The Calm Mind Series
Tools for Embracing Uncertainty
The Calm Mind Series offers online meditations, pranayama, yoga nidra and talks from Kathmandu, Berlin, Madrid, Philadelphia and Auckland.
The Inner-View
See video-interviews from some extraordinary people who will inspire and empower you with their stories and insights.
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Charok Lama Rinpoche, Geshe Kunga, Gelong Thubten, Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha, Robert Lyon and Sneha Shrestha
Gelong Thubten
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation trainer and author from the UK. He has been teaching for over twenty years in many different sectors such as hospitals, schools and prisons, as well as for businesses such as Google, LinkedIn & Deutsche Bank, making him a pioneer in the global mindfulness movement. Additionally he is the director of Kagyu Samye Dzong Scarborough, Yorkshire, UK and a trustee of ROKPA International, a humanitarian aid organisation with projects in some of the world's poorest regions. Thubten speaks on mindfulness and how it can influence all aspects of our lives.
Charok Lama Rinpoche
Charok Lama Rinpoche is the reincarnation of Kusho Mangden, a highly respected Buddhist Master from the area around Mt. Everest, Nepal. In this interview he will enlighten us with his accessible and practical wisdom, not to mention his easy sense of humour.
Geshe Kunga
In this interview, Geshe Kunga gives us practical advice and down-to-earth perspectives on how to manage your mind in these uncertain times. Geshe Kunga is a Buddhist teacher from Kopan Monastery and a resident teacher at the Pokhara Buddhist Meditation Center. He has studied Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy at Sera University for over twenty-one years.
Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha
In this remarkable interview, Dr. Prabhavati explains her charity and shares with us her insightful view of the current world situation. Dr. Prabahvati is the founder of Ramana's Garden, an orphanage in Rishikesh, India that provides food, shelter, clothing, education, and a future to abandoned, orphaned, and destitute children.
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Sonja Peteranderl
In this interview Sonja talks about the impact covid has had on her work as a journalist, as well as how the pandemic has affected the communities she works with. Sonja is Latin America correspondent for Der Spiegel in Mexico, and founder of BuzzingCities Lab, a think tank focusing on how digitalisation influences security, organised crime and urban violence in megacities. She covers technology, security/policing, organised crime/cyber crime, migration and social justice. Previously, she was a technology editor at Der Spiegel, was senior editor for Wired Germany Magazine, and spent a decade as a freelance foreign correspondent for media like Der Spiegel, Zeit Online, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tagesspiegel and Impulse. She is a Kellen fellow at the American Council on Germany researching the impact of algorithms in the policing/security realm and is a member of the Global Diplomacy Lab (GDL) and the Bosch Alumni Network.
Anastasia Shevchenko
Anastasia Shevchenko was born in Ukraine, grew up in Canada, and now she lives in Germany. She started practicing Hatha yoga at the age of 14 back in 2002 after being diagnosed with scoliosis. Through a disciplined practice, Anastasia learned first-hand the self-healing aspect behind yoga, that was tested once more after an accident that left her with a broken and paralyzed arm when she was 19.
After moving to Germany, in 2013, Anastasia completed a 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand in the Bihar School Tradition. Immediately after the training, Anastasia turned back to the Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga method. In 2015, Anastasia began to practice under Andrea Lutz, who teaches in the Nancy Gilgoff and David Williams tradition. Anastasia quit Ashtanga yoga in March 2020 and now teaches in her own method called Inner Core Yoga.
Anastasia is passionate about yoga in connection to other disciplines and sciences, especially to Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Western Philosophy, Buddhism, and Nutrition.
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