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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…
Episodes
Commune with Jeff Krasno320. 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. This podcast is…
Commune with Jeff Krasno319. Brain Health for Happiness with Dr. Daniel Amen
With a healthier brain comes a happier life. In this episode, physician and psychiatrist Dr. Amen shares the five primary brain types (and why it’s important…
Commune with Jeff Krasno318. Commusings: Travel Hell & Lavender Oil
You may have recently seen news headlines highlighting torturous summer travel. Well, Jeff didn’t have to read about these nightmarish ordeals in the papers –…
Commune with Jeff Krasno317. 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. With nothing to lose, she…
Commune with Jeff Krasno316. 9 Secrets to a Strong Immune System with Dr. Roger Seheult
Your body is innately designed to heal and repair itself — especially when you maximize your body’s resilience in the face of both pathogenic and chronic…
Commune with Jeff Krasno315. How Genes Listen to Your Beliefs with Dr. Bruce Lipton
In this episode, Dr. Lipton and Jeff discuss the interconnected relationship between belief and biology, and how you can use Dr. Lipton’s pioneering…
Commune with Jeff Krasno314. Commusings: The Will of the People
Today’s musings comes after the haze of the fireworks has cleared, but the same can not be said for the social and political tensions that characterize the…
Commune with Jeff Krasno313. Mindful Eating to Digest Better, Feel Great, & Lose Weight with Dr. Mohan, Dr. Pardee, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Shojai, K. Snyder, and J. Wrobel
If you care about WHAT you eat, then you must also pay attention to HOW you eat. Good digestion relies not only what’s on your plate but also how you approach…
Commune with Jeff Krasno312. Commusings: The Blue Door
The heart seeks mystery, whereas the mind seeks certainty. Can we heed the heart in order to enjoy this project of being human? Commusings is our format where…
Commune with Jeff Krasno311. The 6th Great Extinction with Dr. Zach Bush
We have had five previous mass extinction events, but did the planet go extinct? No. Life came back more diverse and complex every time. In this episode, Jeff…
Commune with Jeff Krasno310. Commusings: The Only Constant is Change
We are like the candle flame — a pattern that appears “real” but is in fact a constantly changing stream particles. If we are going to be free of anxiety, it…
Commune with Jeff Krasno309. Detoxing Wellness Culture with Kerri Kelly
What does it mean to be well in an unjust world? Kerri Kelly is known for making waves in the wellness industry by challenging norms, disrupting systems, and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno308. Lesson: Live Fearlessly with Anita Moorjani
Anita Moorjani is a woman with a remarkable story: After a 4-year battle with cancer, she fell into a coma and doctors believed she had days to live. During…
Commune with Jeff Krasno307. 10 Must-Know Biomarkers with Michelle Darian
Just like your car’s engine light warns you about damage to your vehicle, biomarkers can convey what aspects of your health need attention. In this episode…
Commune with Jeff Krasno306. Commusings: Indra's Net
In today's romp through relativity theory, Jeff muses on how each of us observes life from our own unique platform. And yet, at the same time, we’re all on…
Commune with Jeff Krasno305. Rewild Your Life and Reach Your Human Potential with Tony Riddle
Our culture of phones, chairs, and convenience food has vastly outpaced our evolutionary roots. In this episode, ultra-endurance barefoot runner Tony Riddle…
Commune with Jeff Krasno304. Lesson: Eat the Rainbow of Salt with Dr. Zach Bush
Before the white salt shaker there was a rainbow of salts. How did we go from a prism of rock, mineral, and sea salts to the sodium chloride we have at our…
Commune with Jeff Krasno303. Multiply Your Nutrition 10x with Sprouts with Doug Evans
You can grow the most nutritious food on the planet right on your countertop, with just seeds, fresh water, and a jar. That’s the miracle of sprouts, where…
Commune with Jeff Krasno302. Commusings: My Father's Mantras
Are dad jokes simply inane humor, or through the process of dedicated repetition do our father's transform these phrases into powerful mantras of love?…
Commune with Jeff Krasno301. 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. Over her years of…
Commune with Jeff Krasno300. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno299. 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. In this episode…
Commune with Jeff Krasno298. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno297. 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. In her grief, she stumbled on a note he had written in chalk…
Commune with Jeff Krasno296. Where to Live to Live Longer with Ryan Frederick
Place plays a significant but often unacknowledged role in longevity. Ryan Frederick is an expert on the intersection of place and healthy aging, and in this…
