somatic embodiment, trained in the Alexander Technique, Zero Balancing, and the Qigong system of Dr. Yu Penxi. He works closely and intimately with individuals to facilitate consciousness development and deep emotional healing.

Religion & Spirituality Buddhism Spirituality
Update frequency
every 32 days
Average duration
78 minutes
Episodes
51
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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The Essence of What You Are

The Essence of What You Are

When you begin to learn to take care of yourself in a way that you’ve always needed, your nervous system will calm, your body will soften, and your heart will begin to open and radiate the love that …

01:30:40  |   Mon 11 Sep 2023
Returning to Simplicity

Returning to Simplicity

Our lives can be so hectic and busy that we can naturally take this “doer” perspective into our practice. It’s important to simply relax, drop the effort, and allow yourself to open to the natural st…

01:28:37  |   Tue 15 Aug 2023
Receptivity is the Secret of Transformation

Receptivity is the Secret of Transformation

Just like you can’t make a plant grow, you can’t make yourself become transformed, healed, or integrated. Instead, learn to get out of the way and allow the intuitive guidance system to show you the …

01:25:40  |   Mon 03 Jul 2023
Gratitude is Essential

Gratitude is Essential

It’s so easy to be focused on what you don’t have, how it isn’t, and what you want. However, gratitude is essential for your healing, transformation, and integration. Give yourself some gratitude for…

01:19:59  |   Wed 31 May 2023
You Have What It Takes

You Have What It Takes

The journey is not easy, and you may not like it, but you ultimately have no choice. Thankfully, you already have all that you need. As you surrender more and more to this consciousness that you are,…

01:10:35  |   Tue 25 Apr 2023
You Are the Ultimate Mystery

You Are the Ultimate Mystery

You and your existence are the ultimate mystery. It is impossible to understand, so instead simply learn to allow the mysterious force of your existence to guide your own unique way. Recorded March 1…

01:29:59  |   Tue 28 Mar 2023
The Knowing that is Clueless

The Knowing that is Clueless

If you are struggling to understand, simply relax into effortless “not knowing” and let the power and wisdom of your life-force guide you. Recorded Jan 21, 2023.

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01:24:25  |   Sun 26 Feb 2023
Your Own True Guidance

Your Own True Guidance

You don’t need to look to any external authority or reference to find the truth that is already within you. All it takes is the courage and willingness to simply stop, be still, and listen to that wh…

01:06:09  |   Mon 16 Jan 2023
The Light of Awareness

The Light of Awareness

It’s important to continually learn to take care of your garden – the garden of your body, mind, and heart. Although gardening is not an easy job, and requires much work as we travel through this lif…

01:30:23  |   Sun 18 Dec 2022
Asking for What You Need

Asking for What You Need

It’s okay to be human, and it’s okay to ask for what you want or need. However, this type of true asking is something you offer up into the space with your whole being without any expectation.  Recor…

01:23:35  |   Fri 02 Dec 2022
The Clarity of Attention

The Clarity of Attention

When true practice is happening, you aren’t in the way. When your attention isn’t muddled by effort or person will, true clarity arises. (Recording taken from an online Satsang with Jon Bernie on Nov…

01:16:10  |   Thu 17 Nov 2022
Welcoming Yourself

Welcoming Yourself

Returning home allows us to begin to welcome and embrace all parts of ourselves, even those parts that have been marginalized, forgotten about, or that have been in pain.  Recorded Oct 8, 2022.

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01:11:42  |   Tue 01 Nov 2022
Productive Suffering

Productive Suffering

What’s the difference between productive suffering and unproductive suffering? With productive suffering, you aren’t fighting against what is by trying to stay in control, but you’re simply being hon…

01:16:11  |   Tue 11 Oct 2022
The Power of Not Knowing

The Power of Not Knowing

Do you know what the downside to thinking you know is? It’s that you might be wrong. Instead, allow the vulnerability of not knowing, so that you may truly find out.

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01:26:35  |   Sun 24 Jul 2022
Follow Your Unique Way

Follow Your Unique Way

It’s not something that is earned through effort. It is not something achieved through achieved via willpower. Yet, it requires our discipline and attention. Keep returning and allowing the natural h…

01:15:00  |   Wed 15 Jun 2022
You Are the One

You Are the One

You already are that which you are looking for, but how do you open to that possibility when the one wants to surrender is also the one who is in the way? What works is dropping yourself — dropping w…

01:29:53  |   Mon 16 May 2022
Relax into the Unknown

Relax into the Unknown

It can be difficult to stop and become available for what you don’t want to feel. However, by learning how to simply be here for yourself, you may find that things begin to bloom all on their own. Re…

01:36:25  |   Wed 06 Apr 2022
The Way of Healing and Transformation

The Way of Healing and Transformation

The way of healing and transformation is not something that you can achieve or understand, yet it is revealed as you relax and simply get out of the way. Recorded 12/18/2022 in San Francisco.

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01:25:27  |   Sun 27 Feb 2022
Honor Yourself by Being Here

Honor Yourself by Being Here

You honor yourself by being here. It’s a gift that you give yourself, to show up and be present. Recorded 1/8/2022 in San Francisco.

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00:51:07  |   Sun 30 Jan 2022
True Surrender is Enlivening

True Surrender is Enlivening

True surrender is enlivening. It’s energizing. It’s empowering. Because you’re letting go of being who you think you are, as awareness slowly, over time, becomes more embodied in your tissue, in your…

01:29:29  |   Thu 16 Dec 2021
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