Effortless Mindfulness with Loch Kelly

<p>Welcome to Effortless Mindfulness with Loch Kelly, where awakening is explored as the next natural stage of human development. Join Loch Kelly, creator of the Mindful Glimpses App, author, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher with over 35 years of teaching experience, as he guides you through the depths of awakening rooted in modern neuroscience and psychology. Discover Effortless Mindfulness, a contemporary form of ancient nondual meditations that directly uncovers your innate calm, clarity, and peace. Loch Kelly's practices and teachings can be explored in the Mindful Glimpses app, offering micro-meditations, step by step programs, and advanced awakening tools. Download a free 14-day trial of the app: <a href="https://mindfulglimpses.com/">https://mindfulglimpses.com/</a></p>

Awareness of Awareness: The Essential Shift from Conventional to Effortless Mindfulness

In this episode, Loch introduces you to the essential shift in the Effortless Mindfulness Awakening Process (EMAP)—Awake Aware Mind. He addresses the often elusive but essential question: What is it like to directly experience our already Awake Mind? The goal in EMAP is not a sustained experience. Instead, we aim for an orientation, recognition, and realization of this already awake and ever-present dimension of our own consciousness. The key is to shift out of the thought-based knowing ...

11-20
01:06:34

What Are the Obstacles to Awakening?

In this podcast episode, Loch explores the three main obstacles to awakening. As part of the Effortless Mindfulness Awakening Process, he emphasizes the importance of having a map, a method, and markers to help us understand where we are on the path at any given time. In Effortless Mindfulness, that map is called the Five Levels of Mind, and Loch spends time illuminating the different levels. He then goes on to pinpoint the three biggest obstacles that prevent us from truly awakening to and a...

10-23
35:43

The Science of Presence with Dan Siegel

Join Loch Kelly - creator of the Mindful Glimpses app - here as he welcomes Dr. Dan Siegel, a pioneering researcher and author in the field of interpersonal neurobiology. In this episode, they delve into Siegel’s interdisciplinary framework for understanding the mind and its relationship to the brain, body, and human connections.Dr. Dan Siegel (Wheel of Awareness) introduces the concept of mind as an "emergent self-organizing process" of energy and information flow within and between individu...

09-23
01:20:51

An Introduction to the Five Levels of Mind

In this episode, Loch introduces a pillar of the Effortless Mindfulness model called the Five Levels of Mind. He refers to these five levels as Everyday Mind, Subtle Mind, Awake Aware Mind, Unity Mind, and Heartmind. In this show, Loch explores and unpacks how the first two levels of mind involve working with the body and mind to calm and stabilize them. The next three levels of mind make up a second tier, so to speak, providing access to a deeper sense of fundamental well-being, compassion a...

08-28
34:51

Awakening Through Grief with Mirabai Starr

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app here as he welcomes spiritual teacher and author Mirabai Starr about how grief is a portal to the sacred. They explore the mystics' poetic teachings on embracing both the transcendent and immanent - the ultimate reality and our embodied human experience. Wild Mercy by Mirabai Starr is about “living the fierce and tender wisdom of the women mystics.” Drawing on the feminine wisdom traditions and others, Loch and Mirabai Starr discuss...

07-24
40:03

Living From Awakening: Adyashanti Part II

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app here as he welcomes his dear friend and colleague Adyashanti for an insightful conversation on different doorways for awakening. This conversation is significant as it's the last public interview before the official Adyashanti retirement announcement. Loch has been an authorized teacher by Adyashanti since 2007 and he carries on the modern nondual tradition. Adyashanti meditation style is discussed as he shares personal insights into his...

06-19
53:08

Realizing Freedom Together: A Conversation with Loch Kelly and Caverly Morgan

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app here as he welcomes his colleague and author of The Heart of Who We Are Caverly Morgan. They explore the intersection of personal and collective practices for spiritual awakening. Caverly shares her journey of reconciling various teachings and traditions to arrive at an integrated approach. Loch highlights his Effortless Mindfulness teaching as a way to access non-dual awareness directly rather than through traditional progressive paths ...

05-22
51:15

Self-Actualization with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app here as he welcomes psychologist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman as his special guest. Together, they embark on a profound exploration of transcendence, self-awareness, and awakening as the next stage of human potential. In this Scott Barry Kaufman podcast episode, they explore the experience of unconditional love and unconditional positive regard and their transformative power in healing trauma. With a blend of psychology and spirituality, Loch...

04-24
59:45

Living From Awakening: Adyashanti Part I

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app here as he welcomes his dear friend and colleague Adyashanti for an insightful conversation on different doorways for awakening. This conversation is significant as it's the last public interview before the official Adyashanti retirement announcement. Loch has been an authorized teacher by Adyashanti since 2007 and he carries on the modern nondual tradition. Adyashanti meditation style is discussed as he shares personal insights into his...

03-27
48:04

Radical Acceptance: Tara Brach & Loch Kelly: Part II

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app here as he shares a deep dialogue with psychologist, meditation teacher and author, Tara Brach. Together they explore the path to awakening presence and deepening the connection to inner wisdom. The conversation navigates through practical techniques for shifting awareness, mindfulness cultivation, and the transformative power of embracing beliefs without being bound by them. Discover how stories and narratives are portals to unders...

02-28
40:26

Mindful Self-Compassion with Kristin Neff & Loch Kelly

Join Loch Kelly, the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app, as he engages in a deep conversation with colleague Kristin Neff. She is the author of the landmark book, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself. This podcast episode explores her expertise in Self-Compassion, the transformative role it plays in our lives, and practical methods for cultivating it. Loch joins in to discuss the relationship between self-compassion and discovering Compassion from higher Self to o...

01-31
59:28

Relational Mindfulness with Terry Real and Loch Kelly

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app in this caring dialogue with friend and colleague Terry Real where they explore the transformative power of relational mindfulness and offer practical tools for creating conscious and connected relationships. Terry emphasizes the importance of moving beyond individualistic perspectives and finding tools to support relational growth and flourishing. Throughout the conversation, he shares stories from his practice, discusses the phases of ...

01-17
54:24

Dancing Emptiness with Mukti & Loch

Enjoy Mukti’s in-depth dialogue with Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app in this podcast episode. Mukti and Loch delve into diverse topics and share pointers for awakening, embodiment, as well as working with emotions and energy. The dialogue explores topics like challenges faced by highly sensitive individuals. They discuss practical approaches to accessing and living from the dynamic nature of awareness and its transformative power.[00:49:35] The episode features Loch offerin...

12-20
01:00:47

Always Awake, Always Unfolding: Stephen Bodian & Loch Kelly

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app in this in depth dialogue with author, meditation teacher and psychotherapist, Stephan Bodian. Recognizing that awakening is already here and gradually unfolds, they emphasize the importance of finding your own path. The conversation delves into different doorways to awakening; from dropping within, to opening up, and acknowledging the varied nature of individual learning styles and blocks. They share insights on non-duality, highl...

12-06
48:12

Radical Acceptance: Tara Brach & Loch Kelly: Part I

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app here as he shares a deep dialogue with psychologist, meditation teacher and author, Tara Brach. As friends and colleagues they explore the critical themes of waking up consciousness and fostering an open heart in the midst of today's stressful world. The dialogue emphasizes the need for radical acceptance and compassionate activity rooted in awake consciousness as the best response to the pain in the world. Both of them offer steps to be...

11-22
45:59

Nondual Mindfulness: Sam Harris & Loch Kelly

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app in this insightful conversation with renowned author, meditation teacher and neuroscientist, Sam Harris. In this deep dialogue, Loch and Sam explore the vast landscape of meditation, non-duality. They share their personal early encounters with Dzogchen and Mahamudra teachers and teachings. Sam and Loch offer distinctive contemporary perspectives on mindfulness and non-duality, shedding light on how mindfulness can be a powerful gateway t...

11-08
01:05:23

Embodied Awakening with Judith Blackstone

In this insightful conversation, Judith Blackstone, author of "The Fulness of the Ground: A Guide to Embodied Awakening," joins Loch in a profound exploration of consciousness, healing and awakening. They delve into the essence of fundamental consciousness and its interconnectedness with our daily life. The dialogue emphasizes the importance of honoring our psychological history and traumas, and sharing how these direct nondual practices can be an effective trauma-sensitive approach. They als...

10-25
49:36

Healing Trauma with Gabor Mate

In this podcast episode, Loch Kelly engages in a deep dialogue with renowned physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté. They explore the intricacies of trauma, addictions and transformation with Effortless Mindfulness and Compassionate Inquiry. Dr. Maté delves into the profound connection between awareness, mind and body. The conversation also highlights the significance of seeking help and creating supportive communities for healing. Throughout, they discuss themes from Dr. Maté's book, "The Myth ...

09-13
47:13

Being Love

In this podcast episode, Loch Kelly introduces a direct approach to help us awaken to the freedom, clarity and our unconditional loving nature that is already within each of us and as each of us. He shows us a way to immediately shift out of our chattering mind and into our embodied interconnected Heart Mind. This method involves shifting what he calls local awake awareness from its current self centered view and into our true nature. This profound nondual realization is that our very nature ...

08-23
37:14

Experiencing Emotional Liberation

Join nondual mindfulness teacher Loch Kelly in this podcast episode as he explores the path of emotional liberation and guides you towards breaking free from the painful loop of emotions and thoughts. Discover how the root cause of suffering lies not in the emotions themselves, but in the contraction of the mind in a limited sense of identity. Here he delves into the concept of emotional liberation, emphasizing that it is not about suppressing or eliminating emotions, but rather allowing them...

07-25
40:31

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