Commune with Jeff Krasno295. Commusings: Nostalgia Means Our Pain
This week’s missive explores relativity theory within the context of human transience. It may be a bit maudlin in parts, but I have been exploring the Japanese…
Commune with Jeff Krasno294. 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. Listen to…
Commune with Jeff Krasno293. Lesson: Living in the Field of Abundance with Michael B. Beckwith
We live in a field of infinite energy that's never created nor destroyed; rather, it continues to transmute itself over and over again. You can't deplete…
Commune with Jeff Krasno292. 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. Lustig unveils some of the biggest nutritional myths…
Commune with Jeff Krasno291. Lesson: My Mother Terrifies Me with Byron Katie
Today's episode is an excerpt from the Commune course, The Work of Byron Katie. In this session, Lena recalls a time when her mother was enraged in the car…
Commune with Jeff Krasno290. 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. A face peered up from inside one of the boxes and…
Commune with Jeff Krasno289. 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. So what does a regenerative closet…
Commune with Jeff Krasno288. 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. Listen to Roger and Jeff discuss the latest…
Commune with Jeff Krasno287. 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. Zach…
Commune with Jeff Krasno286. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno285. Meditation for Serene Energy
Love is an effusive state of being that emerges from an absence of need. Where there is no clinging or craving, there is only a presence that is simultaneously…
Commune with Jeff Krasno284. 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. So what happens when you malnourish your gut…
Commune with Jeff Krasno283. 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. In the Chinese philosophical texts…
Commune with Jeff Krasno282. Proactive vs. Reactive Healthcare with Dr. Robin Berzin
After years of writing prescriptions in rushed, 15-minute appointments, Dr. Robin Berzin launched her own functional medicine startup, Parsley Health, to help…
Commune with Jeff Krasno281. Commusings: The Sound of Sadness
Sound is a neurological phenomenon. In the air, it’s just a wave form. It’s only a sound when your brain decodes it, and then your conscious mind assigns it…
Commune with Jeff Krasno280. 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. In this extended…
Commune with Jeff Krasno279. Commusings: The Course of Nature
To quote Alan Watts, “If you want to understand the metaphysical, then deeply study the physical.” This musings explores the principle that, hidden in the…
Commune with Jeff Krasno278. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno277. Commusings: The Physical and Spiritual Dimensions of Fasting
What do Jesus, Muhammad and the Buddha have in common? All three went on extended spiritual journeys, and as part of these inward quests they all suspended…
Commune with Jeff Krasno276. 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. Casey Means, the…
Commune with Jeff Krasno275. 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." This is a popular adage…
Commune with Jeff Krasno274. 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. As she puts it, yoga…
Commune with Jeff Krasno273. Commusings: “I am lost in her lostness.”
Having three daughters requires a lot chauffeuring around … to school, to “hang outs” and to dance class. The Los Angeles traffic poses real challenges to…
Commune with Jeff Krasno272. 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. In her words, this 5,000-year-old science…
Commune with Jeff Krasno271. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno270. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno269. 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. Today you will learn more about The Law of Success, which can help you…
Commune with Jeff Krasno268. The New Science Behind the Keto Diet with Dr. Steven Gundry
Dr. Gundry takes us beyond the conventional approach to the ketogenic diet, explaining the biological mechanism of ketosis (a fascinating process called…
Commune with Jeff Krasno267. 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…
Commune with Jeff Krasno266. 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.” This finally gave her the…
Commune with Jeff Krasno265. 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. So, what questions…
Commune with Jeff Krasno264. Find Your Way Back to Yourself with Danielle LaPorte
What does it mean to live a heart-centered life? In this episode spiritual teacher and author Danielle Laporte shares her latest revelations on navigating…
Commune with Jeff Krasno263.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?…
Commune with Jeff Krasno262. 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?…
Commune with Jeff Krasno261. Commusings: The Perils of What About-ism
Where is the line between healthy skepticism and bad faith questioning? But what about ... ? This monologue muses on the root causes of our sociopolitical…