About: Julian Walker
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Social Media: Dancing Along The Edge.by Julian Walker on Feb 15, 2012 My sense is that social media can be a powerful tool for growth. I am all for the call to mindful communication - but only if it still cuts against the grain of relativism and conflict-avoidance that often makes spiritual community so lacking in critical thinking and well reasoned ideas...328 views |
The Power of the Heart: Chakras 3 & 4.by Julian Walker on Feb 14, 2012 One of my favorite teaching subjects: the more deeply we know and love ourselves, the more deeply we are capable of knowing and loving others.342 views |
7 Principles for Integrated Spirituality.by Julian Walker on Feb 2, 2012 Seven Principles for Integrated Spirituality.1,718 views |
Slideshow Video on Chakras 1 & 2: Grounding and Pleasure.by Julian Walker on Jan 25, 2012 The word "energy" refers to your felt experience of your body, your emotions, sensations, traumas, aspirations... I use the chakras are a poetic way of talking about how the mind lives in the body, and how we hold contractions in different areas and experience this as "blocked energy." Can you stand up for yourself, do you own your right to pleasure, are you ready to heal broken trust and embrace an ecstatic grounding in your sacred body?!331 views |
Grounding & Pleasure: Our Journey Begins. (Chakras 1 & 2)by Julian Walker on Jan 4, 2012 Can you stand up for yourself? Do you feel grounded in your body, your life and in reality itself? Are you in touch both with healthy aggression and the capacity to surrender into the trust required to experience ecstatic pleasure?2,848 views |
Censoring Woody Allen Jesusby Julian Walker on Dec 26, 2011 Praise be to Jesus, praise be to magic, Woody Allen, Zombie, Superman, Kimodo dragon, telepathic, quantum, hovercraft Jesus!186 views |
The Masterful Joseph Campbell on Christ, Nature and Eastern Mythologyby Julian Walker on Dec 24, 2011 Bill Moyers: But aren't you undermining one of the great cardinal doctrines of Christian faith of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus prefiguring our own and overcoming the body with a higher physical truth? JC: Well, that would be what I would call a misreading of the symbol, that's reading it in terms of prose rather than poetry...714 views |
Some Xmas Thoughts on Mythology, Poetry & Meaning. ~ Julian Walkerby Julian Walker on Dec 23, 2011 What if we think of this time of year as being about making friends with the darkness, facing our fears, turning inwards and getting real, as well as about cherishing family and friends? intentionally engaging in generous gift giving of love and honest communication. creating moments of grace together in which the sacredness of the present moment and the preciousness of our limited time together open into gratitude, forgiveness and clarity about the human condition.1,086 views |
Sex, Death, Sacrifice & Waking Up.by Julian Walker on Dec 5, 2011 Embracing the body in all of it's limitations, emotions, lust, beauty, power and fragility as the very arena of spiritual experience may be the antidote to life-negative spirituality and religion. What are the roots of enforced celibacy and the seemingly inevitable child molestation that so often goes with it?1,410 views |
Even HIV Cured by Faith? Trauma, Miracles & Ethics.by Julian Walker on Nov 28, 2011 Can faith really heal all illnesses? This church is telling people to stop taking their medicine and be healed by God.667 views |
The Trinity Sutra: A Map to Healing, Integration & Transformationby Julian Walker on Oct 7, 2011 1.1 I have found this trinity at the heart of transformational practice: Breath, Presence and Compassion. It can be used in any discipline. May it be of benefit.1,289 views |
Riding the Kundalini Dragon: Integrating Altered Statesby Julian Walker on Sep 21, 2011 Everyone talks about Kundalini, Healing, Chakras and Energy - but what does it actually mean?!2,661 views |
Yoga, Bodywork, Healing & The Brain {Bonus VIDEO}by Julian Walker on Aug 16, 2011 "Rocking, swaying, undulating, carried by the rhythm, Ride the ecstatic waves into a sublime fusion of passion and peace..." ~ The Radiance Sutras. What does it really mean to say that yoga, breath & touch can affect the body, nervous system and brain in powerful healing ways?2,143 views |
