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Sep 24, 2020
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Zen Bites

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy

Zen Bites is a free audio podcast series featuring Mindfulness-based psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia and Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson, with discussion focusing on Zen, Buddhism and Mindfulness, to more generalised themes of Psychology and Spirituality.

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Zen Bites #1: Who am I?

From the archive
Zen Bites' is the first in a series of podcasts featuring CBT & Mindfulness Psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia and Martin Goodson co-founder of the website The Zen Gateway. In Zen Bites #1 (entitled Who am I?) discussion ranges from the nature of consciousness to the realisation of mortality, compassion...

Zen Bites #2: What is Mindfulness Really?

From the Archive
In this episode Jamie Shavdia & Martin Goodson discuss whether Mindfulness is a technique or a way of life? What defines the mindful awareness state? How is it attained?

Zen Bites #3 What is Mindfulness for?

A dialogue between Zen & Psychotherapy
This episode looks at the question of whether mindfulness is a religious practice or a therapeutic practice.

Zen Bites #4:Meditational Retreats

Why do them and what are they for?
Jamie and Martin discuss the importance of this element of spiritual training, along with a few things to consider if you want to go on one. 

Zen Bites #5 The Compassionate Heart

Therapeutic Mindfulness now includes specific practices around compassion. Jamie and Martin discuss the importance of this 'Divine Abode' as it is called in Buddhism as being intrinsic to the awakened heart. 

Zen Bites #6 Daily Life Practice

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this discussion Jamie & Martin discuss the mechanics of daily life practice, the practice of meditation in the midst of our life activities. How does this tie into the more 'visible' practice of zazen (sitting meditation)?

Zen Bites #7: Walking Meditation

How do we take the 'quiet spaciousness' off the meditation seat and into activity? Walking meditation is one gateway method to do this. Jamie and Martin also discuss the pilgrimage and its symbolic resonance as 'spiritual journey'. 

Zen Bites #8: Working with the Emotional Household

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this podcast Jamie & Martin discuss the necessity of working with the emotions, as a key to the transformation of the heart and laying down the delusion of 'I'. 

Zen Bites #9: Mindfulness of eating and drinking

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this podcast Jamie and Martin discuss the mindfulness of eating and drinking, and how a meditational way of being in this inevitable act, helps us to connect with the present moment.

Zen Bites #10: Body and breath

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this episode Jamie Shavdia & Martin Goodson discuss the importance of the body in the practice of mindfulness and Buddhist practice, as well as the pivotal role of following the breath.

Zen Bites #11: Sitting Meditation

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
Zen and Psychology join forces to discuss Zazen meditation: with tips on how to meditate effectively, it’s history, and why it is such a central practice in both secular and religious mindfulness practices.

Zen Bites #12: Mindfulness & Relationships

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this talk Jamie and Martin discuss the spiritual and psychotherapeutic transformations can happen when we apply mindfulness to the relationships we have in our lives.

Zen Bites #13: Sounds, Chanting and Mantras

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
How does sound affect consciousness and why has chanting always been integral in religious practice? 

Zen Bites #14: Transcendence

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the spiritual potential of transcending the individual ego and the limited confines of our cognitive prisons.

Zen Bites #15: Bereavement, Loss & Dying

Zen Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the difficult topic of bereavement, loss and dying.

Zen Bites #16: Body Wisdom

Buddhism & Psychotherapy
In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the role of the body as a source of insight and wisdom, relinquishing the cognitive agenda and exploring a realm of pure sensation.

Zen Bites #17 Podcast: Gratitude

Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy 
In this episode of Zen Bites, Jamie and Martin discuss the transformative effect that gratitude can have on our quality of life.

Zen Bites #18: The Shadow, Repression and Acceptance

Podcast 
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the unconditional acceptance of the shadow self, those unfavourable parts of "I', the ego, that are often repressed and not allowed in. 

Zen Bites #19: Living with Uncertainty

Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy 
Martin and Jamie discuss the nature of uncertainty and how to change our relationship to it. 

Zen Bites #20 Podcast: Mapping the Mind

Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy
In this final episode Jamie & Martin discuss the mythological and psychological models that have been created by different cultures across the ages, from the Norse myths of the Nine worlds to the collective unconscious.

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Further reading

Working with the Fires | How to work with the emotional household

A practice to transform negative emotions

Master Rinzai's medicine for anxiety

Gateway Talks
What is our true nature and how can we come to realise it?

Rinzai’s 'look for him before you'

Gateway Talks
"Your physical body, formed by the four elements, cannot understand the Dharma you are listening to; nor can your spleen, stomach, liver or gall; nor can the empty space. Who then can understand the Dharma and can listen to it? "

Rest the Heart

Gateway Talks
How can we meditate regardless of whether conditions are pleasant or unpleasant?