Commune with Jeff Krasno
The Commune Podcast is where we explore the ideas and practices that help us live healthy, connected, purpose-filled lives. Each week host Jeff Krasno speaks with teachers, spiritual leaders, doctors, and storytellers on topics related to personal and societal well-being — from nutrition and integrative medicine to spirituality and personal growth to environmental regeneration and civic engagement. In addition to being a podcast, Commune is also an online course platform with more than 100 full-length video courses with top teachers such as Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Dr.
Episodes
794 episodes
376. Sunlight & Your Circadian Rhythm with Dr. Roger Seheult
Discover just how important it is to understand your relationship to the sun. Dr.
375. Meditation: Responding vs. Reacting with Light Watkins
As humans, we're prone to overreact to negative circumstances.
374. Soil Health, Food Quality, and Holiday Recipes with Molly Chester
Molly Chester sees food as a celebration — from when the seed is sown to the holiday table is set.
373. Commusings: These Are the Good Old Days
It’s quite natural to feel a wistful longing for a bygone era, but you can also cultivate a heart-warming nostalgia for the present moment.
372. Meditation: Memento Mori with Jeff Krasno
You’ve likely engaged in this thought experiment: What would you do if you only had six months to live?
371. Kiss the Ground with Finian Makepeace, Ian Somerhalder, and Doniga Markegard
Under the current agricultural paradigm, soil scientists estimate we have only 55 to 60 harvests left.
370. Healthy Digestion with Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Mary Pardee, and Dr. Pedram Shojai
In today’s lesson, doctors Mark Hyman, Mary Pardee and Pedram Shojai give you the tools you need to optimize digestion—or troubleshoot with your primary care
369. Meditation: Dealing with Doubt and Imposter Syndrome with Murray Hidary
Self-doubt is not always an unhealthy thing. It’s what compels you to reflect inward, to challenge yourself to be better.
368. Intuitive Eating and Fasting with Dr. Will Cole
Would you like to give your metabolism the equivalent of a yoga class? According to Dr.
367. Commusings: Great Fullness
Jeff ponders the “great fullness” of gratitude in this week’s memoriam of his beloved Nana.
366. Meditation: Present Moment Nostalgia with Jeff Krasno
The present is, in fact, all we have. Present time nostalgia enables us to appreciate the moment while we are in it.
365. Making the Impossible, Possible with Charlie Engle
Crack-addict turned ultra-endurance athlete Charlie Engle knows a thing or two about overcoming long odds.
364. The Spiritual Journey with Marianne Williamson, davidji, Sadhguru, and Russell Brand
So many of us struggle to find a solid relationship to spirit, or even to define what spirit means to us.
363. Meditation: Fill with Light with Marianne Williamson
Surrender, receive, and let your false self fall away.
362. Gratitude Revealed with Louie Schwartzberg
If you want to be happier and live longer, gratitude is a good place to start.
361. Commusings: Maybe...
This Taoist parable was a favorite of Alan Watts, who delivered it with his inimitable panache.
360. Meditation: Change What You Can Control
We don’t control the world around us - only how we respond to it.
359. The Younger You Method with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald
Your destiny is not determined by your genes, but rather how you express your genes. In her second interview on the Commune Podcast, Dr.
358. Working with Big Feelings with Michael B. Beckwith, Dr. Siva Mohan, and David Kessler
Toxic thought patterns cause suffering and can feel intractable. Day one of this summit will give you effective ways to quell those unhelpful mental habits.
357. Meditation: Heart Centering with Danielle LaPorte
This is where mindfulness and heartfulness come together in the power of breath and prayer.
356. Glyphosate Is a Public Health Emergency with Kelly Ryerson
Kelly Ryerson was very sick, but no one could tell her why.
355. How Soil Speaks to Your Cells with Zach Bush, MD
Why were Zach’s patients getting sicker and more inflamed even when eating kale and brussel sprouts and other foods he knew should be loaded with medicinal
354. Meditation: Taking Action with Sharon Salzberg
What shapes your life? Today’s exercise is a meditation that will help you look at your core values and intentions which drive the choices you make.
353. A Wearable Hug for Your Nervous System with Dr. Dave Rabin
There are many ways you can send a signal to the body that says, “I am safe, right now” — including slow, rhythmic breathing, soothing touch, and the
352. Commusings: Climbing Love's Ladder
This week we explore the concept of true love, not as an emotion that comes and goes, but as a state of being to inhabit.
351. Meditation: Metta with Jeff Krasno
In Pali, metta translates to lovingkindness, and it is a way to cultivate gratitude and love.
350. How to Detox in Seven Days with Dr. Alejandro Junger
Even though our bodies have a magnificent detoxification system, we are exposed to so many daily toxins that we fall behind. In this episode, Dr.
349.Commusings: Who Am I?
Many of us live under a spell. One in which we believe we are what others think of us; we are what we do, or what we have. But who are we, really?