Sex, Emotions, Self & Reality!by Julian Walker on Aug 4, 2011 It hit me as I was waking up this morning: Sex, Emotions, Self and Reality - these are the big four, and how we think about each of them adds up to which of two very distinct spiritual orientations we inhabit.6,867 views |
Imagine: A Spiritual Manifesto.by Julian Walker on Jul 28, 2011 Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today...2,168 views |
Yoga Makes Sex Better! 5 Top Reasons to Practice and Teach.by Julian Walker on Jul 12, 2011 Yoga makes sex better! Yeah, you heard me - I said it…9,868 views |
Spirituality Without The Bulls*@t! Sam Harris Takes A Stand {VIDEO}by Julian Walker on Jun 29, 2011 Discussing meditation, spiritual experience, psychedelics and morality, Sam Harris proposes a modern spirituality without the baggage of outdated beliefs.447 views |
Blood On The Hands of “The Secret.”by Julian Walker on Jun 23, 2011 How beliefs from "The Secret" turned this man into a murderer - and led three people to lose their lives.8,870 views |
Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel: Fathers, Sons and Daughters AND Yoga.by Julian Walker on Jun 19, 2011 Peter Gabriel loves his father, Paul Simon loves his daughter. Find out how yoga factors in! :)711 views |
Patanjali’s Key Dualism: The Seer & The Seenby Julian Walker on Jun 16, 2011 Is there a God? Is God separate from Nature or one with Nature? Are we practicing yoga to transcend the body or to embody transcendence?!1,310 views |
If I Wanted Religion, I Wouldn’t be a Yogi! Why I Can’t Teach Patanjali as Gospel Truth.by Julian Walker on Jun 14, 2011 All too often Patanjali is taught as a “scripture” – a kind of revealed divine authoritative pronouncement to be learned by rote and believed at face value. For me this is antithetical both to a kind of philosophical depth, as well as being able to take a more anthropological stance in relationship tot his particular cultural artifact. It also bumps up against my sense that there is a distinction between a more conventional religious belief-based spirituality and the kind of counter-cultural, inquiry and practice-based spirituality that I see yoga representing in the West.894 views |
10 Obstacles to Sane Spirituality…by Julian Walker on Jun 9, 2011 Is everything really just "relative?" Does quantum physics "prove" that thought creates reality? Is wisdom from ancient cultures really the bees knees? Does non-dualism mean you're already enlightened before you even start?!2,774 views |
10 Obstacles to Sane Spirituality…by Julian Walker on Jun 6, 2011 The laying out of these 10 obstacles is intended to be both humorous and instructive, and with each obstacle I will provide one general suggestion and one suggestion for teachers and healers on how to use it as a portal towards integration and sanity. My hope is that by the end of this article, perhaps you will agree that not only are these 10 obstacles quite problematic, but that they can also serve as 10 doorways or portals that lead to a more sane, integrated next stage of spiritual growth. This requires curiosity about what lies obscured from view underneath or behind each obstacle.7,146 views |
10 Things we can Learn from the Bizarre Case of Sai Baba (A Manifesto On Reality-Based Spiritual Empowerment!)by Julian Walker on Apr 28, 2011 Take back your power, wake up to reality, smell the coffee of mortality, and feel the real magic of being human! How do we learn from the bizarre legacy of Sai Baba, a man who claimed that doing magic tricks made him God, while engaging in pedophilia behind closed doors? 10 key insights that form a kind of manifesto for what the author calls "reality-based spirituality."5,972 views |
Why Does Patanjali Matter?! I Think We Can Do Better.by Julian Walker on Apr 14, 2011 I question the lazy default position of teaching Patanjali's dualistic authoritarian pronouncements as "yoga philosophy" - while giving them the status of "scripture." A critical reading of the text combined with some contrasting neuroscience, somatic psychology, Buddhist and tantric reading seems more in the spirit of viveka and an engaged living tradition. In the context of the modern East/West yoga experiment I think we can have a much more interesting and relevant discussion.1,120 views |
Spiritual Responses to the Tsunami & Nuclear Disaster.by Julian Walker on Apr 6, 2011 I know it will make some folks really mad. I know it will seem mean or angry or arrogant. It isn't...3,253 views |
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