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
778 episodes
301. What Is Your Erotic Blueprint? with Jaiya
Jaiya is a somatic sexologist who looks at sexuality holistically: from the physical and psychological to the emotional and spiritual.
300. Lesson: Love Is an Ability with Sharon Salzberg
When we experience fear, loss, or the hundred other daily stresses inherent in life, it can be easy to retreat inside ourselves until the whole world is just a
299. The Remarkable Man Who Brought Yoga to the West with Brother Satyananda
Brother Satyananda has served as a monk in the monastic order of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship for more than 40 years.
298. Lesson: Detoxifying in a Toxic World with Dr. Mark Hyman
Navigating the healthcare system is a challenge for anyone, but it’s especially difficult if you suffer from chronic disease and nebulous symptoms in a world
297. A Sandy Hook Mom on Choosing Love and Forgiveness
Ten years ago, Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
296. Where to Live to Live Longer with Ryan Frederick
Place plays a significant but often unacknowledged role in longevity.
295. Commusings: Nostalgia Means Our Pain
This week’s missive explores relativity theory within the context of human transience.
294. Reduce Your Biological Age Through Epigenetics with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald
Chronological age is the number of birthdays we’ve celebrated, but according to Dr. Kara Fitzgerald’s recent clinical studies, it’s just a number.
292. The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food with Dr. Robert Lustig
Processed food is causing 88% of Americans to suffer from metabolic dysfunction. In this episode Dr.
291. Lesson: My Mother Terrifies Me with Byron Katie
Today's episode is an excerpt from the Commune course, The Work of Byron Katie.
290. What Will Be on Your Tombstone? with davidji
Years ago, davidji was walking past a row of cardboard boxes when a hand reached out and grabbed his leg.
289. Lesson: The Clothing Industry’s Pollution with Paul Hawken
The clothing industry is one of the world’s worst polluters, accounting for 8-10% of total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
288. Why Sunlight Is Vital for Health & Immunity with Dr. Roger Seheult
Sunlight provides much more than just Vitamin D and melatonin is not just for helping you go to sleep at night.
287. The Protein Myth with Dr. Zach Bush
Protein is the most overemphasized and over-consumed macronutrient in the American diet, but for reasons that may surprise you. In less than an hour, Dr.
286. You Are a Superorganism with Ara Katz
Every day scientists are learning something new about the human-microbe relationship, and today’s guest, Ara Katz, and her company Seed, are right at the
285. Meditation for Serene Energy
Love is an effusive state of being that emerges from an absence of need.
284. Fiber Fuel Your Life with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
95% of people in America are fiber deficient, and fiber is the primary fuel for the microbes in your gut.
283. Commusings: Moving On
In Japanese aesthetics, there is a concept known as yūgen, which has no real translation even though we have all felt it.
282. Proactive vs. Reactive Healthcare with Dr. Robin Berzin
After years of writing prescriptions in rushed, 15-minute appointments, Dr.
281. Commusings: The Sound of Sadness
Sound is a neurological phenomenon. In the air, it’s just a wave form.
280. Love's Greatest Lesson with Marianne Williamson
Relationships exist to teach us. To show us the places within that need our kindness and to reveal our sharp edges ready for softening.
279. Commusings: The Course of Nature
To quote Alan Watts, “If you want to understand the metaphysical, then deeply study the physical.”
278. 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
277. Commusings: The Physical and Spiritual Dimensions of Fasting
What do Jesus, Muhammad and the Buddha have in common?
276. Why Blood Sugar Matters with Dr. Casey Means
Alzheimer’s looks very different from obesity, which we think of as different from stroke, depression, or infertility. But according to Dr.
275. Commusings: The Pain Is Receding
If you've spent any time scrolling social media, you've likely come across this aphorism: "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
274. Radical Self-Acceptance and Resilience with Rosie Acosta
Growing up in East L.A. in the nineties and arrested at age 15, Rosie Acosta knew she needed find a new direction and purpose in life.
273. Commusings: “I am lost in her lostness.”
Having three daughters requires a lot chauffeuring around … to school, to “hang outs” and to dance class.
272. Ayurveda for Holistic Wellbeing with Siva Mohan
Dr. Siva Mohan was trained in Western medicine before turning to Ayurveda as a more comprehensive method for healing.
271. Commusings: String Bean Theory
This musing explores the coincidence of opposites that emerge within the natural world and how nature’s intelligence yearns to bring these opposites together
270. 3 Stoic Meditations for Living a Life of Virtue
The common usage of the adjective “stoic” – the unemotional endurance of hardship – belies the true nature of Stoicism, a brilliant philosophy of personal
269. How to Visualize Your Success with Biet Simkin
A lack of follow-through is a very human trait. We often start a project, only to stop.