348. Meditation: Balance and Harmony with Scott Schwenk
To find balance and harmony, you must learn how to let go.
347. How to Be Loving with Danielle LaPorte
Love creates the conditions needed to heal ourselves and the collective. So how do we become more open to love?
346. Lesson: How to Die Young as Old as Possible with Dr. Mark Hyman
For decades, the scientific community has viewed aging as inevitable — so why bother studying it? But what if aging were more like a disease?
345. Meditation: Ring the Bells with davidji
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344. Learn to Better Use Your Brain with Jim Kwik
Schools teach us WHAT to learn, but not HOW to learn. So how do you upgrade your ability to learn — at any age?
343. Commusings: Three Simple Ways to Burn Fat
Nine of the top ten killers are related to metabolism, so if you're carrying around extra pounds, your grievance isn’t with the Speedo.
342. Stoic Meditation: Wanting What You Have with Jeff Krasno
There always seems to be a gap between one’s current state and a future, imagined happiness.
341. Democracy in Chains with Marianne Williamson
What are the proper metrics of success for a society, and what happens when those metrics don’t align with our capitalist system bound by short-term profits?
340. Commusings: Bless & Release by Danielle LaPorte
Retelling old stories can hold us back from healing.
339. Meditation: Loving Yourself Today with Biet Simkin
In today's meditation, esteemed guide Biet Simkin shares a powerful meditation for coming into contact with the real you and falling in love with your body
338. The Health Metrics That Matter Most with Andrew Huberman, Ph.D.
In this episode, neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, Ph. D.
337. Lesson: The Ancient Roots of Regenerative Agriculture with Warren Brush
Did you know traditional Hawaiian cultures managed entire volcanic mountainsides from summit to ocean for sustainable food production?
336. Meditation: The Tibetan Book of the Dead with Jack Kornfield
In today's meditation, renowned Buddhist meditation teacher Jack Kornfield shares from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a powerful guide for moving through the
335. Boost Your Body’s Ability to Prevent Cancer with Dr. Elizabeth Boham
At 30 years old, Dr. Elizabeth Boham received a surprising diagnosis: triple-negative breast cancer.
334. The Keys to Longevity with Dr. Mark Hyman
We think of aging as a normal consequence of getting older, but looked at a different way, aging can be seen as a disease — driven by upstream factors such as
333. Meditation: Shedding Your Many Identities
There are times for all of us when life can feel heavy, and this heaviness often originates from the weight of the many roles we assign to ourselves.
332. Rejuvenate Your Immune System with Dr. Jeffrey Bland
According to Dr. Jeffrey Bland, the “father of Functional Medicine,” the immune system is nature's greatest protector and innovator.
331. Shortcast: The Modern Middle Way with Yung Pueblo
As humans, we like to jump to conclusions and develop opinions on the spot, based on the information we have at hand.
330. Present Awareness Meditation: Noticing Sound in Stereo
We cruise through our day-to-day lives experiencing sound as one giant monophonic wave form – an aural smoothie of leaf blowers, motors, buzzing refrigerators.
329. Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté
Why do more people suffer from mental illness now than ever before? In this episode, Dr.
328. Commusings: Tennis, Anyone?
Today’s musing explores one of Jeff's lifelong passions: tennis. You may or may not share his enthusiasm for hitting fuzzy yellow balls.
327. Let’s Meditate Together
We hope this new weekly series can help you establish meditation as a regular habit.
326. Why Metabolic Dysfunction Kills with Dr. Sara Gottfried
In her 30s, Dr. Sara Gottfried’s metabolic function was closer to that of a woman in her 50s.
325. Commusings: Letting Go
Non-attachment is double-edged. If you hold your breath, you lose it, but if you let it go, it comes back.
324. I’m Living My Dream, So Why Do I Want to Kill Myself? with Jason Wrobel
Jason Wrobel considered ending his life while standing in his kitchen — but his kitchen would also save his life.
323. Shortcast: Healing Our Collective Addictions with Russell Brand
Why do we develop addictive behaviors?
322. Commusings: Abortion Stories in Greyscale by Schuyler Grant
Stories about abortion are filed in the library of most families — legal, illegal, secret, tinged with relief or with regret.
321. Dying with Grace with Dr. Zach Bush, Marianne Williamson, and David Kessler
Everyone you know is going to die someday, including you — but as a culture we avoid this universal topic.
320. Commusing: Don't Mess with Texas
Like Texas in the 1980’s, we must tap into the pride we feel for our land and find a solution to the common foe faced by the United States.
319. Brain Health for Happiness with Dr. Daniel Amen
With a healthier brain comes a happier life. In this episode, physician and psychiatrist Dr.
318. Commusings: Travel Hell & Lavender Oil
You may have recently seen news headlines highlighting torturous summer travel.
317. How Nutrition Helped Me Walk Again with Dr. Terry Wahls
Diagnosed with a supposedly irreversible autoimmune disease, Dr. Terry Wahls could only walk short distances with two canes.