In this episode with filmmakers, producers, and founders of Science & Nonduality (SAND) Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo discuss their new film, Where Olive Trees Weep, which explores the impact of colonialism and intergenerational trauma on indigen

#85 In Our Bones: Osprey Orielle Lake

11 days ago 51m 42s

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network, International (WECAN). She works nationally and internationally with grassroots, Indigenous and business leaders, policy-makers and scientists

#84 Grieving in Community: Mirabai Starr & Mona Haydar

18 days ago 1h 2m

A recording of excerpts from a live SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo.In these times of unbearable anguish, as the already beleaguered Palestinian community is being massacred and starved before our astonished eyes,

#83 Taoist Inner Alchemy: Mattias Daly

25 days ago 58m 26s

Mattias Daly is Taoist practitioner and a professional translator with a degree in acupuncture and a master’s in Chinese Literature. He was inducted into the Longmen lineage of Complete Reality Daoism by Abbess Liu of the Three Purities Monaste

#82 From Wounds to Wholeness: Peter A. Levine

Apr 25th, 2024 59m 20s

A recording of excerpts from a SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo.Trauma has a severe impact that extends far beyond the individual survivor. It ripples through families, communities, and generations in ways both seen

#81 Ecology of Care: DRĖĖĖMY

Apr 18th, 2024 1h 5m

Reem (DRĖĖĖMY) Abdou is a native Egyptian international interdisciplinary sound artist, embodiment and meditation guide, curator, cultural worker, and community building founder of the inclusive global impact agency for women+ & BIPOC holistic

#80 Awaking Hope: Rev. Deborah L. Johnson

Apr 11th, 2024 59m 50s

Rev Deborah L Johnson (Rev D) is a dynamic organizer, strategist, facilitator, public speaker, andspoken word artist, known for her ability to bring clarity to complex and emotionally chargedissues with humor and compassion. As an organizationa

#79 Restoring Wholeness: Richard Schwartz

Apr 4th, 2024 49m 16s

A recording of excerpts from a SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo.Trauma has a way of separating us from parts of ourselves. Painful experiences cause protective parts to take over, isolating our inner wounds in an ef

#78 The Crisis in Gaza: Gabor & Daniel Maté

Mar 28th, 2024 1h 24m

In this episode we bring you excerpts from an online SAND Community Gathering with Gabor and Daniel Maté hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo from February 2024. Also present in this episode is Betsy Polatin offering guided meditation and ground

#77 Regenerative Medicine: Mauro Zappaterra

Mar 21st, 2024 1h 9m

Mauro Zappaterra obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard Medical School. He completed his PhD doing work with neuronal stem cells and the effects of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in brain development and in the adult. He is published in nu

#76 Land, Lineage & Resisting Genocide

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 31m

"This is a spiritual test, this is a spiritual war, as much as it is a material one. People say, ‘As above, so below.’ How we are interfacing with the physical realities of this moment, the ways that we are leveraging our daily energy are eithe

#75 Love-With-Justice: Omid Safi

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 19m

This SAND Community Gathering was recorded live on February 10, 2024 with Omid Safi and SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurzio Benazzo. For the full video version of this conversation, please visit: https://scienceandnonduality.com/event/love-with-

#74 Engaged and Aspirational Bodhicitta: Lama Tsomo

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 2m

Lama Tsomo is a spiritual teacher, author, and co-founder of Namchak Foundation and Namchak Retreat Ranch, which preserves and shares Tibetan Buddhist practice in accessible, contemporary ways. Under the tutelage of Tulku Sangak Rinpoche, inter

#73 Bloodlines: Sulaiman Khatib, meital yaniv & Rae Abileah

Feb 15th, 2024 1h 1m

From a SAND Community Gathering in January 2024.You can watch the full video of this Community Gathering here: scienceandnonduality.com/event/bloodlines/As many of us grapple with feelings of disillusionment, outrage, impotence and grief at t

#72 Ancestral Song: Vuyi Qubeka

Feb 6th, 2024 1h 15m

Vuyi Qubeka is a seer, artist, multidimensional storyteller, & a transformative healing practitioner whose work is anchored by the wisdoms of indigenous knowledge systems and unconditional love.Vuyi considers herself a SoulSongSage and creates

#71 Beyond Algorithms: Edward Frenkel

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 24m

Join us for a conversation with Edward Frenkel, mathematician, Berkeley professor and author of the international bestseller Love and Math, as we explore the nature of reality and the fallacy of the naive ideas of determinism and computationali

#70 Jungian Black Holes: Timothy Owen Desmond

Jan 25th, 2024 57m 10s

Without form, without figure, without resemblance am I;Vitality of all senses, in everything I am;Neither attached, nor released am I;I am Consciousness, I am Bliss, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.—Adi Shankara, Nirvana Shatakam, Hymns 3–6Timoth

#69 Rethinking Attachment Towards Relational Wholeness: Linda Thai

Jan 18th, 2024 55m 24s

While Attachment Theory has offered many valuable insights, its foundations reflect certain limiting assumptions. Originally formulated based on white, Western nuclear family structures, Attachment Theory is rooted in White cis-het settler-colo

#68 Listening Heart: Katie Gray

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 4m

"If we knew how important it is to listen, to listen to our hearts, to listen to our loved ones, to birds, to animals… it’s the ability to listen that reconnects us to the all, the great spirit”—Katie GrayKatie Gray is an author, singer, cou

#67 The Dreaming Path: Uncle Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon

Jan 4th, 2024 1h

Join SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo in conversation with Aboriginal elders and authors Uncle Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon for a colorful community conversation, “On the Dreaming Path,” where we’ll explore some of the profoun

#66 Silent Light

Dec 21st, 2023 1h 33m

Welcome to the Sounds of SAND podcast and our final episode of the year. Today we present an Anthology episode culling poetry, song, talks and conversations from this podcast as well as Science and Nonduality conferences and events from the pas

#65 Emptiness & Grief: Francis Weller

Dec 14th, 2023 51m 32s

A live recording from a recent SAND Community Gathers (Sept. 2023) hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo (co-founders of SAND). Along with their guest, Francis Weller, they explore themes of emptiness, individualism, self-help, separation, religi

#64 AI & the Global Brain: Peter Russell

Dec 7th, 2023 1h 6m

Peter Russell is on the faculty of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a fellow of The World Business Academy and The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest, and President of Science and NonDuality.In 1982 he coined

#63 Ancestral Constellations: Efu Nyaki

Nov 30th, 2023 53m 32s

SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo join Euphrasia “Efu” Nyaki for a community conversation on holistic healing from trauma. Efu has developed a method that integrates ancestral wisdom from her Snail Clan in Tanzania, somatic therapy, an

#62 The Dreamer’s Dream – Éric Baret

Nov 23rd, 2023 1h

Without either diploma or culture, Éric Baret has no special competence. Touched by the non-dual tradition through Jean Klein's teaching, he suggests that one turn towards listening, free of any notion of gain. Nothing taught, no teacher. Meeti