268. The New Science Behind the Keto Diet with Dr. Steven Gundry
Dr.
267. Commusings: Rogan, Journalism, and Free Speech
As a podcast host who has featured a wide spectrum of opinions about COVID on this show, Jeff shares his thoughts regarding Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the
266. On Being Multi-Passionate with Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo’s breakthrough moment came when she left behind labels and defined herself as a “multi-passionate entrepreneur.”
265. Commusings: What Shape Is Your Poop? by Jake Laub
Bowel movements have become a taboo topic, but your poop is one of the most valuable and easily visible biomarkers of health you have.
264. Find Your Way Back to Yourself with Danielle LaPorte
What does it mean to live a heart-centered life?
263.Why Meditate?
What are the benefits of a meditation practice, and how does the practice of meditation alter the experience of what it is like to be alive, moment to moment?
262. Understanding Heart Health, Cholesterol, and Statins with Dr. Mark Hyman & Dr. Zach Bush
Popular medicine has cast cholesterol as the primary villain in heart disease. But if cholesterol was inherently bad for us, why would your cells produce it?
261. Commusings: The Perils of What About-ism
Where is the line between healthy skepticism and bad faith questioning? But what about ... ?
260. The Happy Pear: Secrets to Joyful Health
The Happy Pear started in 2004 when identical twins Steve and Dave opened a small produce shop in their Irish hometown with the dream of helping people to eat
259. Commusings: Everything in Moderation
In this time of political rancor and binary opposition, the only way out of fanaticism is for each of us to make a herculean effort toward finding common
258. Dr. David Perlmutter: Dropping Acid
Unless you had so much uric acid in your body that you developed gout, doctors have largely ignored this common biomarker. But according to Dr.
257. Yoga Class #3: Core Like Never Before with Schuyler Grant (20 Minutes, All Levels)
If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace.
256. Scarlett Lewis: Choosing Love and Forgiveness
On December 14, 2012, Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
255. Yoga Class #2: Satisfying Shoulders & Straddles with Schuyler Grant (20 Minutes, All Levels)
If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace.
254. Scott Schwenk: Why We Breathe
If you don't like how you are feeling, change the rhythm and depth of your breath. Because how you are breathing is how you are living.
253. Yoga Class #1: Strong, Mobile Hips with Schuyler Grant (20 Minutes, All Levels)
If you like this podcast-exclusive, audio-only yoga class, join us for Schuyler's new 10-Day Commune Yoga Challenge: Grounding Into Grace.
252. Kimberly Snyder: Happiness Isn't Out There
If you see a gap between what you have and what you think you need to be happy, then listen up: You could keep running to close the gap, or you could find
251. Commusings: The Mosquito Bites an Iron Bull by Jake Laub
Yoga and ballet are so far apart on the movement spectrum that they curve around and settle next to each other in our minds.
250. They Are Trying to Kill Us with Keegan Kuhn and John Lewis
They’re Trying To Kill Us is a new documentary on food (in)justice told through the lens of Hip Hop and urban culture.
249. Commusings: Eat Dirt
Just as exposure to the natural environment builds a strong immune system, exposure to insult and ridicule can help you build mental resilience.
248. Simon Hill: The Proof Is in the Plants
Why are we so confused about what to eat? If I eat a plant-based diet will I miss out on any vital nutrients? Should I prioritize protein or carbs?
247. David Kessler: Navigating the River of Grief
If you think of grief as a river, you can better understand your experience with it.
246. Dr. Zach Bush: Nature’s Quest for Coherence
From the carbon cycle to our feminine and masculine forms, the universe naturally organizes itself into incredibly complex yet beautifully harmonious systems.
245. Byron Katie: He's Trying to Control Me
Today's episode is an excerpt from the Commune course, The Work of Byron Katie.
244. Thanksgiving Special: Schuyler Puts Jeff in the Hot Seat
The tables have turned as Commune Podcast host Jeff Krasno responds to questions from his wife Schuyler.
243. Dr. Jolene Brighten: What Your Hormones Are Trying to Tell You
Think about your hormones like a symphony. When every instrument is in tune, they play a lovely song.
242. Rabbi Mordecai Finley: Living a Life of Goodness
Rabbi Mordecai Finley is a philosopher and religious leader renowned for articulating truths about the human condition through the Old Testament and Kabbalah
241. Commusings: To Meat or Not to Meat?
You don’t exactly “get protein from eating protein.”