Be the Change Radio

A conversation with Dr. Brenda Shoshanna on relationships – those with our significant others, with our families, friends, neighbors, with any other human that we encounter. Brenda Shoshanna is overflowing with joy, and is a joy to listen to. Don’t miss this one! This show was recorded at WZEN.org on November 13th, 2011.

Pamela Boyce Simms coaches Transition Initiating Teams and Working Groups; facilitating team-building and  efficient, effective and harmonious group dynamics. Ms. Boyce Simms also is one of seven initiators on the Woodstock NY Transition Team in Ulster County, New York. Woodstock Transition currently hosts monthly public awareness sessions and plans its Great Unleashing in September 2012. [...]

Storyteller, author, wilderness expert & naturalist James Bruchac shares his love of the outdoors and his connection to nature with all of us. Jim is a master tracker who combines Native American philosophies, legends and observation skills with recent scientific techniques. He is the director of the Ndakinna Education Center in Greenfield Center NY which [...]

A conversation worth listening to again: Amy Shoko Brown on Practicing One Thing  

Further conversation with Amy Shoko Brown on the Four Immeasurables: Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity. In this Christmas season, how can we bring light to our dark places?

Don Symanski is a kyudo teacher, a bow maker and a photographer. He recently led a weekend photography workshop at Zen Mountain Monastery entitled “Beginner’s Eye.” This show was recorded at WZEN.org on October 16th, 2011.

Amy Shoko Brown on the Four Immeasurables: Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity. The four immeasurables, also known as the Brahma Viharas are found in one brief and beautiful prayer: May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes, May all sentient beings be free of suffering and its causes, May all sentient beings never be [...]

Rebroadcast of Amy Shoko Brown speaking on Structure & Spontaneity.

Amy Shoko Brown tells us the story of the Ugly Duckling and relates that tale to our own daily practice of belonging in our lives. Here’s a poem by Mary Oliver from New & Selected Poems (Harcourt Brace). Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your [...]

Amy Shoko Brown discusses the advantages of Structure and Spontaneity in developing practices to truly be the change that you want to see in the world. What is practice? It is regular, diligent, focused action. Practice can be yoga, prayer, taking a walk, washing the dishes or simply greeting your loved ones affectionately each morning. [...]