Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei, is the spiritual director of the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism, and the abbot of the Zen Center of NYC. Among other projects, Shugen is concerned with fostering an integration of  religious practice with environmental awareness.

Jody Hojin Kimmel is a Dharma Holder at Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, NY and a long-time (life-time) ceramicist and visual artist.

We talk with Dr. Carol Robin, DC, CCN, holistic healthcare practitioner, intuitive health and healing guide. Her focus is to empower people to be actively involved in their own healing process. She hosts of a series of web-seminars featuring a range of nationally known healers.

Rebroadcast of our October 2008 interview with Stephanie Kaza, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. Stephanie wrote a book which came out in November 2008 entitled Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking.

Amy Shoko Brown talks about Healing Through Creativity

As we navigate the commercialized holiday season, it can be easy to forget the basics. Listeners phone in to express their gratitude.

How do we express thanks? How do we give? What is it to receive? Zen teacher Bonnie Myotai Treace, founder & director of Hermitage Heart, a Zen practitioner’s community, joins Shoko and Julie in a discussion of gratitude in this Thanksgiving season.

We talk to Stephanie Kaza, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. Stephanie has a new book coming out in November entitled Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking.